Colonel William A. Phillips

William Bulger, Senate president.

Charles Flaherty, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1995.

The 179th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1995 and 1996 during the governorship of Bill Weld. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Charles Flaherty served as speaker of the House.^[4]

Senators

name ^[5]	date of birth ^[6]	district ^[6]
Matthew J. Amorello	March 15, 1958	2nd Worcester
Robert A. Antonioni	July 15, 1958
Robert A. Bernstein	March 22, 1961
Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949
Louis Peter Bertonazzi	October 9, 1933
Tom Birmingham	August 4, 1949
William Bulger	February 2, 1934
Edward J. Clancy Jr.	June 30, 1950
Michael C. Creedon	November 3, 1946
Robert Havern III	July 17, 1949
Robert L. Hedlund	July 12, 1961
Lucile Hicks	May 11, 1938
Cheryl Jacques	February 17, 1962
James Jajuga	December 12, 1946
Bill Keating (politician)	September 6, 1952
Michael Knapik	February 11, 1963
Daniel P. Leahy	January 10, 1935
Brian Lees	July 25, 1953
David P. Magnani	May 24, 1944
Linda Melconian
Mark Montigny	June 20, 1961
Michael W. Morrissey	August 2, 1954
Therese Murray	October 10, 1947
Thomas C. Norton	December 11, 1934
John D. O'Brien Jr.	1960
Marc Pacheco	October 29, 1952
Lois Pines	August 16, 1940
Henri S. Rauschenbach	October 9, 1947
Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949
Charles E. Shannon Jr.	August 31, 1943
Jane Swift	February 24, 1965
Bruce Tarr	January 2, 1964
Richard Tisei	August 13, 1962
Robert Travaglini	July 20, 1952
Marian Walsh	1954
Robert D. Wetmore	July 24, 1930
W. Paul White	July 7, 1945
Dianne Wilkerson	May 2, 1955

