The 143rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1923 and 1924 during the governorship of Channing H. Cox. Frank G. Allen served as president of the Senate and Benjamin Loring Young served as speaker of the House.[4]
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 7, 1922 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Frank G. Allen (Norfolk district) | ||||
| Party control | Republican[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | Benjamin Loring Young (13th Middlesex) | ||||
| Party control | Republican[2] | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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Frank Allen, Senate president.
Benjamin Loring Young, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1923.
Senators
edit| portrait | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district [6] |
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Frank G. Allen | October 6, 1874 | |
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Charles M. Austin | May 2, 1884 | |
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George W. P. Babb | 8th Suffolk | |
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Alvin E. Bliss | ||
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George H. Carrick | ||
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George Dudley Chamberlain | ||
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Henry S. Clark | ||
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Edward J. Cox | ||
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Walter Thomas Creese | ||
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Eben S. Draper Jr. | August 30, 1893 | |
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William J. Francis | ||
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Charles Benjamin Frothingham | November 11, 1858 | |
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Richard A. Gibbons | ||
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John Mellen Gibbs | ||
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John W. Haigis | July 31, 1881 | |
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John Halliwell | February 21, 1864 | |
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Charles H. Hartshorn | ||
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William Ignatius Hennessey | ||
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Charles P. Howard | ||
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William J. Look | June 20, 1867 | |
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John W. McCormack | December 21, 1891 | |
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Walter E. McLane | ||
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Patrick J. Melody | ||
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James G. Moran | May 2, 1870 | |
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James J. Mulvey | ||
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Christian Nelson | ||
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William A. O'Hearn | March 8, 1887 | |
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Frank H. Putnam | ||
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Albert Taylor Rhodes | ||
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Abbott B. Rice | ||
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John Francis Shea | August 21, 1882 | |
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Walter Shuebruk | ||
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Dexter Avery Snow | January 3, 1890 | |
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John A. Stoddart | May 10, 1869 | |
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Warren E. Tarbell | ||
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Albert P. Wadleigh | ||
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Charles C. Warren | ||
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George M. Webber | ||
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Wellington Wells | April 18, 1868 |
Representatives
edit| portrait | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district [6] |
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Charles E. Abbott | February 22, 1856 | 9th Essex |
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Henry Achin Jr. | June 30, 1883 | |
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Elijah Adlow | August 15, 1896 | |
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Walter Dickey Allen | March 15, 1896 | |
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Charles W. Ames | March 10, 1860 | |
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Charles H. Annis | January 12, 1869 | |
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Charles H. Ashley | February 13, 1860 | |
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Harrison Henry Atwood | August 26, 1863 | |
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Frank E. Barrows | June 14, 1871 | |
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Thomas R. Bateman | October 11, 1878 | |
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George J. Bates | February 25, 1891 | |
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John E. Beck | May 10, 1869 | |
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William J. Bell | December 7, 1884 | |
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James D. Bentley | February 6, 1884 | |
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Alfred M. Bessette | March 25, 1876 | |
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Thomas H. Bilodeau | February 3, 1885 | |
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Arthur Franklin Blanchard | January 27, 1883 | |
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Owen E. Brennen | September 26, 1868 | |
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George E. Briggs | May 3, 1873 | |
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John C. Brimblecom | 1868 | |
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George Francis Brooks | August 23, 1856 | |
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James B. Brown | March 3, 1885 | |
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Albert W. Bullock | April 18, 1872 | |
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Ralph Howard Burckes | ||
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Hugh Joseph Campbell | September 28, 1896 | |
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William A. Canty | ||
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Edward J. Carey | January 29, 1884 | |
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Julius F. Carman | August 7, 1861 | |
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William Casey | November 20, 1884 | |
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James Bernard Casey | June 19, 1897 | |
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Francis E. Cassidy | February 14, 1888 | |
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Francis Peter Clark | August 22, 1896 | |
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Ezra W. Clark | October 12, 1842 | |
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Maynard Clemons | December 11, 1866 | |
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William J. Conlon | March 14, 1868 | |
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William S. Conroy | October 2, 1877 | |
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D. Herbert Cook | June 2, 1851 | |
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Fred Robbins Cooksey | April 14, 1893 | |
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Thomas J. Corbett | May 10, 1883 | |
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Joseph R. Cotton | November 16, 1890 | |
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Francis X. Coyne | March 15, 1892 | |
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Elbert M. Crockett | August 14, 1871 | |
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Richard D. Crockwell | October 23, 1886 | |
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Thomas Charles Crowther | April 28, 1892 | |
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P. Sarsfield Cunniff | September 12, 1874 | |
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Bert S. Currier | August 2, 1864 | |
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J. Frederick Curtin | November 30, 1892 | |
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Joseph D. Curtis | November 2, 1868 | |
