1874 Massachusetts legislature

The 95th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1874 during the governorships of William B. Washburn and Thomas Talbot. George B. Loring served as president of the Senate and John E. Sanford served as speaker of the House.[4][5]

95th
Massachusetts General Court
94th 96th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 4, 1873
Senate
Members40
PresidentGeorge B. Loring
Party controlRepublican[1]
House of Representatives
Members240
SpeakerJohn E. Sanford
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 7, 1874 (1874-01-07) – June 30, 1874 (1874-06-30)[3]
George B. Loring
George Loring, Senate president.
John Eliot Sanford
John Eliot Sanford, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1874.

Senators

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Image Name [6] Date of birth [7] District Party
 
David Aiken 1804 Franklin
 
Horace Clinton Bacon 1824 3rd Essex
 
Andrew Jackson Bailey 1840 1st Middlesex
 
Prentiss Chaffee Baird 1832 Berkshire and Hampshire
 
Henry Lewis Bancroft 1821 3rd Worcester
Julius K. Banister 4th Suffolk
 
Nathaniel P. Banks January 30, 1816 2nd Middlesex
 
Brooks Trull Batcheller 1813 6th Middlesex
 
Erastus P. Carpenter November 23, 1822 3rd Norfolk
 
Jedediah Dwelley 1834 Norfolk and Plymouth
 
Francis Edson 1823 Hampshire
 
Charles Fitz 1806 5th Essex
 
Charles Howe French 1814 2nd Norfolk
 
Henry Fuller 1825 2nd Hampden
 
Jeremiah Gatchell 1834 2nd Worcester
 
John A. Hawes 1823 2nd Bristol
 
Francis B. Hayes 1819 2nd Suffolk
 
Thomas Prentiss Hurlbut 1820 5th Middlesex
 
Thomas Ingalls 1824 1st Essex
 
Francis Wayland Jacobs 1837 3rd Suffolk
 
Nathaniel Lafayette Johnson 1822 4th Worcester
 
Jonathan A. Lane 1822 5th Suffolk
 
Edward Howard Lathrop 1838 1st Hampden
 
Edward Learned 1820 Berkshire
 
George B. Loring November 8, 1817 2nd Essex
 
William Croade Lovering February 25, 1835 1st Bristol
 
Walter Neal Mason 1824 4th Middlesex
 
Moody Merrill 1836 1st Norfolk
 
Amasa Norcross January 26, 1824 5th Worcester
 
Francis Augustus Nye 1823 Island
 
Ezra Parmenter March 20, 1823 3rd Middlesex
 
Edward Payson Reed 1836 2nd Plymouth
 
William Francis Salmon 1831 7th Middlesex
 
Charles Pickett Stickney 1824 3rd Bristol
 
Thomas Newcomb Stone 1818 Cape
 
Hugh James Toland 1844 6th Suffolk
 
George F. Verry July 14, 1826 1st Worcester
 
Zenas Caldwell Wardwell 1831 4th Essex
 
Henry Stevenson Washburn 1813 1st Suffolk
 
Tisdale Sanford White 1809 1st Plymouth

Representatives

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image Name [6] Date of birth [7] District Party
 
