117th
Massachusetts General Court
←116th 118th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 5, 1895
Senate
Members40
PresidentGeorge P. Lawrence
Party controlRepublican (33–7)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerGeorge von Lengerke Meyer
Party controlRepublican (182–58)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 1, 1896 (1896-01-01) – June 10, 1896 (1896-06-10) [3]
George P. Lawrence
George P. Lawrence, Senate president.
George von Lengerke Meyer
George von Lengerke Meyer, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1896.

The 117th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1896 during the governorship of Roger Wolcott. George P. Lawrence served as president of the Senate and George von Lengerke Meyer served as speaker of the House.[4]

Notable legislation included "An Act to Provide for the Security and Preservation of the So-called Bulfinch Portion of the State House."[5]

Senators

image name [6] date of birth [7] district
 Horace H. Atherton October 23, 1847
Albert F. Barker October 24, 1859
Lewis H. Bartlett April 2, 1854
Percival Blodgett July 18, 1841
Edward S. Bradford December 1, 1842
George J. Burns July 14, 1855
William A. Chase May 31, 1845
William H. Cook January 7, 1843
Joseph J. Corbett December 24, 1863
Frederick W. Dallinger October 2, 1871
Francis W. Darling December 16, 1852
James H. Derbyshire June 11, 1855
Noble W. Everett February 20, 1827
George A. Galloupe October 28, 1850
Clarke Partridge Harding June 20, 1853
Isaac P. Hutchinson February 26, 1860
Richard William Irwin February 18, 1857
Erastus Jones September 11, 1825
George P. Lawrence May 19, 1859
Martin Lomasney December 3, 1859
Joseph B. Maccabe November 19, 1857
Dana Malone October 8, 1857
William Henry McMorrow March 23, 1871
Joel D. Miller October 10, 1837
William A. Morse July 27, 1863
Joseph O. Neill January 31, 1838
James P. Niles September 30, 1849
Fisher H. Pearson November 29, 1866
George W. Perkins July 1, 1842
John Jacob Prevaux March 16, 1857
John Quinn, Jr. December 16, 1859
George A. Reed September 10, 1842
Alfred Seelye Roe June 8, 1844
George P. Sanger September 6, 1852
Rufus Albertson Soule 1839
Louis C. Southard April 1, 1854
Charles F. Sprague June 10, 1857
Richard Sullivan February 24, 1856
Arthur Holbrook Wellman October 30, 1855
John Loring Woodfall September 15, 1847

