The 125th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1904 during the governorship of John L. Bates. George R. Jones served as president of the Senate and Louis A. Frothingham served as speaker of the House.[4]
| 125th Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 3, 1903 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | George R. Jones | ||||
| Party control | Republican (31–9)[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | Louis A. Frothingham | ||||
| Party control | Republican (154–85–1)[2] | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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George Jones, Senate president.
Louis Frothingham, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1904.
Senators
edit| District[5][6][7] | Portrait | Senator | Party | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex and Essex | Francis H. Appleton | Republican | June 17, 1847 | |
| First Suffolk | A. Dudley Bagley | Republican | February 27, 1869 | |
| Second Norfolk | Albion F. Bemis | Republican | July 19, 1856 | |
| First Norfolk | Albert A. Brackett | Republican | December 5, 1850 | |
| Third Bristol | William J. Bullock | Republican | January 31, 1864 | |
| Seventh Suffolk | Edward B. Callender | Republican | February 23, 1851 | |
| Second Bristol | Frank M. Chace | Republican | April 16, 1856 | |
| Fourth Worcester | Alvin B. Chamberlain | Republican | December 16, 1842 | |
| Sixth Middlesex | Chester W. Clark | Republican | August 9, 1851 | |
| Second Essex | Samuel Cole | Republican | December 15, 1856 | |
| First Essex | William F. Craig | Republican | September 15, 1866 | |
| First Middlesex | William F. Dana | Republican | June 26, 1863 | |
| Second Hampden | Thomas J. Dillon | Republican | April 20, 1869 | |
| Third Suffolk | Henry S. Fitzgerald | Democratic | October 24, 1875 | |
| Fifth Essex | Joseph J. Flynn | Democratic | May 1, 1862 | |
| Fourth Suffolk | John J. Gartland | Democratic | November 27, 1871 | |
| First Bristol | George N. Goff | Republican | July 24, 1837 | |
| Fifth Middlesex | Otis M. Gove | Republican | May 3, 1851 | |
| First Plymouth | Elisha T. Harvell | Republican | December 18, 1841 | |
| First Worcester | Frank M. Heath | Republican | September 8, 1852 | |
| Fourth Essex | Carleton F. How | Republican | April 20, 1863 | |
| Fourth Middlesex | George R. Jones | Republican | February 8, 1862 | |
| Berkshire and Hampshire | Loren P. Keyes | Republican | January 6, 1838 | |
| Third Essex | Moody Kimball | Republican | July 2, 1862 | |
| Ninth Suffolk | Daniel W. Lane | Republican | December 11, 1871 | |
| Fifth Suffolk | David Dennis Leahy | Democratic | April 15, 1876 | |
| Berkshire | William H. MacInnis | Democratic | November 22, 1861 | |
| Sixth Suffolk | Daniel V. McIsaac | Democratic | November 6, 1871 | |
| Seventh Middlesex | James H. McKinley | Republican | May 21, 1860 | |
| Second Worcester | John P. Munroe | Republican | June 28, 1850 | |
| Franklin and Hampshire | Herbert Newell | Republican | April 2, 1855 | |
| Cape | William A. Nye | Republican | May 26, 1850 | |
| Fifth Worcester | Edward L. Osgood | Republican | August 6, 1844 | |
| Eighth Suffolk | Andrew James Peters | Democratic | April 3, 1872 | |
| Second Plymouth | David G. Pratt | Republican | November 7, 1848 | |
| Second Middlesex | William J. Rounds | Republican | June 24, 1855 | |
| First Hampden | Henry F. Sampson | Republican | May 12, 1835 | |
| Second Suffolk | Charles S. Sullivan | Democratic | June 29, 1875 | |
| Third Worcester | George R. Wallace | Republican | June 20, 1859 | |
| Third Middlesex | John M. Woods | Republican | August 18, 1839 |
Representatives
edit| image | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil L. Adams | June 14, 1878 | ||
