1991–1992 Massachusetts legislature

none February 2025 January 2025 177thMassachusetts General Court General Court November 6, 1990 1991 01 2 1993 01 5 https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/348/mode/1up 2009 Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts Manual for the Use of the General Court Length of Legislative Sessions 348+ 176th 178th Senate 40 Democrat Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate Mass.gov June 6, 2020 Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library https://www.mass.gov/service-details/resources-on-massachusetts-political-figures-in-the-state-library https://web.archive.org/web/20200606063917/https://www.mass.gov/doc/composition-of-the-massachusetts-state-senate-0/download President William Bulger Majority Leader Walter J. Boverini Majority Whip Louis Peter Bertonazzi Minority Leader David H. Locke Minority Whip Mary L. Padula House 160 DemocratComposition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives Mass.gov June 6, 2020 Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library https://www.mass.gov/service-details/resources-on-massachusetts-political-figures-in-the-state-library https://web.archive.org/web/20200606064043/https://www.mass.gov/doc/composition-of-the-massachusetts-state-house-of-representatives-0/download Speaker Charles Flaherty Majority Leader Richard Voke Majority Whip Kevin W. Fitzgerald Minority Leader Peter Forman Minority Whip Walter DeFilippi right 308 Senate President William M. Bulger (9519685196).jpg William Bulger William Bulger, Senate president. 1983 Charles Flaherty Massachusetts House of Representatives.png Charles Flaherty Charles Flaherty, House speaker. Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1991. 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. https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge200506mass/page/338/mode/2up 2005 Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts Manual for the Use of the General Court Organization of the Legislature Since 1780 338+ Significant legislation included an act allowing school choice.Open Enrollment in Massachusetts: Why Families Choose Richard Fossey Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 16 1994 3 320–334 10.3102/01623737016003320 1164403 145623717 Senators portrait name date of birth district Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1991 State Library of Massachusetts https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/796482/1991-Senate-02-Appendix.pdf center|60px Matthew J. Amorello March 15, 1958 1st Worcester and Middlesex center|60px Michael J. Barrett June 27, 1948 Middlesex and Suffolk center|60px Frederick Berry December 20, 1949 2nd Essex center|60px Louis Peter Bertonazzi October 9, 1933 Worcester and Norfolk center|60px Tom Birmingham August 4, 1949 Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex center|60px Walter J. Boverini June 5, 1925 1st Essex center|60px Robert C. Buell April 23, 1931 1st Essex and Middlesex center|60px William Bulger February 2, 1934 1st Suffolk center|60px Edward L. Burke 1942 Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcester center|60px Arthur E. Chase February 4, 1930 Worcester center|60px Michael C. Creedon November 3, 1946 Plymouth center|60px Martin J. Dunn March 9, 1956 Hampden and Hampshire center|60px Robert Durand February 28, 1953 Middlesex and Worcester center|60px Paul D. Harold September 5, 1948 Norfolk center|60px Robert Havern III July 17, 1949 4th Middlesex center|60px Robert L. Hedlund July 12, 1961 Norfolk and Plymouth center|60px Lucile Hicks May 11, 1938 5th Middlesex center|60px James Jajuga December 12, 1946 3rd Essex center|60px Bill Keating (politician) September 6, 1952 Norfolk and Bristol center|60px Edward P. Kirby January 10, 1928 Plymouth and Barnstable center|60px Christopher M. Lane May 15, 1959 1st Suffolk and Norfolk center|60px Brian Lees July 25, 1953 2nd Hampden center|60px David H. Locke August 4, 1927 Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex center|60px Michael LoPresti Jr. April 30, 1947 Suffolk and