The 130th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1909 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 3, 1908 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Allen T. Treadway | ||||
| Party control | Republican (34–6)[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | Joseph Walker | ||||
| Party control | Republican (180–60)[2] | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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Allen Treadway, Senate president.
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Joseph Walker, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1909.
Senators
edit| image | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district [6] |
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Gideon B. Abbott | ||
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George F. Birch | 4th Worcester | |
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Clifford B. Bray | ||
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George Bunting | August 31, 1868 | |
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Lewis Burnham | ||
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John J. Butler | ||
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Edward A. Cowee | ||
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J. Howell Crosby | ||
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William M. Dean | November 16, 1874 | |
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Francke W. Dickinson | ||
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Edward W. Dixon | ||
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James H. Doyle | ||
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Wilmot R. Evans Jr. | ||
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Dennis E. Farley | June 12, 1852 | |
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Charles D. B. Fisk | ||
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Levi H. Greenwood | December 22, 1872 | |
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James W. Grimes | ||
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John L. Harvey | December 5, 1857 | |
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Joseph H. Hibbard | ||
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Eugene Hultman | July 13, 1875 | |
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Roland M. Keith | March 16, 1847 | |
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Eben S. S. Keith | ||
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Daniel D. Mahoney | ||
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Harry P. Morse | ||
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Henry C. Mulligan | ||
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Melvin S. Nash | August 3, 1857 | |
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Arthur D. Norcross | November 7, 1848 | |
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Patrick H. O'Connor | 1882 | |
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W. Prentiss Parker | December 11, 1857 | |
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Elmer C. Potter | ||
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Bradley M. Rockwood | ||
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Samuel Ross | February 2, 1865 | |
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William R. Salter | ||
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James F. Shaw | July 18, 1873 | |
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Thorndike Spalding | ||
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Elmer A. Stevens | January 15, 1862 | |
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Richard S. Teeling | ||
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Allen T. Treadway | September 16, 1867 | |
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Joseph Turner | ||
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William Turtle |
Representatives
edit| image | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district [6] |
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Joseph Abbott | May 22, 1874 | |
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Arthur S. Adams | February 14, 1869 | 16th Essex |
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Scott Adams | March 27, 1874 | |
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Manuel Andrew | February 10, 1876 | |
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William M. Armstrong | August 17, 1850 | |
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Wallace E. W. N. Arnold | June 29, 1863 | |
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Charles W. Atkins | June 22, 1854 | |
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William B. Avery | July 11, 1856 | |
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Erson B. Barlow | October 20, 1883 | |
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Frank E. Barnard | February 17, 1871 | |
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Frank L. Barnes | August 20, 1864 | |
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Charles Homer Barrett | June 23, 1868 | |
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John J. Barry | January 4, 1877 | |
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Benjamin Fred Bates | May 3, 1862 | |
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Edwin A. Bayley | July 30, 1862 | |
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William A. L. Bazeley | 1872 | |
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James W. Bean | May 11, 1866 | |
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Elias B. Bishop | August 2, 1869 | |
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Albert C. Blaisdell | March 30, 1855 | |
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Charles V. Blanchard | February 2, 1866 | |
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George F. Bolger | ||
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Josiah S. Bonney | February 4, 1865 | |
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J. A. Wilfrid Bouvier | December 27, 1868 | |
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Israel Brayton | ||
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Arthur B. Breed | June 30, 1857 | |
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Bartholomew A. Brickley | May 7, 1883 | |
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Charles H. Brown | January 19, 1879 | |
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Alfred J. Burckel | August 7, 1860 | |
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William R. Burke | July 14, 1870 | |
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Andrew J. Burnett | 1860 | |
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Alfred S. Burns | February 6, 1860 | |
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Herbert W. Burr | June 15, 1866 | |
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George F. Butterick | August 16, 1855 | |
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Timothy F. Callahan | September 5, 1881 | |
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Robert B. Campbell | September 28, 1880 | |
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Zebulon L. Canedy | February 5, 1864 | |
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James B. Carbrey | January 16, 1854 | |
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Ignatius J. Carleton | August 7, 1866 | |
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Cornelius J. Carmody | January 11, 1867 | |
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Arthur Preston Chase | January 25, 1866 | |
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Frederick C. Clark | ||
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Ellenwood B. Coleman | May 31, 1862 | |
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Francis L. Colpoys | ||
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Harrison J. Conant | ||
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Martin F. Conley | April 27, 1870 | |
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Howard P. Converse | ||
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Thomas F. Coogan | ||
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Benjamin A. Cook | ||
