# 1993–1994 Massachusetts legislature

The 178th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1993 and 1994 during the governorship of Bill Weld. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Charles Flaherty served as speaker of the House.
Notable legislation included the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993.

## Senators

| name | date of birth | district |
| Matthew J. Amorello | March 15, 1958 | 1st Worcester and Middlesex |
| Robert A. Antonioni | July 15, 1958 | 2nd Worcester and Middlesex |
| Michael J. Barrett | June 27, 1948 | Middlesex and Suffolk |
| Frederick Berry | December 20, 1949 | 2nd Essex |
| Louis Peter Bertonazzi | October 9, 1933 | Worcester and Norfolk |
| Tom Birmingham | August 4, 1949 | Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex |
| Walter J. Boverini | June 5, 1925 | 1st Essex |
| Robert C. Buell | April 23, 1931 | 1st Essex and Middlesex |
| William Bulger | February 2, 1934 | 1st Suffolk |
| Arthur E. Chase | February 4, 1930 | Worcester |
| Michael C. Creedon | November 3, 1946 | Plymouth |
| Robert Durand | February 28, 1953 | Middlesex and Worcester |
| Robert Havern III | July 17, 1949 | 4th Middlesex |
| Lucile Hicks | May 11, 1938 | 5th Middlesex |
| Cheryl Jacques | February 17, 1962 | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
| James Jajuga | December 12, 1946 | 3rd Essex |
| Bill Keating (politician) | September 6, 1952 | Norfolk and Bristol |
| Daniel P. Leahy | January 10, 1935 | 1st Middlesex |
| Brian Lees | July 25, 1953 | 2nd Hampden |
| David P. Magnani | May 24, 1944 | Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcester |
| Brian McDonald | 1952 | Norfolk and Plymouth |
| Linda Melconian | | 1st Hampden |
| Mark Montigny | June 20, 1961 | 2nd Bristol |
| Michael W. Morrissey | August 2, 1954 | Norfolk |
| Therese Murray | October 10, 1947 | Plymouth and Barnstable |
| Thomas C. Norton | December 11, 1934 | 1st Bristol |
| John D. O'Brien Jr. | 1960 | 2nd Essex and Middlesex |
| Shannon O%27Brien | April 30, 1959 | Hampden and Hampshire |
| Marc Pacheco | October 29, 1952 | Bristol and Plymouth |
| Lois Pines | August 16, 1940 | Middlesex and Norfolk |
| Henri S. Rauschenbach | October 9, 1947 | Cape and Islands |
| Stan Rosenberg | October 12, 1949 | Franklin and Hampshire |
| Charles E. Shannon Jr. | August 31, 1943 | 2nd Middlesex |
| Jane Swift | February 24, 1965 | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire |
| Robert Travaglini | July 20, 1952 | Suffolk and Middlesex |
| Marian Walsh | 1954 | 1st Suffolk and Norfolk |
| Robert D. Wetmore | July 24, 1930 | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin |
| W. Paul White | July 7, 1945 | 2nd Suffolk and Norfolk |
| Dianne Wilkerson | May 2, 1955 | 2nd Suffolk |

