1979–1980 Massachusetts legislature

171st
Massachusetts General Court
←170th 172nd→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 3, 1979 (1979-01-03) – July 5, 1980 (1980-07-05) [1]
Senate
Members40 [2]
PresidentWilliam Bulger
Majority leaderDaniel J. Foley
Vice-Leader Majority of House of RepresentativesMary L. Fonseca
Minority LeaderJohn Francis Parker
Vice-Leader MinorityDavid H. Locke
Party controlDemocrat[2]
House
Members160 [3]
SpeakerThomas W. McGee
Majority LeaderGeorge Keverian
Vice-Leader Majority of State SenateJohn E. Murphy Jr.
Vice-Leader Minority of State SenateWilliam G. Robinson
Vice-Leader Assistant Minority of Massachusetts State SenateIris Holland
Party controlDemocrat[3]
William Bulger
William Bulger, Senate president.
Thomas W. McGee
Thomas McGee, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1979-1980.

The 171st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1979 and 1980 during the governorship of Edward J. King. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Thomas W. McGee served as speaker of the House.[4] In 1980, the General Court voted to establish the Massachusetts Board of Regents of Higher Education with the authority to consolidate resources for public higher education in the state.[5]

Senators

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portrait name [4] date of birth [6] district [6]
Carol C. Amick 5th Middlesex
Chester G. Atkins April 14, 1948
John F. Aylmer January 27, 1934
Jack Backman April 26, 1922
Louis Peter Bertonazzi October 9, 1933
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
Gerard D'Amico July 27, 1947
Francis D. Doris 1931
Jack Fitzpatrick (businessman) April 5, 1923
Daniel J. Foley April 6, 1921
Mary L. Fonseca March 30, 1915
Robert A. Hall April 15, 1946
Paul D. Harold September 5, 1948
Robert M. Hunt January 4, 1936
John G. King (politician) November 30, 1942
Arthur Joseph Lewis Jr. September 3, 1934
David H. Locke August 4, 1927
Michael LoPresti Jr. April 30, 1947
Francis X. McCann September 2, 1912
Robert E. McCarthy January 12, 1940
Denis L. Mckenna August 14, 1922
Allan R. McKinnon June 2, 1930
John Olver September 3, 1936
Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) July 6, 1937
John Francis Parker May 29, 1907
Sharon Pollard September 21, 1950
Samuel Rotondi April 22, 1946
Philip L. Shea October 19, 1941
Alan Sisitsky June 4, 1942
Joseph F. Timilty (state senator) October 3, 1938
B. Joseph Tully January 4, 1927
William X. Wall July 1, 1904
Joseph B. Walsh November 15, 1923
Robert D. Wetmore July 24, 1930
Stanley John Zarod April 11, 1924

