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177th
Massachusetts General Court
←176th 178th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 2, 1991 (1991-01-02) – January 5, 1993 (1993-01-05)[1]
ElectionNovember 6, 1990
Senate
Members40
PresidentWilliam Bulger
Majority LeaderWalter J. Boverini
Majority WhipLouis Peter Bertonazzi
Minority LeaderDavid H. Locke
Minority WhipMary L. Padula
Party controlDemocrat[2]
House
Members160
SpeakerCharles Flaherty
Majority LeaderRichard Voke
Majority WhipKevin W. Fitzgerald
Minority LeaderPeter Forman
Minority WhipWalter DeFilippi
Party controlDemocrat[3]
William Bulger
William Bulger, Senate president.
Charles Flaherty
Charles Flaherty, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1991.

The 177th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1991 and 1992 during the governorship of Bill Weld. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Charles Flaherty served as speaker of the House.[4]

Significant legislation included an act allowing school choice.[5]

Senators

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portrait name [6] date of birth [7] district [7]
Matthew J. Amorello March 15, 1958 1st Worcester and Middlesex
Michael J. Barrett June 27, 1948 Middlesex and Suffolk
Frederick Berry December 20, 1949 2nd Essex
Louis Peter Bertonazzi October 9, 1933 Worcester and Norfolk
Tom Birmingham August 4, 1949 Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex
Walter J. Boverini June 5, 1925 1st Essex
Robert C. Buell April 23, 1931 1st Essex and Middlesex
William Bulger February 2, 1934 1st Suffolk
Edward L. Burke 1942 Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcester
Arthur E. Chase February 4, 1930 Worcester
Michael C. Creedon November 3, 1946 Plymouth
Martin J. Dunn March 9, 1956 Hampden and Hampshire
Robert Durand February 28, 1953 Middlesex and Worcester
Paul D. Harold September 5, 1948 Norfolk
Robert Havern III July 17, 1949 4th Middlesex
Robert L. Hedlund July 12, 1961 Norfolk and Plymouth
Lucile Hicks May 11, 1938 5th Middlesex
James Jajuga December 12, 1946 3rd Essex
Bill Keating (politician) September 6, 1952 Norfolk and Bristol
Edward P. Kirby January 10, 1928 Plymouth and Barnstable
Christopher M. Lane May 15, 1959 1st Suffolk and Norfolk
Brian Lees July 25, 1953 2nd Hampden
David H. Locke August 4, 1927 Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
Michael LoPresti Jr. April 30, 1947 Suffolk and Middlesex
William Q. MacLean Jr. November 4, 1934 2nd Bristol
Patricia McGovern August 2, 1941 2nd Essex and Middlesex
Linda Melconian 1st Hampden
Thomas C. Norton December 11, 1934 1st Bristol
John Olver September 3, 1936 Franklin and Hampshire
Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) July 6, 1937 2nd Suffolk
Mary L. Padula 2nd Worcester and Middlesex
Lois Pines August 16, 1940 Middlesex and Norfolk
Henri S. Rauschenbach October 9, 1947 Cape and Islands
Stan Rosenberg October 12, 1949 Franklin and Hampshire
Charles E. Shannon Jr. August 31, 1943 2nd Middlesex
Nancy Achin Sullivan January 20, 1959 1st Middlesex
Jane Swift February 24, 1965 Berkshire
Richard Tisei August 13, 1962 3rd Middlesex
Erving H. Wall, Jr. Bristol and Plymouth
Robert D. Wetmore July 24, 1930 Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin
W. Paul White July 7, 1945 2nd Suffolk and Norfolk

