1991–1992 Massachusetts legislature

177th
Massachusetts General Court
177th; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 2, 1991 – January 5, 1993
Election	November 6, 1990
Senate
Members	40
President	William Bulger
Majority Leader	Walter J. Boverini
Majority Whip	Louis Peter Bertonazzi
Minority Leader	David H. Locke
Minority Whip	Mary L. Padula
Party control	Democrat
House
Members	160
Speaker	Charles Flaherty
Majority Leader	Richard Voke
Majority Whip	Kevin W. Fitzgerald
Minority Leader	Peter Forman
Minority Whip	Walter DeFilippi
Party control	Democrat

William Bulger, Senate president.

Charles Flaherty, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1991.

The 177th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1991 and 1992 during the governorship of Bill Weld. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Charles Flaherty served as speaker of the House.^[4]

Significant legislation included an act allowing school choice.^[5]

Senators

name ^[6]	date of birth ^[7]	district ^[7]
Matthew J. Amorello	March 15, 1958	1st Worcester and Middlesex
Michael J. Barrett	June 27, 1948	Middlesex and Suffolk
Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949	2nd Essex
Louis Peter Bertonazzi	October 9, 1933	Worcester and Norfolk
Tom Birmingham	August 4, 1949	Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex
Walter J. Boverini	June 5, 1925	1st Essex
Robert C. Buell	April 23, 1931	1st Essex and Middlesex
William Bulger	February 2, 1934	1st Suffolk
Edward L. Burke	1942	Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcester
Arthur E. Chase	February 4, 1930	Worcester
Michael C. Creedon	November 3, 1946	Plymouth
Martin J. Dunn	March 9, 1956	Hampden and Hampshire
Robert Durand	February 28, 1953	Middlesex and Worcester
Paul D. Harold	September 5, 1948	Norfolk
Robert Havern III	July 17, 1949	4th Middlesex
Robert L. Hedlund	July 12, 1961	Norfolk and Plymouth
Lucile Hicks	May 11, 1938	5th Middlesex
James Jajuga	December 12, 1946	3rd Essex
Bill Keating (politician)	September 6, 1952	Norfolk and Bristol
Edward P. Kirby	January 10, 1928	Plymouth and Barnstable
Christopher M. Lane	May 15, 1959	1st Suffolk and Norfolk
Brian Lees	July 25, 1953	2nd Hampden
David H. Locke	August 4, 1927	Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
Michael LoPresti Jr.	April 30, 1947	Suffolk and Middlesex
William Q. MacLean Jr.	November 4, 1934	2nd Bristol
Patricia McGovern	August 2, 1941	2nd Essex and Middlesex
Linda Melconian		1st Hampden
Thomas C. Norton	December 11, 1934	1st Bristol
John Olver	September 3, 1936	Franklin and Hampshire
Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician)	July 6, 1937	2nd Suffolk
Mary L. Padula		2nd Worcester and Middlesex
Lois Pines	August 16, 1940	Middlesex and Norfolk
Henri S. Rauschenbach	October 9, 1947	Cape and Islands
Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949	Franklin and Hampshire
Charles E. Shannon Jr.	August 31, 1943	2nd Middlesex
Nancy Achin Sullivan	January 20, 1959	1st Middlesex
Jane Swift	February 24, 1965	Berkshire
Richard Tisei	August 13, 1962	3rd Middlesex
Erving H. Wall, Jr.		Bristol and Plymouth
Robert D. Wetmore	July 24, 1930	Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin
W. Paul White	July 7, 1945	2nd Suffolk and Norfolk

