# 1989–1990 Massachusetts legislature

The 176th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1989 and 1990 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and George Keverian served as speaker of the House.

## Senators

| name | date of birth | district |
| Salvatore R. Albano | 1935 | 2nd Middlesex |
| Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. | August 23, 1942 | Bristol and Plymouth |
| Carol Amick | | 5th 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 |
| Walter J. Boverini | June 5, 1925 | 1st Essex |
| John A. Brennan Jr. | September 19, 1945 | 3rd Middlesex |
| Robert C. Buell | April 23, 1931 | 1st Essex and Middlesex |
| William Bulger | February 2, 1934 | 1st Suffolk |
| Edward L. Burke | 1942 | Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcester |
| John P. Burke | December 2, 1954 | Hampden and Hampshire |
| Paul Cellucci | April 24, 1948 | Middlesex and Worcester |
| Nicholas Costello | 1935 | 3rd Essex |
| Michael C. Creedon | November 3, 1946 | Plymouth |
| Francis D. Doris | 1931 | Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex |
| William B. Golden | October 9, 1948 | Norfolk and Plymouth |
| Paul D. Harold | September 5, 1948 | Norfolk |
| John Patrick Houston | 1955 | 1st Worcester and Middlesex |
| Bill Keating (politician) | September 6, 1952 | Norfolk and Bristol |
| Edward P. Kirby | January 10, 1928 | Plymouth and Barnstable |
| Richard Arnold Kraus | 1937 | 4th Middlesex |
| Christopher M. Lane | May 15, 1959 | 1st Suffolk and Norfolk |
| Brian Lees | July 25, 1953 | 2nd Hampden |
| David H. Locke | August 4, 1927 | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
| Michael LoPresti Jr. | April 30, 1947 | Suffolk and Middlesex |
| William Q. MacLean Jr. | November 4, 1934 | 2nd Bristol |
| Patricia McGovern | August 2, 1941 | 2nd Essex and Middlesex |
| Linda Melconian | | 1st Hampden |
| Thomas C. Norton | December 11, 1934 | 1st Bristol |
| John Olver | September 3, 1936 | Franklin and Hampshire |
| Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) | July 6, 1937 | 2nd Suffolk |
| Mary L. Padula | | 2nd Worcester and Middlesex |
| Lois Pines | August 16, 1940 | Middlesex and Norfolk |
| Henri S. Rauschenbach | October 9, 1947 | Cape and Islands |
| Paul J. Sheehy | November 1, 1934 | 1st Middlesex |
| Robert D. Wetmore | July 24, 1930 | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin |
| Thomas P. White | August 27, 1950 | Worcester |
| W. Paul White | July 7, 1945 | 2nd Suffolk and Norfolk |

