1907 Massachusetts legislature

The 128th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1907 during the governorship of Curtis Guild Jr. William D. Chapple served as president of the Senate and John N. Cole served as speaker of the House.[4]

128th
Massachusetts General Court
127th 129th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 6, 1906
Senate
Members40
PresidentWilliam D. Chapple
Party controlRepublican (28–12)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJohn N. Cole
Party controlRepublican (173–63–4)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 2, 1907 (1907-01-02) – June 28, 1907 (1907-06-28) [3]
William D. Chapple
William Chapple, Senate president.
John N. Cole
John Cole, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1907.

Senators

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image name [5] date of birth [6] district
 
Edward J. Bromberg July 20, 1864
 
William J. Bullock January 31, 1864
 
Allan G. Buttrick March 16, 1876
 
Thomas F. Cassidy June 1, 1875
 
Frank M. Chace April 16, 1856
 
William D. Chapple August 6, 1868
 
William W. Clarke March 10, 1870
 
Guy W. Cox January 19, 1871
 
Thomas F. Curley March 22, 1871
 
Charles Leroy Dean May 29, 1844
 
Edward W. Dixon November 9, 1846
Joseph Donovan 1870
 
William Otis Faxon October 24, 1853
 
William H. Feiker March 11, 1870
 
George J. Gallond October 23, 1852
 
George H. Garfield July 18, 1858
 
James Wilson Grimes November 21, 1865
 
Alfred Sigourney Hall August 27, 1861
 
William P. Hayes March 27, 1866
 
Charles F. Jenney September 16, 1860
 
John Lovell Johnson June 26, 1876
 
Eben S. S. Keith October 24, 1872
 
Thomas Leavitt August 28, 1872
 
Frank J. Linehan January 31, 1870
 
Frederick J. Macleod June 30, 1870
 
Daniel D. Mahoney March 27, 1862
 
John J. McManmon April 5, 1871
 
James J. Mellen March 30, 1875
 
John Joseph Mitchell May 9, 1873
 
Harry Payson Morse July 27, 1854
 
Charles N. Prouty October 6, 1842
 
Herbert S. Riley December 20, 1859
 
William R. Salter July 6, 1861
 
Winfield S. Schuster December 29, 1855
 
James F. Shaw July 18, 1873
 
Elmer A. Stevens January 15, 1862
 
Arthur M. Taft January 28, 1854
 
James H. Vahey December 29, 1871
 
Frank G. Wheatley July 6, 1851
 
Thomas W. Williams September 15, 1865

Representatives

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Gideon B. Abbott May 4, 1874
 
