1891 Massachusetts legislature
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The 112th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1891 during the governorship of William E. Russell. Henry H. Sprague served as president of the Senate and William Emerson Barrett served as speaker of the House.[4]
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| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 4, 1890 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Henry H. Sprague | ||||
| Party control | Republican[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | William Emerson Barrett | ||||
| Party control | Republican[2] | ||||
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Henry Sprague, Senate president.
William Barrett, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1891.
Senators
edit| image | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district |
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| Thomas Alden | August 17, 1827 | ||
| Joseph Bennett | May 26, 1840 | ||
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Joseph Mathias Bradley | August 18, 1852 | |
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Arthur Butler Breed | June 30, 1857 | |
| Benjamin F. Brickett | April 10, 1846 | ||
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Hiram Torrey Cady | January 17, 1843 | |
| Frank E. Carpenter | August 29, 1851 | ||
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Arthur B. Champlin | February 7, 1858 | |
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Wilder Philander Clark | October 12, 1832 | |
| George P. Cooke | October 28, 1849 | ||
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John William Coveney | April 10, 1845 | |
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James Donovan | May 28, 1859 | |
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John E. Drury | May 11, 1852 | |
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William N. Eaton | December 29, 1845 | |
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B. Marvin Fernald | February 14, 1847 | |
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Gorham D. Gilman | May 29, 1822 | |
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Charles Haggerty | December 6, 1854 | |
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Robert Howard | February 8, 1845 | |
| Horace G. Kemp | August 19, 1849 | ||
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Henry Albert Kimball | May 3, 1842 | |
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Aaron Low | August 11, 1833 | |
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James W. McDonald | May 15, 1857 | |
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William S. McNary | March 29, 1863 | |
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Isaac Newton Nutter | June 23, 1836 | |
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Alfred Stamm Pinkerton | March 19, 1856 | |
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William Provin | February 14, 1842 | |
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Francis Henry Raymond | February 19, 1836 | |
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John Reade | December 1, 1826 | |
| Frederick S. Risteen | August 28, 1840 | ||
| Morgan Rotch | April 8, 1848 | ||
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Cyrus Savage | September 2, 1832 | |
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John Simpkins | June 27, 1862 | |
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Sidney P. Smith | July 13, 1850 | |
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Benjamin Franklin Southwick | July 5, 1835 | |
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Henry H. Sprague | August 1, 1841 | |
| William Stopford | February 22, 1848 | ||
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John R. Thayer | March 9, 1845 | |
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George Makepeace Towle | August 27, 1841 | |
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William H. West | January 27, 1830 | |
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Edwin F. Wyer | September 28, 1832 |
Representatives
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Stephen Anderson | December 24, 1840 | |
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Francis H. Appleton | June 17, 1847 | |
| Edward A. Atkins | October 22, 1832 | ||
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James Lewis Austin | March 19, 1851 | |
| Fitz J. Babson | February 14, 1828 | ||
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Charles M. Bacheller | June 29, 1863 | |
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Charles H. Baker | February 2, 1847 | |
| Harry H. Barrett | March 10, 1851 | ||
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Richard F. Barrett | August 4, 1848 | |
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William Emerson Barrett | December 29, 1858 | |
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Robert G. Bartlett | April 8, 1834 | |
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Frank P. Bennett | May 2, 1853 | |
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Zechariah L. Bicknell | June 20, 1820 | |
