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129th
Massachusetts General Court
←128th 130th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 5, 1907
Senate
Members40
PresidentWilliam D. Chapple
Party controlRepublican (31–9)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJohn N. Cole
Party controlRepublican (175–65)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 1, 1908 (1908-01-01) – June 13, 1908 (1908-06-13) [3]
William D. Chapple
William D. Chapple, Senate president.
John N. Cole
John N. Cole, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1908.

The 129th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1908 during the governorship of Curtis Guild Jr.[4] William D. Chapple served as president of the Senate and John N. Cole served as speaker of the House.[5]

Senators

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image name [6] date of birth [7] district [7]
Gideon B. Abbott 9th Suffolk
Tilton S. Bell 8th Suffolk
John J. Butler 7th Suffolk
William D. Chapple August 6, 1868 2nd Essex
Edward A. Cowee 2nd Worcester
Charles L. Dean 4th Middlesex
Francke W. Dickinson 1st Hampden
Edward W. Dixson 3rd Suffolk
William Otis Faxon 2nd Norfolk
Charles D. B. Fisk 5th Suffolk
George J. Gallond Franklin and Hampshire
George H. Garfield 2nd Plymouth
James W. Grimes 7th Middlesex
Alfred S. Hall 1st Suffolk
Dennis E. Halley 5th Essex
Joseph H. Hibbard 8th Middlesex
Charles F. Jenney 1st Norfolk
John Lovell Johnson 3rd Worcester
Eben S. S. Keith Cape
Frank J. Linehan 6th Suffolk
Daniel D. Mahoney 2nd Hampden
Michael J. McEttrick June 22, 1848 4th Suffolk
John Joseph Mitchell May 9, 1873 5th Middlesex
George F. Monahan 2nd Suffolk
Harry P. Morse 4th Essex
Arthur D. Norcross November 7, 1848 Worcester and Hampden
Elmer C. Potter 1st Worcester
Clinton Q. Richmond Berkshire
Herbert S. Riley 6th Middlesex
William R. Salter 1st Essex
Winfield S. Schuster 4th Worcester
James F. Shaw July 18, 1873 3rd Essex
Nathaniel P. Sowle October 30, 1857 3rd Bristol
Thorndike Spalding 2nd Middlesex
Elmer A. Stevens January 15, 1862 3rd Middlesex
Allen T. Treadway September 16, 1867 Berkshire, Hampshire and Hampden
Joseph Turner 2nd Bristol
James H. Vahey December 29, 1871 1st Middlesex
Frank G. Wheatley 1st Plymouth
Thomas W. Williams 1st Bristol

