1906 Massachusetts legislature

The 127th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1906 during the governorship of Curtis Guild Jr. William F. Dana served as president of the Senate and John N. Cole served as speaker of the House.[4]

127th
Massachusetts General Court
126th 128th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 7, 1905
Senate
Members40
PresidentWilliam F. Dana
Party controlRepublican (31–9)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJohn N. Cole
Party controlRepublican (165–69–6)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 3, 1906 (1906-01-03) – June 29, 1906 (1906-06-29) [3]
William F. Dana
William Dana, Senate president.
John N. Cole
John Cole, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1906.

Senators

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image name [5] date of birth [6] district
 
John E. Beck May 10, 1869
 
William J. Bullock January 31, 1864
 
Allan G. Buttrick March 16, 1876
 
Thomas F. Cassidy June 1, 1875
 
Frank M. Chace April 16, 1856
 
William D. Chapple August 6, 1868
 
Chester W. Clark August 9, 1851
 
Morton E. Converse November 17, 1837
 
Guy W. Cox January 19, 1871
 
Louis Cox November 22, 1874
 
Prentiss Cummings September 10, 1840
 
John F. Cusick February 20, 1869
 
William F. Dana June 26, 1863
 
Charles Leroy Dean May 29, 1844
 
William H. Feiker March 11, 1870
 
George H. Garfield July 18, 1858
 
John J. Gartland November 27, 1871
 
Frank Gerrett February 4, 1857
 
John M. Grosvenor Jr. April 22, 1864
 
Heman A. Harding February 6, 1871
 
Sidney Adelvin Hill August 26, 1849
 
Horton H. Hilton December 11, 1869
 
Samuel E. Hull August 12, 1843
 
Harrie C. Hunter March 16, 1869
 
William S. Kyle July 12, 1851
 
Daniel W. Lane December 11, 1871
 
Edward L. Logan January 20, 1875
 
Frederick J. Macleod June 30, 1870
 
Daniel D. Mahoney March 27, 1862
 
James J. Mellen March 30, 1875
 
Edward B. Nevin November 10, 1858
 
Fordis C. Parker January 3, 1868
 
Charles N. Prouty October 6, 1842
 
Silas Dean Reed June 25, 1872
 
George A. Schofield April 26, 1863
 
Frank Seiberlich October 29, 1874
 
Elmer A. Stevens January 15, 1862
 
Arthur M. Taft January 28, 1854
 
William Taylor May 5, 1862
 
James H. Walker August 24, 1872

Representatives

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image name [5] date of birth [6] district
 
