1900 Massachusetts legislature

The 121st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1900 during the governorship of Winthrop M. Crane. George Edwin Smith served as president of the Senate and James J. Myers served as speaker of the House.[4]

121st
Massachusetts General Court
120th 122nd
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 7, 1899
Senate
Members40
PresidentGeorge Edwin Smith
Party controlRepublican (31–9)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJames J. Myers
Party controlRepublican (166–68–2)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 3, 1900 (1900-01-03) – July 17, 1900 (1900-07-17) [3]
George Edwin Smith
George Smith, Senate president.
James J. Myers
James Myers, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1900.

Senators

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image name [5] date of birth [6] district
 
Henry C. Attwill March 11, 1872
 
John E. Baldwin June 26, 1869
 
William A. Butler February 4, 1859
 
Loyed E. Chamberlain January 30, 1857
 
George L. Clemence February 17, 1852
 
Guy W. Currier December 22, 1867
 
Frank A. Fales October 13, 1848
 
Augustus Peabody Gardner November 5, 1865
 
Samuel S. Gleason May 1, 1842
 
Charles H. Hanson July 7, 1844
 
Francis A. Harrington November 17, 1846
 
Charles W. Hazelton October 31, 1848
 
Franklin E. Huntress April 19, 1866
 
Charles Hiller Innes August 6, 1870
 
Fred Joy July 8, 1859
 
John A. Keliher November 6, 1866
 
Thomas W. Kenefick September 17, 1855
 
Amos A. Lawrence November 3, 1847
 
Warren S. Leach February 23, 1847
 
William H. Lott September 17, 1852
 
Walter O. Luscombe August 19, 1852
 
Jeremiah E. Mahoney November 8, 1864
 
William B. Mahoney December 5, 1857
 
Arthur A. Maxwell January 24, 1858
 
John E. McClellan September 5, 1847
 
William Moran September 6, 1855
 
John E. Parry July 3, 1854
 
Frank A. Patch July 23, 1844
 
Thomas Post August 16, 1834
 
Albert Hoyt Ray May 24, 1865
 
William Reynolds June 15, 1843
 
Leonard W. Ross October 5, 1856
 
Howard K. Sanderson July 10, 1865
 
George Edwin Smith April 5, 1849
 
Rufus Albertson Soule 1839
 
Peter Francis Tague June 4, 1871
 
William Tolman June 2, 1858
 
Charles G. Washburn January 28, 1857
 
Charles T. Witt July 18, 1848
 
Benjamin Herbert Woodsum October 4, 1857

Representatives

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Charles H. Adams April 22, 1859
 
