1888 Massachusetts legislature

The 109th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1888 during the governorship of Oliver Ames. Halsey J. Boardman served as president of the Senate and Charles J. Noyes served as speaker of the House.[4]

109th
Massachusetts General Court
108th 110th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 8, 1887
Senate
Members40
PresidentHalsey J. Boardman
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerCharles J. Noyes
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 4, 1888 (1888-01-04) – May 29, 1888 (1888-05-29) [3]
Halsey J. Boardman
Halsey J. Boardman, Senate president.
Charles J. Noyes
Charles Noyes, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1888.

Notable legislation included incorporation of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Woman Suffrage Association.[5]

Senators

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Image Name [6] Date of birth [7] District Party
 
Halsey J. Boardman May 19, 1834
 
Charles Nathaniel Clark 1853
 
William Alfred Clark 1852
 
John Aloysius Collins 1860
 
Benjamin Franklin Cook 1833
 
John Crawford Crosby June 15, 1859
 
Patrick Dennis Dwyer 1857
 
Jonathan Varnum Fletcher 1812
 
Charles Albert Gleason 1846
 
Jubal Converse Gleason 1837
 
Edward Glines August 31, 1849
 
Harris Cowdrey Hartwell 1847
 
Edward Jacob Hathorne 1854
 
Robert Howard February 8, 1845
Frank W. Howe June 3, 1859
Franklyn Howland 1843
 
Edward John Jenkins 1854
 
Isaac Newton Keith November 14, 1838
 
Ziba Cary Keith July 13, 1842
 
David Frank Kimball 1845
 
Chester Ward Kingsley 1824
 
George Perley Ladd 1838
Edwin T. Marble August 18, 1827
 
William Taylor McAlpine 1840
 
Austin Messinger 1817
 
Moses Poore Palmer 1830
Levi Perkins March 13, 1831
 
James Davis Pike 1829
 
Samuel Roads, Jr. October 22, 1853
 
John Francis Shea 1858
Edward J. Slattery June 15, 1856
 
John Killbourne Clough Sleeper 1828
 
Robert Alexander Southworth 1852
Charles C. Spellman December 3, 1843
 
Henry Harrison Sprague August 1, 1841
 
James Trimble Stevens 1835
 
John Henry Sullivan 1848
 
Charles Andrew Towne 1843
 
Enos Houghton Tucker 1817
 
David Walker 1841
 
Silas Mandeville Wheelock 1818

Representatives

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image Name[6] Date of birth[7] District[8] Party[8]
Charles E. Adams April 6, 1841 24th Middlesex Republican
 
