1987–1988 Massachusetts legislature

The 175th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1987 and 1988 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and George Keverian served as speaker of the House.^[4]

175th Massachusetts General Court
← 174th 176th →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 7, 1987 (1987-01-07) – November 23, 1988 (1988-11-23) [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	Charles Flaherty
Majority Whip	Robert Correia
Minority Leader	Steven Pierce
Minority Whip	Lucile Hicks
Party control	Democrat[3]

William Bulger, Senate president.

George Keverian, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1987-1988.

Notable legislation included creation of the Massachusetts Environmental Trust.^[5]

Senators

portrait	name [4]	date of birth [6]	district [6]
	Salvatore R. Albano	1935
	Carol Amick		5th Middlesex
	Michael J. Barrett	June 27, 1948
	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
	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
	Lois Pines	August 16, 1940
	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
	Thomas P. White	August 27, 1950

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
	John C. Bartley	March 25, 1956
	Geoffrey C. Beckwith	1958
	John Binienda	June 22, 1947
	Kevin Blanchette	1954
	Peter I. Blute	January 28, 1956
	Robert Joseph Bohigian	July 24, 1922
	Daniel E. Bosley	December 9, 1953
	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
	Suzanne M. Bump	February 18, 1956
	John Businger	February 5, 1945
	Thomas Cahir	September 19, 1952
	Howard C. Cahoon Jr.	December 31, 1944
	Ellen Canavan	December 26, 1941
	Paul Caron	November 15, 1955
	Athan Catjakis	1931
	Robert A. Cerasoli	July 12, 1947
	Marjorie Clapprood	September 24, 1949
	Forrester Clark	November 30, 1934
	Carol Cleven	November 2, 1928
	David B. Cohen (mayor)	September 2, 1947
	Andrew Collaro	March 21, 1910
	Joseph M. Connolly	January 5, 1924
	William Constantino Jr.	May 27, 1944
	Robert Correia	January 3, 1939
	John F. Cox	July 27, 1955
	Michael C. Creedon	November 3, 1946
	Charles Decas	October 5, 1937
	Walter DeFilippi	October 3, 1926
	Salvatore DiMasi	August 11, 1945
	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
	Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942
	William F. Galvin	September 17, 1950
	Barbara Gardner	January 19, 1941
	Mary Jane Gibson	February 7, 1933
	Larry F. Giordano	1944
	William Glodis	April 6, 1934
	Augusto Grace	April 9, 1954
	Saundra Graham	September 5, 1941
	Barbara Gray	October 11, 1926
	Henry Grenier	December 9, 1924
	Sherwood Guernsey	1946
	Robert Havern III	July 17, 1949
	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
	Shirley Owens Hicks	April 22, 1942
	Barbara Hildt	April 13, 1946
	Christopher Hodgkins	August 24, 1957
	Iris Holland	September 30, 1920
	Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958
	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
	Patrick Landers	September 20, 1959
	Denis Lawrence	1940
	Edward LeLacheur	June 1, 1925
	Kenneth M. Lemanski	January 27, 1954
	Jacqueline Lewis	May 3, 1945
	John Loring	1926
	Vincent Lozzi	January 28, 1932
	John MacGovern	July 14, 1951
	Joseph Mackey	1951
	David P. Magnani	May 24, 1944
	Anthony Mandile	August 14, 1946
	Charles Mann	April 27, 1935
	M. Joseph Manning	September 23, 1924
	Francis Mara	1950
	Angelo Marotta	October 16, 1937
	Robert H. Marsh	August 15, 1959
	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
	Mary Jeanette Murray	December 24, 1924
	Eleanor Myerson	May 9, 1922
	William P. Nagle Jr.	June 10, 1951
	Shannon O%27Brien	April 30, 1959
	Timothy F. O'Leary	1944
	Kevin O'Sullivan (politician)	September 30, 1953
	Nicholas Paleologos	March 9, 1953
	Thomas Palumbo	June 9, 1950
	Marie Parente	May 22, 1928
	Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957
	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 Reinstein	March 26, 1929
	Robert J. Rohan	August 15, 1921
	Mark Roosevelt	December 10, 1955
	Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949
	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
	Chester Suhoski	March 26, 1941
	Gregory W. Sullivan	January 29, 1952
	Richard Tisei	August 13, 1962
	Peter G. Torkildsen	January 28, 1958
	Roger Tougas	January 9, 1927
	Barry Trahan	December 27, 1954
	Marilyn Travinski	June 1, 1947
	Philip Travis	July 2, 1940
	Peter Trombley	September 16, 1948
	Susan Tucker (politician)	November 7, 1944
	Peter A. Vellucci	1942
	William B. Vernon	April 17, 1951
	Richard Voke	December 2, 1947
	Patricia Walrath	August 11, 1941
	Michael P. Walsh
	Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician)	July 15, 1960
	W. Paul White	July 7, 1945
	Francis H. Woodward	March 17, 1939

See also

• 100th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts