1981–1982 Massachusetts legislature

The 172nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1981 and 1982 during the governorship of Edward J. King. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Thomas W. McGee served as speaker of the House.^[4]

172nd Massachusetts General Court
← 171st 173rd →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 7, 1981 (1981-01-07) – January 2, 1983 (1983-01-02) [1]
Senate
Members	40 [2]
President	William Bulger
Majority Leader	Daniel J. Foley
Majority Whip	Mary L. Fonseca
Minority Leader	John Francis Parker
Minority Whip	David H. Locke
Party control	Democrat[2]
House
Members	160 [3]
Speaker	Thomas W. McGee
Majority Leader	George Keverian
Majority Whip	John E. Murphy Jr.
Minority Leader	William G. Robinson
Minority Whip	Iris Holland
Party control	Democrat[3]

William Bulger, Senate president.

Thomas McGee, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1981-1982.

"In 1981, the General Court overrode the veto of Gov. Edward King to make Massachusetts one of the first states to encourage recycling" by bottle deposit.^[5]

Senators

portrait	name [4]	date of birth [6]	district [6]
	Carol C. Amick		5th Middlesex
	Chester G. Atkins	April 14, 1948
	John F. Aylmer	January 27, 1934
	George Bachrach	December 2, 1951
	Jack Backman	April 26, 1922
	Louis Peter Bertonazzi	October 9, 1933
	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
	Gerard D'Amico	July 27, 1947
	Paul Doane	March 26, 1943
	Francis D. Doris	1931
	Daniel J. Foley	April 6, 1921
	Mary L. Fonseca	March 30, 1915
	Robert A. Hall	April 15, 1946
	Paul D. Harold	September 5, 1948
	John G. King (politician)	November 30, 1942
	Edward P. Kirby	January 10, 1928
	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
	Denis L. Mckenna	August 14, 1922
	Allan R. McKinnon	June 2, 1930
	John Olver	September 3, 1936
	Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician)	July 6, 1937
	John Francis Parker	May 29, 1907
	Sharon Pollard	September 21, 1950
	Martin Thomas Reilly	September 1, 1956
	Samuel Rotondi	April 22, 1946
	Philip L. Shea	October 19, 1941
	Alan Sisitsky	June 4, 1942
	Joseph F. Timilty (state senator)	October 3, 1938
	Roger Tougas	January 9, 1927
	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]
	Antone S. Aguiar Jr.	January 2, 1930	4th Bristol
	Theodore J. Aleixo Jr.	August 23, 1942
	Lawrence R. Alexander	1950
	Steven Angelo	June 8, 1952
	Peter George Asiaf	August 15, 1905
	Michael J. Barrett	June 27, 1948
	Timothy A. Bassett	December 16, 1947
	William D. Benson	1948
	Walter Bickford	February 16, 1942
	Kevin Blanchette	1954
	Robert Joseph Bohigian	July 24, 1922
	Royal L. Bolling Jr.	May 1, 1944
	George Bourque	1913
	James T. Brett	December 22, 1949
	Nicholas J. Buglione	1932
	Doris Bunte	July 2, 1933
	John Businger	February 5, 1945
	Jeremiah F. Cahir	December 4, 1924
	Howard C. Cahoon Jr.	December 31, 1944
	Ellen M. Canavan	December 26, 1941
	Andrew Card	May 10, 1947
	William A. Carey	January 28, 1920
	Angelo R. Cataldo	November 12, 1917
	Paul Cellucci	April 24, 1948
	Allan R. Chiocca	May 3, 1954
	Rudy Chmura	March 21, 1932
	Salvatore Ciccarelli	February 16, 1941
	Forrester Clark	November 30, 1934
	Deborah R. Cochran	September 18, 1939
	David B. Cohen (mayor)	September 2, 1947
	Gerald M. Cohen	February 22, 1934
	Andrew Collaro	March 21, 1910
	James G. Collins	August 2, 1946
	Edward W. Connelly	August 2, 1919
	Leo R. Corazzini	February 17, 1930
	Robert Correia	January 3, 1939
	Nicholas Costello	1935
	James J. Craven Jr.	March 24, 1919
	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
