The 116th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1895 during the governorship of Frederic T. Greenhalge. William M. Butler served as president of the Senate and George von Lengerke Meyer served as speaker of the House.[4]
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 6, 1894 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | William M. Butler | ||||
| Party control | Republican (36–4)[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | George von Lengerke Meyer | ||||
| Party control | Republican (194–46)[2] | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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William Butler, Senate president.
George von Lengerke Meyer, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1895.
Notable legislation included an act related to "the Question of Granting Municipal Suffrage to Women."[5]
Senators
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Horace H. Atherton | October 23, 1847 | |
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Edward B. Atwood | May 13, 1845 | |
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Eugene A. Bessom | June 11, 1855 | |
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Ledyard Bill | 1836 | |
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Percival Blodgett | July 18, 1841 | |
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Edward S. Bradford | December 1, 1842 | |
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George J. Burns | July 14, 1855 | |
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William M. Butler | January 29, 1861 | |
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Joseph J. Corbett | December 24, 1863 | |
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Francis W. Darling | December 16, 1852 | |
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William B. Durant | September 29, 1844 | |
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Ether S. Foss | June 10, 1834 | |
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Edward G. Frothingham | August 12, 1837 | |
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Granville Austin Fuller | March 13, 1837 | |
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George L. Gage | February 6, 1845 | |
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George A. Galloupe | October 28, 1850 | |
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Michael B. Gilbride | February 13, 1866 | |
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Robert S. Gray | September 28, 1847 | |
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Edwin B. Harvey | April 4, 1834 | |
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Isaac P. Hutchinson | February 26, 1860 | |
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George P. Lawrence | May 19, 1859 | |
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James Cushing Leach | June 11, 1831 | |
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Joseph B. Maccabe | November 19, 1857 | |
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Dana Malone | October 8, 1857 | |
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William Henry McMorrow | March 23, 1871 | |
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Joel D. Miller | October 10, 1837 | |
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William A. Morse | July 27, 1863 | |
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Joseph O. Neill | January 31, 1838 | |
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George W. Perkins | July 1, 1842 | |
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John Quinn, Jr. | December 16, 1859 | |
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George A. Reed | September 10, 1842 | |
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John B. Ripley | July 8, 1849 | |
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Stephen Salisbury III | March 31, 1835 | |
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George P. Sanger | September 6, 1852 | |
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Sylvanus Smith | March 10, 1829 | |
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Louis C. Southard | April 1, 1854 | |
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Charles F. Sprague | June 10, 1857 | |
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Arthur Holbrook Wellman | October 30, 1855 | |
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Marciene H. Whitcomb | October 24, 1837 |
Representatives
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Daniel W. Allen | June 17, 1827 | |
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Romeo E. Allen | October 17, 1852 | |
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Isaiah P. Atsatt | March 17, 1848 | |
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Frederick E. Austin | August 6, 1865 | |
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George W. Bailey | March 20, 1848 | |
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James Alderson Bailey Jr. | March 25, 1867 | |
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Theophilus B. Baker | May 16, 1830 | |
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Charles T. Balch | February 23, 1844 | |
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Charles Grey Bancroft | December 3, 1866 | |
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Solon Bancroft | June 22, 1839 | |
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Harding R. Barber | December 20, 1839 | |
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Albert F. Barker | October 24, 1859 | |
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Erwin F. Barnes | March 14, 1846 | |
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Franklin O. Barnes | November 11, 1841 | |
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Daniel J. Barry | August 27, 1859 | |
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John L. Bates | September 18, 1859 | |
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Algernon T. Beaman | 1847 | |
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Frank S. Bennett | May 12, 1857 | |
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George B. Bird | February 15, 1867 | |
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Henry Clay Bliss | May 5, 1846 | |
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Benjamin F. Blodgett | June 6, 1843 | |
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Charles P. Bond | July 24, 1855 | |
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Samuel S. Bourne | December 9, 1850 | |
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Harvey L. Boutwell | April 5, 1860 | |
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Fred H. Bradford | July 13, 1850 | |
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Manassah Edward Bradley | August 15, 1863 | |
