2007–2008 Massachusetts legislature

185th
Massachusetts General Court
185th; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 3, 2007 – January 6, 2009
Election	2006 Massachusetts general election
Senate
Members	40
President	Therese Murray
Majority Leader	Frederick Berry
Majority Whip	Joan Menard
Minority Leader	Richard Tisei
Minority Whip	Bruce Tarr
Party control	Democrat
House
Members	160
Speaker	Salvatore DiMasi
Majority Leader	John H. Rogers
Majority Whip	Lida E. Harkins
Minority Leader	Bradley Jones Jr.
Minority Whip	George N. Peterson Jr.
Party control	Democrat

Last updated July 08, 2024

Therese Murray, Senate president.

Salvatore DiMasi, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 2007-2008.

The 185th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2007 and 2008 during the governorship of Deval Patrick. Therese Murray served as president of the Senate and Salvatore DiMasi served as speaker of the House.

Senators

name ^[6]	date of birth ^[7]	district ^[7]
Robert A. Antonioni	July 15, 1958
Edward M. Augustus Jr.	March 31, 1964	2nd Worcester
Steven Baddour	1969
Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949
Stephen Brewer	February 10, 1948
Scott Brown (politician)	September 12, 1959
Stephen Buoniconti	September 4, 1969
Gale D. Candaras	1949
Harriette L. Chandler	December 20, 1937
Robert Creedon	November 13, 1942
Cynthia Stone Creem	September 17, 1942
Benjamin Downing	September 11, 1981
Susan Fargo	August 27, 1942
Anthony D. Galluccio	1969
Jack Hart (state senator)	April 21, 1961
Robert L. Hedlund	July 12, 1961
Patricia D. Jehlen	October 14, 1943
Brian A. Joyce	September 5, 1962
Michael Knapik	February 11, 1963
Jim Marzilli	May 8, 1958
Thomas M. McGee	December 15, 1955
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
Robert O'Leary	January 24, 1946
Marc Pacheco	October 29, 1952
Steven C. Panagiotakos	November 26, 1959
Anthony Petruccelli	October 2, 1972
Pam Resor	1942
Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949
Karen Spilka	January 11, 1953
Bruce Tarr	January 2, 1964
James E. Timilty
Richard Tisei	August 13, 1962
Steven Tolman	October 2, 1954
Susan Tucker (politician)	November 7, 1944
Marian Walsh	1954
Dianne Wilkerson	May 2, 1955

