1894 Massachusetts legislature
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The 115th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1894 during the governorship of Frederic T. Greenhalge. William M. Butler served as president of the Senate and George von Lengerke Meyer served as speaker of the House.[4]
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| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 7, 1893 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | William M. Butler | ||||
| Party control | Republican (33–7)[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | George von Lengerke Meyer | ||||
| Party control | Republican (183–56–1)[2] | ||||
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William Butler, Senate president.
George von Lengerke Meyer, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1894.
Senators edit
| image | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district |
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Edward B. Atwood | May 13, 1845 | 1st Plymouth |
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James Lewis Austin | March 19, 1851 | 1st Bristol |
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Joseph F. Bartlett | July 25, 1843 | Franklin |
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Francis T. Berry | August 18, 1849 | 2nd Essex |
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Eugene A. Bessom | June 11, 1855 | 1st Essex |
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Ledyard Bill | 1836 | 3rd Worcester |
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S. Stillman Blanchard | June 23, 1835 | 7th Suffolk |
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Peter Joseph Brady | October 29, 1861 | 7th Middlesex |
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Charles F. Brown | October 21, 1848 | 6th Middlesex |
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William P. Buckley | August 15, 1859 | 2nd Hampden |
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Albert S. Burnham | September 25, 1850 | 1st Suffolk |
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William M. Butler | January 29, 1861 | 3rd Bristol |
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Maurice F. Coughlin | December 29, 1856 | 4th Middlesex |
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John F. Cronan | April 9, 1856 | 8th Suffolk |
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William B. Durant | September 29, 1844 | 3rd Middlesex |
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John F. Fitzgerald | February 11, 1863 | 3rd Suffolk |
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Edward G. Frothingham | August 12, 1837 | 4th Essex |
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George L. Gage | February 6, 1845 | 6th Essex |
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Robert S. Gray | September 28, 1847 | 2nd Norfolk |
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George Henry Bartlett Green | December 15, 1845 | Worcester and Hampshire |
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Edwin B. Harvey | April 4, 1834 | 2nd Worcester |
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Gilbert L. Jewett | December 22, 1839 | Berkshire |
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John Kenrick Jr. | October 25, 1857 | Cape |
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Francis W. Kittredge | June 4, 1843 | 9th Suffolk |
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William B. Lawrence | November 15, 1856 | 1st Middlesex |
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Edward Joseph Leary | May 27, 1860 | 6th Suffolk |
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Edwin Francis Lyford | September 8, 1857 | 1st Hampden |
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John Flint Merrill | January 16, 1849 | 1st Norfolk |
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Joel D. Miller | October 10, 1837 | 4th Worcester |
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Henry S. Milton | September 28, 1855 | 2nd Middlesex |
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Hiram A. Monk | July 16, 1829 | 2nd Plymouth |
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Jeremiah Henry Mullane | August 15, 1852 | 4th Suffolk |
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Joseph O. Neill | January 31, 1838 | 2nd Bristol |
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John B. Ripley | July 8, 1849 | Berkshire and Hampshire |
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Stephen Salisbury III | March 31, 1835 | 1st Worcester |
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George P. Sanger | September 6, 1852 | 5th Suffolk |
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Samuel L. Sawyer | June 20, 1845 | 5th Essex |
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Elisha H. Shaw | September 29, 1847 | 5th Middlesex |
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Sylvanus Smith | March 10, 1829 | 3rd Essex |
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George N. Swallow | January 2, 1854 | 2nd Suffolk |
Representatives edit
| image | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district |
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John E. Abbott | November 30, 1845 | |
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Walter Adams | May 15, 1848 | |
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John Clark Alden | April 4, 1836 | |
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Newell D. Atwood | April 6, 1866 | |
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John Edward Bacon | 1837 | |
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James Alderson Bailey Jr. | March 25, 1867 | |
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Charles Grey Bancroft | December 3, 1866 | |
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Solon Bancroft | June 22, 1839 | |
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Albert F. Barker | October 24, 1859 | |
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Charles Waldo Bates | July 10, 1846 | |
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Frederick H. Bates | September 15, 1857 | |
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John L. Bates | September 18, 1859 | |
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Amos Beckford | March 13, 1828 | |
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Frank P. Bennett | May 2, 1853 | |
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Frank S. Bennett | May 12, 1857 | |
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George H. Bixby | February 21, 1854 | |
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Frederic Wright Bliss | October 14, 1852 | |
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Henry Clay Bliss | May 5, 1846 | |
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Edward F. Blodgett | August 9, 1848 | |
