The 170th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1977 and 1978 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. Kevin B. Harrington served as president of the Senate and Thomas W. McGee served as speaker of the House.

Senators portrait name date of birth district Carol Amick 5th Middlesex Chester G. Atkins April 14, 1948 John F. Aylmer January 27, 1934 Jack Backman April 26, 1922 Roger L. Bernashe September 9, 1927 Walter J. Boverini June 5, 1925 John A. Brennan Jr. September 19, 1945 Anna Buckley 1924 William Bulger February 2, 1934 Edward L. Burke 1942 Gerard D'Amico July 27, 1947 Joseph DiCarlo March 21, 1936 Jack Fitzpatrick April 5, 1923 Daniel J. Foley April 6, 1921 Mary L. Fonseca March 30, 1915 Robert A. Hall April 15, 1946 Kevin B. Harrington January 9, 1929 James A. Kelly Jr. May 11, 1926 Arthur Joseph Lewis Jr. September 3, 1934 David H. Locke August 4, 1927 Michael LoPresti Jr. April 30, 1947 Ronald Conrad MacKenzie May 3, 1934 Frank J. Mastrocola Jr. 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 July 6, 1937 John Francis Parker May 29, 1907 Sharon Pollard September 21, 1950 George Rogers August 2, 1933 Samuel Rotondi April 22, 1946 William L. Saltonstall May 14, 1927 Alan Sisitsky June 4, 1942 Joseph F. Timilty October 3, 1938 Arthur Tobin May 22, 1930 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 portrait name date of birth district Antone S. Aguiar Jr. January 2, 1930 13th Bristol Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. August 23, 1942 Alfred Almeida October 5, 1931 Robert B. Ambler 1927 Carol Amick Peter George Asiaf August 15, 1905 Dennis J. Baker August 19, 1948 Stanley E. Barnicoat February 5, 1927 Timothy A. Bassett December 16, 1947 Wilfred P. Beauchesne September 3, 1923 Louis Peter Bertonazzi October 9, 1933 Francis Bevilacqua August 12, 1923 Walter Bickford February 16, 1942 Belden Bly September 29, 1914 Raymond J. Boffetti 1924 Robert Joseph Bohigian July 24, 1922 Royal L. Bolling Jr. May 1, 1944 George Bourque 1913 Thomas Brownell March 25, 1940 Robert C. Buell April 23, 1931 Charles J. Buffone 1919 Nicholas J. Buglione 1932 Doris Bunte July 2, 1933 Kevin M. Burke December 7, 1946 Walter T. Burke August 5, 1911 John Businger February 5, 1945 Sean Francis Cahillane February 9, 1951 Jeremiah F. Cahir December 4, 1924 Howard C. Cahoon Jr. December 31, 1944 Fred F. Cain November 5, 1909 Eleanor Campobasso August 10, 1923 Andrew Card May 10, 1947 William A. Carey January 28, 1920 Robert F. X. Casey April 14, 1925 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 John F. Coffey February 7, 1918 Gerald M. Cohen February 22, 1934 Lincoln P. Cole Jr. September 18, 1918 Andrew Collaro March 21, 1910 James G. Collins August 2, 1946 H. Thomas Colo December 27, 1929 Edward W. Connelly August 2, 1919 Michael J. Connolly April 20, 1947 John Sydney Conway August 19, 1927 Leo R. Corazzini February 17, 1930 Robert Correia January 3, 1939 Genevra Counihan December 15, 1925 Edward P. Coury October 19, 1927 James J. Craven Jr. March 24, 1919 Michael C. Creedon November 3, 1946 Sidney Curtiss September 4, 1917 John F. Cusack October 5, 1937 Charles Decas October 5, 1937 Richard H. Demers January 19, 1928 A. Joseph DeNucci August 30, 1939 Michael J. Devito May 30, 1949 Edward M. Dickson March 12, 1912 Brian J. Donnelly March 2, 1946 Francis D. Doris 1931 Charles Robert Doyle September 24, 1925 John R. Driscoll May 9, 1924 Dennis J. Duffin November 24, 1930 Richard J. Dwinell August 5, 1917 Charles F. Engdahl July 3, 1921 Thomas Francis Fallon December 4, 1929 Mary Fantasia October 1, 1919 John F. Farland May 14, 1940 Leo J. Farley Jr. June 1, 1926 Michael Paul Feeney March 26, 1907 Philip Frank Filosa July 6, 1948 John J. Finnegan July 21, 1938 Richard F. Finnigan September 27, 1936 Kevin W. Fitzgerald 1950 Mark Fitzsimmons March 15, 1951 Charles Flaherty October 13, 1938 Michael F. Flaherty Sr. September 6, 1936 Raymond Flynn July 22, 1939 Bernard D. Flynn April 11, 1945 Peter Y. Flynn 1940 William J. Flynn Jr. 1933 Barney Frank March 31, 1940 Bruce N. Freeman March 4, 1921 James J. Gaffney III December 20, 1942 Anthony Michael Gallugi May 16, 1948 William F. Galvin September 17, 1950 John B. Galvin February 3, 1930 Ann Gannett November 7, 1916 Henry S. Gillet Jr. September 13, 1944 Robert W. Gillette September 1, 1934 Mary Goode July 2, 1927 Paul M. Goulston August 1, 1932 Roger R. Goyette January 22, 1925 Saundra Graham September 5, 1941 John Granara January 23, 