Representatives

name ^[8]	date of birth ^[7]	district ^[7]
Kevin Aguiar	1972	7th Bristol
Geraldo Alicea	September 27, 1963
Willie Mae Allen	February 11, 1937
Cory Atkins	February 10, 1949
Demetrius Atsalis	March 31, 1964
Bruce Ayers	April 17, 1962
Ruth Balser	October 30, 1948
F. Jay Barrows	April 5, 1956
Carlo Basile	June 29, 1971
John Binienda	June 22, 1947
Daniel E. Bosley	December 9, 1953
Garrett Bradley	July 4, 1970
Will Brownsberger	March 21, 1957
Antonio Cabral	January 26, 1955
Jennifer Callahan	August 24, 1964
Thomas Calter
Linda Dean Campbell
Christine Canavan	January 25, 1950
Stephen Canessa	1980
Paul Casey	February 26, 1961
Katherine Clark	July 17, 1963
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera	February 21, 1964
Tom Conroy	July 7, 1962
Michael A. Costello	May 5, 1965
Geraldine Creedon	September 26, 1945
Sean Curran (politician)	August 23, 1977
Steven D'Amico	February 21, 1953
Robert DeLeo (politician)	March 27, 1950
Vinny deMacedo	October 16, 1965
Brian Dempsey (politician)	September 30, 1966
Salvatore DiMasi	August 11, 1945
Stephen DiNatale
Paul Donato	October 27, 1941
Christopher Donelan	December 25, 1964
Joseph R. Driscoll	1970
Lori Ehrlich	June 9, 1963
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
John V. Fernandes	November 16, 1952
Barry Finegold	March 3, 1971
Jennifer Flanagan	September 5, 1975
Marie St. Fleur	May 4, 1962
David Lawrence Flynn	February 5, 1933
Linda Dorcena Forry	November 1, 1973
Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942
John Fresolo	October 11, 1964
Paul Frost	April 25, 1970
William C. Galvin	October 18, 1956
Sean Garballey	February 22, 1985
Colleen Garry	July 21, 1962
Susan Williams Gifford	November 3, 1959
Anne Gobi	December 27, 1962
Thomas Golden Jr.	March 5, 1971
Mary E. Grant	January 10, 1953
William G. Greene Jr.	April 24, 1940
Denis Guyer	July 11, 1966
Patricia Haddad	May 7, 1950
Geoff Hall (politician)	October 10, 1948
Robert S. Hargraves	October 14, 1936
Lida E. Harkins	January 24, 1944
Bradford Hill	January 22, 1967
Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958
Donald Humason Jr.	July 31, 1967
Frank Hynes	December 23, 1940
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
John D. Keenan	April 4, 1965
Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951
Kay Khan	June 22, 1941
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
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
Allen McCarthy	February 24, 1970
Paul McMurtry	October 28, 1965
Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
Michael Moran (Massachusetts politician)	February 23, 1971
Charles A. Murphy	August 11, 1965
James M. Murphy	November 15, 1969
Kevin J. Murphy (politician)	November 27, 1952
David Nangle	December 18, 1960
Patrick Natale	September 22, 1968
Harold Naughton Jr.	July 4, 1960
Robert Nyman	August 20, 1960
Jim O'Day	May 23, 1954
Eugene O'Flaherty	July 20, 1968
Matthew Patrick (politician)	April 1, 1952
Sarah Peake	October 4, 1957
Vincent Pedone	March 15, 1967
Alice Peisch	October 4, 1954
Jeff Perry (politician)	January 8, 1964
George N. Peterson Jr.	July 8, 1950
Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957
William "Smitty" Pignatelli	August 31, 1959
Elizabeth Poirier	October 27, 1942
Karyn Polito	November 11, 1966
Denise Provost	March 9, 1951
Angelo Puppolo
John F. Quinn	April 7, 1963
Kathi-Anne Reinstein	January 31, 1971
Robert L. Rice Jr.
Pam Richardson
Michael Rodrigues (politician)	May 30, 1959
Mary Rogeness	May 18, 1941
John H. Rogers	October 22, 1964
Richard J. Ross	July 6, 1954
Mike Rush	November 30, 1973
Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
Jeffrey Sanchez (politician)	July 18, 1969
Rosemary Sandlin	May 31, 1946
Tom Sannicandro	March 22, 1956
Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
John Scibak	May 4, 1953
Carl Sciortino	July 6, 1978
Stephen Stat Smith	May 25, 1955
Frank Smizik	September 4, 1944
Todd Smola	1977
Theodore C. Speliotis	August 20, 1953
Robert Spellane	March 5, 1970
Christopher Speranzo	October 24, 1972
Joyce Spiliotis	December 27, 1946
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
Benjamin Swan	September 18, 1933
Walter Timilty	July 19, 1969
A. Stephen Tobin	July 3, 1956
Timothy J. Toomey Jr.	June 7, 1953
David Torrisi	September 18, 1968
Eric Turkington	August 12, 1947
Cleon Turner	December 29, 1945
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
Martha M. Walz	July 7, 1961
Daniel K. Webster	April 2, 1964
James T. Welch	December 22, 1975
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
↑ "Massachusetts Senate Broadcasts Live Over Internet", Govtech.com , January 8, 2008
↑ Andrew Carden; Kristen Lee (January 3, 2013), "Antiquated state laws stir modern-day worry", Boston Globe
↑ "List of Senate Members of the 185th General Court (2007-2008)". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on July 18, 2008.
1 2 3 4 "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 2007-2008" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts– via State Library of Massachusetts
↑ "185th General Court, House of Representatives: List of Members for the 2007-2008 Session". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on July 18, 2008.

External links

2007–2008 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston – via Internet Archive.
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 2007-2008, hdl:2452/683601
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 2007, hdl:2452/122563
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 2008, hdl:2452/122564

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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] "Massachusetts Senate Broadcasts Live Over Internet", Govtech.com , January 8, 2008

[5] Andrew Carden; Kristen Lee (January 3, 2013), "Antiquated state laws stir modern-day worry", Boston Globe

[6] "List of Senate Members of the 185th General Court (2007-2008)". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on July 18, 2008.

[Register-7] 1 2 3 4 "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 2007-2008" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts– via State Library of Massachusetts

[8] "185th General Court, House of Representatives: List of Members for the 2007-2008 Session". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on July 18, 2008.

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