John Jesse Allen 1844 8th Worcester Republican
 
Montressor Tyler Allen 1844 14th Middlesex Republican
 
William Oscar Armstrong[9] 1847 9th Suffolk Republican
 
Horace H. Atherton 1847 20th Essex Republican
 
Harrison Henry Atwood August 26, 1863 8th Suffolk Republican
 
Rollin Herbert Babbitt 1840 3rd Bristol Republican
 
John Backup 1830 21st Suffolk Ind. Republican
 
William Emerson Barrett December 29, 1858 11th Middlesex Republican
 
Joseph Freeland Bartlett 1843 3rd Franklin Republican
 
Charles Henry Bennett March 11, 1843 8th Hampden Democratic
 
Francis Taylor Berry 1849 13th Essex Republican
 
Charles Chauncey Bixby 1824 12th Plymouth Republican
 
Edwin Henry Blake 1838 19th Middlesex Republican
 
Andreas Blume 1837 11th Suffolk Republican
 
Francis Boardman 1826 16th Essex Democratic
 
John Bennett Bottum July 7, 1852 1st Hampshire Republican
 
Albert Augustus Brackett 1850 4th Norfolk Republican
 
Peter Joseph Brady October 29, 1861 23rd Middlesex Democratic
 
Arthur Butler Breed June 30, 1857 19th Essex Republican
 
Edward Winslow Brewer 1858 23rd Suffolk Republican
 
Arthur Amber Brigham October 6, 1856 29th Middlesex Independent
 
Asa Olin Brooks 1852 7th Hampden
 
John Freeman Brown 1848 24th Suffolk Republican
 
William Howe Burnham 1840 10th Essex Republican
 
William A. Butler February 4, 1859 7th Essex Republican
 
Charles Amos Call 1839 8th Hampden Republican
 
Patrick Joseph Calnan 1847 5th Suffolk Democratic
 
Joseph Henry Cannell 1836 10th Middlesex Republican
 
William Henry Carey 1848 4th Berkshire Democratic
 
William Alexander Carman 1854 8th Bristol Democratic
 
Michael Carney 1820 4th Essex Democratic
George N. Carpenter January 26, 1840 2nd Norfolk Republican
 
Peter Thomas Carroll 1857 18th Worcester Ind. Democrat
 
Arthur Babcock Champlin 1858 26th Suffolk Republican
 
Joseph Pike Cheney 1843 16th Worcester Republican
 
Moses Davis Church 1842 4th Middlesex Republican
 
David Harris Clark 1836 26th Middlesex Republican
 
Henry Clark 1841 9th Hampden Republican
 
Schuyler Clark 1841 2nd Hampshire Republican
Rowse Reynolds Clarke[10] February 12, 1822 10th Worcester Republican
 
George Close 1845 2nd Middlesex Republican
 
John Freeman Colby 1834 18th Suffolk Republican
 
Harvey Newton Collison 1860 6th Suffolk Democratic
 
Charles Wright Conant 1833 2nd Worcester Republican
 
James Conroy 1850 8th Bristol Democratic
 
David Conwell 1818 3rd Barnstable Republican
 
George Hunting Coolidge 1841 5th Worcester Republican
 
John William Coveney April 10, 1845 3rd Middlesex Democratic
 
James Martin Cronin 1857 20th Worcester Democratic
 
Joshua Crowell 1841 1st Barnstable Republican
 
Samuel Cutler 1825 5th Middlesex Republican
 
Albert Levi Dame 1841 3rd Essex Democratic
 
Luther Dame March 3, 1826 8th Essex Republican
 
Edmund Augustus Davis 1839 10th Bristol Republican
 
John Watton Delano 1852 7th Plymouth Democratic
 
George Dennis 1825 10th Essex Republican
 
Jeremiah Desmond May 2, 1853 16th Suffolk Democratic
 
Wilson Dewey 1815 3rd Hampshire Republican
 
Solomon King Dexter 1839 24th Middlesex Republican
 
John Doherty 1844 7th Suffolk Democratic
 
Bernard Dolan 1838 7th Norfolk Democratic
 
Edward James Donovan 1864 8th Suffolk Democratic
 
James Donovan May 28, 1859 16th Suffolk Democratic
 
Theodore Parker Dresser 1854 8th Middlesex Republican
 
John Driscoll 1853 20th Essex Democratic
 
James Joseph Dunlea 1857 22nd Suffolk Democratic
 
Harry Millett Eames July 9, 1855 5th Essex Republican
 
Albert Redolphus Eldredge September 10, 1850 1st Barnstable Republican
 
Frank Aldrich Fales October 13, 1848 1st Norfolk Republican
 
Thomas George Farren 1858 7th Suffolk Democratic
William F. Ferry July 4, 1854 6th Hampden Republican
 
