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1965–1966 Massachusetts legislature

The 164th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1965 and 1966 during the governorship of John Volpe. Maurice A. Donahue served as president of the Senate and John Davoren served as speaker of the House.[4] On April 22, 1965, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered an address to a joint session of the General Court after meeting with Massachusetts Governor John Volpe.[5] In the same month, Volpe filed a request for legislation from the state legislature that defined schools with nonwhite enrollments greater than 50 percent to be imbalanced and granted the State Board of Education the power to withhold state funds from any school district in the state that was found to have racial imbalance, which Volpe would sign into law the following August.[6][7][8]

164th
Massachusetts General Court
←163rd 165th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 6, 1965 (1965-01-06) – September 7, 1966 (1966-09-07) [1]
Senate
Members40 [2]
PresidentMaurice A. Donahue
Majority LeaderKevin B. Harrington
Minority LeaderPhilip A. Graham
Party controlDemocrat[2]
House
Members240 [3]
SpeakerJohn Davoren
Majority LeaderRobert H. Quinn
Majority WhipTheophile Jean DesRoches
Minority LeaderSidney Curtiss
Minority WhipThomas M. Newth
Party controlDemocrat[3]
Maurice A. Donahue
Maurice Donahue, Senate president.
John Davoren
John Davoren, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1965-1966.

Senators edit

portrait name [4] date of birth [9] district [9]
 
 Oliver F. Ames December 13, 1920 3rd Suffolk
 
 Charles A. Bisbee Jr. June 8, 1918
 
 James F. Burke September 7, 1914
 
 Beryl Cohen September 18, 1934
 
 John J. Conte May 3, 1930
 
 Leslie Bradley Cutler March 24, 1890
 
 Stephen Davenport June 27, 1924
 
 James DeNormandie November 10, 1907
 
 Maurice A. Donahue September 12, 1918
 
 Mary L. Fonseca March 30, 1915
 
 Philip A. Graham May 21, 1910
 
 George D. Hammond October 29, 1906
 
 Kevin B. Harrington January 9, 1929
 
 John Edward Harrington Jr. July 30, 1930
 
 Charles V. Hogan April 12, 1897
 
 Allan Francis Jones June 29, 1921
 
 James A. Kelly Jr. May 11, 1926
 
 George V. Kenneally Jr. December 29, 1929
 
 Fred I. Lamson December 11, 1910
 
 James J. Long November 15, 1913
 
 Francis X. McCann September 2, 1912
 
 James McIntyre (politician) May 25, 1930
 
 Denis L. Mckenna August 14, 1922
 
 Joe Moakley April 27, 1927
 
 Andrea F. Nuciforo Sr. July 14, 1927
 
 John Francis Parker May 29, 1907
 
 Philibert L. Pellegrini September 4, 1918
 
 Vite Pigaga
 
 John M. Quinlan July 11, 1935
 
 Philip Andrew Quinn February 21, 1910
 
 William I. Randall September 13, 1915
 
 James Paul Rurak November 9, 1911
 
 Harry Della Russo May 26, 1907
 
 Mario Umana May 5, 1914
 
 William X. Wall July 1, 1904
 
 Joseph D. Ward March 26, 1914
 
 William D. Weeks May 9, 1926
 
 Stanley John Zarod April 11, 1920

Representatives edit

portrait name [4] date of birth [9] district [9]
 
