1989–1990 Massachusetts legislature

176th
Massachusetts General Court
176th; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 4, 1989 – January 1, 1991
Senate
Members	40
President	William Bulger
Majority Leader	Walter J. Boverini
Majority Whip	John A. Brennan Jr.
Minority Leader	David H. Locke
Minority Whip	Paul Cellucci
Party control	Democrat
House
Members	160
Speaker	George Keverian
Majority Leader	Charles Flaherty
Majority Whip	Robert Correia
Minority Leader	Steven Pierce
Minority Whip	Kevin Poirier
Party control	Democrat

Last updated September 25, 2025

William Bulger, Senate president.

George Keverian, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1989-1990.

The 176th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1989 and 1990 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and George Keverian served as speaker of the House.

Senators

name ^[4]	date of birth ^[5]	district ^[5]
Salvatore R. Albano	1935	2nd Middlesex
Theodore J. Aleixo Jr.	August 23, 1942	Bristol and Plymouth
Carol Amick		5th Middlesex
Michael J. Barrett	June 27, 1948	Middlesex and Suffolk
Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949	2nd Essex
Louis Peter Bertonazzi	October 9, 1933	Worcester and Norfolk
Walter J. Boverini	June 5, 1925	1st Essex
John A. Brennan Jr.	September 19, 1945	3rd Middlesex
Robert C. Buell	April 23, 1931	1st Essex and Middlesex
William Bulger	February 2, 1934	1st Suffolk
Edward L. Burke	1942	Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcester
John P. Burke	December 2, 1954	Hampden and Hampshire
Paul Cellucci	April 24, 1948	Middlesex and Worcester
Nicholas Costello	1935	3rd Essex
Michael C. Creedon	November 3, 1946	Plymouth
Francis D. Doris	1931	Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex
William B. Golden	October 9, 1948	Norfolk and Plymouth
Paul D. Harold	September 5, 1948	Norfolk
John Patrick Houston	1955	1st Worcester and Middlesex
Bill Keating (politician)	September 6, 1952	Norfolk and Bristol
Edward P. Kirby	January 10, 1928	Plymouth and Barnstable
Richard Arnold Kraus	1937	4th Middlesex
Christopher M. Lane	May 15, 1959	1st Suffolk and Norfolk
Brian Lees	July 25, 1953	2nd Hampden
David H. Locke	August 4, 1927	Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
Michael LoPresti Jr.	April 30, 1947	Suffolk and Middlesex
William Q. MacLean Jr.	November 4, 1934	2nd Bristol
Patricia McGovern	August 2, 1941	2nd Essex and Middlesex
Linda Melconian		1st Hampden
Thomas C. Norton	December 11, 1934	1st Bristol
John Olver	September 3, 1936	Franklin and Hampshire
Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician)	July 6, 1937	2nd Suffolk
Mary L. Padula		2nd Worcester and Middlesex
Lois Pines	August 16, 1940	Middlesex and Norfolk
Henri S. Rauschenbach	October 9, 1947	Cape and Islands
Paul J. Sheehy	November 1, 1934	1st Middlesex
Robert D. Wetmore	July 24, 1930	Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin
Thomas P. White	August 27, 1950	Worcester
W. Paul White	July 7, 1945	2nd Suffolk and Norfolk