Representatives

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image name [6] date of birth [7] district [7]
Joseph Abbott May 22, 1874 25th Suffolk
Arthur S. Adams February 14, 1869 16th Essex
Wallace E. W. N. Arnold June 29, 1863
Frank L. Barnes August 20, 1864
Frank Barrell July 26, 1853
Charles Homer Barrett June 23, 1868 21st Essex
Henry B. Barton May 21, 1853 3rd Franklin
Frank A. Bayrd
Joseph E. Beals March 18, 1834
John C. Bennett April 2, 1872 4th Hampden
Fred L. Beunke
Elias B. Bishop August 2, 1869
Charles V. Blanchard February 2, 1866
Charles E. Boivin December 12, 1872 11th Bristol
Alexis Boyer Jr. January 17, 1875
Bartholomew A. Brickley May 7, 1883
William R. Brooks March 1, 1865 20th Essex
Charles H. Brown January 19, 1879
John T. Bryan February 17, 1859
George Bunting August 31, 1868 5th Essex
Andrew J. Burnett 1860
Alfred S. Burns February 6, 1860
Herbert W. Burr June 15, 1866
Clenric H. Cahoon February 4, 1875 2nd Barnstable
Timothy F. Callahan September 5, 1881
James B. Carbrey January 16, 1854 11th Essex
Ignatius J. Carleton August 7, 1866
Cornelius J. Carmody January 11, 1867
James Chambers December 8, 1864
William E. Chester
John E. Clarey January 7, 1855 8th Berkshire
Samuel F. Coffin December 27, 1851 26th Essex
David Cole September 26, 1845 3rd Berkshire
John N. Cole 9th Essex
Ellenwood B. Coleman May 31, 1862
Frank Collette Jr. 1871
Edward D. Collins 1878
James J. Conboy December 1, 1873
Martin F. Conley April 27, 1870
Thomas F. Coogan
Benjamin A. Cook
John F. Cook June 24, 1843 10th Essex
William H. Cook March 7, 1856 9th Bristol
William F. Cook February 4, 1847 2nd Hampden
Frank O. Coombs December 17, 1857 1st Bristol
Rednor P. Coombs June 27, 1873
John S. Cormack June 7, 1875 13th Essex
Samuel V. Crane October 4, 1855
Daniel Joseph Curley December 23, 1875
Elmer L. Curtiss June 11, 1861
Grafton D. Cushing August 4, 1864
Alfred L. Cutting January 27, 1868
Ernest Dalton January 7, 1869
Charles L. Davenport May 4, 1854
Ralph Davol 5th Bristol
Thomas L. Davis March 15, 1852 17th Essex
Henry Ellsworth Dean September 29, 1862
Charles A. Dean March 26, 1856
William M. Dean November 16, 1874 4th Bristol
Daniel E. Denny July 14, 1845
Joseph C. Desmond October 15, 1875 7th Bristol
Joseph E. Donovan April 21, 1882
William E. Dorman June 23, 1875 12th Essex
Andrew P. Doyle August 15, 1869 8th Bristol
Edward B. Draper November 27, 1876
Florence J. Driscoll October 15, 1871
Hugh P. Drysdale December 11, 1875 1st Berkshire
Patrick J. Duane August 18, 1862
S. Alden Eastman October 14, 1847
Charles F. Elmer August 25, 1856 1st Franklin
Samuel D. Elmore December 29, 1868
Dennis E. Farley June 12, 1852 4th Franklin
Thomas J. Fay April 24, 1879
Francis J. Fennelly February 18, 1860 10th Bristol
J. Bernard Ferber May 28, 1876
Frederick L. Fisher
Charles J. Flagg
Louis E. Flye January 18, 1881
Clarence J. Fogg July 10, 1853 25th Essex
Herbert M. Forristall August 14, 1859 15th Essex
Herbert S. Frost
Edward J. Fuller January 30, 1854
William F. Garcelon October 24, 1868
Joseph S. Gates October 3, 1856
George A. Giles August 4, 1875
Edward Gilmore January 4, 1867
James T. Goggins January 31, 1866 5th Berkshire
Thomas J. Grady December 16, 1877
William J. Graham October 2, 1873 8th Essex
Hamlet S. Greenwood 1871
Lyman W. Griswold October 16, 1869 2nd Franklin
Homer A. Hall November 24, 1871 2nd Berkshire
Martin T. Hall December 23, 1877
Harry H. Ham
Oscar C. Hammarstrom October 18, 1877
Portus B. Hancock February 19, 1836
Bernard F. Hanrahan July 27, 1875
Horace D. Hardy February 28, 1877
John J. Hayes October 14, 1875
Lewis J. Hewitt February 13, 1870
William P. Higgins May 16, 1881
Frederick H. Hilton February 12, 1882
William Hoag November 18, 1870
Ernest E. Hobson September 29, 1878 1st Hampden
Frank G. Hodskins December 26, 1876 7th Hampden
William M. Hogan June 2, 1876
Samuel M. Holman 1862 1st Bristol
Charles T. Holt August 1, 1845 6th Hampden
Frank A. Hosmer November 14, 1853
Alonzo F. Hoyle October 16, 1861
Eugene Hultman July 13, 1875
George S. J. Hyde November 1, 1849 7th Essex
William T. Jeffrey January 23, 1876 19th Essex
Charles Cabot Johnson December 9, 1876 14th Essex
J. B. Albert Johnson September 8, 1878
Fred O. Johnson February 10, 1855
Aaron F. Jones September 11, 1832
James A. Jones January 14, 1853
Frederick G. Katzmann September 12, 1875
David P. Keefe September 29, 1855 11th Bristol
Sidney B. Keene January 10, 1861
Roland M. Keith March 16, 1847
William A. Kelleher May 27, 1875 6th Essex
Frank D. Kemp June 9, 1862 5th Hampden
Michael J. Kenney July 12, 1863 3rd Bristol