## Representatives

| name | date of birth | district |
| Frances Alexander (politician) | June 16, 1919 | 6th Essex |
| Lawrence R. Alexander | 1950 | 8th Essex |
| Robert B. Ambler | 1927 | 4th Norfolk |
| Steven Angelo | June 8, 1952 | 9th Essex |
| Robert A. Antonioni | July 15, 1958 | 4th Worcester |
| John C. Bartley | March 25, 1956 | 32nd Middlesex |
| Geoffrey C. Beckwith | 1958 | 21st Middlesex |
| John Binienda | June 22, 1947 | 17th Worcester |
| Kevin Blanchette | 1954 | 16th Essex |
| Peter I. Blute | January 28, 1956 | 11th Worcester |
| Robert Joseph Bohigian | July 24, 1922 | 14th Worcester |
| Daniel E. Bosley | December 9, 1953 | 1st Berkshire |
| George Bourque | 1913 | 3rd Worcester |
| John C. Bradford | February 16, 1940 | 10th Bristol |
| James T. Brett | December 22, 1949 | 14th Suffolk |
| Stephen Brewer | February 10, 1948 | 5th Worcester |
| Carmen Buell | February 3, 1945 | 2nd Franklin |
| Suzanne M. Bump | February 18, 1956 | 5th Norfolk |
| Edward S. Burgess, Jr. | 1950 | 10th Plymouth |
| John Businger | February 5, 1945 | 15th Norfolk |
| Thomas Cahir | September 19, 1952 | 3rd Barnstable |
| Howard C. Cahoon, Jr | December 31, 1944 | 4th Barnstable |
| Paul Caron | November 15, 1955 | 11th Hampden |
| Paul Casey | February 26, 1961 | 34th Middlesex |
| Athan Catjakis | 1931 | 9th Hampden |
| Robert A. Cerasoli | July 12, 1947 | 3rd Norfolk |
| Vincent P. Ciampa | April 15, 1945 | 37th Middlesex |
| Marjorie Clapprood | September 24, 1949 | 8th Norfolk |
| Forrester Clark | November 30, 1934 | 4th Essex |
| Carol Cleven | November 2, 1928 | 16th Middlesex |
| David B. Cohen (mayor) | September 2, 1947 | 11th Middlesex |
| Andrew Collaro | March 21, 1910 | 15th Worcester |
| Joseph M. Connolly | January 5, 1924 | 5th Middlesex |
| William Constantino Jr. | May 27, 1944 | 12th Worcester |
| Robert Correia | January 3, 1939 | 7th Bristol |
| John F. Cox | July 27, 1955 | 17th Middlesex |
| Charles Decas | October 5, 1937 | 2nd Plymouth |
| Walter DeFilippi | October 3, 1926 | 6th Hampden |
| Salvatore DiMasi | August 11, 1945 | 3rd Suffolk |
| Stephen W. Doran | March 26, 1956 | 15th Middlesex |
| John R. Driscoll | May 9, 1924 | 9th Worcester |
| Robert Durand | February 28, 1953 | 4th Middlesex |
| Frank Emilio (politician) | August 31, 1935 | 3rd Essex |
| Patricia Fiero | June 12, 1941 | 5th Essex |
| Thomas Finneran | January 2, 1950 | 13th Suffolk |
| Kevin W. Fitzgerald | 1950 | 16th Suffolk |
| Charles Flaherty (politician) | October 13, 1938 | 27th Middlesex |
| Michael F. Flaherty Sr. | September 6, 1936 | 4th Suffolk |
| John H. Flood | June 24, 1939 | 6th Norfolk |
| William J. Flynn, Jr. | 1933 | 5th Plymouth |
| Peter Forman | April 28, 1958 | 1st Plymouth |
| Gloria Fox | March 18, 1942 | 7th Suffolk |
| William F. Galvin | September 17, 1950 | 19th Suffolk |
| Barbara Gardner | January 19, 1941 | 8th Middlesex |
| Mary Jane Gibson | February 7, 1933 | 26th Middlesex |
| Anthony Giglio | January 28, 1941 | 38th Middlesex |
| Larry F. Giordano | 1944 | 15th Essex |
| William Glodis | April 6, 1934 | 16th Worcester |
| Augusto Grace | April 9, 1954 | 23rd Middlesex |
| Barbara Gray | October 11, 1926 | 6th Middlesex |
| Sherwood Guernsey | 1946 | 2nd Berkshire |
| Geoff Hall (politician) | October 10, 1948 | 2nd Middlesex |
| Lida E. Harkins | January 24, 1944 | 13th Norfolk |
| Robert Havern III | July 17, 1949 | 25th Middlesex |
| Robert Emmet Hayes | 1951 | 7th Plymouth |
| Jonathan Healy | October 10, 1945 | 1st Franklin |
| Joseph N. Hermann | June 8, 1924 | 14th Essex |
| Albert Herren | June 8, 1952 | 6th Bristol |
| Lucile Hicks | May 11, 1938 | 13th Middlesex |
| Shirley Owens Hicks | April 22, 1942 | 6th Suffolk |
| Barbara Hildt | April 13, 1946 | 1st Essex |
| Christopher Hodgkins | August 24, 1957 | 4th Berkshire |
| Iris Holland | September 30, 1920 | 2nd Hampden |
| Kevin Honan | June 5, 1958 | 18th Suffolk |
| Augusta Hornblower | June 6, 1948 | 1st Middlesex |
| Robert L. Howarth | 1942 | 13th Hampden |
| Frank Hynes | December 23, 1940 | 4th Plymouth |
| Robert F. Jakubowicz | 1932 | 3rd Berkshire |
