1889 Massachusetts legislature

The 110th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1889 during the governorship of Oliver Ames. Harris C. Hartwell served as president of the Senate and William Emerson Barrett served as speaker of the House.[4]

110th
Massachusetts General Court
109th 111th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 6, 1888
Senate
Members40
PresidentHarris C. Hartwell
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerWilliam Emerson Barrett
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 2, 1889 (1889-01-02) – June 7, 1889 (1889-06-07)[3]
Harris C. Hartwell
Harris Hartwell, Senate president.
William Emerson Barrett
William Barrett, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1889.

When in session at the state house in Boston, a few of the legislators stayed overnight in Adams House, the American House, Hotel Brunswick, Norfolk House, Quincy House, Richwood House, or the United States Hotel.[5]

Senators

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Image Name[5] Date of birth[6] District Party
 
Edwin Baker January 18, 1843
Benjamin F. Campbell September 12, 1834
 
William Alfred Clark 1852
 
John Aloysius Collins 1860
 
Benjamin Franklin Cook 1833
 
Thomas Washburn Cook September 15, 1837
 
John Crawford Crosby June 15, 1859
 
William Nathaniel Davenport November 3, 1856
 
Edward Joseph Donovan March 15, 1864
 
James Donovan May 28, 1859
 
James Fisher Dwinell July 23, 1825
 
Alonzo Hathaway Evans February 24, 1820
 
Alfred Swift Fassett December 5, 1848
 
David Fisk May 6, 1838
 
George Washington Gibson 1851
 
Jubal Converse Gleason 1837
 
Daniel Gunn 1850
James H. Harlow September 11, 1814
 
Harris Cowdrey Hartwell 1847
 
Edward Jacob Hathorne 1854
 
Henry Joseph Hosmer February 2, 1832
 
Robert Howard February 8, 1845
Frank W. Howe June 3, 1859
Thomas F. Hunt October 27, 1854
 
Chester Ward Kingsley 1824
 
Austin Messinger 1817
 
Edwin Dickinson Metcalf March 14, 1848
Edward F. O'Sullivan June 23, 1858
 
Moses Poore Palmer 1830
 
Henry Langdon Parker October 7, 1834
 
James Davis Pike 1829
 
Edwin Lake Pilsbury 1850
 
Henry Harrison Sprague August 1, 1841
Charles E. Stevens April 21, 1843
 
James Trimble Stevens 1835
 
Charles Henry Symonds 1857
 
Enos Houghton Tucker 1817
 
David Walker 1841
 
Silas Mandeville Wheelock 1818
 
Levi Lincoln Whitney 1838

Representatives

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image Name[5] Date of birth[6] District Party
Warren W. Adams December 11, 1844
John Albree March 14, 1829
Jared F. Alden April 18, 1836
Thomas Alden August 17, 1827
 
Montressor Tyler Allen 1844
Richard B. Allen January 25, 1859
 
Horace H. Atherton October 23, 1847 20th
Ralph L. Atherton June 30, 1842
 
Harrison Henry Atwood August 26, 1863
George Ayres August 26, 1833
 
Rollin Herbert Babbitt 1840
Lewis M. Bancroft December 31, 1851
Thomas E. Barker March 13, 1839
 
Franklin O. Barnes November 11, 1841
 
William Emerson Barrett December 29, 1858
Richard M. Barry June 5, 1863
Walter P. Beck January 20, 1850
Charles H. Bennett March 11, 1843
John O. Bennett November 8, 1838
 
Francis T. Berry August 18, 1849
 
Thomas W. Bicknell September 6, 1834
Alden M. Bigelow March 28, 1848
 
Charles Chauncey Bixby 1824
George Bliss November 20, 1844
 
Percival Blodgett July 18, 1841
 
Andreas Blume 1837
Nelson F. Bond January 9, 1839
J. Dean Bonney January 28, 1831
 
John Bennett Bottum
Joshua L. D. Bowerman
Robert H. Bowman September 26, 1855
 
Peter Joseph Brady October 29, 1861
 
Edward Winslow Brewer 1858
Charles K. Brewster June 11, 1843
 
Asa Olin Brooks 1852
Horace Brooks July 22, 1835
William Henry Brooks January 11, 1831
Edward F. Brown July 11, 1843
Orland J. Brown February 2, 1848
John H. Burgess November 25, 1852
James J. Burke March 4, 1862
 
