1975–1976 Massachusetts legislature

169th Massachusetts General Court
← 168th 170th →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Election	November 4, 1974
Senate
Members	40
President	Kevin B. Harrington
Majority Leader	Joseph DiCarlo
Majority Whip	Mary L. Fonseca
Minority Leader	John Francis Parker
Minority Whip	David H. Locke
Party control	Democrat
House
Members	240
Speaker	David M. Bartley (1975) Thomas W. McGee (1975–1976)
Majority Leader	Thomas W. McGee (1975) William Q. MacLean Jr. (1975–1976)
Majority Whip	William Q. MacLean Jr. (1975) George Keverian (1975–1976)
Minority Leader	Francis W. Hatch Jr.
Minority Whip	William G. Robinson
Party control	Democrat
Sessions
1st January 1, 1975 (1975-01-01) – January 6, 1976 (1976-01-06) 2nd January 7, 1976 (1976-01-07) – October 14, 1976 (1976-10-14)

Kevin Harrington, Senate president.

Thomas McGee, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1975.

The 169th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1975 and 1976 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.

Senators

portrait	name	date of birth	district
	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
	Anna Buckley	1924
	William Bulger	February 2, 1934
	John W. Bullock	March 13, 1929
	Edward L. Burke	1942
	John J. Conte	May 3, 1930
	Joseph DiCarlo	March 21, 1936
	Jack Fitzpatrick (businessman)	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	5th Middlesex
	Francis X. McCann	September 2, 1912
	Robert E. McCarthy	January 12, 1940
	Stephen McGrail	September 23, 1948
	Denis L. Mckenna	August 14, 1922
	Allan R. McKinnon	June 2, 1930
	John Olver	September 3, 1936
	Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician)	July 6, 1937
	John Francis Parker	May 29, 1907
	George Rogers (Massachusetts politician)	August 2, 1933
	James Paul Rurak	November 9, 1911
	William L. Saltonstall	May 14, 1927
	Frederic W. Schlosstein, Jr	March 17, 1923
	Alan Sisitsky	June 4, 1942
	Joseph F. Timilty (state senator)	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
	Stanley John Zarod	April 11, 1924

