1915 Massachusetts legislature
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| 136th Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 3, 1914 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Calvin Coolidge | ||||
| Party control | Republican[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | Channing H. Cox | ||||
| Party control | Republican[2] | ||||
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Calvin Coolidge, Senate president.
Channing Cox, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1915.
The 136th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1915 during the governorship of David I. Walsh. Calvin Coolidge served as president of the Senate and Channing H. Cox served as speaker of the House.[4]
Senators
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Edward C. R. Bagley | ||
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Frank Bartlett | ||
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Sanford Bates | July 17, 1884 | 9th Suffolk |
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William A. L. Bazeley | 1872 | |
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Charles Sumner Beal | August 14, 1856 | |
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James W. Bean | May 11, 1866 | |
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James F. Cavanagh | ||
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Ezra W. Clark | October 12, 1842 | |
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Calvin Coolidge | July 4, 1872 | |
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Herbert E. Cummings | ||
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Andrew P. Doyle | August 15, 1869 | |
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Charles W. Eldridge | October 16, 1877 | |
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George H. Ellis | October 3, 1848 | |
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Frank S. Farnsworth | ||
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Wilton B. Fay | ||
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Redmond S. Fitzgerald | ||
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Julius Garst | ||
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Charles L. Gifford | March 15, 1871 | |
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Gurdon W. Gordon | ||
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James I. Green | April 9, 1885 | |
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John W. Haigis | July 31, 1881 | |
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Martin Hays | October 14, 1876 | |
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Clarence Whitman Hobbs Jr. | October 1, 1878 | |
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George H. Jackson | March 9, 1865 | |
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Charles A. Kimball | ||
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Louis F. R. Langelier | ||
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Joseph Leonard | ||
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George Edward Marchand | December 22, 1877 | |
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Joseph W. Martin Jr. | November 3, 1884 | |
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Orion T. Mason | ||
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Philip J. McGonagle | October 21, 1871 | |
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Walter E. McLane | ||
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C. Augustus Norwood | ||
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E. Howard Perley | ||
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William J. Sullivan | April 14, 1865 | |
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James R. Tetler | August 26, 1877 | |
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James P. Timilty | March 28, 1865 | |
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Nathan A. Tufts | April 15, 1879 | |
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Henry Gordon Wells | October 12, 1879 |
Representatives
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Essex S. Abbott | ||
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Henry Achin Jr. | June 30, 1883 | |
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Austin Flint Adams | 3rd Worcester | |
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J. Weston Allen | April 19, 1872 | |
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Charles H. Annis | January 12, 1869 | |
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William M. Armstrong | August 17, 1850 | |
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Harrison Henry Atwood | August 26, 1863 | |
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James T. Bagshaw | ||
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Samuel H. Bailey | ||
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Edmund Baker | ||
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Philip Hosmer Ball | ||
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Arthur W. Barker | ||
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Joseph L. Barry | ||
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William J. Barry | 1861 | |
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Addison P. Beardsley | ||
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Joseph Belcher | ||
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Joseph J. Benson | ||
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Jacob Bitzer | January 16, 1865 | |
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Thomas William Blanchard | ||
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Alvin E. Bliss | ||
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Henry E. Bothfeld | March 4, 1859 | |
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Arthur Bower | ||
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Eden K. Bowser | ||
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Thomas H. Brennan | ||
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James J. Brennan | May 2, 1882 | |
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Fred Johnson Brown | ||
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Daniel J. Buckley | ||
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George Bunting | August 31, 1868 | |
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Frederic W. Burke | ||
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Arthur E. Burr | ||
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Frederick Butler | ||
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Fred E. Cady | ||
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Matthew J. Carbary | ||
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Julius F. Carman | August 7, 1861 | |
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Maurice Caro | ||
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Peter Carr | May 2, 1883 | |
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Andrew A. Casassa | ||
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Daniel W. Casey | ||
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Allison G. Catheron | June 26, 1878 | |
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George Dudley Chamberlain | ||
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Albert Minot Chandler | ||
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Edward Earl Chapman | ||
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John W. Churchill | November 17, 1853 | |
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A. Schuyler Clapp | ||
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Frederic F. Clauss | ||
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James Coffey | May 17, 1849 | |
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Arthur Willard Colburn | December 1, 1877 | |
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Benjamin G. Collins | ||
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Samuel I. Collins | March 4, 1851 | |
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D. Herbert Cook | June 2, 1851 | |
