2009–2010 Massachusetts legislature

The 186th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2009 and 2010 during the governorship of Deval Patrick. Therese Murray served as president of the Senate and Robert DeLeo served as speaker of the House.^[3]

186th Massachusetts General Court
← 185th 187th →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 7, 2009 (2009-01-07) –  ()
Election	2008 Massachusetts general election
Senate
Members	40 [1]
President	Therese Murray
Majority Leader	Frederick Berry
Majority Whip	Joan Menard
Minority Leader	Richard Tisei
Minority Whip	Robert L. Hedlund
Party control	Democrat[1]
House
Members	160
Speaker	Robert DeLeo
Majority Leader	James E. Vallee
Majority Whip	Ronald Mariano
Minority Leader	Bradley Jones Jr.
Minority Whip	Bradford Hill
Party control	Democrat[2]

Therese Murray, Senate president.

Robert DeLeo, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 2009-2010.

Senators

portrait	name [4]	date of birth	district [5]
	Steven Baddour	1969	1st Essex
	Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949
	Stephen Brewer	February 10, 1948
	Stephen Buoniconti	September 4, 1969
	Gale D. Candaras	1949
	Harriette L. Chandler	December 20, 1937
	Sonia Chang-Díaz	March 31, 1978
	Cynthia Stone Creem	September 17, 1942
	Sal DiDomenico	June 20, 1971
	Ken Donnelly	July 15, 1950
	Benjamin Downing	September 11, 1981
	Jamie Eldridge	August 11, 1973
	Susan Fargo	August 27, 1942
	Jennifer Flanagan	September 5, 1975
	Jack Hart (state senator)	April 21, 1961
	Robert L. Hedlund	July 12, 1961
	Patricia D. Jehlen	October 14, 1943
	Brian A. Joyce	September 5, 1962
	Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951
	Michael Knapik	February 11, 1963
	Thomas M. McGee	December 15, 1955
	Joan Menard	September 6, 1935
	Mark Montigny	June 20, 1961
	Michael O. Moore	January 17, 1963
	Richard T. Moore	August 7, 1943
	Michael W. Morrissey	August 2, 1954
	Therese Murray	October 10, 1947
	Robert O'Leary	January 24, 1946
	Marc Pacheco	October 29, 1952
	Steven C. Panagiotakos	November 26, 1959
	Anthony Petruccelli	October 2, 1972
	Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949
	Richard J. Ross	July 6, 1954
	Karen Spilka	January 11, 1953
	Bruce Tarr	January 2, 1964
	James E. Timilty
	Richard Tisei	August 13, 1962
	Steven Tolman	October 2, 1954
	Susan Tucker (politician)	November 7, 1944
	Marian Walsh	1954

