1997–1998 Massachusetts legislature

180th
Massachusetts General Court
180th; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 1997 –
Senate
Members	40
President	Tom Birmingham
Majority Leader	Thomas C. Norton
Majority Whip	Linda Melconian
Minority Leader	Brian Lees
Minority Whip	Richard Tisei
Party control	Democrat
House
Members	160
Speaker	Thomas Finneran
Majority Leader	William P. Nagle Jr.
Majority Whip	Barbara Gardner
Minority Leader	David Peters
Minority Whip	Francis L. Marini
Party control	Democrat

Last updated January 01, 2025

Thomas Birmingham, Senate president.

Thomas Finneran, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1997-1998.

The 180th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1997 and 1998 during the governorships of Bill Weld and Paul Cellucci. Thomas F. Birmingham served as president of the Senate and Thomas M. Finneran served as speaker of the House.^[4]

Senators

name ^[5]	date of birth ^[6]	district ^[6]
Matthew J. Amorello	March 15, 1958	2nd Worcester
Robert A. Antonioni	July 15, 1958
Robert A. Bernstein	March 22, 1961
Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949
Tom Birmingham	August 4, 1949
Stephen Brewer	February 10, 1948
Edward J. Clancy Jr.	June 30, 1950
Robert Creedon	November 13, 1942
Robert Durand	February 28, 1953
Susan Fargo	August 27, 1942
Robert Havern III	July 17, 1949
Robert L. Hedlund	July 12, 1961
Cheryl Jacques	February 17, 1962
James Jajuga	December 12, 1946
Brian A. Joyce	September 5, 1962
Bill Keating (politician)	September 6, 1952
Michael Knapik	February 11, 1963
Brian Lees	July 25, 1953
Stephen F. Lynch	March 31, 1955
David P. Magnani	May 24, 1944
Linda Melconian
Mark Montigny	June 20, 1961
Richard T. Moore	August 7, 1943
Michael W. Morrissey	August 2, 1954
Therese Murray	October 10, 1947
Thomas C. Norton	December 11, 1934
Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr.	February 26, 1964
John D. O'Brien Jr.	1960
Marc Pacheco	October 29, 1952
Steven C. Panagiotakos	November 26, 1959
Lois Pines	August 16, 1940
Henri S. Rauschenbach	October 9, 1947
Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949
Charles E. Shannon Jr.	August 31, 1943
Bruce Tarr	January 2, 1964
Richard Tisei	August 13, 1962
Warren Tolman	October 23, 1959
Robert Travaglini	July 20, 1952
Marian Walsh	1954
Dianne Wilkerson	May 2, 1955