William A. Abbott 1834
 
John Quincy Adams II September 22, 1833
 
William Augustus Adams 1830
 
Charles Alden 1819
 
Andrew Athy 1832
 
Joseph Edmond Bailey 1839
 
Emory Banister 1809
 
Patrick Barry 1834
 
George Bartholmesz 1821
 
William Garry Bassett 1843
 
John Henry Bell 1829
 
John Bigelow 1841
 
Samuel Partridge Billings 1819
 
Sanford Waters Billings 1834
 
Robert Roberts Bishop March 13, 1834
 
Stephen Francis Blaney 1844
 
Richard Delano Blinn 1831
 
John Cutter Blood 1836
 
William Edward Blunt 1840
 
Enos Watson Boise 1840
 
Dennis Bonner 1821
 
Frederick Lincoln Bosworth 1836
 
Samuel Hyde Boutwell 1838
 
Reuben Boynton 1815
 
Shubael Wilmarth Brayton 1822
 
Richard Britton 1838
 
William Blanchard Brown 1821
 
James Needham Buffum 1807
 
Stillman Butterworth 1817
 
Aaron Ozias Buxton 1832
 
James Hazen Carleton 1818
 
Alonzo Augustus Carr 1836
 
Cyrus William Chapman 1813
 
Damon Ebenezer Cheney 1828
 
Elijah Horne Chisholm 1824
 
Albe Cady Clark 1826
 
Francis Elliot Clark 1830
 
Alfred Alonzo Clatur 1835
 
Charles R. Codman 1829
 
Lansing James Cole 1803
 
Patrick Collins 1830
 
Austin Henry Connell 1846
 
Henry Joseph Couch 1831
 
Jeremiah William Coveney 1840
 
George Glover Crocker 1843
 
John Addison Cummings 1838
 
John Cummings 1812
 
Benjamin Connor Currier 1822
 
Francis Chester Curtis 1836
 
John Cushing 1808
 
Levi Lincoln Cushing 1825
 
Thomas Seabury Cushman 1809
 
Timothy John Dacey 1849
 
Curtis Davis 1814
 
Henry Charles Davis 1843
 
John Davol 1822
 
Isaac Walker Derby 1835
 
Edward Dickinson 1803
 
Jarvis Nelson Dunham 1828
 
Edward Eaton 1818
 
Joseph Merrill Eaton 1834
 
Lucian Farnham Eldridge 1839
 
Augustus Bradford Endicott September 10, 1818
 
James Edward Estabrook
 
George Otis Fairbanks 1815
 
John Brooks Fairbanks 1822
 
Caleb Clesson Field 1810
 
John Hancock Fisher 1807
 
Joseph Emery Fiske 1839
 
Eustace Carey Fitz 1833
 
John Edward Fitzgerald 1844
 
Thomas Francis Fitzgerald 1848
 
John Ware Fletcher 1824
 
William Frost 1822
 
Asabel Gates 1827
 
George Samuel Gates 1817
 
Thomas Gates 1822
 
Ziba Gay 1823
 
William Benedict Gibson 1819
 
Addison Gilbert 1808
 
John James Giles 1810
 
Samuel Slocum Ginnodo 1816
 
Samuel Staples Gleason 1841
 
Levi Lincoln Goodspeed 1822
 
Elbridge Henry Goss 1830
 
Andrew Jackson Gove 1834
 
Brownell Granger 1835
 
Francis Edward Gray 1844
 
Charles Hale June 7, 1831
 
Gayton Montgomery Hall 1835
 
Nahum Bathrick Hall 1823
 
Solomon Eldridge Hallett 1833
 
Abraham Wilkinson Harris 1829
 
Joshua Prentiss Haskell 1835
 
Horace Haskins 1829
 
John Ferguson Haskins 1831
 
Benjamin Franklin Hayes
 
Samuel Morse Haynes 1833
 
Benjamin Heath 1821
 
Allen Higginbottom 1826
 
James Edward Hill 1838
 
John Beckford Hill 1824
 
Joseph Warren Hill 1837
 
George Hodges 1822
 
Norton Eugene Hollis 1840
 
Theodore Myers House 1840
 
Benjamin Howard 1819
 
Andrew Howes 1826
 
David Porter Howes 1815
 
Francis M. Hughes 1845
 
Edward Gilbert Hull 1834
 
J. B. Hull
 
James Douglass Hurlburt 1832
 
Richardson Hutchinson 1818
 
Nathan Sumner Jenkins 1820
 
Edward Jonathan Johnson 1832
 
Jonathan Johnson 1818
 
Laburton Johnson 1827
 
Edward Jenkins Jones 1822
 
Erastus Jones September 11, 1825
 
George Washington Jones 1822
 
Thomas Milton Judd 1840
 
Jesse Edson Keith 1824
 
Elbridge Gerry Kelley
 
Charles Henry Killam 1832
 
Moses Kimball October 24, 1809
 
Ebenezer Kimball 1818
 
George Parkman Kingsley 1840
 
Lucius Woodman Knight 1830
 
William Shadrach Knox September 10, 1843
 
Samuel Orson Lamb 1821
 
Henry Douglas Lay 1824
 
Daniel James Lewis 1810
 
