1911 Massachusetts legislature

The 132nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1911 during the governorship of Eugene Foss. Allen T. Treadway served as president of the Senate and Joseph Walker served as speaker of the House.[4]

132nd
Massachusetts General Court
131st 133rd
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 8, 1910
Senate
Members40
PresidentAllen T. Treadway
Party controlRepublican (26–14)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJoseph Walker
Party controlRepublican (127–112–1)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 4, 1911 (1911-01-04) – July 28, 1911 (1911-07-28) [3]
Allen Treadway
Allen Treadway, Senate president.
Joseph Walker
Joseph Walker, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1911.

Senators

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Portrait Name [5] Date of birth District [6] Party
 
Arthur S. Adams February 14, 1869 2nd Essex
 
George L. Barnes 1st Norfolk
 
Frank P. Bennett Jr. December 30, 1878 7th Middlesex Republican
 
Charles V. Blanchard February 2, 1866 3rd Middlesex Republican
 
Charles H. Brown January 19, 1879 6th Middlesex
 
Charles S. Chace 1st Bristol
 
Martin P. F. Curley 8th Suffolk Democratic
 
Daniel E. Denny July 14, 1845 2nd Worcester
 
James H. Doyle 4th Suffolk
 
Wilmot R. Evans Jr. 4th Middlesex
 
Joseph S. Gates October 3, 1856 4th Worcester
 
Edward J. Grainger 1st Suffolk
 
Levi H. Greenwood December 22, 1872 3rd Worcester Republican
 
Dennis E. Halley 5th Essex
 
James A. Hatton 2nd Suffolk
 
Joseph H. Hibbard 8th Middlesex
 
Roger Sherman Hoar April 8, 1887 5th Middlesex Democratic
 
John H. Hunt 1st Worcester
 
Roland M. Keith March 16, 1847 2nd Plymouth
 
Joseph P. Lomasney 3rd Suffolk Democratic
 
John H. Mack Berkshire
 
John F. Malley 1st Hampden
 
Walter B. Mellen Worcester and Hampden
 
Henry C. Mulligan 1st Middlesex
 
Michael J. Murray July 11, 1860 9th Suffolk
 
Melvin S. Nash August 3, 1857 1st Plymouth
 
Arthur L. Nason October 24, 1872 4th Essex
 
George H. Newhall October 24, 1850 1st Essex Republican
 
Charles H. Pearson 2nd Norfolk
 
James F. Powers October 1, 1872 6th Suffolk
 
Francis X. Quigley November 20, 1882 2nd Hampden
 
Samuel Ross February 2, 1865 3rd Bristol
 
John H. Schoonmaker February 14, 1869 Franklin and Hampshire
 
Harry N. Stearns October 5, 1874 2nd Middlesex
 
James P. Timilty March 28, 1865 7th Suffolk Democratic
 
George H. Tinkham October 29, 1870 5th Suffolk Republican
 
James E. Tolman November 8, 1867 3rd Essex Republican
 
Allen T. Treadway September 16, 1867 Berkshire, Hampshire and Hampden Republican
 
Joseph Turner 2nd Bristol
 
John E. White December 13, 1873 Cape Republican

Representatives

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image name [5] date of birth district
 
David C. Ahearn November 4, 1879
 
Timothy J. Ahern
 
Oscar E. Arkwell
 
William M. Armstrong August 17, 1850
 
Alfred Arseneault January 3, 1869
 
Frank W. Atkins
 
William B. Avery July 11, 1856
 
Aaron Bagg Jr.
 
