1908 Massachusetts legislature

The 129th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1908 during the governorship of Curtis Guild Jr.[4] William D. Chapple served as president of the Senate and John N. Cole served as speaker of the House.[5]

129th
Massachusetts General Court
128th 130th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 5, 1907
Senate
Members40
PresidentWilliam D. Chapple
Party controlRepublican (31–9)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJohn N. Cole
Party controlRepublican (175–65)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 1, 1908 (1908-01-01) – June 13, 1908 (1908-06-13) [3]
William D. Chapple
William D. Chapple, Senate president.
John N. Cole
John N. Cole, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1908.

Senators edit

image name [6] date of birth [7] district [7]
 
Gideon B. Abbott 9th Suffolk
 
Tilton S. Bell 8th Suffolk
 
John J. Butler 7th Suffolk
 
William D. Chapple August 6, 1868 2nd Essex
 
Edward A. Cowee 2nd Worcester
 
Charles L. Dean 4th Middlesex
 
Francke W. Dickinson 1st Hampden
 
Edward W. Dixson 3rd Suffolk
 
William Otis Faxon 2nd Norfolk
 
Charles D. B. Fisk 5th Suffolk
 
George J. Gallond Franklin and Hampshire
 
George H. Garfield 2nd Plymouth
 
James W. Grimes 7th Middlesex
 
Alfred S. Hall 1st Suffolk
 
Dennis E. Halley 5th Essex
 
Joseph H. Hibbard 8th Middlesex
 
Charles F. Jenney 1st Norfolk
 
John Lovell Johnson 3rd Worcester
 
Eben S. S. Keith Cape
 
Frank J. Linehan 6th Suffolk
 
Daniel D. Mahoney 2nd Hampden
 
Michael J. McEttrick June 22, 1848 4th Suffolk
 
John Joseph Mitchell May 9, 1873 5th Middlesex
 
George F. Monahan 2nd Suffolk
 
Harry P. Morse 4th Essex
 
Arthur D. Norcross November 7, 1848 Worcester and Hampden
 
Elmer C. Potter 1st Worcester
 
Clinton Q. Richmond Berkshire
 
Herbert S. Riley 6th Middlesex
 
William R. Salter 1st Essex
 
Winfield S. Schuster 4th Worcester
 
James F. Shaw July 18, 1873 3rd Essex
 
Nathaniel P. Sowle October 30, 1857 3rd Bristol
 
Thorndike Spalding 2nd Middlesex
 
Elmer A. Stevens January 15, 1862 3rd Middlesex
 
Allen T. Treadway September 16, 1867 Berkshire, Hampshire and Hampden
 
Joseph Turner 2nd Bristol
 
James H. Vahey December 29, 1871 1st Middlesex
 
Frank G. Wheatley 1st Plymouth
 
Thomas W. Williams 1st Bristol

Representatives edit

image name [6] date of birth [7] district [7]
 
