167th Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | General Court | ||||
Term | January 6, 1971 – July 9, 1972 [1] | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 40 [2] | ||||
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 [2] | ||||
House | |||||
Members | 240 [3] | ||||
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 [3] |
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]
portrait | name [4] | date of birth [5] | district [5] |
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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 | ||
portrait | name [4] | date of birth [5] | district [5] |
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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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