The 124th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1903 during the governorship of John L. Bates. George R. Jones 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 4, 1902 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | George R. Jones | ||||
| Party control | Republican (31–9)[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | James J. Myers | ||||
| Party control | Republican (154–83–3)[2] | ||||
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George Jones, Senate president.
James Myers, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1903.
Senators
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Francis H. Appleton | June 17, 1847 | |
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Albert S. Apsey | November 27, 1870 | |
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A. Dudley Bagley | February 27, 1869 | |
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Albion F. Bemis | July 19, 1856 | |
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Albert A. Brackett | December 5, 1850 | |
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Leonard B. Chandler | August 29, 1851 | |
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Charles S. Clerke | January 10, 1850 | |
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Samuel Cole | December 15, 1856 | |
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Thomas J. Dillon | April 20, 1869 | |
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Perlie A. Dyar | March 26, 1857 | |
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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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George N. Goff | July 24, 1837 | |
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Frederick S. Gore | April 15, 1862 | |
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Otis M. Gove | May 3, 1851 | |
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Arthur Harrington | July 23, 1874 | |
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Elisha T. Harvell | December 18, 1841 | |
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Frank M. Heath | September 8, 1852 | |
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Carleton F. How | April 20, 1863 | |
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George R. Jones | February 8, 1862 | |
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William H. MacInnis | November 22, 1861 | |
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James H. McKinley | May 21, 1860 | |
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John P. Munroe | June 28, 1850 | |
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Herbert Newell | April 2, 1855 | |
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Benjamin F. Nickerson | June 23, 1842 | |
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William A. Nye | May 26, 1850 | |
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Edward L. Osgood | August 6, 1844 | |
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Thomas F. Porter | October 30, 1847 | |
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David G. Pratt | November 7, 1848 | |
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Henry F. Sampson | May 12, 1835 | |
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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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Michael J. Sullivan | October 23, 1870 | |
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George Keyes Tufts | October 17, 1841 | |
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George R. Wallace | June 20, 1859 |
Representatives
edit| image | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district |
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Chester H. Abbe | April 5, 1860 | |
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Henry Morton Aldrich | November 20, 1841 | |
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James Sidney Allen | July 3, 1831 | |
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William A. Andrews | July 31, 1859 | |
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James F. Aylward | August 4, 1862 | |
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Andrew A. Badaracco | August 28, 1860 | |
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William Selby Bamford | August 11, 1864 | |
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James Barr | September 20, 1854 | |
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William F. Barrington | April 15, 1877 | |
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J. Franklin Batchelder | December 24, 1870 | |
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Francis Batcheller | June 3, 1858 | |
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George H. Battis | 1863 | |
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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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Frank P. Bennett | May 2, 1853 | |
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Fred F. Bennett | February 24, 1870 | |
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John Williston Blaney | September 18, 1841 | |
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Ernest Linwood Bonney | June 23, 1864 | |
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Henry A. Booth | October 30, 1866 | |
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Manassah Edward Bradley | August 15, 1863 | |
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Lewis S. Breed | November 4, 1866 | |
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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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William R. Brooks | March 1, 1865 | |
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William W. Brooks | June 27, 1829 | |
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Abram English Brown | January 21, 1849 | |
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Franklin Brown | November 11, 1837 | |
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William Harrison Brown | February 16, 1852 | |
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William J. Bullock | January 31, 1864 | |
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William A. Burns | January 9, 1875 | |
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Thomas H. Buttimer | March 17, 1868 | |
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Edward B. Callender | February 23, 1851 | |
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James F. Carey | August 19, 1867 | |
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Edwin J. Castle | April 15, 1853 | |
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Frank M. Chace | April 16, 1856 | |
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Charles Albert Claflin | December 8, 1843 | |
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James Colby Dorr Clark | June 10, 1872 | |
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Luther W. Clark | September 19, 1851 | |
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Samuel F. Coffin | December 27, 1851 | |
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John N. Cole | November 4, 1863 | |
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Michael James Collins | July 8, 1852 | |
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Edmund C. Cottle | October 1, 1842 | |
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John A. Coulthurst | June 24, 1871 | |
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Guy W. Cox | January 19, 1871 | |
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William F. Craig | September 15, 1866 | |
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David W. Creed | November 5, 1867 | |
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James Crichton | October 31, 1846 | |
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John J. Cunningham | May 7, 1873 | |
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James Michael Curley[7] | November 20, 1874 | |
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Michael F. Curran | November 30, 1875 | |
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William F. Dana | June 26, 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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William J. Davison | March 20, 1873 | |
