1977–1978 Massachusetts legislature

170th
Massachusetts General Court

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Overview
Legislative body| General Court
Term| January 5, 1977 (1977-01-05) – July 12, 1978 (1978-07-12) [1]
Senate
Members| 40 [2]
President| Kevin B. Harrington
Majority leader of House of Representatives| Joseph DiCarlo (1977)
William Bulger (1977–1978)
Vice-Leader Majority of House of Representatives| Mary L. Fonseca
Minority Leader| John Francis Parker
Vice-Leader Minority| David H. Locke
Party control| Democrat[2]
House
Members| 240 [3]
Speaker| Thomas W. McGee
Majority Leader of State Senate| William Q. MacLean Jr.
Vice-Leader Majority of State Senate| George Keverian
Minority Leader of State Senate| Francis W. Hatch Jr.
Vice-Leader Minority of State Senate| William G. Robinson
Party control| Democrat[3]

Kevin Harrington, Senate president.

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

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portrait  | name [4] | date of birth [5] | district [5]

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| 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

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portrait  | name [4] | date of birth [5] | district [5]

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| 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

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* 95th United States Congress
* List of Massachusetts General Courts

## 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 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

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* Court, Massachusetts General (1977). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40802.

## External links

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* Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1976 State Senate General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
* Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1976 State Representative General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
* Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1977, hdl:2452/429135
* Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1977, hdl:2452/26516
* Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1978, hdl:2452/335751
* Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1978, hdl:2452/3382
* Reports of the Legislative Research Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts - via New England School of Law (1964-1994)

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