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Kevin B. Harrington
Kevin Harrington, Senate president.
Thomas W. McGee
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

  1. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ a b c 1977–1978 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1977 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ 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.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977%E2%80%931978_Massachusetts_legislature