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Benjamin C. Dean | March 8, 1843 | |
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Charles Austin Dean | March 26, 1856 | |
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Frederick Simpson Deitrick | April 9, 1875 | |
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Daniel J. Dempsey | June 8, 1866 | |
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Wooster F. Dodge | March 28, 1841 | |
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Thomas Donahue | August 20, 1853 | |
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Daniel J. Donnelly | October 13, 1868 | |
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Jeremiah F. Donovan | May 10, 1856 | |
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George H. Doty | May 9, 1861 | |
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Thomas E. Dougherty | June 4, 1848 | |
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James J. Dowd | March 7, 1858 | |
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Aaron Coolidge Dowse | March 27, 1856 | |
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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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Fred Albert Emery | November 22, 1869 | |
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James R. Entwistle | June 5, 1845 | |
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Noble W. Everett | February 20, 1827 | |
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William A. Fahey | July 26, 1875 | |
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Lowell Ethan Fales | September 28, 1858 | |
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Peter T. Fallon | July 16, 1856 | |
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Frank W. Fenno | October 24, 1861 | |
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Ernest C. Field | February 6, 1852 | |
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Dennis H. Finn | April 2, 1870 | |
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Michael FitzGerald | September 29, 1869 | |
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Richard Rich Freeman | November 19, 1860 | |
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Fred M. French | November 5, 1861 | |
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Louis A. Frothingham | July 13, 1871 | |
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Arthur H. Gardner | August 4, 1854 | |
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John D. Gardner | April 19, 1860 | |
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George H. Garfield | July 18, 1858 | |
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Guy W. Garland | December 11, 1844 | |
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Julius Garst | December 12, 1855 | |
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John J. Gartland | November 27, 1871 | |
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Arthur L. Gavin | June 11, 1876 | |
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Frank E. Gaylord | May 1, 1868 | |
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Frank Gerrett | February 4, 1857 | |
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Charles Giddings | May 10, 1867 | |
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Arthur B. Gillpatrick | March 28, 1861 | |
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Jeremiah J. Good | May 6, 1865 | |
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C. Burr Goodrich | January 13, 1875 | |
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Eben H. Googins | July 28, 1845 | |
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William H. Gove | September 4, 1851 | |
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Thomas J. Grady | December 16, 1877 | |
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Alfred Sigourney Hall | August 27, 1861 | |
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Guy Andrews Ham | July 8, 1878 | |
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William E. Hannan | October 26, 1873 | |
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Heman A. Harding | February 6, 1871 | |
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Edwin A. Harney | February 22, 1862 | |
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Michael F. Hart | September 22, 1873 | |
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Arthur W. Hatch | December 26, 1865 | |
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James Austin Hawkes | July 3, 1848 | |
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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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William C. S. Healey | September 26, 1873 | |
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Thomas F. Hederman | March 4, 1873 | |
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Sidney Adelvin Hill | August 26, 1849 | |
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Herbert N. Hinckley | December 31, 1864 | |
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Robert Homans | October 3, 1873 | |
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Adin Baker Horton | November 7, 1855 | |
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Isaiah H. Horton | November 14, 1835 | |
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Frank H. Howe | January 22, 1861 | |
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Augustus Hubbard | June 27, 1849 | |
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George C. Hunt | April 7, 1859 | |
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George H. Jackson | March 9, 1865 | |
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Joseph G. Jackson | February 13, 1860 | |
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William B. Jackson | February 4, 1866 | |
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Warren Carlton Jewett | January 28, 1855 | |
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John M. Johnson | March 15, 1868 | |
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Thomas A. Kelley | May 10, 1875 | |
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William A. Kelley | April 27, 1868 | |
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Thomas J. Kennedy | May 20, 1857 | |
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Daniel J. Kiley | July 27, 1874 | |
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Moody Kimball | July 2, 1862 | |
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Frederick W. Klemm | March 7, 1847 | |
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Frank J. Knight | September 29, 1856 | |
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George Sumner Ladd | March 20, 1857 | |
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Dwight Freeman Lane | September 4, 1862 | |
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James M. Lane | December 1, 1872 | |
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Thomas P. Larkin | February 6, 1862 | |
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David Dennis Leahy | April 15, 1876 | |
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Henry F. Lehan | September 16, 1874 | |
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James Patrick Lennon | August 28, 1863 | |
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Frank J. Linehan | January 31, 1870 | |
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Robert Luce | December 2, 1862 | |
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Frederic O. MacCartney | November 2, 1864 | |
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Michael J. Mahoney | December 25, 1861 | |
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John M. Maloney | December 2, 1870 | |
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James A. McDonald, Jr. | May 19, 1871 | |
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James H. McInerney | December 13, 1871 | |
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Edward L. McMahon | October 24, 1869 | |
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Henry Austin McMaster | June 24, 1844 | |
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James J. Mellen | March 30, 1875 | |
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Edwin J. Mills | May 1, 1861 | |
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Bernard Francis Mitchell | March 30, 1867 | |
