1873 Massachusetts legislature

The 94th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1873 during the governorship of Republican William B. Washburn. George B. Loring served as president of the Senate and John E. Sanford served as speaker of the House.[5]

94th
Massachusetts General Court
93rd 95th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 5, 1872
Senate
Members40
PresidentGeorge B. Loring
Party controlRepublican
(39 R, 1 D)[1][2]
House
Members240
SpeakerJohn E. Sanford
Party controlRepublican
(211 R, 24 D, 5 other)[1][3]
Sessions
1stJanuary 1873 (1873-01) – June 12, 1873 (1873-06-12) [4]
George B. Loring
George Loring, Senate president.
John E. Sanford
John Sanford, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1873.

Senators

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Image Name [6] Date of birth [7] District Party
 
Prentiss Chaffee Baird 1832
 
Joseph Kelley Baker 1827
 
Henry Lewis Bancroft 1821
 
Julius Kirkland Banister 1833
 
James Brown 1828
 
Erastus Payson Carpenter November 23, 1822
 
Jeremiah Clark 1819
 
Isaac Henry Coe 1818
 
Jedediah Dwelley 1834
 
Charles Howe French 1814
 
Robert Oliver Fuller 1829
 
Newell Giles 1818
 
Martin Griffin 1825
 
Samuel Moulton Griggs 1822
 
Nathan Williams Harmon 1813
 
Francis Wayland Jacobs 1837
 
Nathaniel Lafayette Johnson 1822
 
Robert Johnson 1823
 
Edward Lawrence 1810
 
William Henry Learnard 1828
 
Edward Learned 1820
 
George Walter Lobdell 1823
 
George B. Loring November 8, 1817
 
Moody Merrill 1836
 
Newton Morse 1832
 
Francis Augustus Nye 1823
 
Timothy Fairbanks Packard 1812
 
Lloyd Parsons 1816
 
Joseph Samson Potter 1822
 
Charles Pickett Stickney 1824
 
George Franklin Thompson 1827
 
John Douglas Todd 1814
 
George Arnold Torrey 1838
 
Levi Wallace 1831
 
Henry Stevenson Washburn 1813
 
William Whiting II May 24, 1841
 
George Danforth Whittle 1838
 
Rufus Dodd Woods 1818
 
David Titcomb Woodwell 1820
 
Carroll D. Wright July 25, 1840

Representatives

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image Name [6] Date of birth [7] District Party
 
