1869 Massachusetts legislature

90th
Massachusetts General Court
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Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 3, 1868
Senate
Members40
PresidentGeorge O. Brastow
Party controlRepublican
(38 Republicans, 2 Democrats)[1][2]
House
Members240
SpeakerHarvey Jewell
Party controlRepublican
(224 Republicans, 16 Democrats)[1][3]
Sessions
1stJanuary 6, 1869 (1869-01-06) – June 24, 1869 (1869-06-24) [4]
George O. Brastow
George Brastow, Senate president.
Harvey Jewell
Harvey Jewell, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1869.

The 90th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1869 during the governorship of Republican William Claflin.[5] George O. Brastow and Robert Carter Pitman served as presidents of the Senate and Harvey Jewell served as speaker of the House.[6][7]

Notable events include the creation of a Joint Special Committee on Woman Suffrage.[8]

Senators

Image Name [9] Date of birth [10] District Party
Nathaniel Ellis Atwood September 13, 1807
George Oliver Brastow 1811
George Marshall Buttrick 1822
Horace Hopkins Coolidge February 11, 1832
Samuel Dexter Crane 1816
Benjamin Dean August 22, 1824
Francis Henshaw Dewey 1821
Edmund Dowse 1813
Alonzo Madison Giles 1821
Whiting Griswold November 12, 1814
John Brown Hathaway 1809
Francis Allen Hobart 1833
Nathaniel Jay Holden 1827
Estes Howe 1814
George Augustus King 1834
Richmond Kingman 1821
Charles James Kittredge 1818
Lucius James Knowles 1819
Charles Rensselaer Ladd April 9, 1822
John Hyde Lockey 1822
Charles Marsh 1818
Joshua Newell Marshall 1830
Charles Rankin McLean 1824
George Harris Monroe 1826
Ellis Wesley Morton 1840
Daniel Needham 1822
Julius Auboyneau Palmer 1803
Robert Carter Pitman March 16, 1825
Richard Plumer 1813
Joseph Greeley Pollard 1833
Joseph Gorton Ray 1831
George Merrick Rice November 20, 1808
Oliver Hazard Perry Smith 1824
George H. Sweetser 1823
George Sylvester Taylor March 2, 1822
Edward Augustus Thomas 1829
Joseph Scott Todd 1828
Harrison Tweed 1806
Gershom Bradford Weston August 27, 1799
Charles Augustus Wheelock 1812
Jonathan White 1819