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Dwight Boardman | October 23, 1835 | |
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Edward S. Bradford | December 1, 1842 | |
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Fred H. Bradford | July 13, 1850 | |
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Pharcellus Dean Bridges | December 21, 1846 | |
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Thomas A. Brooks | December 22, 1858 | |
| Robert C. Brown | November 5, 1867 | ||
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George H. Buck | March 31, 1843 | |
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Walter Jesse David Bullock | July 11, 1860 | |
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William H. Burges | November 3, 1835 | |
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Jason Butler | 1847 | |
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Allen Francis Carpenter | February 28, 1842 | |
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Charles W. Carroll | November 1, 1863 | |
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Daniel C. Casey | August 10, 1867 | |
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Joseph J. Casey | December 25, 1863 | |
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Frank Cass | September 14, 1857 | |
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Charles Sydney Chase | January 10, 1840 | |
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Dwight Chester | March 2, 1835 | |
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Philip Embury Clarke | September 11, 1837 | |
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Daniel H. Coakley | December 10, 1865 | |
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Samuel Coffin | October 9, 1827 | |
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Henry C. Comins | April 11, 1837 | |
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Heman S. Cook | May 13, 1840 | |
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James Oliver Cook | August 22, 1842 | |
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Marcus C. Cook | March 14, 1827 | |
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Erastus C. Coy | July 25, 1831 | |
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Charles H. Crane | May 8, 1845 | |
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Myron D. Cressy | October 30, 1851 | |
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Arthur B. Curtis | November 30, 1854 | |
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George P. Cutler | December 7, 1829 | |
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Frederick W. Dallinger | October 2, 1871 | |
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Francis W. Darling | December 16, 1852 | |
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Benjamin Day | September 4, 1822 | |
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Charles W. Delvey | January 13, 1848 | |
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William D. Dennis | October 11, 1847 | |
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James H. Derbyshire | June 11, 1855 | |
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Owen M. Donohoe | October 21, 1861 | |
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William F. Donovan | December 29, 1866 | |
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William J. Donovan | October 31, 1862 | |
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James Joseph Dowd | July 4, 1857 | |
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James H. Doyle | June 17, 1867 | |
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William H. Drew | March 27, 1855 | |
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Robert Duddy | 1847 | |
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George Morton Eddy | August 5, 1843 | |
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Alpheus M. Eldredge | January 25, 1828 | |
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Edward James Harris Estabrooks | April 16, 1841 | |
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George C. Ewing | January 15, 1843 | |
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Thomas F. Fallon | December 7, 1857 | |
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Joseph Byron Farley | October 10, 1847 | |
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Philip J. Farley | January 3, 1864 | |
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Charles Favreau | January 31, 1851 | |
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James H. Ferguson | July 12, 1851 | |
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Clarentine E. Ferson | May 19, 1845 | |
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Eugene Finn | July 16, 1863 | |
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Henry H. Fisk | June 5, 1843 | |
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James H. Flint | June 25, 1852 | |
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Cornelius J. Flynn | March 21, 1848 | |
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Ether S. Foss | June 10, 1834 | |
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Granville Edward Foss | August 16, 1842 | |
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Otis Foss | October 4, 1838 | |
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George E. Fowle | July 4, 1837 | |
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Granville Austin Fuller | March 13, 1837 | |
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George A. Galloupe | October 28, 1850 | |
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John Dennis Hammond Gauss | January 4, 1861 | |
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Michael P. Geary | August 16, 1868 | |
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Samuel Wesley George | April 26, 1862 | |
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Charles Giddings | May 10, 1867 | |
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James Love Gillingham | July 12, 1857 | |
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James F. Gleason | August 8, 1862 | |
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Samuel S. Gleason | May 1, 1842 | |
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Edwin D. Goodell | August 16, 1842 | |
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William T. Graham | February 1, 1861 | |
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Alexander Grant | September 26, 1853 | |
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Charles Greene | May 10, 1840 | |
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Thomas Ellwood Grover | February 9, 1846 | |
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John Haigh | November 17, 1839 | |
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Edward A. Hale | January 11, 1850 | |
