178th
Massachusetts General Court
←177th 179th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 6, 1993 (1993-01-06) – January 3, 1995 (1995-01-03) [1]
Senate
Members40 [2]
PresidentWilliam Bulger
Majority LeaderWalter J. Boverini
Majority WhipLouis Peter Bertonazzi
Minority LeaderBrian Lees
Minority WhipLucile P. Hicks
Party controlDemocrat[2]
House
Members160 [3]
SpeakerCharles Flaherty
Majority LeaderRichard Voke
Majority WhipJoan Menard
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, 1993-1994.

The 178th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1993 and 1994 during the governorship of Bill Weld. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Charles Flaherty served as speaker of the House.

Notable legislation included the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993.

Senators

portrait name [4] date of birth [5] district [5]
 Matthew J. Amorello March 15, 1958 1st Worcester and Middlesex
 Robert A. Antonioni July 15, 1958 2nd 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
 Arthur E. Chase February 4, 1930 Worcester
 Michael C. Creedon November 3, 1946 Plymouth
 Robert Durand February 28, 1953 Middlesex and Worcester
 Robert Havern III July 17, 1949 4th Middlesex
 Lucile Hicks May 11, 1938 5th Middlesex
 Cheryl Jacques February 17, 1962 Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
 James Jajuga December 12, 1946 3rd Essex
 Bill Keating (politician) September 6, 1952 Norfolk and Bristol
 Daniel P. Leahy January 10, 1935 1st Middlesex
 Brian Lees July 25, 1953 2nd Hampden
 David P. Magnani May 24, 1944 Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcester
 Brian McDonald 1952 Norfolk and Plymouth
 Linda Melconian 1st Hampden
 Mark Montigny June 20, 1961 2nd Bristol
 Michael W. Morrissey August 2, 1954 Norfolk
 Therese Murray October 10, 1947 Plymouth and Barnstable
 Thomas C. Norton December 11, 1934 1st Bristol
 John D. O'Brien Jr. 1960 2nd Essex and Middlesex
 Shannon O'Brien April 30, 1959 Hampden and Hampshire
 Marc Pacheco October 29, 1952 Bristol and Plymouth
 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
 Jane Swift February 24, 1965 Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire
 Robert Travaglini July 20, 1952 Suffolk and Middlesex
 Marian Walsh 1954 1st Suffolk and Norfolk
 Robert D. Wetmore July 24, 1930 Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin
 W. Paul White July 7, 1945 2nd Suffolk and Norfolk
 Dianne Wilkerson May 2, 1955 2nd Suffolk