Elliot J. Aldrich November 4, 1836
 
Charles H. Allen June 17, 1841
 
Butler Ames August 22, 1871
 
Albert S. Apsey November 27, 1870
 
A. Dudley Bagley February 27, 1869
 
George Balcom January 23, 1832
 
John N. Ball November 19, 1835
 
William L. Barber April 9, 1859
 
Frank Bartlett September 5, 1854
 
Frederick H. Bates September 15, 1857
 
Charles C. Beebe August 11, 1851
 
George C. Belcher August 26, 1844
 
Harry L. Belden January 7, 1864
 
Frank P. Bennett May 2, 1853
 
Austin Bigelow September 8, 1840
 
John Bleiler May 9, 1837
 
James F. Bliss April 7, 1847
 
Charles H. Blood December 10, 1858
 
Samuel H. Borofsky April 25, 1865
 
Clarence A. Briggs August 21, 1871
 
William M. Brigham January 23, 1864
 
Charles C. Brooks May 3, 1851
 
Edward L. Brown April 3, 1861
 
Henry L. Brown January 10, 1840
 
Willard Madison Brown April 24, 1861
 
Nelson Aluren Bugbee August 8, 1853
 
Henry Cushing Bulfinch February 16, 1859
 
William J. Bullock January 31, 1864
 
Melancthon W. Burlen September 24, 1852
 
Willard A. Burnham October 1, 1841
 
James Burns May 20, 1838
 
Lester L. Burrington March 24, 1838
 
Joseph E. Buswell August 7, 1842
 
A. Webster Butler August 22, 1858
 
Charles A. Card October 12, 1849
 
James F. Carey August 19, 1867
 
George Henry Carleton August 6, 1840
 
Charles A. Carruth December 13, 1853
 
John H. Casey July 22, 1848
 
N. Henry Chadwick March 17, 1838
 
Henry L. Chase February 5, 1853
 
Arthur Clark August 30, 1877
 
Amedee Cloutier April 25, 1868
 
Arthur H. Cluer April 12, 1853
 
John H. Colby January 13, 1862
 
Joseph L. Cole March 26, 1842
 
Robert Eugene Conwell June 12, 1854
 
Clifford A. Cook September 3, 1860
 
Daniel S. Coolidge September 21, 1845
 
Samuel Verry Crane October 4, 1855
 
Aaron S. Crosby October 6, 1842
 
J. Howell Crosby December 30, 1867
 
Thomas F. I. Curley June 22, 1864
 
J. Frank Dalton April 19, 1842
 
William Daly April 3, 1864
 
William Aiken Davenport October 23, 1869
 
Daniel W. Davis October 3, 1846
 
Thomas L. Davis March 15, 1852
 
William Ripley Davis March 8, 1862
 
Benjamin C. Dean March 8, 1843
 
Charles Austin Dean March 26, 1856
 
Frank S. Dewey, Jr. March 22, 1857
 
Thomas J. Dillon April 20, 1869
 
Thomas Donahue August 20, 1853
 
Edward J. Donovan March 15, 1864
 
James H. Donovan August 31, 1855
 
John L. Donovan June 3, 1876
 
Michael J. Donovan November 1, 1864
 
Thomas J. Dooling January 28, 1868
 
John J. Douglass February 9, 1873
 
George Francis Dow January 7, 1868
 
Aaron Coolidge Dowse March 27, 1856
 
Daniel J. Driscoll, 2d November 20, 1868
 
Curtis Eddy May 18, 1838
 
Charles O'M. Edson October 23, 1857
 
J. Lewis Ellsworth November 8, 1848
 
Freeman O. Emerson January 12, 1859
 
Charles O. Engstrom May 19, 1875
 
Augustine W. Esleeck March 28, 1848
 
Warren E. Fairbanks August 28, 1854
 
George H. Fall October 19, 1858
 
Frederick W. Farwell November 29, 1854
 
William H. Feiker March 11, 1870
 
George R. Fessenden December 6, 1849
 
Frank E. Fitts May 26, 1848
 
W. T. A. Fitzgerald December 19, 1871
 
Herbert E. Fletcher May 10, 1862
 
Frank A. Foster February 15, 1859
 
Frank W. Francis September 16, 1857
 
Archie N. Frost July 26, 1872
 
Michael E. Gaddis February 21, 1869
 
Horace B. Gale December 27, 1861
 
Arthur H. Gardner August 4, 1854
 
George H. Garfield July 18, 1858
 
John J. Gartland November 27, 1871
 
Samuel B. George February 9, 1833
 
Thomas E. Gibney June 25, 1843
 
Fred C. Gilpatric August 22, 1865
 
David J. Gleason July 14, 1864
 
Albert M. Goulding May 17, 1844
 
Thomas H. Green March 17, 1847
 
John G. Hagberg August 24, 1873
 
George R. Hamant March 11, 1843
 
Portus B. Hancock February 19, 1836
 
George H. Hapgood April 20, 1842
 
Arthur Harrington July 23, 1874
 
Benjamin C. Harvey September 4, 1847
 
Ulysses G. Haskell October 3, 1863
 
Frederick N. Haskins October 8, 1863
 
Richard J. Hayes October 4, 1861
 
Charles E. Haywood October 11, 1868
 
James F. Heath March 10, 1860
 
Francis D. Henderson March 6, 1847
 
William F. Herron August 8, 1864
 
Frederic M. Hersey January 8, 1853
 
Martin P. Higgins October 16, 1857
 
William Hopewell June 24, 1867
 
Francis J. Horgan July 2, 1869
 
Carleton F. How April 20, 1863
 
James Howell December 19, 1845
 
Willard Howland December 3, 1852
 
Edwin A. Hubbard November 26, 1848
 
Samuel E. Hull August 12, 1843
 
Bennett B. Humphrey April 11, 1838
 