Joseph Abbott May 22, 1874 25th Suffolk
 
Arthur S. Adams February 14, 1869 16th Essex
 
Wallace E. W. N. Arnold June 29, 1863
 
Frank L. Barnes August 20, 1864
 
Frank Barrell July 26, 1853
 
Charles Homer Barrett June 23, 1868 21st Essex
 
Henry B. Barton May 21, 1853 3rd Franklin
 
Frank A. Bayrd
 
Joseph E. Beals March 18, 1834
 
John C. Bennett April 2, 1872 4th Hampden
 
Fred L. Beunke
 
Elias B. Bishop August 2, 1869
 
Charles V. Blanchard February 2, 1866
 
Charles E. Boivin December 12, 1872 11th Bristol
 
Alexis Boyer Jr. January 17, 1875
 
Bartholomew A. Brickley May 7, 1883
 
William R. Brooks March 1, 1865 20th Essex
 
Charles H. Brown January 19, 1879
 
John T. Bryan February 17, 1859
 
George Bunting August 31, 1868 5th Essex
 
Andrew J. Burnett 1860
 
Alfred S. Burns February 6, 1860
 
Herbert W. Burr June 15, 1866
 
Clenric H. Cahoon February 4, 1875 2nd Barnstable
 
Timothy F. Callahan September 5, 1881
 
James B. Carbrey January 16, 1854 11th Essex
 
Ignatius J. Carleton August 7, 1866
 
Cornelius J. Carmody January 11, 1867
 
James Chambers December 8, 1864
 
William E. Chester
 
John E. Clarey January 7, 1855 8th Berkshire
 
Samuel F. Coffin December 27, 1851 26th Essex
 
David Cole September 26, 1845 3rd Berkshire
John N. Cole 9th Essex
 
Ellenwood B. Coleman May 31, 1862
 
Frank Collette Jr. 1871
 
Edward D. Collins 1878
 
James J. Conboy December 1, 1873
 
Martin F. Conley April 27, 1870
 
Thomas F. Coogan
 
Benjamin A. Cook
 
John F. Cook June 24, 1843 10th Essex
 
William H. Cook March 7, 1856 9th Bristol
 
William F. Cook February 4, 1847 2nd Hampden
 
Frank O. Coombs December 17, 1857 1st Bristol
 
Rednor P. Coombs June 27, 1873
 
John S. Cormack June 7, 1875 13th Essex
 
Samuel V. Crane October 4, 1855
 
Daniel Joseph Curley December 23, 1875
 
Elmer L. Curtiss June 11, 1861
 
Grafton D. Cushing August 4, 1864
 
Alfred L. Cutting January 27, 1868
 
Ernest Dalton January 7, 1869
 
Charles L. Davenport May 4, 1854
Ralph Davol 5th Bristol
 
Thomas L. Davis March 15, 1852 17th Essex
 
Henry Ellsworth Dean September 29, 1862
 
Charles A. Dean March 26, 1856
 
William M. Dean November 16, 1874 4th Bristol
 
Daniel E. Denny July 14, 1845
 
Joseph C. Desmond October 15, 1875 7th Bristol
 
Joseph E. Donovan April 21, 1882
 
William E. Dorman June 23, 1875 12th Essex
 
Andrew P. Doyle August 15, 1869 8th Bristol
 
Edward B. Draper November 27, 1876
 
Florence J. Driscoll October 15, 1871
 
Hugh P. Drysdale December 11, 1875 1st Berkshire
 
Patrick J. Duane August 18, 1862
 
S. Alden Eastman October 14, 1847
 
Charles F. Elmer August 25, 1856 1st Franklin
 
Samuel D. Elmore December 29, 1868
 
Dennis E. Farley June 12, 1852 4th Franklin
 
Thomas J. Fay April 24, 1879
 
Francis J. Fennelly February 18, 1860 10th Bristol
 
J. Bernard Ferber May 28, 1876
 
Frederick L. Fisher
 
Charles J. Flagg
 
Louis E. Flye January 18, 1881
 
Clarence J. Fogg July 10, 1853 25th Essex
 
Herbert M. Forristall August 14, 1859 15th Essex
 
Herbert S. Frost
 
Edward J. Fuller January 30, 1854
 
William F. Garcelon October 24, 1868
 
Joseph S. Gates October 3, 1856
 
George A. Giles August 4, 1875
 
Edward Gilmore January 4, 1867
 
James T. Goggins January 31, 1866 5th Berkshire
 
Thomas J. Grady December 16, 1877
 
William J. Graham October 2, 1873 8th Essex
 
Hamlet S. Greenwood 1871
 
Lyman W. Griswold October 16, 1869 2nd Franklin
 
Homer A. Hall November 24, 1871 2nd Berkshire
 
Martin T. Hall December 23, 1877
 
Harry H. Ham
 
Oscar C. Hammarstrom October 18, 1877
 
Portus B. Hancock February 19, 1836
 
Bernard F. Hanrahan July 27, 1875
 
Horace D. Hardy February 28, 1877
 
John J. Hayes October 14, 1875
 
Lewis J. Hewitt February 13, 1870
 
William P. Higgins May 16, 1881
 
Frederick H. Hilton February 12, 1882
 
William Hoag November 18, 1870
 
Ernest E. Hobson September 29, 1878 1st Hampden
 
Frank G. Hodskins December 26, 1876 7th Hampden
 
William M. Hogan June 2, 1876
 
Samuel M. Holman 1862 1st Bristol
 
Charles T. Holt August 1, 1845 6th Hampden
 
Frank A. Hosmer November 14, 1853
 
Alonzo F. Hoyle October 16, 1861
 
Eugene Hultman July 13, 1875
 
George S. J. Hyde November 1, 1849 7th Essex
 
William T. Jeffrey January 23, 1876 19th Essex
 
Charles Cabot Johnson December 9, 1876 14th Essex
 
J. B. Albert Johnson September 8, 1878
 
Fred O. Johnson February 10, 1855
 
Aaron F. Jones September 11, 1832
 
James A. Jones January 14, 1853
 
Frederick G. Katzmann September 12, 1875
 
David P. Keefe September 29, 1855 11th Bristol
 
Sidney B. Keene January 10, 1861
 
Roland M. Keith March 16, 1847
 
William A. Kelleher May 27, 1875 6th Essex
 
Frank D. Kemp June 9, 1862 5th Hampden
 