| William Leck Adams | October 24, 1852 | ||
| Frank Brinton Allen | December 5, 1859 | ||
| Franklin B. Allen | June 29, 1869 | ||
| James Sidney Allen | July 3, 1831 | ||
| Henry Stoddard Ames | May 21, 1861 | ||
| Charles A. Andrews | July 2, 1872 | ||
| Adelbert S. Atherton | October 13, 1850 | ||
| James F. Aylward | August 4, 1862 | ||
| George O. Baker | April 6, 1835 | ||
| William Selby Bamford | August 11, 1864 | ||
| George L. Barnes | June 24, 1879 | ||
| George H. Battis | 1863 | ||
| Fred Alfred Bearse | February 15, 1871 | ||
| Frank P. Bennett Jr. | December 30, 1878 | ||
| March G. Bennett | January 31, 1869 | ||
| John Williston Blaney | September 18, 1841 | ||
| Ernest Linwood Bonney | June 23, 1864 | ||
| Manassah Edward Bradley | August 15, 1863 | ||
| Edward H. Brewer | December 12, 1851 | ||
| Elisha Hume Brewster | September 10, 1871 | ||
| William M. Brigham | January 23, 1864 | ||
| Henry W. Brown | October 14, 1856 | ||
| William A. Burns | January 9, 1875 | ||
| John J. Butler | June 7, 1865 | ||
| Allan G. Buttrick | March 16, 1876 | ||
| Harry Hammond Buxbaum | January 19, 1879 | ||
| Robert D. Cadagon | June 6, 1870 | ||
| George H. Cadigan | February 22, 1873 | ||
| John J. Cahill | September 27, 1865 | ||
| Edward C. Callahan | March 14, 1874 | ||
| Edwin J. Castle | April 15, 1853 | ||
| Alfred M. Chaffee | August 16, 1859 | ||
| Sumner A. Chapman | May 30, 1874 | ||
| James W. Chrystal | March 24, 1876 | ||
| Allen Clark | April 1, 1870 | ||
| Edward E. Clark | November 4, 1870 | ||
| James Colby Dorr Clark | June 10, 1872 | ||
| Luther W. Clark | September 19, 1851 | ||
| William W. Clarke | March 10, 1870 | ||
| John N. Cole | November 4, 1863 | ||
| Thomas J. Collins | October 28, 1868 | ||
| William H. Cook | March 7, 1856 | ||
| William H. Coolidge | November 6, 1856 | ||
| John A. Coulthurst | June 24, 1871 | ||
| Guy W. Cox | January 19, 1871 | ||
| William H. Cuddy | August 7, 1865 | ||
| Thomas F. Curley | March 22, 1871 | ||
| Michael F. Curran | November 30, 1875 | ||
| William H. Cushman | June 8, 1850 | ||
| Samuel Newton Cutler | January 25, 1855 | ||
| Charles L. Davenport | May 4, 1854 | ||
| Charles S. Davis | 1858 | ||
| Thomas L. Davis | March 15, 1852 | ||
| Frederick Simpson Deitrick | April 9, 1875 | ||
| Daniel J. Dempsey | June 8, 1866 | ||
| Francis J. Doherty | August 26, 1875 | ||
| J. Frank Donahue | August 29, 1865 | ||
| Thomas Donahue | August 20, 1853 | ||
| Daniel J. Donnelly | October 13, 1868 | ||
| George H. Doty | May 9, 1861 | ||
| Thomas Dowd | May 1, 1864 | ||
| Horace Rogers Drinkwater | May 28, 1872 | ||
| Alonzo W. Dunbar | May 4, 1850 | ||
| William A. Edson | April 22, 1862 | ||
| John F. Egan | July 6, 1874 | ||
| William A. Fahey | July 26, 1875 | ||
| Lowell Ethan Fales | September 28, 1858 | ||
| Peter T. Fallon | July 16, 1856 | ||
| Dennis H. Finn | April 2, 1870 | ||
| Michael FitzGerald | September 29, 1869 | ||
| Daniel L. Flanagan | June 14, 1870 | ||
| Richard H. Foley | June 16, 1867 | ||
| Richard Rich Freeman | November 19, 1860 | ||
| Louis A. Frothingham | July 13, 1871 | ||
| Charles B. Gardiner | June 19, 1849 | ||
| Arthur H. Gardner | August 4, 1854 | ||
| George H. Garfield | July 18, 1858 | ||
| Guy W. Garland | December 11, 1844 | ||
| Julius Garst | December 12, 1855 | ||
| Julius K. Gates | October 9, 1833 | ||
| Arthur L. Gavin | June 11, 1876 | ||
| Charles Giddings | May 10, 1867 | ||
| Albert G. Godfrey | August 28, 1855 | ||
| Jeremiah J. Good | May 6, 1865 | ||
| Eben H. Googins | July 28, 1845 | ||
| Charles H. Goulding | March 24, 1838 | ||
| William H. Gove (see Mass. | September 4, 1851 | ||
