1910 Massachusetts legislature
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The 131st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1910 during the governorship of Eben Sumner Draper. Allen T. Treadway served as president of the Senate and Joseph Walker served as speaker of the House.[4]
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 2, 1909 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Allen T. Treadway | ||||
| Party control | Republican (33–7)[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | Joseph Walker | ||||
| Party control | Republican (169–69–2)[2] | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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Allen Treadway, Senate president.
Joseph Walker, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1910.
Senators
edit| image | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district [6] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gideon B. Abbott | |||
| Frank P. Bennett Jr. | December 30, 1878 | 7th Middlesex | |
| Charles V. Blanchard | February 2, 1866 | ||
| Clifford B. Bray | |||
| George Bunting | August 31, 1868 | ||
| Lewis Burnham | |||
| John J. Butler | |||
| J. Howell Crosby | |||
| Daniel E. Denny | July 14, 1845 | ||
| James H. Doyle | |||
| Wilmot R. Evans Jr. | |||
| Dennis E. Farley | June 12, 1852 | ||
| Levi H. Greenwood | December 22, 1872 | ||
| John L. Harvey | December 5, 1857 | ||
| Joseph H. Hibbard | |||
| Eugene Hultman | July 13, 1875 | ||
| Roland M. Keith | March 16, 1847 | ||
| Joseph P. Lomasney | |||
| Daniel D. Mahoney | |||
| John F. Meaney | |||
| Walter B. Mellen | |||
| Henry C. Mulligan | |||
| Melvin S. Nash | August 3, 1857 | ||
| Arthur L. Nason | October 24, 1872 | ||
| George H. Newhall | October 24, 1850 | ||
| Patrick H. O'Connor | 1882 | ||
| W. Prentiss Parker | December 11, 1857 | ||
| John H. Pickford | September 9, 1849 | ||
| John L. Rankin | |||
| Bradley M. Rockwood | May 24, 1862 | ||
| Samuel Ross | February 2, 1865 | ||
| Thorndike Spalding | |||
| Richard S. Teeling | |||
| George H. Tinkham | October 29, 1870 | ||
| James E. Tolman | November 8, 1867 | ||
| Allen T. Treadway | September 16, 1867 | ||
| Joseph Turner | |||
| William Turtle | |||
| Thomas S. Walsh | 1859 | ||
| John E. White | December 13, 1873 |
Representatives
edit| image | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district [6] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur S. Adams | February 14, 1869 | ||
| David C. Ahearn | November 4, 1879 | 7th Middlesex | |
| Raymond C. Allen | |||
| William M. Armstrong | August 17, 1850 | ||
| Seth Fenelon Arnold | December 21, 1878 | ||
| Alfred Arseneault | January 3, 1869 | ||
| Charles W. Atkins | June 22, 1854 | ||
| William B. Avery | July 11, 1856 | ||
| Erson B. Barlow | October 20, 1883 | ||
| John J. Barry | January 4, 1877 | ||
| Benjamin Fred Bates | May 3, 1862 | ||
| Albert Batley | |||
| Edwin A. Bayley | July 30, 1862 | ||
| Charles Sumner Beal | August 14, 1856 | ||
| James W. Bean | May 11, 1866 | ||
| George F. Bean | |||
| William A. Bellamy | |||
| Alvin E. Bliss | |||
| Henry Bond | |||
| William Booth | June 21, 1862 | ||
| Henry E. Bothfeld | March 4, 1859 | ||
| Samuel H. Boutwell | |||
| Israel Brayton | |||
| Lincoln Breckenridge | |||
| Arthur B. Breed | June 30, 1857 | ||
| Francis J. Brennan | |||
| George A. Brigham | |||
| Michael J. Brophy | |||
| Charles H. Brown | January 19, 1879 | ||
| Joseph B. Brown | |||
| Robert F. Brown | May 4, 1865 | ||
| Alfred J. Burckel | August 7, 1860 | ||
| William R. Burke | July 14, 1870 | ||
| Timothy F. Callahan | September 5, 1881 | ||
| Robert B. Campbell | September 28, 1880 | ||
| Ignatius J. Carleton | August 7, 1866 | ||
| Cornelius J. Carmody | January 11, 1867 | ||
| Charles L. Carr | December 25, 1876 | ||
| John Carr | |||
