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1935–1936 Massachusetts legislature

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The 149th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1935 and 1936 during the governorship of James Michael Curley. James G. Moran served as president of the Senate and Leverett Saltonstall served as speaker of the House.[4]

149th
Massachusetts General Court
←148th 150th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 6, 1934
Senate
Members40
PresidentJames G. Moran (1st Bristol district)
Party controlRepublican (21–19)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerLeverett Saltonstall (5th Middlesex)
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 2, 1935 (1935-01-02) – August 15, 1935 (1935-08-15)
2ndJanuary 1, 1936 (1936-01-01) – July 2, 1936 (1936-07-02)[3]
James Moran
James Moran, Senate president.
Leverett Saltonstall
Leverett Saltonstall, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1935.

Senators edit

Portrait Name [5] Date of Birth [6] District [6] Hometown Party Since
 
 Thomas M. Burke May 30, 1898 8th Suffolk Dorchester Democratic 1935
 
 Edward C. Carroll December 15, 1893 4th Suffolk South Boston Democratic 1933
 
 Patrick Eugene Casey September 24, 1886 4th Worcester Milford Democratic 1935
 
 Charles Thomas Cavanagh June 12, 1893 2nd Middlesex Cambridge Democratic 1934
 
 Albert Cole (Massachusetts politician) December 28, 1904 1st Essex Lynn Republican 1935
 
 William S. Conroy October 2, 1877 2nd Bristol Fall River Democratic 1929
 
 Walter L. Considine August 7, 1900 3rd Bristol New Bedford Democratic 1935
 
 Joseph R. Cotton November 16, 1890 7th Middlesex Lexington Republican 1927
 
 Charles Thomas Daly March 12, 1882 6th Middlesex Medford Democratic 1935
 
 William Aiken Davenport October 23, 1869 Franklin and Hampshire Greenfield Republican 1935
 
 Joseph P. Donahoe September 18, 1891 7th Suffolk Dorchester Democratic 1935
 
 John F. Donovan April 26, 1897 1st Suffolk Chelsea Democratic 1935
 
 Edgar C. Erickson July 18, 1896 2nd Worcester Worcester Republican 1933
 
 Erland F. Fish December 7, 1883 Norfolk and Suffolk Brookline Republican 1925
 
 Angier Goodwin January 30, 1881 4th Middlesex Melrose Republican 1929
 
 Cornelius F. Haley July 15, 1875 3rd Essex Rowley Republican 1927
 
 Arthur W. Hollis April 29, 1877 1st Middlesex Newton Republican 1929
 
 Newland H. Holmes August 30, 1891 Norfolk and Plymouth Weymouth Republican 1931
 
 Frank Hurley March 9, 1900 2nd Hampden Holyoke Democratic 1929
 
 Thomas H. Johnston March 5, 1872 Worcester and Hampden Clinton Republican 1931
 
 Joseph A. Langone Jr. September 8, 1896 2nd Suffolk Boston Democratic 1933
 
 John D. Mackay April 7, 1872 Norfolk Quincy Republican 1930
 
 William Francis Madden January 4, 1897 5th Suffolk Jamaica Plain Democratic 1933
 
 Charles Albert Proctor McAree November 3, 1908 4th Essex Haverhill Democratic 1935
 
 William F. McCarthy November 9, 1902 8th Middlesex Lowell Democratic 1935
 
 Francis M. McKeown 1st Hampden Springfield Democratic 1935
 
 James Philip Meehan June 25, 1893 5th Essex Lawrence Democratic 1934
 
 Charles Gardner Miles December 2, 1879 Plymouth Brockton Republican 1933
 
 James G. Moran May 2, 1870 1st Bristol Mansfield Republican 1923
 
 George G. Moyse December 21, 1878 5th Middlesex Waltham Republican 1925
 
 Donald W. Nicholson August 11, 1888 Cape and Plymouth Wareham Republican 1927
 
 Edward H. Nutting July 6, 1869 3rd Worcester Leominster Republican 1931
 
 Henry Parkman Jr. April 26, 1894 3rd Suffolk Boston Republican 1929
 
 Albert Pierce February 29, 1876 2nd Essex Salem Republican 1935
 
 Theodore Robinson Plunkett May 10, 1882 Berkshire Adams Republican 1931
 
 Harry Bancroft Putnam September 7, 1878 Berkshire, Hampshire, and Hampden Westfield Republican 1933
 