| Raymond A. Jordan Jr. | May 5, 1943 | 12th Hampden |
| Stephen Karol | 1948 | 2nd Bristol |
| Marie-Louise Kehoe | December 12, 1928 | 11th Norfolk |
| Thomas P. Kennedy | August 15, 1951 | 9th Plymouth |
| George Keverian | June 3, 1931 | 31st Middlesex |
| Robert Koczera | November 25, 1953 | 11th Bristol |
| Paul Kollios | February 24, 1936 | 7th Worcester |
| Robert Kraus | March 20, 1957 | 12th Plymouth |
| Edward M. Lambert Jr. | March 8, 1958 | 8th Bristol |
| Patrick Landers | September 20, 1959 | 1st Hampden |
| Denis Lawrence | 1940 | 13th Bristol |
| Edward LeLacheur | June 1, 1925 | 18th Middlesex |
| Kenneth M. Lemanski | January 27, 1954 | 8th Hampden |
| Jacqueline Lewis | May 3, 1945 | 8th Plymouth |
| John Loring | 1926 | 14th Middlesex |
| Vincent Lozzi | January 28, 1932 | 10th Essex |
| Joseph Mackey | 1951 | 30th Middlesex |
| David P. Magnani | May 24, 1944 | 7th Middlesex |
| Anthony Mandile | August 14, 1946 | 10th Middlesex |
| Charles Mann | April 27, 1935 | 6th Plymouth |
| M. Joseph Manning | September 23, 1924 | 7th Norfolk |
| Francis Mara | 1950 | 11th Plymouth |
| Robert H. Marsh | August 15, 1959 | 14th Norfolk |
| John E. McDonough | May 21, 1953 | 12th Suffolk |
| Thomas W. McGee | May 24, 1924 | 11th Essex |
| Joseph B. McIntyre | April 11, 1957 | 12th Bristol |
| Mary Jane McKenna | October 23, 1939 | 1st Worcester |
| John C. McNeil | June 8, 1945 | 36th Middlesex |
| Joan Menard | September 6, 1935 | 5th Bristol |
| Nelson Merced | August 17, 1947 | 5th Suffolk |
| Jim Miceli | March 25, 1935 | 20th Middlesex |
| Richard T. Moore | August 7, 1943 | 8th Worcester |
| Peter B. Morin | April 2, 1955 | 2nd Barnstable |
| Michael W. Morrissey | August 2, 1954 | 1st Norfolk |
| Mary Jeanette Murray | December 24, 1924 | 3rd Plymouth |
| Eleanor Myerson | May 9, 1922 | 11th Suffolk |
| William P. Nagle Jr. | June 10, 1951 | 1st Hampshire |
| Shannon O%27Brien | April 30, 1959 | 2nd Hampshire |
| Timothy F. O'Leary | 1944 | 35th Middlesex |
| Kevin O'Sullivan (politician) | September 30, 1953 | 13th Worcester |
| Marc Pacheco | October 29, 1952 | 3rd Bristol |
| Nicholas Paleologos | March 9, 1953 | 33rd Middlesex |
| Thomas Palumbo | June 9, 1950 | 2nd Essex |
| Marie Parente | May 22, 1928 | 10th Worcester |
| Thomas Petrolati | March 16, 1957 | 7th Hampden |
| Steven Pierce | October 10, 1949 | 4th Hampden |
| Kevin Poirier | July 7, 1940 | 14th Bristol |
| Daniel Ranieri | 1951 | 10th Norfolk |
| Michael J. Rea, Jr | July 23, 1940 | 24th Middlesex |
| William Reinstein | March 26, 1929 | 17th Suffolk |
| Robert J. Rohan | August 15, 1921 | 5th Hampden |
| Mark Roosevelt | December 10, 1955 | 8th Suffolk |
| Stan Rosenberg | October 12, 1949 | 3rd Hampshire |
| Susan Rourke | March 7, 1954 | 19th Middlesex |
| J. Michael Ruane | December 10, 1927 | 7th Essex |
| Byron Rushing | July 29, 1942 | 9th Suffolk |
| Alfred E. Saggese Jr. | November 21, 1946 | 20th 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 |
| Chester Suhoski | March 26, 1941 | 2nd Worcester |
| Gregory W. Sullivan | January 29, 1952 | 12th Norfolk |
| Edward B. Teague III | November 25, 1949 | 1st Barnstable |
| Alvin Thompson | May 15, 1939 | 28th Middlesex |
| Richard Tisei | August 13, 1962 | 22nd Middlesex |
| A. Stephen Tobin | July 3, 1956 | 2nd Norfolk |
| Peter G. Torkildsen | January 28, 1958 | 13th Essex |
| Roger Tougas | January 9, 1927 | 9th Bristol |
| Marilyn Travinski | June 1, 1947 | 6th Worcester |
| Philip Travis | July 2, 1940 | 4th Bristol |
| Peter Trombley | September 16, 1948 | 9th Middlesex |
| Susan Tucker (politician) | November 7, 1944 | 17th Essex |
| Eric Turkington | August 12, 1947 | Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket |
| Peter A. Vellucci | 1942 | 29th Middlesex |
| William B. Vernon | April 17, 1951 | 1st Bristol |
| Richard Voke | December 2, 1947 | 2nd Suffolk |
| Patricia Walrath | August 11, 1941 | 3rd Middlesex |
| Marian Walsh | 1954 | 10th Suffolk |
| Michael P. Walsh | | 3rd Hampden |
| Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician) | July 15, 1960 | 12th Essex |
| Francis H. Woodward | March 17, 1939 | 9th Norfolk |