1935–1936 Massachusetts legislature

The 149th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1935 and 1936 during the governorship of James Michael Curley. James G. Moran served as president of the Senate and Leverett Saltonstall served as speaker of the House.[4]

149th
Massachusetts General Court
148th 150th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 6, 1934
Senate
Members40
PresidentJames G. Moran (1st Bristol district)
Party controlRepublican (21–19)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerLeverett Saltonstall (5th Middlesex)
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 2, 1935 (1935-01-02) – August 15, 1935 (1935-08-15)
2ndJanuary 1, 1936 (1936-01-01) – July 2, 1936 (1936-07-02)[3]
James Moran
James Moran, Senate president.
Leverett Saltonstall
Leverett Saltonstall, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1935.

Senators

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Portrait Name [5] Date of Birth [6] District [6] Hometown Party Since
 
Thomas M. Burke May 30, 1898 8th Suffolk Dorchester Democratic 1935
 
Edward C. Carroll December 15, 1893 4th Suffolk South Boston Democratic 1933
 
Patrick Eugene Casey September 24, 1886 4th Worcester Milford Democratic 1935
 
Charles Thomas Cavanagh June 12, 1893 2nd Middlesex Cambridge Democratic 1934
 
Albert Cole (Massachusetts politician) December 28, 1904 1st Essex Lynn Republican 1935
 
William S. Conroy October 2, 1877 2nd Bristol Fall River Democratic 1929
 
Walter L. Considine August 7, 1900 3rd Bristol New Bedford Democratic 1935
 
Joseph R. Cotton November 16, 1890 7th Middlesex Lexington Republican 1927
 
Charles Thomas Daly March 12, 1882 6th Middlesex Medford Democratic 1935
 
William Aiken Davenport October 23, 1869 Franklin and Hampshire Greenfield Republican 1935
 
Joseph P. Donahoe September 18, 1891 7th Suffolk Dorchester Democratic 1935
 
John F. Donovan April 26, 1897 1st Suffolk Chelsea Democratic 1935
 
Edgar C. Erickson July 18, 1896 2nd Worcester Worcester Republican 1933
 
Erland F. Fish December 7, 1883 Norfolk and Suffolk Brookline Republican 1925
 
Angier Goodwin January 30, 1881 4th Middlesex Melrose Republican 1929
 
Cornelius F. Haley July 15, 1875 3rd Essex Rowley Republican 1927
 
Arthur W. Hollis April 29, 1877 1st Middlesex Newton Republican 1929
 
Newland H. Holmes August 30, 1891 Norfolk and Plymouth Weymouth Republican 1931
 
Frank Hurley March 9, 1900 2nd Hampden Holyoke Democratic 1929
 
Thomas H. Johnston March 5, 1872 Worcester and Hampden Clinton Republican 1931
 
Joseph A. Langone Jr. September 8, 1896 2nd Suffolk Boston Democratic 1933
 
John D. Mackay April 7, 1872 Norfolk Quincy Republican 1930
 
William Francis Madden January 4, 1897 5th Suffolk Jamaica Plain Democratic 1933
 
Charles Albert Proctor McAree November 3, 1908 4th Essex Haverhill Democratic 1935
 
William F. McCarthy November 9, 1902 8th Middlesex Lowell Democratic 1935
 
Francis M. McKeown 1st Hampden Springfield Democratic 1935
 
James Philip Meehan June 25, 1893 5th Essex Lawrence Democratic 1934
 
Charles Gardner Miles December 2, 1879 Plymouth Brockton Republican 1933
 
James G. Moran May 2, 1870 1st Bristol Mansfield Republican 1923
 
George G. Moyse December 21, 1878 5th Middlesex Waltham Republican 1925
 
Donald W. Nicholson August 11, 1888 Cape and Plymouth Wareham Republican 1927
 
Edward H. Nutting July 6, 1869 3rd Worcester Leominster Republican 1931
 
Henry Parkman Jr. April 26, 1894 3rd Suffolk Boston Republican 1929
 
Albert Pierce February 29, 1876 2nd Essex Salem Republican 1935
 
Theodore Robinson Plunkett May 10, 1882 Berkshire Adams Republican 1931
 
Harry Bancroft Putnam September 7, 1878 Berkshire, Hampshire, and Hampden Westfield Republican 1933
 
