1971–1972 Massachusetts legislature

167th
Massachusetts General Court
←166th 168th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 6, 1971 (1971-01-06) – July 9, 1972 (1972-07-09)[1]
Senate
Members40[2]
PresidentKevin B. Harrington
Majority LeaderMario Umana
Majority WhipJames McIntyre (1971)
Joseph DiCarlo (1972)
Minority LeaderJohn Francis Parker
Minority WhipDavid H. Locke
Party controlDemocrat[2]
House
Members240[3]
SpeakerDavid M. Bartley
Majority LeaderThomas W. McGee
Majority WhipPaul F. Murphy
Minority LeaderFrancis W. Hatch Jr.
Minority WhipRobert A. Belmonte
Party controlDemocrat[3]
Kevin B. Harrington
Kevin Harrington, Senate president.
David M. Bartley
David Bartley, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1971-1972.

The 167th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1971 and 1972 during the governorship of Francis Sargent. Kevin B. Harrington served as president of the Senate and David M. Bartley served as speaker of the House.[4]

Senators

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portrait name[4] date of birth[5] district[5]
John F. Aylmer January 27, 1934
Jack Backman[6] April 26, 1922
John Dowkontt Barrus August 19, 1924
Roger L. Bernashe September 9, 1927 2nd Hampden
William Bulger February 2, 1934
James F. Burke September 7, 1914
Edward L. Burke[6] 1942
Robert L. Cawley July 30, 1934
John J. Conte May 3, 1930
James DeNormandie November 10, 1907
Joseph DiCarlo March 21, 1936
Irving Fishman March 29, 1921
Daniel J. Foley April 6, 1921
Mary L. Fonseca March 30, 1915
George D. Hammond October 29, 1906
Samuel Harmon April 29, 1911
Kevin B. Harrington January 9, 1929
Charles V. Hogan April 12, 1897
James A. Kelly Jr. May 11, 1926
George V. Kenneally Jr. December 29, 1929
Fred I. Lamson December 11, 1910
David H. Locke August 4, 1927
Ronald MacKenzie May 3, 1934
Francis X. McCann September 2, 1912
James McIntyre (politician) May 25, 1930
Denis L. Mckenna August 14, 1922
Allan R. McKinnon June 2, 1930
George G. Mendonca March 26, 1924
Andrea F. Nuciforo Sr. July 14, 1927
John Francis Parker May 29, 1907
Philibert L. Pellegrini September 4, 1918
John M. Quinlan July 11, 1935
Philip Andrew Quinn February 21, 1910
James Paul Rurak November 9, 1911
William L. Saltonstall May 14, 1927
Arthur Tobin May 22, 1930
B. Joseph Tully January 4, 1927
Mario Umana May 5, 1914
William X. Wall July 1, 1904
Joseph D. Ward March 26, 1914
Stanley John Zarod April 11, 1924

