1961–1962 Massachusetts legislature
The 162nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1961 and 1962 during the governorship of John Volpe. John E. Powers served as president of the Senate and John F. Thompson served as speaker of the House.[4]
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| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 8, 1960 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | John E. Powers (4th Suffolk district) | ||||
| Party control | Democrat[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | John F. Thompson (2nd Hampden) | ||||
| Party control | Democrat[2] | ||||
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John Powers, Senate president.
John Thompson, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1961.
Representatives
- Harry Albro [5]
- George Allen
- Walter Anderson
- Julius Ansel
- John Armstrong
- Peter Asiaf
- Fred Baumeister
- Raymond Beach
- Roger Bernashe
- John Berry
- Francis Bevilacqua
- Charles Bisbee
- Vinson Blanchard
- Carlton Bliss
- Belden Bly
- Stanley Bocko
- Robert Bohigian
- Royal L. Bolling Sr. [6]
- Gordon Boynton
- G. Edward Bradley
- John Bresnahan
- Joseph Brett
- Lawrence Bretta
- Alfred Sylvester Brothers [6]
- John Brown
- John Brox
- John Buckley
- Thaddeus M. Buczko
- William Bulger
- George Burgeson
- Anthony Burke
- Walter Burke
- Patrick Callaghan
- Gardner Campbell
- John Campbell
- Michael Cantwell
- Raymond Carey
- William Carey
- Ralph Cartwright
- William Casey
- Michael Catino
- John Cavanaugh
- Harrison Chadwick
- Stephen Chmura
- John Clark
- Peter Cloherty
- Thomas Coady
- Beryl Cohen
- Anthony Colonna
- James Condon
- Lloyd Conn
- William Connell
- James Corcoran
- Beatrice Keene Corliss
- Gilbert Coroa
- Leo Cournoyer
- Russell Craig
- Robert Crane
- James J. Craven, Jr.
- Wallace Crawford
- John Cronin
- Walter Cuffe
- Sidney Curtiss
- Stephen Davenport
- Michael D'Avolio
- John Davoren
- Amelio Della Chiesa
- Harry Della Russo
- James DeNormandie
- Cornelius Desmond
- Theophile Desrochers
- Gerard F. Doherty
- John Dolan
- Edmond Donlan
- Henry Donnelly
- Thomas Donohue
- Harold Dower
- Charles Doyle
- Charles Driscoll
- James Duffy
- John Eaton
- Thomas Fallon
- Manuel Faria
- Thomas Farrell
- Michael Feeney
- Lawrence Feloney
- A. Richard Ferullo
- Cornelius Finnegan
- William Finnegan
- John Fitzgerald
- Thomas Flaherty
- Vernon Fletcher
- Maurice Flynn
- Bernard Foley
- Jeremiah Foley
- John Frenning
- Joseph Garczynski
- Frank Giles
- Julie Gilligan
- Edwin Gorman
- Robert C. Hahn
- David Hamilton
- Samuel Harmon
- Edward Harrington
- Arthur Heaney
- Herbert Hollis
- J. Philip Howard
- Richard Hull
- Charles Iannello
- John Ivascyn
- Carl Johnson
- Allan Jones
- William Joyce
- Sumner Kaplan
- William Keenan
- James A. Kelly Jr.
- James H. Kelly
- Archibald Kenefick
- George Kenneally
- John P. Kennedy
- Edward Kerr
- George Khachadoorian
- Cornelius Kiernan
- Philip Kimball
- William Kingston
- Edward P. Kirby
- Freyda Koplow
- Walter Kostanski
- Albert Kramer
- Matthew Kuss
- Joseph Langone
- John Lawless
- James Lawton
- Frank Lemos
- Peter Levanti
- David Locke
- Gerald Lombard
- John Long
- William Longworth
- William MacLean
- J. Robert Mahan
- Donald Manning
- Francis Marr
- Rico Matera
- George McDermott
- Joseph McEvoy
- Robert McGinn
- John McGlynn
- Allan McGuane
- James McIntyre
- George Mendonca
- Paul Menton
- Robert Mooney
- William Moran
- Edward Morrow
- Edwin Morse
- William Morton
- Charles Mullaly
- James Mullen
- Paul Murphy
- Cornelius Murray
- Lorenz Muther
- John Navin
- Michael Nazzaro
- Mary Newman
- Thomas Newth
- James Nolen
- Leo Normandin
- James O'Brien
- John O'Brien
- Walter O'Brien
- David O'Connor
- George O'Farrell
- Joseph O'Loughlin
- George O'Shea
- William Otis
- Domenick Pasciucco
- Charles Patrone
- Francis Perry
- Vite Pigaga
- Lincoln Pope
- George Porter
- Auville Putnam
- Philip Quinn
- Robert Quinn
- William Randall
- George Rawson
- Leo Reynolds
- Frank Rico
- Daniel Rider
- Harold Rosen
- Nathan Rosenfeld
- Raymond Rourke
- Edmund St. John
- Roger Sala
- Joseph Saulnier
- Anthony Scibelli
- John Sennott
- Vincent Shanley
- Charles Shea
- Thomas Sheehan
- Alfred Shrigley
- Michael Simonelli
- George Smith
- Lawrence Smith
- George Spartichino
- George Spatcher
- Garrett Spillane
- C. Clifford Stone
- Joseph Sylvia
- Alvin Tamkin
- Armand Tancrati
- Frank Tanner
- John Thompson
- George Thomson
- J. Robert Tickle
- John Toomey
- Henry Turner
- Warren Turner
- Leo Turo
- John Tynan
- Theodore Vaitses
- Dave Vigneault
- Alfred Voke
- George Walsh
- Joseph Walsh
- Martin Walsh
- Chester Waterous
- Norman Weinberg
- Benjamin White
- Thomas White
- Philip Whitmore
- John Whittemore
- Arthur Williams
- Thomas Wojtkowski
- Albert Zabriskie
- Paul Zollo
See also
References
- "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
- "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
- "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
- "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
- 1961-1962 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1961.
- Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905
Further reading
- Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1960), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1961, hdl:2452/43452
- Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1961. hdl:2452/40795.
- William M. Bulger. While the Music Lasts: My Life in Politics. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. ISBN 0-395-72041-9.
- Pertti Pesonen (1963). "Close and Safe State Elections in Massachusetts". Midwest Journal of Political Science. 7. doi:10.2307/2108821.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
External links
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- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1961, hdl:2452/265591 – via State Library of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1962, hdl:2452/393336
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1961, hdl:2452/1961
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1962, hdl:2452/2666
- "January 9, 1961: JFK's Farewell to Massachusetts Legislature", Massmoments.org, Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities
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