James Conlan Scanlan December 18, 1896 3rd Middlesex Somerville Democratic 1931
 
John S. Sullivan December 18, 1875 1st Worcester Worcester Democratic 1933
 
Joseph C. White 1899 6th Suffolk Jamaica Plain Democratic 1933
 
Samuel H. Wragg June 9, 1882 Norfolk and Middlesex Needham Republican 1925

Representatives

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Portrait Name [5] Date of Birth [6] District [6]
 
Henry Achin Jr. June 30, 1883 14th Middlesex
 
Augustine Airola
 
William A. Akeroyd October 24, 1883
 
George T. Ashe February 6, 1905
 
John Francis Aspell July 8, 1906
 
Frank David Babcock August 16, 1877
 
Josiah Babcock Jr. May 21, 1880
 
Edward P. Bacigalupo October 19, 1897
 
William Brooks Baker January 10, 1879
 
William A. Baldwin January 18, 1874
 
Philip Barnet December 2, 1892
 
Mary Livermore Barrows[7] June 30, 1877
 
Thomas Edmund Barry May 14, 1899
 
Stanley Spilsted Bates August 10, 1890
 
Walter Ray Baylies April 28, 1902
 
Malcolm Lawrie Bell November 30, 1890
 
Albert Bergeron June 23, 1886
 
Alfred M. Bessette March 25, 1876
 
Rodolphe G. Bessette September 14, 1911
 
Albert F. Bigelow October 4, 1880 10th Norfolk
 
Leo Birmingham April 14, 1893
 
Fred Arthur Blake January 13, 1895
 
Edward Boland October 1, 1911
 
Rufus Hallowell Bond December 24, 1896
 
Albert Lionel Bourgeois June 7, 1899
 
Philip Griggs Bowker April 17, 1899
 
Albert Ovila Boyer May 27, 1908
 
Edward T. Brady October 23, 1908
 
Fred Emerson Briggs March 14, 1875
 
Emma E. Brigham June 10, 1872
 
Warren Kingsbury Brimblecom June 25, 1899
 
William Albert Brown February 5, 1888
 
Arthur I. Burgess October 13, 1894
 
Horace T. Cahill December 12, 1894
 
Zacheus H. Cande
 
Leo Edward Joseph Carney November 16, 1899
 
Michael Joseph Carroll June 21, 1891
 
Bernard P. Casey July 29, 1894
 
Tony A. Centracchio May 25, 1906
 
Chester W. Chase August 27, 1885
 
Ralph Vester Clampit March 28, 1896
 
Frank Clarkson June 21, 1877
 
Ignatius B. Cleary May 19, 1892
 
Joseph Francis Cleary September 4, 1901
 
Francis David Coady January 20, 1884
 
Andrew J. Coakley November 6, 1906
 
John W. Coddaire Jr.
 