| James F. Cavanagh | |||
| Fred P. Chapman | |||
| Arthur Preston Chase | January 25, 1866 | ||
| J. Dudley Clark | |||
| Zebedee E. Cliff | September 23, 1864 | ||
| Samuel F. Coffin | December 27, 1851 | ||
| John Henry Cogswell | July 4, 1875 | ||
| Edward D. Collins | 1878 | ||
| Francis L. Colpoys | |||
| Harrison J. Conant | |||
| Martin F. Conley | April 27, 1870 | ||
| John J. Conway | |||
| Leon M. Conwell | April 15, 1870 | ||
| Thomas F. Coogan | |||
| James H. L. Coon | |||
| John S. Cormack | June 7, 1875 | ||
| Channing H. Cox | October 28, 1879 | ||
| Samuel V. Crane | October 4, 1855 | ||
| Russell D. Crane | |||
| Courtenay Crocker | February 4, 1881 | ||
| Daniel Francis Cronin | |||
| Thomas S. Cuff | |||
| Harry R. Cumming | |||
| John B. Cummings | |||
| John Henry Curtiss | |||
| Frank Curtiss | |||
| Grafton D. Cushing | August 4, 1864 | ||
| Alfred W. Cushman | |||
| Edward D. Cushman | |||
| Francis L. Daly | |||
| Thomas Davies | February 11, 1875 | ||
| Arthur S. Davis | |||
| Parker S. Davis | January 4, 1863 | ||
| Charles A. Dean | March 26, 1856 | ||
| Louis N. M. DesChenes | April 7, 1872 | ||
| Clifford H. Dickson | |||
| George E. Doane | |||
| John L. Donovan | June 3, 1876 | ||
| George L. Dow | |||
| Charles E. Dow | |||
| Andrew P. Doyle | August 15, 1869 | ||
| Francis M. Ducey | |||
| Lawrence J. Dugan | |||
| John F. Dwyer | |||
| Charles E. Ebsen | |||
| Charles N. Edgell | |||
| Henry Allen Ellis | November 5, 1879 | ||
| George H. Ellis | October 3, 1848 | ||
| Charles E. Elwell | |||
| Freeman O. Emerson | |||
| Winthrop H. Fairbank | |||
| Wilton B. Fay | |||
| William F. Fletcher | |||
| Clarence J. Fogg | July 10, 1853 | ||
| Fred W. Ford | |||
| Charles M. Gardner | |||
| William H. Gifford | January 20, 1851 | ||
| Ellery L. Goff | |||
| Joseph J. Goode | |||
| Joseph D. Gowing | |||
| William J. Graham | October 2, 1873 | ||
| Julius Guild | March 30, 1850 | ||
| John W. Haigis | July 31, 1881 | ||
| Richard Walden Hale | 1871 | ||
| Homer A. Hall | November 24, 1871 | ||
| William Halliday | |||
| James A. Halliday | |||
| Harry H. Ham | |||
| Oscar C. Hammarstrom | October 18, 1877 | ||
| Portus B. Hancock | February 19, 1836 | ||
| Leonard F. Hardy | |||
| Frank O. Hardy | |||
| Edward F. Harrington (state representative) | August 10, 1878 | ||
| Edward R. Hathaway | |||
| James A. Hatton | |||
| John J. Hayes | October 14, 1875 | ||
| Martin Hays | October 14, 1876 | ||
| Michael A. Henebery | |||
| William A. Hester | |||
| William P. Hickey | November 17, 1871 | ||
| Clarence Whitman Hobbs Jr. | October 1, 1878 | ||
| Henry E. Holbrook | March 21, 1870 | ||
| Joseph W. Holden | October 10, 1867 | ||
| Samuel M. Holman | 1862 | ||
| John P. Holmgren | |||
| Charles T. Holt | August 1, 1845 | ||
| Harry R. Holt | |||
| Edgar G. Holt | |||
| Frank E. Holt | |||
| William N. Howard | |||
| John J. Hughes | |||
| Lyman E. Hurd | |||
| Maurice Kane | |||
| John E. Kearns | |||
| David P. Keefe | September 29, 1855 | ||
| Sidney B. Keene | January 10, 1861 | ||
| James H. Kelly | November 14, 1870 | ||
| Daniel W. Kendrick | |||
| Charles T. Killpartrick | |||
| James L. Kimball | |||
| Orvis F. Kinney | May 23, 1880 | ||
| James H. Knight | October 11, 1876 | ||
| Wilfrid J. Lamoureux | December 13, 1869 | ||
| Louis F. R. Langelier | |||
| Albert P. Langtry | July 27, 1860 | ||
| Frank H. Lanman | |||
| Louis Leland | |||
| J. Henry Leonard | September 18, 1879 | ||
| Charles Lewin | |||
| Paul I. Lombard | |||
| Savillion W. Longley | |||
| David Mancovitz | August 15, 1877 | ||
| George Edward Marchand | December 22, 1877 | ||
| Charles F. McCarthy | August 15, 1876 | ||
| Daniel J. McCarthy | |||
| Thomas F. McCullough | |||
| Michael F. McGrath | |||
| Robert K. McKirdy | |||
| Timothy J. Meade | November 7, 1874 | ||
