The 123rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1902 during the governorship of Winthrop M. Crane. Rufus A. Soule served as president of the Senate and James J. Myers served as speaker of the House.[4]
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 5, 1901 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Rufus A. Soule | ||||
| Party control | Republican (33–7)[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | James J. Myers | ||||
| Party control | Republican (159—70—11)[2] | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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Rufus Soule, Senate president.
James Myers, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1902.
Senators
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Albert S. Apsey | November 27, 1870 | |
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John K. Berry | November 8, 1854 | |
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Henry Clay Bliss | May 5, 1846 | |
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Edward F. Blodgett | August 9, 1848 | |
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Leonard B. Chandler | August 29, 1851 | |
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Cornelius R. Day | December 29, 1847 | |
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George Z. Dean | February 22, 1844 | |
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Perlie A. Dyar | March 26, 1857 | |
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Frank A. Fales | October 13, 1848 | |
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Henry S. Fitzgerald | October 24, 1875 | |
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W. T. A. Fitzgerald | December 19, 1871 | |
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Herbert E. Fletcher | May 10, 1862 | |
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Harry C. Foster | August 27, 1871 | |
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Archie N. Frost | July 26, 1872 | |
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Henry E. Gaylord | June 5, 1846 | |
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Elisha T. Harvell | December 18, 1841 | |
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Edward C. Holt | January 13, 1850 | |
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Carleton F. How | April 20, 1863 | |
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Willard Howland | December 3, 1852 | |
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George R. Jones | February 8, 1862 | |
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David Manning | August 29, 1846 | |
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John F. Marsh | February 1, 1828 | |
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Andrew H. Morrison | June 27, 1871 | |
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Merrick A. Morse | May 1, 1847 | |
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John P. Munroe | June 28, 1850 | |
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William A. Nye | May 26, 1850 | |
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J. Frank Porter | April 8, 1847 | |
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Thomas F. Porter | October 30, 1847 | |
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David G. Pratt | November 7, 1848 | |
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Edward Seaver | June 3, 1849 | |
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Henry R. Skinner | May 9, 1860 | |
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Rufus Albertson Soule | 1839 | |
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John Thomas Sparks | July 9, 1865 | |
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Eugene H. Sprague | May 23, 1864 | |
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Charles S. Sullivan | June 29, 1875 | |
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John Andrew Sullivan | May 10, 1868 | |
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Michael J. Sullivan | October 23, 1870 | |
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George Keyes Tufts | October 17, 1841 | |
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Chester B. Williams | October 10, 1870 | |
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Alva S. Wood | May 12, 1828 |
Representatives
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Charles H. Adams | April 22, 1859 | |
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Eben Timothy Adams | January 7, 1857 | |
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Horace C. Adams | July 18, 1848 | |
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Wilbur F. Adams | March 6, 1865 | |
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Charles I. Albee | January 17, 1862 | |
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Henry Morton Aldrich | November 20, 1841 | |
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William A. Andrews | July 31, 1859 | |
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Warren P. Babb | November 10, 1850 | |
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Andrew A. Badaracco | August 28, 1860 | |
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Frank E. Badger | January 12, 1853 | |
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A. Dudley Bagley | February 27, 1869 | |
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William Selby Bamford | August 11, 1864 | |
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William F. Barrington | April 15, 1877 | |
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Frank Bartlett | September 5, 1854 | |
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J. Franklin Batchelder | December 24, 1870 | |
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Fred Alfred Bearse | February 15, 1871 | |
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John E. Beck | May 10, 1869 | |
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Thomas E. Begley | February 23, 1871 | |
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Albion F. Bemis | July 19, 1856 | |
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Fred F. Bennett | February 24, 1870 | |
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Patrick H. Bradley | October 17, 1874 | |
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Henry Brandes | January 23, 1848 | |
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Charles P. Brewer | August 1, 1852 | |
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Elisha Hume Brewster | September 10, 1871 | |
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William M. Brigham | January 23, 1864 | |
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Abram English Brown | January 21, 1849 | |
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George P. Bullard | June 25, 1857 | |