Edward A. Coffey October 17, 1892
 
Samuel H. Cohen
 
John T. Comerford June 8, 1887
 
Richard Comerford October 13, 1905
 
Edward J. Connelly October 10, 1876
 
Charles H. Cooke May 13, 1878
 
Timothy Joseph Cooney September 30, 1909
 
Frank Bernard Coughlin January 11, 1891
 
Francis X. Coyne March 15, 1892
 
Nelson B. Crosby June 20, 1871
 
Ralph Raymond Currier October 28, 1892
 
Laurence Curtis September 3, 1893
 
Ernest J. Dean April 5, 1883
 
Hiram Nichols Dearborn December 21, 1867
 
Thomas A. Delmore December 21, 1894
 
George Demeter March 13, 1896
 
Burt Dewar December 29, 1884
 
Thomas Patrick Dillon February 19, 1901
 
Fred Belding Dole January 23, 1895
 
John Joseph Donahue March 14, 1906
 
Martin William Donahue January 4, 1893
 
James P. Donnelly February 26, 1890
 
Cornelius P. Donovan March 15, 1895
 
Joseph William Dooley October 25, 1904
 
Thomas Dorgan August 15, 1892
 
Joseph H. Downey December 6, 1890
 
Anthony R. Doyle August 8, 1895
 
George F. Driscoll
 
Clarence N. Durant May 15, 1884
 
Sven August Erickson December 9, 1875
 
Henry A. Estabrook April 22, 1850
 
Gustave William Everberg June 24, 1890
 
John J. Falvey February 22, 1904
 
Bernard Finkelstein July 4, 1887
 
Thomas A. Flaherty December 21, 1898
 
Thomas J. Flannery August 9, 1886
 
Frank L. Floyd October 17, 1893
 
John J. Foley January 25, 1888
 
Katherine A. Foley May 10, 1889
 
Owen Gallagher November 12, 1884
 
John J. Gilmartin September 25, 1892
 
Eugene H. Giroux January 20, 1903
 
John Leo Gleason June 27, 1903
 
Hollis M. Gott May 25, 1885
 
William Patrick Grant November 5, 1904
 
James A. Gunn June 7, 1883
 
John Halliwell February 21, 1864
 
Ralph N. Hamilton November 16, 1898
 
William Arthur Hannaford October 14, 1892
 
Thomas J. Hannon December 9, 1900
 
Joseph J. Harnisch December 28, 1883
 
George Paterson Hassett May 25, 1888
 
William Alexander Hastings February 22, 1868
 
James Dolan Hathaway November 17, 1907
 
Clayton Locke Havey July 17, 1897
 
Martin Hays October 14, 1876
 
Jeremiah Joseph Healy July 2, 1872
 
Charles W. Hedges March 27, 1901
 
James W. Hennigan Sr. 1890
 
Christian Herter March 28, 1895
 
William Francis Higgins June 16, 1899
 
Charles V. Hogan April 12, 1897
 
Daniel J. Honan January 19, 1884
 
Frank Hathaway Horton July 15, 1874
 
Fred A. Hutchinson April 5, 1881
 
Charles John Innes June 1, 1901
 
Francis William Irwin November 19, 1905
 
Adolph Johnson July 20, 1885
 
Archibald L. Jones June 26, 1900
 
Gerald Denison Jones August 24, 1878
 
William A. Jones March 27, 1885
 
Michael H. Jordan February 7, 1863
 
Patrick Joseph Kearns September 8, 1912
 
Charles A. Kelley March 24, 1862
 
Edward J. Kelley December 25, 1897
 
Francis Joseph Kelley March 21, 1890
 
James Edward Kendall September 4, 1870
 
James J. Kiley July 5, 1911
 
George F. Killgoar
 
John V. Kimball July 17, 1875
 
Orvis F. Kinney May 23, 1880
 
William E. Kirkpatrick November 12, 1901
 
John Quincy Knowles May 21, 1895
 
George M. Kurzon
 
William Landergan August 28, 1899
 
Leo P. Landry July 10, 1897
 
Thomas J. Lane July 6, 1898
 
John Whitin Lasell
 
Frank M. Leonardi August 17, 1891
 
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. July 5, 1902
 
Terrance Joseph Lomax Jr. August 29, 1907
 
Clarence S. Luitwieler
 
William Christopher Lunney December 24, 1910
 
John P. Lyons June 24, 1879
 
Donald Alexander MacDonald February 21, 1893
 
Frank E. MacLean
 
Arthur Ulton Mahan June 18, 1900
 
James Francis Mahoney September 24, 1890
 
John Francis Manning January 4, 1906
 
Philip M. Markley March 28, 1897
 
Joseph Patrick McCooey
 
James M. McCracken July 30, 1877
 
Elmer L. McCulloch
 
Frederick T. McDermott November 20, 1906
 
Paul John McDonald
 
Timothy J. McDonough
 
James Maxwell McElroy
 
Lawrence P. McHugh
 
Henry Parker McLaren
 
Owen D. McLellan
 
Roger Alton McNamara
 
Anthony A. McNulty
 
William H. Melley May 18, 1903
 
Joseph A. Milano April 8, 1883
 
Charles H. Morrill October 6, 1874
 
Albert Edward Morris April 4, 1903
 
Frank J. Morrison September 2, 1902
 
Joseph L. Murphy January 25, 1907
 