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Charles L. Hammond | September 1, 1860 | |
| Noah Hammond | February 8, 1833 | ||
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Clarke Partridge Harding | June 20, 1853 | |
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Franklin P. Harlow | ||
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Charles H. Hartshorn | March 25, 1840 | |
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Benjamin C. Harvey | September 4, 1847 | |
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Arthur Hastings | December 9, 1846 | |
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Bowers C. Hathaway | March 18, 1823 | |
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Frederic W. Hathaway | March 6, 1836 | |
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James E. Hayes | August 10, 1865 | |
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Richard J. Hayes | October 4, 1861 | |
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William Henry Irving Hayes | June 21, 1848 | |
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George A. Hibbard | October 27, 1864 | |
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George C. Higgins | November 19, 1845 | |
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John J. Hoar | June 1, 1864 | |
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Timothy Holland | July 12, 1865 | |
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Solon O. Holt | December 11, 1839 | |
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Henry Augustine Howard | May 2, 1842 | |
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Louis P. Howe | May 29, 1858 | |
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Edwin A. Hubbard | November 26, 1848 | |
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Henry D. Humphrey | June 20, 1861 | |
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William H. Hutchinson | March 26, 1834 | |
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Richard William Irwin | February 18, 1857 | |
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Dwight H. Ives | January 28, 1837 | |
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William S. Jenks | December 1, 1855 | |
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Edward P. Johnson | October 21, 1844 | |
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George R. Jones | February 8, 1862 | |
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Cyrus Anson Jordan | April 7, 1859 | |
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Orrin F. Joslin | December 14, 1831 | |
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S. Smith Joy | April 21, 1841 | |
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John Kelley | November 21, 1855 | |
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Joseph J. Kelley | February 22, 1868 | |
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John E. Kellogg | July 2, 1845 | |
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Daniel J. Kinnaly | May 8, 1855 | |
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Arthur Shimmin Kneil | May 6, 1861 | |
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Joseph Brewster Knox | December 12, 1828 | |
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Howard G. Lane | December 15, 1850 | |
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James Cushing Leach | June 11, 1831 | |
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William A. Lenihan | December 12, 1862 | |
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Ottho William Lewis | July 17, 1853 | |
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Oliver C. Livermore | July 21, 1838 | |
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Henry Goodwin Loomis | August 8, 1842 | |
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George E. Lovett | February 27, 1849 | |
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Irenaeus H. Low | December 15, 1847 | |
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Timothy P. Lyman | August 6, 1834 | |
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John M. Lynch | November 26, 1860 | |
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John A. Macomber, 2d | January 25, 1849 | |
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Patrick Mahan | March 15, 1840 | |
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John J. Mahoney | April 13, 1860 | |
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Dana Malone | October 8, 1857 | |
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William P. Martin | July 30, 1858 | |
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Jeremiah Justin McCarthy | March 29, 1852 | |
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William Henry McInerney | March 17, 1866 | |
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Hugh McLaughlin | April 18, 1852 | |
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William Henry McMorrow | March 23, 1871 | |
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James F. Melaven | November 19, 1858 | |
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James H. Mellen | November 7, 1845 | |
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Matthew H. Merriam | August 16, 1824 | |
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Oliver B. Merrill | January 11, 1836 | |
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Marcus M. Merritt | April 1, 1839 | |
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George von Lengerke Meyer | June 24, 1858 | |
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Edwin Child Miller | December 1, 1857 | |
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Joseph F. Mooney | May 21, 1866 | |
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William Moran | September 6, 1855 | |
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Eugene Michael Moriarty | April 15, 1849 | |
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Charles Otis Morrill | February 10, 1851 | |
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Alvertus W. Morse | January 21, 1841 | |
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Daniel Murphy | September 25, 1843 | |
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James Stuart Murphy | September 5, 1860 | |
| John L. Murphy | May 8, 1863 | ||
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Timothy F. Murphy | August 9, 1864 | |
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James J. Myers | November 20, 1842 | |
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Melvin S. Nash | August 3, 1857 | |
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George H. Newhall | October 24, 1850 | |
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John B. Newhall | October 1, 1862 | |
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Jarvis Norcott | December 17, 1823 | |
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Michael J. O'Brien | November 9, 1855 | |
