1945–1946 Massachusetts legislature

The 154th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1945 and 1946 during the governorship of Maurice J. Tobin. Arthur W. Coolidge served as president of the Senate and Frederick Willis served as speaker of the House.[4]

154th
Massachusetts General Court
153rd 155th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 7, 1944
Senate
Members40
PresidentArthur W. Coolidge (7th Middlesex district)
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerFrederick Willis (10th Essex)
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 3, 1945 (1945-01-03) – July 25, 1945 (1945-07-25)
2ndJanuary 2, 1946 (1946-01-02) – June 15, 1946 (1946-06-15)[3]
Arthur Coolidge
Arthur Coolidge, Senate president.
Frederick Willis
Frederick Willis, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1945.

Senators

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Portrait Name [5] Date of Birth [6] District [6]
 
John Albetski 4th Worcester
 
Benjamin J. Bowen January 19, 1876
 
Richard S. Bowers June 18, 1900
 
J. Elmer Callahan
 
Michael H. Condron
 
William R. Conley September 1, 1900
 
Arthur W. Coolidge October 13, 1881
 
Clifford Rudolph Cusson January 6, 1895
 
Chester A. Dolan Jr. September 20, 1907
 
Burton F. Faulkner
 
William Patrick Grant November 5, 1904
 
Cornelius F. Haley July 15, 1875
 
Thomas H. Johnston March 5, 1872
 
Robert L. Lee
 
Stephen F. Loughlin
 
John D. Mackay April 7, 1872
 
Charles Gardner Miles December 2, 1879
 
Joseph F. Montminy
 
Joseph L. Murphy January 25, 1907
 
Donald W. Nicholson August 11, 1888
 
William E. Nolen
 
Willard A. Ormsbee
 
James Austin Peckham
 
Edward C. Peirce March 7, 1895
 
Harris S. Richardson January 10, 1887
 
Edward Rowe (politician) March 17, 1902
 
George W. Stanton
 
Charles F. Sullivan October 10, 1904
 
Leo J. Sullivan December 8, 1905
 
Charles I. Taylor November 25, 1899
 
Sumner G. Whittier July 4, 1911

Representatives

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Portrait Name [5] Date of Birth [6] District [6]
 
