The 121st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1900 during the governorship of Winthrop M. Crane. George Edwin Smith served as president of the Senate and James J. Myers served as speaker of the House.[4]
| 121st Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 7, 1899 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | George Edwin Smith | ||||
| Party control | Republican (31–9)[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | James J. Myers | ||||
| Party control | Republican (166–68–2)[2] | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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George Smith, Senate president.
James Myers, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1900.
Senators
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Henry C. Attwill | March 11, 1872 | |
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John E. Baldwin | June 26, 1869 | |
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William A. Butler | February 4, 1859 | |
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Loyed E. Chamberlain | January 30, 1857 | |
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George L. Clemence | February 17, 1852 | |
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Guy W. Currier | December 22, 1867 | |
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Frank A. Fales | October 13, 1848 | |
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Augustus Peabody Gardner | November 5, 1865 | |
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Samuel S. Gleason | May 1, 1842 | |
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Charles H. Hanson | July 7, 1844 | |
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Francis A. Harrington | November 17, 1846 | |
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Charles W. Hazelton | October 31, 1848 | |
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Franklin E. Huntress | April 19, 1866 | |
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Charles Hiller Innes | August 6, 1870 | |
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Fred Joy | July 8, 1859 | |
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John A. Keliher | November 6, 1866 | |
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Thomas W. Kenefick | September 17, 1855 | |
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Amos A. Lawrence | November 3, 1847 | |
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Warren S. Leach | February 23, 1847 | |
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William H. Lott | September 17, 1852 | |
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Walter O. Luscombe | August 19, 1852 | |
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Jeremiah E. Mahoney | November 8, 1864 | |
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William B. Mahoney | December 5, 1857 | |
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Arthur A. Maxwell | January 24, 1858 | |
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John E. McClellan | September 5, 1847 | |
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William Moran | September 6, 1855 | |
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John E. Parry | July 3, 1854 | |
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Frank A. Patch | July 23, 1844 | |
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Thomas Post | August 16, 1834 | |
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Albert Hoyt Ray | May 24, 1865 | |
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William Reynolds | June 15, 1843 | |
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Leonard W. Ross | October 5, 1856 | |
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Howard K. Sanderson | July 10, 1865 | |
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George Edwin Smith | April 5, 1849 | |
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Rufus Albertson Soule | 1839 | |
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Peter Francis Tague | June 4, 1871 | |
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William Tolman | June 2, 1858 | |
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Charles G. Washburn | January 28, 1857 | |
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Charles T. Witt | July 18, 1848 | |
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Benjamin Herbert Woodsum | October 4, 1857 |
Representatives
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Charles H. Adams | April 22, 1859 | |
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Elliot J. Aldrich | November 4, 1836 | |
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Charles H. Allen | June 17, 1841 | |
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Butler Ames | August 22, 1871 | |
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Albert S. Apsey | November 27, 1870 | |
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A. Dudley Bagley | February 27, 1869 | |
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George Balcom | January 23, 1832 | |
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John N. Ball | November 19, 1835 | |
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William L. Barber | April 9, 1859 | |
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Frank Bartlett | September 5, 1854 | |
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Frederick H. Bates | September 15, 1857 | |
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Charles C. Beebe | August 11, 1851 | |
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George C. Belcher | August 26, 1844 | |
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Harry L. Belden | January 7, 1864 | |
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Frank P. Bennett | May 2, 1853 | |
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Austin Bigelow | September 8, 1840 | |
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John Bleiler | May 9, 1837 | |
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James F. Bliss | April 7, 1847 | |
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Charles H. Blood | December 10, 1858 | |
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Samuel H. Borofsky | April 25, 1865 | |
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Clarence A. Briggs | August 21, 1871 | |
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William M. Brigham | January 23, 1864 | |
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Charles C. Brooks | May 3, 1851 | |
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Edward L. Brown | April 3, 1861 | |
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Henry L. Brown | January 10, 1840 | |