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Ledyard Bill | 1836 | |
| Henry T. Bingham | March 9, 1839 | ||
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S. Stillman Blanchard | June 23, 1835 | |
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Frederic Wright Bliss | October 14, 1852 | |
| Charles H. Boodey | December 27, 1838 | ||
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Daniel F. Breen | June 7, 1860 | |
| Elmer H. Bright | June 26, 1860 | ||
| Henry W. Britton | February 13, 1851 | ||
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Lemuel M. Brock | November 6, 1837 | |
| Ethan Brooks | January 10, 1832 | ||
| James L. Brophy | November 14, 1852 | ||
| George H. Brown | September 3, 1838 | ||
| Herman Buchholz | November 23, 1839 | ||
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William P. Buckley | August 15, 1859 | |
| Andrew J. Bucklin | February 23, 1829 | ||
| Henry Beecher Bullard | April 9, 1839 | ||
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Walter Jesse David Bullock | July 11, 1860 | |
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James F. Burke | November 2, 1861 | |
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William M. Butler | January 29, 1861 | |
| Patrick Cannon | May 2, 1854 | ||
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William Cannon | November 15, 1829 | |
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Robert P. Capen | May 6, 1824 | |
| Erastus P. Carpenter | November 23, 1822 | ||
| George N. Carpenter | January 26, 1840 | ||
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Michael Carroll | July 11, 1849 | |
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James H. Carter | November 16, 1832 | |
| Richard A. Carter | February 16, 1862 | ||
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Charles J. Chance | December 19, 1857 | |
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Salem D. Charles | March 19, 1850 | |
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Dwight Chester | March 2, 1835 | |
| Daniel R. Child | June 23, 1827 | ||
| James W. Clapp | July 30, 1842 | ||
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Hiram E. W. Clark | April 15, 1835 | |
| Louis M. Clark | December 14, 1858 | ||
| George E. Clarke | October 30, 1822 | ||
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George S. Clough | May 2, 1839 | |
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Clarence G. Coburn | January 15, 1850 | |
| John H. Coffey | 1860 | ||
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Morton E. Converse | November 17, 1837 | |
| Myron L. Corbett | October 28, 1844 | ||
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Jeremiah J. Crowley | 1852 | |
| Francis C. Curtis | March 13, 1836 | ||
| Samuel N. Curtis | June 26, 1824 | ||
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John Morton Danforth | 1840 | |
| Squire S. Davis | November 3, 1852 | ||
| Frederick B. Day | March 20, 1843 | ||
| Henry S. Dewey | 1856 | ||
| Henry S. Dickinson | September 26, 1863 | ||
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Perlie A. Dyar | March 26, 1857 | |
| Nathan Edson | September 16, 1817 | ||
| Edward C. Ellis | May 30, 1848 | ||
| S. Hopkins Emery | August 22, 1815 | ||
| Charles S. Ensign | July 26, 1842 | ||
| John W. Fairbanks | October 12, 1843 | ||
| Nathan H. Fales | January 17, 1847 | ||
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James O. Fallon | March 16, 1840 | |
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Thomas F. Fallon | December 7, 1857 | |
| Isaac P. Fears | November 12, 1838 | ||
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Myron J. Ferren | August 16, 1836 | |
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Elkanah Finney | October 31, 1849 | |
| Charles T. Fletcher | March 23, 1826 | ||
| Charles W. Flint | May 3, 1827 | ||
| Nathan B. Flood | November 16, 1854 | ||
| Charles A. Frazer | July 4, 1852 | ||
| John A. Gale | November 24, 1848 | ||
| Benjamin Gammons | February 12, 1832 | ||
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Arthur H. Gardner | August 4, 1854 | |
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Joseph J. Giles | March 24, 1842 | |
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Frederick H. Gillett | October 16, 1851 | |
| Edward A. Goddard | 1845 | ||
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John Golding | 1849 | |
| David E. Gould | April 14, 1863 | ||
| Edward W. Greene | September 4, 1843 | ||
| Roger Haggerty | 1846 | ||
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Henry Clay Hall | 1838 | |
| Aaron C. Handley | October 7, 1823 | ||
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Nathan F. Harding | November 3, 1843 | |
| Charles H. Harriman | November 16, 1852 | ||
| James A. Hartshorn | February 24, 1856 | ||
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Edward J. Heffernan | November 4, 1858 | |
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Patrick J. Heffernin | 1856 | |
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Augustus Hemenway | 1853 | |
| Charles W. Henderson | June 3, 1842 | ||
| Edward E. Herrod | November 4, 1857 | ||