	Stephen W. Doran	March 26, 1956
	Charles Robert Doyle	September 24, 1925
	John R. Driscoll	May 9, 1924
	Dennis J. Duffin	November 24, 1930
	Frank Emilio (politician)	August 31, 1935
	Thomas Francis Fallon	December 4, 1929
	John J. Finnegan	July 21, 1938
	Thomas Finneran	January 2, 1950
	Kevin W. Fitzgerald	1950
	Charles Flaherty (politician)	October 13, 1938
	Michael F. Flaherty Sr.	September 6, 1936
	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
	Roger R. Goyette	January 22, 1925
	Saundra Graham	September 5, 1941
	Barbara Gray	October 11, 1926
	John Gray	January 12, 1956
	Haden Greenhalgh	January 16, 1931
	Henry Grenier	December 9, 1924
	James T. Harrington	June 9, 1949
	Jonathan Healy	October 10, 1945
	Joseph N. Hermann	June 8, 1924
	Lucile Hicks	May 11, 1938
	Iris Holland	September 30, 1920
	Robert L. Howarth	1942
	Marie Elizabeth Howe	June 13, 1939
	Philip W. Johnston	July 21, 1944
	Raymond A. Jordan Jr.	May 5, 1943
	Stephen Karol	1948
	Bill Keating (politician)	September 6, 1952
	Mel King	October 20, 1928
	Paul Kollios	February 24, 1936
	Raymond M. LaFontaine	May 18, 1927
	Nickolas Lambros	January 9, 1933
	Denis Lawrence	1940
	Mark E. Lawton	July 26, 1949
	Edward LeLacheur	June 1, 1925
	Kenneth M. Lemanski	January 27, 1954
	Leon Lombardi	April 16, 1949
	Michael J. Lombardi	May 27, 1917
	John Loring	1926
	Thomas R. Lussier	April 5, 1957
	Thomas K. Lynch	April 30, 1946
	Charles Mann	April 27, 1935
	Frank J. Matrango	July 19, 1926
	Thomas W. McGee	May 24, 1924
	Michael J. McGlynn	April 23, 1953
	Arthur James McKenna	October 29, 1914
	Charles F. McNally	April 3, 1929
	John C. McNeil	June 8, 1945
	Robert D. McNeil	December 16, 1930
	Joan Menard	September 6, 1935
	Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
	Alfred A. Minahan Jr.	September 14, 1953
	F. John Monahan	July 3, 1943
	Richard T. Moore	August 7, 1943
	William E. Moriarty	October 4, 1923
	William D. Mullins	August 13, 1931
	John E. Murphy Jr.	April 3, 1943
	Mary Jeanette Murray	December 24, 1924
	William P. Nagle Jr.	June 10, 1951
	Andrew Natsios	September 22, 1949
	Joseph M. Navin	May 19, 1946
	David R. Nelson (politician)	December 14, 1937
	Lou Nickinello	September 8, 1940
	Thomas C. Norton	December 11, 1934
	Nicholas Paleologos	March 9, 1953
	Marie Parente	May 22, 1928
	Angelo Picucci	April 12, 1915
	Steven Pierce	October 10, 1949
	Vincent J. Piro	1931
	Kevin Poirier	July 7, 1940
	Daniel F. Pokaski	June 26, 1949
	Michael J. Rea Jr.	July 23, 1940
	William G. Robinson	March 10, 1926
	Andrew J. Rogers Jr.	May 6, 1944
	Robert J. Rohan	August 15, 1921
	Timothy M. Rourke	October 21, 1952
	J. Michael Ruane	December 10, 1927
	Alfred E. Saggese Jr.	November 21, 1946
	Sherman Saltmarsh	April 27, 1929
	Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
	Joseph Scelsi	June 4, 1915
	Susan Schur	February 27, 1940
	Anthony M. Scibelli	October 16, 1911
	Emanuel Serra	June 12, 1945
	Richard R. Silva	March 13, 1922
	Walter Silveira Jr.	June 15, 1934
	Charles Silvia	February 18, 1945
	Theodore C. Speliotis	August 20, 1953
	Gregory W. Sullivan	January 29, 1952
	Royall H. Switzler	September 27, 1938
	Roger Tougas	January 9, 1927
	Peter Trombley	September 16, 1948
	Thomas J. Vallely	January 6, 1950
	Robert A. Vigneau	November 4, 1920
	Richard Voke	December 2, 1947
	Richard L. Walsh	July 26, 1948
	Bruce E. Wetherbee	September 1, 1950
	W. Paul White	July 7, 1945
	Thomas P. White	August 27, 1950
	A. James Whitney	April 15, 1943
	Francis H. Woodward	March 17, 1939

See also

• 97th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts