1875 Massachusetts legislature

The 96th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1875 during the governorship of William Gaston. George B. Loring served as president of the Senate and John E. Sanford served as speaker of the House.[4]

96th
Massachusetts General Court
95th 97th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 3, 1874
Senate
Members40
PresidentGeorge B. Loring
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJohn E. Sanford
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 6, 1875 (1875-01-06) – May 19, 1875 (1875-05-19) [3]
George B. Loring
George Loring, Senate president.
John E. Sanford
John Sanford, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1875.

Notable legislation included an "Act To Provide For The Supervision Of The Construction And Maintenance Of Reservoirs And Dams."[5]

Senators

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Image Name [6] Date of birth [7] District Party
Moses O. Ayres July 21, 1826 4th Worcester
J. White Belcher November 14, 1823 3rd Norfolk
 
Richard Britton 1838
 
Andrew Jackson Clark 1835
 
Timothy John Dacey 1849
George L. Davis June 17, 1816
 
Francis Edson 1823
 
Charles Fitz 1806
 
Eustace Carey Fitz 1833 1st Suffolk
 
Michael Joseph Flatley 1823
 
Henry Fuller 1825
 
Jeremiah Gatchell 1834
 
Joseph Alfred Harwood March 26, 1827
 
John Alexander Hawes 1823
 
Ezra Coffin Howard September 1, 1831
 
Ebenezer Atherton Hunt January 26, 1826
 
Henry Stanley Hyde August 18, 1837
 
Thomas Ingalls 1824
Jonathan Jones May 25, 1812
 
Jonathan A. Lane 1822
 
William E. Livingston June 25, 1832
 
George B. Loring November 8, 1817
 
William Croade Lovering February 25, 1835
 
Lysander John Orcutt 1826
 
Albert Palmer January 17, 1831
 
Ezra Parmenter March 20, 1823
William H. Phillips November 16, 1830
Henry W. Robinson October 9, 1819
Christopher E. Rymes September 27, 1827
 
Henry Smith July 16, 1827
Charles H. B. Snow August 7, 1822
 
Francis Dana Stedman 1801
 
Thomas Newcomb Stone 1818
 
Hugh James Toland 1844
Washington Tufts
 
George F. Verry July 14, 1826
 
Zenas Caldwell Wardwell 1831
 
Tisdale Sanford White 1809
 
Robert Rich Wiley 1828
 
Ezra Dyer Winslow 1839

Representatives

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image Name [6] Date of birth [7] District Party
 