## Representatives

| name | date of birth | district |
| Steven Angelo | June 8, 1952 | 9th Essex |
| Valerie Barsom | November 11, 1960 | 13th Hampden |
| Michael G. Bellotti | March 21, 1963 | 1st Norfolk |
| John Binienda | June 22, 1947 | 17th Worcester |
| Kevin Blanchette | 1954 | 16th Essex |
| Marianne Brenton | February 25, 1933 | 23rd Middlesex |
| James T. Brett | December 22, 1949 | 14th Suffolk |
| Stephen Brewer | February 10, 1948 | 5th Worcester |
| Arthur Broadhurst | September 28, 1964 | 15th Essex |
| Carmen Buell | February 3, 1945 | 2nd Franklin |
| John Businger | February 5, 1945 | 15th Norfolk |
| Antonio Cabral | January 26, 1955 | 13th Bristol |
| Michael P. Cahill | December 12, 1961 | 6th Essex |
| Thomas Cahir | September 19, 1952 | 3rd Barnstable |
| Christine Canavan | January 25, 1950 | 10th Plymouth |
| Paul Caron | November 15, 1955 | 11th Hampden |
| Paul Casey | February 26, 1961 | 34th Middlesex |
| William Cass | 1963 | 22nd Middlesex |
| Evelyn Chesky | August 20, 1933 | 5th Hampden |
| Vincent P. Ciampa | April 15, 1945 | 37th Middlesex |
| Edward J. Clancy Jr. | June 30, 1950 | 11th Essex |
| Forrester Clark | November 30, 1934 | 4th Essex |
| Carol Cleven | November 2, 1928 | 16th Middlesex |
| David B. Cohen (mayor) | September 2, 1947 | 11th Middlesex |
| Edward G. Connolly | August 22, 1928 | 31st Middlesex |
| William Constantino Jr. | May 27, 1944 | 12th Worcester |
| Gary Coon | March 25, 1964 | 17th Essex |
| Robert Correia | January 3, 1939 | 7th Bristol |
| Frank Cousins (American politician) | May 7, 1958 | 1st Essex |
| John F. Cox | July 27, 1955 | 17th Middlesex |
| Donna Cuomo | March 19, 1947 | 14th Essex |
| Charles Decas | October 5, 1937 | 2nd Plymouth |
| Walter DeFilippi | October 3, 1926 | 6th Hampden |
| Robert DeLeo (politician) | March 27, 1950 | 20th Suffolk |
| Brian Dempsey (politician) | September 30, 1966 | 3rd Essex |
| Salvatore DiMasi | August 11, 1945 | 3rd Suffolk |
| James DiPaola | May 5, 1953 | 36th Middlesex |
| Carol A. Donovan | June 5, 1937 | 33rd Middlesex |
| Stephen W. Doran | March 26, 1956 | 15th Middlesex |
| Marc Draisen | December 22, 1956 | 11th Suffolk |
| Hasty Evans | August 7, 1948 | 13th Middlesex |
| James H. Fagan | October 13, 1947 | 3rd Bristol |
| Thomas Finneran | January 2, 1950 | 13th Suffolk |
| Kevin W. Fitzgerald | 1950 | 16th Suffolk |
| Charles Flaherty (politician) | October 13, 1938 | 27th Middlesex |
| Nancy Flavin | June 26, 1950 | 2nd Hampshire |
| Peter Forman | April 28, 1958 | 1st Plymouth |
| Gloria Fox | March 18, 1942 | 7th Suffolk |
| William C. Galvin | October 18, 1956 | 6th Norfolk |
| Paul J. Gannon | May 21, 1960 | 4th Suffolk |
| Barbara Gardner | January 19, 1941 | 8th Middlesex |
| Althea Garrison | October 7, 1940 | 5th Suffolk |
| David Gately | September 27, 1955 | 9th Middlesex |
| Ronald Gauch | February 13, 1938 | 11th Worcester |
| Anthony Giglio | January 28, 1941 | 38th Middlesex |
| William Glodis | April 6, 1934 | 16th Worcester |
| Emile Goguen | March 16, 1933 | 3rd Worcester |
| Barbara Gray | October 11, 1926 | 6th Middlesex |
| William G. Greene Jr. | April 24, 1940 | 24th Middlesex |
| Patrick Guerriero | March 3, 1968 | 35th Middlesex |
| Paul Haley | June 9, 1953 | 4th Norfolk |
| Geoff Hall (politician) | October 10, 1948 | 2nd Middlesex |
| Lida E. Harkins | January 24, 1944 | 13th Norfolk |
| Robert Hawke | July 20, 1932 | 2nd Worcester |
| Jeffery Hayward | April 3, 1960 | 10th Essex |
| Jonathan Healy | October 10, 1945 | 1st Franklin |
| Joseph N. Hermann | June 8, 1924 | 14th Essex |
| Albert Herren | June 8, 1952 | 6th Bristol |
| Shirley Owens Hicks | April 22, 1942 | 6th Suffolk |
| Christopher Hodgkins | August 24, 1957 | 4th Berkshire |
| Kevin Honan | June 5, 1958 | 18th Suffolk |
| Augusta Hornblower | June 6, 1948 | 1st Middlesex |
| Barbara Hyland | October 17, 1943 | 1st Bristol |
| Frank Hynes | December 23, 1940 | 4th Plymouth |
| Patricia D. Jehlen | October 14, 1943 | 30th Middlesex |
| Raymond A. Jordan Jr. | May 5, 1943 | 12th Hampden |
| Louis Kafka | November 28, 1945 | 8th Norfolk |
| Stephen Karol | 1948 | 2nd Bristol |
| Marie-Louise Kehoe | December 12, 1928 | 11th Norfolk |
| Shaun P. Kelly | March 13, 1964 | 2nd Berkshire |
| Thomas P. Kennedy | August 15, 1951 | 9th Plymouth |