Charles Amos Call 1839
 
Joseph Henry Cannell 1836
George N. Carpenter January 26, 1840
 
Peter Thomas Carroll 1857
 
Charles Ernest Carter June 1, 1850
 
Joseph Pike Cheney 1843
 
Moses Davis Church 1842
 
Horace E. Clayton 1854
 
George L. Clemence February 17, 1852
Nelson B. Conant December 6, 1845
Thomas H. Connell September 18, 1849
 
David Conwell 1818
Louis A. Cook May 4, 1847
 
John William Coveney April 10, 1845
 
Robert Bruce Crane 1845
 
James Martin Cronin 1857
 
Joshua Crowell 1841
John H. Crowley August 20, 1858
Francis C. Curtis March 13, 1836
 
Nahum Sawin Cutler April 7, 1837
George W. Cutting November 18, 1834
 
Frank William Dallinger June 5, 1852
 
Luther Dame March 3, 1826
Epes Davis March 14, 1824
Joshua H. Davis November 3, 1814
Thomas Haven Dearing October 25, 1826
 
Jeremiah Desmond May 2, 1853
Henry S. Dewey 1856
Simeon Dodge, Jr. February 23, 1840
William S. Douglas April 5, 1836
 
Hugo A. Dubuque November 3, 1854
Thomas H. Duggan March 11, 1848
Lyman R. Eddy March 21, 1837
John Edwards December 23, 1852
George D. Eldredge December 17, 1858
Albert R. Eldridge September 10, 1850
 
Thomas George Farren 1858
 
Myron J. Ferren August 16, 1836
William F. Ferry July 4, 1854
Charles N. Foote December 14, 1848
 
Jacob Fottler 1839
 
Henry Frost 1832
 
Charles B. Gardiner June 19, 1849
Michael J. Garvey May 27, 1859
Theodore Giddings December 5, 1837
John F. Gillespie April 18, 1855
 
Gorham D. Gilman May 29, 1822
Thomas K. Gilman August 11, 1842
Edward B. Glasgow
 
William Gordon 1825
John B. Gould November 29, 1820
 
Samuel Levis Gracey 1835
Charles Grant, Jr. June 26, 1844
 
Robert S. Gray September 28, 1847
 
Abner Greenwood September 10, 1826
William M. Hale June 26, 1820
Henry D. Hamilton June 22, 1848
 
Charles H. Hanson July 7, 1844
Z. Taylor Harrington November 14, 1848
 
Robert O. Harris November 8, 1854
James W. Harvey April 10, 1844
Phineas W. Haseltine May 15, 1846
Forbes P. Haskell April 6, 1844
 
Elihu B. Hayes April 26, 1848
 
Robert Henry 1833
John E. Heslan November 11, 1854
John Hildreth October 18, 1851
 
William Southerland Hixon 1848
John D. Holbrook October 6, 1843
Langdon H. Holder March 10, 1846
Frank E. Holman August 8, 1853
John F. Howard March 24, 1843
Herbert W. Howe December 17, 1842
Charles Howes December 14, 1833
 
Willard Howland December 3, 1852
John F. Hutchinson January 6, 1856
Henry H. Johnson March 24, 1840
 
Jeremiah Joseph Keane 1855
 
Thomas J. Keliher October 13, 1858
Horace G. Kemp August 19, 1849
David B. Kempton April 25, 1818
 
Patrick Joseph Kennedy January 14, 1858
 
John White Kimball February 27, 1828
 
Henry Albert Kimball May 3, 1842
Rufus Kimball March 13, 1829
 
Francis W. Kittredge June 4, 1843
 
James Lally 1862
Hiram B. Lane August 17, 1824
Andrew Berkley Lattimore[7] August 4, 1852
 
William W. Leach February 22, 1856
 
Edward Joseph Leary May 27, 1860
James D. Lincoln 1823
Stephen S. Littlefield August 8, 1848
 