Middlesex center|60px William Q. MacLean Jr. November 4, 1934 2nd Bristol center|60px Patricia McGovern August 2, 1941 2nd Essex and Middlesex center|60px Linda Melconian 1st Hampden center|60px Thomas C. Norton December 11, 1934 1st Bristol center|60px John Olver September 3, 1936 Franklin and Hampshire center|60px Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) July 6, 1937 2nd Suffolk center|60px Mary L. Padula 2nd Worcester and Middlesex center|60px Lois Pines August 16, 1940 Middlesex and Norfolk center|60px Henri S. Rauschenbach October 9, 1947 Cape and Islands center|60px Stan Rosenberg October 12, 1949 Franklin and Hampshire center|60px Charles E. Shannon Jr. August 31, 1943 2nd Middlesex center|60px Nancy Achin Sullivan January 20, 1959 1st Middlesex center|60px Jane Swift February 24, 1965 Berkshire center|60px Richard Tisei August 13, 1962 3rd Middlesex center|60px Erving H. Wall, Jr. Bristol and Plymouth center|60px Robert D. Wetmore July 24, 1930 Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin center|60px W. Paul White July 7, 1945 2nd Suffolk and Norfolk Representatives portrait name 1991–1992 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts https://archive.org/details/publicofficersof19911992bost/ date of birth district center|60px Steven Angelo June 8, 1952 9th Essex center|60px Robert A. Antonioni July 15, 1958 4th Worcester center|60px John Binienda June 22, 1947 17th Worcester center|60px Kevin Blanchette 1954 16th Essex center|60px Peter I. Blute January 28, 1956 11th Worcester center|60px Daniel E. Bosley December 9, 1953 1st Berkshire center|60px John C. Bradford February 16, 1940 10th Bristol center|60px Marianne Brenton February 25, 1933 23rd Middlesex center|60px James T. Brett December 22, 1949 14th Suffolk center|60px Stephen Brewer February 10, 1948 5th Worcester center|60px Carmen Buell February 3, 1945 2nd Franklin center|60px Suzanne M. Bump February 18, 1956 5th Norfolk center|60px John Businger February 5, 1945 15th Norfolk center|60px Antonio Cabral January 26, 1955 13th Bristol center|60px Thomas Cahir September 19, 1952 3rd Barnstable Brion M. Cangiamila 24th Middlesex center|60px Paul Caron November 15, 1955 11th Hampden center|60px Paul Casey February 26, 1961 34th Middlesex center|60px William Cass 1963 22nd Middlesex center|60px Athan Catjakis 1931 9th Hampden center|60px Robert A. Cerasoli July 12, 1947 3rd Norfolk center|60px Vincent P. Ciampa April 15, 1945 37th Middlesex center|60px Edward J. Clancy Jr. June 30, 1950 11th Essex center|60px Forrester Clark November 30, 1934 4th Essex center|60px Carol Cleven November 2, 1928 16th Middlesex center|60px David B. Cohen (mayor) September 2, 1947 11th Middlesex center|60px Andrew Collaro March 21, 1910 15th Worcester center|60px Edward G. Connolly August 22, 1928 31st Middlesex center|60px William Constantino Jr. May 27, 1944 12th Worcester center|60px Gary Coon March 25, 1964 17th Essex center|60px Robert Correia January 3, 1939 7th Bristol center|60px John F. Cox July 27, 1955 17th Middlesex John F. Cruz 10th Plymouth center|60px Charles Decas October 5, 1937 2nd Plymouth center|60px Walter DeFilippi October 3, 1926 6th Hampden center|60px Robert DeLeo (politician) March 27, 1950 20th Suffolk center|60px Brian Dempsey (politician) September 30, 1966 3rd Essex center|60px Salvatore DiMasi August 11, 1945 3rd Suffolk center|60px Carol A. Donovan June 5, 1937 33rd Middlesex center|60px Stephen W. Doran March 26, 1956 15th Middlesex center|60px Marc Draisen December 22, 1956 11th Suffolk center|60px John R. Driscoll May 9, 1924 9th Worcester center|60px Hasty Evans August 7, 1948 13th Middlesex center|60px Thomas Finneran January 2, 1950 13th Suffolk center|60px Kevin W. Fitzgerald 1950 16th Suffolk center|60px Charles Flaherty (politician) October 13, 1938 27th Middlesex center|60px Peter Forman April 28, 1958 1st Plymouth center|60px Gloria Fox March 18, 1942 7th Suffolk center|60px William C. Galvin October 18, 1956 6th Norfolk center|60px Paul J. Gannon May 21, 1960 4th Suffolk center|60px Barbara Gardner January 19, 1941 8th Middlesex