| Thomas J. Grady | December 16, 1877 | ||
| William J. Graham | October 2, 1873 | ||
| Harry E. Graves | May 17, 1876 | ||
| Francis Xavier Greenwood | January 31, 1851 | ||
| John M. Grosvenor Jr. | April 22, 1864 | ||
| Alfred Sigourney Hall | August 27, 1861 | ||
| Alfred Stevens Hall | April 14, 1850 | ||
| Guy Andrews Ham | July 8, 1878 | ||
| William E. Hannan | October 26, 1873 | ||
| Robert J. Harrington | January 24, 1875 | ||
| Michael F. Hart | September 22, 1873 | ||
| George H. Hartford | March 3, 1852 | ||
| George A. Hastings | April 8, 1865 | ||
| William Henry Irving Hayes | June 21, 1848 | ||
| William C. S. Healey | September 26, 1873 | ||
| Thomas F. Hederman | March 4, 1873 | ||
| William Edward Hickey | December 29, 1870 | ||
| Sidney Adelvin Hill | August 26, 1849 | ||
| Horton H. Hilton | December 11, 1869 | ||
| Fred V. Hooke | August 19, 1859 | ||
| Franklin K. Hooper | February 2, 1849 | ||
| Michael B. Houlihan | March 24, 1874 | ||
| Augustus Hubbard | June 27, 1849 | ||
| George C. Hunt | April 7, 1859 | ||
| Jeremiah J. Hurley | December 24, 1873 | ||
| John C. Hurley | December 19, 1875 | ||
| Thomas Huse | 1851 | ||
| George H. Jackson | March 9, 1865 | ||
| Warren Carlton Jewett | January 28, 1855 | ||
| David P. Keefe | September 29, 1855 | ||
| Jeremiah J. Kelley | March 25, 1863 | ||
| William A. Kelley | April 27, 1868 | ||
| James M. Lane | December 1, 1872 | ||
| Henry F. Lehan | September 16, 1874 | ||
| Eben F. Leonard | July 25, 1845 | ||
| Joseph J. Leonard | May 8, 1876 | ||
| Frank J. Linehan | January 31, 1870 | ||
| Henry N. Locklin | March 7, 1853 | ||
| Fred Wyatt Lord | September 22, 1860 | ||
| James Arnold Lowell | February 5, 1869 | ||
| John B. Lowney | March 17, 1879 | ||
| Robert Luce | December 2, 1862 | ||
| George H. Lyon | April 2, 1849 | ||
| William Frederick Maintien | December 31, 1863 | ||
| Hamilton Mayo | February 26, 1851 | ||
| Matthew McCann | 1863 | ||
| Edwin C. McIntire | October 18, 1867 | ||
| John J. McManmon | April 5, 1871 | ||
| Edward L. McManus | December 22, 1866 | ||
| James J. Mellen | March 30, 1875 | ||
| Lewis H. Millett | December 22, 1873 | ||
| John Joseph Mitchell | May 9, 1873 | ||
| David A. Monroe | February 5, 1867 | ||
| George Henry Moore | May 16, 1844 | ||
| Harry Payson Morse | July 27, 1854 | ||
| Harold P. Moseley | November 13, 1871 | ||
| Otto Mueller | April 24, 1867 | ||
| J. Howard Nason | November 18, 1842 | ||
| John S. Nason | May 6, 1860 | ||
| Asa T. Newhall | December 23, 1850 | ||
| H. Huestis Newton | December 2, 1860 | ||
| Arthur D. Norcross | November 7, 1848 | ||
| Charles Henry Nowell | October 15, 1843 | ||
| Daniel J. O'Brien | October 5, 1873 | ||
| Edward H. O'Brien | February 1, 1874 | ||
| Daniel M. O'Connell | May 30, 1865 | ||
| Hugh O'Rourke | March 1, 1869 | ||
| Charles Torrey Oldfield | April 7, 1843 | ||
| David M. Owens | January 12, 1877 | ||
| Edward C. Packard | October 14, 1847 | ||
| James Breckenridge Paige | December 28, 1861 | ||
| Fordis C. Parker | January 3, 1868 | ||
| Joseph A. Parks | May 2, 1877 | ||
| Thomas Pattison | January 20, 1854 | ||
| Edward C. Paull | September 5, 1862 | ||
| W. Rodman Peabody | March 3, 1874 | ||
| Pierre F. Peloquin | May 26, 1851 | ||
| Winthrop Edmund Perry | November 6, 1842 | ||
| Charles S. Pierce | September 5, 1874 | ||
| John J. Pinder | June 15, 1878 | ||
| Mellen A. Pingree | March 9, 1861 | ||
| Henry L. Plummer | November 17, 1866 | ||
| George M. Poland | July 16, 1877 | ||
| Samuel L. Porter | November 10, 1869 | ||
| Elmer C. Potter | August 23, 1868 | ||
| William H. Potter | April 12, 1850 | ||
| Maurice J. Power | July 21, 1872 | ||
| John H. Quinlan | February 29, 1864 | ||