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Willard Madison Brown | April 24, 1861 | |
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Nelson Aluren Bugbee | August 8, 1853 | |
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Henry Cushing Bulfinch | February 16, 1859 | |
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William J. Bullock | January 31, 1864 | |
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Melancthon W. Burlen | September 24, 1852 | |
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Willard A. Burnham | October 1, 1841 | |
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James Burns | May 20, 1838 | |
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Lester L. Burrington | March 24, 1838 | |
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Joseph E. Buswell | August 7, 1842 | |
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A. Webster Butler | August 22, 1858 | |
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Charles A. Card | October 12, 1849 | |
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James F. Carey | August 19, 1867 | |
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George Henry Carleton | August 6, 1840 | |
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Charles A. Carruth | December 13, 1853 | |
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John H. Casey | July 22, 1848 | |
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N. Henry Chadwick | March 17, 1838 | |
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Henry L. Chase | February 5, 1853 | |
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Arthur Clark | August 30, 1877 | |
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Amedee Cloutier | April 25, 1868 | |
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Arthur H. Cluer | April 12, 1853 | |
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John H. Colby | January 13, 1862 | |
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Joseph L. Cole | March 26, 1842 | |
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Robert Eugene Conwell | June 12, 1854 | |
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Clifford A. Cook | September 3, 1860 | |
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Daniel S. Coolidge | September 21, 1845 | |
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Samuel Verry Crane | October 4, 1855 | |
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Aaron S. Crosby | October 6, 1842 | |
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J. Howell Crosby | December 30, 1867 | |
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Thomas F. I. Curley | June 22, 1864 | |
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J. Frank Dalton | April 19, 1842 | |
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William Daly | April 3, 1864 | |
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William Aiken Davenport | October 23, 1869 | |
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Daniel W. Davis | October 3, 1846 | |
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Thomas L. Davis | March 15, 1852 | |
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William Ripley Davis | March 8, 1862 | |
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Benjamin C. Dean | March 8, 1843 | |
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Charles Austin Dean | March 26, 1856 | |
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Frank S. Dewey, Jr. | March 22, 1857 | |
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Thomas J. Dillon | April 20, 1869 | |
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Thomas Donahue | August 20, 1853 | |
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Edward J. Donovan | March 15, 1864 | |
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James H. Donovan | August 31, 1855 | |
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John L. Donovan | June 3, 1876 | |
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Michael J. Donovan | November 1, 1864 | |
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Thomas J. Dooling | January 28, 1868 | |
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John J. Douglass | February 9, 1873 | |
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George Francis Dow | January 7, 1868 | |
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Aaron Coolidge Dowse | March 27, 1856 | |
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Daniel J. Driscoll, 2d | November 20, 1868 | |
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Curtis Eddy | May 18, 1838 | |
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Charles O'M. Edson | October 23, 1857 | |
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J. Lewis Ellsworth | November 8, 1848 | |
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Freeman O. Emerson | January 12, 1859 | |
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Charles O. Engstrom | May 19, 1875 | |
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Augustine W. Esleeck | March 28, 1848 | |
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Warren E. Fairbanks | August 28, 1854 | |
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George H. Fall | October 19, 1858 | |
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Frederick W. Farwell | November 29, 1854 | |
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William H. Feiker | March 11, 1870 | |
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George R. Fessenden | December 6, 1849 | |
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Frank E. Fitts | May 26, 1848 | |
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W. T. A. Fitzgerald | December 19, 1871 | |
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Herbert E. Fletcher | May 10, 1862 | |
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Frank A. Foster | February 15, 1859 | |
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Frank W. Francis | September 16, 1857 | |
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Archie N. Frost | July 26, 1872 | |
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Michael E. Gaddis | February 21, 1869 | |
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Horace B. Gale | December 27, 1861 | |
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Arthur H. Gardner | August 4, 1854 | |
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George H. Garfield | July 18, 1858 | |
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John J. Gartland | November 27, 1871 | |
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Samuel B. George | February 9, 1833 | |
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Thomas E. Gibney | June 25, 1843 | |