center|60px David Gately September 27, 1955 9th Middlesex John George Jr. July 31, 1946 9th Bristol center|60px Mary Jane Gibson February 7, 1933 26th Middlesex center|60px Anthony Giglio January 28, 1941 38th Middlesex center|60px Larry F. Giordano 1944 15th Essex center|60px William Glodis April 6, 1934 16th Worcester center|60px Emile Goguen March 16, 1933 3rd Worcester Leonard Gonsalves 9th Bristol center|60px Barbara Gray October 11, 1926 6th Middlesex center|60px Paul Haley June 9, 1953 4th Norfolk center|60px Geoff Hall (politician) October 10, 1948 2nd Middlesex center|60px Lida E. Harkins January 24, 1944 13th Norfolk center|60px Robert Hawke July 20, 1932 2nd Worcester center|60px Jeffery Hayward April 3, 1960 10th Essex center|60px Jonathan Healy October 10, 1945 1st Franklin James R. Henry December 19, 1963 6th Essex center|60px Joseph N. Hermann June 8, 1924 14th Essex center|60px Albert Herren June 8, 1952 6th Bristol center|60px Shirley Owens Hicks April 22, 1942 6th Suffolk center|60px Barbara Hildt April 13, 1946 1st Essex center|60px Christopher Hodgkins August 24, 1957 4th Berkshire center|60px Iris Holland September 30, 1920 2nd Hampden center|60px Kevin Honan June 5, 1958 18th Suffolk center|60px Augusta Hornblower June 6, 1948 1st Middlesex center|60px Robert L. Howarth 1942 13th Hampden center|60px Frank Hynes December 23, 1940 4th Plymouth center|60px Patricia D. Jehlen October 14, 1943 30th Middlesex center|60px Raymond A. Jordan Jr. May 5, 1943 12th Hampden center|60px Louis Kafka November 28, 1945 8th Norfolk center|60px Stephen Karol 1948 2nd Bristol center|60px Marie-Louise Kehoe December 12, 1928 11th Norfolk center|60px Shaun P. Kelly March 13, 1964 2nd Berkshire center|60px Thomas P. Kennedy August 15, 1951 9th Plymouth center|60px Sally Kerans May 26, 1960 13th Essex center|60px John C. Klimm November 5, 1955 2nd Barnstable center|60px Michael Knapik February 11, 1963 4th Hampden center|60px Robert Koczera November 25, 1953 11th Bristol center|60px Paul Kollios February 24, 1936 7th Worcester center|60px Robert Kraus March 20, 1957 12th Plymouth center|60px Robert Krekorian 1962 21st Middlesex center|60px Edward M. Lambert Jr. March 8, 1958 8th Bristol center|60px Patrick Landers September 20, 1959 1st Hampden center|60px Peter J. Larkin December 23, 1953 3rd Berkshire center|60px Robert C. Lawless 1957 4th Barnstable center|60px Edward LeLacheur June 1, 1925 18th Middlesex center|60px Kenneth M. Lemanski January 27, 1954 8th Hampden center|60px Jacqueline Lewis May 3, 1945 8th Plymouth center|60px David J. Lionett October 3, 1943 14th Worcester center|60px David P. Magnani May 24, 1944 7th Middlesex center|60px Anthony Mandile August 14, 1946 10th Middlesex center|60px Charles Mann April 27, 1935 6th Plymouth center|60px M. Joseph Manning September 23, 1924 7th Norfolk center|60px Francis Mara 1950 11th Plymouth center|60px Ronald Mariano October 31, 1946 3rd Norfolk center|60px Robert H. Marsh August 15, 1959 14th Norfolk center|60px Jim Marzilli May 8, 1958 25th Middlesex center|60px John E. McDonough May 21, 1953 12th Suffolk center|60px Joseph B. McIntyre April 11, 1957 12th Bristol center|60px Mary Jane McKenna October 23, 1939 1st Worcester center|60px John C. McNeil June 8, 1945 36th Middlesex center|60px Joan Menard September 6, 1935 5th Bristol center|60px Nelson Merced August 17, 1947 5th Suffolk center|60px Jim Miceli March 25, 1935 20th Middlesex center|60px Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943 8th Worcester center|60px Michael W. Morrissey August 2, 1954 1st Norfolk center|60px Mary Jeanette Murray December 24, 1924 3rd Plymouth center|60px William P. Nagle Jr. June 10, 1951 1st Hampshire center|60px Janet O'Brien 5th Plymouth center|60px Shannon O%27Brien April 30, 1959 2nd Hampshire center|60px Timothy F. O'Leary 1944 35th Middlesex center|60px Kevin O'Sullivan (politician) September 30, 1953 13th Worcester center|60px Marc Pacheco October 29, 1952 3rd Bristol center|60px Thomas Palumbo June 9, 1950 2nd Essex center|60px Marie Parente May 22, 1928 10th Worcester center|60px