 Antone S. Aguiar Jr. January 2, 1930 5th Bristol
 
 David C. Ahearn July 28, 1929
 
 Robert B. Ambler [10] 1927
 
 John A. Armstrong June 12, 1901
 
 Peter George Asiaf August 15, 1905
 
 Jack Backman[10] April 26, 1922
 
 Wilfred E. Balthazar July 17, 1914
 
 David L. Barrett February 4, 1920
 
 John Dowkontt Barrus August 19, 1924
 
 David M. Bartley February 9, 1935
 
 Robert A. Belmonte July 2, 1930
 
 Roger L. Bernashe September 9, 1927
 
 John T. Berry November 20, 1924
 
 Francis Bevilacqua August 12, 1923
 
 Donald T. Bliss 1937
 
 Belden Bly September 29, 1914
 
 Stanley Joseph Bocko August 26, 1920
 
 Robert Joseph Bohigian July 24, 1922
 
 Royal L. Bolling June 19, 1920
 
 Joseph G. Bradley June 14, 1930
 
 John Cornelius Bresnahan November 14, 1919
 
 Joseph E. Brett May 19, 1907
 
 John R. Buckley 1932
 
 Charles J. Buffone 1919
 
 William Bulger February 2, 1934
 
 Anthony Joseph Burke July 17, 1931
 
 George G. Burke August 3, 1932
 
 Walter T. Burke August 5, 1911
 
 William Francis Butters
 
 Louis Buttiglieri May 18, 1916
 
 Fred F. Cain November 5, 1909
 
 Eleanor Campobasso August 10, 1923
 
 Raymond Edward Carey January 6, 1899
 
 William A. Carey January 28, 1920
 
 Philip N. Carney June 6, 1919
 
 Daniel William Carney [10] August 17, 1925
 
 Ralph W. Cartwright Jr. October 5, 1920
 
 Paul A. Cataldo May 15, 1935
 
 Michael Catino February 21, 1904
 
 Emmett J. Cauley February 28, 1903
 
 Paul J. Cavanaugh February 22, 1936
 
 Robert L. Cawley July 30, 1934
 
 Harrison Chadwick February 25, 1903
 
 Amelio Della Chiesa July 31, 1901
 
 Stephen Thomas Chmura August 25, 1916
 
 John George Clark February 26, 1902
 
 Thomas Francis Coady Jr. May 8, 1905
Abraham L. Cohn May 24, 1898
 
 Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. September 18, 1918
 
 Andrew Collaro March 21, 1910
 
 H. Thomas Colo December 27, 1929
 
 James Francis Condon February 4, 1899
 
 Lloyd E. Conn November 26, 1904
 
 William Augustine Connell, Jr November 17, 1922
 
 George Thomas Contalonis
 
 Leo Joseph Cournoyer December 11, 1905
 
 Edward P. Coury October 19, 1927
 
 Russell H. Craig February 4, 1924
 
 James J. Craven, Jr. March 24, 1919
 
 John J. Cronin August 1, 1910
 
 Sidney Curtiss September 4, 1917
 
 John Davoren July 27, 1915
 
 John Joseph Desmond July 1, 1930
 
 Arthur Leo Desrocher January 25, 1930
 
 Theophile Jean DesRoches June 27, 1902
 
 Edward J. Dever, Jr June 21, 1936
 
 Joseph DiCarlo March 21, 1936
 
 Edward M. Dickson March 12, 1912
 
 George DiLorenzo March 24, 1919
 
 Thomas Henry Doherty Jr. August 8, 1930
 
 John F. Dolan September 7, 1922
 
 John F. Donovan Jr. August 21, 1931
 
 James P. Downey January 9, 1911
 
 Charles E. Luke Driscoll October 1, 1909
 
 Wilfred C. Driscoll December 31, 1926
 
 Michael Dukakis November 3, 1933
 
 Richard J. Dwinell August 5, 1917
 
 Joseph D. Early January 31, 1933
 
 John Marshall Eaton Jr. March 26, 1918
 
 Arnold Irving Epstein April 5, 1920
 
 Thomas Francis Fallon December 4, 1929
 
 Manuel Faria March 7, 1906
 
 Vernon R. Farnsworth, Jr April 18, 1934
 
 Thomas F. Farrell October 10, 1897
 
 Michael Paul Feeney March 26, 1907
 
 William H. Finnegan March 29, 1926
 
 Irving Fishman March 29, 1921
 
 John Joseph Fitzgerald February 28, 1918
 
 Edward M. Flanagan January 9, 1929
 
 Charles L. Flannery March 22, 1920
 