 James Conlan Scanlan December 18, 1896 3rd Middlesex Somerville Democratic 1931
 
 John S. Sullivan December 18, 1875 1st Worcester Worcester Democratic 1933
 
 Joseph C. White 1899 6th Suffolk Jamaica Plain Democratic 1933
 
 Samuel H. Wragg June 9, 1882 Norfolk and Middlesex Needham Republican 1925

Representatives edit

Portrait Name [5] Date of Birth [6] District [6]
 
 Henry Achin Jr. June 30, 1883 14th Middlesex
 
 Augustine Airola
 
 William A. Akeroyd October 24, 1883
 
 George T. Ashe February 6, 1905
 
 John Francis Aspell July 8, 1906
 
 Frank David Babcock August 16, 1877
 
 Josiah Babcock Jr. May 21, 1880
 
 Edward P. Bacigalupo October 19, 1897
 
 William Brooks Baker January 10, 1879
 
 William A. Baldwin January 18, 1874
 
 Philip Barnet December 2, 1892
 
 Mary Livermore Barrows[7] June 30, 1877
 
 Thomas Edmund Barry May 14, 1899
 
 Stanley Spilsted Bates August 10, 1890
 
 Walter Ray Baylies April 28, 1902
 
 Malcolm Lawrie Bell November 30, 1890
 
 Albert Bergeron June 23, 1886
 
 Alfred M. Bessette March 25, 1876
 
 Rodolphe G. Bessette September 14, 1911
 
 Albert F. Bigelow October 4, 1880 10th Norfolk
 
 Leo Birmingham April 14, 1893
 
 Fred Arthur Blake January 13, 1895
 
 Edward Boland October 1, 1911
 
 Rufus Hallowell Bond December 24, 1896
 
 Albert Lionel Bourgeois June 7, 1899
 
 Philip Griggs Bowker April 17, 1899
 
 Albert Ovila Boyer May 27, 1908
 
 Edward T. Brady October 23, 1908
 
 Fred Emerson Briggs March 14, 1875
 
 Emma E. Brigham June 10, 1872
 
 Warren Kingsbury Brimblecom June 25, 1899
 
 William Albert Brown February 5, 1888
 
 Arthur I. Burgess October 13, 1894
 
 Horace T. Cahill December 12, 1894
 
 Zacheus H. Cande
 
 Leo Edward Joseph Carney November 16, 1899
 
 Michael Joseph Carroll June 21, 1891
 
 Bernard P. Casey July 29, 1894
 
 Tony A. Centracchio May 25, 1906
 
 Chester W. Chase August 27, 1885
 
 Ralph Vester Clampit March 28, 1896
 
 Frank Clarkson June 21, 1877
 
 Ignatius B. Cleary May 19, 1892
 
 Joseph Francis Cleary September 4, 1901
 
 Francis David Coady January 20, 1884
 
 Andrew J. Coakley November 6, 1906
 
 John W. Coddaire Jr.
 
