2001–2002 Massachusetts legislature

182nd
Massachusetts General Court
182nd; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	January 3, 2001 – December 31, 2002
Senate
Members	40
President	Tom Birmingham
Majority Leader	Linda Melconian
Majority Whip	Robert Travaglini
Minority Leader	Brian Lees
Minority Whip	Richard Tisei
Party control	Democratic
House
Members	160
Speaker	Thomas Finneran
Majority Leader	William P. Nagle Jr.
Majority Whip	Salvatore DiMasi
Minority Leader	Francis L. Marini (2001–2002); Bradley Jones Jr. (2002)
Minority Whip	George N. Peterson Jr.
Party control	Democratic

Tom Birmingham, Senate president.

Thomas Finneran, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 2001-2002.

The 182nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2001 and 2002 during the governorships of Paul Cellucci and Jane Swift. Tom Birmingham served as president of the Senate and Thomas Finneran served as speaker of the House.^[4]

Senators

name ^[5]	date of birth ^[6]	district ^[6]
Robert A. Antonioni	July 15, 1958
Frederick Berry	December 20, 1949	2nd Essex
Tom Birmingham	August 4, 1949
Stephen Brewer	February 10, 1948
Harriette L. Chandler	December 20, 1937
Edward J. Clancy Jr.	June 30, 1950
Robert Creedon	November 13, 1942
Cynthia Stone Creem	September 17, 1942
Susan Fargo	August 27, 1942
Guy Glodis	February 15, 1969
Robert Havern III	July 17, 1949
Robert L. Hedlund	July 12, 1961
Cheryl Jacques	February 17, 1962
James Jajuga	December 12, 1946
Brian A. Joyce	September 5, 1962
Michael Knapik	February 11, 1963
Brian Lees	July 25, 1953
Stephen F. Lynch	March 31, 1955
David P. Magnani	May 24, 1944
Linda Melconian
Joan Menard	September 6, 1935
Mark Montigny	June 20, 1961
Richard T. Moore	August 7, 1943
Michael W. Morrissey	August 2, 1954
Therese Murray	October 10, 1947
Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr.	February 26, 1964
Robert O'Leary	January 24, 1946
Marc Pacheco	October 29, 1952
Steven C. Panagiotakos	November 26, 1959
Pam Resor	1942
Stan Rosenberg	October 12, 1949
Charles E. Shannon Jr.	August 31, 1943
Jo Ann Sprague	November 3, 1931
Bruce Tarr	January 2, 1964
Richard Tisei	August 13, 1962
Steven Tolman	October 2, 1954
Robert Travaglini	July 20, 1952
Susan Tucker (politician)	November 7, 1944
Marian Walsh	1954
Dianne Wilkerson	May 2, 1955