Representatives

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portrait name [4] date of birth [6] district [6]
Antone S. Aguiar Jr. January 2, 1930 4th Bristol
Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. August 23, 1942
Lawrence R. Alexander 1950
Alfred Almeida October 5, 1931
Robert B. Ambler 1927
Peter George Asiaf August 15, 1905
Michael J. Barrett June 27, 1948
Timothy A. Bassett December 16, 1947
William D. Benson 1948
Francis Bevilacqua August 12, 1923
Walter Bickford February 16, 1942
Belden Bly September 29, 1914
Robert Joseph Bohigian July 24, 1922
Royal L. Bolling Jr. May 1, 1944
George Bourque 1913
Thomas Brownell March 25, 1940
Charles J. Buffone 1919
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
Andrew Card May 10, 1947
William A. Carey January 28, 1920
Angelo R. Cataldo November 12, 1917
Paul Cellucci April 24, 1948
Robert A. Cerasoli July 12, 1947
Rudy Chmura March 21, 1932
Salvatore Ciccarelli February 16, 1941
Salvatore Cimino October 27, 1933
Forrester Clark November 30, 1934
Deborah R. Cochran September 18, 1939
David B. Cohen (mayor) September 2, 1947
Gerald M. Cohen February 22, 1934
Lincoln P. Cole Jr. September 18, 1918
James G. Collins August 2, 1946
Edward W. Connelly August 2, 1919
Leo R. Corazzini February 17, 1930
Robert Correia January 3, 1939
Nicholas Costello 1935
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
Richard H. Demers January 19, 1928
A. Joseph DeNucci August 30, 1939
Salvatore DiMasi August 11, 1945
Charles Robert Doyle September 24, 1925
John R. Driscoll May 9, 1924
Dennis J. Duffin November 24, 1930
Richard J. Dwinell August 5, 1917
Thomas Francis Fallon December 4, 1929
Michael Paul Feeney March 26, 1907
John J. Finnegan July 21, 1938
Thomas Finneran January 2, 1950
Kevin W. Fitzgerald 1950
Charles Flaherty (politician) October 13, 1938
Michael F. Flaherty Sr. September 6, 1936
Peter Y. Flynn 1940
William J. Flynn Jr. 1933
Barney Frank March 31, 1940
Bruce N. Freeman March 4, 1921
William F. Galvin September 17, 1950
Ann Gannett November 7, 1916
Mary Jane Gibson February 7, 1933
Robert W. Gillette September 1, 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
James T. Harrington June 9, 1949
Jonathan Healy October 10, 1945
Joseph N. Hermann June 8, 1924
Iris Holland September 30, 1920
Marie Elizabeth Howe June 13, 1939
Philip W. Johnston July 21, 1944
Raymond A. Jordan Jr. May 5, 1943
Stephen Karol 1948
Bill Keating (politician) September 6, 1952
George Keverian June 3, 1931
Arthur M. Khoury February 5, 1940
Mel King October 20, 1928
Raymond M. LaFontaine May 18, 1927
Nickolas Lambros January 9, 1933
Robert F. Larkin Jr. May 29, 1955
Denis Lawrence 1940
Mark E. Lawton July 26, 1949
Edward LeLacheur June 1, 1925
Leon Lombardi April 16, 1949
Michael J. Lombardi May 27, 1917
John J. Long December 10, 1927
John Loring 1926
Thomas R. Lussier April 5, 1957
Thomas K. Lynch April 30, 1946
William Q. MacLean Jr. November 4, 1934
M. Joseph Manning September 23, 1924
Donald J. Manning June 23, 1929
Angelo Marotta October 16, 1937
Frank J. Matrango July 19, 1926
Thomas W. McGee May 24, 1924
Michael J. McGlynn April 23, 1953
Arthur James McKenna October 29, 1914
Charles F. McNally April 3, 1929
John C. McNeil June 8, 1945
Robert D. McNeil December 16, 1930
John F. Melia June 5, 1915
Joan Menard September 6, 1935
Elizabeth Metayer August 12, 1911
Jim Miceli March 25, 1935
Alfred A. Minahan Jr. September 14, 1953
David J. Mofenson February 7, 1943
F. John Monahan July 3, 1943
Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943
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
William P. Nagle Jr. June 10, 1951
Andrew Natsios September 22, 1949
Joseph M. Navin May 19, 1946
David Robert Nelson
Lou Nickinello September 8, 1940
Thomas C. Norton December 11, 1934
Nicholas Paleologos March 9, 1953
Raymond S. Peck December 10, 1922
John B. Perry February 15, 1935
Angelo Picucci April 12, 1915
Steven Pierce October 10, 1949
Vincent J. Piro 1931
Kevin Poirier July 7, 1940
Daniel F. Pokaski June 26, 1949
Michael J. Rea Jr. July 23, 1940
Richard P. Roche February 15, 1952
Andrew J. Rogers Jr. May 6, 1944
Robert J. Rohan August 15, 1921
J. Michael Ruane December 10, 1927
Alfred E. Saggese Jr. November 21, 1946
Sherman Saltmarsh April 27, 1929
Joseph Scelsi June 4, 1915
Anthony M. Scibelli October 16, 1911
Joseph J. Semensi March 6, 1923
Emanuel Serra June 12, 1945
Philip L. Shea October 19, 1941
Richard R. Silva March 13, 1922
Theodore C. Speliotis August 20, 1953
Gregory W. Sullivan January 29, 1952
Royall H. Switzler September 27, 1938
Robert A. Vigneau November 4, 1920
Richard Voke December 2, 1947
Richard L. Walsh July 26, 1948
Bruce E. Wetherbee September 1, 1950
W. Paul White July 7, 1945
Thomas P. White August 27, 1950
A. James Whitney April 15, 1943
Francis H. Woodward March 17, 1939

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c 1979-1980 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  5. ^ Feldberg, Michael (2015). UMass Boston at 50: A Fiftieth-Anniversary History of the University of Massachusetts Boston. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-1625341693.
  6. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1979" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading

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  • Court, Massachusetts General (1979). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40803.
  • "Massachusetts Legislature Meets on Transit Crisis", New York Times, December 2, 1980
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