| Charles C. Mellen | |||
| James H. Mellen | November 7, 1845 | ||
| Adin A. Messinger | |||
| Julius Meyers | December 6, 1854 | ||
| Samuel H. Mildram | |||
| David T. Montague | |||
| Charles A. Montgomery | |||
| William S. Moore | February 23, 1843 | ||
| Charles H. Morrill | October 6, 1874 | ||
| William G. Moseley (Massachusetts politician) | October 31, 1858 | ||
| W. Fred Munroe | |||
| William J. Murray | October 7, 1885 | ||
| Clarence V. Nickerson | |||
| Edward T. J. Noonan | |||
| Albin F. Nordbeck | |||
| James M. Noyes | |||
| Michael F. O'Brien | September 18, 1878 | ||
| William H. O'Brien | September 9, 1864 | ||
| Francis D. O'Donnell | |||
| Dennis A. O'Neil | June 16, 1882 | ||
| James Oliver | June 28, 1836 | ||
| Joseph A. Parks | May 2, 1877 | ||
| Asa L. Pattee | |||
| William E. Payson | |||
| Waldo H. Peirce | |||
| Harry A. Penniman | |||
| Laurence S. Perry | |||
| Walter K. Perry | |||
| Harry L. Pierce | |||
| Frank H. Pope | March 7, 1854 | ||
| James F. Powers | October 1, 1872 | ||
| Joel L. Powers | |||
| Arthur Franklin Priest | |||
| Francis X. Quigley | November 20, 1882 | ||
| Martin Lewis Quinn | January 19, 1862 | ||
| Joseph J. Reed | |||
| George A. Reed | |||
| George A. Ricker | |||
| Thomas P. Riley | July 11, 1875 | ||
| Leonard G. Roberts | |||
| William M. Robinson | July 21, 1875 | ||
| George B. M. Robinson | |||
| John E. Rousmaniere | |||
| Thomas Ryan | |||
| Ralph Sargent | December 5, 1848 | ||
| Amos T. Saunders | |||
| Alfred Scigliano | |||
| Michael J. Scully | |||
| Samuel A. Segee | |||
| Benjamin Sharp | 1858 | ||
| David B. Shaw | |||
| Frank H. Smith | |||
| Theodore L. Sorenson | |||
| George H. Stevens | |||
| Arthur M. Stone | |||
| Elisha D. Stone | |||
| Arthur D. Story | |||
| Franklin Sturgis Jr. | October 18, 1883 | ||
| Lynde Sullivan | |||
| Daniel L. Sullivan | October 16, 1878 | ||
| George Swann | July 18, 1859 | ||
| James R. Tetler | August 26, 1877 | ||
| William R. Thomas | September 24, 1871 | ||
| Nathan A. Tufts | April 15, 1879 | ||
| Robert N. Turner | |||
| Robb dePeyster Tytus | February 2, 1876 | ||
| Charles L. Underhill | July 20, 1867 | ||
| Alton A. Upton | |||
| Thomas M. Vinson | |||
| Joseph Walker (Massachusetts speaker) | 1865 | ||
| Clarence A. Warren | |||
| Robert M. Washburn | January 4, 1868 | ||
| Wickliffe H. Waterhouse | |||
| William L. Waugh | |||
| Henry Gordon Wells | October 12, 1879 | ||
| Thomas W. White | January 10, 1876 | ||
| Norman H. White | December 25, 1871 | ||
| Isaac E. Willetts | November 8, 1879 | ||
| Ernest A. Witt | |||
| Roger Wolcott | July 25, 1877 | ||
| Russell A. Wood |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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
- ^ "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
- ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
- ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
- ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1910.
- ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1910" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
Further reading
edit- Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections (1909), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1910, hdl:2452/43501
- Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1910. A. M. Bridgman. 1910.
- Who's Who in State Politics: 1910. Boston: Practical Politics. 1910.
- "The Eight-Hour Day and Prohibition of Night Work. Report of Public Hearing before Committee on Labor, General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts February, 1910". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 35: 239–274. 1910. JSTOR 1011414.
External links
edit- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1910, hdl:2452/429127
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1910, hdl:2452/73498