Michael J. Kenney July 12, 1863 3rd Bristol
 
James W. Killam July 12, 1874
 
Edwin M. Kittredge September 27, 1872
 
James H. Knight October 11, 1876
 
Frederick S. Lane May 8, 1849
 
William F. Learned January 12, 1850
 
Sidney Lees September 23, 1866 8th Bristol
 
Adam Leining December 4, 1836
 
J. Henry Leonard September 18, 1879
 
Andrew R. Linscott
 
Martin Lomasney December 3, 1859
 
George W. Long July 28, 1872
 
John F. Lothrop December 17, 1847
 
George E. Lovett February 27, 1849
 
Robert Luce December 2, 1862
 
Edward C. Lyford
 
Cornelius J. Lynch December 18, 1877
 
Samuel J. Madden May 17, 1882
 
Jens J. Madsen October 9, 1869
 
Charles A. Malley January 22, 1876
 
David Mancovitz August 15, 1877
 
Charles H. Mansfield March 20, 1842 15th Essex
 
Charles Mayberry April 27, 1876
 
Ulysses E. Mayhew August 16, 1848 1st Dukes
 
Herbert T. Maynard December 9, 1867
 
Matthew McCann 1863 14th Essex
 
Jeremiah F. McCarthy July 7, 1857
 
Charles F. McCarthy August 15, 1876
 
Frederick T. McClatchey October 1, 1873 4th Berkshire
 
Thomas P. McDavitt
 
Edward McDonald July 17, 1844 7th Berkshire
 
Philip J. McGonagle October 21, 1871
 
John F. McGrath January 10, 1881
 
Edwin C. McIntire October 18, 1867 23rd Essex
 
John H. McKenney October 12, 1839 13th Essex
 
Lewis B. McKie August 14, 1875
 
George McLane Jr. July 4, 1869 5th Essex
 
Timothy J. Meade November 7, 1874
 
John F. Meehan November 24, 1875
 
Julius Meyers December 6, 1854
 
Samuel H. Mildram
 
Jacob H. Mock May 14, 1863
 
Fred Moore April 4, 1874 9th Bristol
 
Daniel H. Morgan January 14, 1879 5th Hampden
 
Leslie K. Morse January 18, 1860 3rd Essex
 
Joseph J. Murley October 8, 1876
 
William F. Murray September 7, 1881
 
Melvin S. Nash August 3, 1857
 
Arthur L. Nason October 24, 1872 4th Essex
 
George H. Newhall October 24, 1850 12th Essex
 
Malcolm Nichols May 8, 1876
 
David Curtis Nickerson January 21, 1854
 
William H. O'Brien September 9, 1864
 
J. Frank O'Brien January 6, 1879
 
M. Fred O'Connell June 14, 1870
 
Patrick H. O'Connor 1882
 
James E. O'Donnell September 29, 1875
 
James Oliver June 28, 1836
 
Lewis C. Parker May 9, 1880
 
Lewis Parkhurst 1856
 
Joseph A. Parks May 2, 1877 10th Bristol
 
Louis E. Pattison December 30, 1843
 
Thomas Pattison January 20, 1854 1st Barnstable
 
Edwin C. Perham March 4, 1858
 
John H. Pickford September 9, 1849
 
Ernest H. Pierce May 12, 1863
 
Myron E. Pierce 1874
 
Robert E. Pollock October 23, 1851 18th Essex
 
Frank H. Pope March 7, 1854
 
Samuel L. Porter November 10, 1869 1st Essex
 
James F. Powers October 1, 1872
 
Francis X. Quigley November 20, 1882
 
Thomas P. Riley July 11, 1875
 
William M. Robinson July 21, 1875
 
William L. Robinson December 15, 1855 2nd Bristol
 
Samuel Ross February 2, 1865 7th Bristol
 
John E. Rousmaniere
 
Herbert P. Sanders 6th Berkshire
 
John H. Schoonmaker February 14, 1869
 
Edward J. Sennott April 4, 1867
 
Eugene E. Shaw
 
Frederick M. J. Sheenan
 
Oscar J. Shepardson December 5, 1851 2nd Hampden
 
Joseph J. Shepherd February 5, 1855
 
Isaac M. Small 1845 3rd Barnstable
 
William H. Smith November 11, 1875
 
Joseph Soliday 1869
 
Harry N. Stearns October 5, 1874
 
John A. Stoddart May 10, 1869 22nd Essex
 
Lucian B. Stone September 9, 1829
 
John F. Sullivan May 17, 1875
 
Daniel L. Sullivan October 16, 1878
 
George Swann July 18, 1859
 
John H. Thompson August 26, 1873
 
Frank P. Todd March 3, 1853 24th Essex
 
Frank A. Torrey December 21, 1874
 
William H. Trudel July 19, 1866 2nd Essex
 
Charles L. Underhill July 20, 1867
 
Charles F. Varnum June 28, 1846
 
Joseph Walker (Massachusetts speaker) 1865
 
Joseph A. Wallis December 12, 1837 20th Essex
 
Thomas S. Walsh 1859 3rd Hampden
 
Fred P. Warner
 
Robert M. Washburn January 4, 1868
 
William L. Waugh
 
A. S. Parker Weeks April 29, 1857
 
William E. Weeks 1880
 
Joseph O. Wellington
 
Norman H. White December 25, 1871
 
Edgar H. Whitney
 
William B. Willcutt December 14, 1874
 
Isaac E. Willetts November 8, 1879 11th Bristol
 
Waterman Lester Williams August 10, 1867
 
Herbert Wing 6th Bristol
 
Russell B. Worster June 30, 1872

See also edit

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References edit

  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. ^ Massachusetts Year Book for 1908. Worcester: F.S. Blanchard. 1907.
  5. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
  6. ^ a b Who's Who in State Politics. Boston: Practical Politics. 1908 – via archive.org.
  7. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1908" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

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