163rd_Massachusetts_General_Court_(1963-1964)

1963–1964 Massachusetts legislature

1963–1964 Massachusetts legislature

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The 163rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1963 and 1964 during the governorship of Endicott Peabody. John E. Powers served as president of the Senate and John F. Thompson served as speaker of the House.[4]

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John Powers, Senate president.
John Thompson, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1963-1964.

On May 9, 1964, a special grand jury indicted House speaker Thompson on 29 counts of bribery.[5] On June 16, 1964, the General Court passed the bill establishing the University of Massachusetts Boston co-sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Maurice A. Donahue, Senator George V. Kenneally Jr., and House Majority Whip Robert H. Quinn along with a $200,000 appropriation.[6]

Senators

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References

  1. [1]
    "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  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]
    1963–1964 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1963 – via Internet Archive.
  5. [5]
    "Massachusetts Speaker and 25 Indicted in Corruption Inquiry", New York Times, May 9, 1964
  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. pp. 10–15. ISBN 978-1625341693.
  7. [7]
    "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1963" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  8. [8]
    Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905
  9. [9]
    State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020

Further reading

  • Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1963. hdl:2452/40796.
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