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George Walton Bullard | May 24, 1841 | |
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William J. Bullock | January 31, 1864 | |
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James M. Burke | September 11, 1873 | |
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Joseph E. Buswell | August 7, 1842 | |
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Edward B. Callender | February 23, 1851 | |
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James F. Carey | August 19, 1867 | |
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Frank M. Chace | April 16, 1856 | |
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Edwards Cheney | May 3, 1861 | |
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Luther W. Clark | September 19, 1851 | |
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A. Chalkley Collins | March 27, 1857 | |
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Benjamin G. Collins | December 25, 1860 | |
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John J. Collins | August 27, 1865 | |
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Thomas J. Collins | October 28, 1868 | |
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John A. Coulthurst | June 24, 1871 | |
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William F. Craig | September 15, 1866 | |
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Arthur G. Crane | July 18, 1871 | |
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Frank G. Creamer | July 20, 1861 | |
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David W. Creed | November 5, 1867 | |
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Thomas Laurie Creeley | May 23, 1849 | |
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J. Howell Crosby | December 30, 1867 | |
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Joseph H. Cummings | June 16, 1840 | |
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John J. Cunningham | May 7, 1873 | |
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James Michael Curley[5][7] | November 20, 1874 | |
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Henry Morse Cutler | July 19, 1865 | |
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William F. Dana | June 26, 1863 | |
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Alphonso Davis | September 4, 1863 | |
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Daniel W. Davis | October 3, 1846 | |
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Thomas L. Davis | March 15, 1852 | |
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Benjamin C. Dean | March 8, 1843 | |
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Charles Austin Dean | March 26, 1856 | |
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F. Dorr Deming | August 1, 1833 | |
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Jeremiah J. Desmond | November 3, 1867 | |
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George H. Dinan | May 18, 1871 | |
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Wooster F. Dodge | March 28, 1841 | |
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Thomas Donahue | August 20, 1853 | |
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Jeremiah F. Donovan | May 10, 1856 | |
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James J. Dowd | March 7, 1858 | |
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Aaron Coolidge Dowse | March 27, 1856 | |
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Charles M. Draper | November 1, 1869 | |
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Horace Rogers Drinkwater | May 28, 1872 | |
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John Duff | August 30, 1870 | |
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Edward Quincy Dyer | October 4, 1841 | |
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Karl M. Ebert | July 26, 1867 | |
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Fred Albert Emery | November 22, 1869 | |
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James R. Entwistle | June 5, 1845 | |
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Edward A. Estabrook | December 21, 1842 | |
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Noble W. Everett | February 20, 1827 | |
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George H. Fall | October 19, 1858 | |
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William Newhall Felton | December 25, 1835 | |
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Frank W. Fenno | October 24, 1861 | |
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Henry M. Fern | December 23, 1862 | |
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John Eben Fisher | May 30, 1861 | |
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Richard H. Foley | June 16, 1867 | |
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John F. Foster | October 22, 1862 | |
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Louis A. Frothingham | July 13, 1871 | |
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Fred Eugene Fuller | September 10, 1862 | |
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Arthur H. Gardner | August 4, 1854 | |
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Charles N. Gardner | March 29, 1845 | |
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George H. Garfield | July 18, 1858 | |
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John J. Gartland | November 27, 1871 | |
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Frank Gerrett | February 4, 1857 | |
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George H. Gibney | October 24, 1858 | |
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Fred C. Gilpatric | August 22, 1865 | |
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David J. Gleason | July 14, 1864 | |
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C. Burr Goodrich | January 13, 1875 | |
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Eben H. Googins | July 28, 1845 | |
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Charles H. Goulding | March 24, 1838 | |
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Charles H. Green | January 11, 1842 | |
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Henry G. Greene | October 26, 1843 | |
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John G. Hagberg | August 24, 1873 | |
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George A. Hall | November 28, 1848 | |
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Portus B. Hancock | February 19, 1836 | |
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Edwin A. Harney | February 22, 1862 | |
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Ulysses G. Haskell | October 3, 1863 | |
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Elbridge Gerry Hastings | July 21, 1840 | |
