172nd
Massachusetts General Court
←171st 173rd→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 7, 1981 (1981-01-07) – January 2, 1983 (1983-01-02) [1]
Senate
Members40 [2]
PresidentWilliam Bulger
Majority LeaderDaniel J. Foley
Majority WhipMary L. Fonseca
Minority LeaderJohn Francis Parker
Minority WhipDavid H. Locke
Party controlDemocrat[2]
House
Members160 [3]
SpeakerThomas W. McGee
Majority LeaderGeorge Keverian
Majority WhipJohn E. Murphy Jr.
Minority LeaderWilliam G. Robinson
Minority WhipIris Holland
Party controlDemocrat[3]
William Bulger
William Bulger, Senate president.
Thomas W. McGee
Thomas McGee, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1981-1982.

The 172nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1981 and 1982 during the governorship of Edward J. King. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Thomas W. McGee served as speaker of the House.[4]

"In 1981, the General Court overrode the veto of Gov. Edward King to make Massachusetts one of the first states to encourage recycling" by bottle deposit.[5]

Senators

portrait name [4] date of birth [6] district [6]
 Carol C. Amick 5th Middlesex
 Chester G. Atkins April 14, 1948
John F. Aylmer January 27, 1934
George Bachrach December 2, 1951
Jack Backman April 26, 1922
Louis Peter Bertonazzi October 9, 1933
Walter J. Boverini June 5, 1925
John A. Brennan Jr. September 19, 1945
Anna Buckley 1924
Robert C. Buell April 23, 1931
William Bulger February 2, 1934
John P. Burke December 2, 1954
Edward L. Burke 1942
Gerard D'Amico July 27, 1947
Paul Doane March 26, 1943
Francis D. Doris 1931
Daniel J. Foley April 6, 1921
Mary L. Fonseca March 30, 1915
Robert A. Hall April 15, 1946
Paul D. Harold September 5, 1948
John G. King (politician) November 30, 1942
Edward P. Kirby January 10, 1928
Arthur Joseph Lewis, Jr. September 3, 1934
David H. Locke August 4, 1927
Michael LoPresti Jr. April 30, 1947
William Q. MacLean Jr. November 4, 1934
Patricia McGovern August 2, 1941
Denis L. Mckenna August 14, 1922
Allan R. McKinnon June 2, 1930
John Olver September 3, 1936
Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) July 6, 1937
John Francis Parker May 29, 1907
Sharon Pollard September 21, 1950
Martin Thomas Reilly September 1, 1956
Samuel Rotondi April 22, 1946
Philip L. Shea October 19, 1941
Alan Sisitsky June 4, 1942
Joseph F. Timilty (state senator) October 3, 1938
Roger Tougas January 9, 1927
Joseph B. Walsh November 15, 1923
Peter Colbourne Webber May 12, 1952
Robert D. Wetmore July 24, 1930