Clarence Parker Lovell 1848
John Macfarlane June 11, 1841
 
James Pope Martin 1827
 
Samuel Walker McCall February 28, 1851
 
Thomas McCooey 1851
 
Peter J. McDonald May 3, 1860
 
John H. McDonough March 29, 1857
 
John James McDonough March 15, 1857
Thomas O. McEnaney October 23, 1857
 
Michael Joseph McEttrick June 22, 1848
Daniel McLaughlin 1847
 
William S. McNary March 29, 1863
Albert Mead April 23, 1830
Robert F. Means August 22, 1838
 
James H. Mellen November 7, 1845
Noah F. Mendall May 2, 1836
 
John Flint Merrill January 16, 1849
 
Albert E. Miller 1834
 
Henry S. Milton September 28, 1855
 
William Henry Monahan 1857
Michael J. Moore September 23, 1863
Frank Morison March 18, 1844
I. Porter Morse April 10, 1861
William H. Murphy December 18, 1855
Albert H. Newhall December 25, 1834
Edward M. Nichols August 22, 1848
William H. Nichols October 6, 1846
Joseph Nolan April 27, 1860
 
John Henry Norcross October 20, 1841
 
John William O'Mealey 1861
 
John William O'Neil 1859
Henry P. Oakman June 27, 1831
 
John B. Packard February 22, 1837
Frank E. Paige March 22, 1859
Oren B. Parks December 28, 1846
Joseph A. Patridge January 3, 1830
George Arthur Perkins 1856
Charles Perry May 31, 1840
 
Charles Quincy Pierce 1841
John N. Pierce December 8, 1833
Baxter P. Pike February 22, 1845
Omer Pillsbury November 15, 1853
 
Alfred Stamm Pinkerton March 19, 1856
 
John Wallace Plaisted 1828
Charles French Porter January 16, 1836
Lurin J. Potter June 6, 1846
 
Harvey Hunter Pratt 1860
 
William Henry Preble 1856
 
John Jacob Prevaux March 16, 1857
Ellis B. Purrington January 31, 1831
Charles C. Putnam May 28, 1844
 
Francis Winnie Qua 1845
 
Dennis Joseph Quinn 1861
 
Francis Henry Raymond February 19, 1836
 
George A. Reed September 10, 1842
 
James Henry Richards 1839
Albert E. Richmond September 23, 1819
 
Thomas Riley December 22, 1843
 
John B. Ripley July 8, 1849
William R. Rowell March 19, 1844
 
Charles Parks Rugg 1827
 
Irving Levi Russell 1852
Stillman Russell December 11, 1836
 
Chester Franklin Sanger 1858
 
George P. Sanger September 6, 1852
 
Edward Payson Shaw September 1, 1841
Charles H. Shepard October 19, 1842
George A. Shepard December 23, 1820
Everett F. Sherman 1826
 
George Wing Slocum 1818
 
Winfield Scott Slocum 1848
 
Anthony Smalley March 15, 1836
Henry O. Smith September 15, 1839
Thomas Snow March 16, 1854
William D. Sohier October 22, 1858
 
Charles Edward Spring 1841
William B. Sprout 1859
John H. Stafford November 16, 1841
Stephen Stanley June 11, 1842
George C. Stearns February 12, 1854
 
Daniel Philmore Stimpson 1818
Martin L. Stover October 22, 1837
Edward Sullivan August 14, 1844
John H. Sullivan June 24, 1850
 
Michael F. Sullivan September 21, 1859
 
George N. Swallow January 2, 1854
 
Edgar Sidney Taft June 30, 1853
 
Rufus Albert Thayer 1839
 
Albert Cranston Thompson 1843
 
Isaac Brownell Tompkins August 17, 1826
Peletiah R. Tripp August 15, 1842
 
Henry Edward Turner May 4, 1842
 
Abijah Tyler Wales 1833
 
Jacob Otis Wardwell March 14, 1857
 
William Leonard White 1843
Charles M. Wilcox August 13, 1861
John H. Wilkins October 14, 1832
 
Charles Thomas Witt July 18, 1848
Samuel Wood February 13, 1831
 
Charles Francis Woodward November 19, 1852
Ira A. Worth October 23, 1828
William A. Wyckoff April 30, 1838
 
Ferdinand Adolphus Wyman 1850

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 c Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1889.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1889" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  7. ^ 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: 1889, hdl:2452/619078
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1889, hdl:2452/83195