1983–1984 Massachusetts legislature

173rd
Massachusetts General Court
173rd; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 5, 1983 – January 1, 1985
Election	November 2, 1982
Senate
Members	40
President	William Bulger
Majority Leader	Daniel J. Foley
Majority Whip	Mary L. Fonseca
Minority Leader	John Francis Parker
Minority Whip	David H. Locke
Party control	Democrat
House
Members	160
Speaker	Thomas W. McGee
Majority Leader	George Keverian
Majority Whip	John E. Murphy Jr.
Minority Leader	William G. Robinson
Minority Whip	Iris Holland
Party control	Democrat

William Bulger, Senate president.

Thomas McGee, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1983.

The 173rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1983 and 1984 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Thomas W. McGee served as speaker of the House.^[4]

Senators

name ^[5]	date of birth ^[6]	district ^[6]
Carol Amick		5th Middlesex
Chester G. Atkins	April 14, 1948
George Bachrach	December 2, 1951
Jack Backman	April 26, 1922
Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949
Louis Peter Bertonazzi	October 9, 1933
Royal L. Bolling	June 19, 1920
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
Nicholas Costello	1935
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
Paul D. Harold	September 5, 1948
Edward P. Kirby	January 10, 1928
Richard Arnold Kraus	1937
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
Linda Melconian
John Olver	September 3, 1936
Mary L. Padula
John Francis Parker	May 29, 1907
Sharon Pollard	September 21, 1950
Martin Thomas Reilly	September 1, 1956
Philip L. Shea	October 19, 1941
Joseph F. Timilty (state senator)	October 3, 1938
Joseph B. Walsh	November 15, 1923
Peter Colbourne Webber	May 12, 1952
Robert D. Wetmore	July 24, 1930

Representatives

name ^[5]	date of birth ^[6]	district ^[6]
Theodore J. Aleixo Jr.	August 23, 1942	3rd Bristol
Frances Alexander (politician)	June 16, 1919
Lawrence R. Alexander	1950
Robert B. Ambler	1927
Steven Angelo	June 8, 1952
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
Thomas Brownell	March 25, 1940
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 Canavan	December 26, 1941
William A. Carey	January 28, 1920
Paul Caron	November 15, 1955
Angelo R. Cataldo	November 12, 1917
Paul Cellucci	April 24, 1948
Robert A. Cerasoli	July 12, 1947
Allan R. Chiocca	May 3, 1954
Salvatore Ciccarelli	February 16, 1941
Forrester Clark	November 30, 1934
David B. Cohen (mayor)	September 2, 1947
Andrew Collaro	March 21, 1910
James G. Collins	August 2, 1946
Joseph M. Connolly	January 5, 1924
William Constantino Jr.	May 27, 1944
Leo R. Corazzini	February 17, 1930
Robert Correia	January 3, 1939
Frank N. Costa	October 25, 1945
Nicholas Costello	1935
John F. Cox	July 27, 1955
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
Frank Emilio (politician)	August 31, 1935
Thomas Finneran	January 2, 1950
Kevin W. Fitzgerald	1950
Charles Flaherty (politician)	October 13, 1938
Michael F. Flaherty Sr.	September 6, 1936
John H. Flood	June 24, 1939
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
Sherwood Guernsey	1946
Robert Emmet Hayes	1951
Jonathan Healy	October 10, 1945
Joseph N. Hermann	June 8, 1924
Lucile Hicks	May 11, 1938
Barbara Hildt	April 13, 1946
Christopher Hodgkins	August 24, 1957
Iris Holland	September 30, 1920
Robert L. Howarth	1942
Marie Elizabeth Howe	June 13, 1939
Frank Hynes	December 23, 1940
Robert F. Jakubowicz	1932
Philip W. Johnston	July 21, 1944
Raymond A. Jordan Jr.	May 5, 1943
Stephen Karol	1948
Bill Keating (politician)	September 6, 1952
Marie-Louise Kehoe	December 12, 1928
Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951
George Keverian	June 3, 1931
Paul Kollios	February 24, 1936
Denis Lawrence	1940
Mark E. Lawton	July 26, 1949
Edward LeLacheur	June 1, 1925
Kenneth M. Lemanski	January 27, 1954
John Loring	1926
Thomas R. Lussier	April 5, 1957
Thomas K. Lynch	April 30, 1946
John MacGovern	July 14, 1951
Charles Mann	April 27, 1935
M. Joseph Manning	September 23, 1924
Francis Mara	1950
Angelo Marotta	October 16, 1937
Thomas W. McGee	May 24, 1924
Michael J. McGlynn	April 23, 1953
Arthur James McKenna	October 29, 1914
Mary Jane McKenna	October 23, 1939
Charles F. McNally	April 3, 1929
John C. McNeil	June 8, 1945
Robert D. McNeil	December 16, 1930
Joan Menard	September 6, 1935
Elizabeth Metayer	August 12, 1911
Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
Alfred A. Minahan Jr.	September 14, 1953
Richard T. Moore	August 7, 1943
William E. Moriarty	October 4, 1923
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
Eleanor Myerson	May 9, 1922
William P. Nagle Jr.	June 10, 1951
Andrew Natsios	September 22, 1949
Joseph M. Navin	May 19, 1946
David Robert Nelson
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
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
Susan Rourke	March 7, 1954
Richard J. Rouse	March 30, 1954
J. Michael Ruane	December 10, 1927
Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
Alfred E. Saggese Jr.	November 21, 1946
Sherman Saltmarsh	April 27, 1929
Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
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
Chester Suhoski	March 26, 1941
Gregory W. Sullivan	January 29, 1952
Royall H. Switzler	September 27, 1938
Roger Tougas	January 9, 1927
Marilyn Travinski	June 1, 1947
Philip Travis	July 2, 1940
Peter Trombley	September 16, 1948
Susan Tucker (politician)	November 7, 1944
Thomas J. Vallely	January 6, 1950
Peter A. Vellucci	1942
William B. Vernon	April 17, 1951
Robert A. Vigneau	November 4, 1920
Richard Voke	December 2, 1947
Michael P. Walsh	July 1, 1956
Bruce E. Wetherbee	September 1, 1950
W. Paul White	July 7, 1945
Thomas P. White	August 27, 1950
Francis H. Woodward	March 17, 1939

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 1983–1984 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1983.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1983" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

External links

"State Senate Elections: 1982-1983", Sec.state.ma.us, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division
"State Representative Elections: 1982-1983", Sec.state.ma.us, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1983, hdl:2452/365959
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1984, hdl:2452/365961
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1983, hdl:2452/32847
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1984, hdl:2452/3568
Reports of the Legislative Research Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via New England School of Law (1964-1994)

[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] 1983–1984 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1983.

[Register-6] "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1983" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

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1983–1984 Massachusetts legislature

Senators

Representatives

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