Wilfred J. Achin May 12, 1891 3rd Berkshire
 
Richard James Allen June 22, 1909
 
John A. Armstrong June 12, 1901
 
Charles J. Artesani
 
Edward C. Ashworth April 22, 1899
 
John George Asiaf June 30, 1900
 
Joseph A. Aspero
 
Josiah Babcock Jr. May 21, 1880
 
Earle S. Bagley January 20, 1905
 
Charles Homer Barrett June 23, 1868
 
George L. Barrus December 15, 1880
 
William R. Barry February 2, 1905
 
Michael J. Batal September 8, 1898
 
Norman S. Baxter
 
Raymond H. Beach August 11, 1888
 
C. Ray Bennett
 
G. Leo Bessette September 23, 1906
 
Rodolphe G. Bessette September 14, 1911
 
Albert F. Bigelow October 4, 1880 10th Norfolk
 
Fred Arthur Blake January 13, 1895
 
Stanley John Borsa
 
Everett Murray Bowker September 17, 1901
 
Russell P. Brown August 24, 1891
 
Clarence B. Brown December 22, 1877
 
Frank Eben Brown January 14, 1890
 
John D. Brown January 30, 1900
 
William Albert Brown February 5, 1888
 
Archie Edward Bruce August 20, 1883
 
Harland Burke April 22, 1888
 
Edward Butterworth August 14, 1908
 
Fannie Buzzell March 31, 1914
 
Bartholomew John Callery Jr. March 28, 1910
 
Colin James Cameron August 24, 1879
 
Robert Patterson Campbell December 20, 1887
 
Matthew J. Capeless June 4, 1875
 
Edmund Euplio Capodilupo July 7, 1913
 
Enrico Cappucci 1910
 
Ernest Westervelt Carman
 
John Henry Carroll
 
William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician) June 27, 1905
 
Daniel Casey May 7, 1890
 
James Frederick Catusi
 
Perlie Dyar Chase July 31, 1905
 
David M. Cleary May 9, 1901
 
Thomas Francis Coady 1878
 
J. Everett Collins April 27, 1894
 
Joseph T. Conley
 
Robert Gerard Connolly September 11, 1916
 
Michael John Conway
 
Florence E. Cook July 8, 1908
 
Charles H. Cooke May 13, 1878
 
George Chauncey Cousens September 20, 1905
 
Earl Gustavus Crockett March 23, 1894
 
Patrick Francis Cronin
 
Walter A. Cuffe January 29, 1898
 
Adin Willard Custance
 
Leslie Bradley Cutler March 24, 1890
 
Lawrence Harvard Davis
 
George Walter Dean
 
Ernest DeRoy July 13, 1889
 
Cornelius Desmond October 4, 1893
 
Burt Dewar December 29, 1884
 
Logan Rockwell Dickie May 4, 1890
 
Vincent B. Dignam February 22, 1896
 
Jacinto F. Diniz October 3, 1888
 
Edmond J. Donlan December 19, 1899
 
Joseph William Dooley October 25, 1904
 
Anthony R. Doyle August 8, 1895
 
Charles D. Driscoll June 18, 1888
 
Howard Bernard Driscoll
 
Henry M. Duggan October 5, 1896
 
Ernest W. Dullea January 14, 1891
 
Clifton Emerson Dwelly January 11, 1893
 
Louis Henry Elliot
 
Henry Allen Ellis November 5, 1879
 
Charles Kingsbury Endicott October 4, 1892
 
Thomas Edward Enright August 1, 1881
 
Sven August Erickson December 9, 1875
 
George Jelly Evans February 4, 1909
 
John R. Fausey March 19, 1870
 
Michael Paul Feeney March 26, 1907
 
Charles E. Ferguson January 30, 1894
 
Joseph P. Ferriter March 25, 1905
 
Peter F. Fitzgerald February 16, 1889
 
John Edward Flaherty December 31, 1910
 
William Daniel Fleming April 14, 1907
 
Norman Eugene Folsom December 23, 1903
 
John F. Foster
 
George Fuller July 24, 1893
 
John L. Gallant
 
Charles Gibbons July 21, 1901
 
Avery W. Gilkerson June 5, 1899
 
Dennis P. Glynn September 29, 1906
 
Hollis M. Gott May 25, 1885
 
Thomas T. Gray July 22, 1892
 
George Greene March 7, 1897
 
Francis G. Gregory
 
Frederick C. Haigis May 10, 1903
 
James Edward Hannon
 
Fred C. Harrington April 21, 1902
 
Joseph B. Harrington
 
Frederick Roy Harvey Jr. 11th Suffolk
 
William E. Hays November 28, 1903
 
Henry Davis Higgins February 24, 1873
 
Ralph H. Hill February 5, 1915
 
Charles F. Holman June 21, 1892
 
Frank Hathaway Horton July 15, 1874
 
J. Philip Howard February 16, 1907
 
I. Grafton Howes June 17, 1889
 
Orison Valentine Hull November 9, 1873
 
Richard Lester Hull November 30, 1917
 
Nathaniel M. Hurwitz March 24, 1893
 
Edward A. Hutchinson Jr. December 13, 1911
 
Fred A. Hutchinson April 5, 1881
 
Henderson Inches
 
Harvey Iris
 
William Whittem Jenness April 3, 1904
 
Adolph Johnson July 20, 1885
 
Ernest A. Johnson March 13, 1897
 
Peter John Jordan July 23, 1910
 
Walter Francis Kane
 
Charles Kaplan September 26, 1895
 
Clarence Karelitz
 
Alfred B. Keith November 26, 1893
 
Francis Joseph Kelley March 21, 1890
 
Richard A. Kelly August 7, 1905
 
Fred I. Lamson December 11, 1910
 
George Thomas Lanigan January 4, 1909
 
Laurence W. Law
 
Francis W. Lindstrom December 18, 1898
 
Louis Lobel August 10, 1911
 
Burton Elmer Loring
 
Jeremiah G. Lucey
 
William Christopher Lunney December 24, 1910
 
Arthur Ulton Mahan June 18, 1900
 
Philip M. Markley March 28, 1897
 
George Francis Martin Jr.
 
Francis V. Matera
 
Thomas B. Matthews June 24, 1874
 
Harry P. McAllister April 25, 1880
 
Michael J. McCarthy (politician) October 23, 1890
 
Edward A. McCarthy
 
Frank D. McCarthy
 
Paul Andrew McCarthy December 23, 1902
 
Elmer L. McCulloch
 
James Patrick McDevitt
 
Patrick J. McDonough April 29, 1911
 
Joseph F. McEvoy Jr. April 27, 1918
 
Timothy J. McInerney
 
Samuel D. McLeod
 
Philip McMorrow
 
Joseph A. Milano April 8, 1883
 
Charles Miller January 12, 1908
 
Timothy J. Moriarty August 6, 1909
 
Lester Bertram Morley April 19, 1903
 
Edward J. Mulligan February 8, 1907
 
Robert F. Murphy (politician) January 24, 1899
 
Cornelius Joseph Murray August 19, 1890
 
Henry Thomas Murray Jr.
 
