1959–1960 Massachusetts Legislature

picture info	1959–1960 Massachusetts Legislature The 161st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1959 and 1960 during the Governor of Massachusetts, governorship of Foster Furcolo. John E. Powers served as President of the Massachusetts Senate, president of the Senate and John F. Thompson (politician), John F. Thompson served as List of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, speaker of the House. Senators Representatives See also * 86th United States Congress * List of Massachusetts General Courts References Further reading * External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:1959-1960 Massachusetts legislature Political history of Massachusetts Massachusetts legislative sessions 1959 U.S. legislative sessions, massachusetts 1959 in Massachusetts 1960 U.S. legislative sessions, massachusetts 1960 in Massachusetts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Massachusetts General Court The Massachusetts General Court (formally styled the General Court of Massachusetts) is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name "General Court" is a hold-over from the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when the colonial assembly, in addition to making laws, sat as a judicial court of appeals. Before the adoption of the state constitution in 1780, it was called the ''Great and General Court'', but the official title was shortened by John Adams, author of the state constitution. It is a bicameral body. The upper house is the Massachusetts Senate which is composed of 40 members. The lower body, the Massachusetts House of Representatives, has 160 members. (Until 1978, it had 240 members.) It meets in the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill in Boston. The current President of the Senate is Karen Spilka, and the Speaker of the House is Ronald Mariano. Since 1959, Democrats have controlled both houses of the Massachusetts General Court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1953 Harold Wilson Canavan Massachusetts House Of Representatives Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia. The CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the UFO phenomenon. * January 15 – Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken. * January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. * January 24 Mau Mau Uprising: Rebels in Kenya kill the Ruck family (father, mother, and six-year-old son). Leader of East Germany Walter Ulbricht announces that agriculture will be collectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]