John E. Murphy February 13, 1900
 
John Joseph Murphy August 28, 1892
 
Timothy Joseph Murphy September 23, 1909
 
John A. Murray May 6, 1906
 
David G. Nagle October 22, 1901
 
Elmer C. Nelson June 1, 1900
 
Frank Daniel O'Brien April 25, 1905
 
Michael T. O'Brien December 3, 1868
 
Raymond Francis O'Connell August 11, 1901
 
Joseph N. O'Kane May 26, 1873
 
Edwin Lawrence Olander October 31, 1891
 
Charles William Olson August 24, 1889
 
Ralph Emerson Otis January 16, 1890
 
Katherine Vose Parker November 16, 1888
 
Arthur E. Paul January 6, 1902
 
Richard Farnsworth Paul January 17, 1888
 
Tycho Mouritz Petersen August 29, 1892
 
George Wesley Pettengill September 17, 1868
 
Frederick Everett Pierce May 5, 1862
 
George Francis Pierce August 13, 1895
 
William Eben Ramsdell May 4, 1895
 
Frederick Henry Reinstein April 14, 1899
 
George Edmund Rice February 22, 1899
 
Joseph N. Roach March 22, 1883
 
Victor E. Rolander March 8, 1871
 
Joseph D. Rolfe May 17, 1893
 
David A. Rose 1905
 
Albert Rubin January 15, 1872
 
Francis Edward Ryan October 6, 1895
 
Leverett Saltonstall September 1, 1892
 
Frank Joseph Sargent March 11, 1900
 
Charles H. Savage January 7, 1893
 
Roland D. Sawyer January 8, 1874
 
Louis James Scanlon March 25, 1899
 
Martin Robert Schofield September 28, 1906
 
Mason Sears December 29, 1899
 
William J. Sessions December 18, 1859
 
John Richard Shaughnessy February 6, 1901
 
Charles H. Shea December 14, 1891
 
Frank Chester Sheridan July 21, 1893
 
Philip Sherman
 
Edward Sirois December 18, 1898
 
Harry D. Sisson January 9, 1863
 
E. Hayes Small December 23, 1876
 
Frank William Smith January 26, 1895
 
J. Francis Southgate May 4, 1883
 
Ernest H. Sparrell
 
Richard H. Stacy August 18, 1864
 
Edward William Staves May 9, 1887
 
George Sawyer Stone February 3, 1866
 
Patrick Gilbert Sullivan November 18, 1904
 
William T. Swain December 2, 1878
 
Martin Swanson July 20, 1872
 
Mollie Ashby Sweetser April 17, 1882
 
Edmond Talbot Jr. June 1, 1898
 
George Grosvenor Tarbell 1886
 
Frederick H. Tarr Jr. March 25, 1903
 
Joseph E. Theberge April 27, 1903
 
James Francis Tobin May 8, 1903
 
Joseph Walton Tuttle Jr. August 20, 1894
 
Christopher J. Tyrrell June 21, 1895
 
Herbert W. Urquhart October 19, 1883
 
John H. Valentine July 21, 1896
 
Magorisk Lawrence Walls August 5, 1898
 
Ira C. Ward March 7, 1862
 
Michael James Ward September 19, 1899
 
Kendrick Harlow Washburn July 29, 1893
 
Patrick J. Welsh October 8, 1893
 
John B. Wenzler June 11, 1881
 
John J. Whalen June 5, 1876
 
John Philip White
 
John Chester Wilson August 14, 1889
 
Carl A. Woekel
 
Martin E. Young January 5, 1896
 
Abraham I. Zimon

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. 2005. p. 338+.
  5. ^ a b Public Officials of Massachusetts 1935-36. Boston Review.
  6. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1935" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  7. ^ Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators (2015), "Important Dates for Women in Massachusetts Government", History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923–2015

Further reading

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  • Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1934), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1935, hdl:2452/43426
  • Court, Massachusetts General (1935). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40706.
  • "Curley to Address Legislature Today: Convening Marks Second Sitting Of Both Branches--Few Changes Looked For on Committees", Daily Boston Globe, 1936
  • "Votes Flood Repairs: Massachusetts Legislature Passes $2,000,000 Sill for Highways", New York Times, March 27, 1936. (Related to March 1936 flood)
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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1935, hdl:2452/279553
  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1936, hdl:2452/265586
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1935, hdl:2452/60139
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1936, hdl:2452/60140