1939 Massachusetts legislature

151st
Massachusetts General Court
151st; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Election	November 8, 1938
Senate
Members	40
President	Joseph R. Cotton (7th Middlesex district)
Party control	Republican
House
Members	240
Speaker	Christian Herter (5th Suffolk)
Party control	Republican
Sessions
1st
1st	January 4, 1939 – August 12, 1939

Joseph Cotton, Senate president.

Christian Herter, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1939.

The 151st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1939 during the governorship of Leverett Saltonstall. Joseph R. Cotton served as president of the Senate and Christian Herter served as speaker of the House.^[4]

"1939 was the first year the General Court began meeting every other year instead of annually. ...No session was held in 1940 and no legislation or other materials relating thereof was published during that year."^[5]

Senators

Name ^[6]	Date of Birth ^[7]	District ^[7]
Frank David Babcock	August 16, 1877	4th Essex
Wilfred P. Bazinet
Chandler Bigelow
Arthur Franklin Blanchard	January 27, 1883
David M. Brackman
Thomas M. Burke	May 30, 1898
Albert Cole (Massachusetts politician)	December 28, 1904
Louis Benedict Connors
Joseph R. Cotton	November 16, 1890
Laurence Curtis	September 3, 1893
Chester A. Dolan Jr.	September 20, 1907
Joseph F. Francis	July 2, 1893
Eugene H. Giroux	January 20, 1903
Angier Goodwin	January 30, 1881
William Patrick Grant	November 5, 1904
James A. Gunn	June 7, 1883
Cornelius F. Haley	July 15, 1875
Arthur W. Hollis	April 29, 1877
Newland H. Holmes	August 30, 1891
Jarvis Hunt (politician)	March 28, 1904
Thomas H. Johnston	March 5, 1872
John E. Kerrigan	October 1, 1908
George W. Krapf
Thomas J. Lane	July 6, 1898
Joseph A. Langone Jr.	September 8, 1896
Harold R. Lundgren	May 22, 1894
John D. Mackay	April 7, 1872
Joseph Patrick McCooey
Charles Gardner Miles	December 2, 1879
Joseph F. Montminy
Edward O'Hearn Mullowney
Joseph L. Murphy	January 25, 1907
Donald W. Nicholson	August 11, 1888
Edward H. Nutting	July 6, 1869
Edwin Lawrence Olander	October 31, 1891
Edmund S. Oppenheimer
Harris S. Richardson	January 10, 1887
Mason Sears	December 29, 1899
Chester T. Skibinski
Bernard Lucian Sullivan