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Thomas David Hevey | August 14, 1846 | |
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Stephen A. Hickox | May 20, 1839 | |
| Charles E. Hinckley | November 4, 1826 | ||
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John Franklin Hinds | May 1, 1819 | |
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Charles H. Hobson | June 20, 1857 | |
| William D. Hodges | March 9, 1854 | ||
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Everett S. Horton | June 15, 1836 | |
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Squire E. Howard | May 15, 1840 | |
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Timothy Howard | October 19, 1863 | |
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Archibald M. Howe | May 20, 1848 | |
| Edward C. Howe | August 9, 1847 | ||
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Simeon Augustus Howe | July 2, 1839 | |
| Amos Hunting | April 12, 1835 | ||
| John T. Hurley | October 26, 1855 | ||
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Isaac P. Hutchinson | February 26, 1860 | |
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Robert B. Jenkins | September 16, 1837 | |
| Henry H. Johnson | March 24, 1840 | ||
| Myron H. Judd | October 19, 1848 | ||
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Thomas J. Keliher | October 13, 1858 | |
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Charles Aloysius Kelly | April 7, 1858 | |
| Parker J. Kemp | June 2, 1847 | ||
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John Kenrick Jr. | October 25, 1857 | |
| Charles G. Keyes | October 19, 1832 | ||
| Frederick M. Kilmer | February 8, 1852 | ||
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John W. Kimball | February 27, 1828 | |
| Albert C. Kirby | March 17, 1841 | ||
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Francis W. Kittredge | June 4, 1843 | |
| George K. Knowlton | July 8, 1840 | ||
| James W. Knox | June 12, 1836 | ||
| Nathaniel W. Ladd | January 7, 1848 | ||
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James A. Lakin | 1841 | |
| Hiram B. Lane | August 17, 1824 | ||
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Howard G. Lane | December 15, 1850 | |
| Henry W. Langdon | December 7, 1847 | ||
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Andrew M. Lanigan | July 10, 1860 | |
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William B. Lawrence | November 15, 1856 | |
| Horace G. Leslie | April 13, 1842 | ||
| James A. Lewis | May 20, 1834 | ||
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Joseph P. Lomasney | March 10, 1863 | |
| Henry C. Longley | January 9, 1841 | ||
| Lucien Lord | October 11, 1840 | ||
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John C. Loud | July 26, 1844 | |
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Patrick B. Luby | 1859 | |
| Haile R. Luther | February 7, 1838 | ||
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John B. Lynch | April 13, 1858 | |
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Cornelius E. Mahoney | January 17, 1858 | |
| Dudley J. Marston | July 21, 1843 | ||
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Ulysses Everett Mayhew | August 16, 1848 | |
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Frank McAnally | November 29, 1855 | |
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Daniel McCarthy | July 1, 1856 | |
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Peter J. McDonald | May 3, 1860 | |
| Thomas O. McEnaney | October 23, 1857 | ||
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Michael J. McEttrick | June 22, 1848 | |
| Herbert A. McFarland | April 14, 1840 | ||
| John McFethries | 1830 | ||
| George B. McKenna | August 31, 1857 | ||
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Isaac McLean | March 3, 1841 | |
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John T. McLoughlin | June 2, 1865 | |
| Jeremiah J. McNamara | December 5, 1864 | ||
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Richard F. McSolla | January 27, 1855 | |
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William E. Meade | August 2, 1839 | |
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James H. Mellen | November 7, 1845 | |
| Michael J. Mitchell | July 29, 1855 | ||
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Hiram A. Monk | July 16, 1829 | |
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William L. Mooney | February 16, 1867 | |
| Charles Moore | June 13, 1831 | ||
| Louis E. P. Moreau | February 25, 1857 | ||
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Eugene Michael Moriarty | April 15, 1849 | |
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Edward Mott | June 19, 1830 | |
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Michael Joseph Murray | June 18, 1867 | |
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Charles Baxter Newell | October 3, 1839 | |
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Arthur F. Nutting | February 4, 1861 | |
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John J. O'Brien | June 11, 1862 | |
| John O'Brien | October 1, 1855 | ||
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Eugene J. O'Neil | February 29, 1856 | |