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Thomas J. Cooley | ||
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Michael H. Cotter | ||
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John J. Courtney | ||
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Walter D. Cowls | ||
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George H. Creighton | ||
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William N. Cronin | ||
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Burton H. Crosby | ||
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Fred Wilder Cross | September 15, 1868 | |
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John T. Crowley | November 15, 1872 | |
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Patrick J. Curley | ||
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George E. Curran | ||
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Edward J. Dailey | ||
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Samuel Davis | June 4, 1866 | |
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Ernest F. Davis | ||
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Theodore H. Day | ||
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William Abner Dodge | ||
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John F. Doherty | June 9, 1881 | |
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Peter J. Donaghue | ||
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William J. Donahoe | ||
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Joseph Joyce Donahue | ||
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John A. Donoghue | ||
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John L. Donovan | June 3, 1876 | |
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Thomas E. Dowd | ||
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Aaron Coolidge Dowse | ||
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George P. Drury | ||
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Dennis Francis Duggan | ||
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Frank B. Edgell | ||
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Carl C. Emery | November 4, 1888 | |
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Charles A. Ericson | ||
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John G. Faxon | ||
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Frederick B. Felton | ||
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Horace F. Field | ||
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Joseph La Flamme | ||
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Maurice R. Flynn | July 28, 1889 | |
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William J. Foley | March 2, 1887 | |
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Harry C. Foster | August 27, 1871 | |
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Harvey E. Frost | October 2, 1875 | |
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Charles Benjamin Frothingham | November 11, 1858 | |
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Alvan T. Fuller | February 27, 1878 | |
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Howard F. Furness | ||
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Charles F. Garrity | ||
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Harry C. Gates | ||
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Joseph S. Gates | October 3, 1856 | |
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John Mellen Gibbs | ||
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Thomas J. Giblin | ||
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John J. Gilbride | ||
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Joseph P. Good | ||
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Shirley P. Graves | ||
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Fred Parker Greenwood | ||
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Edgar H. Hall | ||
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John Halliwell | February 21, 1864 | |
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Edward F. Harrington (state representative) | August 10, 1878 | |
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James L. Harrop | ||
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George F. Hart | November 9, 1859 | |
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John F. Hatch Jr. | ||
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Matthew A. Higgins | ||
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Albert Holway | ||
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John C. Hull (politician) | November 1, 1870 | |
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Charles N. James | September 3, 1853 | |
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Victor Francis Jewett | ||
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John Joseph Kearney | ||
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Thomas R. Kelley | ||
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Jeremiah J. Kelly | ||
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William W. Kennard | ||
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Robert T. Kent | ||
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Richard Knowles | ||
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Joseph O. Knox | ||
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Louis LaDame | ||
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Arthur F. Lamb | ||
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Francis X. Le Boeuf | ||
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George B. Leonard | ||
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John N. Levins | ||
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Fred Oliver Lewis | June 12, 1878 | |
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E. Ellsworth Lincoln | ||
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George A. Lindberg | ||
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Martin Lomasney | December 3, 1859 | |
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Henry Follansbee Long | ||
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Frederick H. Lucke | ||
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James MacFarlane Lyle | ||
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Frank E. Lyman | September 15, 1866 | |
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John H. Lynch | October 28, 1884 | |
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Frederick William MacKenzie | ||
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James E. MacPherson | ||
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Frederick H. Magison | ||
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John P. Mahoney | May 26, 1888 | |
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Michael F. Malone | ||
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Frank A. Manning | ||
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Felix A. Marcella | ||
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John L. Mather | ||
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John Edwin Maybury | ||
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John Henry McAllister | ||
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John F. McCarthy | ||
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Charles H. McGlue | ||
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Joseph McGrath (American politician) | December 20, 1890 | |
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Orlando McKenzie | ||
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Jared B. McLane | ||
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Henry J. McLaughlin | ||
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Edward F. McLaughlin | June 6, 1883 | |
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William M. McMorrow | ||
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Michael J. McNamee | ||
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Samuel H. Mildram | ||