Representatives

Name ^[6]	Date of Birth ^[7]	District ^[7]
Wilfred J. Achin	May 12, 1891	14th Middlesex
William A. Akeroyd	October 24, 1883
Theodore Andrews	August 23, 1893
George T. Ashe	February 6, 1905
Josiah Babcock Jr.	May 21, 1880
Robert S. Backus
William Brooks Baker	January 10, 1879
William A. Baldwin	January 18, 1874
Philip Barnet	December 2, 1892
Frederick M. Barnicoat
George L. Barrus	December 15, 1880
Thomas A. Barry	May 12, 1895
Walter Ray Baylies	April 28, 1902
Fred D. Beaudoin
Malcolm Lawrie Bell	November 30, 1890
Albert Bergeron	June 28, 1877
Albert Bergeron	June 23, 1886
Alfred M. Bessette	March 25, 1876
Albert F. Bigelow	October 4, 1880	10th Norfolk
Fred Arthur Blake	January 13, 1895
Edward Boland	October 1, 1911
Albert Lionel Bourgeois	June 7, 1899
Philip Griggs Bowker	April 17, 1899
G. Edward Bradley	October 21, 1906
Edward T. Brady	October 23, 1908
Daniel Joseph Bresnahan	September 30, 1888
Warren Kingsbury Brimblecom	June 25, 1899
J. Kenney Brooks
Russell P. Brown	August 24, 1891
Frank Eben Brown	January 14, 1890
William Albert Brown	February 5, 1888
Arthur I. Burgess	October 13, 1894
Harland Burke	April 22, 1888
John F. Burns
J. Elmer Callahan
Colin James Cameron	August 24, 1879
Robert Patterson Campbell	December 20, 1887
Matthew J. Capeless	June 4, 1875
Enrico Cappucci	1910
Andrew F. Carlin
Gustaf A. Carlson
Fred Carpenter
Sydney G. Carpenter Jr.
John Henry Carroll
Eddie D. Carson
William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician)	June 27, 1905
Bernard P. Casey	July 29, 1894
John M. Cawley
Ralph Vester Clampit	March 28, 1896
Frank Clarkson	June 21, 1877
Andrew J. Coakley	November 6, 1906
John W. Coddaire Jr.
James S. Coffey	February 5, 1899
John T. Comerford	June 8, 1887
Michael H. Condron
Michael John Conway
Charles H. Cooke	May 13, 1878
Arthur W. Coolidge	October 13, 1881
August Joseph Cormier
George Chauncey Cousens	September 20, 1905
Francis X. Coyne	March 15, 1892
Thomas F. Coyne
John Joseph Craven	August 29, 1907
Nelson B. Crosby	June 20, 1871
Jeremiah Dickson Crowley	May 16, 1911
Leslie Bradley Cutler	March 24, 1890
Lawrence Harvard Davis
George F. Dean
Hiram Nichols Dearborn	December 21, 1867
Roger Dennett	September 14, 1895
Oscar DeRoy
Leo E. Diehl
Grover N. Dodge
Fred Belding Dole	January 23, 1895
Cornelius P. Donovan	March 15, 1895
Susan Bradley Donovan	October 2, 1895
Joseph H. Downey	December 6, 1890
Anthony R. Doyle	August 8, 1895
Ernest W. Dullea	January 14, 1891
Edwin F. Eldredge
Sven August Erickson	December 9, 1875
Gustave William Everberg	June 24, 1890
Michael Paul Feeney	March 26, 1907
William Daniel Fleming	April 14, 1907
Keith Falconer Fletcher	September 24, 1900
Paul W. Foster
Douglass Brooks Francis
Stephen L. French	March 9, 1892
Clarence Henry Fuller
Richard I. Furbush	January 4, 1904
Thomas F. Gibson
William R. Gilman
Paul Martin Goddard
Hollis M. Gott	May 25, 1885
Peter J. Graham
Thomas J. Hannon	December 9, 1900
Joseph J. Harnisch	December 28, 1883
William Henry Haskell
William Alexander Hastings	February 22, 1868
Lawrence Alanson Haworth	May 23, 1871
Charles W. Hedges	March 27, 1901
Christian Herter	March 28, 1895
Joseph Allan Hines
Charles V. Hogan	April 12, 1897
Theodore P. Hollis
Charles F. Holman	June 21, 1892
Hugh C. Hunter
Fred A. Hutchinson	April 5, 1881
Charles John Innes	June 1, 1901
George A. Innes
Harvey Iris
Adolph Johnson	July 20, 1885
William A. Jones	March 27, 1885
Peter John Jordan	July 23, 1910
Harry Kalus
Charles Kaplan	September 26, 1895
Charles A. Kelley	March 24, 1862
Francis Joseph Kelley	March 21, 1890
John Joseph Kerrigan Jr.
John V. Kimball	July 17, 1875
Rudolph King	November 2, 1887
John Quincy Knowles	May 21, 1895
Morris Kritzman
Leo P. Landry	July 10, 1897
John Whitin Lasell
Laurence W. Law
Walter E. Lawrence	December 8, 1905
George J. Leary
Frank M. Leonardi	August 17, 1891
Ralph Lerche	August 19, 1899
Thomas E. Linehan
Terrance Joseph Lomax Jr.	August 29, 1907
William Christopher Lunney	December 24, 1910
Joseph Francis Luz
Philip J. Lynch
Donald Alexander MacDonald	February 21, 1893
Frank E. MacLean