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Charles Donnell Brown | June 5, 1862 | |
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Frederick A. Brown | October 24, 1856 | |
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Benjamin S. Bullock | May 12, 1850 | |
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William H. Burges | November 3, 1835 | |
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J. Marshall Burt | August 28, 1842 | |
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T. Preston Burt | July 20, 1844 | |
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Charles W. Carroll | November 1, 1863 | |
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William Carter | February 25, 1830 | |
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Daniel C. Casey | August 10, 1867 | |
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Frank Chandler | February 20, 1852 | |
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Luther W. Clark | September 19, 1851 | |
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James A. Cochran | June 27, 1847 | |
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Michael W. Collins | August 5, 1868 | |
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Heman S. Cook | May 13, 1840 | |
| Gilbert Cooke | August 4, 1841 | ||
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Ellery B. Crane | November 12, 1836 | |
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James F. Creed | December 4, 1869 | |
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Frederick W. Dallinger | October 2, 1871 | |
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William W. Davis | August 8, 1862 | |
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Thomas M. Denham | February 2, 1840 | |
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David T. Dickinson | August 13, 1867 | |
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Thomas Donahue | August 20, 1853 | |
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Timothy J. Donovan | April 7, 1867 | |
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William F. Donovan | December 29, 1866 | |
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William J. Donovan | October 31, 1862 | |
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Harry R. Dow | February 12, 1862 | |
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William H. Drew | March 27, 1855 | |
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Daniel M. Driscoll | January 2, 1861 | |
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William P. Driscoll | May 1, 1857 | |
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Levi A. Drury | August 9, 1847 | |
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Robert Duddy | 1847 | |
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George Morton Eddy | August 5, 1843 | |
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Henry Edgarton | December 29, 1820 | |
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Albert H. Edgerton | August 23, 1843 | |
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Alpheus M. Eldredge | January 25, 1828 | |
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Benjamin F. Estes | August 28, 1836 | |
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Thomas F. Fallon | December 7, 1857 | |
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Clarentine E. Ferson | May 19, 1845 | |
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Wellington Fillmore | October 18, 1850 | |
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Henry H. Fisk | June 5, 1843 | |
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James H. Flint | June 25, 1852 | |
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Silas W. Flint | September 4, 1843 | |
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Joseph J. Flynn | May 1, 1862 | |
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William H. Foote | January 15, 1833 | |
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William E. Ford | July 20, 1823 | |
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Otis Foss | October 4, 1838 | |
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George E. Fowle | July 4, 1837 | |
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Zenas A. French | September 4, 1843 | |
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James A. Gallivan | October 22, 1866 | |
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John J. Gardner | February 23, 1853 | |
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John Dennis Hammond Gauss | January 4, 1861 | |
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Henry E. Gaylord | June 5, 1846 | |
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Michael P. Geary | August 16, 1868 | |
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Samuel Wesley George | April 26, 1862 | |
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James Love Gillingham | July 12, 1857 | |
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Charles W. Goodrich | December 30, 1840 | |
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William T. Graham | February 1, 1861 | |
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Alexander Grant | September 26, 1853 | |
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Joshua S. Gray | August 16, 1840 | |
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Abner Greenwood | September 10, 1826 | |
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Thomas Ellwood Grover | February 9, 1846 | |
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Edward A. Hale | January 11, 1850 | |
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Charles L. Hammond | September 1, 1860 | |
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George Hammond | December 14, 1839 | |
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Franklin P. Harlow | ||
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Benjamin C. Harvey | September 4, 1847 | |
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Albert L. Harwood | September 10, 1847 | |
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Samuel Hastings | February 1, 1837 | |
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Bowers C. Hathaway | March 18, 1823 | |
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Frederic W. Hathaway | March 6, 1836 | |
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Wesley O. Hawkes | July 7, 1842 | |
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William Henry Irving Hayes | June 21, 1848 | |
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George A. Hibbard | October 27, 1864 | |
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Sumner C. Higgins | November 24, 1843 | |
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Thomas F. Hoban | December 20, 1860 | |