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John Mitchell | September 4, 1877 | |
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John L. Monahan | ||
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Wesley E. Monk | August 1, 1874 | |
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Alfred James Moore | August 7, 1891 | |
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Charles H. Morrill | October 6, 1874 | |
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Edward G. Morris | ||
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George D. Morse | ||
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Hugh E. Mullen | ||
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Thomas B. Mulvehill | ||
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Frank Mulveny | ||
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John J. Murphy | March 26, 1889 | |
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Dennis A. Murphy | September 26, 1876 | |
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Edward P. Murphy | ||
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James J. Murphy | February 11, 1885 | |
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Patrick E. Murray | August 22, 1869 | |
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David W. Murray | September 9, 1874 | |
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Ken Nash | ||
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Arthur N. Newhall | ||
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John P. Nickerson | ||
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Francis Norwood | ||
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Edward H. Nutting | July 6, 1869 | |
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James T. O'Dowd | ||
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Joseph A. Oakhem | ||
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Ambrose F. Ogden | ||
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John N. Osborne | January 28, 1853 | |
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James Goodridge Page | ||
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Peter C. Paradis | ||
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John H. Parker | August 27, 1859 | |
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Chauncey Pepin | ||
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Edward Howland Perry | ||
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Joseph H. Perry | May 4, 1869 | |
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Joseph C. Perry | May 1, 1856 | |
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Immanuel Pfeiffer Jr. | ||
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James E. Phelan | October 21, 1884 | |
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James Tracy Potter | January 26, 1870 | |
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Winfield F. Prime | November 22, 1860 | |
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Martin Lewis Quinn | January 19, 1862 | |
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Albert T. Quiry | ||
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George J. Rabouin | ||
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Cyril R. Read | ||
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Dennis F. Reardon | ||
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John J. Reilly | ||
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William C. Renne | ||
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Robert Robinson | January 4, 1889 | |
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William M. Robinson | July 21, 1875 | |
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Silas B. Root | ||
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Charles Freeman Rowley | ||
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G. Oscar Russell | ||
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Walter F. Russell | ||
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John D. Ryan | July 30, 1868 | |
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Edward Julius Sandberg | October 21, 1866 | |
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Alfred Santosuosso | ||
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Joseph A. Saunders | ||
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Roland D. Sawyer | January 8, 1874 | |
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C. Burnside Seagrave | ||
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John Francis Sheehan | August 25, 1879 | |
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John H. Sherburne | 1877 | |
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Michael J. Sherry | ||
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Allston M. Sinnott | ||
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Jerome S. Smith | ||
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Fitz-Henry Smith Jr. | ||
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Ralph M. Smith | ||
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William O. Souther Jr. | ||
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Charles Elmer Stanwood | ||
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Joseph Fayette Stone | February 8, 1858 | |
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Merrill E. Streeter | ||
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Denis J. Sullivan | July 24, 1889 | |
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Lewis R. Sullivan | ||
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William H. Sullivan | February 20, 1869 | |
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John F. Sullivan | May 17, 1875 | |
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Edmond P. Talbot | 1884 | |
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Warren E. Tarbell | ||
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James E. Tolman | November 8, 1867 | |
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George J. Wall | ||
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Joseph E. Warner | May 16, 1884 | |
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Robert M. Washburn | January 4, 1868 | |
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George B. Waterman | ||
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Samuel W. Weare | ||
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Thomas Weston, Jr | ||
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Hartley L. White | ||
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George A. Whitney | ||
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Edgar H. Whitney | ||
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Herbert A. Wilson | November 27, 1870 | |
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Herbert Wing | ||
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Walter Edgar Wolfe | ||
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Harry C. Woodill | ||
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George M. Worrall |
See also
[edit]- 1915 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
- 64th United States Congress
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
References
[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. 2005. p. 338+.
- ^ a b Who's Who in State Politics. Boston: Practical Politics. 1915.
- ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1915" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
Further reading
[edit]- 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 (1914), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1915, hdl:2452/43506
- Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1915. hdl:2452/40693.
- Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1915. A. M. Bridgman. 1915. hdl:2452/43361.
External links
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- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1915, hdl:2452/303853
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1915, hdl:2452/79976
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