Edward C. R. Bagley
 
J. Herbert Baker
 
Willie W. Baker
 
Erson B. Barlow October 20, 1883
 
James F. Barry December 4, 1857
 
John J. Barry January 4, 1877
 
Frederick D. Bartlett
 
John J. Bastion
 
James W. Bean May 11, 1866
 
William A. Bellamy
 
Alvin E. Bliss
 
Charles M. Blodgett
 
Edward C. Bodfish
 
Arthur Bogue
 
William Booth June 21, 1862
 
Henry E. Bothfeld March 4, 1859
 
George E. Bowker
 
John G. Brackett
 
Melvin B. Breath March 28, 1881
 
Lincoln Breckenridge
 
James Henry Brennan December 21, 1888
 
James J. Brennan May 2, 1882
 
Francis J. Brennan
 
Michael J. Brophy
 
Herbert N. Buck
 
John P. Buckley May 31, 1853
 
William R. Burke July 14, 1870
 
George R. Burns January 4, 1882
 
James D. Burns July 4, 1876
 
Adolphus M. Burroughs
 
Thomas F. J. Callahan
 
John J. Carmody
 
Charles L. Carr December 25, 1876
 
Patrick B. Carr
 
John Carr
 
Thomas J. Casey
 
James F. Cavanagh
 
Fred P. Chapman
 
Wendell P. Clark
 
Allen Clark
 
Zebedee E. Cliff September 23, 1864
 
John Henry Cogswell July 4, 1875
 
Samuel I. Collins March 4, 1851
 
Francis L. Colpoys
 
Daniel L. Connolly
 
John D. Connors
 
Eli M. Converse
 
John J. Conway
 
Leon M. Conwell April 15, 1870
 
James H. L. Coon
 
Michael H. Cotter
 
Channing H. Cox October 28, 1879
 
Russell D. Crane
 
Courtenay Crocker February 4, 1881
 
Daniel Francis Cronin
 
William A. Crowley
 
Thomas S. Cuff
 
Thomas P. Curtin
 
Grafton D. Cushing August 4, 1864
 
Alfred W. Cushman
 
George T. Daly
 
David H. Damon
 
Henry G. Danforth February 6, 1843
 
Thomas Davies February 11, 1875
 
Arthur S. Davis
 
Nathan W. Davis
 
Daniel P. Day
 
Charles A. Dean March 26, 1856
 
George L. Dow
 
Andrew P. Doyle August 15, 1869
 
Lawrence J. Dugan
 
John F. Dwyer
 
James Frank Eagan
 
Harry Millett Eames
 
Charles N. Edgell
 
George W. W. Edson
 
Charles W. Eldridge October 16, 1877
 
George H. Ellis October 3, 1848
 
Charles E. Elwell
 
Wilton B. Fay
 
Edward Fisher
 
James H. Fitzgerald
 
John T. Flanagan May 25, 1869
 
Harold H. Flower
 
Clarence J. Fogg July 10, 1853
 
Louis A. Foley
 
Herbert M. Forristall August 14, 1859
 
Benjamin D. Gifford
 
William H. Gifford January 20, 1851
 
Ellery L. Goff
 
William J. Graham October 2, 1873
 
James I. Green April 9, 1885
 
Fred Parker Greenwood
 
James F. Griffin January 19, 1884
 
John W. Haigis July 31, 1881
 
Benjamin F. Haines November 25, 1876
 
William Halliday
 
Portus B. Hancock February 19, 1836
 
Clarence W. Harding
 
Leonard F. Hardy
 
Frank O. Hardy
 
Edward F. Harrington (state representative) August 10, 1878
 
James A. Hart October 29, 1864
 
Edward R. Hathaway
 
Horatio Hathaway Jr.
 
