162nd_Massachusetts_General_Court_(1961–1962)

1961–1962 Massachusetts legislature

1961–1962 Massachusetts legislature

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The 162nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1961 and 1962 during the governorship of John Volpe. John E. Powers served as president of the Senate and John F. Thompson served as speaker of the House.[5] In 1962, the General Court expanded the University of Massachusetts outside of the Amherst campus with the creation of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester.[6][7]

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John Powers, Senate president.
John Thompson, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1961.

Senators

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Representatives

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References

  1. [1]
    "Directory of State Legislators: Massachusetts", Book of the States (PDF), Chicago: Council of State Governments, 1961, Supplement I, February 1961
  2. [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
  3. [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. [4]
    "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  5. [5]
    "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
  6. [6]
    Feldberg, Michael (2015). UMass Boston at 50: A Fiftieth-Anniversary History of the University of Massachusetts Boston. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-1625341693.
  7. [7]
    More, Ellen S. (2012). The University of Massachusetts Medical School, A History: Integrating Primary Care and Biomedical Research. Worcester, MA: University of Massachusetts Medical School. p. 16. doi:10.13028/e2m6-hs02.
  8. [8]
    1961-1962 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1961.
  9. [9]
    "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1961" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  10. [10]
    Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905

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