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Fred C. Gilpatric | August 22, 1865 | |
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David J. Gleason | July 14, 1864 | |
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Albert M. Goulding | May 17, 1844 | |
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Thomas H. Green | March 17, 1847 | |
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John G. Hagberg | August 24, 1873 | |
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George R. Hamant | March 11, 1843 | |
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Portus B. Hancock | February 19, 1836 | |
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George H. Hapgood | April 20, 1842 | |
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Arthur Harrington | July 23, 1874 | |
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Benjamin C. Harvey | September 4, 1847 | |
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Ulysses G. Haskell | October 3, 1863 | |
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Frederick N. Haskins | October 8, 1863 | |
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Richard J. Hayes | October 4, 1861 | |
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Charles E. Haywood | October 11, 1868 | |
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James F. Heath | March 10, 1860 | |
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Francis D. Henderson | March 6, 1847 | |
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William F. Herron | August 8, 1864 | |
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Frederic M. Hersey | January 8, 1853 | |
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Martin P. Higgins | October 16, 1857 | |
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William Hopewell | June 24, 1867 | |
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Francis J. Horgan | July 2, 1869 | |
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Carleton F. How | April 20, 1863 | |
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James Howell | December 19, 1845 | |
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Willard Howland | December 3, 1852 | |
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Edwin A. Hubbard | November 26, 1848 | |
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Samuel E. Hull | August 12, 1843 | |
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Bennett B. Humphrey | April 11, 1838 | |
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Edward W. Hunt | November 29, 1859 | |
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Harry Draper Hunt | December 27, 1874 | |
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James Hunt | January 27, 1833 | |
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Michael Bernard Jones | August 20, 1864 | |
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John E. Kavenaugh | October 19, 1864 | |
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Walter S. Keene | November 9, 1858 | |
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Charles P. Keith | March 14, 1843 | |
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Edward H. Keith | October 23, 1859 | |
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Michael Kelly | June 17, 1840 | |
| Nicholas B. Keyou | April 25, 1828 | ||
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Charles Francis King | January 29, 1871 | |
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Walter C. Knowlton | July 12, 1860 | |
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William S. Kyle | July 12, 1851 | |
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John Philip Lanergan | December 31, 1874 | |
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John T. Langford | February 8, 1842 | |
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Robert H. Leland | March 9, 1865 | |
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Jacob A. Leonard | December 19, 1845 | |
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George F. Leslie | September 12, 1850 | |
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William C. Litchfield | March 31, 1840 | |
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Joseph Patrick Love | August 26, 1852 | |
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Michael J. Lydon | September 13, 1872 | |
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Frederic O. MacCartney | November 2, 1864 | |
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William A. MacCord | March 14, 1871 | |
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William E. Mahoney | May 15, 1872 | |
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Frederick C. Mahony | January 18, 1875 | |
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David Manning | August 29, 1846 | |
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John J. Mansfield | October 10, 1869 | |
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Matthew M. Mansfield | September 25, 1866 | |
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Charles S. Marchant | August 31, 1845 | |
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John F. Marsh | February 1, 1828 | |
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J. Manuel Marshall | June 1, 1869 | |
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Jeremiah F. McCarthy | July 7, 1857 | |
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Daniel V. McIsaac | November 6, 1871 | |
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James H. McKinley | May 21, 1860 | |
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William I. McLoughlin | January 16, 1872 | |
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William S. McNary | March 29, 1863 | |
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Charles J. McPherson | February 20, 1856 | |
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Edward C. Mead | December 25, 1858 | |
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James H. Mellen | November 7, 1845 | |
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Charles P. Mills | August 22, 1853 | |
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Edwin J. Mills | May 1, 1861 | |
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Cornelius Minihan | August 15, 1862 | |
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John M. Minton | March 23, 1872 | |
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James A. Montgomery | May 17, 1864 | |
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William L. Mooney | February 16, 1867 | |
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J. Myron Moore | November 3, 1866 | |
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Merrick A. Morse | May 1, 1847 | |