Truman R. Hawley
 
Michael A. Henebery
 
Michael Hennessey
 
William P. Hickey November 17, 1871
 
Merrick E. Hildreth
 
Francis M. Hill
 
Clarence Whitman Hobbs Jr. October 1, 1878
 
Henry W. Holbrook February 18, 1875
 
Joseph W. Holden October 10, 1867
 
Alexander Holmes
 
Charles T. Holt August 1, 1845
 
Harry L. Howard
 
William N. Howard
 
Charles H. Howe
 
William S. Hoyt
 
John J. Hughes
 
Lyman E. Hurd
 
Frederick W. Hurlburt
 
Edward N. Jenckes
 
David P. Keefe September 29, 1855
 
Michael Kelly June 17, 1840
 
James T. Kenney June 20, 1870
 
Louis R. Kiernan
 
Charles T. Killpartrick
 
Clifford L. King
 
H. Bert Knowles
 
Wilfred J. Lamoureux
 
Louis F. R. Langelier
 
Albert P. Langtry July 27, 1860
 
Joseph Leonard
 
Charles Lewin
 
Edwin F. Lilley
 
Martin Lomasney December 3, 1859
 
Paul I. Lombard
 
William J. Look June 20, 1867
Herman A. MacDonald November 11, 1881
 
James P. Maguire
 
John C. Mahoney
 
George Edward Marchand December 22, 1877
 
John F. McCarthy
 
Charles F. McCarthy August 15, 1876
 
Eugene A. McCarthy
 
Thomas F. McCullough
 
James A. McElaney Jr.
 
John D. McGivern
 
Michael F. McGrath
 
James H. McInerney December 13, 1871
 
Hugh M. McKay
 
William M. McMorrow
 
Timothy J. Meade November 7, 1874
 
John F. Meaney
 
Joseph F. Merritt
 
David T. Montague
 
Charles H. Morgan January 15, 1869
 
Charles H. Morrill October 6, 1874
 
Edward T. Morse
 
Frank Mulveny
 
Dennis A. Murphy September 26, 1876
 
James J. Murphy February 11, 1885
 
David W. Murray September 9, 1874
 
William J. Murray October 7, 1885
 
William L. Newton
 
Clarence V. Nickerson
 
Albin F. Nordbeck
 
C. Augustus Norwood
 
Michael F. O'Brien September 18, 1878
 
Charles R. O'Connell September 16, 1874
 
Francis D. O'Donnell
 
William A. O'Hearn March 8, 1887
 
Jeremiah O'Leary
 
Dennis A. O'Neil June 16, 1882
 
Charles A. Orstrom
 
Frank A. Palmer
 
Joseph H. Parker Jr. April 16, 1871
 
Joseph A. Parks May 2, 1877
 
Asa L. Pattee
 
Harry A. Penniman
 
Frank H. Pope March 7, 1854
 
Alfred J. Preece
 
John J. Purcell
 
Harry Bancroft Putnam September 7, 1878
 
Martin Lewis Quinn January 19, 1862
 
Michael F. Quinn
 
Joseph J. Reed
 
Albert C. Reed
 
Michael J. Reidy
 
George A. Ricker
 
Ralph R. Rideout
 
Thomas Ryan
 
John Lee Saltonstall May 23, 1878
 
John C. Sanborn
 
Edgar E. Sargent
 
Amos T. Saunders
 
Frederick W. Schlapp
 
Alfred Scigliano
 
Michael J. Scully
 
Norman Shannon
 
Benjamin Sharp 1858
 
Albert H. Silvester
 
Theodore L. Sorenson
 
George H. Stevens
 
William J. Sullivan April 14, 1865
 
Edward A. Sweeney
 
Daniel W. Teehan
 
Alfred Tewksbury
 
William R. Thomas September 24, 1871
 
Eugene F. Toomey
 
Nathan A. Tufts April 15, 1879
 
Robert N. Turner
 
Charles L. Underhill July 20, 1867
 
Alton A. Upton
 
Robert M. Washburn January 4, 1868
 
Henry Gordon Wells October 12, 1879
 
William H. Wheeler
 
Thomas W. White January 10, 1876
 
Norman H. White December 25, 1871
 
Isaac E. Willetts November 8, 1879
 
Ernest A. Witt
 
Roger Wolcott July 25, 1877
 
Charles J. Wood March 18, 1854
 
Russell A. Wood
 
Augustus E. Wright

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. 2005. p. 338+.
  5. ^ a b Who's Who in State Politics. Boston: Practical Politics. 1911.
  6. ^ Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1911. hdl:2452/40689.

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 (1910), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1911, hdl:2452/43502
  • Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1911. Stoughton, Mass.: A. M. Bridgman. 1911.
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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1911, hdl:2452/429128
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1911, hdl:2452/73499