Representatives

name ^[4]	date of birth ^[5]	district ^[5]
Frances Alexander (politician)	June 16, 1919	6th Essex
Lawrence R. Alexander	1950	8th Essex
Robert B. Ambler	1927	4th Norfolk
Steven Angelo	June 8, 1952	9th Essex
Robert A. Antonioni	July 15, 1958	4th Worcester
John C. Bartley	March 25, 1956	32nd Middlesex
Geoffrey C. Beckwith	1958	21st Middlesex
John Binienda	June 22, 1947	17th Worcester
Kevin Blanchette	1954	16th Essex
Peter I. Blute	January 28, 1956	11th Worcester
Robert Joseph Bohigian	July 24, 1922	14th Worcester
Daniel E. Bosley	December 9, 1953	1st Berkshire
George Bourque	1913	3rd Worcester
John C. Bradford	February 16, 1940	10th Bristol
James T. Brett	December 22, 1949	14th Suffolk
Stephen Brewer	February 10, 1948	5th Worcester
Carmen Buell	February 3, 1945	2nd Franklin
Suzanne M. Bump	February 18, 1956	5th Norfolk
Edward S. Burgess, Jr.	1950	10th Plymouth
John Businger	February 5, 1945	15th Norfolk
Thomas Cahir	September 19, 1952	3rd Barnstable
Howard C. Cahoon, Jr	December 31, 1944	4th Barnstable
Paul Caron	November 15, 1955	11th Hampden
Paul Casey	February 26, 1961	34th Middlesex
Athan Catjakis	1931	9th Hampden
Robert A. Cerasoli	July 12, 1947	3rd Norfolk
Vincent P. Ciampa	April 15, 1945	37th Middlesex
Marjorie Clapprood	September 24, 1949	8th Norfolk
Forrester Clark	November 30, 1934	4th Essex
Carol Cleven	November 2, 1928	16th Middlesex
David B. Cohen (mayor)	September 2, 1947	11th Middlesex
Andrew Collaro	March 21, 1910	15th Worcester
Joseph M. Connolly	January 5, 1924	5th Middlesex
William Constantino Jr.	May 27, 1944	12th Worcester
Robert Correia	January 3, 1939	7th Bristol
John F. Cox	July 27, 1955	17th Middlesex
Charles Decas	October 5, 1937	2nd Plymouth
Walter DeFilippi	October 3, 1926	6th Hampden
Salvatore DiMasi	August 11, 1945	3rd Suffolk
Stephen W. Doran	March 26, 1956	15th Middlesex
John R. Driscoll	May 9, 1924	9th Worcester
Robert Durand	February 28, 1953	4th Middlesex
Frank Emilio (politician)	August 31, 1935	3rd Essex
Patricia Fiero	June 12, 1941	5th Essex
Thomas Finneran	January 2, 1950	13th Suffolk
Kevin W. Fitzgerald	1950	16th Suffolk
Charles Flaherty (politician)	October 13, 1938	27th Middlesex
Michael F. Flaherty Sr.	September 6, 1936	4th Suffolk
John H. Flood	June 24, 1939	6th Norfolk
William J. Flynn, Jr.	1933	5th Plymouth
Peter Forman	April 28, 1958	1st Plymouth
Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942	7th Suffolk
William F. Galvin	September 17, 1950	19th Suffolk
Barbara Gardner	January 19, 1941	8th Middlesex
Mary Jane Gibson	February 7, 1933	26th Middlesex
Anthony Giglio	January 28, 1941	38th Middlesex
Larry F. Giordano	1944	15th Essex
William Glodis	April 6, 1934	16th Worcester
Augusto Grace	April 9, 1954	23rd Middlesex
Barbara Gray	October 11, 1926	6th Middlesex
Sherwood Guernsey	1946	2nd Berkshire
Geoff Hall (politician)	October 10, 1948	2nd Middlesex
Lida E. Harkins	January 24, 1944	13th Norfolk
Robert Havern III	July 17, 1949	25th Middlesex
Robert Emmet Hayes	1951	7th Plymouth
Jonathan Healy	October 10, 1945	1st Franklin
Joseph N. Hermann	June 8, 1924	14th Essex
Albert Herren	June 8, 1952	6th Bristol
Lucile Hicks	May 11, 1938	13th Middlesex
Shirley Owens Hicks	April 22, 1942	6th Suffolk
Barbara Hildt	April 13, 1946	1st Essex
Christopher Hodgkins	August 24, 1957	4th Berkshire
Iris Holland	September 30, 1920	2nd Hampden
Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958	18th Suffolk
Augusta Hornblower	June 6, 1948	1st Middlesex
Robert L. Howarth	1942	13th Hampden
Frank Hynes	December 23, 1940	4th Plymouth
Robert F. Jakubowicz	1932	3rd Berkshire
Raymond A. Jordan Jr.	May 5, 1943	12th Hampden
Stephen Karol	1948	2nd Bristol
Marie-Louise Kehoe	December 12, 1928	11th Norfolk
Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951	9th Plymouth
George Keverian	June 3, 1931	31st Middlesex
Robert Koczera	November 25, 1953	11th Bristol
Paul Kollios	February 24, 1936	7th Worcester
Robert Kraus	March 20, 1957	12th Plymouth
Edward M. Lambert Jr.	March 8, 1958	8th Bristol
Patrick Landers	September 20, 1959	1st Hampden
Denis Lawrence	1940	13th Bristol
Edward LeLacheur	June 1, 1925	18th Middlesex
Kenneth M. Lemanski	January 27, 1954	8th Hampden
Jacqueline Lewis	May 3, 1945	8th Plymouth
John Loring	1926	14th Middlesex
Vincent Lozzi	January 28, 1932	10th Essex
Joseph Mackey	1951	30th Middlesex
