1987–1988 Massachusetts legislature

175th
Massachusetts General Court
175th; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 7, 1987 – November 23, 1988
Senate
Members	40
President	William Bulger
Majority Leader	Walter J. Boverini
Majority Whip	John A. Brennan Jr.
Minority Leader	John Francis Parker
Minority Whip	David H. Locke
Party control	Democrat
House
Members	160
Speaker	George Keverian
Majority Leader	Charles Flaherty
Majority Whip	Robert Correia
Minority Leader	Steven Pierce
Minority Whip	Lucile Hicks
Party control	Democrat

William Bulger, Senate president.

George Keverian, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1987-1988.

The 175th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1987 and 1988 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and George Keverian served as speaker of the House.^[4]

Notable legislation included creation of the Massachusetts Environmental Trust.^[5]

Senators

name ^[4]	date of birth ^[6]	district ^[6]
Salvatore R. Albano	1935
Carol Amick		5th Middlesex
Michael J. Barrett	June 27, 1948
Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949
Louis Peter Bertonazzi	October 9, 1933
Royal L. Bolling	June 19, 1920
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
Paul Cellucci	April 24, 1948
Nicholas Costello	1935
Paul Doane	March 26, 1943
Francis D. Doris	1931
William B. Golden	October 9, 1948
Paul D. Harold	September 5, 1948
John Patrick Houston	1955
Bill Keating (politician)	September 6, 1952
Edward P. Kirby	January 10, 1928
Richard Arnold Kraus	1937
Arthur Joseph Lewis Jr.	September 3, 1934
David H. Locke	August 4, 1927
Michael LoPresti Jr.	April 30, 1947
William Q. MacLean Jr.	November 4, 1934
Patricia McGovern	August 2, 1941
Linda Melconian
Thomas C. Norton	December 11, 1934
John Olver	September 3, 1936
Mary L. Padula
John Francis Parker	May 29, 1907
Lois Pines	August 16, 1940
Martin Thomas Reilly	September 1, 1956
Paul J. Sheehy	November 1, 1934
Joseph B. Walsh	November 15, 1923
Peter Colbourne Webber	May 12, 1952
Robert D. Wetmore	July 24, 1930
Thomas P. White	August 27, 1950