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Joshua B. Holden | March 5, 1850 | |
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Timothy Holland | July 12, 1865 | |
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J. Edward Hollis | 1840 | |
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E. Clarence Holt | January 13, 1850 | |
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John Gregory Horan | November 28, 1868 | |
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Louis P. Howe | May 29, 1858 | |
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Henry D. Humphrey | June 20, 1861 | |
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Caleb Burroughs Huse | September 13, 1833 | |
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William H. Hutchinson | March 26, 1834 | |
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Richard William Irwin | February 18, 1857 | |
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Dwight H. Ives | January 28, 1837 | |
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William S. Jenks | December 1, 1855 | |
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Edward P. Johnson | October 21, 1844 | |
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George R. Jones | February 8, 1862 | |
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Cyrus Anson Jordan | April 7, 1859 | |
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Benjamin Adams Jourdan | July 20, 1832 | |
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Frank W. Kaan | September 11, 1861 | |
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James Keenan | March 4, 1850 | |
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Thomas F. Keenan | March 11, 1854 | |
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John E. Kellogg | July 2, 1845 | |
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William G. Kimball | December 25, 1846 | |
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Francis M. Kingman | May 25, 1837 | |
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Joseph Brewster Knox | December 12, 1828 | |
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Franz H. Krebs, Jr | 1868 | |
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Amos A. Lawrence | November 3, 1847 | |
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George A. Leach | February 3, 1848 | |
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Osgood L. Leach | September 18, 1848 | |
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Warren S. Leach | February 23, 1847 | |
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Charles F. Light | August 1, 1860 | |
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Francis Cabot Lowell | January 7, 1855 | |
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John M. Lynch | November 26, 1860 | |
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John A. Macomber, 2d | January 25, 1849 | |
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Hugo Mann | September 27, 1837 | |
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William H. Marden | May 30, 1843 | |
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Samuel N. Mayo | May 24, 1839 | |
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Jeremiah Justin McCarthy | March 29, 1852 | |
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Bernard McMackin | April 2, 1869 | |
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James F. Melaven | November 19, 1858 | |
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George H. Mellen | October 7, 1850 | |
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James H. Mellen | November 7, 1845 | |
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George von Lengerke Meyer | June 24, 1858 | |
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Charles E. Mills | December 28, 1847 | |
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Samuel H. Mitchell | November 2, 1854 | |
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Joseph F. Mooney | May 21, 1866 | |
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E. Lewis Moore | January 21, 1834 | |
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William Moran | September 6, 1855 | |
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Eugene Michael Moriarty | April 15, 1849 | |
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Mark B. Mulvey | July 9, 1868 | |
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Timothy F. Murphy | August 9, 1864 | |
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James J. Myers | November 20, 1842 | |
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Herbert Newell | April 2, 1855 | |
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Richard Newell | April 17, 1839 | |
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George H. Newhall | October 24, 1850 | |
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John B. Newhall | October 1, 1862 | |
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Joseph J. Norton | November 19, 1870 | |
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Michael J. O'Brien | November 9, 1855 | |
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John J. O'Connor | April 13, 1871 | |
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John M. O'Hara | July 2, 1865 | |
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L. Edgar Osgood | February 13, 1865 | |
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Theodore K. Parker | September 3, 1841 | |
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George W. Penniman | May 31, 1859 | |
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Lyman H. Perkins | March 29, 1864 | |
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Carlton T. Phelps | October 13, 1867 | |
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Edward W. Pinkham | February 9, 1839 | |
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Burrill Porter | February 22, 1832 | |
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George W. Porter | January 30, 1844 | |
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J. Frank Porter | April 8, 1847 | |
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John Jacob Prevaux | March 16, 1857 | |
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George E. Putnam | February 9, 1851 | |
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Nicolas M. Quint | July 18, 1838 | |
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Charles I. Quirk | August 15, 1871 | |
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Henry F. Rice | January 29, 1844 | |
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Robert A. Richardson | 1840 | |
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Ernest W. Roberts | November 22, 1858 | |
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Alfred Seelye Roe | June 8, 1844 | |
