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1995–1996 Massachusetts legislature

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179th
Massachusetts General Court
178th 180th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 4, 1995 (1995-01-04) – December 31, 1996 (1996-12-31)[1]
ElectionNovember 8, 1994
Senate
Members40
PresidentWilliam Bulger (1995–1996)
Tom Birmingham (1996)
Majority LeaderLouis Peter Bertonazzi
Majority WhipFrederick Berry
Minority LeaderBrian Lees
Minority WhipLucile P. Hicks
Party controlDemocrat[2]
House
Members160
SpeakerCharles Flaherty (1995–1996)
Thomas Finneran (1996)
Majority LeaderRichard Voke
Majority WhipJoan Menard
Minority LeaderEdward B. Teague III
Minority WhipDavid Peters
Party controlDemocrat[3]
William Bulger
William Bulger, Senate president.
Charles Flaherty
Charles Flaherty, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1995.

The 179th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1995 and 1996 during the governorship of Bill Weld. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Charles Flaherty served as speaker of the House.[4]

Senators

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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
Louis Peter Bertonazzi October 9, 1933
Tom Birmingham August 4, 1949
William Bulger February 2, 1934
Edward J. Clancy Jr. June 30, 1950
Michael C. Creedon November 3, 1946
Robert Havern III July 17, 1949
Robert L. Hedlund July 12, 1961
Lucile Hicks May 11, 1938
Cheryl Jacques February 17, 1962
James Jajuga December 12, 1946
Bill Keating (politician) September 6, 1952
Michael Knapik February 11, 1963
Daniel P. Leahy January 10, 1935
Brian Lees July 25, 1953
David P. Magnani May 24, 1944
Linda Melconian
Mark Montigny June 20, 1961
Michael W. Morrissey August 2, 1954
Therese Murray October 10, 1947
Thomas C. Norton December 11, 1934
John D. O'Brien Jr. 1960
Marc Pacheco October 29, 1952
Lois Pines August 16, 1940
Henri S. Rauschenbach October 9, 1947
Stan Rosenberg October 12, 1949
Charles E. Shannon Jr. August 31, 1943
Jane Swift February 24, 1965
Bruce Tarr January 2, 1964
Richard Tisei August 13, 1962
Robert Travaglini July 20, 1952
Marian Walsh 1954
Robert D. Wetmore July 24, 1930
W. Paul White July 7, 1945
Dianne Wilkerson May 2, 1955

Representatives

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portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
Louis Angelo October 5, 1952
Steven Angelo June 8, 1952 9th Essex
Valerie Barsom November 11, 1960
Michael G. Bellotti March 21, 1963
John Binienda June 22, 1947
Daniel E. Bosley December 9, 1953
Marianne Brenton February 25, 1933
James T. Brett December 22, 1949
Stephen Brewer February 10, 1948
Arthur Broadhurst September 28, 1964
Carmen Buell February 3, 1945
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
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
Carol Cleven November 2, 1928
David B. Cohen (mayor) September 2, 1947
James Colt August 19, 1932
Edward G. Connolly August 22, 1928
Gary Coon March 25, 1964
Robert Correia January 3, 1939
Frank Cousins (American politician) May 7, 1958
Brian Cresta April 22, 1969
Donna Cuomo March 19, 1947
Charles Decas October 5, 1937
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
James DiPaola May 5, 1953
Carol A. Donovan June 5, 1937
Hasty Evans August 7, 1948
James H. Fagan October 13, 1947
Robert Fennell June 26, 1956
Thomas Finneran January 2, 1950
Kevin W. Fitzgerald 1950
Nancy Flavin June 26, 1950
Gloria Fox March 18, 1942
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
Anthony Giglio January 28, 1941
William Glodis April 6, 1934
Emile Goguen March 16, 1933
Thomas Golden Jr. March 5, 1971
Shirley Gomes January 23, 1940
Barbara Gray October 11, 1926
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
Robert Hawke July 20, 1932
Albert Herren June 8, 1952
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
Jay R. Kaufman May 4, 1947
Daniel F. Keenan February 15, 1961
Shaun P. Kelly March 13, 1964
Thomas P. Kennedy August 15, 1951
Sally Kerans May 26, 1960
Kay Khan June 22, 1941
John C. Klimm November 5, 1955
Robert Koczera November 25, 1953
Paul Kollios February 24, 1936
Robert Kraus March 20, 1957
Paul Kujawski August 26, 1953
Stephen Kulik August 3, 1950
Edward M. Lambert Jr. March 8, 1958
Patrick Landers September 20, 1959
Harold M. Lane, Jr. August 24, 1938
Peter J. Larkin December 23, 1953
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
Stephen F. Lynch March 31, 1955
Anthony Mandile August 14, 1946
Vincent G. Mannering November 5, 1951
M. Joseph Manning September 23, 1924
Ronald Mariano October 31, 1946
Francis L. Marini March 5, 1949
Jim Marzilli May 8, 1958
John E. McDonough May 21, 1953
Thomas M. McGee December 15, 1955
Joseph B. McIntyre April 11, 1957
William McManus January 26, 1963
Joan Menard September 6, 1935
Jim Miceli March 25, 1935
Dennis M. Murphy September 12, 1962
Mary Jeanette Murray December 24, 1924
William P. Nagle Jr. June 10, 1951
Harold Naughton Jr. July 4, 1960
Janet O'Brien
Steven C. Panagiotakos November 26, 1959
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
John F. Quinn April 7, 1963
William Reinstein March 26, 1929
Pam Resor 1942
Charlotte Golar Richie December 11, 1958
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
Jo Ann Sprague November 3, 1931
Harriett Stanley March 30, 1950
John Stefanini March 23, 1964
Douglas Stoddart March 5, 1952
Ellen Story October 17, 1941
William M. Straus June 26, 1956
Joseph Sullivan (mayor) March 1, 1959
Michael Sullivan (U.S. Attorney) October 3, 1954
Benjamin Swan September 18, 1933
Linda Teagan May 13, 1944
Edward B. Teague III November 25, 1949
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
Daniel Valianti 1965
James E. Vallee July 24, 1966
Anthony Verga April 26, 1935
Richard Voke December 2, 1947
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician) May 7, 1960
Patricia Walrath August 11, 1941

See also

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Images

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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. ^ "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. ^ a b 1995-1996 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1995.
  6. ^ a b c d "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1995-1996", Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1996, hdl:2452/796509

Further reading

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  • Court, Massachusetts General (1995). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40811.
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