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John P. Munroe | June 28, 1850 | |
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Mortimer D. A. Murphy | May 9, 1867 | |
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James J. Myers | November 20, 1842 | |
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H. Huestis Newton | December 2, 1860 | |
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Darius M. Nickerson, Jr. | July 11, 1863 | |
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William S. O'Brien | August 16, 1856 | |
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John E. O'Neill | January 15, 1862 | |
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James E. Odlin | April 9, 1857 | |
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Timothy Paige | July 14, 1851 | |
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William Colvard Parker | April 12, 1858 | |
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Alexander Sinclair Paton | November 20, 1854 | |
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James Pearce | May 7, 1843 | |
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Charles H. Persons | January 5, 1859 | |
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John Q. A. Pettengill | July 12, 1856 | |
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James C. Poor | June 25, 1851 | |
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Thomas F. Porter | October 30, 1847 | |
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Silas Dean Reed | June 25, 1872 | |
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George Robert Russell Rivers | May 28, 1853 | |
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Samuel Roads, Jr. | October 22, 1853 | |
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Martin Robbins | October 13, 1852 | |
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Arthur E. Roberts | June 22, 1861 | |
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Lewis D. Robinson | June 21, 1842 | |
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Arthur P. Russell | June 16, 1871 | |
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William R. Salter | July 6, 1861 | |
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Charles R. Saunders | November 22, 1862 | |
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William Schofield | February 14, 1857 | |
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George Shepley Selfridge | September 25, 1868 | |
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Ebenezer Wallen Sheppard | May 7, 1860 | |
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Harvey F. Shufelt | March 19, 1860 | |
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Henry R. Skinner | May 9, 1860 | |
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Charles F. A. Smith | July 18, 1866 | |
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George E. Smith | March 18, 1848 | |
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Levi M. Snow | April 19, 1841 | |
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John Thomas Sparks | July 9, 1865 | |
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Stillman J. Spear | April 25, 1839 | |
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Wallace Spooner | November 28, 1856 | |
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Eugene H. Sprague | May 23, 1864 | |
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George H. Stackpole | September 7, 1843 | |
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Hugh L. Stalker | December 31, 1857 | |
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Silas A. Stone | February 3, 1843 | |
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Willmore B. Stone | June 24, 1853 | |
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Charles S. Sullivan | June 29, 1875 | |
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Michael J. Sullivan | October 23, 1870 | |
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French O. J. Tarbox | September 2, 1861 | |
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Charles T. Tatman | December 16, 1871 | |
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John E. Thomson | September 22, 1861 | |
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Edward M. Thurston | July 18, 1832 | |
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Patrick H. Tobin | September 12, 1870 | |
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William Turtle | June 20, 1855 | |
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Samuel Walker Twombly | July 31, 1822 | |
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Charles H. Upson | June 4, 1848 | |
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George E. Varney | July 8, 1864 | |
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David I. Walsh | November 11, 1872 | |
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William S. Warriner | July 15, 1866 | |
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James A. Watson | June 24, 1870 | |
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Walter S. Watson | September 11, 1851 | |
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Alvin G. Weeks | October 22, 1866 | |
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Walter S. Weston | November 12, 1852 | |
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Frank E. Wetherell | December 18, 1843 | |
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Harry Bertram Whall | September 5, 1868 | |
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William D. Wheeler | May 7, 1868 | |
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John B. Whelan | February 19, 1864 | |
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Horace C. White | January 26, 1836 | |
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Orange Whitney | March 16, 1849 | |
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Edward E. Willard | September 25, 1862 | |
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Temple A. Winsloe | October 14, 1875 | |
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Isaac C. Wright | December 21, 1824 |
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. 1900 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1900" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
Further reading
edit- Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1900. A. M. Bridgman. 1900.
External links
edit- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1900, hdl:2452/429117
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1900, hdl:2452/70975
- Massachusetts General Court Photographs ca. 1896-1900: Guide to the Photograph Collection, Massachusetts Historical Society