John Henry Abbott 1825
 
Wales Aldrich 1811
 
Francis Roberts Allen 1817
 
Walter Brown Allen 1828
 
Arlon Sabin Atherton 1842 Franklin county No. 1
 
Horace Clinton Bacon 1824
 
Aaron Bagg 1810
 
Andrew Jackson Bailey 1840
 
Nahum Bailey 1823
 
William Baker 1821
 
George Washington Bardwell 1836 Franklin county No. 4
 
James Madison Barker 1839
 
George Bartholmesz 1821
 
John Mason Batchelder 1832
 
Elijah Eastman Belding 1813 Franklin county No. 3
 
Ezekiel Dodge Bement 1819 Franklin county No. 5
 
Austin Williams Benton 1818
 
Edward Adams Berdge 1829
 
Hiram Berry 1820
 
Edward Lyman Bigelow 1839
 
John Bigelow 1841
 
Sanford Waters Billings 1834
 
William Rufus Black August 23, 1830
 
George Baylis Blake 1823
 
Peleg Blankinship 1809
 
William Edward Blunt 1840
 
Dennis Bonner 1821
 
Franklin Bonney 1822
 
Horace Leander Bowker 1832
 
James William Bradley 1828
 
Bowman Bigelow Breed 1832
 
Richard Francis Briggs 1836
 
Richard Britton 1838
 
Giles Edwin Brownell 1819
 
Moses Loring Buck 1811
 
William Henry Buck 1818
 
Addison Burnett 1810
 
Henry Burt 1811
 
Jacob Brown Calley 1823
 
Adam Capen 1821
 
Charles Victor Carpenter 1830
 
Sumner Carruth December 22, 1834
 
Henry Bedell Chamberlin 1839
 
Edward Whitman Chapin 1840
 
Elijah Horne Chisholm 1824
 
Albe Cady Clark 1826
 
Francis Warren Clark 1829
 
George Washington Clark 1836
 
Alfred Alonzo Clatur 1835
 
Charles Russell Codman 1829
 
John Bear Doane Cogswell June 6, 1829
 
John Swain Coney 1823
 
William Henry Cook March 17, 1842
 
George Copeland 1837
 
Robert Couch 1817
 
William Augustus Cressy 1820
 
Charles Crittenden 1837 Franklin county No. 4
 
George Glover Crocker 1843
 
Daniel Aloysius Cronin 1846
 
Joseph Warren Cross 1808
 
John Cummings 1812
 
Benjamin Connor Currier 1822
 
John Cushing 1808
 
William Frank Darby 1838
 
George Edmund Davis 1827
 
Joshua Wingate Davis November 13, 1817
 
George Jackson Dean 1828
 
William Dean 1830
 
Isaac Walker Derby 1835
 
Seymour Boughton Dewey 1814
 
Lewis J. Dudley November 11, 1815
 
Joseph Dyer 1830
 
Henderson Josiah Edwards 1840
 
Frederick David Ely September 24, 1838
 
Alonzo Hathaway Evans February 24, 1820
 
George Otis Fairbanks 1815
 
Caleb Clesson Field 1810
 
Harrison Otis Field 1810
 
John Hancock Fisher 1807
 
Eustace Carey Fitz 1833
 
John Edward Fitzgerald 1844
 
Thomas Francis Fitzgerald 1848
 
Daniel Coolidge Fletcher 1829
 
John Ware Fletcher 1824
 
Granville Edward Foss August 16, 1842
 
Hiram Munroe French 1827
 
William Frost 1822
 
Kirke Edwin Gardner 1833
 
John Gates 1807
 
Addison Gilbert 1808
 
Charles Albert Gleason 1846
 
Asa Holland Goddard 1807
 
Stephen Dwight Goddard 1811
 
Andrew Jackson Gove 1834
 
Brownell Granger 1835
 
Fitz Edward Griffin 1840
 
Isaac Dennis Hall 1807
 
John Wilkes Hammond 1837
 
Charles Veranus Hanson 1844
 
Simon Hardy 1833
 
George Henry Harlow 1820
 
David Phillips Hatch 1814
 
Austin Hawley 1822
 
Lewis Hayden[8] December 2, 1811
 
Benjamin Franklin Hayes July 3, 1835
 
Francis Brown Hayes 1819
 
Samuel Stone Haynes 1822
 
Benjamin Heath 1821
 
Samuel William Heath 1804
 
Lot Higgins 1809
 
Samuel Eldridge Hildreth 1829
 
Amos Hill 1830
 
Henry Bozyol Hill 1823
 
John Warren Hollis 1812
 
Charles Jarvis Holmes 1834
 
Lewis Holmes 1806
 
Samuel Bugbee Hopkins 1823
 
Emory Adams Howard 1837
 
David Porter Howes 1815
 
George Henry Hoyt November 25, 1837
 
Barney Hull 1830
 
Richard Hales Humphrey 1829
 
Ebenezer Atherton Hunt January 26, 1826
 
Thomas Prentiss Hurlbut 1820
 
Richardson Hutchinson 1818
 
Alexis W. Ide 1826
 
Thomas Ingalls 1824
 
Nathan Sumner Jenkins 1820
 
Jonathan Johnson 1818
 
Edward Jenkins Jones 1822
 
Thomas Milton Judd 1840
 
Jesse Edson Keith 1824
 
