2009–2010 Massachusetts legislature

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186th
Massachusetts General Court
185th 187th
Overview
Legislative body General Court
TermJanuary 7, 2009 (2009-01-07)  ()
Election 2008 Massachusetts general election
Senate
Members40 [1]
President Therese Murray
Majority Leader Frederick Berry
Majority Whip Joan Menard
Minority Leader Richard Tisei
Minority Whip Robert L. Hedlund
Party control Democrat [1]
House
Members160
Speaker Robert DeLeo
Majority LeaderJames E. Vallee
Majority Whip Ronald Mariano
Minority Leader Bradley Jones Jr.
Minority Whip Bradford Hill
Party control Democrat [2]
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Therese Murray, Senate president.
2003 Robert DeLeo Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Robert DeLeo, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 2009-2010.

The 186th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2009 and 2010 during the governorship of Deval Patrick. Therese Murray served as president of the Senate and Robert DeLeo served as speaker of the House. [3]

Contents

Senators

portraitname [4] date of birthdistrict [5]
2003 Steven Baddour Massachusetts state senator.png
Steven Baddour 1969 1st Essex
Senator Frederick E. Berry (45877517801).jpg
Frederick Berry December 20, 1949
Stephen Brewer 2010.jpg
Stephen Brewer February 10, 1948
2003 Stephen Buoniconti Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Stephen Buoniconti September 4, 1969
Gale D Candaras.jpg
Gale D. Candaras 1949
Harriette L. Chandler.jpg
Harriette L. Chandler December 20, 1937
Sonya Chang-Diaz.jpg
Sonia Chang-Díaz March 31, 1978
Cynthia S. Creem.jpg
Cynthia Stone Creem September 17, 1942
2012 Sal DiDomenico senator Massachusetts.png
Sal DiDomenico June 20, 1971
Ken Donnelly 2013.jpg
Ken Donnelly July 15, 1950
Benjamin Downing, 2008 cropped.jpg
Benjamin Downing September 11, 1981
Jamie Eldridge, 2009.jpg
Jamie Eldridge August 11, 1973
1999 Susan Fargo Massachusetts Senate.png
Susan Fargo August 27, 1942
2005 Jennifer Flanagan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Jennifer Flanagan September 5, 1975
1999 John A Hart Jr Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Jack Hart (state senator) April 21, 1961
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Robert L. Hedlund July 12, 1961
Patricia Jehlen at Assembly station opening, September 2014.JPG
Patricia D. Jehlen October 14, 1943
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Brian A. Joyce September 5, 1962
2005 Thomas P Kennedy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Thomas P. Kennedy August 15, 1951
Michael Knapik 2010.jpg
Michael Knapik February 11, 1963
Thomas M McGee 2011.jpg
Thomas M. McGee December 15, 1955
1983 Joan Menard Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Joan Menard September 6, 1935
Mark Montigny - May 2012.jpg
Mark Montigny June 20, 1961
Senator Michael O. Moore.jpg
Michael O. Moore January 17, 1963
Massachusetts State Senator Richard Moore.jpg
Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943
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Michael W. Morrissey August 2, 1954
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Therese Murray October 10, 1947
2003 Robert OLeary Massachusetts state senator.png
Robert O'Leary January 24, 1946
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Marc Pacheco October 29, 1952
Steven Panagiotakos 2007 CROPPED.jpg
Steven C. Panagiotakos November 26, 1959
Anthony Petrucelli 2010.jpg
Anthony Petruccelli October 2, 1972
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Stan Rosenberg October 12, 1949
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Richard J. Ross July 6, 1954
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Karen Spilka January 11, 1953
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Bruce Tarr January 2, 1964
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James E. Timilty
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Richard Tisei August 13, 1962
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Steven Tolman October 2, 1954
1983 Susan Tucker Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Susan Tucker (politician) November 7, 1944
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Marian Walsh 1954