Representatives

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portrait name[4] date of birth[5] district[5]
James A. Adams December 24, 1923 15th Hampden
Antone S. Aguiar Jr. January 2, 1930
Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. August 23, 1942
Alfred Almeida October 5, 1931
Robert B. Ambler[6] 1927
John S. Ames, III October 18, 1936
Robert S. Aronson July 3, 1920
William G. Arvanitis September 16, 1946
Peter George Asiaf August 15, 1905
Chester G. Atkins April 14, 1948
Roger Sumner Babb 1935
Wilfred E. Balthazar July 17, 1914
David M. Bartley February 9, 1935
Robert A. Belmonte July 2, 1930
Louis Peter Bertonazzi October 9, 1933
Francis Bevilacqua August 12, 1923
Donald T. Bliss 1937
Belden Bly September 29, 1914
Robert Joseph Bohigian July 24, 1922
Royal L. Bolling Sr.[7] June 19, 1920
George Bourque 1913
Walter J. Boverini June 5, 1925
John Jerome Bowes February 25, 1917
Joseph E. Brett May 19, 1907
John R. Buckley 1932
Robert C. Buell April 23, 1931
Charles J. Buffone 1919
Nicholas J. Buglione 1932
Walter T. Burke August 5, 1911
John A. Businger[6]
Thomas Bussone September 20, 1912
Robert E. Cahill November 25, 1934
Howard C. Cahoon, Jr December 31, 1944
Fred F. Cain November 5, 1909
William R. Callahan (state representative) April 27, 1925
Eleanor Campobasso August 10, 1923
William A. Carey September 2, 1899
Paul J. Cavanaugh February 22, 1936
Harrison Chadwick February 25, 1903
Rudy Chmura March 21, 1932
Steve T. Chmura March 29, 1928
John F. Coffey February 7, 1918
Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. September 18, 1918
H. Thomas Colo December 27, 1929
Edward W. Connelly August 2, 1919
Paul J. Corriveau July 3, 1930
Edward P. Coury October 19, 1927
Gilbert W. Cox, Jr February 28, 1933
James J. Craven, Jr. March 24, 1919
Robert Creedon November 13, 1942
Thomas E. Creighton February 1, 1922
Sidney Curtiss September 4, 1917
John F. Cusack October 5, 1937
Alan Paul Danovitch September 17, 1940
Joseph Del Grosso July 25, 1904
Arthur Leo Desrocher January 25, 1930
Edward J. Dever, Jr June 21, 1936
Edward M. Dickson March 12, 1912
Anthony R. DiFruscia June 5, 1940
William J. Dignan September 28, 1926
Robert F. Donovan September 13, 1936
Charles Robert Doyle September 24, 1925
Wilfred C. Driscoll December 31, 1926
Dennis J. Duffin November 24, 1930
Richard J. Dwinell August 5, 1917
Joseph D. Early January 31, 1933
Albert E. Elwell October 29, 1899
Thomas Francis Fallon December 4, 1929
Vernon R. Farnsworth, Jr April 18, 1934
Thomas F. Farrell October 10, 1897
Michael Paul Feeney March 26, 1907
Charles Flaherty (politician) October 13, 1938
Michael F. Flaherty Sr. September 6, 1936
Charles L. Flannery March 22, 1920
David Lawrence Flynn February 5, 1933
Raymond Flynn[8]
Bruce N. Freeman March 4, 1921
Maurice E. Frye, Jr February 6, 1921
Edward F. Galotti May 11, 1925
Ann Gannett November 7, 1916
Donald R. Gaudette December 16, 1926
Robert W. Gillette September 1, 1934
James L. Grimaldi May 3, 1911
Anthony P. Grosso October 19, 1913
Gerard A. Guilmette October 22, 1911
Paul Guzzi June 17, 1942
Edward D. Harrington Jr. August 11, 1921
James F. Hart January 15, 1932
Francis W. Hatch Jr. May 6, 1925
Jonathan Healy October 10, 1945
Marie Elizabeth Howe June 13, 1939
James P. Hurrell March 1, 1944
John Peter Ivascyn October 19, 1909
Daniel L. Joyce, Jr May 14, 1934
Richard Kendall August 21, 1934
George Keverian June 3, 1931
John G. King (politician) November 30, 1942
William I. Kitterman July 19, 1928
Mitsie T. Kulig May 18, 1921
Raymond M. LaFontaine May 18, 1927
Nickolas Lambros January 9, 1933
Richard E. Landry May 29, 1936
Joseph A. Langone, III January 25, 1917
Francis C. Lapointe January 13, 1939
Michael E. McLaughlin October 27, 1945
David Samuel Liederman April 26, 1935
Martin A. Linsky August 28, 1940
David J. Lionett October 3, 1943
Alexander Lolas July 9, 1932
Gerald P. Lombard January 4, 1916
Charles W. Long August 14, 1940
John J. Long December 10, 1927
John C. Losch March 23, 1932
Charles A. MacKenzie, Jr February 4, 1919
William Q. MacLean Jr. November 4, 1934
Thomas H. D. Mahoney November 4, 1913
Theodore D. Mann May 13, 1922
M. Joseph Manning September 23, 1924
Donald J. Manning June 23, 1929
Clifford Marshall December 14, 1937
Peter L. Masnik March 13, 1942
Frank J. Matrango July 19, 1926
Gregory Mayhew
Anthony P. McBride August 28, 1932
Robert E. McCarthy January 12, 1940
Peter C. McCarthy September 8, 1941
Edward A. McColgan March 20, 1932
Thomas W. McGee May 24, 1924
Robert J. McGinn December 18, 1918
Charles M. McGowan November 13, 1923
Allan McGuane July 26, 1928
Arthur James McKenna October 29, 1914
Paul C. Menton April 15, 1925
James B. Moseley
Paul F. Murphy October 14, 1932
Paul Maurice Murphy February 24, 1932
John J. Navin September 9, 1915
James R. Nolen April 17, 1933
James Anthony O'Brien, Jr June 22, 1919
John Paul O'Brien June 10, 1937
Norton Cornelius O'Brien April 9, 1907
James E. O'Leary April 7, 1933
Carl R. Ohlson June 4, 1925
Raymond S. Peck December 10, 1922
Felix Perrault October 27, 1915
Angelo Picucci April 12, 1915
Bradford Pottle
Manuel Raposa, Jr. May 13, 1915
Robert C. Reynolds November 6, 1934
William G. Robinson March 10, 1926
J. Hilary Rockett January 16, 1935
Maurice E. Ronayne, Jr November 16, 1917
Raymond F. Rourke October 10, 1917
William H. Ryan July 17, 1938
Anthony James Scalli November 11, 1914
Frederic W. Schlosstein, Jr March 17, 1923
I. Edward Serlin August 21, 1912
Emanuel Serra June 12, 1945
George W. Shattuck July 17, 1916
C. Vincent Shea November 20, 1916
Paul J. Sheehy November 1, 1934
Richard R. Silva March 13, 1922
Thomas G. Simons January 21, 1942
Ralph E. Sirianni Jr. 1923
Alan Sisitsky June 4, 1942
William J. Spence May 4, 1930
Kevin C. Sullivan
Daniel C. Towse December 5, 1924
George E. Twomey February 3, 1920
Robert A. Vigneau November 4, 1920
Carlton M. Viveiros December 4, 1938
Norman S. Weinberg 1919
Robert D. Wetmore July 24, 1930
Thomas Casmere Wojtkowski September 18, 1926
George L. Woods, Jr March 28, 1925
George Chester Young September 18, 1912

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. ^ 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 1971–1972 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1971 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1971" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  6. ^ a b c d State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
  7. ^ Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905
  8. ^ Pamela W. Schofield (April 14, 2014), "Some Mayors of Boston who had been members of the General Court", State Library of Massachusetts blog

Further reading

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  • Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1971. hdl:2452/40800.
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