1971–1972 Massachusetts legislature

167th
Massachusetts General Court
167th; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 6, 1971 – July 9, 1972
Senate
Members	40
President	Kevin B. Harrington
Majority Leader	Mario Umana
Majority Whip	James McIntyre (1971); Joseph DiCarlo (1972)
Minority Leader	John Francis Parker
Minority Whip	David H. Locke
Party control	Democrat
House
Members	240
Speaker	David M. Bartley
Majority Leader	Thomas W. McGee
Majority Whip	Paul F. Murphy
Minority Leader	Francis W. Hatch Jr.
Minority Whip	Robert A. Belmonte
Party control	Democrat

Last updated May 30, 2023

Kevin Harrington, Senate president.

David Bartley, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1971-1972.

The 167th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1971 and 1972 during the governorship of Francis Sargent. Kevin B. Harrington served as president of the Senate and David M. Bartley served as speaker of the House.^[4]

Senators

name^[4]	date of birth^[5]	district^[5]
John F. Aylmer	January 27, 1934
Jack Backman ^[6]	April 26, 1922
John Dowkontt Barrus	August 19, 1924
Roger L. Bernashe	September 9, 1927	2nd Hampden
William Bulger	February 2, 1934
James F. Burke	September 7, 1914
Edward L. Burke^[6]	1942
Robert L. Cawley	July 30, 1934
John J. Conte	May 3, 1930
James DeNormandie	November 10, 1907
Joseph DiCarlo	March 21, 1936
Irving Fishman	March 29, 1921
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
Charles V. Hogan	April 12, 1897
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 MacKenzie	May 3, 1934
Francis X. McCann	September 2, 1912
James McIntyre (politician)	May 25, 1930
Denis L. Mckenna	August 14, 1922
Allan R. McKinnon	June 2, 1930
George G. Mendonca	March 26, 1924
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
James Paul Rurak	November 9, 1911
William L. Saltonstall	May 14, 1927
Arthur Tobin	May 22, 1930
B. Joseph Tully	January 4, 1927
Mario Umana	May 5, 1914
William X. Wall	July 1, 1904
Joseph D. Ward	March 26, 1914
Stanley John Zarod	April 11, 1924