Representatives

portrait	name [6]	date of birth	district [5]
	Kevin Aguiar	1972	7th Bristol
	Geraldo Alicea	September 27, 1963
	Willie Mae Allen	February 11, 1937
	James Arciero	August 27, 1974
	Brian Ashe	April 23, 1963
	Cory Atkins	February 10, 1949
	Demetrius Atsalis	March 31, 1964
	Bruce Ayers	April 17, 1962
	Ruth Balser	October 30, 1948
	F. Jay Barrows	April 5, 1956
	Carlo Basile	June 29, 1971
	Jennifer Benson
	John Binienda	June 22, 1947
	Daniel E. Bosley	December 9, 1953
	Bill Bowles
	Garrett Bradley	July 4, 1970
	Michael Brady (politician)
	Will Brownsberger	March 21, 1957
	Antonio Cabral	January 26, 1955
	Jennifer Callahan	August 24, 1964
	Thomas Calter
	Linda Dean Campbell
	Christine Canavan	January 25, 1950
	Stephen Canessa	1980
	James Cantwell	October 25, 1966
	Katherine Clark	July 17, 1963
	Cheryl Coakley-Rivera	February 21, 1964
	Tom Conroy	July 7, 1962
	Michael A. Costello	May 5, 1965
	Geraldine Creedon	September 26, 1945
	Sean Curran (politician)	August 23, 1977
	Steven D'Amico	February 21, 1953
	Robert DeLeo (politician)	March 27, 1950
	Vinny deMacedo	October 16, 1965
	Brian Dempsey (politician)	September 30, 1966
	Marcos Devers	October 25, 1950
	Stephen DiNatale
	Paul Donato	October 27, 1941
	Christopher Donelan	December 25, 1964
	Joseph R. Driscoll	1970
	James J. Dwyer
	Carolyn Dykema	December 26, 1967
	Lori Ehrlich	June 9, 1963
	Lewis Evangelidis	July 11, 1961
	James H. Fagan	October 13, 1947
	Christopher Fallon	June 7, 1953
	Mark Falzone	June 14, 1975
	Robert Fennell	June 26, 1956
	John V. Fernandes	November 16, 1952
	Ann-Margaret Ferrante	June 26, 1972
	Barry Finegold	March 3, 1971
	Linda Dorcena Forry	November 1, 1973
	Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942
	John Fresolo	October 11, 1964
	Paul Frost	April 25, 1970
	William C. Galvin	October 18, 1956
	Sean Garballey	February 22, 1985
	Colleen Garry	July 21, 1962
	Susan Williams Gifford	November 3, 1959
	Anne Gobi	December 27, 1962
	Thomas Golden Jr.	March 5, 1971
	Mary E. Grant	January 10, 1953
	William G. Greene Jr.	April 24, 1940
	Danielle Gregoire
	Denis Guyer	July 11, 1966
	Patricia Haddad	May 7, 1950
	Robert S. Hargraves	October 14, 1936
	Lida E. Harkins	January 24, 1944
	Jon Hecht
	Bradford Hill	January 22, 1967
	Kate Hogan	January 15, 1957
	Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958
	Donald Humason Jr.	July 31, 1967
	Bradley Jones Jr.	January 9, 1965
	Louis Kafka	November 28, 1945
	Michael F. Kane	June 10, 1967
	Jay R. Kaufman	May 4, 1947
	John D. Keenan	April 4, 1965
	Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951
	Kay Khan	June 22, 1941
	Peter Kocot	September 18, 1956
	Robert Koczera	November 25, 1953
	Peter Koutoujian	September 17, 1961
	Paul Kujawski	August 26, 1953
	Stephen Kulik	August 3, 1950
	Barbara L'Italien	January 3, 1961
	Jason Lewis (Massachusetts politician)	April 19, 1968
	David Linsky	October 16, 1957
	Timothy Madden
	Liz Malia	September 30, 1949
	Ronald Mariano	October 31, 1946
	Allen McCarthy	February 24, 1970
	Paul McMurtry	October 28, 1965
	Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
	Aaron Michlewitz	1978
	Michael Moran (Massachusetts politician)	February 23, 1971
	Charles A. Murphy	August 11, 1965
	James M. Murphy	November 15, 1969
	Kevin J. Murphy (politician)	November 27, 1952
	David Nangle	December 18, 1960
	Harold Naughton Jr.	July 4, 1960
	Jim O'Day	May 23, 1954
	Eugene O'Flaherty	July 20, 1968
	Matthew Patrick (politician)	April 1, 1952
	Sarah Peake	October 4, 1957
	Vincent Pedone	March 15, 1967
	Alice Peisch	October 4, 1954
	Jeff Perry (politician)	January 8, 1964
	George N. Peterson Jr.	July 8, 1950
	Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957
	William "Smitty" Pignatelli	August 31, 1959
	Elizabeth Poirier	October 27, 1942
	Karyn Polito	November 11, 1966
	Denise Provost	March 9, 1951
	Angelo Puppolo
	John F. Quinn	April 7, 1963
	Kathi-Anne Reinstein	January 31, 1971
	Robert L. Rice Jr.
	Pam Richardson
	Michael Rodrigues (politician)	May 30, 1959
	John H. Rogers	October 22, 1964
	Dennis Rosa
	Richard J. Ross	July 6, 1954
	Mike Rush	November 30, 1973
	Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
	Jeffrey Sanchez (politician)	July 18, 1969
	Rosemary Sandlin	May 31, 1946
	Tom Sannicandro	March 22, 1956
	Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
	John Scibak	May 4, 1953
	Carl Sciortino	July 6, 1978
	Stephen Stat Smith	May 25, 1955
	Frank Smizik	September 4, 1944
	Todd Smola	1977
	Theodore C. Speliotis	August 20, 1953
	Robert Spellane	March 5, 1970
	Christopher Speranzo	October 24, 1972
	Joyce Spiliotis	December 27, 1946
	Harriett Stanley	March 30, 1950
	Thomas M. Stanley	March 23, 1964
	Ellen Story	October 17, 1941
	William M. Straus	June 26, 1956
	David B. Sullivan	June 6, 1953
	Benjamin Swan	September 18, 1933
	Walter Timilty	July 19, 1969
	A. Stephen Tobin	July 3, 1956
	Timothy J. Toomey Jr.	June 7, 1953
	David Torrisi	September 18, 1968
	Cleon Turner	December 29, 1945
	James E. Vallee	July 24, 1966
	Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician)	May 7, 1960
	Brian P. Wallace	July 26, 1949
	Marty Walsh	April 10, 1967
	Steven Walsh	September 11, 1973
	Martha M. Walz	July 7, 1961
	Daniel K. Webster	April 2, 1964
	James T. Welch	December 22, 1975
	Alice Wolf	December 24, 1933

See also

• 111th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

References

1. "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
2. "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
3. Matt Stout (February 8, 2020), "Robert DeLeo is longest-serving House speaker in Massachusetts history", Boston Globe
4. "Members of the Senate". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010.
5. Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. hdl:2452/119266.
6. "Members of the House of Representatives". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010.

External links

• Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2009-2010), Boston: State Library of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 2009-2010, hdl:2452/787705
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 2009, hdl:2452/122565
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 2010, hdl:2452/208729
• "Hearings & Events: 2009-2010". malegislature.gov. (includes some video)