 David Lawrence Flynn February 5, 1933
 
 Bernard J. Pat Foley July 20, 1917
 
 Jeremiah J. Foley October 28, 1915
 
 John Winslow Frenning July 19, 1922
 
 Albert A. Gammal Jr. 1928
 
 Lester J. Gates
 
 T. Harold Gayron August 31, 1914
 
 Julie Gilligan August 5, 1911
 
 Joel S. Greenberg May 31, 1930
 
 James L. Grimaldi May 3, 1911
 
 Anthony P. Grosso October 19, 1913
 
 Gerard A. Guilmette October 22, 1911
 
 Samuel Harmon April 29, 1911
 
 Michael J. Harrington September 2, 1936
 
 Edward D. Harrington Jr. August 11, 1921
 
 David E. Harrison June 19, 1933
 
 Francis W. Hatch Jr. May 6, 1925
 
 Michael E. Haynes[11] May 9, 1927
 
 Winston Healy October 20, 1937
 
 Timothy William Hickey February 14, 1938
 
 William Francis Hogan June 6, 1925
 
 Franklin W. Holgate [11] May 3, 1929
 
 Herbert B. Hollis September 10, 1899
 
 Marie Elizabeth Howe June 13, 1939
 
 Charles Iannello April 25, 1906
 
 John Peter Ivascyn October 19, 1909
 
 John Janas September 4, 1910
 
 Carl R. Johnson Jr. August 22, 1926
 
 Katherine Kane April 12, 1935
 
 Joseph M. Kearney February 23, 1927
 
 James H. Kelly October 15, 1919
 
 Gregory Benjamin Khachadoorian July 8, 1928
 
 Cornelius F. Kiernan August 15, 1917
 
 Philip Kimball June 6, 1918
 
 Edward P. Kirby January 10, 1928
 
 William I. Kitterman July 19, 1928
 
 Benjamin Klebanow November 2, 1900
 
 Freyda Koplow October 26, 1907
 
 Walter Kostanski December 10, 1923
 
 Mitsie T. Kulig May 18, 1921
 
 Matthew J. Kuss December 5, 1915
 
 Richard E. Landry May 29, 1936
 
 J. Louis Leblanc January 6, 1940
 
 Peter John Levanti March 19, 1903
 
 David H. Locke August 4, 1927
 
 Alexander Lolas July 9, 1932
 
 Gerald P. Lombard January 4, 1916
 
 John J. Long December 10, 1927
 
 William Longworth August 17, 1914
 
 Joseph S. Loughman January 11, 1928
 
 William Q. MacLean Jr. November 4, 1934
 
 J. Robert Mahan December 14, 1903
 
 Paul F. Malloy April 29, 1940
 
 Theodore D. Mann May 13, 1922
 
 Donald J. Manning June 23, 1929
 
 Thomas W. McGee May 24, 1924
 
 Robert J. McGinn December 18, 1918
 
 John J. McGlynn February 26, 1922
 
 Allan McGuane July 26, 1928
 
 Arthur James McKenna October 29, 1914
 
 James Robert McMahon Jr.
 
 John F. Melia June 5, 1915
 
 Paul C. Menton April 15, 1925
 
 William James Moran June 24, 1921
 
 Hugh J. Morgan Jr. April 4, 1921
 
 Gerald J. Morrissey May 20, 1927
 
 Edwin Herbert Morse January 7, 1902
 
 Charles A. Mullaly Jr. September 28, 1910
 
 James Gerard Mullen May 5, 1922
 
 Paul F. Murphy October 14, 1932
 
 Paul Maurice Murphy February 24, 1932
 
 Albert L. Nash May 13, 1921
 
 John J. Navin September 9, 1915
 
 Patrick William Nee November 22, 1938
 
 Mary B. Newman February 15, 1909 2nd Middlesex
 
 Thomas M. Newth March 15, 1911
 
 James R. Nolen April 17, 1933
 
 Karl S. Nordin September 10, 1906
 
 James Anthony O'Brien, Jr June 22, 1919
 
 John Paul O'Brien June 10, 1937
 
 Walter Wilson O'Brien October 14, 1910
 
 David J. O'Connor November 9, 1924
 
 George Henry O'Farrell November 15, 1910
 
 Charles Ohanian September 2, 1936
 
 Domenick S. Pasciucco August 1, 1921
 
 Raymond S. Peck December 10, 1922
 
 Felix Perrault October 27, 1915
 
 Albert P. Pettoruto September 29, 1915
 
 George William Porter November 6, 1885
 
 Robert H. Quinn January 30, 1928
 
 Manuel Raposa, Jr. May 13, 1915
 
 Paul de Hoff Reed Jr.
 
