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157th
Massachusetts General Court
←156th 158th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 7, 1950
Senate
Members40
PresidentRichard I. Furbush (5th Middlesex)
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerTip O'Neill (3rd Middlesex)
Party controlDemocrat[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 3, 1951 (1951-01-03) – November 17, 1951 (1951-11-17)
2ndJanuary 2, 1952 (1952-01-02) – July 5, 1952 (1952-07-05)
+ 6-day extra session[3]
Richard Furbush
Richard Furbush, Senate president.
Tip O'Neill
Tip O'Neill, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1951.

The 157th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1951 and 1952 during the governorship of Paul A. Dever. Richard I. Furbush served as president of the Senate and Tip O'Neill served as speaker of the House.[4]

Senators

Representatives

  • Christopher A. Iannella [5]
  • Charles Iannello
  • Herbert Loring Jackson
  • William Whittem Jenness
  • Adolph Johnson
  • Ernest A. Johnson
  • Stanley Everett Johnson
  • Allan Francis Jones
  • Francis Xavier Joyce
  • Abraham Herbert Kahalas
  • Charles Kaplan
  • Henry E. Keenan
  • William Francis Keenan
  • Alfred B. Keith
  • Charles T. Kelleher
  • Edward L. Kerr
  • Thomas E. Key
  • Cornelius F. Kiernan
  • Philip K Kimball
  • Willliam Walter Kirlin
  • Thomas Edward Kitchen
  • Bernard M. Lally
  • Edmund Vincent Lane
  • Joseph F. Leahy
  • Carter Lee
  • Lincoln G. Pope Jr. [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "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
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  4. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
  5. ^ a b 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  6. ^ Pamela W. Schofield (April 14, 2014), "Some Mayors of Boston who had been members of the General Court", State Library of Massachusetts blog
  7. ^ Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905

Further reading

  • Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1950), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1951, hdl:2452/43442
  • Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1951. hdl:2452/40790.
  • John Harris (December 28, 1951), "Legislators Back on Job Wadnesday After Recess", Daily Boston Globe
  • Samuel B. Cutler (January 1, 1952), "Legislature Reconvenes Tomorrow in Bay State", Daily Boston Globe
  • "Be It Resolved...", Daily Boston Globe, January 1, 1952
  • "Legislators to Hear Dever Message Today", Daily Boston Globe, January 2, 1952
  • Duncan MacRae (1952). "The Relation Between Roll Call Votes and Constituencies in the Massachusetts House of Representatives". American Political Science Review. 46. doi:10.2307/1952111.
  • Joseph F. Zimmerman (1962). "Executive Veto in Massachusetts, 1947-1960". Social Science. 37. JSTOR 41884988.
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