David Peters (politician) March 1, 1954 6th Worcester center|60px Douglas W. Petersen March 7, 1948 8th Essex center|60px Thomas Petrolati March 16, 1957 7th Hampden center|60px Kevin Poirier July 7, 1940 14th Bristol center|60px Daniel Ranieri 1951 10th Norfolk center|60px William Reinstein March 26, 1929 17th Suffolk center|60px Pamela Resor February 26, 1942 14th Middlesex center|60px Mary Rogeness May 18, 1941 2nd Hampden center|60px Robert J. Rohan August 15, 1921 5th Hampden center|60px Mark Roosevelt December 10, 1955 8th Suffolk center|60px Stan Rosenberg October 12, 1949 3rd Hampshire center|60px Susan Rourke March 7, 1954 19th Middlesex center|60px J. Michael Ruane December 10, 1927 7th Essex center|60px Byron Rushing July 29, 1942 9th Suffolk center|60px Angelo Scaccia September 29, 1942 15th Suffolk center|60px Susan Schur February 27, 1940 12th Middlesex center|60px Anthony M. Scibelli October 16, 1911 10th Hampden center|60px Emanuel Serra June 12, 1945 1st Suffolk center|60px Douglas Stoddart March 5, 1952 5th Middlesex center|60px Ellen Story October 17, 1941 3rd Hampshire center|60px Gregory W. Sullivan January 29, 1952 12th Norfolk center|60px Michael Sullivan (U.S. Attorney) October 3, 1954 7th Plymouth center|60px Bruce Tarr January 2, 1964 5th Essex center|60px Edward B. Teague III November 25, 1949 1st Barnstable center|60px Alvin Thompson May 15, 1939 28th Middlesex center|60px A. Stephen Tobin July 3, 1956 2nd Norfolk center|60px Warren Tolman October 23, 1959 32nd Middlesex center|60px Susan Tracy August 24, 1960 19th Suffolk center|60px Philip Travis July 2, 1940 4th Bristol center|60px Eric Turkington August 12, 1947 Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket center|60px Daniel Valianti 1965 4th Middlesex center|60px Peter A. Vellucci 1942 29th Middlesex center|60px William B. Vernon April 17, 1951 1st Bristol center|60px Richard Voke December 2, 1947 2nd Suffolk center|60px Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician) May 7, 1960 8th Hampden center|60px Patricia Walrath August 11, 1941 3rd Middlesex center|60px Marian Walsh 1954 10th Suffolk center|60px Michael P. Walsh July 1, 1956 3rd Hampden center|60px Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician) July 15, 1960 12th Essex center|60px Francis H. Woodward March 17, 1939 9th Norfolk See also 1990 Massachusetts general election 102nd United States Congress List of Massachusetts General Courts References 2 Further reading 1991 Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts Manual for the Use of the General Court 2452/40809 Court Massachusetts General MADD Massachusetts Versus Senator Burke: A Media Advocacy Case Study William DeJong Health Education Quarterly 23 1996 3 318–329 10.1177/109019819602300304 45049687 8841817 45565801 (describes advocacy by Mothers Against Drunk Driving) External links https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:1990/year_to:1991/office_id:9 State Senate Elections: 1990-1991 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division Sec.state.ma.us https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:1990/year_to:1991/office_id:8 State Representative Elections: 1990-1991 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division Sec.state.ma.us 2452/429140 Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1991 Massachusetts General Court 2452/365966 Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1992 Massachusetts General Court 2452/3644 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1991 2452/31078 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1992 https://student.nesl.edu/research/Legislative_Council.cfm Commonwealth of Massachusetts Reports of the Legislative Research Council New England School of Law June 10, 2020 August 20, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200820092917/https://student.nesl.edu/research/Legislative_Council.cfm dead (1964-1994) Category:Political history of Massachusetts Category:Massachusetts legislative sessions massachusetts Category:1991 in Massachusetts massachusetts Category:1992 in Massachusetts