Representatives

portrait name [4] date of birth [6] district [6]
 Antone S. Aguiar Jr. January 2, 1930 4th Bristol
 Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. August 23, 1942
Lawrence R. Alexander 1950
Steven Angelo June 8, 1952
Peter George Asiaf August 15, 1905
Michael J. Barrett June 27, 1948
Timothy A. Bassett December 16, 1947
William D. Benson 1948
Walter Bickford February 16, 1942
Kevin Blanchette 1954
Robert Joseph Bohigian July 24, 1922
Royal L. Bolling Jr. May 1, 1944
George Bourque 1913
James T. Brett December 22, 1949
Nicholas J. Buglione 1932
Doris Bunte July 2, 1933
John Businger February 5, 1945
Jeremiah F. Cahir December 4, 1924
Howard C. Cahoon, Jr December 31, 1944
Ellen M. Canavan December 26, 1941
Andrew Card May 10, 1947
William A. Carey January 28, 1920
Angelo R. Cataldo November 12, 1917
Paul Cellucci April 24, 1948
Allan R. Chiocca May 3, 1954
Rudy Chmura March 21, 1932
Salvatore Ciccarelli February 16, 1941
Forrester Clark November 30, 1934
Deborah R. Cochran September 18, 1939
David B. Cohen (mayor) September 2, 1947
Gerald M. Cohen February 22, 1934
Andrew Collaro March 21, 1910
James G. Collins August 2, 1946
Edward W. Connelly August 2, 1919
Leo R. Corazzini February 17, 1930
Robert Correia January 3, 1939
Nicholas Costello 1935
James J. Craven, Jr. March 24, 1919
Michael C. Creedon November 3, 1946
John F. Cusack October 5, 1937
Charles Decas October 5, 1937
Walter DeFilippi October 3, 1926
A. Joseph DeNucci August 30, 1939
Salvatore DiMasi August 11, 1945
Stephen W. Doran March 26, 1956
Charles Robert Doyle September 24, 1925
John R. Driscoll May 9, 1924
Dennis J. Duffin November 24, 1930
Frank Emilio (politician) August 31, 1935
Thomas Francis Fallon December 4, 1929
John J. Finnegan July 21, 1938
Thomas Finneran January 2, 1950
Kevin W. Fitzgerald 1950
Charles Flaherty (politician) October 13, 1938
Michael F. Flaherty Sr. September 6, 1936
William J. Flynn, Jr. 1933
Peter Forman April 28, 1958
Bruce N. Freeman March 4, 1921
Thomas M. Gallagher October 26, 1948
William F. Galvin September 17, 1950
Mary Jane Gibson February 7, 1933
William Glodis April 6, 1934
Roger R. Goyette January 22, 1925
Saundra Graham September 5, 1941
Barbara Gray October 11, 1926
John Gray January 12, 1956
Haden Greenhalgh January 16, 1931
Henry Grenier December 9, 1924
James T. Harrington June 9, 1949
Jonathan Healy October 10, 1945
Joseph N. Hermann June 8, 1924
Lucile Hicks May 11, 1938
Iris Holland September 30, 1920
Robert L. Howarth 1942
Marie Elizabeth Howe June 13, 1939
Philip W. Johnston July 21, 1944
Raymond A. Jordan Jr. May 5, 1943
Stephen Karol 1948
Bill Keating (politician) September 6, 1952
Mel King October 20, 1928
Paul Kollios February 24, 1936
Raymond M. LaFontaine May 18, 1927
Nickolas Lambros January 9, 1933
Denis Lawrence 1940
Mark E. Lawton July 26, 1949
Edward LeLacheur June 1, 1925
Kenneth M. Lemanski January 27, 1954
Leon Lombardi April 16, 1949
Michael J. Lombardi May 27, 1917
John Loring 1926
Thomas R. Lussier April 5, 1957
Thomas K. Lynch April 30, 1946
Charles Mann April 27, 1935
Frank J. Matrango July 19, 1926
Thomas W. McGee May 24, 1924
Michael J. McGlynn April 23, 1953
Arthur James McKenna October 29, 1914
Charles F. McNally April 3, 1929
John C. McNeil June 8, 1945
Robert D. McNeil December 16, 1930
Joan Menard September 6, 1935
Jim Miceli March 25, 1935
Alfred A. Minahan, Jr. September 14, 1953
F. John Monahan July 3, 1943
Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943
William E. Moriarty October 4, 1923
William D. Mullins August 13, 1931
John E. Murphy, Jr. April 3, 1943
Mary Jeanette Murray December 24, 1924
William P. Nagle Jr. June 10, 1951
Andrew Natsios September 22, 1949
Joseph M. Navin May 19, 1946
David R. Nelson (politician) December 14, 1937
Lou Nickinello September 8, 1940
Thomas C. Norton December 11, 1934
Nicholas Paleologos March 9, 1953
Marie Parente May 22, 1928
Angelo Picucci April 12, 1915
Steven Pierce October 10, 1949
Vincent J. Piro 1931
Kevin Poirier July 7, 1940
Daniel F. Pokaski June 26, 1949
Michael J. Rea, Jr July 23, 1940
William G. Robinson March 10, 1926
Andrew J. Rogers, Jr May 6, 1944
Robert J. Rohan August 15, 1921
Timothy M. Rourke October 21, 1952
J. Michael Ruane December 10, 1927
Alfred E. Saggese Jr. November 21, 1946
Sherman Saltmarsh April 27, 1929
Angelo Scaccia September 29, 1942
Joseph Scelsi June 4, 1915
Susan Schur February 27, 1940
Anthony M. Scibelli October 16, 1911
Emanuel Serra June 12, 1945
Richard R. Silva March 13, 1922
Walter Silveira, Jr. June 15, 1934
Charles Silvia February 18, 1945
Theodore C. Speliotis August 20, 1953
Gregory W. Sullivan January 29, 1952
Royall H. Switzler September 27, 1938
Roger Tougas January 9, 1927
Peter Trombley September 16, 1948
Thomas J. Vallely January 6, 1950
Robert A. Vigneau November 4, 1920
Richard Voke December 2, 1947
Richard L. Walsh July 26, 1948
Bruce E. Wetherbee September 1, 1950
W. Paul White July 7, 1945
Thomas P. White August 27, 1950
A. James Whitney April 15, 1943
Francis H. Woodward March 17, 1939

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  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
  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
  4. 1 2 3 1981–1982 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1981 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ Robert David Sullivan (2005). "A Toast to the General Court". CommonWealth Magazine. 10 (4).
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1981" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading

  • Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1981. hdl:2452/40804.
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