Representatives

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portrait name [6] date of birth [7] district [7]
Steven Angelo June 8, 1952 9th Essex
Robert A. Antonioni July 15, 1958 4th Worcester
John Binienda June 22, 1947 17th Worcester
Kevin Blanchette 1954 16th Essex
Peter I. Blute January 28, 1956 11th Worcester
Daniel E. Bosley December 9, 1953 1st Berkshire
John C. Bradford February 16, 1940 10th Bristol
Marianne Brenton February 25, 1933 23rd Middlesex
James T. Brett December 22, 1949 14th Suffolk
Stephen Brewer February 10, 1948 5th Worcester
Carmen Buell February 3, 1945 2nd Franklin
Suzanne M. Bump February 18, 1956 5th Norfolk
John Businger February 5, 1945 15th Norfolk
Antonio Cabral January 26, 1955 13th Bristol
Thomas Cahir September 19, 1952 3rd Barnstable
Brion M. Cangiamila 24th Middlesex
Paul Caron November 15, 1955 11th Hampden
Paul Casey February 26, 1961 34th Middlesex
William Cass 1963 22nd Middlesex
Athan Catjakis 1931 9th Hampden
Robert A. Cerasoli July 12, 1947 3rd Norfolk
Vincent P. Ciampa April 15, 1945 37th Middlesex
Edward J. Clancy Jr. June 30, 1950 11th Essex
Forrester Clark November 30, 1934 4th Essex
Carol Cleven November 2, 1928 16th Middlesex
David B. Cohen (mayor) September 2, 1947 11th Middlesex
Andrew Collaro March 21, 1910 15th Worcester
Edward G. Connolly August 22, 1928 31st Middlesex
William Constantino Jr. May 27, 1944 12th Worcester
Gary Coon March 25, 1964 17th Essex
Robert Correia January 3, 1939 7th Bristol
John F. Cox July 27, 1955 17th Middlesex
John F. Cruz 10th Plymouth
Charles Decas October 5, 1937 2nd Plymouth
Walter DeFilippi October 3, 1926 6th Hampden
Robert DeLeo (politician) March 27, 1950 20th Suffolk
Brian Dempsey (politician) September 30, 1966 3rd Essex
Salvatore DiMasi August 11, 1945 3rd Suffolk
Carol A. Donovan June 5, 1937 33rd Middlesex
Stephen W. Doran March 26, 1956 15th Middlesex
Marc Draisen December 22, 1956 11th Suffolk
John R. Driscoll May 9, 1924 9th Worcester
Hasty Evans August 7, 1948 13th Middlesex
Thomas Finneran January 2, 1950 13th Suffolk
Kevin W. Fitzgerald 1950 16th Suffolk
Charles Flaherty (politician) October 13, 1938 27th Middlesex
Peter Forman April 28, 1958 1st Plymouth
Gloria Fox March 18, 1942 7th Suffolk
William C. Galvin October 18, 1956 6th Norfolk
Paul J. Gannon May 21, 1960 4th Suffolk
Barbara Gardner January 19, 1941 8th Middlesex
David Gately September 27, 1955 9th Middlesex
John George Jr. July 31, 1946 9th Bristol
Mary Jane Gibson February 7, 1933 26th Middlesex
Anthony Giglio January 28, 1941 38th Middlesex
Larry F. Giordano 1944 15th Essex
William Glodis April 6, 1934 16th Worcester
Emile Goguen March 16, 1933 3rd Worcester
Leonard Gonsalves 9th Bristol
Barbara Gray October 11, 1926 6th Middlesex
Paul Haley June 9, 1953 4th Norfolk
Geoff Hall (politician) October 10, 1948 2nd Middlesex
Lida E. Harkins January 24, 1944 13th Norfolk
Robert Hawke July 20, 1932 2nd Worcester
Jeffery Hayward April 3, 1960 10th Essex
Jonathan Healy October 10, 1945 1st Franklin
James R. Henry December 19, 1963 6th Essex
Joseph N. Hermann June 8, 1924 14th Essex
Albert Herren June 8, 1952 6th Bristol
Shirley Owens Hicks April 22, 1942 6th Suffolk
Barbara Hildt April 13, 1946 1st Essex
Christopher Hodgkins August 24, 1957 4th Berkshire
Iris Holland September 30, 1920 2nd Hampden
Kevin Honan June 5, 1958 18th Suffolk
Augusta Hornblower June 6, 1948 1st Middlesex
Robert L. Howarth 1942 13th Hampden
Frank Hynes December 23, 1940 4th Plymouth
Patricia D. Jehlen October 14, 1943 30th Middlesex
Raymond A. Jordan Jr. May 5, 1943 12th Hampden
Louis Kafka November 28, 1945 8th Norfolk
Stephen Karol 1948 2nd Bristol
Marie-Louise Kehoe December 12, 1928 11th Norfolk
Shaun P. Kelly March 13, 1964 2nd Berkshire
Thomas P. Kennedy August 15, 1951 9th Plymouth
Sally Kerans May 26, 1960 13th Essex
John C. Klimm November 5, 1955 2nd Barnstable
Michael Knapik February 11, 1963 4th Hampden
Robert Koczera November 25, 1953 11th Bristol
Paul Kollios February 24, 1936 7th Worcester
Robert Kraus March 20, 1957 12th Plymouth
