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2011–2012 Massachusetts legislature

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187th
Massachusetts General Court
186th 188th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 5, 2011 (2011-01-05) [1] –  ()
Election2010 Massachusetts general election
Senate
Members40 [2]
PresidentTherese Murray
Party controlDemocrat[2]
House
Members160
SpeakerRobert DeLeo
Party controlDemocrat[3]
Therese Murray
Therese Murray, Senate president.
Robert DeLeo
Robert DeLeo, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 2011-2012.

The 187th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2011 and 2012 during the governorship of Deval Patrick. Therese Murray served as president of the Senate and Robert DeLeo served as speaker of the House.[4]

Discussion topics included the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.[5]

Senators

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portrait name [6] date of birth district [7]
Frederick Berry December 20, 1949 2nd Essex
Stephen Brewer February 10, 1948
Will Brownsberger March 21, 1957
Gale D. Candaras 1949
Harriette L. Chandler December 20, 1937
Sonia Chang-Díaz March 31, 1978
Katherine Clark July 17, 1963
Cynthia Stone Creem September 17, 1942
Sal DiDomenico June 20, 1971
Ken Donnelly July 15, 1950
Eileen Donoghue 1954
Benjamin Downing September 11, 1981
Jamie Eldridge August 11, 1973
Susan Fargo August 27, 1942
Barry Finegold March 3, 1971
Jennifer Flanagan September 5, 1975
Jack Hart (state senator) April 21, 1961
Robert L. Hedlund July 12, 1961
Patricia D. Jehlen October 14, 1943
Brian A. Joyce September 5, 1962
John F. Keenan (state senator) 1964
Thomas P. Kennedy August 15, 1951
Michael Knapik February 11, 1963
Thomas M. McGee December 15, 1955
Mark Montigny June 20, 1961
Michael O. Moore January 17, 1963
Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943
Therese Murray October 10, 1947
Marc Pacheco October 29, 1952
Anthony Petruccelli October 2, 1972
Michael Rodrigues (politician) May 30, 1959
Stan Rosenberg October 12, 1949
Richard J. Ross July 6, 1954
Mike Rush November 30, 1973
Karen Spilka January 11, 1953
Bruce Tarr January 2, 1964
James E. Timilty
James T. Welch December 22, 1975
Dan Wolf August 11, 1957