Representatives

name ^[4]	date of birth ^[6]	district ^[6]
Theodore J. Aleixo Jr.	August 23, 1942	3rd Bristol
Frances Alexander (politician)	June 16, 1919
Lawrence R. Alexander	1950
Robert B. Ambler	1927
Steven Angelo	June 8, 1952
John C. Bartley	March 25, 1956
Geoffrey C. Beckwith	1958
John Binienda	June 22, 1947
Kevin Blanchette	1954
Peter I. Blute	January 28, 1956
Robert Joseph Bohigian	July 24, 1922
Daniel E. Bosley	December 9, 1953
George Bourque	1913
John C. Bradford	February 16, 1940
James T. Brett	December 22, 1949
Thomas Brownell	March 25, 1940
Carmen Buell	February 3, 1945
Suzanne M. Bump	February 18, 1956
John Businger	February 5, 1945
Thomas Cahir	September 19, 1952
Howard C. Cahoon Jr.	December 31, 1944
Ellen Canavan	December 26, 1941
Paul Caron	November 15, 1955
Athan Catjakis	1931
Robert A. Cerasoli	July 12, 1947
Marjorie Clapprood	September 24, 1949
Forrester Clark	November 30, 1934
Carol Cleven	November 2, 1928
David B. Cohen (mayor)	September 2, 1947
Andrew Collaro	March 21, 1910
Joseph M. Connolly	January 5, 1924
William Constantino Jr.	May 27, 1944
Robert Correia	January 3, 1939
John F. Cox	July 27, 1955
Michael C. Creedon	November 3, 1946
Charles Decas	October 5, 1937
Walter DeFilippi	October 3, 1926
Salvatore DiMasi	August 11, 1945
Stephen W. Doran	March 26, 1956
Charles Robert Doyle	September 24, 1925
John R. Driscoll	May 9, 1924
Robert Durand	February 28, 1953
Frank Emilio (politician)	August 31, 1935
Patricia Fiero	June 12, 1941
Thomas Finneran	January 2, 1950
Kevin W. Fitzgerald	1950
Charles Flaherty (politician)	October 13, 1938
Michael F. Flaherty Sr.	September 6, 1936
John H. Flood	June 24, 1939
William J. Flynn Jr.	1933
Peter Forman	April 28, 1958
Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942
William F. Galvin	September 17, 1950
Barbara Gardner	January 19, 1941
Mary Jane Gibson	February 7, 1933
Larry F. Giordano	1944
William Glodis	April 6, 1934
Augusto Grace	April 9, 1954
Saundra Graham	September 5, 1941
Barbara Gray	October 11, 1926
Henry Grenier	December 9, 1924
Sherwood Guernsey	1946
Robert Havern III	July 17, 1949
Robert Emmet Hayes	1951
Jonathan Healy	October 10, 1945
Joseph N. Hermann	June 8, 1924
Albert Herren	June 8, 1952
Lucile Hicks	May 11, 1938
Shirley Owens Hicks	April 22, 1942
Barbara Hildt	April 13, 1946
Christopher Hodgkins	August 24, 1957
Iris Holland	September 30, 1920
Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958
Augusta Hornblower	June 6, 1948
Robert L. Howarth	1942
Marie Elizabeth Howe	June 13, 1939
Frank Hynes	December 23, 1940
Robert F. Jakubowicz	1932
Raymond A. Jordan Jr.	May 5, 1943
Stephen Karol	1948
Marie-Louise Kehoe	December 12, 1928
Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951
George Keverian	June 3, 1931
Paul Kollios	February 24, 1936
Patrick Landers	September 20, 1959
Denis Lawrence	1940
Edward LeLacheur	June 1, 1925
Kenneth M. Lemanski	January 27, 1954
Jacqueline Lewis	May 3, 1945
John Loring	1926
Vincent Lozzi	January 28, 1932
John MacGovern	July 14, 1951
Joseph Mackey	1951
David P. Magnani	May 24, 1944
Anthony Mandile	August 14, 1946
Charles Mann	April 27, 1935
M. Joseph Manning	September 23, 1924
Francis Mara	1950
Angelo Marotta	October 16, 1937
Robert H. Marsh	August 15, 1959
John E. McDonough	May 21, 1953
Thomas W. McGee	May 24, 1924
Michael J. McGlynn	April 23, 1953
Joseph B. McIntyre	April 11, 1957
Mary Jane McKenna	October 23, 1939
John C. McNeil	June 8, 1945
Joan Menard	September 6, 1935
Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
Richard T. Moore	August 7, 1943
William E. Moriarty	October 4, 1923
Peter B. Morin	April 2, 1955
Michael W. Morrissey	August 2, 1954
Mary Jeanette Murray	December 24, 1924
Eleanor Myerson	May 9, 1922
William P. Nagle Jr.	June 10, 1951
Shannon O%27Brien	April 30, 1959
Timothy F. O'Leary	1944
Kevin O'Sullivan (politician)	September 30, 1953
Nicholas Paleologos	March 9, 1953
Thomas Palumbo	June 9, 1950
Marie Parente	May 22, 1928
Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957
Angelo Picucci	April 12, 1915
Steven Pierce	October 10, 1949
Kevin Poirier	July 7, 1940
Daniel Ranieri	1951
Henri S. Rauschenbach	October 9, 1947
Michael J. Rea Jr.	July 23, 1940
William Reinstein	March 26, 1929
Robert J. Rohan	August 15, 1921
Mark Roosevelt	December 10, 1955
Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949
Susan Rourke	March 7, 1954
Richard J. Rouse	March 30, 1954
J. Michael Ruane	December 10, 1927
Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
Alfred E. Saggese Jr.	November 21, 1946
Sherman Saltmarsh	April 27, 1929
Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
Susan Schur	February 27, 1940
Anthony M. Scibelli	October 16, 1911
Emanuel Serra	June 12, 1945
Charles Silvia	February 18, 1945
Chester Suhoski	March 26, 1941
Gregory W. Sullivan	January 29, 1952
Richard Tisei	August 13, 1962
Peter G. Torkildsen	January 28, 1958
Roger Tougas	January 9, 1927
Barry Trahan	December 27, 1954
Marilyn Travinski	June 1, 1947
Philip Travis	July 2, 1940
Peter Trombley	September 16, 1948
Susan Tucker (politician)	November 7, 1944
Peter A. Vellucci	1942
William B. Vernon	April 17, 1951
Richard Voke	December 2, 1947
Patricia Walrath	August 11, 1941
Michael P. Walsh
Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician)	July 15, 1960
W. Paul White	July 7, 1945
Francis H. Woodward	March 17, 1939

References

^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
^ ^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
^ ^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
^ ^a ^b ^c 1987–1988 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1987 – via Internet Archive.
^ Charles H.W. Foster and Frances H. Foster (2014). "The Massachusetts Environmental Trust". Ecology Law Quarterly. 41 (3): 751–841. JSTOR 44320199.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1987", Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/796459

External links

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1986 State Senate General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1986 State Representative General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1987, hdl:2452/429139
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1987, hdl:2452/3571
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1988, hdl:2452/365963
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1988, hdl:2452/3572
Reports of the Legislative Research Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via New England School of Law (1964-1994)

[1] "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.

[CompSenate-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

[CompHouse-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

[Officers-4] 1987–1988 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1987 – via Internet Archive.

[5] Charles H.W. Foster and Frances H. Foster (2014). "The Massachusetts Environmental Trust". Ecology Law Quarterly. 41 (3): 751–841. JSTOR 44320199.

[Register-6] "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1987", Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/796459

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1987–1988 Massachusetts legislature

Senators

Representatives

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