1997–1998 Massachusetts legislature

The 180th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1997 and 1998 during the governorships of Bill Weld and Paul Cellucci. Thomas F. Birmingham served as president of the Senate and Thomas M. Finneran served as speaker of the House.[4]

180th
Massachusetts General Court
←179th 181st→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 1997 (1997-01) –  () [1]
Senate
Members40 [2]
PresidentTom Birmingham
Majority LeaderThomas C. Norton
Majority WhipLinda Melconian
Minority LeaderBrian Lees
Minority WhipRichard Tisei
Party controlDemocrat[2]
House
Members160
SpeakerThomas Finneran
Majority LeaderWilliam P. Nagle Jr.
Majority WhipBarbara Gardner
Minority LeaderDavid Peters
Minority WhipFrancis L. Marini
Party controlDemocrat[3]
Thomas F. Birmingham
Thomas Birmingham, Senate president.
Thomas M. Finneran
Thomas Finneran, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1997-1998.

Senators
portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
 Matthew J. Amorello March 15, 1958 2nd Worcester
 Robert A. Antonioni July 15, 1958
Robert A. Bernstein March 22, 1961
Frederick Berry December 20, 1949
Tom Birmingham August 4, 1949
Stephen Brewer February 10, 1948
Edward J. Clancy Jr. June 30, 1950
Robert Creedon November 13, 1942
Robert Durand February 28, 1953
Susan Fargo August 27, 1942
Robert Havern III July 17, 1949
Robert L. Hedlund July 12, 1961
Cheryl Jacques February 17, 1962
James Jajuga December 12, 1946
Brian A. Joyce September 5, 1962
Bill Keating (politician) September 6, 1952
Michael Knapik February 11, 1963
Brian Lees July 25, 1953
Stephen F. Lynch March 31, 1955
David P. Magnani May 24, 1944
Linda Melconian
Mark Montigny June 20, 1961
Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943
Michael W. Morrissey August 2, 1954
Therese Murray October 10, 1947
Thomas C. Norton December 11, 1934
Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr. February 26, 1964
John D. O'Brien Jr. 1960
Marc Pacheco October 29, 1952
Steven C. Panagiotakos November 26, 1959
Lois Pines August 16, 1940
Henri S. Rauschenbach October 9, 1947
Stan Rosenberg October 12, 1949
Charles E. Shannon Jr. August 31, 1943
Bruce Tarr January 2, 1964
Richard Tisei August 13, 1962
Warren Tolman October 23, 1959
Robert Travaglini July 20, 1952
Marian Walsh 1954
Dianne Wilkerson May 2, 1955