David P. Magnani	May 24, 1944	7th Middlesex
Anthony Mandile	August 14, 1946	10th Middlesex
Charles Mann	April 27, 1935	6th Plymouth
M. Joseph Manning	September 23, 1924	7th Norfolk
Francis Mara	1950	11th Plymouth
Robert H. Marsh	August 15, 1959	14th Norfolk
John E. McDonough	May 21, 1953	12th Suffolk
Thomas W. McGee	May 24, 1924	11th Essex
Joseph B. McIntyre	April 11, 1957	12th Bristol
Mary Jane McKenna	October 23, 1939	1st Worcester
John C. McNeil	June 8, 1945	36th Middlesex
Joan Menard	September 6, 1935	5th Bristol
Nelson Merced	August 17, 1947	5th Suffolk
Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935	20th Middlesex
Richard T. Moore	August 7, 1943	8th Worcester
Peter B. Morin	April 2, 1955	2nd Barnstable
Michael W. Morrissey	August 2, 1954	1st Norfolk
Mary Jeanette Murray	December 24, 1924	3rd Plymouth
Eleanor Myerson	May 9, 1922	11th Suffolk
William P. Nagle Jr.	June 10, 1951	1st Hampshire
Shannon O%27Brien	April 30, 1959	2nd Hampshire
Timothy F. O'Leary	1944	35th Middlesex
Kevin O'Sullivan (politician)	September 30, 1953	13th Worcester
Marc Pacheco	October 29, 1952	3rd Bristol
Nicholas Paleologos	March 9, 1953	33rd Middlesex
Thomas Palumbo	June 9, 1950	2nd Essex
Marie Parente	May 22, 1928	10th Worcester
Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957	7th Hampden
Steven Pierce	October 10, 1949	4th Hampden
Kevin Poirier	July 7, 1940	14th Bristol
Daniel Ranieri	1951	10th Norfolk
Michael J. Rea, Jr	July 23, 1940	24th Middlesex
William Reinstein	March 26, 1929	17th Suffolk
Robert J. Rohan	August 15, 1921	5th Hampden
Mark Roosevelt	December 10, 1955	8th Suffolk
Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949	3rd Hampshire
Susan Rourke	March 7, 1954	19th Middlesex
J. Michael Ruane	December 10, 1927	7th Essex
Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942	9th Suffolk
Alfred E. Saggese Jr.	November 21, 1946	20th Suffolk
Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942	15th Suffolk
Susan Schur	February 27, 1940	12th Middlesex
Anthony M. Scibelli	October 16, 1911	10th Hampden
Emanuel Serra	June 12, 1945	1st Suffolk
Chester Suhoski	March 26, 1941	2nd Worcester
Gregory W. Sullivan	January 29, 1952	12th Norfolk
Edward B. Teague III	November 25, 1949	1st Barnstable
Alvin Thompson	May 15, 1939	28th Middlesex
Richard Tisei	August 13, 1962	22nd Middlesex
A. Stephen Tobin	July 3, 1956	2nd Norfolk
Peter G. Torkildsen	January 28, 1958	13th Essex
Roger Tougas	January 9, 1927	9th Bristol
Marilyn Travinski	June 1, 1947	6th Worcester
Philip Travis	July 2, 1940	4th Bristol
Peter Trombley	September 16, 1948	9th Middlesex
Susan Tucker (politician)	November 7, 1944	17th Essex
Eric Turkington	August 12, 1947	Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket
Peter A. Vellucci	1942	29th Middlesex
William B. Vernon	April 17, 1951	1st Bristol
Richard Voke	December 2, 1947	2nd Suffolk
Patricia Walrath	August 11, 1941	3rd Middlesex
Marian Walsh	1954	10th Suffolk
Michael P. Walsh		3rd Hampden
Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician)	July 15, 1960	12th Essex
Francis H. Woodward	March 17, 1939	9th Norfolk

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 1988–1989 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1988 – via Internet Archive.
1 2 3 4 "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1989", Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1989, hdl:2452/796475

External links

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1988 State Senate General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1988 State Representative General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1989, hdl:2452/365964
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1989, hdl:2452/3573
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1990, hdl:2452/365965
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1990, hdl:2452/31053
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 1988–1989 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1988 – via Internet Archive.

[Register-5] 1 2 3 4 "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1989", Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1989, hdl:2452/796475

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1989–1990 Massachusetts legislature

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