George Burkman Norton
 
James Anthony O'Brien October 27, 1886
 
William Thomas O'Brien December 2, 1889
 
Louis F. O'Keefe June 12, 1895
 
George Joseph O'Shea November 16, 1899
 
Frank B. Oliveira
 
John Thomas Padden May 6, 1903
 
Eben Parsons
 
Clark Brownson Partridge August 26, 1878
 
Oscar Houston Perkins January 3, 1879
 
Herman Peter Peterson November 21, 1890
 
Frederick Everett Pierce May 5, 1862
 
George William Porter November 6, 1885
 
Harvey Armand Pothier September 6, 1901
 
John E. Powers November 10, 1910
 
William Eben Ramsdell May 4, 1895
 
Stuart Craig Rand June 9, 1888
 
George E. Rawson December 6, 1886
 
Thomas Francis Reilly August 12, 1903
 
John Joseph Riordan
 
Joseph N. Roach March 22, 1883
 
Albert E. Roberts November 22, 1875
 
William H. J. Rowan June 21, 1879
 
Francis Edward Ryan October 6, 1895
 
E. Guy Sawyer
 
Gerald F. Scally July 17, 1905
 
Alyce Louise Schlapp November 30, 1912
 
William Henry Sears Jr. July 14, 1875
 
A. John Serino March 13, 1906
 
Henry Lee Shattuck October 12, 1879
 
Arthur Joseph Sheehan March 16, 1897
 
Charles E. Shepard September 21, 1901
 
Carl A. Sheridan March 24, 1908
 
Robert T. Sisson February 21, 1881
 
Michael F. Skerry January 3, 1909
 
Charles J. Skladzien
 
Roy C. Smith January 28, 1890
 
Margaret Spear August 10, 1882
 
Edward William Staves May 9, 1887
 
George Ward Stetson May 31, 1902
 
Daniel Francis Sullivan February 15, 1904
 
James E. Sullivan
 
Jeremiah Joseph Sullivan March 9, 1905
 
Maurice Henry Sullivan
 
Patrick Gilbert Sullivan November 18, 1904
 
Eugene Joseph Sweeney May 11, 1886
 
Joseph James Sweeney January 5, 1893
 
Joseph A. Sylvia Jr. September 16, 1903
 
Edmond Talbot Jr. June 1, 1898
 
John H. Taylor 1873
 
Robert Leroy Taylor November 22, 1907
 
Clarence F. Telford
 
Nathaniel Tilden November 3, 1903
 
Harold Edward Tivey
 
Harold Tompkins August 23, 1887
 
John Joseph Toomey March 25, 1909
 
William Francis Troy
 
Talbot T. Tweedy
 
Earle Stanley Tyler December 18, 1896
 
John H. Valentine July 21, 1896
 
John W. Vaughan March 20, 1878
 
Arthur F. Verney
 
James T. Violette
 
William X. Wall July 1, 1904
 
George Thomas Walsh February 20, 1904
 
John Cummings Webster Jr.
 
Norman F. Wellen
 
William Emmet White June 1, 1900
 
John S. Whittemore
 
John Cyril Wickes
 
Frederick Willis (American politician) May 18, 1904
 
Henry D. Winslow September 24, 1910
 
Stanislaus George Wondolowski August 20, 1909
 
Albert E. Wood
 
Clarence A. Wood
 
Arthur Eaton Young
 
Arthur Lincoln Youngman

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. 2005. p. 338+.
  5. ^ a b Irving N. Hayden and Lawrence R Grove. 1945-1946 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  6. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1945" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading

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  • Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1944), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1945, hdl:2452/43436
  • Court, Massachusetts General (1945). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40787.
  • "Political Pot Starts Boiling as Legislature Opens Today", Daily Boston Globe, January 2, 1946
  • "At the State House", Daily Boston Globe, January 4, 1946
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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1945, hdl:2452/279554
  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1946, hdl:2452/219468
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1945, hdl:2452/40895
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1946, hdl:2452/55995