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Warren Chapman Daggett | May 10, 1868 | |
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David D. Daley | March 23, 1872 | |
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Herbert King Davidson | October 19, 1882 | |
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J. Bradford Davis | September 26, 1889 | |
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Elbridge Gerry Davis | August 20, 1877 | |
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Elmer E. Dawson | October 11, 1861 | |
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Ernest J. Dean | April 5, 1883 | |
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Hiram Nichols Dearborn | December 21, 1867 | |
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Louis N. M. DesChenes | April 7, 1872 | |
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Burt Dewar | December 29, 1884 | |
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Robert Dinsmore | December 22, 1897 | |
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Timothy D. Donahue | November 3, 1869 | |
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Sylvia Donaldson[7] | July 12, 1849 | |
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John F. Donovan | April 26, 1897 | |
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Timothy Francis Donovan | August 21, 1889 | |
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Walter Franklyn Douglas | August 22, 1869 | |
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Robert W. Dow | July 15, 1868 | |
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Andrew P. Doyle | August 15, 1869 | |
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John H. Drew | August 23, 1890 | |
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William L. DuBois | July 31, 1892 | |
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Edward Nelson Eames | October 19, 1858 | |
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Bernard Early | ||
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Frank W. Eaton | February 22, 1871 | |
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Vernon W. Evans | January 5, 1895 | |
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Gustave William Everberg | June 24, 1890 | |
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John T. Farrell | January 30, 1893 | |
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Bernard Finkelstein | July 4, 1887 | |
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Erland F. Fish | December 7, 1883 | |
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William Arthur Fish | July 4, 1885 | |
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Susan Walker Fitzgerald[7] | May 9, 1871 | |
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John I. Fitzgerald | July 18, 1882 | |
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Maurice E. Foley | February 8, 1893 | |
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George F. Foley | November 6, 1896 | |
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Tony Garofano | May 28, 1885 | |
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Hugh H. Garrity | May 4, 1883 | |
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Richard J. Garvey | July 19, 1892 | |
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Herbert J. George | May 16, 1868 | |
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George A. Gilman | August 16, 1880 | |
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Charles H. Gilmore | February 27, 1878 | |
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Frederick P. Glazier | September 27, 1859 | |
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Richard D. Gleason | September 22, 1896 | |
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Harold R. Goewey | October 12, 1893 | |
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Andrew J. Gorey | January 13, 1898 | |
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Patrick E. Granfield | March 17, 1894 | |
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Walter Bernard Grant | February 11, 1885 | |
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Merle Dixon Graves | October 13, 1887 | |
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Maurice F. Greaney | ||
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Louis L. Green | ||
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Eugene B. Griffin | ||
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Frank W. Guillo | ||
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C. Wesley Hale | February 13, 1872 | |
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Albert Harrison Hall | ||
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Leo J. Halloran | ||
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William H. Hannagan | ||
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Edward F. Harrington (state representative) | August 10, 1878 | |
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John A. Hawson | ||
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James William Hayes | ||
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Martin Hays | October 14, 1876 | |
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Jeremiah Joseph Healy | July 2, 1872 | |
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John J. Heffernan | January 27, 1893 | |
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William P. Hickey | November 17, 1871 | |
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Matthew A. Higgins | ||
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Charles R. Hillberg | ||
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Edward Carroll Hinckley | ||
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Charles Sumner Holden | ||
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Robert H. J. Holden | ||
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Elisha Hooper | ||
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Michael F. Hourihan | ||
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Harold E. Howard | ||
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Edgar F. Howland | ||
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John C. Hull (politician) | November 1, 1870 | |
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James Melville Hunnewell | ||
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Albert E. Hutt | ||
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Alfred Wesley Ingalls | ||
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George Frederick James | ||
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Victor Francis Jewett | ||
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Thomas H. Johnston | March 5, 1872 | |
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John Alfred Jones | ||
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Arthur Westgate Jones | January 11, 1873 | |
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Michael H. Jordan | February 7, 1863 | |
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Thomas Martin Joyce | ||
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Frederick E. Judd | ||
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Roland M. Keith | March 16, 1847 | |
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James H. Kelleher | ||
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John Augustine Kelleher | May 15, 1891 | |
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Charles A. Kelley | March 24, 1862 | |
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Edward J. Kelley | December 25, 1897 | |
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Peter L. Kelley | ||
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Coleman E. Kelly | ||
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Joseph Francis Kelly | ||
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Davis B. Keniston | ||
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Harry P. Kent | ||
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Clarence P. Kidder | ||
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Howard F. King | ||
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John Fenderson Kyes | ||
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William D. Lancaster | ||
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Joseph A. Langone Sr. | August 10, 1866 | |
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Ernest A. LaRocque | ||
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Joseph Lawrence Larson | ||