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Frank O. Coombs | December 17, 1857 | |
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James H. L. Coon | ||
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John S. Cormack | June 7, 1875 | |
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Franklin B. Crocker | ||
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Daniel Joseph Curley | December 23, 1875 | |
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Frank Curtiss | ||
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Elmer L. Curtiss | June 11, 1861 | |
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Grafton D. Cushing | August 4, 1864 | |
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Alfred L. Cutting | January 27, 1868 | |
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Francis L. Daly | ||
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Earl E. Davidson | ||
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Thomas Davies | February 11, 1875 | |
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Ralph Davol | ||
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Henry Ellsworth Dean | September 29, 1862 | |
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Charles E. Dennett | ||
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Daniel E. Denny | July 14, 1845 | |
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Clifford H. Dickson | ||
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George E. Doane | ||
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Joseph E. Donovan | April 21, 1882 | |
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William E. Dorman | June 23, 1875 | |
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Charles E. Dow | ||
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Andrew P. Doyle | August 15, 1869 | |
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Florence J. Driscoll | October 15, 1871 | |
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Patrick J. Duane | August 18, 1862 | |
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Horace E. Durgin | December 4, 1863 | |
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Theodore F. Dwight | ||
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John F. Dwyer | ||
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S. Alden Eastman | October 14, 1847 | |
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Charles E. Ebsen | ||
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Henry Allen Ellis | November 5, 1879 | |
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Samuel D. Elmore | December 29, 1868 | |
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Freeman O. Emerson | ||
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George C. Fairbanks | ||
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Thomas J. Fay | April 24, 1879 | |
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Michael H. Fitzgerald | ||
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Clarence J. Fogg | July 10, 1853 | |
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Charles R. Foote | July 9, 1865 | |
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Nathan B. Foster | ||
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William F. Garcelon | October 24, 1868 | |
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Charles M. Gardner | ||
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Joseph S. Gates | October 3, 1856 | |
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William H. Gifford | January 20, 1851 | |
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Edward W. Gleason | ||
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Jeremiah J. Good | ||
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Thomas J. Grady | December 16, 1877 | |
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William J. Graham | October 2, 1873 | |
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Luther C. Greenleaf | ||
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Hamlet S. Greenwood | 1871 | |
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Julius Guild | March 30, 1850 | |
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John W. Haigis | July 31, 1881 | |
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Homer A. Hall | November 24, 1871 | |
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James A. Halliday | ||
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Harry H. Ham | ||
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Oscar C. Hammarstrom | October 18, 1877 | |
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Portus B. Hancock | February 19, 1836 | |
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Bernard F. Hanrahan | July 27, 1875 | |
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Frank O. Hardy | ||
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Edward F. Harrington (state representative) | August 10, 1878 | |
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Melvin Haskell | ||
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Edward R. Hathaway | ||
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James A. Hatton | ||
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John J. Hayes | October 14, 1875 | |
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William A. Hester | ||
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Lewis J. Hewitt | February 13, 1870 | |
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William P. Hickey | November 17, 1871 | |
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Frederic H. Hilton | ||
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Ernest E. Hobson | September 29, 1878 | |
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Frank G. Hodskins | December 26, 1876 | |
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William M. Hogan | June 2, 1876 | |
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Henry E. Holbrook | March 21, 1870 | |
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Joseph W. Holden | October 10, 1867 | |
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Samuel M. Holman | 1862 | |
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John P. Holmgren | ||
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Charles T. Holt | August 1, 1845 | |
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Harry R. Holt | ||
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Edgar G. Holt | ||
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Frank A. Hosmer | November 14, 1853 | |
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William T. Jeffrey | January 23, 1876 | |
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Timothy J. Keefe | ||
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Sidney B. Keene | January 10, 1861 | |
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James H. Kelly | November 14, 1870 | |
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Frank D. Kemp | June 9, 1862 | |
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Daniel W. Kendrick | ||
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Michael J. Kenney | July 12, 1863 | |
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James W. Killam | July 12, 1874 | |
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Orvis F. Kinney | May 23, 1880 | |
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Edwin M. Kittredge | September 27, 1872 | |
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James H. Knight | October 11, 1876 | |
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Frederick S. Lane | May 8, 1849 | |
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Louis F. R. Langelier | ||
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William F. Learned | January 12, 1850 | |
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Louis Leland | ||
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Joseph Leonard | ||
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J. Henry Leonard | September 18, 1879 | |
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Charles Lewin | ||
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Minot J. Lincoln | ||
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Martin Lomasney | December 3, 1859 | |
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George E. Lovett | February 27, 1849 | |