James Abbe 1822
 
Ebenezer Adams 1830
 
Samuel Allen 1825
 
Stephen Merrill Allen 1819
 
Andrew Athy 1832
 
Michael A. Atkinson 1813
 
John James Babson 1809
 
Amasa Winchester Bailey 1820
 
Daniel Danforth Bailey 1834
 
Cyrus Franklin Baker 1831
 
John Israel Baker 1812
 
Joseph Heaton Baker 1820
 
Giles Gould Barker 1838
 
Theodore Dwight Beach 1821
 
George Beal 1824
 
John Henry Bell 1829
 
William Harrison Bent 1840
 
James Bergin 1825
 
John Best 1836
 
John Charles Bickford 1836
 
John Henry Blake 1831
 
Stephen Francis Blaney 1844
 
William Edward Blunt 1840
 
Frederick Lincoln Bosworth 1836
 
Sylvester Warren Bowen 1833
 
Horace Leander Bowker 1832
 
Selwyn Zadock Bowman May 11, 1840
 
Reuben Boynton 1815
 
Osgood Bradley 1836
 
William Eustis Bridgman 1836
 
Wilbur Franklin Brigham 1839
 
William Ellery Bright 1831
 
Samuel Rhoden Brintnall 1820
 
Charles Morrill Brown 1820
 
Isaac Tucker Burr 1828
 
James Hazen Carleton 1818
 
Michael Carney 1827
 
William Carroll 1838
 
William Chase 1817
 
Gardner Asaph Churchill 1839
 
Isaiah Churchill 1806
 
Charles Russell Codman 1829
 
Abraham Burbank Coffin 1831
 
Patrick Collins 1830
 
Austin Henry Connell 1846
 
Owen Coogan 1820
 
Augustine Porter Cook 1843
 
Frederick Spaulding Coolidge December 7, 1841
 
Lowell Coolidge 1819
 
Alfred Minott Copeland 1830
 
Jeremiah William Coveney 1840
 
John Addison Cummings 1838
 
Benjamin Connor Currier 1822
 
Francis Chester Curtis 1836
 
William Derbyshire Curtis 1843
 
Levi Lincoln Cushing 1825
 
Benjamin Franklin Davis 1837
 
Epes Davis 1799
 
Jacob Winnie Davis 1824
 
Lewis Day 1835
 
Henry Dennis 1827
 
Neil Doherty 1838
 
Cornelius William Duggan 1844
 
James William Dwyer 1845
 
George Whitefield Dyer 1836
 
Edwin Ellis 1823
 
James Edward Estabrook
 
John Brooks Fairbanks 1822
 
Luther Fisk 1832
 
Thomas Francis Fitzgerald 1848
 
Samuel Flower 1815
 
John David Flynn 1842
 
Alpheus Fobes 1829
 
Joseph Fobes 1811
 
William Frost 1822
 
Henry William Fuller June 30, 1839
 
Charles Lefevre Gardner 1839
 
Albert Warren Gaskill 1831
 
James Willis Gaylord 1844
 
William Miner Gaylord 1821
 
Emerson Geer 1835
 
Edward Eli Gibbs 1836
 
Benjamin Gifford 1824
 
Levi Lincoln Goodspeed 1822
 
Elbridge Henry Goss 1830
 
Charles Henry Green January 11, 1842
 
Daniel Gardner Green 1817
 
Thomas Thurston Griggs 1818
 
Dexter Grose 1830
 
Charles Hale June 7, 1831
 
Gayton Montgomery Hall 1835
 
George Hall 1831
 
Solomon Eldridge Hallett 1833
 
David Evans Harding 1826
 
William Ambrose Haskell 1826
 
Nicholas Hatheway 1824
 
George Haven 1809
 
Nathan Mortimer Hawkes 1843
 
George Heywood 1826
 
Moses Burpee Heywood 1827
 
Samuel Richardson Heywood 1821
 
James Edward Hill 1838
 
Joseph Warren Hill 1837
 
Beriah Tilton Hillman 1843
 
William Allen Hodges 1834
 
Elisha Everett Holbrook 1835
 
Amos Bradley Holden 1823
 
Henry Tolman Holmes 1829
 
Salmon Dutton Hood 1830
 
Daniel Parker Hopkinson 1835
 
Marius Milner Hovey 1818
 
William Brewster Howard 1836
 
Frederick George Howes 1832
 
Francis M. Hughes 1845
 
Simeon Alonzo Jacobs 1835
 
Henry Lyman James 1829
 
Edward Jonathan Johnson 1832
 
Thomas Johnson 1824
 
George Washington Jones 1822
 
Isaac Newton Keith November 14, 1838
 
Philo Keith 1806
 
William Keith 1810
 
Ziba Cary Keith July 13, 1842
 
Edward Kendall 1822
 
Moses Kimball October 24, 1809
 
William Sterling King 1818
 
George Parkman Kingsley 1840
 
Joel Knapp 1835
 
William Shadrach Knox September 10, 1843
 
Daniel Warren Lawrence 1830
 
John Burt Le Baron 1817
 
Benjamin Flint Leighton 1820
 
Daniel James Lewis 1810
 
George Tyler Lincoln 1840
 
Pliny Thurston Litchfield 1827
 