Representatives

name ^[5]	date of birth ^[6]	district ^[6]
Steven Angelo	June 8, 1952	9th Essex
Michael G. Bellotti	March 21, 1963
John Binienda	June 22, 1947
Daniel E. Bosley	December 9, 1953
Arthur Broadhurst	September 28, 1964
John Businger	February 5, 1945
Antonio Cabral	January 26, 1955
Michael P. Cahill	December 12, 1961
Thomas Cahir	September 19, 1952
Christine Canavan	January 25, 1950
Gale D. Candaras	1949
Paul Caron	November 15, 1955
Paul Casey	February 26, 1961
Harriette L. Chandler	December 20, 1937
Evelyn Chesky	August 20, 1933
Vincent P. Ciampa	April 15, 1945
Forrester Clark	November 30, 1934
Carol Cleven	November 2, 1928
David B. Cohen (mayor)	September 2, 1947
Edward G. Connolly	August 22, 1928
Robert Correia	January 3, 1939
Geraldine Creedon	September 26, 1945
Brian Cresta	April 22, 1969
Donna Cuomo	March 19, 1947
Walter DeFilippi	October 3, 1926
Robert DeLeo (politician)	March 27, 1950
Paul C. Demakis	July 9, 1953
Brian Dempsey (politician)	September 30, 1966
Salvatore DiMasi	August 11, 1945
David Donnelly	June 7, 1956
Carol A. Donovan	June 5, 1937
James H. Fagan	October 13, 1947
Christopher Fallon	June 7, 1953
Robert Fennell	June 26, 1956
Barry Finegold	March 3, 1971
Kevin L. Finnegan	June 1, 1964
Thomas Finneran	January 2, 1950
Kevin W. Fitzgerald	1950
Nancy Flavin	June 26, 1950
Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942
Paul Frost	April 25, 1970
Joseph Gallitano	April 12, 1946
William C. Galvin	October 18, 1956
Barbara Gardner	January 19, 1941
Colleen Garry	July 21, 1962
David Gately	September 27, 1955
Ronald Gauch	February 13, 1938
Thomas N. George	May 2, 1938
Anthony Giglio	January 28, 1941
Guy Glodis	February 15, 1969
Emile Goguen	March 16, 1933
Thomas Golden Jr.	March 5, 1971
Shirley Gomes	January 23, 1940
William G. Greene Jr.	April 24, 1940
Patrick Guerriero	March 3, 1968
Cele Hahn	March 21, 1942
Paul Haley	June 9, 1953
Geoff Hall (politician)	October 10, 1948
Robert S. Hargraves	October 14, 1936
Lida E. Harkins	January 24, 1944
Jack Hart (state senator)	April 21, 1961
Shirley Owens Hicks	April 22, 1942
Christopher Hodgkins	August 24, 1957
Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958
Barbara Hyland	October 17, 1943
Frank Hynes	December 23, 1940
M. Paul Iannuccillo	May 1, 1963
Patricia D. Jehlen	October 14, 1943
Bradley Jones Jr.	January 9, 1965
Louis Kafka	November 28, 1945
Rachel Kaprielian	June 24, 1968
Jay R. Kaufman	May 4, 1947
Daniel F. Keenan	February 15, 1961
Shaun P. Kelly	March 13, 1964
Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951
Kay Khan	June 22, 1941
John C. Klimm	November 5, 1955
Brian Knuuttila	February 22, 1957
Robert Koczera	November 25, 1953
Peter Koutoujian	September 17, 1961
Paul Kujawski	August 26, 1953
Stephen Kulik	August 3, 1950
Patrick Landers	September 20, 1959
Harold M. Lane, Jr.	August 24, 1938
Peter J. Larkin	December 23, 1953
Stephen LeDuc	February 29, 1968
Edward LeLacheur	June 1, 1925
John Lepper	December 22, 1934
Jacqueline Lewis	May 3, 1945
Maryanne Lewis	1963
John A. Locke (Massachusetts politician)	November 27, 1962
Ronald Mariano	October 31, 1946
Francis L. Marini	March 5, 1949
Jim Marzilli	May 8, 1958
Thomas M. McGee	December 15, 1955
Joseph B. McIntyre	April 11, 1957
William McManus	January 26, 1963
Joan Menard	September 6, 1935
John Merrigan	May 2, 1961
Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
Charles A. Murphy	August 11, 1965
Dennis M. Murphy	September 12, 1962
Kevin J. Murphy (politician)	November 27, 1952
Mary Jeanette Murray	December 24, 1924
William P. Nagle Jr.	June 10, 1951
Harold Naughton Jr.	July 4, 1960
Janet O'Brien
Thomas J. O'Brien (Massachusetts politician)	March 15, 1964
Eugene O'Flaherty	July 20, 1968
Marie Parente	May 22, 1928
Anne Paulsen	August 8, 1936
Vincent Pedone	March 15, 1967
David Peters (politician)	March 1, 1954
Douglas W. Petersen	March 7, 1948
George N. Peterson Jr.	July 8, 1950
Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957
Kevin Poirier	July 7, 1940
Susan W. Pope	October 9, 1942
Ruth Provost	August 9, 1949
John F. Quinn	April 7, 1963
William Reinstein	March 26, 1929
Pam Resor	1942
Charlotte Golar Richie	December 11, 1958
Michael Rodrigues (politician)	May 30, 1959
Mary Rogeness	May 18, 1941
John H. Rogers	October 22, 1964
J. Michael Ruane	December 10, 1927
Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
Anthony M. Scibelli	October 16, 1911
Emanuel Serra	June 12, 1945
Mary Jane Simmons	May 14, 1953
John P. Slattery	April 5, 1958
Theodore C. Speliotis	August 20, 1953
Jo Ann Sprague	November 3, 1931
Harriett Stanley	March 30, 1950
John Stasik	June 5, 1942
John Stefanini	March 23, 1964
Douglas Stoddart	March 5, 1952
Ellen Story	October 17, 1941
William M. Straus	June 26, 1956
David B. Sullivan	June 6, 1953
Joseph Sullivan (mayor)	March 1, 1959
Benjamin Swan	September 18, 1933
Kathleen Teahan	June 11, 1947
Alvin Thompson	May 15, 1939
A. Stephen Tobin	July 3, 1956
Steven Tolman	October 2, 1954
Timothy J. Toomey Jr.	June 7, 1953
Philip Travis	July 2, 1940
Eric Turkington	August 12, 1947
David Tuttle
James E. Vallee	July 24, 1966
Anthony Verga	April 26, 1935
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician)	May 7, 1960
Patricia Walrath	August 11, 1941
Marty Walsh	April 10, 1967
Alice Wolf	December 24, 1933

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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
↑ "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
↑ "The 180th General Court of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts". State.ma.us. Archived from the original on February 13, 1998.
1 2 1997–1998 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston – via Internet Archive.
1 2 3 4 "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1997-1998" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts– via State Library of Massachusetts

External links

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1996 State Senate General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1996 State Representative General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1997-1998, hdl:2452/630104
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1997, hdl:2452/119335
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1998, hdl:2452/119336

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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] "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

[4] "The 180th General Court of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts". State.ma.us. Archived from the original on February 13, 1998.

[Officers-5] 1 2 1997–1998 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston – via Internet Archive.

[Register-6] 1 2 3 4 "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1997-1998" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts– via State Library of Massachusetts

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