Elkanah Finney October 31, 1849 1st Plymouth Democratic
 
Albert Laban Fisher 1846
 
Edward Perry Fisk 1852 10th Suffolk Republican
 
David Floyd October 26, 1854 27th Suffolk Republican
 
Edward James Flynn 1859 6th Suffolk Democratic
 
Thomas Joseph Flynn 1849 21st Middlesex Democratic
 
Jacob Fottler 1839 10th Suffolk Republican
 
Henry Friend 1841 11th Essex Republican
 
Henry Frost 1832 18th Suffolk Republican
 
Edward Gagan 1849 5th Suffolk Democratic
 
Michael Garity 1848 15th Suffolk Democratic
 
George Washington Gibson 1851 5th Hampden Democratic
 
William Augustus Gile 1843 23rd Worcester Republican
 
Joseph Henry Gleason 1848 4th Suffolk Republican
 
Willard Franklin Gleason December 24, 1846 6th Norfolk Republican
 
William Gordon 1825 6th Bristol Republican
 
Charles Goss 1841 1st Essex Republican
 
Samuel Levis Gracey 1835 14th Essex Republican
 
Davis Packard Gray 1827
 
Morrill Asa Greenwood 1839 14th Worcester Republican
 
Freeman Clark Griswold December 15, 1858 1st Franklin Democratic
 
Charles Francis Grosvenor 1850 10th Hampden Republican
 
Daniel Gunn 1850 23rd Suffolk Republican
 
David Joseph Hagerty 1857 14th Suffolk Democratic
 
Charles Haggerty December 6, 1854 7th Worcester Democratic
 
Frederick Stanley Hall 1861 3rd Bristol Republican
 
Benjamin Hall Hartwell 1845 32nd Middlesex Republican
 
Henry Clark Haskell 1837 4th Franklin Ind. Democrat
 
William Harrison Hastings 1840 28th Middlesex Democratic
 
Franklin Winslow Hatch 1836 2nd Plymouth Republican
 
James Ambrose Hathaway 1837 25th Suffolk Republican
 
Elihu Burritt Hayes 1848 18th Essex Republican
 
John Edward Hayes 1845 3rd Suffolk Democratic
 
Henry Dunton Haynes 1837 5th Worcester Republican
 
Robert Henry 1833 9th Bristol Republican
 
Luther Hill 1825 6th Worcester Republican
 
William John Hinchcliffe 1855 5th Essex Republican
 
Calvin Hitchcock 1817 5th Hampshire Republican
 
William Southerland Hixon 1848 26th Suffolk Republican
 
John Adams Holbrook 1837 5th Norfolk Democratic
 
Frank Edward Holman 1853 13th Worcester Republican
 
George Mitchell Hooper September 1, 1838 9th Plymouth Republican
 
George Harford Hunt 1843 5th Plymouth Republican
 
Alden Potter Jaques March 4, 1835 2nd Essex Republican
 
Jeremiah Joseph Keane 1855 4th Hampden Democratic
 
George Henry Kearn 1839 1st Berkshire Democratic
 
Horace Manley Kendall 1848 15th Worcester Republican
 
Patrick Joseph Kennedy January 14, 1858 2nd Suffolk Democratic
 
Henry Albert Kimball May 3, 1842 1st Hampshire Democratic
 
John White Kimball February 27, 1828 15th Worcester Republican
 
Charles Henry Knox 1847 1st Hampden Democratic
 
James Lally Jr. 1862 11th Worcester Democratic
 
William Tuck Leach 1838 24th Suffolk Republican
 
Edward Joseph Leary May 27, 1860 13th Suffolk Democratic
John Q. A. Lothrop October 14, 1824 4th Plymouth Republican
 
