1985–1986 Massachusetts legislature

The 174th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1985 and 1986 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and George Keverian served as speaker of the House.^[4]

174th Massachusetts General Court
← 173rd 175th →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 2, 1985 (1985-01-02) – January 6, 1987 (1987-01-06) [1]
Senate
Members	40 [2]
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[2]
House
Members	160 [3]
Speaker	George Keverian
Majority Leader	W. Paul White
Majority Whip	Robert Correia
Minority Leader	William G. Robinson
Minority Whip	Iris Holland
Party control	Democrat[3]

William Bulger, Senate president.

George Keverian, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1985-1986.

Notable legislation included the Safe Roads Act.^[5]

Senators

portrait	name [4]	date of birth [6]	district [6]
	Salvatore R. Albano	1935
	Carol Amick		5th Middlesex
	George Bachrach	December 2, 1951
	Jack Backman	April 26, 1922
	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
	Gerard D'Amico	July 27, 1947
	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
	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

Representatives

portrait	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
	Timothy A. Bassett	December 16, 1947
	Geoffrey C. Beckwith	1958
	Kevin Blanchette	1954
	Robert Joseph Bohigian	July 24, 1922
	Royal L. Bolling Jr.	May 1, 1944
	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
	Nicholas J. Buglione	1932
	Suzanne M. Bump	February 18, 1956
	Doris Bunte	July 2, 1933
	John Businger	February 5, 1945
	Thomas Cahir	September 19, 1952
	Howard C. Cahoon Jr.	December 31, 1944
	Ellen Canavan	December 26, 1941
	William A. Carey	January 28, 1920
	Paul Caron	November 15, 1955
	Angelo R. Cataldo	November 12, 1917
	Athan Catjakis	1931
	Robert A. Cerasoli	July 12, 1947
	Salvatore Ciccarelli	February 16, 1941
	Marjorie Clapprood	September 24, 1949
	Forrester Clark	November 30, 1934
	David B. Cohen (mayor)	September 2, 1947
	Andrew Collaro	March 21, 1910
	James G. Collins	August 2, 1946
	Joseph M. Connolly	January 5, 1924
	William Constantino Jr.	May 27, 1944
	Robert Correia	January 3, 1939
	Frank N. Costa	October 25, 1945
	John F. Cox	July 27, 1955
	Michael C. Creedon	November 3, 1946
	John F. Cusack	October 5, 1937
	Charles Decas	October 5, 1937
	Walter DeFilippi	October 3, 1926
	A. Joseph DeNucci	August 30, 1939
	Salvatore DiMasi	August 11, 1945
	William H. Donovan	January 2, 1941
	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
	Bruce N. Freeman	March 4, 1921
	Thomas M. Gallagher	October 26, 1948
	William F. Galvin	September 17, 1950
	Mary Jane Gibson	February 7, 1933
	William Glodis	April 6, 1934
	Roberta Goldman	March 30, 1938
	Roger R. Goyette	January 22, 1925
	Saundra Graham	September 5, 1941
	Barbara Gray	October 11, 1926
	Henry Grenier	December 9, 1924
	Sherwood Guernsey	1946
	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
	Barbara Hildt	April 13, 1946
	Christopher Hodgkins	August 24, 1957
	Iris Holland	September 30, 1920
	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
	Denis Lawrence	1940
	Edward LeLacheur	June 1, 1925
	Kenneth M. Lemanski	January 27, 1954
	Jacqueline Lewis	May 3, 1945
	John Loring	1926
	Joseph Mackey	1951
	David P. Magnani	May 24, 1944
	Charles Mann	April 27, 1935
	M. Joseph Manning	September 23, 1924
	Francis Mara	1950
	Angelo Marotta	October 16, 1937
	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
	William D. Mullins	August 13, 1931
	Mary Jeanette Murray	December 24, 1924
	Eleanor Myerson	May 9, 1922
	William P. Nagle Jr.	June 10, 1951
	Andrew Natsios	September 22, 1949
	Nicholas Paleologos	March 9, 1953
	Thomas Palumbo	June 9, 1950
	Marie Parente	May 22, 1928
	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 G. Robinson	March 10, 1926
	Robert J. Rohan	August 15, 1921
	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
	Theodore C. Speliotis	August 20, 1953
	Chester Suhoski	March 26, 1941
	Gregory W. Sullivan	January 29, 1952
	Royall H. Switzler	September 27, 1938
	Richard Tisei	August 13, 1962
	Peter G. Torkildsen	January 28, 1958
	Roger Tougas	January 9, 1927
	Marilyn Travinski	June 1, 1947
	Philip Travis	July 2, 1940
	Peter Trombley	September 16, 1948
	Susan Tucker (politician)	November 7, 1944
	Thomas J. Vallely	January 6, 1950
	Peter A. Vellucci	1942
	William B. Vernon	April 17, 1951
	Robert A. Vigneau	November 4, 1920
	Richard Voke	December 2, 1947
	Patricia Walrath	August 11, 1941
	Michael P. Walsh	July 1, 1956
	W. Paul White	July 7, 1945
	Thomas P. White	August 27, 1950
	Francis H. Woodward	March 17, 1939

See also

• 99th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

References

1. "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
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
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
4. 1985–1986 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985 – via Internet Archive.
5. William DeJong (1996). "MADD Massachusetts Versus Senator Burke: A Media Advocacy Case Study". Health Education Quarterly. 23 (3): 318–329. doi:10.1177/109019819602300304. JSTOR 45049687. PMID 8841817. S2CID 45565801.
6. "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1985" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading

• Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985. hdl:2452/40806.

External links

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1984 State Senate General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "1984 State Representative General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1985, hdl:2452/429137
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1985, hdl:2452/31041
• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1986, hdl:2452/429138
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1986, hdl:2452/3570
• Reports of the Legislative Research Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via New England School of Law (1964-1994)