Representatives

name ^[7]	date of birth ^[6]	district ^[6]
Christopher P. Asselin	March 10, 1969	9th Hampden
Cory Atkins	February 10, 1949
Demetrius Atsalis	March 31, 1964
Bruce Ayers	April 17, 1962
Ruth Balser	October 30, 1948
Jarrett Barrios	October 16, 1969
John Binienda	June 22, 1947
Deborah Blumer	October 18, 1941
Daniel E. Bosley	December 9, 1953
Garrett Bradley	July 4, 1970
Arthur Broadhurst	September 28, 1964
Scott Brown (politician)	September 12, 1959
David Bunker
Stephen Buoniconti	September 4, 1969
Antonio Cabral	January 26, 1955
Michael P. Cahill	December 12, 1961
Christine Canavan	January 25, 1950
Gale D. Candaras	1949
Paul Caron	November 15, 1955
Mark Carron	July 8, 1962
Paul Casey	February 26, 1961
Vincent P. Ciampa	April 15, 1945
Carol Cleven	November 2, 1928
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera	February 21, 1964
Edward G. Connolly	August 22, 1928
Michael J. Coppola	December 7, 1942
Robert Correia	January 3, 1939
Geraldine Creedon	September 26, 1945
Brian Cresta	April 22, 1969
Robert DeLeo (politician)	March 27, 1950
Vinny deMacedo	October 16, 1965
Paul C. Demakis	July 9, 1953
Brian Dempsey (politician)	September 30, 1966
Salvatore DiMasi	August 11, 1945
Paul Donato	October 27, 1941
David Donnelly	June 7, 1956
Carol A. Donovan	June 5, 1937
James H. Fagan	October 13, 1947
Christopher Fallon	June 7, 1953
Mark Falzone	June 14, 1975
Robert Fennell	June 26, 1956
Mike Festa	May 9, 1954
Barry Finegold	March 3, 1971
Thomas Finneran	January 2, 1950
Kevin W. Fitzgerald	1950
Nancy Flavin	June 26, 1950
Marie St. Fleur	May 4, 1962
David Lawrence Flynn	February 5, 1933
Gloria Fox	March 18, 1942
John Fresolo	October 11, 1964
Paul Frost	April 25, 1970
William C. Galvin	October 18, 1956
Colleen Garry	July 21, 1962
Thomas N. George	May 2, 1938
Emile Goguen	March 16, 1933
Brian Paul Golden	February 2, 1965
Thomas Golden Jr.	March 5, 1971
Shirley Gomes	January 23, 1940
William G. Greene Jr.	April 24, 1940
Patricia Haddad	May 7, 1950
Cele Hahn	March 21, 1942
Geoff Hall (politician)	October 10, 1948
Robert S. Hargraves	October 14, 1936
Lida E. Harkins	January 24, 1944
Jack Hart (state senator)	April 21, 1961
Shirley Owens Hicks	April 22, 1942
Bradford Hill	January 22, 1967
Reed V. Hillman	November 30, 1948
Christopher Hodgkins	August 24, 1957
Kevin Honan	June 5, 1958
Frank Hynes	December 23, 1940
Patricia D. Jehlen	October 14, 1943
Bradley Jones Jr.	January 9, 1965
Louis Kafka	November 28, 1945
Michael F. Kane	June 10, 1967
Rachel Kaprielian	June 24, 1968
Jay R. Kaufman	May 4, 1947
Daniel F. Keenan	February 15, 1961
Shaun P. Kelly	March 13, 1964
Thomas P. Kennedy	August 15, 1951
Kay Khan	June 22, 1941
Brian Knuuttila	February 22, 1957
Robert Koczera	November 25, 1953
Peter Koutoujian	September 17, 1961
Paul Kujawski	August 26, 1953
Stephen Kulik	August 3, 1950
Peter J. Larkin	December 23, 1953
James Leary	March 27, 1967
Stephen LeDuc	February 29, 1968
John Lepper	December 22, 1934
Maryanne Lewis	1963
David Linsky	October 16, 1957
John A. Locke (Massachusetts politician)	November 27, 1962
Paul Loscocco	March 7, 1962
Liz Malia	September 30, 1949
Ronald Mariano	October 31, 1946
Francis L. Marini	March 5, 1949
Jim Marzilli	May 8, 1958
Thomas M. McGee	December 15, 1955
John Merrigan	May 2, 1961
Jim Miceli	March 25, 1935
Charles A. Murphy	August 11, 1965
Kevin J. Murphy (politician)	November 27, 1952
William P. Nagle Jr.	June 10, 1951
David Nangle	December 18, 1960
Harold Naughton Jr.	July 4, 1960
Robert Nyman	August 20, 1960
Thomas J. O'Brien (Massachusetts politician)	March 15, 1964
Eugene O'Flaherty	July 20, 1968
Marie Parente	May 22, 1928
Matthew Patrick (politician)	April 1, 1952
Anne Paulsen	August 8, 1936
Vincent Pedone	March 15, 1967
Douglas W. Petersen	March 7, 1948
George N. Peterson Jr.	July 8, 1950
Thomas Petrolati	March 16, 1957
Anthony Petruccelli	October 2, 1972
Elizabeth Poirier	October 27, 1942
Karyn Polito	November 11, 1966
Susan Pope	October 9, 1942
Ruth Provost	August 9, 1949
John F. Quinn	April 7, 1963
Kathi-Anne Reinstein	January 31, 1971
Michael Rodrigues (politician)	May 30, 1959
Mary Rogeness	May 18, 1941
George Rogers (Massachusetts politician)	August 2, 1933
John H. Rogers	October 22, 1964
J. Michael Ruane	December 10, 1927
Byron Rushing	July 29, 1942
José L. Santiago
Angelo Scaccia	September 29, 1942
Mary Jane Simmons	May 14, 1953
John P. Slattery	April 5, 1958
Frank Smizik	September 4, 1944
Theodore C. Speliotis	August 20, 1953
Robert Spellane	March 5, 1970
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
Joseph Sullivan (mayor)	March 1, 1959
Benjamin Swan	September 18, 1933
Kathleen Teahan	June 11, 1947
Walter Timilty	July 19, 1969
Paul Tirone	February 8, 1951
A. Stephen Tobin	July 3, 1956
Timothy J. Toomey Jr.	June 7, 1953
David Torrisi	September 18, 1968
Philip Travis	July 2, 1940
Eric Turkington	August 12, 1947
James E. Vallee	July 24, 1966
Anthony Verga	April 26, 1935
Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician)	May 7, 1960
Patricia Walrath	August 11, 1941
Marty Walsh	April 10, 1967
Alice Wolf	December 24, 1933

References

^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
^ ^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
^ ^a ^b "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
^ "The 182nd General Court of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts". State.ma.us. Archived from the original on April 14, 2001.
^ "Commonwealth of Massachusetts: List of members of the 182nd General Court (2001-2002)". State.ma.us. Archived from the original on April 13, 2001. Senate
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 2001-2002", Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2002, hdl:2452/796531
^ "Commonwealth of Massachusetts: the 182nd General Court, House of Representatives (2001-2002)". State.ma.us. Archived from the original on April 13, 2001. List of Members

External links

2001–2002 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston – via Internet Archive.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "2000 State Senate General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "2000 State Representative General Election". Sec.state.ma.us.
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 2001-2002, hdl:2452/630106
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 2001, hdl:2452/119339
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 2002, hdl:2452/119340

[1] "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.

[CompSenate-2] "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

[CompHouse-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] "The 182nd General Court of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts". State.ma.us. Archived from the original on April 14, 2001.

[5] "Commonwealth of Massachusetts: List of members of the 182nd General Court (2001-2002)". State.ma.us. Archived from the original on April 13, 2001. Senate

[Register-6] "Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 2001-2002", Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2002, hdl:2452/796531

[7] "Commonwealth of Massachusetts: the 182nd General Court, House of Representatives (2001-2002)". State.ma.us. Archived from the original on April 13, 2001. List of Members

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2001–2002 Massachusetts legislature

Senators

Representatives

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