Gideon B. Abbott May 4, 1874
 
James Sidney Allen July 3, 1831
 
Henry Stoddard Ames May 21, 1861
 
William H. Ames March 1, 1861
 
Charles A. Andrews July 2, 1872
 
William A. Bailey September 26, 1849
 
Arthur Wesley Barker September 19, 1847
 
George L. Barnes June 24, 1879
 
James Timothy Barrett February 10, 1870
 
James W. Barry April 6, 1865
 
J. Edward Barry September 18, 1874
 
Moses Bassett March 28, 1869
 
Frank A. Bayrd September 1, 1873
 
Fred Alfred Bearse February 15, 1871
 
William A. Bell December 22, 1856
 
March G. Bennett January 31, 1869
 
Frank P. Bennett Jr. December 30, 1878
 
Frederick Leonard Beunke June 15, 1856
 
George Frederick Birch April 12, 1848
 
C. Edward Blanchard August 20, 1861
 
Charles V. Blanchard February 2, 1866
 
Stephen H. Bodurtha March 10, 1858
 
G. Arthur Bodwell July 4, 1859
 
Fred Eldridge Bolton December 6, 1869
 
Bart Bossidy September 30, 1876
 
Edward A. Bower August 1, 1869
 
Eugene T. Brazzell March 21, 1878
 
William M. Brigham January 23, 1864
 
William R. Brooks March 1, 1865
 
Timothy J. Buckley April 24, 1870
 
Addison Eleazer Bullard March 7, 1855
 
Andrew J. Burnett 1860
 
Herbert W. Burr June 15, 1866
 
John J. Butler June 7, 1865
 
Edward C. Callahan March 14, 1874
 
William Henry Carter June 15, 1864
 
Clarence A. Chandler October 27, 1852
 
Ezra W. Clark October 12, 1842
 
Allen Clark April 1, 1870
 
Samuel A. Clark December 10, 1852
 
Samuel F. Coffin December 27, 1851
 
John N. Cole November 4, 1863
 
Martin F. Conley April 27, 1870
 
John J. Conway September 12, 1873
 
William H. Cook March 7, 1856
 
Michael J. Coyle September 27, 1864
 
Lyman Alexander Crafts October 28, 1854
 
Edward C. Creed January 5, 1877
 
Grafton D. Cushing August 4, 1864
 
Michael P. Daly January 14, 1876
 
Charles L. Davenport May 4, 1854
 
Thomas L. Davis March 15, 1852
 
Charles Austin Dean March 26, 1856
 
William M. Dean November 16, 1874
 
Robert T. Delano July 13, 1857
 
Charles Edwin Dennett November 13, 1837
 
Daniel Edward Denny July 14, 1845
 
John Diggins November 14, 1877
 
J. Frank Donahue August 29, 1865
 
William J. Doogue April 28, 1876
 
John J. Douglass February 9, 1873
 
Thomas Dowd May 1, 1864
 
Jeremiah F. Downey February 9, 1878
 
Andrew P. Doyle August 15, 1869
 
John J. Driscoll March 27, 1876
 
Thomas F. Driscoll November 5, 1860
 
Patrick J. Duane August 18, 1862
 
William C. Dunham September 14, 1830
 
Theodore F. Dwight September 19, 1863
 
Ebenezer Alden Dyer July 17, 1857
 
Jonathan P. Edwards April 7, 1854
 
Winslow H. Edwards August 13, 1870
 
John F. Egan July 6, 1874
 
Eugene F. Endicott October 14, 1848
 
Wilmot R. Evans Jr. March 18, 1878
 
Fred A. Ewell June 12, 1865
 
William Otis Faxon October 24, 1853
 
Francis Joseph Fennelly February 18, 1860
 
Jacob Bernard Ferber May 28, 1876
 
Edward F. Fitzgerald December 2, 1872
 
Josiah Willard Flint November 4, 1840
 
Clarence J. Fogg July 10, 1853
 
Watson P. Gage July 9, 1841
 
Warren E. Gammell August 25, 1831
 
Félix Gatineau November 12, 1857
 
Frank E. Gaylord May 1, 1868
 
Frank J. Gethro April 20, 1872
 
Chester E. Gleason March 13, 1869
 
Theodore A. Glynn November 8, 1881
 
Joseph D. Goddu October 22, 1867
 
John W. Goodhue April 10, 1858
 
Frank W. Goodwin October 25, 1876
 
Robert J. Gove May 22, 1863
 
Thomas J. Grady December 16, 1877
 
William J. Graham October 2, 1873
 
William H. Granger June 28, 1838
 
Albert F. Grant November 16, 1872
 
Lyman W. Griswold October 16, 1869
 
William F. Haggerty June 26, 1872
 
Frederick P. Hall December 10, 1868
 
Delette H. Hall March 20, 1843
 
Portus B. Hancock February 19, 1836
 
William Henry Irving Hayes June 21, 1848
 
Andrew F. Healy July 20, 1878
 
Joseph H. Hibbard April 5, 1860
 
John J. Higgins May 17, 1865
 
Aubrey Hilliard April 6, 1861
 
Michael B. Houlihan March 24, 1874
 
Barker B. Howard April 21, 1867
 
Alonzo F. Hoyle October 16, 1861
 
Eugene Hultman July 13, 1875
 
James H. Hutchings October 20, 1862
 
George H. Jackson March 9, 1865
 
George L. Jaques May 5, 1866
 
Charles Cabot Johnson December 9, 1876
 
James Albert Jones January 14, 1853
 
Samuel O. Jones November 17, 1858
 
David P. Keefe September 29, 1855
 
William A. Kelleher May 27, 1875
 
Clesson Kenney May 31, 1839
 
Philip A. Kiely February 16, 1874
 
Alec E. Knowlton October 29, 1857
 
S. John Lamoureux April 30, 1877
 
Thomas Leavitt August 28, 1872
 
Edwin F. Leonard July 15, 1862
 
John B. Locke March 7, 1856
 
Martin Lomasney December 3, 1859
 
George W. Long July 28, 1872
 
