1987–1988 Massachusetts legislature

175th
Massachusetts General Court

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Overview
Legislative body| General Court
Term| January 7, 1987 (1987-01-07) – November 23, 1988 (1988-11-23) [1]
Senate
Members| 40 [2]
President| William Bulger
Majority Leader| Walter J. Boverini
Majority Whip| John A. Brennan Jr.
Minority Leader| John Francis Parker
Minority Whip| David H. Locke
Party control| Democrat[2]
House
Members| 160 [3]
Speaker| George Keverian
Majority Leader| Charles Flaherty
Majority Whip| Robert Correia
Minority Leader| Steven Pierce
Minority Whip| Lucile Hicks
Party control| Democrat[3]

William Bulger, Senate president.

George Keverian, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1987-1988.

The 175th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1987 and 1988 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and George Keverian served as speaker of the House.[4]

Notable legislation included creation of the Massachusetts Environmental Trust.[5]

## Senators

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portrait  | name [4] | date of birth [6] | district [6]

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| Salvatore R. Albano  | 1935  |
| Carol Amick  |  | 5th Middlesex
| Michael J. Barrett | June 27, 1948  |
| 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  |
| Paul Cellucci | April 24, 1948  |
| Nicholas Costello  | 1935  |
| Paul Doane  | March 26, 1943  |
| Francis D. Doris  | 1931  |
| William B. Golden | October 9, 1948  |
| Paul D. Harold | September 5, 1948  |
| John Patrick Houston  | 1955  |
| Bill Keating (politician) | September 6, 1952  |
| 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  |
| Linda Melconian |  |
| Thomas C. Norton  | December 11, 1934  |
| John Olver | September 3, 1936  |
| Mary L. Padula |  |
| John Francis Parker | May 29, 1907  |
| Lois Pines | August 16, 1940  |
| Martin Thomas Reilly  | September 1, 1956  |
| Paul J. Sheehy | November 1, 1934  |
| Joseph B. Walsh  | November 15, 1923  |
| Peter Colbourne Webber  | May 12, 1952  |
| Robert D. Wetmore | July 24, 1930  |
| Thomas P. White  | August 27, 1950  |

## Representatives

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portrait  | name [4] | date of birth [6] | district [6]