| John Quinn, Jr. | December 16, 1859 | ||
| Wallace C. Ransden | November 1, 1853 | ||
| Charles H. Reinhart | March 8, 1867 | ||
| Evan F. Richardson | March 9, 1867 | ||
| Herbert S. Riley | December 20, 1859 | ||
| Reginald L. Robbins | December 5, 1875 | ||
| John G. Robinson | November 24, 1860 | ||
| Joseph L. Rogers | August 2, 1864 | ||
| Samuel Ross | February 2, 1865 | ||
| Thomas Bradford Rounds | April 2, 1853 | ||
| William R. Salter | July 6, 1861 | ||
| George R. Sampson | October 2, 1852 | ||
| George A. Schofield | April 26, 1863 | ||
| Charles Schumaker | March 2, 1867 | ||
| George A. Scigliano | August 26, 1874 | ||
| Frank Seiberlich | October 29, 1874 | ||
| Edward J. Sennott | April 4, 1867 | ||
| Henry Walter Seward | January 18, 1865 | ||
| John F. Sheehan | September 2, 1861 | ||
| Nelson Sherburne | November 18, 1864 | ||
| Patrick J. Shiels | August 9, 1873 | ||
| Mark N. Skerrett | February 23, 1870 | ||
| C. Aylmer Smith | February 15, 1846 | ||
| Gurdon Southworth | March 27, 1846 | ||
| Nathaniel P. Sowle | October 30, 1857 | ||
| Samuel O. Staples | April 16, 1843 | ||
| Clarence Winfield Starratt | March 19, 1861 | ||
| Elmer A. Stevens | January 15, 1862 | ||
| Everett J. Stevens | May 11, 1847 | ||
| Edward Carleton Stone | June 29, 1878 | ||
| Luke S. Stowe | August 9, 1834 | ||
| Arthur M. Taft | January 28, 1854 | ||
| Edgar V. Tanner | August 28, 1835 | ||
| Frederick H. Tarr | October 8, 1868 | ||
| William C. Temple | August 15, 1861 | ||
| Herbert W. Thayer | May 7, 1858 | ||
| George Henry Thorburn | February 21, 1866 | ||
| Harry L. Timmons | November 12, 1875 | ||
| George A. Titcomb | June 19, 1853 | ||
| Allen T. Treadway | September 16, 1867 | ||
| George A. Turner | June 4, 1857 | ||
| Samuel Willard Tyler | February 11, 1866 | ||
| Arthur P. Vinal | June 14, 1854 | ||
| Thomas Melville Vinson | April 27, 1868 | ||
| Edward A. Walker | May 28, 1869 | ||
| Joseph Walker | July 13, 1865 | ||
| William H. Walker | November 30, 1857 | ||
| Charles E. Ward | October 17, 1849 | ||
| Peter F. Ward | January 16, 1877 | ||
| Edgar W. Warren | October 4, 1853 | ||
| Henry Endicott Weatherbee | August 24, 1862 | ||
| Edmund Weber | March 1, 1871 | ||
| Fred Olvin Welsh | April 4, 1852 | ||
| William E. Westall | January 5, 1853 | ||
| Frank G. Wheatley | July 6, 1851 | ||
| Harvey Wheeler | November 5, 1847 | ||
| Frederick W. Whitcomb | September 7, 1863 | ||
| Charles H. Winslow | May 22, 1866 | ||
| William H. Woodhead | September 17, 1860 | ||
| William H. Woods | August 7, 1860 | ||
| Allen S. Woodward | December 23, 1850 |
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. 1904 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1904" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ Bridgman, A. M. (Arthur Milnor) (1904). A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators. State Library of Massachusetts. Brockton : A.M. Bridgman.
Further reading
edit- "Number of Votes received by Each Candidate for a State Office at the Annual State Election, Nov. 3, 1903: Senators", 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 (1903), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1904, hdl:2452/43495
- "Number of Votes received by Each Candidate for a State Office at the Annual State Election, Nov. 3, 1903: Representatives in the General Court", 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 (1903), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1904, hdl:2452/43495
- Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1904. A. M. Bridgman. 1904.
External links
edit- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1904, hdl:2452/429121
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1904, hdl:2452/70979