The 177th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1991 and 1992 during the governorship of Bill Weld. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Charles Flaherty served as speaker of the House.
Significant legislation included an act allowing school choice.
Senators portrait name date of birth district Matthew J. Amorello March 15, 1958 1st 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 Edward L. Burke 1942 Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcester Arthur E. Chase February 4, 1930 Worcester Michael C. Creedon November 3, 1946 Plymouth Martin J. Dunn March 9, 1956 Hampden and Hampshire Robert Durand February 28, 1953 Middlesex and Worcester Paul D. Harold September 5, 1948 Norfolk Robert Havern III July 17, 1949 4th Middlesex Robert L. Hedlund July 12, 1961 Norfolk and Plymouth Lucile Hicks May 11, 1938 5th Middlesex James Jajuga December 12, 1946 3rd Essex Bill Keating (politician) September 6, 1952 Norfolk and Bristol Edward P. Kirby January 10, 1928 Plymouth and Barnstable Christopher M. Lane May 15, 1959 1st Suffolk and Norfolk Brian Lees July 25, 1953 2nd Hampden David H. Locke August 4, 1927 Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex Michael LoPresti Jr. April 30, 1947 Suffolk and Middlesex William Q. MacLean Jr. November 4, 1934 2nd Bristol Patricia McGovern August 2, 1941 2nd Essex and Middlesex Linda Melconian 1st Hampden Thomas C. Norton December 11, 1934 1st Bristol John Olver September 3, 1936 Franklin and Hampshire Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) July 6, 1937 2nd Suffolk Mary L. Padula 2nd Worcester and Middlesex 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 Nancy Achin Sullivan January 20, 1959 1st Middlesex Jane Swift February 24, 1965 Berkshire Richard Tisei August 13, 1962 3rd Middlesex Erving H. Wall, Jr. Bristol and Plymouth Robert D. Wetmore July 24, 1930 Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin W. Paul White July 7, 1945 2nd Suffolk and Norfolk
Representatives portrait name date of birth district Steven Angelo June 8, 1952 9th Essex Robert A. Antonioni July 15, 1958 4th Worcester John Binienda June 22, 1947 17th Worcester Kevin Blanchette 1954 16th Essex Peter I. Blute January 28, 1956 11th Worcester Daniel E. Bosley December 9, 1953 1st Berkshire John C. Bradford February 16, 1940 10th Bristol Marianne Brenton February 25, 1933 23rd Middlesex James T. Brett December 22, 1949 14th Suffolk Stephen Brewer February 10, 1948 5th Worcester Carmen Buell February 3, 1945 2nd Franklin Suzanne M. Bump February 18, 1956 5th Norfolk John Businger February 5, 1945 15th Norfolk Antonio Cabral January 26, 1955 13th Bristol Thomas Cahir September 19, 1952 3rd Barnstable Brion M. Cangiamila 24th Middlesex Paul Caron November 15, 1955 11th Hampden Paul Casey February 26, 1961 34th Middlesex William Cass 1963 22nd Middlesex Athan Catjakis 1931 9th Hampden Robert A. Cerasoli July 12, 1947 3rd Norfolk 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 Andrew Collaro March 21, 1910 15th Worcester 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 John F. Cox July 27, 1955 17th Middlesex John F. Cruz 10th Plymouth 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 Carol A. Donovan June 5, 1937 33rd Middlesex Stephen W. Doran March 26, 1956 15th Middlesex Marc Draisen December 22, 1956 11th Suffolk John R. Driscoll May 9, 1924 9th Worcester Hasty Evans August 7, 1948 13th Middlesex Thomas Finneran January 2, 1950 13th Suffolk Kevin W. Fitzgerald 1950 16th Suffolk Charles Flaherty (politician) October 13, 1938 27th Middlesex 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 David Gately September 27, 1955 9th Middlesex John George Jr. July 31, 1946 9th Bristol Mary Jane Gibson February 7, 1933 26th Middlesex Anthony Giglio January 28, 1941 38th Middlesex Larry F. Giordano 1944 15th Essex William Glodis April 6, 1934 16th Worcester Emile Goguen March 16, 1933 3rd Worcester Leonard Gonsalves 9th Bristol Barbara Gray October 11, 1926 6th 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 James R. Henry December 19, 1963 6th Essex Joseph N. Hermann June 8, 1924 14th Essex Albert Herren June 8, 1952 6th Bristol Shirley Owens Hicks April 22, 1942 6th Suffolk Barbara Hildt April 13, 1946 1st Essex Christopher Hodgkins August 24, 1957 4th Berkshire Iris Holland September 30, 1920 2nd Hampden Kevin Honan June 5, 1958 18th Suffolk Augusta Hornblower June 6, 1948 1st Middlesex Robert L. Howarth 1942 13th Hampden 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 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 Kenneth M. Lemanski January 27, 1954 8th Hampden Jacqueline Lewis May 3, 1945 8th Plymouth David J. Lionett October 3, 1943 14th Worcester David P. Magnani May 24, 1944 7th Middlesex Anthony Mandile August 14, 1946 10th Middlesex Charles Mann April 27, 1935 6th Plymouth M. Joseph Manning September 23, 1924 7th Norfolk Francis Mara 1950 11th Plymouth Ronald Mariano October 31, 1946 3rd Norfolk Robert H. Marsh August 15, 1959 14th Norfolk Jim Marzilli May 8, 1958 25th 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 John C. McNeil June 8, 1945 36th Middlesex Joan Menard September 6, 1935 5th Bristol Nelson Merced August 17, 1947 5th Suffolk Jim Miceli March 25, 1935 20th Middlesex Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943 8th Worcester Michael W. Morrissey August 2, 1954 1st Norfolk Mary Jeanette Murray December 24, 1924 3rd Plymouth William P. Nagle Jr. June 10, 1951 1st Hampshire Janet O'Brien 5th Plymouth Shannon O%27Brien April 30, 1959 2nd Hampshire Timothy F. O'Leary 1944 35th Middlesex Kevin O'Sullivan (politician) September 30, 1953 13th Worcester Marc Pacheco October 29, 1952 3rd Bristol Thomas Palumbo June 9, 1950 2nd Essex Marie Parente May 22, 1928 10th Worcester David Peters (politician) March 1, 1954 6th Worcester Douglas W. Petersen March 7, 1948 8th Essex Thomas Petrolati March 16, 1957 7th Hampden Kevin Poirier July 7, 1940 14th 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 Robert J. Rohan August 15, 1921 5th Hampden Mark Roosevelt December 10, 1955 8th Suffolk Stan Rosenberg October 12, 1949 3rd Hampshire Susan Rourke March 7, 1954 19th Middlesex 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 Douglas Stoddart March 5, 1952 5th Middlesex Ellen Story October 17, 1941 3rd Hampshire Gregory W. Sullivan January 29, 1952 12th 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 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 Peter A. Vellucci 1942 29th Middlesex William B. Vernon April 17, 1951 1st Bristol Richard Voke December 2, 1947 2nd Suffolk Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician) May 7, 1960 8th Hampden Patricia Walrath August 11, 1941 3rd Middlesex Marian Walsh 1954 10th Suffolk Michael P. Walsh July 1, 1956 3rd Hampden Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician) July 15, 1960 12th Essex Francis H. Woodward March 17, 1939 9th Norfolk
See also 1990 Massachusetts general election 102nd United States Congress List of Massachusetts General Courts
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