Representatives

name ^[6]	date of birth ^[7]	district ^[7]
Steven Angelo	June 8, 1952	9th Essex
Robert A. Antonioni	July 15, 1958	4th Worcester
John Binienda	June 22, 1947	17th Worcester
Kevin Blanchette	1954	16th Essex
Peter I. Blute	January 28, 1956	11th Worcester
Daniel E. Bosley	December 9, 1953	1st Berkshire
John C. Bradford	February 16, 1940	10th Bristol
Marianne Brenton	February 25, 1933	23rd Middlesex
James T. Brett	December 22, 1949	14th Suffolk
Stephen Brewer	February 10, 1948	5th Worcester
Carmen Buell	February 3, 1945	2nd Franklin
Suzanne M. Bump	February 18, 1956	5th Norfolk
John Businger	February 5, 1945	15th Norfolk
Antonio Cabral	January 26, 1955	13th Bristol
Thomas Cahir	September 19, 1952	3rd Barnstable
Brion M. Cangiamila		24th Middlesex
Paul Caron	November 15, 1955	11th Hampden
Paul Casey	February 26, 1961	34th Middlesex
William Cass	1963	22nd Middlesex
Athan Catjakis	1931	9th Hampden
Robert A. Cerasoli	July 12, 1947	3rd Norfolk
Vincent P. Ciampa	April 15, 1945	37th Middlesex
Edward J. Clancy Jr.	June 30, 1950	11th Essex
Forrester Clark	November 30, 1934	4th Essex
Carol Cleven	November 2, 1928	16th Middlesex
David B. Cohen (mayor)	September 2, 1947	11th Middlesex
Andrew Collaro	March 21, 1910	15th Worcester
Edward G. Connolly	August 22, 1928	31st Middlesex
William Constantino Jr.	May 27, 1944	12th Worcester
Gary Coon	March 25, 1964	17th Essex
Robert Correia	January 3, 1939	7th Bristol
John F. Cox	July 27, 1955	17th Middlesex
John F. Cruz		10th Plymouth
Charles Decas	October 5, 1937	2nd Plymouth
Walter DeFilippi	October 3, 1926	6th Hampden
Robert DeLeo (politician)	March 27, 1950	20th Suffolk
Brian Dempsey (politician)	September 30, 1966	3rd Essex
Salvatore DiMasi	August 11, 1945	3rd Suffolk
Carol A. Donovan	June 5, 1937	33rd Middlesex
Stephen W. Doran	March 26, 1956	15th Middlesex
Marc Draisen	December 22, 1956	11th Suffolk
John R. Driscoll	May 9, 1924	9th Worcester
Hasty Evans	August 7, 1948	13th Middlesex
Thomas Finneran	January 2, 1950	13th Suffolk
Kevin W. Fitzgerald	1950	16th Suffolk
Charles Flaherty (politician)	October 13, 1938	27th Middlesex
Peter Forman	April 28, 1958	1st Plymouth
Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942	7th Suffolk
William C. Galvin	October 18, 1956	6th Norfolk
Paul J. Gannon	May 21, 1960	4th Suffolk
Barbara Gardner	January 19, 1941	8th Middlesex
David Gately	September 27, 1955	9th Middlesex
John George Jr.	July 31, 1946	9th Bristol
Mary Jane Gibson	February 7, 1933	26th Middlesex
Anthony Giglio	January 28, 1941	38th Middlesex
Larry F. Giordano	1944	15th Essex
William Glodis	April 6, 1934	16th Worcester
Emile Goguen	March 16, 1933	3rd Worcester
Leonard Gonsalves		9th Bristol
Barbara Gray	October 11, 1926	6th Middlesex
Paul Haley	June 9, 1953	4th Norfolk
Geoff Hall (politician)	October 10, 1948	2nd Middlesex
Lida E. Harkins	January 24, 1944	13th Norfolk
Robert Hawke	July 20, 1932	2nd Worcester
Jeffery Hayward	April 3, 1960	10th Essex
Jonathan Healy	October 10, 1945	1st Franklin
James R. Henry	December 19, 1963	6th Essex
Joseph N. Hermann	June 8, 1924	14th Essex
Albert Herren	June 8, 1952	6th Bristol
Shirley Owens Hicks	April 22, 1942	6th Suffolk
Barbara Hildt	April 13, 1946	1st Essex
Christopher Hodgkins	August 24, 1957	4th Berkshire
Iris Holland	September 30, 1920	2nd Hampden
Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958	18th Suffolk
Augusta Hornblower	June 6, 1948	1st Middlesex
Robert L. Howarth	1942	13th Hampden
Frank Hynes	December 23, 1940	4th Plymouth
Patricia D. Jehlen	October 14, 1943	30th Middlesex
Raymond A. Jordan Jr.	May 5, 1943	12th Hampden
Louis Kafka	November 28, 1945	8th Norfolk
Stephen Karol	1948	2nd Bristol
Marie-Louise Kehoe	December 12, 1928	11th Norfolk
Shaun P. Kelly	March 13, 1964	2nd Berkshire
Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951	9th Plymouth
Sally Kerans	May 26, 1960	13th Essex
John C. Klimm	November 5, 1955	2nd Barnstable
Michael Knapik	February 11, 1963	4th Hampden
Robert Koczera	November 25, 1953	11th Bristol
Paul Kollios	February 24, 1936	7th Worcester
Robert Kraus	March 20, 1957	12th Plymouth
Robert Krekorian	1962	21st Middlesex
Edward M. Lambert Jr.	March 8, 1958	8th Bristol
Patrick Landers	September 20, 1959	1st Hampden
Peter J. Larkin	December 23, 1953	3rd Berkshire
Robert C. Lawless	1957	4th Barnstable
Edward LeLacheur	June 1, 1925	18th Middlesex
Kenneth M. Lemanski	January 27, 1954	8th Hampden
Jacqueline Lewis	May 3, 1945	8th Plymouth
David J. Lionett	October 3, 1943	14th Worcester
David P. Magnani	May 24, 1944	7th Middlesex
Anthony Mandile	August 14, 1946	10th Middlesex
Charles Mann	April 27, 1935	6th Plymouth
M. Joseph Manning	September 23, 1924	7th Norfolk
Francis Mara	1950	11th Plymouth
Ronald Mariano	October 31, 1946	3rd Norfolk
Robert H. Marsh	August 15, 1959	14th Norfolk
Jim Marzilli	May 8, 1958	25th Middlesex
John E. McDonough	May 21, 1953	12th Suffolk