Robert Krekorian 1962 21st Middlesex
Edward M. Lambert Jr. March 8, 1958 8th Bristol
Patrick Landers September 20, 1959 1st Hampden
Peter J. Larkin December 23, 1953 3rd Berkshire
Robert C. Lawless 1957 4th Barnstable
Edward LeLacheur June 1, 1925 18th Middlesex
Kenneth M. Lemanski January 27, 1954 8th Hampden
Jacqueline Lewis May 3, 1945 8th Plymouth
David J. Lionett October 3, 1943 14th Worcester
David P. Magnani May 24, 1944 7th Middlesex
Anthony Mandile August 14, 1946 10th Middlesex
Charles Mann April 27, 1935 6th Plymouth
M. Joseph Manning September 23, 1924 7th Norfolk
Francis Mara 1950 11th Plymouth
Ronald Mariano October 31, 1946 3rd Norfolk
Robert H. Marsh August 15, 1959 14th Norfolk
Jim Marzilli May 8, 1958 25th Middlesex
John E. McDonough May 21, 1953 12th Suffolk
Joseph B. McIntyre April 11, 1957 12th Bristol
Mary Jane McKenna October 23, 1939 1st Worcester
John C. McNeil June 8, 1945 36th Middlesex
Joan Menard September 6, 1935 5th Bristol
Nelson Merced August 17, 1947 5th Suffolk
Jim Miceli March 25, 1935 20th Middlesex
Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943 8th Worcester
Michael W. Morrissey August 2, 1954 1st Norfolk
Mary Jeanette Murray December 24, 1924 3rd Plymouth
William P. Nagle Jr. June 10, 1951 1st Hampshire
Janet O'Brien 5th Plymouth
Shannon O'Brien April 30, 1959 2nd Hampshire
Timothy F. O'Leary 1944 35th Middlesex
Kevin O'Sullivan (politician) September 30, 1953 13th Worcester
Marc Pacheco October 29, 1952 3rd Bristol
Thomas Palumbo June 9, 1950 2nd Essex
Marie Parente May 22, 1928 10th Worcester
David Peters (politician) March 1, 1954 6th Worcester
Douglas W. Petersen March 7, 1948 8th Essex
Thomas Petrolati March 16, 1957 7th Hampden
Kevin Poirier July 7, 1940 14th Bristol
Daniel Ranieri 1951 10th Norfolk
William Reinstein March 26, 1929 17th Suffolk
Pamela Resor February 26, 1942 14th Middlesex
Mary Rogeness May 18, 1941 2nd Hampden
Robert J. Rohan August 15, 1921 5th Hampden
Mark Roosevelt December 10, 1955 8th Suffolk
Stan Rosenberg October 12, 1949 3rd Hampshire
Susan Rourke March 7, 1954 19th Middlesex
J. Michael Ruane December 10, 1927 7th Essex
Byron Rushing July 29, 1942 9th Suffolk
Angelo Scaccia September 29, 1942 15th Suffolk
Susan Schur February 27, 1940 12th Middlesex
Anthony M. Scibelli October 16, 1911 10th Hampden
Emanuel Serra June 12, 1945 1st Suffolk
Douglas Stoddart March 5, 1952 5th Middlesex
Ellen Story October 17, 1941 3rd Hampshire
Gregory W. Sullivan January 29, 1952 12th Norfolk
Michael Sullivan (U.S. Attorney) October 3, 1954 7th Plymouth
Bruce Tarr January 2, 1964 5th Essex
Edward B. Teague III November 25, 1949 1st Barnstable
Alvin Thompson May 15, 1939 28th Middlesex
A. Stephen Tobin July 3, 1956 2nd Norfolk
Warren Tolman October 23, 1959 32nd Middlesex
Susan Tracy August 24, 1960 19th Suffolk
Philip Travis July 2, 1940 4th Bristol
Eric Turkington August 12, 1947 Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket
Daniel Valianti 1965 4th Middlesex
Peter A. Vellucci 1942 29th Middlesex
William B. Vernon April 17, 1951 1st Bristol
Richard Voke December 2, 1947 2nd Suffolk
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician) May 7, 1960 8th Hampden
Patricia Walrath August 11, 1941 3rd Middlesex
Marian Walsh 1954 10th Suffolk
Michael P. Walsh July 1, 1956 3rd Hampden
Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician) July 15, 1960 12th Essex
Francis H. Woodward March 17, 1939 9th Norfolk

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  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. ^ "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+.
  5. ^ Richard Fossey (1994). "Open Enrollment in Massachusetts: Why Families Choose". Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 16 (3): 320–334. doi:10.3102/01623737016003320. JSTOR 1164403. S2CID 145623717.
  6. ^ a b 1991–1992 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  7. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1991" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

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