1991–1992 Massachusetts legislature

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]

177th
Massachusetts General Court
←176th 178th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 2, 1991 (1991-01-02) – January 5, 1993 (1993-01-05)[1]
ElectionNovember 6, 1990
Senate
Members40
PresidentWilliam Bulger
Majority LeaderWalter J. Boverini
Majority WhipLouis Peter Bertonazzi
Minority LeaderDavid H. Locke
Minority WhipMary L. Padula
Party controlDemocrat[2]
House
Members160
SpeakerCharles Flaherty
Majority LeaderRichard Voke
Majority WhipKevin W. Fitzgerald
Minority LeaderPeter Forman
Minority WhipWalter DeFilippi
Party controlDemocrat[3]
William Bulger
William Bulger, Senate president.
Charles Flaherty
Charles Flaherty, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1991.

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

Senators
portrait 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
portrait 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

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. 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.
  6. 1991–1992 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  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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