James Sidney Allen July 3, 1831
 
Manuel Andrew February 10, 1876
 
Alvin F. Bailey May 25, 1840
 
Lorenzo D. Baker, Jr. September 5, 1863
 
Arthur Wesley Barker September 19, 1847
 
Frank A. Bayrd September 1, 1873
 
Joseph Eber Beals March 18, 1834
 
John Cunningham Bennett April 2, 1872
 
March G. Bennett January 31, 1869
 
Frederick Leonard Beunke June 15, 1856
 
George Frederick Birch April 12, 1848
 
Elias B. Bishop August 2, 1869
 
Charles Bishop Blair April 10, 1852
 
Charles V. Blanchard February 2, 1866
 
George H. Blodgett July 29, 1862
 
G. Arthur Bodwell July 4, 1859
 
Charles E. Boivin December 12, 1872
 
Fred Eldridge Bolton December 6, 1869
 
Alexis Boyer Jr. January 17, 1875
 
William M. Brigham January 23, 1864
 
Deloss M. Bristol December 25, 1851
 
Charles Howard Brown January 19, 1879
 
James H. Bryan May 12, 1842
 
Timothy J. Buckley April 24, 1870
 
George Bunting August 31, 1868
 
Andrew J. Burnett 1860
 
Alfred S. Burns February 6, 1860
 
Clenric H. Cahoon February 4, 1875
 
Timothy Francis Callahan September 5, 1881
 
James B. Carbrey January 16, 1854
 
James Chambers December 8, 1864
 
William E. Chester April 4, 1865
 
Ezra W. Clark October 12, 1842
 
Henry S. Clark January 5, 1858
 
Samuel F. Coffin December 27, 1851
 
John N. Cole November 4, 1863
 
Ellenwood B. Coleman May 31, 1862
 
Frank Collette 1871
 
James J. Conboy December 1, 1873
 
Martin F. Conley April 27, 1870
 
Atherton D. Converse January 7, 1877
 
John Joseph Conway September 2, 1874
 
John Francis Cook June 24, 1843
 
William H. Cook March 7, 1856
 
William F. Cook February 4, 1847
 
Calvin Coolidge July 4, 1872
 
Frank O. Coombs December 17, 1857
 
Michael J. Coyle September 27, 1864
 
Daniel Joseph Curley December 23, 1875
 
Grafton D. Cushing August 4, 1864
 
Francis O. Dahlquist June 4, 1848
 
Ernest Dalton January 7, 1869
 
Charles L. Davenport May 4, 1854
 
Thomas L. Davis March 15, 1852
 
Henry Ellsworth Dean September 29, 1862
 
Charles Austin Dean March 26, 1856
 
William M. Dean November 16, 1874
 
Robert T. Delano July 13, 1857
 
Charles Edwin Dennett November 13, 1837
 
Daniel Edward Denny July 14, 1845
 
Thomas J. Dillon April 20, 1869
 
William E. Dorman June 23, 1875
 
Andrew P. Doyle August 15, 1869
 
Edward B. Draper November 27, 1876
 
Florence J. Driscoll October 15, 1871
 
John J. Driscoll March 27, 1876
 
Thomas F. Driscoll November 5, 1860
 
Hugh P. Drysdale December 11, 1875
 
Patrick J. Duane August 18, 1862
 
Ebenezer Alden Dyer July 17, 1857
 
Michael J. Eagan June 17, 1874
 
Charles Fremont Elmer August 25, 1856
 
Samuel D. Elmore December 29, 1868
 
Oscar H. Ewing August 15, 1876
 
Dennis Eugene Farley June 12, 1852
 
Thomas J. Fay April 24, 1879
 
Francis Joseph Fennelly February 18, 1860
 
Jacob Bernard Ferber May 28, 1876
 
Fredrick L. Fisher January 29, 1862
 
Charles D. B. Fisk February 17, 1850
 
Michael Henry Fitzgerald October 1, 1871
 
Louis E. Flye January 18, 1881
 
Clarence J. Fogg July 10, 1853
 
Herbert M. Forristall August 14, 1859
 
Edward J. Fuller January 30, 1854
 
William F. Garcelon October 24, 1868
 
Leonard T. Gaskill January 3, 1843
 
Joseph A. Gauthier August 16, 1878
 
George A. Giles August 4, 1875
 
Edward Gilmore January 4, 1867
 
Frank W. Goodwin October 25, 1876
 
Thomas J. Grady December 16, 1877
 
William J. Graham October 2, 1873
 
Albert F. Grant November 16, 1872
 
George D. Green July 11, 1846
 
Lyman W. Griswold October 16, 1869
 
James A. Gunn September 3, 1848
 
William F. Haggerty June 26, 1872
 
Martin Thomas Hall December 23, 1877
 
Harry H. Ham March 16, 1883
 
Portus B. Hancock February 19, 1836
 
Horace D. Hardy February 28, 1877
 
William Henry Irving Hayes June 21, 1848
 
Andrew F. Healy July 20, 1878
 
John J. Higgins May 17, 1865
 
Thomas F. Higgins October 2, 1880
 
William P. Higgins May 16, 1881
 
William Hoag November 18, 1870
 
Ernest Emery Hobson September 29, 1878
 
Frank G. Hodskins December 26, 1876
 
William M. Hogan June 2, 1876
 
Samuel M. Holman 1862
 
Charles T. Holt August 1, 1845
 
Barker B. Howard April 21, 1867
 
Alonzo F. Hoyle October 16, 1861
 
Eugene Hultman July 13, 1875
 
George S. J. Hyde November 1, 1849
 
Charles Cabot Johnson December 9, 1876
 
Fred O. Johnson February 10, 1855
 
James Albert Jones January 14, 1853
 
Frederick G. Katzmann September 12, 1875
 
David P. Keefe September 29, 1855
 
Sidney B. Keene January 10, 1861
 
Roland Manning Keith March 16, 1847
 
