1985–1986 Massachusetts legislature

The 174th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1985 and 1986 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and George Keverian served as speaker of the House.[4]

174th
Massachusetts General Court
←173rd 175th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 2, 1985 (1985-01-02) – January 6, 1987 (1987-01-06) [1]
Senate
Members40 [2]
PresidentWilliam Bulger
Majority LeaderWalter J. Boverini
Majority WhipJohn A. Brennan Jr.
Minority LeaderJohn Francis Parker
Minority WhipDavid H. Locke
Party controlDemocrat[2]
House
Members160 [3]
SpeakerGeorge Keverian
Majority LeaderW. Paul White
Majority WhipRobert Correia
Minority LeaderWilliam G. Robinson
Minority WhipIris Holland
Party controlDemocrat[3]
William Bulger
William Bulger, Senate president.
George Keverian
George Keverian, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1985-1986.

Notable legislation included the Safe Roads Act.[5]

Senators
portrait name [4] date of birth [6] district [6]
 Salvatore R. Albano 1935
Carol Amick 5th Middlesex
 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
Paul Cellucci April 24, 1948
Nicholas Costello 1935
Gerard D'Amico July 27, 1947
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
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

Representatives
portrait name [4] 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
Timothy A. Bassett December 16, 1947
Geoffrey C. Beckwith 1958
Kevin Blanchette 1954
Robert Joseph Bohigian July 24, 1922
Royal L. Bolling Jr. May 1, 1944
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
Nicholas J. Buglione 1932
Suzanne M. Bump February 18, 1956
Doris Bunte July 2, 1933
John Businger February 5, 1945
Thomas Cahir September 19, 1952
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
Athan Catjakis 1931
Robert A. Cerasoli July 12, 1947
Salvatore Ciccarelli February 16, 1941
Marjorie Clapprood September 24, 1949
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
Robert Correia January 3, 1939
Frank N. Costa October 25, 1945
John F. Cox July 27, 1955
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
William H. Donovan January 2, 1941
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
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
Roberta Goldman March 30, 1938
Roger R. Goyette January 22, 1925
Saundra Graham September 5, 1941
Barbara Gray October 11, 1926
Henry Grenier December 9, 1924
Sherwood Guernsey 1946
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
Barbara Hildt April 13, 1946
Christopher Hodgkins August 24, 1957
Iris Holland September 30, 1920
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
Denis Lawrence 1940
Edward LeLacheur June 1, 1925
Kenneth M. Lemanski January 27, 1954
Jacqueline Lewis May 3, 1945
John Loring 1926
Joseph Mackey 1951
David P. Magnani May 24, 1944
Charles Mann April 27, 1935
M. Joseph Manning September 23, 1924
Francis Mara 1950
Angelo Marotta October 16, 1937
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
William D. Mullins August 13, 1931
Mary Jeanette Murray December 24, 1924
Eleanor Myerson May 9, 1922
William P. Nagle Jr. June 10, 1951
Andrew Natsios September 22, 1949
Nicholas Paleologos March 9, 1953
Thomas Palumbo June 9, 1950
Marie Parente May 22, 1928
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 G. Robinson March 10, 1926
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
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
Richard Tisei August 13, 1962
Peter G. Torkildsen January 28, 1958
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
Patricia Walrath August 11, 1941
Michael P. Walsh July 1, 1956
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. 1985–1986 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985 – via Internet Archive.
  5. William DeJong (1996). "MADD Massachusetts Versus Senator Burke: A Media Advocacy Case Study". Health Education Quarterly. 23 (3): 318–329. doi:10.1177/109019819602300304. JSTOR 45049687. PMID 8841817. S2CID 45565801.
  6. "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1985" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading
  • Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985. hdl:2452/40806.
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