 Edward A. Coffey October 17, 1892
 
 Samuel H. Cohen
 
 John T. Comerford June 8, 1887
 
 Richard Comerford October 13, 1905
 
 Edward J. Connelly October 10, 1876
 
 Charles H. Cooke May 13, 1878
 
 Timothy Joseph Cooney September 30, 1909
 
 Frank Bernard Coughlin January 11, 1891
 
 Francis X. Coyne March 15, 1892
 
 Nelson B. Crosby June 20, 1871
 
 Ralph Raymond Currier October 28, 1892
 
 Laurence Curtis September 3, 1893
 
 Ernest J. Dean April 5, 1883
 
 Hiram Nichols Dearborn December 21, 1867
 
 Thomas A. Delmore December 21, 1894
 
 George Demeter March 13, 1896
 
 Burt Dewar December 29, 1884
 
 Thomas Patrick Dillon February 19, 1901
 
 Fred Belding Dole January 23, 1895
 
 John Joseph Donahue March 14, 1906
 
 Martin William Donahue January 4, 1893
 
 James P. Donnelly February 26, 1890
 
 Cornelius P. Donovan March 15, 1895
 
 Joseph William Dooley October 25, 1904
 
 Thomas Dorgan August 15, 1892
 
 Joseph H. Downey December 6, 1890
 
 Anthony R. Doyle August 8, 1895
 
 George F. Driscoll
 
 Clarence N. Durant May 15, 1884
 
 Sven August Erickson December 9, 1875
 
 Henry A. Estabrook April 22, 1850
 
 Gustave William Everberg June 24, 1890
 
 John J. Falvey February 22, 1904
 
 Bernard Finkelstein July 4, 1887
 
 Thomas A. Flaherty December 21, 1898
 
 Thomas J. Flannery August 9, 1886
 
 Frank L. Floyd October 17, 1893
 
 John J. Foley January 25, 1888
 
 Katherine A. Foley May 10, 1889
 
 Owen Gallagher November 12, 1884
 
 John J. Gilmartin September 25, 1892
 
 Eugene H. Giroux January 20, 1903
 
 John Leo Gleason June 27, 1903
 
 Hollis M. Gott May 25, 1885
 
 William Patrick Grant November 5, 1904
 
 James A. Gunn June 7, 1883
 
 John Halliwell February 21, 1864
 
 Ralph N. Hamilton November 16, 1898
 
 William Arthur Hannaford October 14, 1892
 
 Thomas J. Hannon December 9, 1900
 
 Joseph J. Harnisch December 28, 1883
 
 George Paterson Hassett May 25, 1888
 
 William Alexander Hastings February 22, 1868
 
 James Dolan Hathaway November 17, 1907
 
 Clayton Locke Havey July 17, 1897
 
 Martin Hays October 14, 1876
 
 Jeremiah Joseph Healy July 2, 1872
 
 Charles W. Hedges March 27, 1901
 
 James W. Hennigan Sr. 1890
 
 Christian Herter March 28, 1895
 
 William Francis Higgins June 16, 1899
 
 Charles V. Hogan April 12, 1897
 
 Daniel J. Honan January 19, 1884
 
 Frank Hathaway Horton July 15, 1874
 
 Fred A. Hutchinson April 5, 1881
 
 Charles John Innes June 1, 1901
 
 Francis William Irwin November 19, 1905
 
 Adolph Johnson July 20, 1885
 
 Archibald L. Jones June 26, 1900
 
 Gerald Denison Jones August 24, 1878
 
 William A. Jones March 27, 1885
 
 Michael H. Jordan February 7, 1863
 
 Patrick Joseph Kearns September 8, 1912
 
 Charles A. Kelley March 24, 1862
 
 Edward J. Kelley December 25, 1897
 
 Francis Joseph Kelley March 21, 1890
 
 James Edward Kendall September 4, 1870
 
 James J. Kiley July 5, 1911
 
 George F. Killgoar
 
 John V. Kimball July 17, 1875
 
 Orvis F. Kinney May 23, 1880
 
 William E. Kirkpatrick November 12, 1901
 
 John Quincy Knowles May 21, 1895
 
 George M. Kurzon
 
 William Landergan August 28, 1899
 
 Leo P. Landry July 10, 1897
 
 Thomas J. Lane July 6, 1898
 
 John Whitin Lasell
 
 Frank M. Leonardi August 17, 1891
 
 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. July 5, 1902
 
 Terrance Joseph Lomax Jr. August 29, 1907
 
 Clarence S. Luitwieler
 
 William Christopher Lunney December 24, 1910
 
 John P. Lyons June 24, 1879
 
 Donald Alexander MacDonald February 21, 1893
 
 Frank E. MacLean
 
 Arthur Ulton Mahan June 18, 1900
 
 James Francis Mahoney September 24, 1890
 
 John Francis Manning January 4, 1906
 
 Philip M. Markley March 28, 1897
 
 Joseph Patrick McCooey
 
 James M. McCracken July 30, 1877
 
 Elmer L. McCulloch
 
 Frederick T. McDermott November 20, 1906
 
 Paul John McDonald
 
 Timothy J. McDonough
 
 James Maxwell McElroy
 
 Lawrence P. McHugh
 
 Henry Parker McLaren
 
 Owen D. McLellan
 
 Roger Alton McNamara
 
