2003–2004 Massachusetts legislature

183rd
Massachusetts General Court
183rd; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 1, 2003 – January 4, 2005
Election	2002 general election
Website	mass.gov/legis/legis.htm
Senate
Members	40
President	Robert Travaglini
Majority Leader	Frederick Berry
Majority Whip	Joan Menard
Minority Leader	Brian Lees
Minority Whip	Bruce Tarr
Party control	Democrat
House
Members	160
Speaker	Thomas Finneran (2003–2004); Salvatore DiMasi (2004)
Majority Leader	Salvatore DiMasi (2003–2004)
Majority Whip	Lida E. Harkins
Minority Leader	Bradley Jones Jr.
Minority Whip	George N. Peterson Jr.
Party control	Democrat

Last updated September 08, 2024

Robert Travaglini, Senate president.

Thomas Finneran, House speaker until September 28, 2004

Salvatore DiMasi, House speaker from September 28, 2004

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 2003-2004.

The 183rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2003 and 2004 during the governorship of Mitt Romney. Robert Travaglini served as president of the Senate. Thomas Finneran and then Salvatore DiMasi each served as speaker of the House.^[4]

Senators

name ^[7]	date of birth ^[8]	district ^[9]
Robert A. Antonioni	July 15, 1958
Steven Baddour	1969	1st Essex
Jarrett Barrios	October 16, 1969
Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949
Stephen Brewer	February 10, 1948
Scott Brown (politician)	September 12, 1959
Harriette L. Chandler	December 20, 1937
Robert Creedon	November 13, 1942
Cynthia Stone Creem	September 17, 1942
Susan Fargo	August 27, 1942
Guy Glodis	February 15, 1969
Jack Hart (state senator)	April 21, 1961
Robert Havern III	July 17, 1949
Robert L. Hedlund	July 12, 1961
Cheryl Jacques	February 17, 1962
Brian A. Joyce	September 5, 1962
Michael Knapik	February 11, 1963
Brian Lees	July 25, 1953
David P. Magnani	May 24, 1944
Thomas M. McGee	December 15, 1955
Linda Melconian
Joan Menard	September 6, 1935
Mark Montigny	June 20, 1961
Richard T. Moore	August 7, 1943
Michael W. Morrissey	August 2, 1954
Therese Murray	October 10, 1947
Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr.	February 26, 1964
Robert O'Leary	January 24, 1946
Marc Pacheco	October 29, 1952
Steven C. Panagiotakos	November 26, 1959
Pam Resor	1942
Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949
Charles E. Shannon Jr.	August 31, 1943
Jo Ann Sprague	November 3, 1931
Bruce Tarr	January 2, 1964
Richard Tisei	August 13, 1962
Steven Tolman	October 2, 1954
Robert Travaglini	July 20, 1952
Susan Tucker (politician)	November 7, 1944
Marian Walsh	1954
Dianne Wilkerson	May 2, 1955