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William H. Oakes | January 24, 1857 | |
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James M. Olmstead | February 6, 1852 | |
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James Orlando Parker | November 22, 1827 | |
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Wellington Evarts Parkhurst | January 19, 1835 | |
| Alonzo Penney | September 23, 1835 | ||
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George W. Perkins | July 1, 1842 | |
| Benjamin F. Peterson | October 11, 1836 | ||
| Benjamin P. Pickering | February 22, 1844 | ||
| John M. Plummer | April 1, 1843 | ||
| John P. Pomeroy | August 26, 1836 | ||
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Wilbur Howard Powers | January 22, 1849 | |
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Amasa Pratt | July 28, 1842 | |
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Edward W. Presho | May 29, 1859 | |
| John E. O. Prouty | March 8, 1840 | ||
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Josiah Quincy | October 15, 1859 | |
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Patrick James Quinn | June 4, 1843 | |
| Andrew J. Rady | May 1, 1853 | ||
| Patrick H. Raftery | July 17, 1856 | ||
| James Ramage | 1836 | ||
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Franklin F. Read | June 14, 1827 | |
| James Reid | March 5, 1824 | ||
| William H. Rice | 1841 | ||
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Albert W. Richardson | August 28, 1854 | |
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Arthur C. Richardson | October 31, 1837 | |
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Malcolm E. Rideout | June 9, 1851 | |
| Samuel E. Ripley | June 17, 1845 | ||
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Isaac Rosnosky | November 6, 1846 | |
| John J. Salter | January 11, 1856 | ||
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Patrick J. Savage | February 26, 1863 | |
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Samuel L. Sawyer | June 20, 1845 | |
| Charles F. Shaw | November 28, 1840 | ||
| Ebenezer Shaw | August 24, 1825 | ||
| Charles S. Smith | December 16, 1828 | ||
| Elvin L. Smith | January 30, 1851 | ||
| William D. Sohier | October 22, 1858 | ||
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Henry C. Sparhawk | February 19, 1865 | |
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Charles F. Sprague | June 10, 1857 | |
| William H. Stearns | April 11, 1850 | ||
| William S. Stevens | June 13, 1859 | ||
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Michael F. Sullivan | September 21, 1859 | |
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George N. Swallow | January 2, 1854 | |
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Henry Gordon Taft | 1836 | |
| Harrison O. Thomas | June 28, 1840 | ||
| Edwin D. Thompson | August 26, 1848 | ||
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Lysander Thurston | May 25, 1837 | |
| Edwin A. Tibbetts | April 24, 1840 | ||
| Charles A. Tilden | March 23, 1835 | ||
| Frank B. Tilton | March 15, 1840 | ||
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George F. Tucker | January 19, 1852 | |
| Charles W. Turner | June 28, 1828 | ||
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Henry Edward Turner | May 4, 1842 | |
| William H. H. Tuttle | August 17, 1845 | ||
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Jacob Otis Wardwell | March 14, 1857 | |
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Bentley W. Warren | April 20, 1864 | |
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Eben C. Waterman | March 1, 1840 | |
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Thomas Weston | September 23, 1826 | |
| Barney T. Wetherell | 1822 | ||
| Henry C. Wheaton | May 25, 1839 | ||
| Franklin B. White | 1837 | ||
| Edwin Whitney | November 1, 1835 | ||
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Fred N. Wier | July 4, 1861 | |
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Aaron O. Wilder | August 4, 1833 | |
| Hezekiah W. Williams | May 16, 1833 | ||
| William Power Wilson | November 15, 1852 | ||
| Nathan N. Withington | March 9, 1828 | ||
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Benjamin Herbert Woodsum | October 4, 1857 | |
| Charles F. Worcester | February 25, 1859 | ||
| William J. Wright | 1846 |
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+.
- ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1891 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1891" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
Further reading
edit- "Massachusetts: Legislative Session". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1891. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1892. pp. 28 v. hdl:2027/mdp.39015053690445 – via HathiTrust.
- F. H. Howland (1894). "Nativity and Occupation of Members of the Massachusetts Legislature". Publications of the American Statistical Association. 4 (25/26): 15–19. doi:10.2307/2276368. JSTOR 2276368. S2CID 158804164. (describes 1847–1891)
External links
edit- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1891, hdl:2452/429107
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1891, hdl:2452/83197