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186th
Massachusetts General Court
←185th 187th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermJanuary 7, 2009 (2009-01-07) –  ()
Election2008 Massachusetts general election
Senate
Members40 [1]
PresidentTherese Murray
Majority LeaderFrederick Berry
Majority WhipJoan Menard
Minority LeaderRichard Tisei
Minority WhipRobert L. Hedlund
Party controlDemocrat[1]
House
Members160
SpeakerRobert DeLeo
Majority LeaderJames E. Vallee
Majority WhipRonald Mariano
Minority LeaderBradley Jones Jr.
Minority WhipBradford Hill
Party controlDemocrat[2]
Therese Murray
Therese Murray, Senate president.
Robert DeLeo
Robert DeLeo, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 2009-2010.

The 186th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2009 and 2010 during the governorship of Deval Patrick. Therese Murray served as president of the Senate and Robert DeLeo served as speaker of the House.[3]

Senators

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portrait name [4] date of birth district [5]
Steven Baddour 1969 1st Essex
Frederick Berry December 20, 1949
Stephen Brewer February 10, 1948
Stephen Buoniconti September 4, 1969
Gale D. Candaras 1949
Harriette L. Chandler December 20, 1937
Sonia Chang-Díaz March 31, 1978
Cynthia Stone Creem September 17, 1942
Sal DiDomenico June 20, 1971
Ken Donnelly July 15, 1950
Benjamin Downing September 11, 1981
Jamie Eldridge August 11, 1973
Susan Fargo August 27, 1942
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
Thomas P. Kennedy August 15, 1951
Michael Knapik February 11, 1963
Thomas M. McGee December 15, 1955
Joan Menard September 6, 1935
Mark Montigny June 20, 1961
Michael O. Moore January 17, 1963
Richard T. Moore August 7, 1943
Michael W. Morrissey August 2, 1954
Therese Murray October 10, 1947
Robert O'Leary January 24, 1946
Marc Pacheco October 29, 1952
Steven C. Panagiotakos November 26, 1959
Anthony Petruccelli October 2, 1972
Stan Rosenberg October 12, 1949
Richard J. Ross July 6, 1954
Karen Spilka January 11, 1953
Bruce Tarr January 2, 1964
James E. Timilty
Richard Tisei August 13, 1962
Steven Tolman October 2, 1954
Susan Tucker (politician) November 7, 1944
Marian Walsh 1954

Representatives

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portrait name [6] date of birth district [5]
Kevin Aguiar 1972 7th Bristol
Geraldo Alicea September 27, 1963
Willie Mae Allen February 11, 1937
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
Jennifer Benson
John Binienda June 22, 1947
Daniel E. Bosley December 9, 1953
Bill Bowles
Garrett Bradley July 4, 1970
Michael Brady (politician)
Will Brownsberger March 21, 1957
Antonio Cabral January 26, 1955
Jennifer Callahan August 24, 1964
Thomas Calter
Linda Dean Campbell
Christine Canavan January 25, 1950
Stephen Canessa 1980
James Cantwell October 25, 1966
Katherine Clark July 17, 1963
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera February 21, 1964
Tom Conroy July 7, 1962
Michael A. Costello May 5, 1965
Geraldine Creedon September 26, 1945
Sean Curran (politician) August 23, 1977
Steven D'Amico February 21, 1953
Robert DeLeo (politician) March 27, 1950
Vinny deMacedo October 16, 1965
Brian Dempsey (politician) September 30, 1966
Marcos Devers October 25, 1950
Stephen DiNatale
Paul Donato October 27, 1941
Christopher Donelan December 25, 1964
Joseph R. Driscoll 1970
James J. Dwyer
Carolyn Dykema December 26, 1967
Lori Ehrlich June 9, 1963
Lewis Evangelidis July 11, 1961
James H. Fagan October 13, 1947
Christopher Fallon June 7, 1953
Mark Falzone June 14, 1975
Robert Fennell June 26, 1956
John V. Fernandes November 16, 1952
Ann-Margaret Ferrante June 26, 1972
Barry Finegold March 3, 1971
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
Colleen Garry July 21, 1962
Susan Williams Gifford November 3, 1959
Anne Gobi December 27, 1962
Thomas Golden Jr. March 5, 1971
Mary E. Grant January 10, 1953
William G. Greene Jr. April 24, 1940
Danielle Gregoire
Denis Guyer July 11, 1966
Patricia Haddad May 7, 1950
Robert S. Hargraves October 14, 1936
Lida E. Harkins January 24, 1944
Jon Hecht
Bradford Hill January 22, 1967
Kate Hogan January 15, 1957
Kevin Honan June 5, 1958
Donald Humason Jr. July 31, 1967
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
Thomas P. Kennedy August 15, 1951
Kay Khan June 22, 1941
Peter Kocot September 18, 1956
Robert Koczera November 25, 1953
Peter Koutoujian September 17, 1961
Paul Kujawski August 26, 1953
Stephen Kulik August 3, 1950
Barbara L'Italien January 3, 1961
Jason Lewis (Massachusetts politician) April 19, 1968
David Linsky October 16, 1957
Timothy Madden
Liz Malia September 30, 1949
Ronald Mariano October 31, 1946
Allen McCarthy February 24, 1970
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
Jim O'Day May 23, 1954
Eugene O'Flaherty July 20, 1968
Matthew Patrick (politician) April 1, 1952
Sarah Peake October 4, 1957
Vincent Pedone March 15, 1967
Alice Peisch October 4, 1954
Jeff Perry (politician) January 8, 1964
George N. Peterson Jr. July 8, 1950
Thomas Petrolati March 16, 1957
William "Smitty" Pignatelli August 31, 1959
Elizabeth Poirier October 27, 1942
Karyn Polito November 11, 1966
Denise Provost March 9, 1951
Angelo Puppolo
John F. Quinn April 7, 1963
Kathi-Anne Reinstein January 31, 1971
Robert L. Rice Jr.
Pam Richardson
Michael Rodrigues (politician) May 30, 1959
John H. Rogers October 22, 1964
Dennis Rosa
Richard J. Ross July 6, 1954
Mike Rush November 30, 1973
Byron Rushing July 29, 1942
Jeffrey Sanchez (politician) July 18, 1969
Rosemary Sandlin May 31, 1946
Tom Sannicandro March 22, 1956
Angelo Scaccia September 29, 1942
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
Robert Spellane March 5, 1970
Christopher Speranzo October 24, 1972
Joyce Spiliotis December 27, 1946
Harriett Stanley March 30, 1950
Thomas M. Stanley March 23, 1964
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
A. Stephen Tobin July 3, 1956
Timothy J. Toomey Jr. June 7, 1953
David Torrisi September 18, 1968
Cleon Turner December 29, 1945
James E. Vallee July 24, 1966
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician) May 7, 1960
Brian P. Wallace July 26, 1949
Marty Walsh April 10, 1967
Steven Walsh September 11, 1973
Martha M. Walz July 7, 1961
Daniel K. Webster April 2, 1964
James T. Welch December 22, 1975
Alice Wolf December 24, 1933

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ Matt Stout (February 8, 2020), "Robert DeLeo is longest-serving House speaker in Massachusetts history", Boston Globe
  4. ^ "Members of the Senate". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010.
  5. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. hdl:2452/119266.
  6. ^ "Members of the House of Representatives". Malegislature.gov. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010.
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