Willard Lewis 1808
 
Frederick Walker Lincoln 1817
 
Joseph Chase Little
 
Lewis Lombard 1819
 
Edward Payson Loring 1837
 
Samuel Loring
 
Charles Addison Loud 1829
 
Henry Bacon Lovering April 8, 1841
 
Aaron Low August 11, 1833
 
Horatio Atwood Lucas 1827
 
Julius Miner Lyon 1828
 
John Thomson Manny
 
Albert Mason 1836
 
Lyman Mason 1815
 
David Mayhew 1834
 
Horace Hawkes Mayhew 1826
 
Edward McCleave
 
Daniel McCowan 1838
 
John Johnson McNutt 1822
 
James Lincoln Merritt 1816
 
Albert Montague 1822
 
John Brooks Moore 1817
 
John Farwell Moors
 
Joseph Brown Morss 1808
 
Andrew Marathon Morton 1839
 
William Henry Murray 1826
 
Avery Williams Nelson 1821
 
Willard Stanley Newhall 1831
 
Reuben Noble 1820
 
Edward Ornan Noyes 1840
 
Porter Nutting 1814
 
Richard E. Olney 1835
 
Almond Mitchell Orcutt 1824
 
Lysander John Orcutt 1826
 
Charles Stuart Osgood 1839
 
Albert Palmer January 17, 1831
 
James Orlando Parker November 22, 1827
 
William Crowell Parker 1850
 
William Edward Perkins 1838
 
Henry Willis Phelps 1830
 
Smith Robinson Phillips 1837
 
Willard Peele Phillips 1825
 
Richard Pope 1843
 
Francis Edward Porter 1824
 
Charles Lyman Pratt 1839
 
Henry Loring Pratt 1833
 
Edward Benedict Rankin 1846
 
Lawrence Reade 1835
 
Daniel Franklin Reed 1834
 
John Wilder Rice 1818
 
Jeremiah A. Rich 1823
 
John Andrew Grant Richardson 1840
 
George D. Robinson January 20, 1834
 
Charles Robinson 1829
 
Joshua Crowell Robinson 1834
 
Philip Henry Robinson 1823
 
Joseph Warren Rogers 1828
 
William Rea Roundy 1823
 
Nathaniel Johnson Rust 1833
 
John Eliot Sanford November 22, 1830
 
George Jedediah Sanger 1826
 
Cyrus Savage September 2, 1832
 
John Savery 1815
 
Levi Heywood Sawin 1816
 
Isaac Fessenden Sawtelle
 
Nathaniel Seaver 1807
 
Edwin Henry Seymour 1834
 
Henry Perkins Shattuck 1844
 
Charles Luther Shaw 1823
 
George Atwood Shaw 1816
 
John Shaw 1822
 
Henry Shortle 1834
 
Warren Sibley 1819
 
William Lawton Slade 1817
 
John Killbourne Clough Sleeper 1828
 
George Dillingham Smalley 1824
 
Joshua Bowen Smith[8] 1813
 
Abraham Howland Smith 1833
 
Albert Smith 1823
 
Moses Smith 1815
 
Rufus Smith 1816
 
Sumner Southworth 1804
 
Franklin Harvey Sprague 1825
 
Richard Hall Stearns December 25, 1824
 
Ezra Stearns 1812
 
Isaac Stebbins 1817
 
John Henry Studley 1828
 
Daniel Joseph Sweeney 1834
 
George Washington Taft 1823
 
James Gamage Tarr
 
Daniel Holt Thurston 1813
 
Artemas Stanley Tyler 1824
 
Warren Tyler 1819
 
Leonard Washburn 1813
 
Timothy W. Wellington 1811
 
Michael Francis Wells 1832
 
Cyrus Martin Wheaton 1794
 
Simon Huntington White 1832
 
William Whiting 1816
 
Robert Rich Wiley 1828
 
James Burr Williams 1839
 
Moses Williams 1846
 
Henry Warren Wilson 1834
 
Samuel Winslow 1827
 
Henry Vose Woods 1821
 
George Cleveland Wright 1823
 
Henry Willis Wright 1834

See also

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Images

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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. 2005. p. 338+.
  5. ^ "Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register, 1874. 1874 – via Archive.org.
  6. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1874.
  7. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1874" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  8. ^ 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

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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1874, hdl:2452/619063
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1874, hdl:2452/92956