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Arthur W. Hatch | December 26, 1865 | |
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William Henry Hayes | November 26, 1866 | |
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William Henry Irving Hayes | June 21, 1848 | |
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Frank M. Heath | September 8, 1852 | |
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Joseph F. Hickey | January 20, 1875 | |
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Albert S. N. Hickford | January 24, 1859 | |
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Martin P. Higgins | October 16, 1857 | |
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Sidney Adelvin Hill | August 26, 1849 | |
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Alexander Holmes | July 28, 1867 | |
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Robert Homans | October 3, 1873 | |
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Timothy Howard | October 19, 1863 | |
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George C. Hunt | April 7, 1859 | |
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Harry Draper Hunt | December 27, 1874 | |
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Harrie C. Hunter | March 16, 1869 | |
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John C. Hurley | December 19, 1875 | |
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George H. Jackson | March 9, 1865 | |
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Joseph G. Jackson | February 13, 1860 | |
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Warren Carlton Jewett | January 28, 1855 | |
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Thomas F. Keenan | March 11, 1854 | |
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Edward H. Keith | October 23, 1859 | |
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Thomas A. Kelley | May 10, 1875 | |
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Daniel J. Kiley | July 27, 1874 | |
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Moody Kimball | July 2, 1862 | |
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Homer R. King | June 4, 1846 | |
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Alfred Franklin Kinney | October 25, 1851 | |
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Dwight Freeman Lane | September 4, 1862 | |
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Thomas P. Larkin | February 6, 1862 | |
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Joseph S. Leach | November 14, 1860 | |
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David Dennis Leahy | April 15, 1876 | |
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James Patrick Lennon | August 28, 1863 | |
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George F. Leslie | September 12, 1850 | |
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William Henry Lewis[8] | November 28, 1868 | |
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William W. Linnehan | August 6, 1861 | |
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William H. Litchfield | August 18, 1855 | |
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Albert Littlefield | May 8, 1856 | |
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Edward L. Logan | January 20, 1875 | |
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Robert Luce | December 2, 1862 | |
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Frederic O. MacCartney | November 2, 1864 | |
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Thomas Mackey | August 6, 1865 | |
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Michael J. Mahoney | December 25, 1861 | |
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John T. Maloney | July 14, 1853 | |
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John J. Mansfield | October 10, 1869 | |
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Eugene Dennis Marchesseault | September 29, 1865 | |
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J. Manuel Marshall | June 1, 1869 | |
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George Washington Maxon | August 3, 1862 | |
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James H. McInerney | December 13, 1871 | |
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John McKnight | March 5, 1872 | |
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Edward L. McMahon | October 24, 1869 | |
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William S. McNary | March 29, 1863 | |
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James J. Mellen | March 30, 1875 | |
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Walter Brown Mellen | September 24, 1860 | |
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John E. Merritt | February 21, 1849 | |
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Edwin J. Mills | May 1, 1861 | |
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Bernard Francis Mitchell | March 30, 1867 | |
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James A. Montgomery | May 17, 1864 | |
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J. Myron Moore | November 3, 1866 | |
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Lucien O. Moore | December 23, 1849 | |
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Harold P. Moseley | November 13, 1871 | |
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James J. Myers | November 20, 1842 | |
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Arthur E. Newcomb | January 31, 1872 | |
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Richard Newell | April 17, 1839 | |
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Francis S. Newhall | December 4, 1860 | |
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Francis Dexter Newton | August 31, 1848 | |
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H. Huestis Newton | December 2, 1860 | |
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Walter E. Nichols | July 16, 1870 | |
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John Nightingale | September 6, 1838 | |
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Daniel J. O'Brien | October 5, 1873 | |
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John E. O'Neill | January 15, 1862 | |
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Edward L. Osgood | August 6, 1844 | |
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Henry K. Palmer | March 3, 1869 | |
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Fordis C. Parker | January 3, 1868 | |
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James Pearce | May 7, 1843 | |
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Pierre F. Peloquin | May 26, 1851 | |
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Andrew James Peters | April 3, 1872 | |