Arthur Ulton Mahan	June 18, 1900
Ralph Collins Mahar	January 4, 1912
John Francis Manning	January 4, 1906
Philip M. Markley	March 28, 1897
James P. McAndrews
Charles Joseph McCaffrey	January 16, 1898
Paul Andrew McCarthy	December 23, 1902
Thomas Francis McCready
James Patrick McDevitt
James J. McGrail
Lawrence P. McHugh
Hubert L. McLaughlin
George Francis McMahon
Philip McMorrow
James Joseph Mellen	June 16, 1910
Joseph A. Melley	March 1, 1902
Julian R. Merchant
Joseph A. Milano	April 8, 1883
Daniel Joseph Minihan
William E. Mooney
Alfred James Moore	August 7, 1891
Walter James Moran	December 22, 1903
Lester Bertram Morley	April 19, 1903
Albert Edward Morris	April 4, 1903
Frank J. Morrison	September 2, 1902
Eric A. Nelson	July 6, 1899
Michael J. Neville	October 19, 1899
Leo F. Nourse
Joseph N. O'Kane	May 26, 1873
Tip O'Neill	December 9, 1912
George Joseph O'Shea	November 16, 1899
Charles William Olson	August 24, 1889
David M. Owens Jr.
Raymond P. Palmer	December 27, 1895
George Alanson Parker
Royal Bartlett Patriquin	January 7, 1895
James Austin Peckham
Harold Squire Pedler
Tycho Mouritz Petersen	August 29, 1892
Frederick Everett Pierce	May 5, 1862
Roy W. Pigeon
John E. Powers	November 10, 1910
John D. Pratt
Benjamin B. Priest
William Eben Ramsdell	May 4, 1895
William G. Reed
George Edmund Rice	February 22, 1899
Ralph Lewis Ricketson
Joseph N. Roach	March 22, 1883
Charles Holmes Roberts Jr.
George Whiting Roberts
Nathan Rosenfeld	January 31, 1906
Cyrus Cole Rounseville Jr.
William H. J. Rowan	June 21, 1879
Albert Rubin	January 15, 1872
William F. Runnells	February 18, 1865
Roland D. Sawyer	January 8, 1874
William J. Sessions	December 18, 1859
Philip Sherman
Edward Sirois	December 18, 1898
Frank William Smith	January 26, 1895
George E. Smith
Roy C. Smith	January 28, 1890
H. Edward Snow	April 25, 1914
J. Francis Southgate	May 4, 1883
Manford Root Spalding
Richard H. Stacy	August 18, 1864
Edward William Staves	May 9, 1887
Avery W. Steele	August 1, 1907
George Ward Stetson	May 31, 1902
Leo J. Sullivan	December 8, 1905
Charles F. Jeff Sullivan
Jeremiah Joseph Sullivan	March 9, 1905
John Timothy Sullivan	March 27, 1906
Patrick Gilbert Sullivan	November 18, 1904
Martin Swanson	July 20, 1872
Chester Randall Swenson
Joseph A. Sylvia Jr.	September 16, 1903
Valmore P. Tetreault
Nathaniel Tilden	November 3, 1903
James Francis Tobin	May 8, 1903
John E. Troy Jr.
Herbert Lewis Trull
Cornelius Joseph Twomey
Christopher J. Tyrrell	June 21, 1895
John H. Valentine	July 21, 1896
James L. Vallely
John W. Vaughan	March 20, 1878
James T. Violette
Ira C. Ward	March 7, 1862
John B. Wenzler	June 11, 1881
Edgar A. Whitcomb
John Philip White
William Emmet White	June 1, 1900
Otis M. Whitney	March 25, 1909
Joseph L. Whiton
Ralph E. Williams
Frederick Willis (American politician)	May 18, 1904
Carl A. Woekel
Henry Eden Wright
Morton E. York
Arthur Lincoln Youngman
Abraham I. Zimon

References

^ "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+.
^ Kaitlin Connolly (January 5, 2016), "Short-Lived Biennial Legislative Session System in Massachusetts", State Library of Massachusetts blog
^ ^a ^b Public Officials of Massachusetts 1939-'40. Boston Review. 1939.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1939" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

External links

Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1939, hdl:2452/265589
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1939, hdl:2452/60143

[CompSenate-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

[CompHouse-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+.

[short2016-5] Kaitlin Connolly (January 5, 2016), "Short-Lived Biennial Legislative Session System in Massachusetts", State Library of Massachusetts blog

[Officials-6] Public Officials of Massachusetts 1939-'40. Boston Review. 1939.

[Register-7] "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1939" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

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1939 Massachusetts legislature

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