Edward W. Hunt November 29, 1859
 
Harry Draper Hunt December 27, 1874
 
James Hunt January 27, 1833
 
Michael Bernard Jones August 20, 1864
 
John E. Kavenaugh October 19, 1864
 
Walter S. Keene November 9, 1858
 
Charles P. Keith March 14, 1843
 
Edward H. Keith October 23, 1859
 
Michael Kelly June 17, 1840
Nicholas B. Keyou April 25, 1828
 
Charles Francis King January 29, 1871
 
Walter C. Knowlton July 12, 1860
 
William S. Kyle July 12, 1851
 
John Philip Lanergan December 31, 1874
 
John T. Langford February 8, 1842
 
Robert H. Leland March 9, 1865
 
Jacob A. Leonard December 19, 1845
 
George F. Leslie September 12, 1850
 
William C. Litchfield March 31, 1840
 
Joseph Patrick Love August 26, 1852
 
Michael J. Lydon September 13, 1872
 
Frederic O. MacCartney November 2, 1864
 
William A. MacCord March 14, 1871
 
William E. Mahoney May 15, 1872
 
Frederick C. Mahony January 18, 1875
 
David Manning August 29, 1846
 
John J. Mansfield October 10, 1869
 
Matthew M. Mansfield September 25, 1866
 
Charles S. Marchant August 31, 1845
 
John F. Marsh February 1, 1828
 
J. Manuel Marshall June 1, 1869
 
Jeremiah F. McCarthy July 7, 1857
 
Daniel V. McIsaac November 6, 1871
 
James H. McKinley May 21, 1860
 
William I. McLoughlin January 16, 1872
 
William S. McNary March 29, 1863
 
Charles J. McPherson February 20, 1856
 
Edward C. Mead December 25, 1858
 
James H. Mellen November 7, 1845
 
Charles P. Mills August 22, 1853
 
Edwin J. Mills May 1, 1861
 
Cornelius Minihan August 15, 1862
 
John M. Minton March 23, 1872
 
James A. Montgomery May 17, 1864
 
William L. Mooney February 16, 1867
 
J. Myron Moore November 3, 1866
 
Merrick A. Morse May 1, 1847
 
John P. Munroe June 28, 1850
 
Mortimer D. A. Murphy May 9, 1867
 
James J. Myers November 20, 1842
 
H. Huestis Newton December 2, 1860
 
Darius M. Nickerson, Jr. July 11, 1863
 
William S. O'Brien August 16, 1856
 
John E. O'Neill January 15, 1862
 
James E. Odlin April 9, 1857
 
Timothy Paige July 14, 1851
 
William Colvard Parker April 12, 1858
 
Alexander Sinclair Paton November 20, 1854
 
James Pearce May 7, 1843
 
Charles H. Persons January 5, 1859
 
John Q. A. Pettengill July 12, 1856
 
James C. Poor June 25, 1851
 
Thomas F. Porter October 30, 1847
 
Silas Dean Reed June 25, 1872
 
George Robert Russell Rivers May 28, 1853
 
Samuel Roads, Jr. October 22, 1853
 
Martin Robbins October 13, 1852
 
Arthur E. Roberts June 22, 1861
 
Lewis D. Robinson June 21, 1842
 
Arthur P. Russell June 16, 1871
 
William R. Salter July 6, 1861
 
Charles R. Saunders November 22, 1862
 
William Schofield February 14, 1857
 
George Shepley Selfridge September 25, 1868
 
Ebenezer Wallen Sheppard May 7, 1860
 
Harvey F. Shufelt March 19, 1860
 
Henry R. Skinner May 9, 1860
 
Charles F. A. Smith July 18, 1866
 
George E. Smith March 18, 1848
 
Levi M. Snow April 19, 1841
 
John Thomas Sparks July 9, 1865
 
Stillman J. Spear April 25, 1839
 
Wallace Spooner November 28, 1856
 
Eugene H. Sprague May 23, 1864
 
George H. Stackpole September 7, 1843
 
Hugh L. Stalker December 31, 1857
 
Silas A. Stone February 3, 1843
 
Willmore B. Stone June 24, 1853
 
Charles S. Sullivan June 29, 1875
 
Michael J. Sullivan October 23, 1870
 
French O. J. Tarbox September 2, 1861
 
Charles T. Tatman December 16, 1871
 
John E. Thomson September 22, 1861
 
Edward M. Thurston July 18, 1832
 
Patrick H. Tobin September 12, 1870
 
William Turtle June 20, 1855
 
Samuel Walker Twombly July 31, 1822
 
Charles H. Upson June 4, 1848
 
George E. Varney July 8, 1864
 
David I. Walsh November 11, 1872
 
William S. Warriner July 15, 1866
 
James A. Watson June 24, 1870
 
Walter S. Watson September 11, 1851
 
Alvin G. Weeks October 22, 1866
 
Walter S. Weston November 12, 1852
 
Frank E. Wetherell December 18, 1843
 
Harry Bertram Whall September 5, 1868
 
William D. Wheeler May 7, 1868
 
John B. Whelan February 19, 1864
 
Horace C. White January 26, 1836
 
Orange Whitney March 16, 1849
 
Edward E. Willard September 25, 1862
 
Temple A. Winsloe October 14, 1875
 
Isaac C. Wright December 21, 1824

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  4. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
  5. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1900 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1900" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading

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