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John Joseph Mitchell | May 9, 1873 | |
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Harold P. Moseley | November 13, 1871 | |
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James J. Myers | November 20, 1842 | |
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John S. Nason | May 6, 1860 | |
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Francis S. Newhall | December 4, 1860 | |
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H. Huestis Newton | December 2, 1860 | |
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Gilbert M. Nichols | December 20, 1856 | |
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Walter E. Nichols | July 16, 1870 | |
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John Nightingale | September 6, 1838 | |
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Charles Henry Nowell | October 15, 1843 | |
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Daniel J. O'Brien | October 5, 1873 | |
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J. Frank O'Hare | October 14, 1874 | |
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John E. O'Neill | January 15, 1862 | |
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Hugh O'Rourke | March 1, 1869 | |
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Andrew L. O'Toole | March 25, 1878 | |
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Richard Olney II | January 5, 1871 | |
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James Breckenridge Paige | December 28, 1861 | |
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Fordis C. Parker | January 3, 1868 | |
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Thomas Pattison | January 20, 1854 | |
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Pierre F. Peloquin | May 26, 1851 | |
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Charles N. Perley | February 26, 1851 | |
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Winthrop Edmund Perry | November 6, 1842 | |
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William B. Phinney | November 29, 1857 | |
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Mellen A. Pingree | March 9, 1861 | |
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Joseph F. Pitman | May 28, 1848 | |
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William Henry Poole | October 22, 1857 | |
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Elmer C. Potter | August 23, 1868 | |
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Maurice J. Power | July 21, 1872 | |
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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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John Laughlin Rankin | December 6, 1850 | |
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Wallace C. Ransden | November 1, 1853 | |
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Benjamin Calvin Reed | December 24, 1849 | |
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Charles H. Reinhart | March 8, 1867 | |
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Royal S. Ripley | April 29, 1840 | |
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Frank Robinson | December 5, 1858 | |
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John G. Robinson | November 24, 1860 | |
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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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William H. Ruston | March 6, 1849 | |
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Simon B. Ryan | October 8, 1874 | |
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George A. Schofield | April 26, 1863 | |
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Frank Seiberlich | October 29, 1874 | |
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Henry Walter Seward | January 18, 1865 | |
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Alvin Arthur Shaw | November 17, 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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Oliver E. Slocum | February 9, 1837 | |
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Caleb L. Smith | June 23, 1849 | |
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Gurdon Southworth | March 27, 1846 | |
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John H. Spinlow | April 7, 1841 | |
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Frank J. Stanley | August 10, 1868 | |
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Henry Ellsworth Stanton | January 23, 1846 | |
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Everett J. Stevens | May 11, 1847 | |
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Edward Carleton Stone | June 29, 1878 | |
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Isaac M. Story | April 28, 1855 | |
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Peter F. Sullivan | June 29, 1871 | |
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Thomas Sutton | April 2, 1850 | |
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Arthur M. Taft | January 28, 1854 | |
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George W. Tapley | September 1, 1835 | |
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Francois Xavier Tetrault | November 5, 1845 | |
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George Elery Thayer | May 12, 1862 | |
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Herbert W. Thayer | May 7, 1858 | |
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George Henry Thorburn | February 21, 1866 | |
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Charles Harrison Tucker | May 19, 1867 | |
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Elliot Seth Tucker | May 31, 1872 | |
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George A. Turner | June 4, 1857 | |
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Samuel Willard Tyler | February 11, 1866 | |
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Charles L. Underhill | July 20, 1867 | |
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Arthur P. Vinal | June 14, 1854 | |
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Thomas Melville Vinson | April 27, 1868 | |
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Edward A. Walker | May 28, 1869 | |
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William H. Walker | November 30, 1857 | |
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Charles E. Ward | October 17, 1849 | |
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Peter F. Ward | January 16, 1877 | |
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Louis H. Warner | January 8, 1875 | |
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Edgar W. Warren | October 4, 1853 | |
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Henry Endicott Weatherbee | August 24, 1862 | |
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Fred Olvin Welsh | April 4, 1852 | |
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Henry O. Whiting | November 16, 1849 | |
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Charles F. Wildes | October 17, 1848 | |
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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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Charles H. Winslow | May 22, 1866 |
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 Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1903 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1903" (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
Further reading
edit- "Number of Votes received by Each Candidate for a State Office at the Annual State Election, Nov. 4, 1902: Senators", Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections (1902), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1903, hdl:2452/43494
- "Number of Votes received by Each Candidate for a State Office at the Annual State Election, Nov. 4, 1902: Representatives in the General Court", Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections (1902), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1903, hdl:2452/43494
- Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1903. A. M. Bridgman. 1903.
External links
edit- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1903, hdl:2452/429120
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1903, hdl:2452/70978