Representatives
portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
 Steven Angelo June 8, 1952 9th Essex
 Michael G. Bellotti March 21, 1963
John Binienda June 22, 1947
Daniel E. Bosley December 9, 1953
Arthur Broadhurst September 28, 1964
John Businger February 5, 1945
Antonio Cabral January 26, 1955
Michael P. Cahill December 12, 1961
Thomas Cahir September 19, 1952
Christine Canavan January 25, 1950
Gale D. Candaras 1949
Paul Caron November 15, 1955
Paul Casey February 26, 1961
Harriette L. Chandler December 20, 1937
Evelyn Chesky August 20, 1933
Vincent P. Ciampa April 15, 1945
Forrester Clark November 30, 1934
Carol Cleven November 2, 1928
David B. Cohen (mayor) September 2, 1947
Edward G. Connolly August 22, 1928
Robert Correia January 3, 1939
Geraldine Creedon September 26, 1945
Brian Cresta April 22, 1969
Donna Cuomo March 19, 1947
Walter DeFilippi October 3, 1926
Robert DeLeo (politician) March 27, 1950
Paul C. Demakis July 9, 1953
Brian Dempsey (politician) September 30, 1966
Salvatore DiMasi August 11, 1945
David Donnelly June 7, 1956
Carol A. Donovan June 5, 1937
James H. Fagan October 13, 1947
Christopher Fallon June 7, 1953
Robert Fennell June 26, 1956
Barry Finegold March 3, 1971
Kevin L. Finnegan June 1, 1964
Thomas Finneran January 2, 1950
Kevin W. Fitzgerald 1950
Nancy Flavin June 26, 1950
Gloria Fox March 18, 1942
Paul Frost April 25, 1970
Joseph Gallitano April 12, 1946
William C. Galvin October 18, 1956
Barbara Gardner January 19, 1941
Colleen Garry July 21, 1962
David Gately September 27, 1955
Ronald Gauch February 13, 1938
Thomas N. George May 2, 1938
Anthony Giglio January 28, 1941
Guy Glodis February 15, 1969
Emile Goguen March 16, 1933
Thomas Golden Jr. March 5, 1971
Shirley Gomes January 23, 1940
William G. Greene Jr. April 24, 1940
Patrick Guerriero March 3, 1968
Cele Hahn March 21, 1942
Paul Haley June 9, 1953
Geoff Hall (politician) October 10, 1948
Robert S. Hargraves October 14, 1936
Lida E. Harkins January 24, 1944
Jack Hart (state senator) April 21, 1961
Shirley Owens Hicks April 22, 1942
Christopher Hodgkins August 24, 1957
Kevin Honan June 5, 1958
Barbara Hyland October 17, 1943
Frank Hynes December 23, 1940
M. Paul Iannuccillo May 1, 1963
Patricia D. Jehlen October 14, 1943
Bradley Jones Jr. January 9, 1965
Louis Kafka November 28, 1945
Rachel Kaprielian June 24, 1968
Jay R. Kaufman May 4, 1947
Daniel F. Keenan February 15, 1961
Shaun P. Kelly March 13, 1964
Thomas P. Kennedy August 15, 1951
Kay Khan June 22, 1941
John C. Klimm November 5, 1955
Brian Knuuttila February 22, 1957
Robert Koczera November 25, 1953
Peter Koutoujian September 17, 1961
Paul Kujawski August 26, 1953
Stephen Kulik August 3, 1950
Patrick Landers September 20, 1959
Harold M. Lane, Jr. August 24, 1938
Peter J. Larkin December 23, 1953
Stephen LeDuc February 29, 1968
Edward LeLacheur June 1, 1925
John Lepper December 22, 1934
Jacqueline Lewis May 3, 1945
Maryanne Lewis 1963
John A. Locke (Massachusetts politician) November 27, 1962
Ronald Mariano October 31, 1946
Francis L. Marini March 5, 1949
Jim Marzilli May 8, 1958
Thomas M. McGee December 15, 1955
Joseph B. McIntyre April 11, 1957
William McManus January 26, 1963
Joan Menard September 6, 1935
John Merrigan May 2, 1961
Jim Miceli March 25, 1935
Charles A. Murphy August 11, 1965
Dennis M. Murphy September 12, 1962
Kevin J. Murphy (politician) November 27, 1952
Mary Jeanette Murray December 24, 1924
William P. Nagle Jr. June 10, 1951
Harold Naughton Jr. July 4, 1960
Janet O'Brien
Thomas J. O'Brien (Massachusetts politician) March 15, 1964
Eugene O'Flaherty July 20, 1968
Marie Parente May 22, 1928
Anne Paulsen August 8, 1936
Vincent Pedone March 15, 1967
David Peters (politician) March 1, 1954
Douglas W. Petersen March 7, 1948
George N. Peterson Jr. July 8, 1950
Thomas Petrolati March 16, 1957
Kevin Poirier July 7, 1940
Susan Pope October 9, 1942
Ruth Provost August 9, 1949
John F. Quinn April 7, 1963
William Reinstein March 26, 1929
Pam Resor 1942
Charlotte Golar Richie December 11, 1958
Michael Rodrigues (politician) May 30, 1959
Mary Rogeness May 18, 1941
John H. Rogers October 22, 1964
J. Michael Ruane December 10, 1927
Byron Rushing July 29, 1942
Angelo Scaccia September 29, 1942
Anthony M. Scibelli October 16, 1911
Emanuel Serra June 12, 1945
Mary Jane Simmons May 14, 1953
John P. Slattery April 5, 1958
Theodore C. Speliotis August 20, 1953
Jo Ann Sprague November 3, 1931
Harriett Stanley March 30, 1950
John Stasik June 5, 1942
John Stefanini March 23, 1964
Douglas Stoddart March 5, 1952
Ellen Story October 17, 1941
William M. Straus June 26, 1956
David B. Sullivan June 6, 1953
Joseph Sullivan (mayor) March 1, 1959
Benjamin Swan September 18, 1933
Kathleen Teahan June 11, 1947
Alvin Thompson May 15, 1939
A. Stephen Tobin July 3, 1956
Steven Tolman October 2, 1954
Timothy J. Toomey Jr. June 7, 1953
Philip Travis July 2, 1940
Eric Turkington August 12, 1947
David Tuttle
James E. Vallee July 24, 1966
Anthony Verga April 26, 1935
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician) May 7, 1960
Patricia Walrath August 11, 1941
Marty Walsh April 10, 1967
Alice Wolf December 24, 1933

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. "The 180th General Court of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts". State.ma.us. Archived from the original on February 13, 1998.
  5. 1997–1998 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston – via Internet Archive.
  6. "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1997-1998" (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. 1997. hdl:2452/40812.
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