1943 Barbara Gray October 11, 1926 Henry Grenier December 9, 1924 James L. Grimaldi May 3, 1911 Gerard A. Guilmette October 22, 1911 Edward D. Harrington Jr. August 11, 1921 Peter F. Harrington February 12, 1936 Norris W. Harris March 16, 1915 Francis W. Hatch Jr. May 6, 1925 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 Dennis J. Kearney September 25, 1949 Bill Keating September 6, 1952 James A. Keefe Jr. Richard Kendall August 21, 1934 Robert B. Kennedy February 6, 1940 George Keverian June 3, 1931 Arthur M. Khoury February 5, 1940 John G. King November 30, 1942 Mel King October 20, 1928 Matthew J. Kuss December 5, 1915 Raymond M. LaFontaine May 18, 1927 Nickolas Lambros January 9, 1933 David Lane July 6, 1927 Donat J. Laplante August 12, 1913 Francis C. Lapointe January 13, 1939 Robert F. Larkin Jr. May 29, 1955 Mark E. Lawton July 26, 1949 Edward LeLacheur June 1, 1925 Kenneth M. Lemanski January 27, 1954 Paula Lewellen Gerald P. Lombard January 4, 1916 Leon Lombardi April 16, 1949 Michael J. Lombardi May 27, 1917 Charles W. Long August 14, 1940 John J. Long December 10, 1927 Thomas D. Lopes September 7, 1942 John Loring 1926 Edwin C. Lucey March 18, 1932 Thomas R. Lussier April 5, 1957 Thomas K. Lynch April 30, 1946 Garreth J. Lynch March 13, 1943 William Q. MacLean Jr. November 4, 1934 Joseph T. Maguire June 10, 1926 Thomas H. D. Mahoney November 4, 1913 M. Joseph Manning September 23, 1924 Donald J. Manning June 23, 1929 Angelo Marotta October 16, 1937 Frank J. Matrango July 19, 1926 Anthony P. McBride August 28, 1932 Peter C. McCarthy September 8, 1941 Terrence P. McCarthy August 12, 1941 Peter McDowell June 5, 1938 Thomas W. McGee May 24, 1924 Michael J. McGlynn April 23, 1953 Arthur James McKenna October 29, 1914 Bruce J. McLaughlin February 2, 1935 Charles F. McNally April 3, 1929 John C. McNeil June 8, 1945 Robert D. McNeil December 16, 1930 Paul E. Means June 18, 1945 John F. Melia June 5, 1915 Elizabeth Metayer August 12, 1911 Jim Miceli March 25, 1935 Alfred A. Minahan Jr. September 14, 1953 David J. Mofenson February 7, 1943 Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943 Paul F. X. Moriarty August 18, 1929 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 Robert L. Nardone September 13, 1953 Andrew Natsios September 22, 1949 Joseph M. Navin May 19, 1946 Lou Nickinello September 8, 1940 Elaine Noble January 22, 1944 James R. Nolen April 17, 1933 Nils L. Nordberg November 6, 1934 Thomas C. Norton December 11, 1934 O. Roland Orlandi March 25, 1936 Nicholas Paleologos March 9, 1953 Raymond S. Peck December 10, 1922 Felix Perrault October 27, 1915 John B. Perry February 15, 1935 Robert G. Phelan March 19, 1933 William A. Pickett June 10, 1935 Angelo Picucci April 12, 1915 Ronald Anthony Pina August 11, 1944 Lois Pines August 16, 1940 Vincent J. Piro 1931 Kevin Poirier July 7, 1940 Daniel F. Pokaski June 26, 1949 Manuel Raposa Jr. May 13, 1915 Michael J. Rea Jr. July 23, 1940 William G. Robinson March 10, 1926 Richard P. Roche February 15, 1952 A. David Rodham November 26, 1938 Andrew J. Rogers Jr. May 6, 1944 Francis E. Rogers July 18, 1932 Richard A. Rogers July 8, 1930 Robert J. Rohan August 15, 1921 J. Michael Ruane December 10, 1927 John Rucho November 22, 1922 Alfred E. Saggese Jr. November 21, 1946 Sherman Saltmarsh April 27, 1929 Angelo Scaccia September 29, 1942 Joseph Scelsi June 4, 1915 Anthony M. Scibelli October 16, 1911 James W. Segel June 29, 1945 Joseph J. Semensi March 6, 1923 Emanuel Serra June 12, 1945 William G. Shaughnessy July 10, 1918 C. Vincent Shea November 20, 1916 Philip L. Shea October 19, 1941 James A. Sheets June 3, 1935 Edward Shortell August 21, 1916 Richard R. Silva March 13, 1922 Thomas G. Simons January 21, 1942 James E. Smith September 3, 1946 George R. Sprague June 19, 1938 William F. Stanley June 25, 1937 Caroline Stouffer April 5, 1933 Gregory W. Sullivan January 29, 1952 Karen Swanson January 15, 1954 David J. Swartz April 2, 1931 Royall H. Switzler September 27, 1938 Robert S. Teahan March 1, 1921 Theodore J. Trudeau January 22, 1916 Peter A. Velis October 8, 1942 Robert A. Vigneau November 4, 1920 Carlton M. Viveiros December 4, 1938 Richard Voke December 2, 1947 Max Volterra January 7, 1936 Henry A. Walker December 7, 1919 Richard L. Walsh July 26, 1948 Norman S. Weinberg 1919 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 95th United States Congress List of Massachusetts General Courts

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