James Lovering Locke 1832
 
John Davis Long October 27, 1838
 
James Thomas Mahony 1843
 
John Bernard Martin 1848
 
William Martin 1815
 
Joseph Tinsley Massey 1808
 
Edward Selden May 1809
 
Samuel May 1810
 
James Athansius McDonald 1842
 
John Johnson McNutt 1822
 
William Branwell Merrill 1827
 
Clement Meserve 1822
 
Southard Harrison Miller 1811
 
Henry Sherman Miner 1820
 
Joseph Mitchell 1809
 
Franklin Gerrish Morris 1841
 
John Torrey Morse 1840
 
Frederick Pierce Moseley 1826
 
Willard Stanley Newhall 1831
 
George Lincoln Newton 1841
 
Edward Wolcott Noble 1811
 
Reuben Noble 1820
 
Daniel Noonan 1834
 
Isaac Newton Nutter June 23, 1836
 
Charles Stuart Osgood 1839
 
Harrison Davis Packard 1840
 
Joseph Frost Paul 1824
 
Charles Mason Peirce 1823
 
William Edward Perkins 1838
 
Charles Hiram Pew 1842
 
Willard Peele Phillips 1825
 
Stephen Cobb Phinney 1829
 
Edward L. Pierce March 29, 1829
 
James Pierce 1837
 
Thomas Fitzpatrick Plunkett 1804
 
Alanson Brown Pomeroy 1842
 
Richard Pope 1843
 
Isaac Pratt 1814
 
Willard Putnam 1838
 
Edward Benedict Rankin 1846
 
George Williams Reed 1826
 
Albert Edward Rice 1845
 
William Whitney Rice March 7, 1826
 
Thomas Rich 1820
 
Jonathan Cady Richmond 1821
 
John Lombard Robinson 1835
 
Joshua Crowell Robinson 1834
 
Wallace Fullum Robinson 1832
 
Charles Alvan Rogers 1836
 
Joseph Samuel Ropes February 6, 1818
 
Cyrus King Russell 1815
 
Nathaniel Johnson Rust 1833
 
John Stevens Ryder 1822
 
John Sanborn 1799
 
Edward Sanderson 1829
 
Charles Brigham Sanford 1817
 
John Eliot Sanford November 22, 1830
 
Cyrus Savage September 2, 1832
 
John Savery 1815
 
Ebenezer Sawyer 1809
 
Nathaniel Seaver 1807
 
John Mark Seeley 1814
 
Charles Luther Shaw 1823
 
Frederick Plummer Shaw 1811
 
Isaiah Atkins Small 1825
 
George Dillingham Smalley 1824
 
Abraham Howland Smith 1833
 
Albert Smith 1823
 
Edward F. Smith 1835
 
John Low Smith 1837
 
Edwin Adolphus Spaulding 1832
 
Richard Hall Stearns December 25, 1824
 
Isaac Stebbins 1817
 
Lafayette Stevens 1824
 
John Conant Stimpson 1813
 
Isaac Stone 1822
 
Charles Alfonso Fletcher Swan 1830
 
Daniel Joseph Sweeney 1834
 
Samuel Talbot 1822
 
Leonard Alden Thayer 1834
 
William Allen Thompson 1810
 
Daniel Holt Thurston 1813
 
Dexter Alley Tompkins 1827
 
George Howard Torrey 1819
 
Enoch Henry Towne 1835
 
Byron Truell 1834
 
Albert Jesse Trull 1845
 
Charles Russell Tucker 1844
 
Artemas Stanley Tyler 1824
 
Edmond Maxam Vincent 1828
 
Cranmore Nesmith Wallace 1844
 
George Milton Warren 1832
 
Austin Clark Wellington 1840
 
Joseph Wilder White 1825
 
Felix Grundy Whitney 1818
 
Wilbur Fisk Whitney 1839
 
Henry Munson Wilcox 1843
 
Ebenezer Crosby Willard 1821
 
Moses Williams 1846
 
William Winn 1809
 
Nathan Montgomery Wood 1825
 
John H. Woodbury 1840
 
William Woods 1840
 
Walter Wyman 1806

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. ^ April Pierce (May 17, 2011), "Five Feet High and Rising", State Library of Massachusetts blog
  6. ^ a b Court, Massachusetts General (1875). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40653.
  7. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1875" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading

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  • "Massachusetts". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1875. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1876. (includes description of legislature)
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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1875, hdl:2452/619064
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1875, hdl:2452/92957