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Allen Lawson | ||
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Fred Oliver Lewis | June 12, 1878 | |
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Wilbur F. Lewis | ||
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Jeremiah M. Linnehan | ||
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John Tilton Litch | ||
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Arthur E. Littlefield | ||
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John H. Logue | ||
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Robert L. Manley | ||
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William Henry McCarthy | ||
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John J. McCarthy | ||
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Richard J. McCormick | August 11, 1888 | |
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Elmer L. McCulloch | ||
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Carroll Meins | October 22, 1892 | |
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James J. Mellen | March 30, 1875 | |
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John L. Mitchell | ||
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John Mitchell | September 4, 1877 | |
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Edward Brastow Moor | ||
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Thomas J. Morton | March 2, 1856 | |
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George G. Moyse | December 21, 1878 | |
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Daniel C. Murphy | December 14, 1887 | |
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George Henry Newhall | ||
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Thomas H. Nickerson | ||
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Edward H. Nutting | July 6, 1869 | |
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John J. O'Brien | October 18, 1879 | |
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Daniel W. O'Connor | March 12, 1877 | |
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James H. O'Dea | ||
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Olof F. Ohlson | ||
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Henry F. Paige | January 30, 1853 | |
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Herman Pehrsson | ||
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George Peirce | ||
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George Penshorn | ||
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Chauncey Pepin | ||
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Lewis Hilton Peters | ||
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Frank B. Phinney | ||
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Chester Arthur Pike | ||
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George K. Pond | ||
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Everett R. Prout | ||
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George Louis Richards | ||
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Joseph N. Roach | March 22, 1883 | |
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Everett William Robinson | ||
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Morrill S. Ryder | ||
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Leverett Saltonstall | September 1, 1892 | |
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Edward Julius Sandberg | October 21, 1866 | |
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Roland D. Sawyer | January 8, 1874 | |
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Frank O. Scott | ||
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Leo P. Senecal | ||
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Henry Lee Shattuck | October 12, 1879 | |
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Michael F. Shaw | September 12, 1865 | |
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Charles H. Shaylor | ||
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John P. Shepard | ||
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George S. Sinnicks | ||
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Charles Henry Slowey | ||
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Francis W. K. Smith | ||
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Almond Smith | ||
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Fred L. Snow | ||
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Walter Herbert Snow | ||
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Frederick Dexter Sowle | ||
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Ernest H. Sparrell | ||
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Lemuel W. Standish | ||
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William E. Staples | ||
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James D. Stewart | ||
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Ralph Raymond Stratton | ||
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Albert Austin Sutherland | ||
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James F. Sweeney | ||
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Charles Symonds | ||
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Valmore P. Tetreault | ||
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John E. Thayer Jr. | ||
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William Franklin Thomas Jr. | ||
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John Thomas | January 27, 1859 | |
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Harlie E. Thompson | ||
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Elwin L. Thompson | ||
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Prince H. Tirrell | ||
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Joseph D. Toomey | ||
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James A. Torrey | September 27, 1868 | |
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George M. Underwood | ||
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Edward F. Wallace | ||
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Richard McClennan Walsh | February 5, 1878 | |
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Robert Burns Walsh | ||
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James E. Warren | ||
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Frederick A. Warren | ||
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Slater Washburn | ||
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George Pearl Webster | January 9, 1877 | |
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James T. Welch | ||
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Henry H. Wheelock | ||
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Renton Whidden | ||
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Benjamin Franklin White Jr. | ||
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Herbert Francis Winn | ||
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William Henry Winnett | ||
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Temple A. Winsloe | ||
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Thomas A. Winston | ||
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Samuel H. Wragg | June 9, 1882 | |
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Benjamin Loring Young | 1885 |
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. 2005. p. 338+.
- ^ a b Public Officials of Massachusetts. Boston Review. 1923.
- ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1923" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ a b Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators (2015), "Important Dates for Women in Massachusetts Government", History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923–2015
Further reading
edit- Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections (1922), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1923, hdl:2452/43514
- Court, Massachusetts General (1923). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40700.
- Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: 1923, 1923
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1923–1924 Massachusetts legislature.
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1923, hdl:2452/265583
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1924, hdl:2452/393335
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1923, hdl:2452/64535
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1924, hdl:2452/64536