James W. Killam July 12, 1874
Edwin M. Kittredge September 27, 1872
James H. Knight October 11, 1876
Frederick S. Lane May 8, 1849
William F. Learned January 12, 1850
Sidney Lees September 23, 1866 8th Bristol
Adam Leining December 4, 1836
J. Henry Leonard September 18, 1879
Andrew R. Linscott
Martin Lomasney December 3, 1859
George W. Long July 28, 1872
John F. Lothrop December 17, 1847
George E. Lovett February 27, 1849
Robert Luce December 2, 1862
Edward C. Lyford
Cornelius J. Lynch December 18, 1877
Samuel J. Madden May 17, 1882
Jens J. Madsen October 9, 1869
Charles A. Malley January 22, 1876
David Mancovitz August 15, 1877
Charles H. Mansfield March 20, 1842 15th Essex
Charles Mayberry April 27, 1876
Ulysses E. Mayhew August 16, 1848 1st Dukes
Herbert T. Maynard December 9, 1867
Matthew McCann 1863 14th Essex
Jeremiah F. McCarthy July 7, 1857
Charles F. McCarthy August 15, 1876
Frederick T. McClatchey October 1, 1873 4th Berkshire
Thomas P. McDavitt
Edward McDonald July 17, 1844 7th Berkshire
Philip J. McGonagle October 21, 1871
John F. McGrath January 10, 1881
Edwin C. McIntire October 18, 1867 23rd Essex
John H. McKenney October 12, 1839 13th Essex
Lewis B. McKie August 14, 1875
George McLane Jr. July 4, 1869 5th Essex
Timothy J. Meade November 7, 1874
John F. Meehan November 24, 1875
Julius Meyers December 6, 1854
Samuel H. Mildram
Jacob H. Mock May 14, 1863
Fred Moore April 4, 1874 9th Bristol
Daniel H. Morgan January 14, 1879 5th Hampden
Leslie K. Morse January 18, 1860 3rd Essex
Joseph J. Murley October 8, 1876
William F. Murray September 7, 1881
Melvin S. Nash August 3, 1857
Arthur L. Nason October 24, 1872 4th Essex
George H. Newhall October 24, 1850 12th Essex
Malcolm Nichols May 8, 1876
David Curtis Nickerson January 21, 1854
William H. O'Brien September 9, 1864
J. Frank O'Brien January 6, 1879
M. Fred O'Connell June 14, 1870
Patrick H. O'Connor 1882
James E. O'Donnell September 29, 1875
James Oliver June 28, 1836
Lewis C. Parker May 9, 1880
Lewis Parkhurst 1856
Joseph A. Parks May 2, 1877 10th Bristol
Louis E. Pattison December 30, 1843
Thomas Pattison January 20, 1854 1st Barnstable
Edwin C. Perham March 4, 1858
John H. Pickford September 9, 1849
Ernest H. Pierce May 12, 1863
Myron E. Pierce 1874
Robert E. Pollock October 23, 1851 18th Essex
Frank H. Pope March 7, 1854
Samuel L. Porter November 10, 1869 1st Essex
James F. Powers October 1, 1872
Francis X. Quigley November 20, 1882
Thomas P. Riley July 11, 1875
William M. Robinson July 21, 1875
William L. Robinson December 15, 1855 2nd Bristol
Samuel Ross February 2, 1865 7th Bristol
John E. Rousmaniere
Herbert P. Sanders 6th Berkshire
John H. Schoonmaker February 14, 1869
Edward J. Sennott April 4, 1867
Eugene E. Shaw
Frederick M. J. Sheenan
Oscar J. Shepardson December 5, 1851 2nd Hampden
Joseph J. Shepherd February 5, 1855
Isaac M. Small 1845 3rd Barnstable
William H. Smith November 11, 1875
Joseph Soliday 1869
Harry N. Stearns October 5, 1874
John A. Stoddart May 10, 1869 22nd Essex
Lucian B. Stone September 9, 1829
John F. Sullivan May 17, 1875
Daniel L. Sullivan October 16, 1878
George Swann July 18, 1859
John H. Thompson August 26, 1873
Frank P. Todd March 3, 1853 24th Essex
Frank A. Torrey December 21, 1874
William H. Trudel July 19, 1866 2nd Essex
Charles L. Underhill July 20, 1867
Charles F. Varnum June 28, 1846
Joseph Walker (Massachusetts speaker) 1865
Joseph A. Wallis December 12, 1837 20th Essex
Thomas S. Walsh 1859 3rd Hampden
Fred P. Warner
Robert M. Washburn January 4, 1868
William L. Waugh
A. S. Parker Weeks April 29, 1857
William E. Weeks 1880
Joseph O. Wellington
Norman H. White December 25, 1871
Edgar H. Whitney
William B. Willcutt December 14, 1874
Isaac E. Willetts November 8, 1879 11th Bristol
Waterman Lester Williams August 10, 1867
Herbert Wing 6th Bristol
Russell B. Worster June 30, 1872

See also

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Images

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  • Map of districts of the Massachusetts state senate apportioned in 1906
    Map of districts of the Massachusetts state senate apportioned in 1906

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. ^ Massachusetts Year Book for 1908. Worcester: F.S. Blanchard. 1907.
  5. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
  6. ^ a b Who's Who in State Politics. Boston: Practical Politics. 1908 – via archive.org.
  7. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1908" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

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