1977–1978 Massachusetts legislature
Kevin Harrington, Senate president.
Thomas McGee, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1977-1978.
The 170th Massachusetts General Court , consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives , met in 1977 and 1978 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis . Kevin B. Harrington served as president of the Senate and Thomas W. McGee served as speaker of the House.[ 4]
Senators
portrait
name [ 4]
date of birth [ 5]
district [ 5]
Carol Amick
5th Middlesex
Chester G. Atkins
April 14, 1948
John F. Aylmer
January 27, 1934
Jack Backman
April 26, 1922
Roger L. Bernashe
September 9, 1927
Walter J. Boverini
June 5, 1925
John A. Brennan Jr.
September 19, 1945
Anna Buckley
1924
William Bulger
February 2, 1934
Edward L. Burke
1942
Gerard D'Amico
July 27, 1947
Joseph DiCarlo
March 21, 1936
Jack Fitzpatrick
April 5, 1923
Daniel J. Foley
April 6, 1921
Mary L. Fonseca
March 30, 1915
Robert A. Hall
April 15, 1946
Kevin B. Harrington
January 9, 1929
James A. Kelly Jr.
May 11, 1926
Arthur Joseph Lewis Jr.
September 3, 1934
David H. Locke
August 4, 1927
Michael LoPresti Jr.
April 30, 1947
Ronald Conrad MacKenzie
May 3, 1934
Frank J. Mastrocola Jr.
Francis X. McCann
September 2, 1912
Robert E. McCarthy
January 12, 1940
Denis L. Mckenna
August 14, 1922
Allan R. McKinnon
June 2, 1930
John Olver
September 3, 1936
Bill Owens
July 6, 1937
John Francis Parker
May 29, 1907
Sharon Pollard
September 21, 1950
George Rogers
August 2, 1933
Samuel Rotondi
April 22, 1946
William L. Saltonstall
May 14, 1927
Alan Sisitsky
June 4, 1942
Joseph F. Timilty
October 3, 1938
Arthur Tobin
May 22, 1930
B. Joseph Tully
January 4, 1927
William X. Wall
July 1, 1904
Joseph B. Walsh
November 15, 1923
Robert D. Wetmore
July 24, 1930
Stanley John Zarod
April 11, 1924
Representatives
portrait
name [ 4]
date of birth [ 5]
district [ 5]
Antone S. Aguiar Jr.
January 2, 1930
13th Bristol
Theodore J. Aleixo Jr.
August 23, 1942
Alfred Almeida
October 5, 1931
Robert B. Ambler
1927
Carol Amick
Peter George Asiaf
August 15, 1905
Dennis J. Baker
August 19, 1948
Stanley E. Barnicoat
February 5, 1927
Timothy A. Bassett
December 16, 1947
Wilfred P. Beauchesne
September 3, 1923
Louis Peter Bertonazzi
October 9, 1933
Francis Bevilacqua
August 12, 1923
Walter Bickford
February 16, 1942
Belden Bly
September 29, 1914
Raymond J. Boffetti
1924
Robert Joseph Bohigian
July 24, 1922
Royal L. Bolling Jr.
May 1, 1944
George Bourque
1913
Thomas Brownell
March 25, 1940
Robert C. Buell
April 23, 1931
Charles J. Buffone
1919
Nicholas J. Buglione
1932
Doris Bunte
July 2, 1933
Kevin M. Burke
December 7, 1946
Walter T. Burke
August 5, 1911
John Businger
February 5, 1945
Sean Francis Cahillane
February 9, 1951
Jeremiah F. Cahir
December 4, 1924
Howard C. Cahoon Jr.
December 31, 1944
Fred F. Cain
November 5, 1909
Eleanor Campobasso
August 10, 1923
Andrew Card
May 10, 1947
William A. Carey
January 28, 1920
Robert F. X. Casey
April 14, 1925
Angelo R. Cataldo
November 12, 1917
Paul Cellucci
April 24, 1948
Robert A. Cerasoli
July 12, 1947
Rudy Chmura
March 21, 1932
Salvatore Ciccarelli
February 16, 1941
John F. Coffey
February 7, 1918
Gerald M. Cohen
February 22, 1934
Lincoln P. Cole Jr.