Representatives

name ^[8]	date of birth ^[9]	district ^[9]
Christopher P. Asselin	March 10, 1969	9th Hampden
Cory Atkins	February 10, 1949
Demetrius Atsalis	March 31, 1964
Bruce Ayers	April 17, 1962
Ruth Balser	October 30, 1948
John Binienda	June 22, 1947
Deborah Blumer	October 18, 1941
Daniel E. Bosley	December 9, 1953
Garrett Bradley	July 4, 1970
Arthur Broadhurst	September 28, 1964
Scott Brown (politician)	September 12, 1959
Stephen Buoniconti	September 4, 1969
Antonio Cabral	January 26, 1955
Jennifer Callahan	August 24, 1964
Christine Canavan	January 25, 1950
Gale D. Candaras	1949
Mark Carron	July 8, 1962
Paul Casey	February 26, 1961
Vincent P. Ciampa	April 15, 1945
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera	February 21, 1964
Edward G. Connolly	August 22, 1928
Michael J. Coppola	December 7, 1942
Robert Correia	January 3, 1939
Michael A. Costello	May 5, 1965
Robert K. Coughlin	April 22, 1969
Geraldine Creedon	September 26, 1945
Robert DeLeo (politician)	March 27, 1950
Vinny deMacedo	October 16, 1965
Paul C. Demakis	July 9, 1953
Brian Dempsey (politician)	September 30, 1966
Salvatore DiMasi	August 11, 1945
Paul Donato	October 27, 1941
Christopher Donelan	December 25, 1964
Carol A. Donovan	June 5, 1937
Jamie Eldridge	August 11, 1973
Lewis Evangelidis	July 11, 1961
James H. Fagan	October 13, 1947
Christopher Fallon	June 7, 1953
Mark Falzone	June 14, 1975
Robert Fennell	June 26, 1956
Mike Festa	May 9, 1954
Barry Finegold	March 3, 1971
Thomas Finneran	January 2, 1950
Marie St. Fleur	May 4, 1962
David Lawrence Flynn	February 5, 1933
Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942
John Fresolo	October 11, 1964
Paul Frost	April 25, 1970
William C. Galvin	October 18, 1956
Colleen Garry	July 21, 1962
Thomas N. George	May 2, 1938
Susan Williams Gifford	November 3, 1959
Anne Gobi	December 27, 1962
Emile Goguen	March 16, 1933
Brian Paul Golden	February 2, 1965
Thomas Golden Jr.	March 5, 1971
Shirley Gomes	January 23, 1940
Mary E. Grant	January 10, 1953
William G. Greene Jr.	April 24, 1940
Patricia Haddad	May 7, 1950
Geoff Hall (politician)	October 10, 1948
Robert S. Hargraves	October 14, 1936
Lida E. Harkins	January 24, 1944
Shirley Owens Hicks	April 22, 1942
Bradford Hill	January 22, 1967
Reed V. Hillman	November 30, 1948
Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958
Mark A. Howland	August 20, 1954
Donald Humason Jr.	July 31, 1967
Frank Hynes	December 23, 1940
Patricia D. Jehlen	October 14, 1943
Bradley Jones Jr.	January 9, 1965
Louis Kafka	November 28, 1945
Michael F. Kane	June 10, 1967
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
Brian Knuuttila	February 22, 1957
Peter Kocot	September 18, 1956
Robert Koczera	November 25, 1953
Peter Koutoujian	September 17, 1961
Paul Kujawski	August 26, 1953
Stephen Kulik	August 3, 1950
Barbara L'Italien	January 3, 1961
William Lantigua	February 19, 1955
Peter J. Larkin	December 23, 1953
James Leary	March 27, 1967
Stephen LeDuc	February 29, 1968
John Lepper	December 22, 1934
David Linsky	October 16, 1957
Paul Loscocco	March 7, 1962
Liz Malia	September 30, 1949
Ronald Mariano	October 31, 1946
Jim Marzilli	May 8, 1958
Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
Charles A. Murphy	August 11, 1965
James M. Murphy	November 15, 1969
Kevin J. Murphy (politician)	November 27, 1952
David Nangle	December 18, 1960
Harold Naughton Jr.	July 4, 1960
Robert Nyman	August 20, 1960
Thomas J. O'Brien (Massachusetts politician)	March 15, 1964
Eugene O'Flaherty	July 20, 1968
Marie Parente	May 22, 1928
Matthew Patrick (politician)	April 1, 1952
Anne Paulsen	August 8, 1936
Vincent Pedone	March 15, 1967
Alice Peisch	October 4, 1954
Jeff Perry (politician)	January 8, 1964
Douglas W. Petersen	March 7, 1948
George N. Peterson Jr.	July 8, 1950
Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957
Anthony Petruccelli	October 2, 1972
William "Smitty" Pignatelli	August 31, 1959
Elizabeth Poirier	October 27, 1942
Karyn Polito	November 11, 1966
Susan Pope	October 9, 1942
John F. Quinn	April 7, 1963
Kathi-Anne Reinstein	January 31, 1971
Michael Rodrigues (politician)	May 30, 1959
Mary Rogeness	May 18, 1941
John H. Rogers	October 22, 1964
J. Michael Ruane	December 10, 1927
Mike Rush	November 30, 1973
Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
Jeffrey Sanchez (politician)	July 18, 1969
Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
John Scibak	May 4, 1953
Mary Jane Simmons	May 14, 1953
Frank Smizik	September 4, 1944
Theodore C. Speliotis	August 20, 1953
Robert Spellane	March 5, 1970
Joyce Spiliotis	December 27, 1946
Karen Spilka	January 11, 1953
Harriett Stanley	March 30, 1950
Thomas M. Stanley	March 23, 1964
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
Walter Timilty	July 19, 1969
A. Stephen Tobin	July 3, 1956
Timothy J. Toomey Jr.	June 7, 1953
David Torrisi	September 18, 1968
Philip Travis	July 2, 1940
Eric Turkington	August 12, 1947
James E. Vallee	July 24, 1966
Anthony Verga	April 26, 1935
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician)	May 7, 1960
Brian P. Wallace	July 26, 1949
Patricia Walrath	August 11, 1941
Marty Walsh	April 10, 1967
Steven Walsh	September 11, 1973
Daniel K. Webster	April 2, 1964
Alice Wolf	December 24, 1933

Images

Map of the 40 districts of the Massachusetts state senate apportioned in 2001
Map of the 160 districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives apportioned in 2001

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References

↑ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
↑ "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
↑ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
↑ Robert David Sullivan (2005). "A Toast to the General Court". CommonWealth Magazine . 10 (4).
↑ "2004 Chap. 0137. An Act Improving Public Health In The Commonwealth", Massachusetts Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/122188
↑ "List of Members of the 183rd General Court (2003-2004)". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on August 30, 2004.
1 2 2003-2004 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2003.
1 2 3 "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 2003-2004", Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/796545

External links

"State Senate Elections: 2002-2003", Sec.state.ma.us, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division
"State Representative Elections: 2002-2003", Sec.state.ma.us, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 2003-2004, hdl:2452/630107
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 2003, hdl:2452/119341
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 2004, hdl:2452/122051

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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] "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] "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.

[5] Robert David Sullivan (2005). "A Toast to the General Court". CommonWealth Magazine . 10 (4).

[6] "2004 Chap. 0137. An Act Improving Public Health In The Commonwealth", Massachusetts Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/122188

[7] "List of Members of the 183rd General Court (2003-2004)". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on August 30, 2004.

[Officers-8] 1 2 2003-2004 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2003.

[Register-9] 1 2 3 "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 2003-2004", Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/796545

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