Representatives

portrait name [4] date of birth [5] district [5]
 Steven Angelo June 8, 1952 9th Essex
 Valerie Barsom November 11, 1960 13th Hampden
 Michael G. Bellotti March 21, 1963 1st Norfolk
 John Binienda June 22, 1947 17th Worcester
 Kevin Blanchette 1954 16th Essex
 Marianne Brenton February 25, 1933 23rd Middlesex
 James T. Brett December 22, 1949 14th Suffolk
 Stephen Brewer February 10, 1948 5th Worcester
 Arthur Broadhurst September 28, 1964 15th Essex
 Carmen Buell February 3, 1945 2nd Franklin
 John Businger February 5, 1945 15th Norfolk
 Antonio Cabral January 26, 1955 13th Bristol
 Michael P. Cahill December 12, 1961 6th Essex
 Thomas Cahir September 19, 1952 3rd Barnstable
 Christine Canavan January 25, 1950 10th Plymouth
 Paul Caron November 15, 1955 11th Hampden
 Paul Casey February 26, 1961 34th Middlesex
 William Cass 1963 22nd Middlesex
 Evelyn Chesky August 20, 1933 5th Hampden
 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
 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
 Frank Cousins (American politician) May 7, 1958 1st Essex
 John F. Cox July 27, 1955 17th Middlesex
 Donna Cuomo March 19, 1947 14th Essex
 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
 James DiPaola May 5, 1953 36th Middlesex
 Carol A. Donovan June 5, 1937 33rd Middlesex
 Stephen W. Doran March 26, 1956 15th Middlesex
 Marc Draisen December 22, 1956 11th Suffolk
 Hasty Evans August 7, 1948 13th Middlesex
 James H. Fagan October 13, 1947 3rd Bristol
 Thomas Finneran January 2, 1950 13th Suffolk
 Kevin W. Fitzgerald 1950 16th Suffolk
 Charles Flaherty (politician) October 13, 1938 27th Middlesex
 Nancy Flavin June 26, 1950 2nd Hampshire
 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
 Althea Garrison October 7, 1940 5th Suffolk
 David Gately September 27, 1955 9th Middlesex
 Ronald Gauch February 13, 1938 11th Worcester
 Anthony Giglio January 28, 1941 38th Middlesex
 William Glodis April 6, 1934 16th Worcester
 Emile Goguen March 16, 1933 3rd Worcester
 Barbara Gray October 11, 1926 6th Middlesex
 William G. Greene Jr. April 24, 1940 24th Middlesex
 Patrick Guerriero March 3, 1968 35th 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
 Joseph N. Hermann June 8, 1924 14th Essex
 Albert Herren June 8, 1952 6th Bristol
 Shirley Owens Hicks April 22, 1942 6th Suffolk
 Christopher Hodgkins August 24, 1957 4th Berkshire
 Kevin Honan June 5, 1958 18th Suffolk
 Augusta Hornblower June 6, 1948 1st Middlesex
 Barbara Hyland October 17, 1943 1st Bristol
 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
 Stephen Kulik August 3, 1950 1st Franklin
 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
 Jacqueline Lewis May 3, 1945 8th Plymouth
 Peter E. Madden March 16, 1942 14th Norfolk
 Charles Mann April 27, 1935 6th Plymouth
 Vincent G. Mannering November 5, 1951 10th Suffolk
 M. Joseph Manning September 23, 1924 7th Norfolk
 Francis Mara 1950 11th Plymouth
 Ronald Mariano October 31, 1946 3rd Norfolk
 Jim Marzilli May 8, 1958 25th Middlesex
 Robert M. McCarthy December 31, 1944 35th 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
 William McManus January 26, 1963 14th Worcester
 Joan Menard September 6, 1935 5th Bristol
 Jim Miceli March 25, 1935 20th Middlesex
 Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943 8th Worcester
 Dennis M. Murphy September 12, 1962 9th Hampden
 Mary Jeanette Murray December 24, 1924 3rd Plymouth
 William P. Nagle Jr. June 10, 1951 1st Hampshire
 Janet O'Brien 5th Plymouth
 Karen O'Donnell December 14, 1953 10th Middlesex
 Kevin O'Sullivan (politician) September 30, 1953 13th Worcester
 Thomas Palumbo June 9, 1950 2nd Essex
 Steven C. Panagiotakos November 26, 1959 19th Middlesex
 Marie Parente May 22, 1928 10th Worcester
 Anne Paulsen August 8, 1936 26th Middlesex
 Vincent Pedone March 15, 1967 15th Worcester
 David Peters (politician) March 1, 1954 6th Worcester
 Douglas W. Petersen March 7, 1948 8th Essex
 Thomas Petrolati March 16, 1957 7th Hampden
 Marsha Platt May 25, 1937 9th Worcester
 Kevin Poirier July 7, 1940 14th Bristol
 John F. Quinn April 7, 1963 9th 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
 John H. Rogers October 22, 1964 12th Norfolk
 Mark Roosevelt December 10, 1955 8th Suffolk
 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
 Mary Jane Simmons May 14, 1953 4th Worcester
 Jo Ann Sprague November 3, 1931 9th Norfolk
 John Stefanini March 23, 1964 7th Middlesex
 Douglas Stoddart March 5, 1952 5th Middlesex
 Ellen Story October 17, 1941 3rd Hampshire
 William M. Straus June 26, 1956 10th Bristol
 Joseph Sullivan (mayor) March 1, 1959 5th 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
 Timothy J. Toomey Jr. June 7, 1953 29th 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
 Richard Voke December 2, 1947 2nd Suffolk
 Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician) May 7, 1960 8th Hampden
 Patricia Walrath August 11, 1941 3rd Middlesex
 Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician) July 15, 1960 12th Essex

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  2. 1 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 1993–1994 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1993", Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1993, hdl:2452/796489

Further reading

  • Court, Massachusetts General (1993). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40810.
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