George Perry Kendrick 1824
 
William Reed Kentfield 1814
 
Lucius Woodman Knight 1830
 
Charles Rensselaer Ladd April 9, 1822
 
Noah Davis Ladd 1820
 
Almond Ring Lancaster 1829
 
George Young Learned 1827
 
Willard Lewis 1808
 
William Hamilton Loughlin 1847
 
George A. Marden August 9, 1839
 
Elijah Marion 1812
 
Albert Mason 1836
 
David Mayhew 1834
 
Edward McCleave November 1, 1813
 
Samuel Walton McDaniel 1833
 
John Brooks Moore 1817
 
Thomas Jones Morgan 1823
 
Charles William Morrill 1839
 
Asa Porter Morse 1818
 
Charles Dimock Morse 1827
 
Andrew Marathon Morton 1839
 
Lewis Rufus Norton 1821
 
John Adams Nowell 1817
 
Edward Ornan Noyes 1840
 
Weaver Osborn 1815
 
Hiram Packard 1816
 
Liberty Dodge Packard 1831
 
Albert Palmer January 17, 1831
 
John Barnard Parker 1812
 
William Crowell Parker 1850
 
Daniel Augustus Patch 1832
 
John Winslow Peirce 1835
 
John Perkins 1825
 
Charles Perley 1823
 
Henry Willis Phelps 1830
 
Calvin Tilden Phillips 1836
 
Willard Peele Phillips 1825
 
William Caldwell Plunkett October 23, 1799
 
Francis Edward Porter 1824
 
Rodolphus Porter 1834
 
George Purrington 1829
 
Joseph Henry Read 1835
 
John Warren Regan 1833
 
William Roberts 1835
 
Philip Henry Robinson 1823
 
George Thomas Ryder 1827
 
Stephen Decatur Salmon 1845
 
John Samson 1821
 
George Sanborn 1816
 
Edward Sanford 1825
 
John Eliot Sanford November 22, 1830
 
George Jedediah Sanger 1826
 
Joseph Leonard Sargent 1829
 
Amos Joseph Saunders 1826
 
Isaac Fessenden Sawtelle August 1, 1816
 
Augustus Jonathan Sawyer 1816
 
Roger Henry Scannell 1837
 
John Cleveland Scott 1816
 
Nathaniel Sears 1825
 
Nathan Beebe Seaver 1822
 
Robert Seaver 1812
 
Henry Perkins Shattuck 1844
 
James Bayard Shaw 1837
 
John Shaw 1822
 
Amos Wight Shumway 1819
 
Henry Clinton Skinner 1824
 
James Smith 1831
 
Joshua Bowen Smith[8] 1813
 
Zoeth Snow 1825
 
Augustus Lord Soule April 19, 1827
 
Reuben Goodspeed Sparks 1822
 
Henry Splaine 1837
 
Franklin Harvey Sprague 1825
 
Oliver Martin Stacey 1816
 
Francis Dana Stedman 1801
 
James Aaron Stetson 1806
 
William Stewart 1820 Franklin county No. 3
 
Thomas Newcomb Stone 1818
 
William B. Stone January 24, 1811
 
John Henry Studley 1828
 
Andrew Hodges Sweet October 2, 1845
 
Charles Talbot 1811
 
James Gamage Tarr July 6, 1830
 
William Taylor 1831
 
Eliphalet Loring Thayer 1824
 
Joseph Augustus Titus 1838
 
Hugh James Toland 1844
 
Marcus Truesdell 1813
 
Quincy Adams Vinal 1826
 
William Nathaniel Walker 1823
 
Rodney Wallace December 21, 1823
 
Andrew Jackson Waters 1837
 
Edward Fox Watson 1807
 
Timothy W. Wellington 1811
 
James Lyman White 1821
 
Tisdale Sanford White 1809
 
William Henry Whitfield November 11, 1804
 
George Henry Whitman 1808
 
Austin Whitney 1817
 
Robert Rich Wiley 1828
 
Henry Warren Wilson 1834
 
Benjamin Franklin Wing October 22, 1822
 
Ezra Dyer Winslow 1839
 
Samuel Winslow 1827
 
Oliver Wolcott 1827
 
Moses Davis Woodbury 1821
 
Elijah Nichols Woods 1818

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Cornelius Dalton; John Wirkkala; Anne Thomas (1984). "Political Complexion of the General Court 1867-1980". Leading the Way: a History of the Massachusetts General Court, 1629-1980. Boston: Massachusetts Secretary of State. p. 441+. ISBN 0961391502.
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  5. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
  6. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1873. hdl:2452/40651.
  7. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1873" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  8. ^ a b Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905

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