Representatives

portraitname [6] date of birthdistrict [5]
Kevin Aguiar 1972 7th Bristol
Geraldo Alicea September 27, 1963
Willie Mae Allen February 11, 1937
James Arciero August 27, 1974
Brian Ashe April 23, 1963
2003 Cory Atkins Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Cory Atkins February 10, 1949
2005 Demetrius Atsalis Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Demetrius Atsalis March 31, 1964
2005 Bruce Ayers Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Bruce Ayers April 17, 1962
2005 Ruth Balser Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Ruth Balser October 30, 1948
F. Jay Barrows April 5, 1956
Carlo Basile June 29, 1971
Jennifer Benson
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John Binienda June 22, 1947
1995 Daniel Bosley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Daniel E. Bosley December 9, 1953
Bill Bowles
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Garrett Bradley July 4, 1970
Michael Brady (politician)
William Brownsberger - January 2012.jpg
Will Brownsberger March 21, 1957
1995 Antonio Cabral Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Antonio Cabral January 26, 1955
2005 Jennifer Callahan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Jennifer Callahan August 24, 1964
Thomas Calter
Linda Dean Campbell
1995 Christine Canavan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Christine Canavan January 25, 1950
2005 Stephen Canessa Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Stephen Canessa 1980
Massachusetts State Representative James Cantwell.png
James Cantwell October 25, 1966
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Katherine Clark July 17, 1963
2005 Cheryl Rivera Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera February 21, 1964
Tom Conroy July 7, 1962
2005 Michael Costello Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Michael A. Costello May 5, 1965
2005 Geraldine Creedon Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Geraldine Creedon September 26, 1945
2005 Sean Curran Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Sean Curran (politician) August 23, 1977
Steven D'Amico February 21, 1953
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Robert DeLeo (politician) March 27, 1950
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Vinny deMacedo October 16, 1965
1995 Brian Dempsey Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Brian Dempsey (politician) September 30, 1966
Marcos Devers October 25, 1950
Stephen DiNatale
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Paul Donato October 27, 1941
2005 Christopher Donelan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Christopher Donelan December 25, 1964
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Joseph R. Driscoll 1970
James J. Dwyer
Carolyn Dykema December 26, 1967
Lori Ehrlich June 9, 1963
2005 Lewis Evangelidis Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Lewis Evangelidis July 11, 1961
1995 James Fagan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
James H. Fagan October 13, 1947
2005 Christopher Fallon Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Christopher Fallon June 7, 1953
2005 Mark Falzone Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Mark Falzone June 14, 1975
1995 Robert Fennell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Robert Fennell June 26, 1956
John V. Fernandes November 16, 1952
Ann-Margaret Ferrante June 26, 1972
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Barry Finegold March 3, 1971
2005 Linda Forry Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Linda Dorcena Forry November 1, 1973
1995 Gloria Fox Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Gloria Fox March 18, 1942
2005 John Fresolo Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
John Fresolo October 11, 1964
2005 Paul Frost Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Paul Frost April 25, 1970
1995 William C Galvin Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
William C. Galvin October 18, 1956
Sean Garballey February 22, 1985
1995 Colleen Garry Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Colleen Garry July 21, 1962
Susan Gifford.jpg
Susan Williams Gifford November 3, 1959
2005 Anne Gobi Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Anne Gobi December 27, 1962
State Rep Tom Golden (512061811) (cropped).jpg
Thomas Golden Jr. March 5, 1971
2005 Mary Grant Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Mary E. Grant January 10, 1953
2005 William Greene Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
William G. Greene Jr. April 24, 1940
Danielle Gregoire
2005 Denis Guyer Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Denis Guyer July 11, 1966
Patricia A. Haddad.jpg
Patricia Haddad May 7, 1950
1995 Robert Hargraves Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Robert S. HargravesOctober 14, 1936
1995 Lida Eisenstadt Harkins Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Lida E. Harkins January 24, 1944
Jon Hecht
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Bradford Hill January 22, 1967
Kate Hogan January 15, 1957
1995 Kevin Honan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Kevin Honan June 5, 1958
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Donald Humason Jr. July 31, 1967
1995 Bradley Jones Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Bradley Jones Jr. January 9, 1965
1995 Louis Kafka Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Louis Kafka November 28, 1945
2005 Michael Kane Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Michael F. Kane June 10, 1967
1995 Jay Kaufman Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Jay R. Kaufman May 4, 1947
2005 John Keenan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
John D. Keenan April 4, 1965
2005 Thomas P Kennedy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Thomas P. Kennedy August 15, 1951
1995 Kay Khan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Kay Khan June 22, 1941
2005 Peter Kocot Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Peter Kocot September 18, 1956
1995 Robert Koczera Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Robert Koczera November 25, 1953
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Peter Koutoujian September 17, 1961
1995 Paul Kujawski Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Paul KujawskiAugust 26, 1953
1995 Stephen Kulik Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Stephen Kulik August 3, 1950