September 18, 1918
Andrew Collaro
March 21, 1910
James G. Collins
August 2, 1946
H. Thomas Colo
December 27, 1929
Edward W. Connelly
August 2, 1919
Michael J. Connolly
April 20, 1947
John Sydney Conway
August 19, 1927
Leo R. Corazzini
February 17, 1930
Robert Correia
January 3, 1939
Genevra Counihan
December 15, 1925
Edward P. Coury
October 19, 1927
James J. Craven Jr.
March 24, 1919
Michael C. Creedon
November 3, 1946
Sidney Curtiss
September 4, 1917
John F. Cusack
October 5, 1937
Charles Decas
October 5, 1937
Richard H. Demers
January 19, 1928
A. Joseph DeNucci
August 30, 1939
Michael J. Devito
May 30, 1949
Edward M. Dickson
March 12, 1912
Brian J. Donnelly
March 2, 1946
Francis D. Doris
1931
Charles Robert Doyle
September 24, 1925
John R. Driscoll
May 9, 1924
Dennis J. Duffin
November 24, 1930
Richard J. Dwinell
August 5, 1917
Charles F. Engdahl
July 3, 1921
Thomas Francis Fallon
December 4, 1929
Mary Fantasia
October 1, 1919
John F. Farland
May 14, 1940
Leo J. Farley Jr.
June 1, 1926
Michael Paul Feeney
March 26, 1907
Philip Frank Filosa
July 6, 1948
John J. Finnegan
July 21, 1938
Richard F. Finnigan
September 27, 1936
Kevin W. Fitzgerald
1950
Mark Fitzsimmons
March 15, 1951
Charles Flaherty
October 13, 1938
Michael F. Flaherty Sr.
September 6, 1936
Raymond Flynn
July 22, 1939
Bernard D. Flynn
April 11, 1945
Peter Y. Flynn
1940
William J. Flynn Jr.
1933
Barney Frank
March 31, 1940
Bruce N. Freeman
March 4, 1921
James J. Gaffney III
December 20, 1942
Anthony Michael Gallugi
May 16, 1948
William F. Galvin
September 17, 1950
John B. Galvin
February 3, 1930
Ann Gannett
November 7, 1916
Henry S. Gillet Jr.
September 13, 1944
Robert W. Gillette
September 1, 1934
Mary Goode
July 2, 1927
Paul M. Goulston
August 1, 1932
Roger R. Goyette
January 22, 1925
Saundra Graham
September 5, 1941
John Granara
January 23, 1943
Barbara Gray
October 11, 1926
Henry Grenier
December 9, 1924
James L. Grimaldi
May 3, 1911
Gerard A. Guilmette
October 22, 1911
Edward D. Harrington Jr.
August 11, 1921
Peter F. Harrington
February 12, 1936
Norris W. Harris
March 16, 1915
Francis W. Hatch Jr.
May 6, 1925
Jonathan Healy
October 10, 1945
Joseph N. Hermann
June 8, 1924
Iris Holland
September 30, 1920
Marie Elizabeth Howe
June 13, 1939
Philip W. Johnston
July 21, 1944
Raymond A. Jordan Jr.
May 5, 1943
Dennis J. Kearney
September 25, 1949
Bill Keating
September 6, 1952
James A. Keefe Jr.
Richard Kendall
August 21, 1934
Robert B. Kennedy
February 6, 1940
George Keverian
June 3, 1931
Arthur M. Khoury
February 5, 1940
John G. King
November 30, 1942
Mel King
October 20, 1928
Matthew J. Kuss
December 5, 1915
Raymond M. LaFontaine
May 18, 1927
Nickolas Lambros
January 9, 1933
David Lane
July 6, 1927
Donat J. Laplante
August 12, 1913
Francis C. Lapointe
January 13, 1939
Robert F. Larkin Jr.
May 29, 1955
Mark E. Lawton
July 26, 1949
Edward LeLacheur
June 1, 1925
Kenneth M. Lemanski
January 27, 1954
Paula Lewellen
Gerald P. Lombard
January 4, 1916
Leon Lombardi
April 16, 1949
Michael J. Lombardi
May 27, 1917
Charles W. Long
August 14, 1940
John J. Long
December 10, 1927
Thomas D. Lopes
September 7, 1942
John Loring
1926
Edwin C. Lucey
March 18, 1932
Thomas R. Lussier
April 5, 1957
Thomas K. Lynch
April 30, 1946
Garreth J. Lynch
March 13, 1943
William Q. MacLean Jr.