Representatives

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portrait name [8] date of birth district [7]
Paul Adams (Massachusetts politician) 17th Essex
Kevin Aguiar 1972
Denise Andrews July 14, 1959
James Arciero August 27, 1974
Brian Ashe April 23, 1963
Cory Atkins February 10, 1949
Demetrius Atsalis March 31, 1964
Bruce Ayers April 17, 1962
Ruth Balser October 30, 1948
F. Jay Barrows April 5, 1956
Carlo Basile June 29, 1971
Matthew Beaton July 27, 1978
Jennifer Benson
John Binienda June 22, 1947
Nicholas Boldyga
Garrett Bradley July 4, 1970
Michael Brady (politician)
Paul A. Brodeur April 24, 1964
Will Brownsberger March 21, 1957
Antonio Cabral January 26, 1955
Thomas Calter
Linda Dean Campbell
Christine Canavan January 25, 1950
James Cantwell October 25, 1966
Gailanne Cariddi November 1, 1953
Tackey Chan August 10, 1973
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera February 21, 1964
Nick Collins (politician) August 26, 1982
Tom Conroy July 7, 1962
Edward F. Coppinger
Michael A. Costello May 5, 1965
Geraldine Creedon September 26, 1945
Sean Curran (politician) August 23, 1977
Mark Cusack 1984
Angelo D'Emilia
Robert DeLeo (politician) March 27, 1950
Vinny deMacedo October 16, 1965
Brian Dempsey (politician) September 30, 1966
Marcos Devers October 25, 1950
Geoff Diehl April 23, 1969
Stephen DiNatale
Paul Donato October 27, 1941
Peter Durant
James J. Dwyer
Carolyn Dykema December 26, 1967
Lori Ehrlich June 9, 1963
Christopher Fallon June 7, 1953
Tricia Farley-Bouvier
Ryan Fattman July 1, 1984
Robert Fennell June 26, 1956
Kimberly Ferguson
John V. Fernandes November 16, 1952
Ann-Margaret Ferrante June 26, 1972
Michael Finn March 24, 1970
Linda Dorcena Forry November 1, 1973
Gloria Fox March 18, 1942
John Fresolo October 11, 1964
Paul Frost April 25, 1970
William C. Galvin October 18, 1956
Sean Garballey February 22, 1985
Denise Garlick
Colleen Garry July 21, 1962
Susan Williams Gifford November 3, 1959
Anne Gobi December 27, 1962
Thomas Golden Jr. March 5, 1971
Patricia Haddad May 7, 1950
Sheila Harrington 1960
Jon Hecht
Carlos Henriquez
Bradford Hill January 22, 1967
Kate Hogan January 15, 1957
Russell Holmes August 17, 1969
Kevin Honan June 5, 1958
Steve Howitt
Donald Humason Jr. July 31, 1967
Randy Hunt (politician) August 24, 1957
Bradley Jones Jr. January 9, 1965
Louis Kafka November 28, 1945
Michael F. Kane June 10, 1967
Jay R. Kaufman May 4, 1947
John D. Keenan April 4, 1965
Kay Khan June 22, 1941
Peter Kocot September 18, 1956
Robert Koczera November 25, 1953
Stephen Kulik August 3, 1950
Kevin Kuros February 7, 1965
John J. Lawn
Steven Levy (politician)
Jason Lewis (Massachusetts politician) April 19, 1968
David Linsky October 16, 1957
Marc Lombardo
James J. Lyons Jr.
Timothy Madden
John J. Mahoney
Liz Malia September 30, 1949
Ronald Mariano October 31, 1946
Paul Mark
Christopher Markey
Paul McMurtry October 28, 1965
Jim Miceli March 25, 1935
Aaron Michlewitz 1978
Michael Moran (Massachusetts politician) February 23, 1971
Charles A. Murphy August 11, 1965
James M. Murphy November 15, 1969
Kevin J. Murphy (politician) November 27, 1952
David Nangle December 18, 1960
Harold Naughton Jr. July 4, 1960
Rhonda Nyman
Shaunna O'Connell March 14, 1970
Jim O'Day May 23, 1954
Eugene O'Flaherty July 20, 1968
Keiko Orrall September 8, 1967
Jerry Parisella 1901
Sarah Peake October 4, 1957
Vincent Pedone March 15, 1967
Alice Peisch October 4, 1954
George N. Peterson Jr. July 8, 1950
Thomas Petrolati March 16, 1957
William "Smitty" Pignatelli August 31, 1959
Denise Provost March 9, 1951
Angelo Puppolo
Kathi-Anne Reinstein January 31, 1971
John H. Rogers October 22, 1964
Dennis Rosa
George T. Ross November 3, 1949
Byron Rushing July 29, 1942
Jeffrey Sanchez (politician) July 18, 1969
Tom Sannicandro March 22, 1956
Angelo Scaccia September 29, 1942
Paul Schmid
John Scibak May 4, 1953
Carl Sciortino July 6, 1978
Stephen Stat Smith May 25, 1955
Frank Smizik September 4, 1944
Todd Smola 1977
Theodore C. Speliotis August 20, 1953
Harriett Stanley March 30, 1950
Ellen Story October 17, 1941
William M. Straus June 26, 1956
David B. Sullivan June 6, 1953
Benjamin Swan September 18, 1933
Walter Timilty July 19, 1969
Timothy J. Toomey Jr. June 7, 1953
David Torrisi September 18, 1968
Cleon Turner December 29, 1945
David Vieira (politician)
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician) May 7, 1960
Chris Walsh (politician) May 20, 1951
Steven Walsh September 11, 1973
Martha M. Walz July 7, 1961
Daniel K. Webster April 2, 1964
Daniel Winslow May 13, 1958
Alice Wolf December 24, 1933
Donald Wong January 15, 1952

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dates of 2011 state legislative sessions", Ballotpedia.org, retrieved September 6, 2020
  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. ^ "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. ^ Matt Stout (February 8, 2020), "Robert DeLeo is longest-serving House speaker in Massachusetts history", Boston Globe
  5. ^ Greenway Conservancy Reform Bill - State House Hearing. Northendwaterfront.com. March 12, 2012 – via YouTube. State Joint Committee on Transportation held a public hearing on March 12, 2012 regarding proposed legislation, An Act Relative to the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
  6. ^ "Members of the Senate". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012.
  7. ^ a b Court, Massachusetts General (2011). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/423321.
  8. ^ "Members of the House of Representatives". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012.
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