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1908 Massachusetts legislature

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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
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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

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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

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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

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Images

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    Map of districts of the Massachusetts state senate apportioned in 1906

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. ^ 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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