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Barbara L'Italien January 3, 1961
Jason Lewis (Massachusetts politician) April 19, 1968
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David Linsky October 16, 1957
Timothy Madden
2003 Elizabeth Malia Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Liz Malia September 30, 1949
Ronald Mariano.jpg
Ronald Mariano October 31, 1946
Allen McCarthy February 24, 1970
Paul McMurtry.jpg
Paul McMurtry October 28, 1965
1995 James Miceli Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Jim Miceli March 25, 1935
Aaron Michlewitz 1978
2005 Michael Moran Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Michael Moran (Massachusetts politician) February 23, 1971
2003 Charles Murphy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Charles A. Murphy August 11, 1965
2005 James Murphy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
James M. Murphy November 15, 1969
2005 Kevin Murphy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Kevin J. Murphy (politician) November 27, 1952
2005 David Nangle Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
David Nangle December 18, 1960
Harold Naughton.jpg
Harold Naughton Jr. July 4, 1960
James ODay Headshot.jpg
Jim O'Day May 23, 1954
Eugene O'Flaherty.jpg
Eugene O'Flaherty July 20, 1968
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Matthew Patrick (politician) April 1, 1952
Sarah Peake October 4, 1957
1995 Vincent Pedone Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Vincent Pedone March 15, 1967
2005 Alice Peisch Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Alice Peisch October 4, 1954
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Jeff Perry (politician) January 8, 1964
1995 George Peterson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
George N. Peterson Jr. July 8, 1950
1995 Thomas Petrolati Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Thomas Petrolati March 16, 1957
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William "Smitty" Pignatelli August 31, 1959
2003 Elizabeth Poirier Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Elizabeth Poirier October 27, 1942
Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito.jpg
Karyn Polito November 11, 1966
Denise Provost at Assembly station opening, September 2014.JPG
Denise Provost March 9, 1951
Angelo Puppolo
1995 John Quinn Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
John F. Quinn April 7, 1963
2003 Kathi Anne Reinstein Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Kathi-Anne Reinstein January 31, 1971
Robert L. Rice Jr.
Pam Richardson
Michael Rodrigues 2010.jpg
Michael Rodrigues (politician) May 30, 1959
John Rogers (2014).jpg
John H. Rogers October 22, 1964
Dennis Rosa
2005 Richard Ross Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Richard J. Ross July 6, 1954
2005 Michael Rush Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Mike Rush November 30, 1973
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Byron Rushing July 29, 1942
Jeffrey Sanchez.jpg
Jeffrey Sanchez (politician) July 18, 1969
Rosemary Sandlin May 31, 1946
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Tom Sannicandro March 22, 1956
1983 Angelo Scaccia Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Angelo Scaccia September 29, 1942
2005 John Scibak Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
John Scibak May 4, 1953
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Carl Sciortino July 6, 1978
Stephen Stat Smith May 25, 1955
2005 Frank Smizik Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Frank Smizik September 4, 1944
2005 Todd Smola Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Todd Smola 1977
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Theodore C. Speliotis August 20, 1953
2005 Robert Spellane Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Robert Spellane March 5, 1970
2005 Christopher Speranzo Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Christopher Speranzo October 24, 1972
2003 Joyce Spiliotis Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Joyce Spiliotis December 27, 1946
1995 Harriett Stanley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Harriett Stanley March 30, 1950
2003 Thomas Stanley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Thomas M. Stanley March 23, 1964
1995 Ellen Story Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Ellen Story October 17, 1941
1995 William Straus Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
William M. Straus June 26, 1956
2003 David Sullivan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
David B. Sullivan June 6, 1953
1995 Benjamin Swan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Benjamin Swan September 18, 1933
2005 Walter Timilty Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Walter Timilty July 19, 1969
1995 A Stephen Tobin Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
A. Stephen TobinJuly 3, 1956
2005 Timothy Toomey Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Timothy J. Toomey Jr. June 7, 1953
2005 David Torrisi Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
David Torrisi September 18, 1968
2005 Cleon Turner Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Cleon Turner December 29, 1945
1995 James Vallee Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
James E. ValleeJuly 24, 1966
Joseph F. Wagner.jpg
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician) May 7, 1960
2005 Brian Wallace Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Brian P. WallaceJuly 26, 1949
Marty Walsh 2015.jpg
Marty Walsh April 10, 1967
2005 Steven Walsh Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Steven Walsh September 11, 1973
Martha Walz.jpg
Martha M. Walz July 7, 1961
2003 Daniel Webster Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Daniel K. Webster April 2, 1964
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James T. Welch December 22, 1975
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Alice Wolf December 24, 1933

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References

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  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
  3. Matt Stout (February 8, 2020), "Robert DeLeo is longest-serving House speaker in Massachusetts history", Boston Globe
  4. "Members of the Senate". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010.
  5. 1 2 Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. hdl:2452/119266.
  6. "Members of the House of Representatives". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010.