Joseph B. McIntyre	April 11, 1957	12th Bristol
Mary Jane McKenna	October 23, 1939	1st Worcester
John C. McNeil	June 8, 1945	36th Middlesex
Joan Menard	September 6, 1935	5th Bristol
Nelson Merced	August 17, 1947	5th Suffolk
Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935	20th Middlesex
Richard T. Moore	August 7, 1943	8th Worcester
Michael W. Morrissey	August 2, 1954	1st Norfolk
Mary Jeanette Murray	December 24, 1924	3rd Plymouth
William P. Nagle Jr.	June 10, 1951	1st Hampshire
Janet O'Brien		5th Plymouth
Shannon O'Brien	April 30, 1959	2nd Hampshire
Timothy F. O'Leary	1944	35th Middlesex
Kevin O'Sullivan (politician)	September 30, 1953	13th Worcester
Marc Pacheco	October 29, 1952	3rd Bristol
Thomas Palumbo	June 9, 1950	2nd Essex
Marie Parente	May 22, 1928	10th Worcester
David Peters (politician)	March 1, 1954	6th Worcester
Douglas W. Petersen	March 7, 1948	8th Essex
Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957	7th Hampden
Kevin Poirier	July 7, 1940	14th Bristol
Daniel Ranieri	1951	10th Norfolk
William Reinstein	March 26, 1929	17th Suffolk
Pamela Resor	February 26, 1942	14th Middlesex
Mary Rogeness	May 18, 1941	2nd Hampden
Robert J. Rohan	August 15, 1921	5th Hampden
Mark Roosevelt	December 10, 1955	8th Suffolk
Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949	3rd Hampshire
Susan Rourke	March 7, 1954	19th Middlesex
J. Michael Ruane	December 10, 1927	7th Essex
Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942	9th Suffolk
Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942	15th Suffolk
Susan Schur	February 27, 1940	12th Middlesex
Anthony M. Scibelli	October 16, 1911	10th Hampden
Emanuel Serra	June 12, 1945	1st Suffolk
Douglas Stoddart	March 5, 1952	5th Middlesex
Ellen Story	October 17, 1941	3rd Hampshire
Gregory W. Sullivan	January 29, 1952	12th Norfolk
Michael Sullivan (U.S. Attorney)	October 3, 1954	7th Plymouth
Bruce Tarr	January 2, 1964	5th Essex
Edward B. Teague III	November 25, 1949	1st Barnstable
Alvin Thompson	May 15, 1939	28th Middlesex
A. Stephen Tobin	July 3, 1956	2nd Norfolk
Warren Tolman	October 23, 1959	32nd Middlesex
Susan Tracy	August 24, 1960	19th Suffolk
Philip Travis	July 2, 1940	4th Bristol
Eric Turkington	August 12, 1947	Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket
Daniel Valianti	1965	4th Middlesex
Peter A. Vellucci	1942	29th Middlesex
William B. Vernon	April 17, 1951	1st Bristol
Richard Voke	December 2, 1947	2nd Suffolk
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician)	May 7, 1960	8th Hampden
Patricia Walrath	August 11, 1941	3rd Middlesex
Marian Walsh	1954	10th Suffolk
Michael P. Walsh	July 1, 1956	3rd Hampden
Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician)	July 15, 1960	12th Essex
Francis H. Woodward	March 17, 1939	9th Norfolk

References

^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
^ "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
^ "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
^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
^ Richard Fossey (1994). "Open Enrollment in Massachusetts: Why Families Choose". Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 16 (3): 320–334. doi:10.3102/01623737016003320. JSTOR 1164403. S2CID 145623717.
^ ^a ^b 1991–1992 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1991" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

External links

"State Senate Elections: 1990-1991", Sec.state.ma.us, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division
"State Representative Elections: 1990-1991", Sec.state.ma.us, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1991, hdl:2452/429140
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1992, hdl:2452/365966
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1991, hdl:2452/3644
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1992, hdl:2452/31078
Reports of the Legislative Research Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via New England School of Law (1964-1994)

[1] "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.

[CompSenate-2] "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

[CompHouse-3] "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] "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.

[5] Richard Fossey (1994). "Open Enrollment in Massachusetts: Why Families Choose". Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 16 (3): 320–334. doi:10.3102/01623737016003320. JSTOR 1164403. S2CID 145623717.

[Officers-6] 1991–1992 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

[Register-7] "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1991" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

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1991–1992 Massachusetts legislature

Senators

Representatives

See also

References

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