William A. Kelleher May 27, 1875
 
Frank D. Kemp June 9, 1862
 
Michael J. Kenney July 12, 1863
 
Clesson Kenney May 31, 1839
 
Philip A. Kiely February 16, 1874
 
S. John Lamoureux April 30, 1877
 
William F. Learned January 12, 1850
 
Adam Leining December 4, 1836
 
Edwin F. Leonard July 15, 1862
 
John B. Lewis, Jr. August 30, 1841
 
Andrew R. Linscott March 6, 1844
 
Martin Lomasney December 3, 1859
 
George W. Long July 28, 1872
 
Hiram W. Loring October 11, 1842
 
John Fitch Lothrop December 17, 1847
 
Robert Luce December 2, 1862
 
Darwin E. Lyman July 26, 1846
 
William J. Lyons September 25, 1877
 
Charles H. Macomber August 6, 1872
 
Charles Addison Malley January 22, 1876
 
Harry E. Mapes July 8, 1867
 
John H. Marcy January 23, 1867
 
Charles Mayberry April 27, 1876
 
Ulysses Everett Mayhew August 16, 1848
 
Matthew McCann 1863
 
Daniel J. McCarthy March 6, 1876
 
Daniel J. McDonald August 14, 1872
 
John M. McDonald June 2, 1873
 
Michael J. McEttrick June 22, 1848
 
Philip J. McGonagle October 21, 1871
 
John F. McGrath January 10, 1881
 
John H. McKenney October 12, 1839
 
Lewis B. McKie August 14, 1875
 
Robert K. McKirdy October 4, 1870
 
Edwin T. McKnight October 11, 1869
 
John F. Meehan November 24, 1875
 
Julius Meyers December 6, 1854
 
Samuel H. Mildram December 4, 1867
 
Jacob H. Mock May 14, 1863
 
Daniel H. Morgan January 14, 1879
 
Leslie K. Morse January 18, 1860
 
Emil J. Muehlig November 26, 1873
 
Joseph J. Murley October 8, 1876
 
William F. Murray, Jr. September 7, 1881
 
Melvin S. Nash August 3, 1857
 
Arthur L. Nason October 24, 1872
 
George H. Newhall October 24, 1850
 
William L. V. Newton February 28, 1881
 
Malcolm Nichols May 8, 1876
 
David Curtis Nickerson January 21, 1854
 
Edward H. O'Brien February 1, 1874
 
M. Fred O'Connell June 14, 1870
 
Patrick H. O'Connor 1882
 
Hugh O'Rourke March 1, 1869
 
James Oliver June 28, 1836
 
Charles William Paradise May 31, 1857
 
Ralph Tappan Parker September 28, 1876
 
Joseph A. Parks May 2, 1877
 
Albion F. Parmenter May 19, 1862
 
Thomas Pattison January 20, 1854
 
Edwin C. Perham March 4, 1858
 
John H. Pickford September 9, 1849
 
Ernest H. Pierce May 12, 1863
 
Robert E. Pollock October 23, 1851
 
Samuel L. Porter November 10, 1869
 
Elmer C. Potter August 23, 1868
 
William J. Potter April 20, 1859
 
James F. Powers October 1, 1872
 
John F. Prindle September 15, 1851
 
Melvin B. Putnam April 8, 1845
 
John Quinn, Jr. December 16, 1859
 
Henry F. Rice January 29, 1844
 
William M. Robinson July 21, 1875
 
William L. Robinson December 15, 1855
 
Bradley M. Rockwood May 24, 1862
 
Samuel Ross February 2, 1865
 
Hezekiah S. Russell December 7, 1835
 
Edward Julius Sandberg October 21, 1866
 
Henry O. Sawyer June 10, 1844
 
John H. Schoonmaker February 14, 1869
 
Charles H. Shaylor December 24, 1861
 
Joseph J. Shepherd February 5, 1855
 
William H. Smith November 11, 1875
 
Joseph Soliday 1869
 
Nathaniel P. Sowle October 30, 1857
 
Waldo Spaulding March 29, 1845
 
Harry N. Stearns October 5, 1874
 
John Adam Stoddart May 10, 1869
 
Lucian B. Stone September 9, 1829
 
Arthur H. Streeter July 4, 1870
 
John F. Sullivan May 17, 1875
 
Daniel L. Sullivan October 16, 1878
 
Henry F. Taber April 15, 1860
 
Richard S. Teeling December 26, 1878
 
Clifford B. Terry December 16, 1876
 
John Hugh Toland October 8, 1870
 
William H. Trudel July 19, 1866
 
Fred F. Trull February 11, 1856
 
Joseph Turner March 23, 1852
 
William Turtle June 20, 1855
 
Charles F. Varnum June 28, 1846
 
Albert Vittum December 29, 1857
 
Joseph Walker 1865
 
William L. Waugh October 11, 1864
 
Walter Archibald Webster December 4, 1875
 
William E. Weeks 1880
 
A. S. Parker Weeks April 29, 1857
 
Joseph O. Wellington June 22, 1850
 
William E. Westall January 5, 1853
 
Norman H. White December 25, 1871
 
Charles J. Wier February 24, 1868
 
Harry N. Winch October 8, 1868
 
Wilbur A. Wood February 4, 1865
 
Russell B. Worster June 30, 1872
 
Alvin L. Wright October 28, 1857

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. 2009. p. 340+.
  5. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1907 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1907" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading

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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1907, hdl:2452/429124
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1907, hdl:2452/73495