The 90th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1869 during the governorship of Republican William Claflin.[5] George O. Brastow and Robert Carter Pitman served as presidents of the Senate and Harvey Jewell served as speaker of the House.[6][7]
| 90th Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 3, 1868 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | George O. Brastow | ||||
| Party control | Republican (38 Republicans, 2 Democrats)[1][2] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | Harvey Jewell | ||||
| Party control | Republican (224 Republicans, 16 Democrats)[1][3] | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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George Brastow, Senate president.
Harvey Jewell, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1869.
Notable events include the creation of a Joint Special Committee on Woman Suffrage.[8]
Senators
edit| Image | Name [9] | Date of birth [10] | District | Party |
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| Nathaniel Ellis Atwood | September 13, 1807 | |||
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George Oliver Brastow | 1811 | ||
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George Marshall Buttrick | 1822 | ||
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Horace Hopkins Coolidge | February 11, 1832 | ||
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Samuel Dexter Crane | 1816 | ||
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Benjamin Dean | August 22, 1824 | ||
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Francis Henshaw Dewey | 1821 | ||
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Edmund Dowse | 1813 | ||
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Alonzo Madison Giles | 1821 | ||
| Whiting Griswold | November 12, 1814 | |||
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John Brown Hathaway | 1809 | ||
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Francis Allen Hobart | 1833 | ||
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Nathaniel Jay Holden | 1827 | ||
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Estes Howe | 1814 | ||
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George Augustus King | 1834 | ||
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Richmond Kingman | 1821 | ||
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Charles James Kittredge | 1818 | ||
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Lucius James Knowles | 1819 | ||
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Charles Rensselaer Ladd | April 9, 1822 | ||
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John Hyde Lockey | 1822 | ||
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Charles Marsh | 1818 | ||
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Joshua Newell Marshall | 1830 | ||
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Charles Rankin McLean | 1824 | ||
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George Harris Monroe | 1826 | ||
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Ellis Wesley Morton | 1840 | ||
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Daniel Needham | 1822 | ||
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Julius Auboyneau Palmer | 1803 | ||
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Robert Carter Pitman | March 16, 1825 | ||
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Richard Plumer | 1813 | ||
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Joseph Greeley Pollard | 1833 | ||
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Joseph Gorton Ray | 1831 | ||
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George Merrick Rice | November 20, 1808 | ||
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Oliver Hazard Perry Smith | 1824 | ||
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George H. Sweetser | 1823 | ||
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George Sylvester Taylor | March 2, 1822 | ||
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Edward Augustus Thomas | 1829 | ||
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Joseph Scott Todd | 1828 | ||
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Harrison Tweed | 1806 | ||
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Gershom Bradford Weston | August 27, 1799 | ||
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Charles Augustus Wheelock | 1812 | ||
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Jonathan White | 1819 |
Representatives
edit- William T. Adams[9]
- Alexander H. Allen
- John Allen
- William W. Amadon
- Frank M. Ames
- Isaac A. Anthony
- E. Foster Bailey
- John I. Baker
- Life Baldwin
- Henry Barker
- John Barlow
- William E. Barnes
- George H. Barrett
- William Bartlett
- Ezra Batcheller
- Jacob Bates
- Loring Bates
- Marcus Bates
- Alfred Belden
- Francis W. Bird
- Henry B. Blake
- Richard D. Blinn
- Samuel G. Bowdlear
- Charles Bradley
- Samuel P. Breed
- Ezra C. Brett
- Benjamin A. Bridges
- Jethro C. Brock
- William G. Brooks
- John Brown
- Obadiah S. Brown
- Werden R. Brown
- Ferdinand L. Burley
- Alvah A. Burrage
