1983–1984 Massachusetts legislature

The 173rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1983 and 1984 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Thomas W. McGee served as speaker of the House.[4]

173rd
Massachusetts General Court
←172nd 174th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 5, 1983 (1983-01-05) – January 1, 1985 (1985-01-01)[1]
ElectionNovember 2, 1982
Senate
Members40
PresidentWilliam Bulger
Majority LeaderDaniel J. Foley
Majority WhipMary L. Fonseca
Minority LeaderJohn Francis Parker
Minority WhipDavid H. Locke
Party controlDemocrat[2]
House
Members160
SpeakerThomas W. McGee
Majority LeaderGeorge Keverian
Majority WhipJohn E. Murphy Jr.
Minority LeaderWilliam G. Robinson
Minority WhipIris Holland
Party controlDemocrat[3]
William Bulger
William Bulger, Senate president.
Thomas McGee
Thomas McGee, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1983.

Senators
portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
 Carol Amick 5th Middlesex
 Chester G. Atkins April 14, 1948
George Bachrach December 2, 1951
Jack Backman April 26, 1922
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
Nicholas Costello 1935
Gerard D'Amico July 27, 1947
Paul Doane March 26, 1943
Francis D. Doris 1931
Daniel J. Foley April 6, 1921
Mary L. Fonseca March 30, 1915
Paul D. Harold September 5, 1948
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
Denis L. Mckenna August 14, 1922
Allan R. McKinnon June 2, 1930
Linda Melconian
John Olver September 3, 1936
Mary L. Padula
John Francis Parker May 29, 1907
Sharon Pollard September 21, 1950
Martin Thomas Reilly September 1, 1956
Philip L. Shea October 19, 1941
Joseph F. Timilty (state senator) October 3, 1938
Joseph B. Walsh November 15, 1923
Peter Colbourne Webber May 12, 1952
Robert D. Wetmore July 24, 1930