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Theodore K. Parker | September 3, 1841 | |
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John E. Parry | July 3, 1854 | |
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John E. Perry | June 20, 1832 | |
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Carlton T. Phelps | October 13, 1867 | |
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Edward W. Pinkham | February 9, 1839 | |
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Joseph B. Poor | June 7, 1850 | |
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Burrill Porter | February 22, 1832 | |
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J. Frank Porter | April 8, 1847 | |
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John Jacob Prevaux | March 16, 1857 | |
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John Quinn, Jr. | December 16, 1859 | |
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Nicolas M. Quint | July 18, 1838 | |
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Samuel Miner Raymond | June 30, 1842 | |
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Charles R. Read | ||
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Clarence E. Richardson | May 13, 1847 | |
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John S. Richardson | August 25, 1855 | |
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Robert A. Richardson | 1840 | |
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Royal Robbins | December 12, 1865 | |
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Ernest W. Roberts | November 22, 1858 | |
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Alfred Seelye Roe | June 8, 1844 | |
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Alfred V. Rogerson | August 24, 1840 | |
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Isaac Rosnosky | November 6, 1846 | |
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Samuel Ross | February 2, 1865 | |
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Charles P. Rugg | August 12, 1827 | |
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Thomas A. Russell | June 17, 1858 | |
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Martin F. Ryder | November 1, 1854 | |
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Henry F. Sampson | May 12, 1835 | |
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George Melville Scates | September 30, 1841 | |
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Chester B. Scudder | October 6, 1844 | |
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William P. Searls | June 3, 1851 | |
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John Timothy Shea | February 14, 1866 | |
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Joseph Lucien Shipley | March 31, 1836 | |
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Charles Francis Shute | June 17, 1838 | |
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Henry Young Simpson | September 13, 1843 | |
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David F. Slade | November 5, 1855 | |
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Anthony Smalley | March 15, 1836 | |
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Clayton D. Smith | March 31, 1857 | |
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George L. Soule | March 25, 1832 | |
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Warren F. Spalding | January 14, 1841 | |
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William Henry Sprague | June 27, 1845 | |
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Arthur L. Spring | February 25, 1858 | |
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Thomas E. St. John | March 2, 1831 | |
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Charles F. Sturtevant | March 31, 1848 | |
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James J. Sullivan | December 22, 1865 | |
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Richard Sullivan | February 24, 1856 | |
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James Francis Sweeney | September 19, 1859 | |
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Robert T. Teamoh[7] | 1864 | |
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Eben F. Thompson | January 29, 1859 | |
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James Atherton Tilden | December 6, 1835 | |
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Cornelius H. Toland | November 2, 1868 | |
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William Tolman | June 2, 1858 | |
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Isaac Brownell Tompkins | August 17, 1826 | |
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Daniel P. Toomey | March 16, 1861 | |
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William M. Townsend | August 24, 1845 | |
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Jacob Tucker | December 23, 1835 | |
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Michael Tuite | June 29, 1853 | |
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John E. Tuttle | November 3, 1835 | |
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Charles Henry Utley | November 27, 1857 | |
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Stephen Cady Warriner | August 25, 1839 | |
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Arthur Holbrook Wellman | October 30, 1855 | |
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George L. Wentworth | May 24, 1852 | |
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Thomas Weston | September 23, 1826 | |
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William H. Wheeler | September 4, 1848 | |
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George E. White | June 13, 1849 | |
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Henry A. Whitney | July 1, 1842 | |
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Eugene W. Wood | May 10, 1832 | |
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Frank C. Wood | September 20, 1849 | |
| Alfred A. Woodbury | November 26, 1862 | ||
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John Loring Woodfall | September 15, 1847 |
See also edit
References 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 Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1894 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1894" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905
Further reading edit
- Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1894. A. M. Bridgman. 1894.
- "Massachusetts: Legislative Session". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1894. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1895. hdl:2027/coo.31924106393501 – via HathiTrust.
External links edit
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1894, hdl:2452/429111
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1894, hdl:2452/83200