Representatives

image name [6] date of birth [7] district
 Walter Adams May 15, 1848
Albert E. Addis May 4, 1864
Daniel W. Allen June 17, 1827
S. Augustus Allen February 14, 1855
Frederick Atherton May 8, 1865
Henry C. Attwill March 11, 1872
Waldo E. Austin August 31, 1839
Charles O. Bailey January 24, 1863
George W. Bailey March 20, 1848
Horace P. Bailey March 3, 1840
Theophilus B. Baker May 16, 1830
Solon Bancroft June 22, 1839
Harding R. Barber December 20, 1839
Franklin O. Barnes November 11, 1841
Daniel J. Barry August 27, 1859
Myron S. Barton December 24, 1837
John L. Bates September 18, 1859
Horace S. Bean September 17, 1867
William Beggs August 7, 1844
Charles E. Bennett May 8, 1861
George B. Bird February 15, 1867
Avander N. Blood September 4, 1839
Charles P. Bond July 24, 1855
Samuel S. Bourne December 9, 1850
Harvey L. Boutwell April 5, 1860
Walter L. Bouve October 28, 1849
Henry J. Boyd May 9, 1831
Manassah Edward Bradley August 15, 1863
J. Dwight Brady December 15, 1859
Charles Donnell Brown June 5, 1862
Daniel Brown December 26, 1842
George A. Brown November 24, 1854
Joseph G. Brown January 19, 1825
Aaron R. Bunting August 26, 1833
T. Preston Burt July 20, 1844
A. Webster Butler August 22, 1858
Ernest W. Calkins December 25, 1855
Patrick J. Carroll May 11, 1865
Daniel C. Casey August 10, 1867
Frank Chandler February 20, 1852
George F. Chase December 11, 1851
Albert Clarke October 13, 1840
Arthur L. Coburn June 18, 1860
James A. Cochran June 27, 1847
George F. Coleman April 10, 1863
James W. Coleman March 17, 1855
Walter S. V. Cooke August 12, 1851
Edward A. Cowee July 23, 1857
Ellery B. Crane November 12, 1836
James F. Creed December 4, 1869
Charles C. Crocker August 21, 1831
Harvey Crocker September 11, 1847
Edward S. Crockett July 22, 1869
Nelson P. Cummings April 27, 1847
Daniel J. Curley April 2, 1841
Nathan R. Davis August 18, 1828
William W. Davis August 8, 1862
Cornelius R. Day December 29, 1847
Thomas M. Denham February 2, 1840
Robert F. Denvir September 8, 1840
David T. Dickinson August 13, 1867
Thomas Donahue August 20, 1853
Jeremiah F. Donovan May 10, 1856
Timothy J. Donovan April 7, 1867
James M. Douglass February 24, 1839
Harry R. Dow February 12, 1862
Charles H. Dowse September 12, 1853
Daniel M. Driscoll January 2, 1861
James Driscoll August 14, 1856
William P. Driscoll May 1, 1857
Levi A. Drury August 9, 1847
George N. Dyer December 17, 1850
Benjamin F. Estes August 28, 1836
George S. Evans September 12, 1841
Wilson H. Fairbank April 3, 1836
Daniel B. Fenn May 31, 1836
Wellington Fillmore October 18, 1850
James H. Flint June 25, 1852
Silas W. Flint September 4, 1843
Joseph J. Flynn May 1, 1862
E. Knowlton Fogg October 24, 1837
John Malcolm Forbes 1847
William E. Ford July 20, 1823
Otis Foss October 4, 1838
Frank W. Francis September 16, 1857
George F. Fuller March 8, 1842
Jefferson C. Gallison August 8, 1841
James A. Gallivan October 22, 1866
John J. Gardner February 23, 1853
John Dennis Hammond Gauss January 4, 1861
Samuel Wesley George April 26, 1862
Charles A. Grant October 15, 1848
Joshua S. Gray August 16, 1840
William Halliday June 13, 1853
Lloyd F. Hammond March 1, 1860
Frederic Hanson May 2, 1835
Edward H. Harding April 17, 1854
Benjamin C. Harvey September 4, 1847
Albert L. Harwood September 10, 1847
William R. Hayden May 7, 1820
William Henry Irving Hayes June 21, 1848
Thomas F. Hoban December 20, 1860
Joshua B. Holden March 5, 1850
J. Edward Hollis 1840
E. Clarence Holt January 13, 1850
Seba A. Holton August 30, 1847
Charles E. Hosmer May 25, 1837
Walter F. Howard September 20, 1855
Roger S. Howe November 20, 1849
Henry D. Humphrey June 20, 1861
Caleb Burroughs Huse September 13, 1833
John W. Johnson June 14, 1856
George R. Jones February 8, 1862
Frank W. Kaan September 11, 1861
George H. Kearn January 6, 1839
James Keenan March 4, 1850
Thomas F. Keenan March 11, 1854
John A. Keliher November 6, 1866
George H. Kelton September 20, 1861
Thomas W. Kenefick September 17, 1855
Patrick J. Kennedy March 20, 1862
Charles W. King September 8, 1861
David T. King January 19, 1864
Francis M. Kingman May 25, 1837
Franz H. Krebs, Jr 1868
James H. Leary November 28, 1868
Michael J. Leary November 16, 1869
Charles F. Light August 1, 1860