Representatives
portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
 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
Michael J. Barrett June 27, 1948
Timothy A. Bassett December 16, 1947
William D. Benson 1948
Walter Bickford February 16, 1942
Kevin Blanchette 1954
Robert Joseph Bohigian July 24, 1922
Royal L. Bolling Jr. May 1, 1944
George Bourque 1913
James T. Brett December 22, 1949
Thomas Brownell March 25, 1940
Nicholas J. Buglione 1932
Doris Bunte July 2, 1933
John Businger February 5, 1945
Jeremiah F. Cahir December 4, 1924
Howard C. Cahoon, Jr December 31, 1944
Ellen Canavan December 26, 1941
William A. Carey January 28, 1920
Paul Caron November 15, 1955
Angelo R. Cataldo November 12, 1917
Paul Cellucci April 24, 1948
Robert A. Cerasoli July 12, 1947
Allan R. Chiocca May 3, 1954
Salvatore Ciccarelli February 16, 1941
Forrester Clark November 30, 1934
David B. Cohen (mayor) September 2, 1947
Andrew Collaro March 21, 1910
James G. Collins August 2, 1946
Joseph M. Connolly January 5, 1924
William Constantino Jr. May 27, 1944
Leo R. Corazzini February 17, 1930
Robert Correia January 3, 1939
Frank N. Costa October 25, 1945
Nicholas Costello 1935
John F. Cox July 27, 1955
James J. Craven, Jr. March 24, 1919
Michael C. Creedon November 3, 1946
John F. Cusack October 5, 1937
Charles Decas October 5, 1937
Walter DeFilippi October 3, 1926
A. Joseph DeNucci August 30, 1939
Salvatore DiMasi August 11, 1945
Stephen W. Doran March 26, 1956
Charles Robert Doyle September 24, 1925
John R. Driscoll May 9, 1924
Frank Emilio (politician) August 31, 1935
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
Bruce N. Freeman March 4, 1921
Thomas M. Gallagher October 26, 1948
William F. Galvin September 17, 1950
Mary Jane Gibson February 7, 1933
William Glodis April 6, 1934
Roger R. Goyette January 22, 1925
Saundra Graham September 5, 1941
Barbara Gray October 11, 1926
John Gray January 12, 1956
Haden Greenhalgh January 16, 1931
Henry Grenier December 9, 1924
Sherwood Guernsey 1946
Robert Emmet Hayes 1951
Jonathan Healy October 10, 1945
Joseph N. Hermann June 8, 1924
Lucile Hicks May 11, 1938
Barbara Hildt April 13, 1946
Christopher Hodgkins August 24, 1957
Iris Holland September 30, 1920
Robert L. Howarth 1942
Marie Elizabeth Howe June 13, 1939
Frank Hynes December 23, 1940
Robert F. Jakubowicz 1932
Philip W. Johnston July 21, 1944
Raymond A. Jordan Jr. May 5, 1943
Stephen Karol 1948
Bill Keating (politician) September 6, 1952
Marie-Louise Kehoe December 12, 1928
Thomas P. Kennedy August 15, 1951
George Keverian June 3, 1931
Paul Kollios February 24, 1936
Denis Lawrence 1940
Mark E. Lawton July 26, 1949
Edward LeLacheur June 1, 1925
Kenneth M. Lemanski January 27, 1954
John Loring 1926
Thomas R. Lussier April 5, 1957
Thomas K. Lynch April 30, 1946
John MacGovern July 14, 1951
Charles Mann April 27, 1935
M. Joseph Manning September 23, 1924
Francis Mara 1950
Angelo Marotta October 16, 1937
Thomas W. McGee May 24, 1924
Michael J. McGlynn April 23, 1953
Arthur James McKenna October 29, 1914
Mary Jane McKenna October 23, 1939
Charles F. McNally April 3, 1929
John C. McNeil June 8, 1945
Robert D. McNeil December 16, 1930
Joan Menard September 6, 1935
Elizabeth Metayer August 12, 1911
Jim Miceli March 25, 1935
Alfred A. Minahan, Jr. September 14, 1953
Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943
William E. Moriarty October 4, 1923
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
Eleanor Myerson May 9, 1922
William P. Nagle Jr. June 10, 1951
Andrew Natsios September 22, 1949
Joseph M. Navin May 19, 1946
David Robert Nelson
Thomas C. Norton December 11, 1934
Nicholas Paleologos March 9, 1953
Marie Parente May 22, 1928
Angelo Picucci April 12, 1915
Steven Pierce October 10, 1949
Vincent J. Piro 1931
Kevin Poirier July 7, 1940
Michael J. Rea, Jr July 23, 1940
William G. Robinson March 10, 1926
Andrew J. Rogers, Jr May 6, 1944
Robert J. Rohan August 15, 1921
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
Richard R. Silva March 13, 1922
Walter Silveira, Jr. June 15, 1934
Charles Silvia February 18, 1945
Theodore C. Speliotis August 20, 1953
Chester Suhoski March 26, 1941
Gregory W. Sullivan January 29, 1952
Royall H. Switzler September 27, 1938
Roger Tougas January 9, 1927
Marilyn Travinski June 1, 1947
Philip Travis July 2, 1940
Peter Trombley September 16, 1948
Susan Tucker (politician) November 7, 1944
Thomas J. Vallely January 6, 1950
Peter A. Vellucci 1942
William B. Vernon April 17, 1951
Robert A. Vigneau November 4, 1920
Richard Voke December 2, 1947
Michael P. Walsh July 1, 1956
Bruce E. Wetherbee September 1, 1950
W. Paul White July 7, 1945
Thomas P. White August 27, 1950
Francis H. Woodward March 17, 1939

See also

References
  1. "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  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
  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. 1983–1984 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1983.
  6. "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1983" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading
  • Division, Massachusetts Elections (1982), Massachusetts Election Statistics (1982), Secretary of the Commonwealth, hdl:2452/43474
  • Court, Massachusetts General (1983). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40805.
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