Representatives

name ^[5]	date of birth ^[6]	district ^[6]
Louis Angelo	October 5, 1952
Steven Angelo	June 8, 1952	9th Essex
Valerie Barsom	November 11, 1960
Michael G. Bellotti	March 21, 1963
John Binienda	June 22, 1947
Daniel E. Bosley	December 9, 1953
Marianne Brenton	February 25, 1933
James T. Brett	December 22, 1949
Stephen Brewer	February 10, 1948
Arthur Broadhurst	September 28, 1964
Carmen Buell	February 3, 1945
John Businger	February 5, 1945
Antonio Cabral	January 26, 1955
Michael P. Cahill	December 12, 1961
Thomas Cahir	September 19, 1952
Christine Canavan	January 25, 1950
Paul Caron	November 15, 1955
Paul Casey	February 26, 1961
Harriette L. Chandler	December 20, 1937
Evelyn Chesky	August 20, 1933
Vincent P. Ciampa	April 15, 1945
Carol Cleven	November 2, 1928
David B. Cohen (mayor)	September 2, 1947
James Colt	August 19, 1932
Edward G. Connolly	August 22, 1928
Gary Coon	March 25, 1964
Robert Correia	January 3, 1939
Frank Cousins (American politician)	May 7, 1958
Brian Cresta	April 22, 1969
Donna Cuomo	March 19, 1947
Charles Decas	October 5, 1937
Walter DeFilippi	October 3, 1926
Robert DeLeo (politician)	March 27, 1950
Paul C. Demakis	July 9, 1953
Brian Dempsey (politician)	September 30, 1966
Salvatore DiMasi	August 11, 1945
James DiPaola	May 5, 1953
Carol A. Donovan	June 5, 1937
Hasty Evans	August 7, 1948
James H. Fagan	October 13, 1947
Robert Fennell	June 26, 1956
Thomas Finneran	January 2, 1950
Kevin W. Fitzgerald	1950
Nancy Flavin	June 26, 1950
Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942
William C. Galvin	October 18, 1956
Barbara Gardner	January 19, 1941
Colleen Garry	July 21, 1962
David Gately	September 27, 1955
Ronald Gauch	February 13, 1938
Anthony Giglio	January 28, 1941
William Glodis	April 6, 1934
Emile Goguen	March 16, 1933
Thomas Golden Jr.	March 5, 1971
Shirley Gomes	January 23, 1940
Barbara Gray	October 11, 1926
William G. Greene Jr.	April 24, 1940
Patrick Guerriero	March 3, 1968
Cele Hahn	March 21, 1942
Paul Haley	June 9, 1953
Geoff Hall (politician)	October 10, 1948
Robert S. Hargraves	October 14, 1936
Lida E. Harkins	January 24, 1944
Robert Hawke	July 20, 1932
Albert Herren	June 8, 1952
Shirley Owens Hicks	April 22, 1942
Christopher Hodgkins	August 24, 1957
Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958
Barbara Hyland	October 17, 1943
Frank Hynes	December 23, 1940
M. Paul Iannuccillo	May 1, 1963
Patricia D. Jehlen	October 14, 1943
Bradley Jones Jr.	January 9, 1965
Louis Kafka	November 28, 1945
Jay R. Kaufman	May 4, 1947
Daniel F. Keenan	February 15, 1961
Shaun P. Kelly	March 13, 1964
Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951
Sally Kerans	May 26, 1960
Kay Khan	June 22, 1941
John C. Klimm	November 5, 1955
Robert Koczera	November 25, 1953
Paul Kollios	February 24, 1936
Robert Kraus	March 20, 1957
Paul Kujawski	August 26, 1953
Stephen Kulik	August 3, 1950
Edward M. Lambert Jr.	March 8, 1958
Patrick Landers	September 20, 1959
Harold M. Lane, Jr.	August 24, 1938
Peter J. Larkin	December 23, 1953
Edward LeLacheur	June 1, 1925
John Lepper	December 22, 1934
Jacqueline Lewis	May 3, 1945
Maryanne Lewis	1963
John A. Locke (Massachusetts politician)	November 27, 1962
Stephen F. Lynch	March 31, 1955
Anthony Mandile	August 14, 1946
Vincent G. Mannering	November 5, 1951
M. Joseph Manning	September 23, 1924
Ronald Mariano	October 31, 1946
Francis L. Marini	March 5, 1949
Jim Marzilli	May 8, 1958
John E. McDonough	May 21, 1953
Thomas M. McGee	December 15, 1955
Joseph B. McIntyre	April 11, 1957
William McManus	January 26, 1963
Joan Menard	September 6, 1935
Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
Dennis M. Murphy	September 12, 1962
Mary Jeanette Murray	December 24, 1924
William P. Nagle Jr.	June 10, 1951
Harold Naughton Jr.	July 4, 1960
Janet O'Brien
Steven C. Panagiotakos	November 26, 1959
Marie Parente	May 22, 1928
Anne Paulsen	August 8, 1936
Vincent Pedone	March 15, 1967
David Peters (politician)	March 1, 1954
Douglas W. Petersen	March 7, 1948
George N. Peterson Jr.	July 8, 1950
Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957
Kevin Poirier	July 7, 1940
John F. Quinn	April 7, 1963
William Reinstein	March 26, 1929
Pam Resor	1942
Charlotte Golar Richie	December 11, 1958
Mary Rogeness	May 18, 1941
John H. Rogers	October 22, 1964
J. Michael Ruane	December 10, 1927
Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
Anthony M. Scibelli	October 16, 1911
Emanuel Serra	June 12, 1945
Mary Jane Simmons	May 14, 1953
John P. Slattery	April 5, 1958
Jo Ann Sprague	November 3, 1931
Harriett Stanley	March 30, 1950
John Stefanini	March 23, 1964
Douglas Stoddart	March 5, 1952
Ellen Story	October 17, 1941
William M. Straus	June 26, 1956
Joseph Sullivan (mayor)	March 1, 1959
Michael Sullivan (U.S. Attorney)	October 3, 1954
Benjamin Swan	September 18, 1933
Linda Teagan	May 13, 1944
Edward B. Teague III	November 25, 1949
Alvin Thompson	May 15, 1939
A. Stephen Tobin	July 3, 1956
Steven Tolman	October 2, 1954
Timothy J. Toomey Jr.	June 7, 1953
Philip Travis	July 2, 1940
Eric Turkington	August 12, 1947
Daniel Valianti	1965
James E. Vallee	July 24, 1966
Anthony Verga	April 26, 1935
Richard Voke	December 2, 1947
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician)	May 7, 1960
Patricia Walrath	August 11, 1941

Images

Map of the 160 districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives apportioned in 1993

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+.
^ ^a ^b 1995-1996 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1995.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1995-1996", Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1996, hdl:2452/796509

External links

"State Senate Elections: 1994-1995", Sec.state.ma.us, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division
"State Representative Elections: 1994-1995", Sec.state.ma.us, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1995-1996, hdl:2452/630103
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1995, hdl:2452/18595
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1996, hdl:2452/30116

[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+.

[Officers-5] 1995-1996 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1995.

[Register-6] "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1995-1996", Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1996, hdl:2452/796509

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