Warren J. Livermore January 5, 1835
Walter E. Lord January 22, 1856
Francis Cabot Lowell January 7, 1855
Jeremiah E. Mahoney November 8, 1864
Forrest C. Manchester September 11, 1859
William H. Marden May 30, 1843
Arthur A. Maxwell January 24, 1858
Will W. Mayhew January 15, 1857
Benjamin W. Mayo April 17, 1836
Samuel N. Mayo May 24, 1839
Jeremiah Justin McCarthy March 29, 1852
George M. McClain March 9, 1842
John E. McClellan September 5, 1847
James S. McKenna January 11, 1864
James F. Melaven November 19, 1858
George H. Mellen October 7, 1850
James H. Mellen November 7, 1845
George von Lengerke Meyer June 24, 1858
Charles E. Mills December 28, 1847
Samuel H. Mitchell November 2, 1854
Charles D. Monroe January 15, 1856
Eugene Michael Moriarty April 15, 1849
James J. Myers November 20, 1842
Thaddeus H. Newcomb March 15, 1826
Henry C. Newell March 9, 1843
Luther Nickerson July 9, 1829
Edward O. Northway December 12, 1867
Joseph J. Norton November 19, 1870
John J. O'Connor April 13, 1871
John M. O'Hara July 2, 1865
Frank J. O'Toole October 13, 1867
John B. Packard February 22, 1837
Clarence H. Parker October 31, 1849
Herbert C. Parsons January 15, 1862
Frank A. Patch July 23, 1844
John H. Ponce November 1, 1857
Burrill Porter February 22, 1832
George W. Porter January 30, 1844
George E. Putnam February 9, 1851
Nicolas M. Quint July 18, 1838
Charles I. Quirk August 15, 1871
Charles W. Ray August 16, 1847
William Louis Reed[8] April 5, 1866
Michael J. Reidy August 8, 1870
George M. Rice October 20, 1843
Clinton Q. Richmond December 17, 1859
Francis R. Richmond April 20, 1851
Thomas Riley December 22, 1843
Ernest W. Roberts November 22, 1858
J. Henry Robinson February 9, 1831
Atherton W. Rogers August 10, 1848
George A. Roper July 25, 1849
Samuel Ross February 2, 1865
Daniel D. Rourke July 16, 1869
Fred H. Rourke May 23, 1867
George G. Russell November 4, 1845
Howard K. Sanderson July 10, 1865
Charles F. Sargent August 31, 1858
Tristram T. Savory September 19, 1834
William P. Searls June 3, 1851
Chester Wells Severence February 27, 1831
Charles S. Shattuck June 5, 1840
David B. Shaw August 20, 1870
John F. Sheehan September 2, 1861
William Shepherd September 17, 1837
P. Howard Shirley August 15, 1857
David F. Slade November 5, 1855
John O. Slocum March 13, 1842
Albert C. Smith March 14, 1845
Charles W. Smith March 6, 1846
Henry R. Smith October 7, 1842
Amasa E. Southworth May 19, 1844
Cyrus Spaulding April 17, 1835
Albert T. Sprague June 18, 1843
Thomas E. St. John March 2, 1831
Fred D. Stanley October 17, 1863
Arlin V. Stevens June 15, 1854
Edward A. Stevens December 9, 1841
Elmer A. Stevens January 15, 1862
Ezra A. Stevens March 12, 1827
Joseph W. Stocker April 6, 1824
Willmore B. Stone June 24, 1853
George D. Storrs September 19, 1866
Arthur D. Story October 11, 1854
Cornelius F. Sullivan June 15, 1865
George J. Tarr February 1, 1832
James Thompson May 18, 1848
Henry Thrasher May 29, 1837
John Rogers Thurston September 4, 1831
Charles W. Tilton April 6, 1836
William Tolman June 2, 1858
Frank M. Trafton January 4, 1858
John E. Tuttle November 3, 1835
Charles Henry Utley November 27, 1857
Henry M. Van Deusen September 29, 1850
Henry R. Van Rensselaer December 12, 1855
George Albert Wales March 26, 1858
William W. Waterman December 4, 1831
Jackson Webster March 14, 1849
Clarence P. Weston August 23, 1845
George W. Weymouth August 25, 1850
Mark O. Wheaton November 22, 1833
George L. Whitcomb March 18, 1855
Edward E. Willard September 25, 1862
Edward H. Wilson September 26, 1848
George G. Withington July 31, 1831
John A. Woodbury August 22, 1836
Joseph W. Woodman January 25, 1847
Charles L. Young May 23, 1850
Willie C. Young May 28, 1848

See also

References

  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 (January 21, 2019), "The 'Brigham Addition' and Saving the Bulfinch State House", State Library of Massachusetts blog
  6. 1 2 Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1896 – via Internet Archive.
  7. 1 2 "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1896" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  8. ↑ Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905

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