Clarence Parker Lovell 1848 1st Suffolk Republican
 
Payson Williston Lyman 1842 4th Hampshire Republican
 
Henry Stephen Lyons November 21, 1865 1st Berkshire Democratic
 
Albert Sylvester Manning 1846 6th Essex Republican
 
David Manning August 29, 1846 22nd Worcester Republican
 
James Pope Martin 1827 18th Essex Republican
 
Samuel Walker McCall February 28, 1851 15th Middlesex Republican
 
Patrick McCarthy 1849 10th Plymouth Democratic
 
Thomas McCooey 1851 11th Worcester Democratic
 
Robert Henry McDonald 1854 6th Berkshire Democratic
 
John H. McDonough March 29, 1857 20th Suffolk
 
Thomas Owen McEnaney October 23, 1857 2nd Suffolk Democratic
 
Michael Joseph McEttrick June 22, 1848 20th Suffolk Democratic
 
James Henry Mellen 1845 19th Worcester Democratic
 
John Flint Merrill January 16, 1849 5th Norfolk Republican
 
Albert E. Miller 1834 9th Norfolk Republican
 
Lyman Munson Miller 1836 27th Suffolk Republican
 
Daniel Lake Milliken 1837 9th Middlesex Republican
 
John Cruikshank Milne 1824 9th Bristol Republican
 
William Henry Monahan 1857 19th Suffolk Democratic
 
George Francis Morey 1826 24th Middlesex Republican
 
John Milton Morin February 14, 1828 2nd Berkshire Democratic
 
Harrison Emmons Morton 1842 13th Worcester Republican
 
Sidney Tucker Nelson 1845 8th Plymouth Republican
 
Thomas Lorenzo Noonan 1835 19th Suffolk Democratic
 
Caleb Jerome Norwood 1838 9th Essex Democratic
 
Charles Johnson Noyes August 7, 1841 14th Suffolk
 
Dennis Joseph O'Brien 1845 27th Middlesex Democratic
 
John William O'Mealey 1861 17th Suffolk Democratic
 
John William O'Neil 1859 3rd Suffolk Democratic
Thomas F. O'Neill November 5, 1859 29th Middlesex Democratic
 
Henry Parkman May 23, 1850 9th Suffolk Republican
 
Isaac Smith Pear 1830 4th Middlesex Republican
 
Henry Mulford Peirson 1825 4th Berkshire Republican
Nathaniel R. Perkins September 10, 1847 2nd Worcester Republican
 
George Robbins Perry 1836 1st Bristol Republican
 
Charles Quincy Pierce 1841 16th Middlesex Republican
 
Alfred Stamm Pinkerton March 19, 1856 17th Worcester Republican
 
John Wallace Plaisted 1828 21st Worcester Republican
 
William Hall Poore 1864 3rd Essex Republican
 
Harvey Hunter Pratt 1860 6th Plymouth Democratic
 
William Henry Preble 1856 4th Suffolk Republican
 
William Provin February 14, 1842 2nd Hampden Democratic
 
Francis Winnie Qua 1845 22nd Middlesex Republican
 
Josiah Quincy October 15, 1859 5th Norfolk Ind. Democrat
Andrew Quinn 1853 12th Suffolk Ind. Democrat
 