Representatives

portrait	name	date of birth	district
	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
	John S. Ames, III	October 18, 1936
	Carol Amick
	Peter George Asiaf	August 15, 1905
	Wilfred E. Balthazar	July 17, 1914
	David M. Bartley	February 9, 1935
	Timothy A. Bassett	December 16, 1947
	Wilfred P. Beauchesne	September 3, 1923
	Louis Peter Bertonazzi	October 9, 1933
	Francis Bevilacqua	August 12, 1923
	Donald T. Bliss	1937
	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
	Joseph E. Brett	May 19, 1907
	Thomas Brownell	March 25, 1940
	John R. Buckley	1932
	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
	Laurence R. Buxbaum	March 9, 1942
	Sean Francis Cahillane	February 9, 1951
	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
	Angelo R. Cataldo	November 12, 1917
	Robert A. Cerasoli	July 12, 1947
	Rudy Chmura	March 21, 1932
	Steve T. Chmura	March 29, 1928
	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
	William Augustine Connell, Jr	November 17, 1922
	Edward W. Connelly	August 2, 1919
	Michael J. Connolly	April 20, 1947
	James S. Conway	July 4, 1930
	John Sydney Conway	August 19, 1927
	Francis X. Coppinger	March 12, 1935
	Leo R. Corazzini	February 17, 1930
	Genevra R. Counihan	December 15, 1925
	Edward P. Coury	October 19, 1927
	Gilbert W. Cox, Jr	February 28, 1933
	James J. Craven, Jr.	March 24, 1919
	Michael C. Creedon	November 3, 1946
	Thomas E. Creighton	February 1, 1922
	Sidney Curtiss	September 4, 1917
	John F. Cusack	October 5, 1937
	Michael John Daly	July 18, 1940
	Alan Paul Danovitch	September 17, 1940
	William D. Delahunt
	Richard H. Demers	January 19, 1928
	Arthur Leo Desrocher	January 25, 1930
	Edward M. Dickson	March 12, 1912
	Brian J. Donnelly	March 2, 1946
	Robert F. Donovan	September 13, 1936
	Francis D. Doris	1931
	John R. Driscoll	May 9, 1924
	Dennis J. Duffin	November 24, 1930
	Richard J. Dwinell	August 5, 1917
	Edward J. Early Jr.	July 23, 1931
	Charles F. Engdahl	July 3, 1921
	Thomas Francis Fallon	December 4, 1929
	Mary Fantasia	October 1, 1919
	John F. Farland	May 14, 1940
	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
	Charles Flaherty (politician)	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
	Robert I. Fortes
	Barney Frank	March 31, 1940
	Bruce N. Freeman	March 4, 1921
	James J. Gaffney III	December 20, 1942
	Anthony Michael Gallugi	May 16, 1948
	Edward F. Galotti	May 11, 1925
	William F. Galvin	September 17, 1950
	Ann Gannett	November 7, 1916
	Joseph Garczynski, Jr	February 14, 1927
	Donald R. Gaudette	December 16, 1926
	Robert W. Gillette	September 1, 1934
	Mary Goode	July 2, 1927
	Paul M. Goulston	August 1, 1932
	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
	Daniel J. Henderson
	William Francis Hogan	June 6, 1925
	Iris Holland	September 30, 1920
	Marie Elizabeth Howe	June 13, 1939
	James P. Hurrell	March 1, 1944
	Philip W. Johnston	July 21, 1944
	Gary D. Jones
	Raymond A. Jordan Jr.	May 5, 1943
	Daniel L. Joyce, Jr	May 14, 1934
	Dennis J. Kearney	September 25, 1949
	James A. Keefe, Jr.
	John G. Kelleher
	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 (politician)	November 30, 1942
	Mel King	October 20, 1928
	William I. Kitterman	July 19, 1928
	Matthew J. Kuss	December 5, 1915
	Raymond M. LaFontaine	May 18, 1927
	Nickolas Lambros	January 9, 1933
	Richard E. Landry	May 29, 1936
	David Lane (Massachusetts politician)	July 6, 1927
	Donat J. Laplante	August 12, 1913
	Francis C. Lapointe	January 13, 1939
	Peter H. Lappin	September 25, 1938
	Michael E. McLaughlin	October 27, 1945
	Mark E. Lawton	July 26, 1949
	Edward LeLacheur	June 1, 1925
	Gerald P. Lombard	January 4, 1916
	Michael J. Lombardi	May 27, 1917
	Charles W. Long	August 14, 1940
	John J. Long	December 10, 1927
	Thomas D. Lopes	September 7, 1942
	Garreth J. Lynch	March 13, 1943
	Charles A. MacKenzie, Jr	February 4, 1919
	William Q. MacLean Jr.	November 4, 1934
	Thomas H. D. Mahoney	November 4, 1913
	M. Joseph Manning	September 23, 1924
	Donald J. Manning	June 23, 1929
	Robert Manzelli
	Ed Markey	July 11, 1946
	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 L. McDowell
	Thomas W. McGee	May 24, 1924
	Charles M. McGowan	November 13, 1923
	Richard J. McGrath
	Richard M. McGrath	April 4, 1931
	Arthur James McKenna	October 29, 1914
	Robert D. McNeil	December 16, 1930
	Paul E. Means	June 18, 1945
	John F. Melia	June 5, 1915
	Elizabeth Metayer	August 12, 1911
	David J. Mofenson	February 7, 1943
	Paul F. X. Moriarty	August 18, 1929
	John E. Murphy Jr.	April 3, 1943
	William P. Nagle Jr.	June 10, 1951
	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
	James Anthony O'Brien, Jr	June 22, 1919
	Henry J. O'Donnell	March 13, 1940
	James E. O'Leary	April 7, 1933
	O. Roland Orlandi	March 25, 1936
	Robert Owens	October 7, 1946
	Raymond S. Peck	December 10, 1922
	Robert M. Penta
	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
	Daniel F. Pokaski	June 26, 1949
	Manuel Raposa, Jr.	May 13, 1915
	Robert C. Reynolds	November 6, 1934
	William G. Robinson	March 10, 1926
	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
	Maurice E. Ronayne, Jr	November 16, 1917
	Raymond F. Rourke	October 10, 1917
	J. Michael Ruane	December 10, 1927
	John Rucho	November 22, 1922
	Frederick Dello Russo	December 14, 1943
	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 A. Starzec	October 14, 1918
	Gregory W. Sullivan	January 29, 1952
	Karen Swanson	January 15, 1954
	David J. Swartz	April 2, 1931
	Robert S. Teahan	March 1, 1921
	John Joseph Toomey	March 25, 1909
	Theodore J. Trudeau	January 22, 1916
	Peter A. Velis	October 8, 1942
	Robert A. Vigneau	November 4, 1920
	Carlton M. Viveiros	December 4, 1938
	Max Volterra	January 7, 1936
	Henry A. Walker	December 7, 1919
	Norman S. Weinberg	1919
	Bruce E. Wetherbee	September 1, 1950
	Robert D. Wetmore	July 24, 1930
	W. Paul White	July 7, 1945
	Thomas P. White	August 27, 1950
	Bernard Wilber
	George L. Woods, Jr	March 28, 1925
	George Chester Young	September 18, 1912
	Bruce H. Zeiser

Images

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  Map of 240 districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives apportioned in 1973

See also

• 94th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

Further reading

• Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1974), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1975, hdl:2452/43466

External links

• "State Senate Elections: 1974-1975", Sec.state.ma.us, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division
• "State Representative Elections: 1974-1975", Sec.state.ma.us, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division
• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1975, hdl:2452/335749 – via State Library of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1976, hdl:2452/335750
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1975, hdl:2452/32845
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1976, hdl:2452/26515
• Reports of the Legislative Research Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via New England School of Law (1964-1994)