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Silas B. Root | July 21, 1850 | |
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George A. Roper | July 25, 1849 | |
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Samuel Ross | February 2, 1865 | |
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Daniel D. Rourke | July 16, 1869 | |
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Fred H. Rourke | May 23, 1867 | |
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George G. Russell | November 4, 1845 | |
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James F. Ryan | January 6, 1864 | |
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Martin F. Ryder | November 1, 1854 | |
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Charles F. Sargent | August 31, 1858 | |
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George Melville Scates | September 30, 1841 | |
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William P. Searls | June 3, 1851 | |
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John Timothy Shea | February 14, 1866 | |
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John F. Sheehan | September 2, 1861 | |
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William Shepherd | September 17, 1837 | |
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Frank M. Sibley | October 12, 1854 | |
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Henry D. Sisson | December 8, 1836 | |
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David F. Slade | November 5, 1855 | |
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George T. Sleeper | September 15, 1852 | |
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Albert C. Smith | March 14, 1845 | |
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Henry M. Smith | March 12, 1852 | |
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George F. Snow | June 12, 1841 | |
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Amasa E. Southworth | May 19, 1844 | |
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Warren F. Spalding | January 14, 1841 | |
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John C. Spofford | November 25, 1854 | |
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Arthur L. Spring | February 25, 1858 | |
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Thomas E. St. John | March 2, 1831 | |
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Fred D. Stanley | October 17, 1863 | |
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Ezra A. Stevens | March 12, 1827 | |
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Joseph W. Stocker | April 6, 1824 | |
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Daniel D. Stone | October 23, 1844 | |
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Homer O. Strong | October 22, 1850 | |
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Charles F. Sturtevant | March 31, 1848 | |
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George J. Tarr | February 1, 1832 | |
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Robert T. Teamoh[8] | 1864 | |
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Josiah P. Thacher | April 8, 1858 | |
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Lyman D. Thurston | September 8, 1832 | |
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William Tolman | June 2, 1858 | |
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Henry Tower | June 24, 1829 | |
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William W. Towle | August 21, 1860 | |
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Michael Tuite | June 29, 1853 | |
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Arthur H. Turner | September 26, 1858 | |
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George W. Turner | February 24, 1829 | |
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John E. Tuttle | November 3, 1835 | |
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Charles Henry Utley | November 27, 1857 | |
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Frank Lewis Wadden | April 21, 1847 | |
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J. Gilman Waite | March 20, 1837 | |
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Charles Elliott Wakefield | December 23, 1854 | |
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George Albert Wales | March 26, 1858 | |
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Horace E. Wallis | November 3, 1862 | |
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Stephen Cady Warriner | August 25, 1839 | |
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George B. Waterman | July 10, 1862 | |
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George L. Wentworth | May 24, 1852 | |
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Clarence P. Weston | August 23, 1845 | |
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Mark O. Wheaton | November 22, 1833 | |
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Elbridge J. Whitaker | November 11, 1859 | |
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George E. White | June 13, 1849 | |
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William S. White | February 28, 1863 | |
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Albert L. Wiley | December 14, 1835 | |
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Edward E. Willard | September 25, 1862 | |
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Edward H. Wilson | September 26, 1848 | |
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John Winn | July 3, 1828 | |
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Henry O. Wood | February 26, 1837 | |
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John Loring Woodfall | September 15, 1847 | |
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Charles L. Young | May 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+.
- ^ Kaitlin Connolly (September 24, 2012), "Women's Suffrage Movement in Massachusetts", State Library of Massachusetts blog
- ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1895 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1895" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905
Further reading
edit- Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1895). Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1895. A. M. Bridgman. hdl:2452/43346.
- "Massachusetts: Legislative Session". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1895. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1896.
- Francis C. Lowell (1897). "Legislative Shortcomings". Atlantic Monthly. 79. hdl:2027/coo.31924079579540 – via HathiTrust.
External links
edit- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1895, hdl:2452/429112
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1895, hdl:2452/83201