Dennis Joseph Quinn 1861 12th Suffolk Democratic
 
Philip Henry Quinn 1859
 
Francis Henry Raymond February 19, 1836 6th Middlesex Republican
 
Samuel Miner Raymond June 30, 1842 3rd Berkshire Democratic
 
John Read May 19, 1840 1st Middlesex Republican
 
James Henry Richards 1839 16th Essex Republican
 
Henry Riddell 1848 Nantucket Independent
 
John C. Risteen 1841 1st Essex Independent
 
Ethan Chapin Robinson 1839 6th Hampden Democratic
 
Jonathan Henry Robinson February 9, 1831 12th Worcester Republican
 
Joseph Wheelden Rogers 1823 2nd Barnstable Republican/Prohibitionist
 
Samuel Nomlas Rogers 1840 9th Worcester Republican
 
William Blanding Rogerson 1846 2nd Bristol Republican
 
Arthur Gilbert Rounsevell 1851 4th Bristol Republican
 
Charles Parks Rugg 1827 6th Bristol Republican
 
Alvin Dudley Russell 1849 30th Middlesex Republican
 
Irving Levi Russell 1852 7th Middlesex Republican
 
Alpheus Sanford July 5, 1856 17th Suffolk Republican
 
Chester Franklin Sanger 1858 1st Middlesex Republican
 
Charles Warren Seavey 1839 8th Norfolk Republican
 
Edward Payson Shaw September 1, 1841 7th Essex Republican
 
Charles Fay Shepard 1827 2nd Hampden Republican
 
Samuel Dwight Simonds 1846 4th Worcester Republican
 
George Wing Slocum 1818 7th Bristol Republican
 
Winfield Scott Slocum 1848 17th Middlesex Republican
 
Sidney Pond Smith 1850 1st
 
William Davies Sohier 1858 12th Essex Ind. Republican
 
Benjamin Franklin Southwick July 5, 1835 21st Essex Republican
 
Charles Edward Spring 1841 28th Middlesex Republican
 
Daniel Philmore Stimpson 1818 17th Essex Republican
 
Cyrus Story 1822 10th Essex Republican
 
Elijah Baron Stowe 1844 8th Norfolk Republican
 
Michael Francis Sullivan September 22, 1858 6th Essex Democratic
 
Thomas Francis Sullivan 1862 13th Suffolk Democratic
 
Charles Henry Symonds 1857 15th Essex Republican
 
Robert Lovett Taft 1841 7th Berkshire Republican
 
Albert Hobbs Temple 1832 5th Franklin Republican
 
Rufus Albert Thayer 1839 7th Norfolk Republican
 
Albert Cranston Thompson 1843 11th Plymouth Republican
 
Albert Gardner Thompson 1853 25th Middlesex Republican
 
Isaac Brownell Tompkins August 17, 1826 5th Bristol Republican
 
Joseph Leland Towne 1861 19th Essex Democratic
 
George Washington Trull 1849 20th Middlesex Republican
 
Henry Abiel Turner 1827 3rd Plymouth Republican
 
Ansel Peabody Tyler 1839 22nd Essex Republican
 
Samuel Otis Upham 1824 18th Middlesex Republican
 
Edwin D. Vanderhoop 1848 Dukes Republican
 
Horace G. Wadlin October 2, 1851 14th Middlesex Republican
 
Abijah Tyler Wales 1833 1st Bristol Republican
 
Arthur Clarence Walworth 1844 17th Middlesex Republican
 
Erskine Warden 1839 18th Middlesex Republican
 
Jacob Otis Wardwell March 14, 1857 2nd Essex Republican
 
Moses Everett Ware 1831 21st Suffolk Republican
 
Franklin Levi Waters 1829 2nd Franklin Republican
 
William Fisher Wharton 1847 11th Suffolk Republican
 
James Edgar Whitcher 1847 12th Middlesex Republican
 
William Leonard White 1843 3rd Bristol Republican
 
William Allan Wilde 1837 9th Middlesex Republican
 
Albert Llewellyn Wiley 1835 3rd Worcester Republican
 
John Williamson Wilkinson 1832 2nd Middlesex Republican
 
Rufus Henry Willis 1838 5th Bristol Republican
 
Reuben Winchester 1825 3rd Hampden Democratic
 
John Winthrop 1841 5th Berkshire Democratic
 
Charles Thomas Witt July 18, 1848 1st Suffolk Republican
 
Frank Forrest Woods 15th Suffolk Republican
 
Charles Francis Woodward November 19, 1852 13th Middlesex Republican
 
Arthur Wright 1837 31st Middlesex Republican
 
Ferdinand Adolphus Wyman 1850 3rd Norfolk

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. ^ Kaitlin Connolly (September 24, 2012), "Women's Suffrage Movement in Massachusetts", State Library of Massachusetts blog
  6. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1888.
  7. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1888" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  8. ^ a b Andrew, George F. (1888). Official Gazette.
  9. ^ Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905
  10. ^ State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020

Further reading

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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1888, hdl:2452/619077
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1888, hdl:2452/83194