John Fitch Lothrop December 17, 1847
 
James Arnold Lowell February 5, 1869
 
John B. Lowney March 17, 1879
 
Robert Luce December 2, 1862
 
James Michael Lynch July 7, 1864
 
Charles H. Macomber August 6, 1872
 
Harry E. Mapes July 8, 1867
 
Charles Mayberry April 27, 1876
 
Ulysses Everett Mayhew August 16, 1848
 
Matthew McCann 1863
 
James F. McDermott March 1, 1877
 
Daniel J. McDonald August 14, 1872
 
John M. McDonald June 2, 1873
 
Michael J. McEttrick June 22, 1848
 
Robert K. McKirdy October 4, 1870
 
Edwin T. McKnight October 11, 1869
 
John J. McManmon April 5, 1871
 
Edward L. McManus December 22, 1866
 
Frank McNerney September 4, 1870
 
James H. Mellen November 7, 1845
 
Julius Meyers December 6, 1854
 
John Joseph Mitchell May 9, 1873
 
Jacob H. Mock May 14, 1863
 
Joseph E. Mooney June 25, 1874
 
George Henry Moore May 16, 1844
 
Harry Payson Morse July 27, 1854
 
Emil J. Muehlig November 26, 1873
 
Timothy S. Murphy June 27, 1877
 
Arthur L. Nason October 24, 1872
 
Francis T. Nelson November 11, 1851
 
George H. Newhall October 24, 1850
 
William L. V. Newton February 28, 1881
 
Arthur D. Norcross November 7, 1848
 
Edward H. O'Brien February 1, 1874
 
M. Fred O'Connell June 14, 1870
 
Hugh O'Rourke March 1, 1869
 
Frank E. Packard May 7, 1857
 
Joseph A. Parks May 2, 1877
 
W. Rodman Peabody March 3, 1874
 
Pierre F. Peloquin May 26, 1851
 
Michael F. Phelan October 22, 1875
 
Amos A. Phelps January 12, 1867
 
Stephen W. Phillips January 9, 1873
 
John H. Pickford September 9, 1849
 
Nathan H. Poor April 14, 1840
 
Samuel L. Porter November 10, 1869
 
Elmer C. Potter August 23, 1868
 
Maurice J. Power July 21, 1872
 
Melvin B. Putnam April 8, 1845
 
John H. Quinlan February 29, 1864
 
John Quinn, Jr. December 16, 1859
 
Herbert S. Riley December 20, 1859
 
Bradley M. Rockwood May 24, 1862
 
Samuel Ross February 2, 1865
 
Gilbert Jones Rugg March 27, 1836
 
Edward Julius Sandberg October 21, 1866
 
Henry O. Sawyer June 10, 1844
 
George A. Scigliano August 26, 1874
 
Henry Walter Seward January 18, 1865
 
George A. Shackford June 7, 1854
 
Nelson Sherburne November 18, 1864
 
Joseph Sherman September 7, 1840
 
Patrick J. Shiels August 9, 1873
 
Levi M. Snow April 19, 1841
 
Elijah Olin Snow April 24, 1851
 
Joseph Soliday 1869
 
Nathaniel P. Sowle October 30, 1857
 
Gilbert M. Stalker February 19, 1857
 
Frank D. Stevens November 13, 1852
 
John Adam Stoddart May 10, 1869
 
Luke S. Stowe August 9, 1834
 
Arthur H. Streeter July 4, 1870
 
John F. Sullivan May 17, 1875
 
Patrick John Sullivan August 23, 1860
 
Simon Swig May 15, 1865
 
Warren E. Tarbell April 18, 1860
 
John Tarr May 25, 1870
 
Richard S. Teeling December 26, 1878
 
Clifford B. Terry December 16, 1876
 
Frank W. Thayer July 2, 1865
 
Jabez P. Thompson July 24, 1853
 
Frederick H. Tilton November 28, 1879
 
John Hugh Toland October 8, 1870
 
Frank A. Torrey December 21, 1874
 
Albert Totten November 1, 1849
 
William H. Trudel July 19, 1866
 
Noble B. Turner November 5, 1848
 
William Turtle June 20, 1855
 
Samuel A. Tuttle September 11, 1837
 
Arthur P. Vinal June 14, 1854
 
Albert Vittum December 29, 1857
 
Joseph Walker 1865
 
Edward A. Walker May 28, 1869
 
Joseph Walsh December 16, 1875
 
Charles E. Ward October 17, 1849
 
Walter Archibald Webster December 4, 1875
 
A. S. Parker Weeks April 29, 1857
 
William E. Weeks 1880
 
Arthur J. Wellington July 21, 1871
 
Harvey Wheeler November 5, 1847
 
Frank L. White August 10, 1869
 
Henry O. Whiting November 16, 1849
 
Charles J. Wier February 24, 1868
 
Isaac E. Willetts November 8, 1879
 
Thomas W. Williams September 15, 1865
 
Harry N. Winch October 8, 1868
 
Frederick G. Wooden May 26, 1871
 
William H. Woodhead September 17, 1860
 
John Wooldredge September 9, 1851
 
Alvin L. Wright October 28, 1857
 
Charles D. Young June 10, 1857

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. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1906 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1906" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading

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  • 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 (1905), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1906, hdl:2452/43497
  • Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1906. A. M. Bridgman. 1906.
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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1906, hdl:2452/429123
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1906, hdl:2452/73494