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William B. Phinney | November 29, 1857 | |
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Joseph F. Pitman | May 28, 1848 | |
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Charles H. Pratt | November 11, 1848 | |
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Charles H. Preston | March 22, 1863 | |
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John H. Quinlan | February 29, 1864 | |
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John Quinn, Jr. | December 16, 1859 | |
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Thomas E. Raftery | July 10, 1869 | |
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Joseph C. Randlett | May 22, 1859 | |
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John Laughlin Rankin | December 6, 1850 | |
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Benjamin Calvin Reed | December 24, 1849 | |
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Silas Dean Reed | June 25, 1872 | |
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Charles H. Reinhart | March 8, 1867 | |
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Samuel Roads, Jr. | October 22, 1853 | |
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Webster Cushing Robbins | January 28, 1860 | |
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Arthur E. Roberts | June 22, 1861 | |
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Robert Rogerson | October 11, 1869 | |
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Samuel Ross | February 2, 1865 | |
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Thomas Bradford Rounds | April 2, 1853 | |
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William J. Rounds | June 24, 1855 | |
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Arthur P. Russell | June 16, 1871 | |
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Simon B. Ryan | October 8, 1874 | |
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Henry F. Sampson | May 12, 1835 | |
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George A. Schofield | April 26, 1863 | |
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William Schofield | February 14, 1857 | |
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Winfield S. Schuster | December 29, 1855 | |
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Daniel J. Sheehan | August 11, 1857 | |
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Edmund C. Shepardson | December 2, 1848 | |
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James Clifford Sherman | May 23, 1874 | |
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Mark N. Skerrett | February 23, 1870 | |
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Arthur P. Sleeper | September 21, 1875 | |
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George T. Sleeper | September 15, 1852 | |
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Caleb L. Smith | June 23, 1849 | |
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Fred M. Smith | September 19, 1862 | |
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Henry Ellsworth Stanton | January 23, 1846 | |
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Charles Ephraim Stearns | April 27, 1868 | |
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Frank K. Stearns | November 26, 1854 | |
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Isaac M. Story | April 28, 1855 | |
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Peter F. Sullivan | June 29, 1871 | |
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William J. Sullivan | April 14, 1865 | |
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Thomas Sutton | April 2, 1850 | |
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Charles W. Swift | December 26, 1866 | |
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Arthur M. Taft | January 28, 1854 | |
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George W. Tapley | September 1, 1835 | |
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Francis Xavier Tetrault | November 5, 1845 | |
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James N. Thompson | March 3, 1839 | |
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Charles Harrison Tucker | May 19, 1867 | |
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Maurice Endicott Tyler | January 27, 1843 | |
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Samuel Willard Tyler | February 11, 1866 | |
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Charles L. Underhill | July 20, 1867 | |
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Thomas Melville Vinson | April 27, 1868 | |
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Charles E. Ward | October 17, 1849 | |
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Louis H. Warner | January 8, 1875 | |
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Handel E. Washburn | August 25, 1859 | |
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Moses C. Waterhouse | April 29, 1855 | |
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David P. Waters | March 16, 1838 | |
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Joseph Warren Wattles | August 7, 1862 | |
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Horace I. Whipple | March 30, 1859 | |
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Charles F. Wildes | October 17, 1848 | |
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J. William Williams | June 11, 1849 | |
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Lombard Williams | November 7, 1874 | |
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Thomas W. Williams | September 15, 1865 | |
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Gordon Willis | January 13, 1851 | |
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James Irish Wingate | June 4, 1837 | |
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John Young, Jr. | February 6, 1871 |
See also
editReferences
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. 2009. p. 340+.
- ^ a b c Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1902 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1902" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ Pamela W. Schofield (April 14, 2014), "Some Mayors of Boston who had been members of the General Court", State Library of Massachusetts blog
- ^ 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: 1902. A. M. Bridgman. 1902.
- "Massachusetts: Legislative Session". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1902. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1903. pp. 28 v. hdl:2027/coo.31924106393584 – via HathiTrust.
External links
edit- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1902, hdl:2452/429119
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1902, hdl:2452/70977