November 4, 1934
Joseph T. Maguire
June 10, 1926
Thomas H. D. Mahoney
November 4, 1913
M. Joseph Manning
September 23, 1924
Donald J. Manning
June 23, 1929
Angelo Marotta
October 16, 1937
Frank J. Matrango
July 19, 1926
Anthony P. McBride
August 28, 1932
Peter C. McCarthy
September 8, 1941
Terrence P. McCarthy
August 12, 1941
Peter McDowell
June 5, 1938
Thomas W. McGee
May 24, 1924
Michael J. McGlynn
April 23, 1953
Arthur James McKenna
October 29, 1914
Bruce J. McLaughlin
February 2, 1935
Charles F. McNally
April 3, 1929
John C. McNeil
June 8, 1945
Robert D. McNeil
December 16, 1930
Paul E. Means
June 18, 1945
John F. Melia
June 5, 1915
Elizabeth Metayer
August 12, 1911
Jim Miceli
March 25, 1935
Alfred A. Minahan Jr.
September 14, 1953
David J. Mofenson
February 7, 1943
Richard T. Moore
August 7, 1943
Paul F. X. Moriarty
August 18, 1929
Michael W. Morrissey
August 2, 1954
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
Robert L. Nardone
September 13, 1953
Andrew Natsios
September 22, 1949
Joseph M. Navin
May 19, 1946
Lou Nickinello
September 8, 1940
Elaine Noble
January 22, 1944
James R. Nolen
April 17, 1933
Nils L. Nordberg
November 6, 1934
Thomas C. Norton
December 11, 1934
O. Roland Orlandi
March 25, 1936
Nicholas Paleologos
March 9, 1953
Raymond S. Peck
December 10, 1922
Felix Perrault
October 27, 1915
John B. Perry
February 15, 1935
Robert G. Phelan
March 19, 1933
William A. Pickett
June 10, 1935
Angelo Picucci
April 12, 1915
Ronald Anthony Pina
August 11, 1944
Lois Pines
August 16, 1940
Vincent J. Piro
1931
Kevin Poirier
July 7, 1940
Daniel F. Pokaski
June 26, 1949
Manuel Raposa Jr.
May 13, 1915
Michael J. Rea Jr.
July 23, 1940
William G. Robinson
March 10, 1926
Richard P. Roche
February 15, 1952
A. David Rodham
November 26, 1938
Andrew J. Rogers Jr.
May 6, 1944
Francis E. Rogers
July 18, 1932
Richard A. Rogers
July 8, 1930
Robert J. Rohan
August 15, 1921
J. Michael Ruane
December 10, 1927
John Rucho
November 22, 1922
Alfred E. Saggese Jr.
November 21, 1946
Sherman Saltmarsh
April 27, 1929
Angelo Scaccia
September 29, 1942
Joseph Scelsi
June 4, 1915
Anthony M. Scibelli
October 16, 1911
James W. Segel
June 29, 1945
Joseph J. Semensi
March 6, 1923
Emanuel Serra
June 12, 1945
William G. Shaughnessy
July 10, 1918
C. Vincent Shea
November 20, 1916
Philip L. Shea
October 19, 1941
James A. Sheets
June 3, 1935
Edward Shortell
August 21, 1916
Richard R. Silva
March 13, 1922
Thomas G. Simons
January 21, 1942
James E. Smith
September 3, 1946
George R. Sprague
June 19, 1938
William F. Stanley
June 25, 1937
Caroline Stouffer
April 5, 1933
Gregory W. Sullivan
January 29, 1952
Karen Swanson
January 15, 1954
David J. Swartz
April 2, 1931
Royall H. Switzler
September 27, 1938
Robert S. Teahan
March 1, 1921
Theodore J. Trudeau
January 22, 1916
Peter A. Velis
October 8, 1942
Robert A. Vigneau
November 4, 1920
Carlton M. Viveiros
December 4, 1938
Richard Voke
December 2, 1947
Max Volterra
January 7, 1936
Henry A. Walker
December 7, 1919
Richard L. Walsh
July 26, 1948
Norman S. Weinberg
1919
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
^ "Length of Legislative Sessions" . Manual for the Use of the General Court . Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
^ a b "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
^ a b "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
^ a b c 1977–1978 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1977 – via Internet Archive .
^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1977", Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , hdl :2452/796412
Further reading
Court, Massachusetts General (1977). Manual for the Use of the General Court . Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl :2452/40802 .
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