 Leo Joseph Reynolds February 29, 1920
 
 Frank G. Rico June 2, 1912
 
 Daniel H. Rider July 15, 1912
 
 William G. Robinson March 10, 1926
 
 J. Hilary Rockett January 16, 1935
 
 George Rogers (Massachusetts politician) August 2, 1933
 
 Maurice E. Ronayne, Jr November 16, 1917
 
 Harold Rosen (politician) 1906
 
 Nathan Rosenfeld January 31, 1906
 
 Raymond F. Rourke October 10, 1917
 
 George Sacco July 19, 1936
 
 Roger A. Sala August 8, 1893
 
 Duane Thomas Sargisson
 
 Joseph Douglas Saulnier April 14, 1906
 
 Anthony James Scalli November 11, 1914
 
 Frederic W. Schlosstein, Jr March 17, 1923
 
 Anthony M. Scibelli October 16, 1911
 
 John W. Sears December 18, 1930
 
 Jerome A. Segal June 3, 1931
 
 George W. Shattuck July 17, 1916
 
 Charles Louis Shea June 28, 1927
 
 Thomas A. Sheehan March 21, 1933
 
 Paul J. Sheehy November 1, 1934
 
 Aaron M. I. Shinberg
 
 Alfred R. Shrigley June 6, 1914
 
 Andre Rives Sigourney June 30, 1927
 
 Michael John Simonelli May 9, 1913
 
 Ralph E. Sirianni Jr. 1923
 
 Lawrence Philip Smith December 4, 1919
 
 George William Spartichino June 11, 1924
 
 George I. Spatcher February 2, 1902
 
 Janet Kirkland Starr October 11, 1918
 
 Chandler Harrison Stevens
 
 Joseph A. Sylvia August 19, 1892
 
 A. Edward Talbot January 24, 1915
 
 Frank Daniel Tanner February 3, 1888
 
 John F. Thompson (politician) May 20, 1920
 
 David Spence Tobin March 16, 1939
 
 John Joseph Toomey March 25, 1909
 
 Joseph Thomas Travaline
 
 Warren A. Turner January 25, 1905
 
 Elbert Tuttle August 19, 1931
 
 George E. Twomey February 3, 1920
 
 John Taylor Tynan June 7, 1920
 
 Dave Norman Vigneault September 3, 1936
 
 George B. Walsh March 21, 1907
 
 Joseph B. Walsh November 15, 1923
 
 Martin H. Walsh July 31, 1916
 
 Stephen Weekes February 1, 1925
 
 Norman S. Weinberg 1919
 
 Robert D. Wetmore July 24, 1930
 
 James G. Wheeler
 
 Arthur Williams December 14, 1915
 
 Thomas Casmere Wojtkowski September 18, 1926
 
 Edward S. Zelazo May 27, 1924
 
 Samuel Zoll June 20, 1934

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c 1965–1966 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1965 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Levine, Hillel; Harmon, Lawrence (1992). The Death of an American Jewish Community: A Tragedy of Good Intentions. New York: Free Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0029138656.
  6. ^ Levine, Hillel; Harmon, Lawrence (1992). The Death of an American Jewish Community: A Tragedy of Good Intentions. New York: Free Press. pp. 212–213. ISBN 978-0029138656.
  7. ^ Formisano, Ronald P. (2004) [1991]. Boston Against Busing: Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the 1960s and 1970s. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0807855263.
  8. ^ "The Racial Imbalance Act of 1965". University of Massachusetts Boston. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1965", Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1965, hdl:2452/796343
  10. ^ a b c State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
  11. ^ a b Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905

Further reading edit

  • Court, Massachusetts General (1965). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40797.
  • "Massachusetts Legislature Votes to Legalize Birth Control for the Married", New York Times, May 5, 1966

External links edit

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