Representatives

name^[4]	date of birth^[5]	district^[5]
James A. Adams	December 24, 1923	15th Hampden
Antone S. Aguiar Jr.	January 2, 1930
Theodore J. Aleixo Jr.	August 23, 1942
Alfred Almeida	October 5, 1931
Robert B. Ambler^[6]	1927
John S. Ames, III	October 18, 1936
Robert S. Aronson	July 3, 1920
William G. Arvanitis	September 16, 1946
Peter George Asiaf	August 15, 1905
Chester G. Atkins	April 14, 1948
Roger Sumner Babb	1935
Wilfred E. Balthazar	July 17, 1914
David M. Bartley	February 9, 1935
Robert A. Belmonte	July 2, 1930
Louis Peter Bertonazzi	October 9, 1933
Francis Bevilacqua	August 12, 1923
Donald T. Bliss	1937
Belden Bly	September 29, 1914
Robert Joseph Bohigian	July 24, 1922
Royal L. Bolling Sr. ^[7]	June 19, 1920
George Bourque	1913
Walter J. Boverini	June 5, 1925
John Jerome Bowes	February 25, 1917
Joseph E. Brett	May 19, 1907
John R. Buckley	1932
Robert C. Buell	April 23, 1931
Charles J. Buffone	1919
Nicholas J. Buglione	1932
Walter T. Burke	August 5, 1911
John A. Businger ^[6]
Thomas Bussone	September 20, 1912
Robert E. Cahill	November 25, 1934
Howard C. Cahoon, Jr	December 31, 1944
Fred F. Cain	November 5, 1909
William R. Callahan (state representative)	April 27, 1925
Eleanor Campobasso	August 10, 1923
William A. Carey	September 2, 1899
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
H. Thomas Colo	December 27, 1929
Edward W. Connelly	August 2, 1919
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
Sidney Curtiss	September 4, 1917
John F. Cusack	October 5, 1937
Alan Paul Danovitch	September 17, 1940
Joseph Del Grosso	July 25, 1904
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
William J. Dignan	September 28, 1926
Robert F. Donovan	September 13, 1936
Charles Robert Doyle	September 24, 1925
Wilfred C. Driscoll	December 31, 1926
Dennis J. Duffin	November 24, 1930
Richard J. Dwinell	August 5, 1917
Joseph D. Early	January 31, 1933
Albert E. Elwell	October 29, 1899
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
Charles Flaherty (politician)	October 13, 1938
Michael F. Flaherty Sr.	September 6, 1936
Charles L. Flannery	March 22, 1920
David Lawrence Flynn	February 5, 1933
Raymond Flynn ^[8]
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
Robert W. Gillette	September 1, 1934
James L. Grimaldi	May 3, 1911
Anthony P. Grosso	October 19, 1913
Gerard A. Guilmette	October 22, 1911
Paul Guzzi	June 17, 1942
Edward D. Harrington Jr.	August 11, 1921
James F. Hart	January 15, 1932
Francis W. Hatch Jr.	May 6, 1925
Jonathan Healy	October 10, 1945
Marie Elizabeth Howe	June 13, 1939
James P. Hurrell	March 1, 1944
John Peter Ivascyn	October 19, 1909
Daniel L. Joyce, Jr	May 14, 1934
Richard Kendall	August 21, 1934
George Keverian	June 3, 1931
John G. King (politician)	November 30, 1942
William I. Kitterman	July 19, 1928
Mitsie T. Kulig	May 18, 1921
Raymond M. LaFontaine	May 18, 1927
Nickolas Lambros	January 9, 1933
Richard E. Landry	May 29, 1936
Joseph A. Langone, III	January 25, 1917
Francis C. Lapointe	January 13, 1939
Michael E. McLaughlin	October 27, 1945
David Samuel Liederman	April 26, 1935
Martin A. Linsky	August 28, 1940
David J. Lionett	October 3, 1943
Alexander Lolas	July 9, 1932
Gerald P. Lombard	January 4, 1916
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
Thomas H. D. Mahoney	November 4, 1913
Theodore D. Mann	May 13, 1922
M. Joseph Manning	September 23, 1924
Donald J. Manning	June 23, 1929
Clifford Marshall	December 14, 1937
Peter L. Masnik	March 13, 1942
Frank J. Matrango	July 19, 1926
Gregory Mayhew
Anthony P. McBride	August 28, 1932
Robert E. McCarthy	January 12, 1940
Peter C. McCarthy	September 8, 1941
Edward A. McColgan	March 20, 1932
Thomas W. McGee	May 24, 1924
Robert J. McGinn	December 18, 1918
Charles M. McGowan	November 13, 1923
Allan McGuane	July 26, 1928
Arthur James McKenna	October 29, 1914
Paul C. Menton	April 15, 1925
James B. Moseley
Paul F. Murphy	October 14, 1932
Paul Maurice Murphy	February 24, 1932
John J. Navin	September 9, 1915
James R. Nolen	April 17, 1933
James Anthony O'Brien, Jr	June 22, 1919
John Paul O'Brien	June 10, 1937
Norton Cornelius O'Brien	April 9, 1907
James E. O'Leary	April 7, 1933
Carl R. Ohlson	June 4, 1925
Raymond S. Peck	December 10, 1922
Felix Perrault	October 27, 1915
Angelo Picucci	April 12, 1915
Bradford Pottle
Manuel Raposa, Jr.	May 13, 1915
Robert C. Reynolds	November 6, 1934
William G. Robinson	March 10, 1926
J. Hilary Rockett	January 16, 1935
Maurice E. Ronayne, Jr	November 16, 1917
Raymond F. Rourke	October 10, 1917
William H. Ryan	July 17, 1938
Anthony James Scalli	November 11, 1914
Frederic W. Schlosstein, Jr	March 17, 1923
I. Edward Serlin	August 21, 1912
Emanuel Serra	June 12, 1945
George W. Shattuck	July 17, 1916
C. Vincent Shea	November 20, 1916
Paul J. Sheehy	November 1, 1934
Richard R. Silva	March 13, 1922
Thomas G. Simons	January 21, 1942
Ralph E. Sirianni Jr.	1923
Alan Sisitsky	June 4, 1942
William J. Spence	May 4, 1930
Kevin C. Sullivan
Daniel C. Towse	December 5, 1924
George E. Twomey	February 3, 1920
Robert A. Vigneau	November 4, 1920
Carlton M. Viveiros	December 4, 1938
Norman S. Weinberg	1919
Robert D. Wetmore	July 24, 1930
Thomas Casmere Wojtkowski	September 18, 1926
George L. Woods, Jr	March 28, 1925
George Chester Young	September 18, 1912

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References

↑ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
1 2 "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
1 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
1 2 3 1971–1972 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1971 – via Internet Archive.
1 2 3 4 "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1971" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts– via State Library of Massachusetts
1 2 3 4 State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
↑ Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905
↑ Pamela W. Schofield (April 14, 2014), "Some Mayors of Boston who had been members of the General Court", State Library of Massachusetts blog

External links

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1970 State Senate General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1970 State Representative General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1971, hdl:2452/429132 – via State Library of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1971, hdl:2452/3375
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1972, hdl:2452/429134
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1972, hdl:2452/3376
Reports of the Legislative Research Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via New England School of Law (1964-1994)

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[1] "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.

[CompSenate-2] 1 2 "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

[CompHouse-3] 1 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

[Officers-4] 1 2 3 1971–1972 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1971 – via Internet Archive.

[Register-5] 1 2 3 4 "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1971" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts– via State Library of Massachusetts

[Papers-6] 1 2 3 4 State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020

[black2010-7] Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905

[8] Pamela W. Schofield (April 14, 2014), "Some Mayors of Boston who had been members of the General Court", State Library of Massachusetts blog

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