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| 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  |
| John C. Bartley  | March 25, 1956  |
| Geoffrey C. Beckwith  | 1958  |
| John Binienda | June 22, 1947  |
| Kevin Blanchette  | 1954  |
| Peter I. Blute | January 28, 1956  |
| Robert Joseph Bohigian  | July 24, 1922  |
| Daniel E. Bosley | December 9, 1953  |
| George Bourque  | 1913  |
| John C. Bradford | February 16, 1940  |
| James T. Brett | December 22, 1949  |
| Thomas Brownell  | March 25, 1940  |
| Carmen Buell  | February 3, 1945  |
| Suzanne M. Bump | February 18, 1956  |
| John Businger | February 5, 1945  |
| Thomas Cahir  | September 19, 1952  |
| Howard C. Cahoon Jr.  | December 31, 1944  |
| Ellen Canavan  | December 26, 1941  |
| Paul Caron  | November 15, 1955  |
| Athan Catjakis  | 1931  |
| Robert A. Cerasoli | July 12, 1947  |
| Marjorie Clapprood | September 24, 1949  |
| Forrester Clark | November 30, 1934  |
| Carol Cleven  | November 2, 1928  |
| David B. Cohen (mayor) | September 2, 1947  |
| Andrew Collaro  | March 21, 1910  |
| Joseph M. Connolly | January 5, 1924  |
| William Constantino Jr. | May 27, 1944  |
| Robert Correia | January 3, 1939  |
| John F. Cox | July 27, 1955  |
| Michael C. Creedon | November 3, 1946  |
| Charles Decas | October 5, 1937  |
| Walter DeFilippi  | October 3, 1926  |
| Salvatore DiMasi | August 11, 1945  |
| Stephen W. Doran | March 26, 1956  |
| Charles Robert Doyle  | September 24, 1925  |
| John R. Driscoll | May 9, 1924  |
| Robert Durand | February 28, 1953  |
| Frank Emilio (politician) | August 31, 1935  |
| Patricia Fiero | June 12, 1941  |
| 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  |
| Gloria Fox | March 18, 1942  |
| William F. Galvin | September 17, 1950  |
| Barbara Gardner  | January 19, 1941  |
| Mary Jane Gibson  | February 7, 1933  |
| Larry F. Giordano  | 1944  |
| William Glodis  | April 6, 1934  |
| Augusto Grace | April 9, 1954  |
| Saundra Graham  | September 5, 1941  |
| Barbara Gray  | October 11, 1926  |
| Henry Grenier  | December 9, 1924  |
| Sherwood Guernsey | 1946  |
| Robert Havern III | July 17, 1949  |
| Robert Emmet Hayes  | 1951  |
| Jonathan Healy | October 10, 1945  |
| Joseph N. Hermann | June 8, 1924  |
| Albert Herren | June 8, 1952  |
| Lucile Hicks  | May 11, 1938  |
| Shirley Owens Hicks  | April 22, 1942  |
| Barbara Hildt | April 13, 1946  |
| Christopher Hodgkins | August 24, 1957  |
| Iris Holland | September 30, 1920  |
| Kevin Honan | June 5, 1958  |
| Augusta Hornblower | June 6, 1948  |
| Robert L. Howarth  | 1942  |
| Marie Elizabeth Howe  | June 13, 1939  |
| Frank Hynes  | December 23, 1940  |
| Robert F. Jakubowicz  | 1932  |
| Raymond A. Jordan Jr. | May 5, 1943  |
| Stephen Karol  | 1948  |
| Marie-Louise Kehoe | December 12, 1928  |
| Thomas P. Kennedy | August 15, 1951  |
| George Keverian | June 3, 1931  |
| Paul Kollios  | February 24, 1936  |
| Patrick Landers | September 20, 1959  |
| Denis Lawrence  | 1940  |
| Edward LeLacheur  | June 1, 1925  |
| Kenneth M. Lemanski  | January 27, 1954  |
| Jacqueline Lewis  | May 3, 1945  |
| John Loring  | 1926  |
| Vincent Lozzi | January 28, 1932  |
| John MacGovern | July 14, 1951  |
| Joseph Mackey  | 1951  |
| David P. Magnani  | May 24, 1944  |
| Anthony Mandile | August 14, 1946  |
| Charles Mann  | April 27, 1935  |
| M. Joseph Manning | September 23, 1924  |
| Francis Mara  | 1950  |
| Angelo Marotta | October 16, 1937  |
| Robert H. Marsh | August 15, 1959  |
| John E. McDonough | May 21, 1953  |
| Thomas W. McGee | May 24, 1924  |
| Michael J. McGlynn | April 23, 1953  |
| Joseph B. McIntyre  | April 11, 1957  |
| Mary Jane McKenna  | October 23, 1939  |
| John C. McNeil  | June 8, 1945  |
| Joan Menard | September 6, 1935  |
| Jim Miceli | March 25, 1935  |
| Richard T. Moore | August 7, 1943  |
| William E. Moriarty  | October 4, 1923  |
| Peter B. Morin | April 2, 1955  |
| Michael W. Morrissey | August 2, 1954  |
| Mary Jeanette Murray  | December 24, 1924  |
| Eleanor Myerson  | May 9, 1922  |
| William P. Nagle Jr. | June 10, 1951  |
| Shannon O'Brien | April 30, 1959  |
| Timothy F. O'Leary  | 1944  |
| Kevin O'Sullivan (politician) | September 30, 1953  |
| Nicholas Paleologos | March 9, 1953  |
| Thomas Palumbo | June 9, 1950  |
| Marie Parente | May 22, 1928  |
| Thomas Petrolati | March 16, 1957  |
| Angelo Picucci  | April 12, 1915  |
| Steven Pierce | October 10, 1949  |
| Kevin Poirier | July 7, 1940  |
| Daniel Ranieri  | 1951  |
| Henri S. Rauschenbach | October 9, 1947  |
| Michael J. Rea Jr.  | July 23, 1940  |
| William Reinstein | March 26, 1929  |
| Robert J. Rohan  | August 15, 1921  |
| Mark Roosevelt | December 10, 1955  |
| Stan Rosenberg | October 12, 1949  |
| 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  |
| Charles Silvia  | February 18, 1945  |
| Chester Suhoski  | March 26, 1941  |
| Gregory W. Sullivan  | January 29, 1952  |
| Richard Tisei | August 13, 1962  |
| Peter G. Torkildsen | January 28, 1958  |
| Roger Tougas  | January 9, 1927  |
| Barry Trahan | December 27, 1954  |
| Marilyn Travinski  | June 1, 1947  |
| Philip Travis | July 2, 1940  |
| Peter Trombley  | September 16, 1948  |
| Susan Tucker (politician) | November 7, 1944  |
| Peter A. Vellucci | 1942  |
| William B. Vernon  | April 17, 1951  |
| Richard Voke  | December 2, 1947  |
| Patricia Walrath | August 11, 1941  |
| Michael P. Walsh  |  |
| Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician) | July 15, 1960  |
| W. Paul White | July 7, 1945  |
| Francis H. Woodward | March 17, 1939  |

## See also

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* 100th 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 1987–1988 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1987 – via Internet Archive.
5. ^ Charles H.W. Foster and Frances H. Foster (2014). "The Massachusetts Environmental Trust". Ecology Law Quarterly. 41 (3): 751–841\. JSTOR 44320199.
6. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1987", Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/796459

## Further reading

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* Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1987. hdl:2452/40807.

## External links

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* Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1986 State Senate General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
* Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1986 State Representative General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
* Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1987, hdl:2452/429139
* Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1987, hdl:2452/3571
* Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1988, hdl:2452/365963
* Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1988, hdl:2452/3572
* Reports of the Legislative Research Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via New England School of Law (1964-1994)

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