- Alfred A. Burrill
- Frederick Butler
- Oliver S. Butler
- Michael Carney
- Solomon Carter
- Dennis Cawley, Jr
- Albert Chamberlin
- Henry Chase
- Linus M. Child
- William M. Child
- Horace Choate
- Le Baron B. Church
- Joseph N. Clark
- Samuel Clark
- Asa Clement
- Samuel Cloon
- Aury G. Coes
- Patrick A. Collins
- Benjamin F. Cook
- George P. Cox
- Freeborn W. Cressey
- Alanson Crittenden
- Stephen M. Crosby
- James M. Cunliff
- Robert S. Daniels
- Elnathan Davis
- William W. Davis
- Ebenezer Dawes
- John Dean
- Avery J. Denison
- Benjamin Dupar
- J. Franklin Dyer
- William I. Edwards
- Thomas Ellis
- Addison G. Fay
- Jacob Fisher
- Charles A. Fiske
- William Fletcher
- James B. Francis
- Benjamin Franklin
- Rodney French
- Josiah O. Friend, Jr
- Chauncey G. Fuller
- George L. Gibbs
- Edwin Gilbert
- Kimball C. Gleason
- Abijah W. Goddard
- Stephen D. Goddard
- John B. Goodrich
- Thomas H. Goodspeed
- Dennis J. Gorman
- Levi S. Gould
- Samuel H. Gould
- Wesley A. Gove
- William T. Grammar
- C. S. Greenwood
- Charles H. Guild
- Moses H. Hale
- Lyman S. Hapgood
- R. P. A. Harris
- Abraham G. Hart
- Edward H. Hartshorn
- Andrew L. Haskell
- William H. Haskell
- Tilly Haynes
- James A. Hervey
- James Hewes
- Elmer Hewett
- Charles A. Hewins
- William Hichborn
- Levi W. Hobart
- Thorndike D. Hodges
- Ambrous Hodgkins
- Alvah Holway
- James Horswell
- Samuel Horton
- Charles H. Hovey
- George F. Howland
- James Humphrey
- Theodore C. Hurd
- Harvey Jewell
- Henri L. Johnson
- Robert Johnson
- Herbert C. Joyner
- Lewis S. Judd
- Shubael B. Kelley
- William W. Kellogg
- Thomas G. Kent
- Moses Kimball
- Dexter S. King
- Enoch King
- Daniel W. Knight
- Joseph S. Knight
- Franklin C. Knox
- David Lane
- Albert Langdon
- Roger H. Leavitt
- Manning Leonard
- Nahum Leonard, Jr
- William Livermore
- Caleb Lombard
- Josiah Lord, Jr
- Marcus M. Luther
- Charles P. Lyon
- Hugh A. Madden
- Charles N. Marsh
- Murdock Matheson
- Charles J. Mclntire
- William Melcher
- William R. Melden
- Charles H. Merriam
- John M. Merrick
- Moody Merrill
- William H. Merritt
- Lansing Millis
- Eben Mitchell
- Elliott Montague
- Lyman E. Moore
- Asa P. Morse
- F. H. Morse
- James R. Morse
- Newton Morse
- Edwin Mudge
- Nathaniel C. Nash
- Henry J. Nazro
- Thomas L. Nelson
- Daniel H. Newton
- Jeremiah L. Newton
- George K. Nichols
- William W. Nichols
- Francis A. Nye
- John P. Ober
- Weaver Osborn
- Rufus S. Owen
- Samuel S. Paine
- William H. Parker
- John C. Peak
- Joseph D. Peirce
- Francis A. Perry
- M. C. Phipps
- A. A. Plimpton
- Avery Plumer
- Thomas F. Plunkett
- Thomas K. Plunkett
- Augustus Pratt
- Joseph A. Priest
- Asabel D. Puffer
- Caleb Rand
- Eduar H. Reed
- Ezra Rice
- Otis Rich
- James Ritchie
- James H. Roberts
- Isaiah F. Robinson
- Ensign B. Rogers
- Joseph N. Rolfe
- John Runey
- Augustine K. Russell
- William A. Russell
- George J. Sanger
- Joseph L. Sargent
- Samuel D. Sawin
- Clark Sears
- John N. Sherman
- Lemuel B. Simmons
- Rufus S. Slade
- Abner L. Smith
- Edward Smith
- Horace Smith
- Iram Smith
- John J. Smith[11][12]
- Martin L. Smith
- Willis Smith
- Charles W. Soule
- Welcome W. Sprague
- L. Miles Standish
- Haynes K. Starkweather
- Eliphalet Stone
- Edward Stowell
- Joseph A. Stranger
- Ruel F. Thayer
- Shepherd Thayer
- Justus Tower
- S. K. Towle
- William P. Tyler
- Joseph Vaill
- Welcome H. Wales
- S. H. Walker
- Royal S. Warren
- Thomas S. Waters
- Jerome Wells
- Henry White
- D. Dwight Whitmore
- Emerson Wight
- Charles Wilcox
- Salem Wilder
- Alfred M. Williams
- Warren Williams
- Samuel S. Willson
- James Wilson
- William D. Witherell
- Orlow Wolcott
- George M. Woodward
- David T. Woodwell
- Luther A. Wright
- P. Ambrose Young
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Cornelius Dalton; John Wirkkala; Anne Thomas (1984). "Political Complexion of the General Court 1867-1980". Leading the Way: a History of the Massachusetts General Court, 1629-1980. Boston: Massachusetts Secretary of State. p. 441+. ISBN 0961391502.
- ^ "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+.
- ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1869, hdl:2452/795808
- ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
- ^ "Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register, 1869 – via Archive.org.
- ^ Kaitlin Connolly (September 24, 2012), "Women's Suffrage Movement in Massachusetts", State Library of Massachusetts blog
- ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1869. hdl:2452/40647.
- ^ "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1869" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ Kaitlin Connolly (March 4, 2013), "Massachusetts Legislators: John James Smith", State Library of Massachusetts blog
- ^ Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905
Further reading
edit- "Massachusetts". American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1869. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1870. (includes description of legislature)
External links
edit- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1869, hdl:2452/619058
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1869, hdl:2452/92951