| Sally Kerans | May 26, 1960 | 13th Essex |
| John C. Klimm | November 5, 1955 | 2nd Barnstable |
| Michael Knapik | February 11, 1963 | 4th Hampden |
| Robert Koczera | November 25, 1953 | 11th Bristol |
| Paul Kollios | February 24, 1936 | 7th Worcester |
| Robert Kraus | March 20, 1957 | 12th Plymouth |
| Robert Krekorian | 1962 | 21st Middlesex |
| Stephen Kulik | August 3, 1950 | 1st Franklin |
| Edward M. Lambert Jr. | March 8, 1958 | 8th Bristol |
| Patrick Landers | September 20, 1959 | 1st Hampden |
| Peter J. Larkin | December 23, 1953 | 3rd Berkshire |
| Robert C. Lawless | 1957 | 4th Barnstable |
| Edward LeLacheur | June 1, 1925 | 18th Middlesex |
| Jacqueline Lewis | May 3, 1945 | 8th Plymouth |
| Peter E. Madden | March 16, 1942 | 14th Norfolk |
| Charles Mann | April 27, 1935 | 6th Plymouth |
| Vincent G. Mannering | November 5, 1951 | 10th Suffolk |
| M. Joseph Manning | September 23, 1924 | 7th Norfolk |
| Francis Mara | 1950 | 11th Plymouth |
| Ronald Mariano | October 31, 1946 | 3rd Norfolk |
| Jim Marzilli | May 8, 1958 | 25th Middlesex |
| Robert M. McCarthy | December 31, 1944 | 35th Middlesex |
| John E. McDonough | May 21, 1953 | 12th Suffolk |
| Joseph B. McIntyre | April 11, 1957 | 12th Bristol |
| Mary Jane McKenna | October 23, 1939 | 1st Worcester |
| William McManus | January 26, 1963 | 14th Worcester |
| Joan Menard | September 6, 1935 | 5th Bristol |
| Jim Miceli | March 25, 1935 | 20th Middlesex |
| Richard T. Moore | August 7, 1943 | 8th Worcester |
| Dennis M. Murphy | September 12, 1962 | 9th Hampden |
| Mary Jeanette Murray | December 24, 1924 | 3rd Plymouth |
| William P. Nagle Jr. | June 10, 1951 | 1st Hampshire |
| Janet O'Brien | | 5th Plymouth |
| Karen O'Donnell | December 14, 1953 | 10th Middlesex |
| Kevin O'Sullivan (politician) | September 30, 1953 | 13th Worcester |
| Thomas Palumbo | June 9, 1950 | 2nd Essex |
| Steven C. Panagiotakos | November 26, 1959 | 19th Middlesex |
| Marie Parente | May 22, 1928 | 10th Worcester |
| Anne Paulsen | August 8, 1936 | 26th Middlesex |
| Vincent Pedone | March 15, 1967 | 15th Worcester |
| David Peters (politician) | March 1, 1954 | 6th Worcester |
| Douglas W. Petersen | March 7, 1948 | 8th Essex |
| Thomas Petrolati | March 16, 1957 | 7th Hampden |
| Marsha Platt | May 25, 1937 | 9th Worcester |
| Kevin Poirier | July 7, 1940 | 14th Bristol |
| John F. Quinn | April 7, 1963 | 9th Bristol |
| Daniel Ranieri | 1951 | 10th Norfolk |
| William Reinstein | March 26, 1929 | 17th Suffolk |
| Pamela Resor | February 26, 1942 | 14th Middlesex |
| Mary Rogeness | May 18, 1941 | 2nd Hampden |
| John H. Rogers | October 22, 1964 | 12th Norfolk |
| Mark Roosevelt | December 10, 1955 | 8th Suffolk |
| J. Michael Ruane | December 10, 1927 | 7th Essex |
| Byron Rushing | July 29, 1942 | 9th Suffolk |
| Angelo Scaccia | September 29, 1942 | 15th Suffolk |
| Susan Schur | February 27, 1940 | 12th Middlesex |
| Anthony M. Scibelli | October 16, 1911 | 10th Hampden |
| Emanuel Serra | June 12, 1945 | 1st Suffolk |
| Mary Jane Simmons | May 14, 1953 | 4th Worcester |
| Jo Ann Sprague | November 3, 1931 | 9th Norfolk |
| John Stefanini | March 23, 1964 | 7th Middlesex |
| Douglas Stoddart | March 5, 1952 | 5th Middlesex |
| Ellen Story | October 17, 1941 | 3rd Hampshire |
| William M. Straus | June 26, 1956 | 10th Bristol |
| Joseph Sullivan (mayor) | March 1, 1959 | 5th Norfolk |
| Michael Sullivan (U.S. Attorney) | October 3, 1954 | 7th Plymouth |
| Bruce Tarr | January 2, 1964 | 5th Essex |
| Edward B. Teague III | November 25, 1949 | 1st Barnstable |
| Alvin Thompson | May 15, 1939 | 28th Middlesex |
| A. Stephen Tobin | July 3, 1956 | 2nd Norfolk |
| Warren Tolman | October 23, 1959 | 32nd Middlesex |
| Timothy J. Toomey Jr. | June 7, 1953 | 29th Middlesex |
| Susan Tracy | August 24, 1960 | 19th Suffolk |
| Philip Travis | July 2, 1940 | 4th Bristol |
| Eric Turkington | August 12, 1947 | Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket |
| Daniel Valianti | 1965 | 4th Middlesex |
| Richard Voke | December 2, 1947 | 2nd Suffolk |
| Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician) | May 7, 1960 | 8th Hampden |
| Patricia Walrath | August 11, 1941 | 3rd Middlesex |
| Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician) | July 15, 1960 | 12th Essex |