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1969–1970 Massachusetts legislature

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The 166th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1969 and 1970 during the governorship of Francis Sargent. Maurice A. Donahue served as president of the Senate and David M. Bartley served as speaker of the House.[4]

166th
Massachusetts General Court
←165th 167th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 5, 1968
Senate
Members40
PresidentMaurice A. Donahue (2nd Hampden district)
Majority LeaderKevin B. Harrington
Majority WhipMario Umana
Minority LeaderJohn Francis Parker
Minority WhipWilliam D. Weeks
Party controlDemocrat[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerDavid M. Bartley
Majority LeaderThomas W. McGee
Majority WhipPaul F. Murphy
Minority LeaderSidney Curtiss
Minority WhipGeorge W. Shattuck
Party controlDemocrat[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 1, 1969 (1969-01-01) – August 25, 1969 (1969-08-25)
2ndJanuary 7, 1970 (1970-01-07) – August 25, 1970 (1970-08-25)[3]
Maurice A. Donahue
Maurice Donahue, Senate president.
David M. Bartley
David Bartley, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1969.

Senators edit

portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
 
 Oliver F. Ames December 13, 1920 3rd Suffolk
 
 John Dowkontt Barrus August 19, 1924
 
 James F. Burke September 7, 1914
 
 Robert L. Cawley July 30, 1934
 
 Beryl Cohen September 18, 1934
 
 John J. Conte May 3, 1930
 
 James DeNormandie November 10, 1907
 
 Joseph DiCarlo March 21, 1936
 
 Maurice A. Donahue September 12, 1918
 
 Daniel J. Foley April 6, 1921
 
 Mary L. Fonseca March 30, 1915
 
 George D. Hammond October 29, 1906
 
 Samuel Harmon April 29, 1911
 
 Kevin B. Harrington January 9, 1929
 
 John Edward Harrington Jr. July 30, 1930
 
 Charles V. Hogan April 12, 1897
 
 Allan Francis Jones June 29, 1921
 
 James A. Kelly Jr. May 11, 1926
 
 George V. Kenneally Jr. December 29, 1929
 
 Fred I. Lamson December 11, 1910
 
 David H. Locke August 4, 1927
 
 Ronald Conrad MacKenzie May 3, 1934
 
 Francis X. McCann September 2, 1912
 
 James McIntyre (politician) May 25, 1930
 
 Denis L. Mckenna August 14, 1922
 
 George G. Mendonca March 26, 1924
 
 Joe Moakley April 27, 1927
 
 Andrea F. Nuciforo Sr. July 14, 1927
 
 John Francis Parker May 29, 1907
 
 Philibert L. Pellegrini September 4, 1918
 
 John M. Quinlan July 11, 1935
 
 Philip Andrew Quinn February 21, 1910
 
 William I. Randall September 13, 1915
 
 James Paul Rurak November 9, 1911
 
 William L. Saltonstall May 14, 1927
 
 Mario Umana May 5, 1914
 
 William X. Wall July 1, 1904
 
 Joseph D. Ward March 26, 1914
 
 William D. Weeks May 9, 1926
 
 Stanley John Zarod April 11, 1924

Representatives edit

portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
 
 James A. Adams December 24, 1923
 
 Antone S. Aguiar Jr. January 2, 1930 10th Bristol
 
 David C. Ahearn July 28, 1929
 
 Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. August 23, 1942
 
 Robert B. Ambler [7] 1927
 
 John A. Armstrong June 12, 1901
 
 Robert S. Aronson July 3, 1920
 
 Peter George Asiaf August 15, 1905
 
 Roger Sumner Babb 1935
 
 Jack Backman[7] April 26, 1922
 
 Wilfred E. Balthazar July 17, 1914
 
 David M. Bartley February 9, 1935
 
 Robert A. Belmonte July 2, 1930
 
 Roger L. Bernashe September 9, 1927
 
 Louis Peter Bertonazzi October 9, 1933
 
 Francis Bevilacqua August 12, 1923
 
 Donald T. Bliss 1937
 
 Belden Bly September 29, 1914
 
 Stanley Joseph Bocko August 26, 1920
 
 Robert Joseph Bohigian July 24, 1922
 
 George Bourque 1913
 
 John Jerome Bowes February 25, 1917
 
 James John Bowler July 18, 1923
 
 John Cornelius Bresnahan November 14, 1919
 
 Joseph E. Brett May 19, 1907
 
 John R. Buckley 1932
 
 Robert C. Buell April 23, 1931
 
 Nicholas J. Buglione 1932
 
 William Bulger February 2, 1934
 
 Walter T. Burke August 5, 1911
 
 Thomas Bussone September 20, 1912
 
 Louis Buttiglieri May 18, 1916
 
 Fred F. Cain November 5, 1909
 
 Eleanor Campobasso August 10, 1923
 
 William A. Carey January 28, 1920
 
 Philip N. Carney June 6, 1919
 
 Daniel William Carney [7] August 17, 1925
 
 Emmett J. Cauley February 28, 1903
 
 Paul J. Cavanaugh February 22, 1936
 
 Harrison Chadwick February 25, 1903
 
 Rudy Chmura March 21, 1932
 
 Steve T. Chmura March 29, 1928
 
 John F. Coffey February 7, 1918
 
 Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. September 18, 1918
 
 Andrew Collaro March 21, 1910
 
 H. Thomas Colo December 27, 1929
 
 William Augustine Connell, Jr November 17, 1922
 
 James S. Conway July 4, 1930
 
 Francis X. Coppinger March 12, 1935
 
 Paul J. Corriveau July 3, 1930
 
 Edward P. Coury October 19, 1927
 
 Gilbert W. Cox, Jr February 28, 1933
 
 James J. Craven, Jr. March 24, 1919
 
 Robert Creedon November 13, 1942
 
 Thomas E. Creighton February 1, 1922
 
 Paul W. Cronin March 14, 1938
 
 Sidney Curtiss September 4, 1917
 
 Michael John Daly July 18, 1940
 
 Richard W. Daly March 25, 1936
 
 Alan Paul Danovitch September 17, 1940
 
 Joseph Del Grosso July 25, 1904
 
 John Joseph Desmond July 1, 1930
 
 Arthur Leo Desrocher January 25, 1930
 
 Edward J. Dever, Jr June 21, 1936
 
 Edward M. Dickson March 12, 1912
 
 Anthony R. DiFruscia June 5, 1940
 
 George DiLorenzo March 24, 1919
 
 John F. Dolan September 7, 1922
 
 Charles Robert Doyle September 24, 1925
 
 Wilfred C. Driscoll December 31, 1926
 
 Michael Dukakis November 3, 1933
 
 Richard J. Dwinell August 5, 1917
 
 Joseph D. Early January 31, 1933
 
 Charles F. Engdahl July 3, 1921
 
 Seymour F. Epstein November 7, 1919
 
 Thomas Francis Fallon December 4, 1929
 
 Vernon R. Farnsworth, Jr April 18, 1934
 
 Thomas F. Farrell October 10, 1897
 
 Michael Paul Feeney March 26, 1907
 
 John J. Finnegan July 21, 1938
 
 Irving Fishman March 29, 1921
 
 Charles Flaherty (politician) October 13, 1938
 
 Michael F. Flaherty Sr. September 6, 1936
 
 Edward M. Flanagan January 9, 1929
 
 Charles L. Flannery March 22, 1920
 
 David Lawrence Flynn February 5, 1933
 
 Bruce N. Freeman March 4, 1921
 
 Maurice E. Frye, Jr February 6, 1921
 
 Edward F. Galotti May 11, 1925
 
 Ann Gannett November 7, 1916
 
 Donald R. Gaudette December 16, 1926
 
 T. Harold Gayron August 31, 1914
 
 J. Laurence Golden June 10, 1933
 
 Joel S. Greenberg May 31, 1930
 
 James L. Grimaldi May 3, 1911
 
 Anthony P. Grosso October 19, 1913
 
 Gerard A. Guilmette October 22, 1911
 
 Barry T. Hannon November 21, 1935
 
 Walter J. Hannon September 4, 1931
 
 Michael J. Harrington September 2, 1936
 
 Edward D. Harrington Jr. August 11, 1921
 
 J. Edmond Harris November 17, 1916
 
 David E. Harrison June 19, 1933
 
 Francis W. Hatch Jr. May 6, 1925
 
 Michael E. Haynes[8] May 9, 1927
 
 Winston Healy October 20, 1937
 
 Theodore M. Herman October 5, 1919
 
 Timothy William Hickey February 14, 1938
 
 William Francis Hogan June 6, 1925
 
 Franklin W. Holgate [8] May 3, 1929
 
 Herbert B. Hollis September 10, 1899
 
 Marie Elizabeth Howe June 13, 1939
 
 John Peter Ivascyn October 19, 1909
 
 John Janas September 4, 1910
 
 Daniel L. Joyce, Jr May 14, 1934
 
 Francis M. Keane April 8, 1933
 
 Joseph M. Kearney February 23, 1927
 
 F. Leo Kenney November 15, 1902
 
 Walter T. Kerr May 20, 1918
 
 George Keverian June 3, 1931
 
 Gregory Benjamin Khachadoorian July 8, 1928
 
 Cornelius F. Kiernan August 15, 1917
 
 William I. Kitterman July 19, 1928
 
 Walter Kostanski December 10, 1923
 
 Mitsie T. Kulig May 18, 1921
 
 Matthew J. Kuss December 5, 1915
 
 Raymond M. LaFontaine May 18, 1927
 
 Richard E. Landry May 29, 1936
 
 Joseph A. Langone, III January 25, 1917
 
 Francis C. Lapointe January 13, 1939
 
 J. Louis Leblanc January 6, 1940
 
 Arthur Joseph Lewis, Jr. September 3, 1934
 
 David Samuel Liederman April 26, 1935
 
 Martin A. Linsky August 28, 1940
 
 Alexander Lolas July 9, 1932
 
 Gerald P. Lombard January 4, 1916
 
 Michael J. Lombardi May 27, 1917
 
 Charles W. Long August 14, 1940
 
 John J. Long December 10, 1927
 
 John C. Losch March 23, 1932
 
 Charles A. MacKenzie, Jr February 4, 1919
 
 William Q. MacLean Jr. November 4, 1934
 
 Paul F. Malloy April 29, 1940
 
 Theodore D. Mann May 13, 1922
 
 Charles Mann April 27, 1935
 
 M. Joseph Manning September 23, 1924
 
 Donald J. Manning June 23, 1929
 
 Clifford Marshall December 14, 1937
 
 Frank J. Matrango July 19, 1926
 
 Benjamin C. Mayhew Jr. October 28, 1909
 
 Anthony P. McBride August 28, 1932
 
 Peter C. McCarthy September 8, 1941
 
 Edward A. McColgan March 20, 1932
 
 Thomas W. McGee May 24, 1924
 
 Robert J. McGinn December 18, 1918
 
 John Austin Shaw McGlennon August 10, 1935
 
 John J. McGlynn February 26, 1922
 
 Charles M. McGowan November 13, 1923
 
 Allan McGuane July 26, 1928
 
 Arthur James McKenna October 29, 1914
 
 John F. Melia June 5, 1915
 
 Paul C. Menton April 15, 1925
 
 John J. Mooney August 14, 1930
 
 Hugh J. Morgan Jr. April 4, 1921
 
 Louis J. Morini October 8, 1907
 
 Paul F. Murphy October 14, 1932
 
 Paul Maurice Murphy February 24, 1932
 
 Albert L. Nash May 13, 1921
 
 John J. Navin September 9, 1915
 
 Mary B. Newman February 15, 1909 2nd Middlesex
 
 James R. Nolen April 17, 1933
 
 Nils L. Nordberg November 6, 1934
 
 Karl S. Nordin September 10, 1906
 
 James Anthony O'Brien, Jr June 22, 1919
 
 John Paul O'Brien June 10, 1937
 
 Norton Cornelius O'Brien April 9, 1907
 
 Walter Wilson O'Brien October 14, 1910
 
 David J. O'Connor November 9, 1924
 
 Philip Conroy O'Donnell July 29, 1915
 
 Charles Ohanian September 2, 1936
 
 Carl R. Ohlson June 4, 1925
 
 John Olver September 3, 1936
 
 Bernard Paquette February 2, 1919
 
 Raymond S. Peck December 10, 1922
 
 Felix Perrault October 27, 1915
 
 William A. Pickett June 10, 1935
 
 Angelo Picucci April 12, 1915
 
 Vincent J. Piro 1931
 
 Manuel Raposa, Jr. May 13, 1915
 
 Harry A. S. Read November 18, 1936
 
 William Reinstein March 26, 1929
 
 Robert C. Reynolds November 6, 1934
 
 William G. Robinson March 10, 1926
 
 J. Hilary Rockett January 16, 1935
 
 George Rogers (Massachusetts politician) August 2, 1933
 
 Maurice E. Ronayne, Jr November 16, 1917
 
 Nathan Rosenfeld January 31, 1906
 
 Raymond F. Rourke October 10, 1917
 
 William H. Ryan July 17, 1938
 
 George Sacco July 19, 1936
 
 Joseph Douglas Saulnier April 14, 1906
 
 Anthony James Scalli November 11, 1914
 
 Frederic W. Schlosstein, Jr March 17, 1923
 
 Anthony M. Scibelli October 16, 1911
 
 Jerome A. Segal June 3, 1931
 
 Joseph J. Semensi March 6, 1923
 
 I. Edward Serlin August 21, 1912
 
 George W. Shattuck July 17, 1916
 
 H. James Shea Jr. December 10, 1939
 
 C. Vincent Shea November 20, 1916
 
 Paul J. Sheehy November 1, 1934
 
 Andre Rives Sigourney June 30, 1927
 
 Michael John Simonelli May 9, 1913
 
 Ralph E. Sirianni Jr. 1923
 
 Alan Sisitsky June 4, 1942
 
 John J. Slater Jr. November 27, 1925
 
 Lawrence Philip Smith December 4, 1919
 
 George I. Spatcher February 2, 1902
 
 William J. Spence May 4, 1930
 
 John F. St. Cyr January 8, 1936
 
 Kevin C. Sullivan
 
 Charles Tagman
 
 A. Edward Talbot January 24, 1915
 
 Arthur Tobin May 22, 1930
 
 John Joseph Toomey March 25, 1909
 
 Daniel C. Towse December 5, 1924
 
 George E. Twomey February 3, 1920
 
 Robert A. Vigneau November 4, 1920
 
 Dave Norman Vigneault September 3, 1936
 
 Joseph B. Walsh November 15, 1923
 
 Stephen Weekes February 1, 1925
 
 Norman S. Weinberg 1919
 
 Robert D. Wetmore July 24, 1930
 
 Thomas Casmere Wojtkowski September 18, 1926
 
 Richard L. Wood
 
 George L. Woods, Jr March 28, 1925
 
 George Chester Young September 18, 1912
 
 Bruce H. Zeiser
 
 Samuel Zoll June 20, 1934

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  2. ^ "Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  3. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  4. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
  5. ^ a b 1969–1970 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
  6. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1969" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  7. ^ a b c State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
  8. ^ a b Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905

Further reading edit

  • Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1968), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1969, hdl:2452/43460
  • "Democrats Gain Firm Control Of Massachusetts Legislature", New York Times, November 8, 1968
  • Court, Massachusetts General (1969). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40799.
  • John F. Parker (1985), "High Drama at the State House: 'The House Cut' (Feb. 25, 1970)", Legislative Life, Its Realities, Facts, Wit & Humor, New Legislators' Orientation, State House, Boston

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