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John A. Lyman | March 13, 1863 | |
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Jens J. Madsen | October 9, 1869 | |
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Charles A. Malley | January 22, 1876 | |
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David Mancovitz | August 15, 1877 | |
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Charles H. Mansfield | March 20, 1842 | |
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Matthew McCann | 1863 | |
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Daniel J. McCarthy | ||
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Charles F. McCarthy | August 15, 1876 | |
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Frederick T. McClatchey | October 1, 1873 | |
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Thomas P. McDavitt | ||
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Philip J. McGonagle | October 21, 1871 | |
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Andrew McTernen | ||
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Timothy J. Meade | November 7, 1874 | |
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John F. Meehan | November 24, 1875 | |
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Charles C. Mellen | ||
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James H. Mellen | November 7, 1845 | |
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Julius Meyers | December 6, 1854 | |
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Samuel H. Mildram | ||
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David T. Montague | ||
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William S. Moore | February 23, 1843 | |
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Fred Moore | April 4, 1874 | |
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Leslie K. Morse | January 18, 1860 | |
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William G. Moseley (Massachusetts politician) | October 31, 1858 | |
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Arthur L. Nason | October 24, 1872 | |
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Malcolm Nichols | May 8, 1876 | |
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William Niedner | ||
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Albin F. Nordbeck | ||
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James M. Noyes | ||
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William H. O'Brien | September 9, 1864 | |
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J. Frank O'Brien | January 6, 1879 | |
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James Oliver | June 28, 1836 | |
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John E. Paige | ||
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Joseph A. Parks | May 2, 1877 | |
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Louis E. Pattison | December 30, 1843 | |
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Thomas Pattison | January 20, 1854 | |
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Waldo H. Peirce | ||
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Harry A. Penniman | ||
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Laurence S. Perry | ||
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John H. Pickford | September 9, 1849 | |
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Myron E. Pierce | 1874 | |
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Robert E. Pollock | October 23, 1851 | |
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Frank H. Pope | March 7, 1854 | |
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James F. Powers | October 1, 1872 | |
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Alfred J. Preece | ||
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Arthur Franklin Priest | ||
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Frank Elliot Prouty | ||
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Francis X. Quigley | November 20, 1882 | |
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Martin Lewis Quinn | January 19, 1862 | |
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Michael J. Reidy | ||
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Lyman M. Rice | ||
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Thomas P. Riley | July 11, 1875 | |
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William M. Robinson | July 21, 1875 | |
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John E. Rousmaniere | ||
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Ralph Sargent | December 5, 1848 | |
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Harry E. Sargent | ||
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Amos T. Saunders | ||
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Michael J. Scully | ||
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Samuel A. Segee | ||
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Arthur L. Smith | ||
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Harry N. Stearns | October 5, 1874 | |
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Elisha D. Stone | ||
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George Swann | July 18, 1859 | |
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Claude H. Tarbox | ||
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James R. Tetler | August 26, 1877 | |
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William R. Thomas | September 24, 1871 | |
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John H. Thompson | August 26, 1873 | |
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John F. Thompson | May 25, 1866 | |
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James E. Tolman | November 8, 1867 | |
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Robb dePeyster Tytus | February 2, 1876 | |
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Charles L. Underhill | July 20, 1867 | |
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Alton A. Upton | ||
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Charles F. Varnum | June 28, 1846 | |
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Joseph Walker (Massachusetts speaker) | 1865 | |
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Fred F. Walker | ||
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Joseph A. Wallis | December 12, 1837 | |
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Thomas S. Walsh | 1859 | |
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Fred P. Warner | ||
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Clarence A. Warren | ||
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Robert M. Washburn | January 4, 1868 | |
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William L. Waugh | ||
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William E. Weeks | 1880 | |
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Norman H. White | December 25, 1871 | |
| Augustus L. Whitney | June 19, 1845 | ||
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Walter G. Whittemore | ||
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George A. Wilder | ||
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William B. Willcutt | December 14, 1874 | |
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Isaac E. Willetts | November 8, 1879 | |
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Thomas P. Wills | ||
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Roger Wolcott | July 25, 1877 | |
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Russell A. Wood | ||
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Ernest W. Woodside |
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. 1909.
- ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1909" (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 (1908), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1909, hdl:2452/43500
- Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1909. A. M. Bridgman. 1909.
- Who's Who in State Politics: 1909. Boston: Practical Politics. 1909. hdl:2452/423322.
External links
edit- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1909, hdl:2452/429126
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1909, hdl:2452/73497