 Anthony A. McNulty
 
 William H. Melley May 18, 1903
 
 Joseph A. Milano April 8, 1883
 
 Charles H. Morrill October 6, 1874
 
 Albert Edward Morris April 4, 1903
 
 Frank J. Morrison September 2, 1902
 
 Joseph L. Murphy January 25, 1907
 
 John E. Murphy February 13, 1900
 
 John Joseph Murphy August 28, 1892
 
 Timothy Joseph Murphy September 23, 1909
 
 John A. Murray May 6, 1906
 
 David G. Nagle October 22, 1901
 
 Elmer C. Nelson June 1, 1900
 
 Frank Daniel O'Brien April 25, 1905
 
 Michael T. O'Brien December 3, 1868
 
 Raymond Francis O'Connell August 11, 1901
 
 Joseph N. O'Kane May 26, 1873
 
 Edwin Lawrence Olander October 31, 1891
 
 Charles William Olson August 24, 1889
 
 Ralph Emerson Otis January 16, 1890
 
 Katherine Vose Parker November 16, 1888
 
 Arthur E. Paul January 6, 1902
 
 Richard Farnsworth Paul January 17, 1888
 
 Tycho Mouritz Petersen August 29, 1892
 
 George Wesley Pettengill September 17, 1868
 
 Frederick Everett Pierce May 5, 1862
 
 George Francis Pierce August 13, 1895
 
 William Eben Ramsdell May 4, 1895
 
 Frederick Henry Reinstein April 14, 1899
 
 George Edmund Rice February 22, 1899
 
 Joseph N. Roach March 22, 1883
 
 Victor E. Rolander March 8, 1871
 
 Joseph D. Rolfe May 17, 1893
 
 David A. Rose 1905
 
 Albert Rubin January 15, 1872
 
 Francis Edward Ryan October 6, 1895
 
 Leverett Saltonstall September 1, 1892
 
 Frank Joseph Sargent March 11, 1900
 
 Charles H. Savage January 7, 1893
 
 Roland D. Sawyer January 8, 1874
 
 Louis James Scanlon March 25, 1899
 
 Martin Robert Schofield September 28, 1906
 
 Mason Sears December 29, 1899
 
 William J. Sessions December 18, 1859
 
 John Richard Shaughnessy February 6, 1901
 
 Charles H. Shea December 14, 1891
 
 Frank Chester Sheridan July 21, 1893
 
 Philip Sherman
 
 Edward Sirois December 18, 1898
 
 Harry D. Sisson January 9, 1863
 
 E. Hayes Small December 23, 1876
 
 Frank William Smith January 26, 1895
 
 J. Francis Southgate May 4, 1883
 
 Ernest H. Sparrell
 
 Richard H. Stacy August 18, 1864
 
 Edward William Staves May 9, 1887
 
 George Sawyer Stone February 3, 1866
 
 Patrick Gilbert Sullivan November 18, 1904
 
 William T. Swain December 2, 1878
 
 Martin Swanson July 20, 1872
 
 Mollie Ashby Sweetser April 17, 1882
 
 Edmond Talbot Jr. June 1, 1898
 
 George Grosvenor Tarbell 1886
 
 Frederick H. Tarr Jr. March 25, 1903
 
 Joseph E. Theberge April 27, 1903
 
 James Francis Tobin May 8, 1903
 
 Joseph Walton Tuttle Jr. August 20, 1894
 
 Christopher J. Tyrrell June 21, 1895
 
 Herbert W. Urquhart October 19, 1883
 
 John H. Valentine July 21, 1896
 
 Magorisk Lawrence Walls August 5, 1898
 
 Ira C. Ward March 7, 1862
 
 Michael James Ward September 19, 1899
 
 Kendrick Harlow Washburn July 29, 1893
 
 Patrick J. Welsh October 8, 1893
 
 John B. Wenzler June 11, 1881
 
 John J. Whalen June 5, 1876
 
 John Philip White
 
 John Chester Wilson August 14, 1889
 
 Carl A. Woekel
 
 Martin E. Young January 5, 1896
 
 Abraham I. Zimon

See also edit

References edit

  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. 2005. p. 338+.
  5. ^ a b Public Officials of Massachusetts 1935-36. Boston Review.
  6. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1935" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  7. ^ 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

  • Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1934), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1935, hdl:2452/43426
  • Court, Massachusetts General (1935). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40706.
  • "Curley to Address Legislature Today: Convening Marks Second Sitting Of Both Branches--Few Changes Looked For on Committees", Daily Boston Globe, 1936
  • "Votes Flood Repairs: Massachusetts Legislature Passes $2,000,000 Sill for Highways", New York Times, March 27, 1936. (Related to March 1936 flood)

External links edit

 
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