Representatives

  • William T. Adams[9]
  • Alexander H. Allen
  • John Allen
  • William W. Amadon
  • Frank M. Ames
  • Isaac A. Anthony
  • E. Foster Bailey
  • John I. Baker
  • Life Baldwin
  • Henry Barker
  • John Barlow
  • William E. Barnes
  • George H. Barrett
  • William Bartlett
  • Ezra Batcheller
  • Jacob Bates
  • Loring Bates
  • Marcus Bates
  • Alfred Belden
  • Francis W. Bird
  • Henry B. Blake
  • Richard D. Blinn
  • Samuel G. Bowdlear
  • Charles Bradley
  • Samuel P. Breed
  • Ezra C. Brett
  • Benjamin A. Bridges
  • Jethro C. Brock
  • William G. Brooks
  • John Brown
  • Obadiah S. Brown
  • Werden R. Brown
  • Ferdinand L. Burley
  • Alvah A. Burrage
  • Alfred A. Burrill
  • Frederick Butler
  • Oliver S. Butler
  • Michael Carney
  • Solomon Carter
  • Dennis Cawley, Jr
  • Albert Chamberlin
  • Henry Chase
  • Linus M. Child
  • William M. Child
  • Horace Choate
  • Le Baron B. Church
  • Joseph N. Clark
  • Samuel Clark
  • Asa Clement
  • Samuel Cloon
  • Aury G. Coes
  • Patrick A. Collins
  • Benjamin F. Cook
  • George P. Cox
  • Freeborn W. Cressey
  • Alanson Crittenden
  • Stephen M. Crosby
  • James M. Cunliff
  • Robert S. Daniels
  • Elnathan Davis
  • William W. Davis
  • Ebenezer Dawes
  • John Dean
  • Avery J. Denison
  • Benjamin Dupar
  • J. Franklin Dyer
  • William I. Edwards
  • Thomas Ellis
  • Addison G. Fay
  • Jacob Fisher
  • Charles A. Fiske
  • William Fletcher
  • James B. Francis
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Rodney French
  • Josiah O. Friend, Jr
  • Chauncey G. Fuller
  • George L. Gibbs
  • Edwin Gilbert
  • Kimball C. Gleason
  • Abijah W. Goddard
  • Stephen D. Goddard
  • John B. Goodrich
  • Thomas H. Goodspeed
  • Dennis J. Gorman
  • Levi S. Gould
  • Samuel H. Gould
  • Wesley A. Gove
  • William T. Grammar
  • C. S. Greenwood
  • Charles H. Guild
  • Moses H. Hale
  • Lyman S. Hapgood
  • R. P. A. Harris
  • Abraham G. Hart
  • Edward H. Hartshorn
  • Andrew L. Haskell
  • William H. Haskell
  • Tilly Haynes
  • James A. Hervey
  • James Hewes
  • Elmer Hewett
  • Charles A. Hewins
  • William Hichborn
  • Levi W. Hobart
  • Thorndike D. Hodges
  • Ambrous Hodgkins
  • Alvah Holway
  • James Horswell
  • Samuel Horton
  • Charles H. Hovey
  • George F. Howland
  • James Humphrey
  • Theodore C. Hurd
  • Harvey Jewell
  • Henri L. Johnson
  • Robert Johnson
  • Herbert C. Joyner
  • Lewis S. Judd
  • Shubael B. Kelley
  • William W. Kellogg
  • Thomas G. Kent
  • Moses Kimball
  • Dexter S. King
  • Enoch King
  • Daniel W. Knight
  • Joseph S. Knight
  • Franklin C. Knox
  • David Lane
  • Albert Langdon
  • Roger H. Leavitt
  • Manning Leonard
  • Nahum Leonard, Jr
  • William Livermore
  • Caleb Lombard
  • Josiah Lord, Jr
  • Marcus M. Luther
  • Charles P. Lyon
  • Hugh A. Madden
  • Charles N. Marsh
  • Murdock Matheson
  • Charles J. Mclntire
  • William Melcher
  • William R. Melden
  • Charles H. Merriam
  • John M. Merrick
  • Moody Merrill
  • William H. Merritt
  • Lansing Millis
  • Eben Mitchell
  • Elliott Montague
  • Lyman E. Moore
  • Asa P. Morse
  • F. H. Morse
  • James R. Morse
  • Newton Morse
  • Edwin Mudge
  • Nathaniel C. Nash
  • Henry J. Nazro
  • Thomas L. Nelson
  • Daniel H. Newton
  • Jeremiah L. Newton
  • George K. Nichols
  • William W. Nichols
  • Francis A. Nye
  • John P. Ober
  • Weaver Osborn
  • Rufus S. Owen
  • Samuel S. Paine
  • William H. Parker
  • John C. Peak
  • Joseph D. Peirce
  • Francis A. Perry
  • M. C. Phipps
  • A. A. Plimpton
  • Avery Plumer
  • Thomas F. Plunkett
  • Thomas K. Plunkett
  • Augustus Pratt
  • Joseph A. Priest
  • Asabel D. Puffer
  • Caleb Rand
  • Eduar H. Reed
  • Ezra Rice
  • Otis Rich
  • James Ritchie
  • James H. Roberts
  • Isaiah F. Robinson
  • Ensign B. Rogers
  • Joseph N. Rolfe
  • John Runey
  • Augustine K. Russell
  • William A. Russell
  • George J. Sanger
  • Joseph L. Sargent
  • Samuel D. Sawin
  • Clark Sears
  • John N. Sherman
  • Lemuel B. Simmons
  • Rufus S. Slade
  • Abner L. Smith
  • Edward Smith
  • Horace Smith
  • Iram Smith
  • John J. Smith[11][12]
  • Martin L. Smith
  • Willis Smith
  • Charles W. Soule
  • Welcome W. Sprague
  • L. Miles Standish
  • Haynes K. Starkweather
  • Eliphalet Stone
  • Edward Stowell
  • Joseph A. Stranger
  • Ruel F. Thayer
  • Shepherd Thayer
  • Justus Tower
  • S. K. Towle
  • William P. Tyler
  • Joseph Vaill
  • Welcome H. Wales
  • S. H. Walker
  • Royal S. Warren
  • Thomas S. Waters
  • Jerome Wells
  • Henry White
  • D. Dwight Whitmore
  • Emerson Wight
  • Charles Wilcox
  • Salem Wilder
  • Alfred M. Williams
  • Warren Williams
  • Samuel S. Willson
  • James Wilson
  • William D. Witherell
  • Orlow Wolcott
  • George M. Woodward
  • David T. Woodwell
  • Luther A. Wright
  • P. Ambrose Young

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Cornelius Dalton; John Wirkkala; Anne Thomas (1984). "Political Complexion of the General Court 1867-1980". Leading the Way: a History of the Massachusetts General Court, 1629-1980. Boston: Massachusetts Secretary of State. p. 441+. ISBN 0961391502.
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  5. ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1869, hdl:2452/795808
  6. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
  7. ^ "Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register, 1869 – via Archive.org.
  8. ^ Kaitlin Connolly (September 24, 2012), "Women's Suffrage Movement in Massachusetts", State Library of Massachusetts blog
  9. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1869. hdl:2452/40647.
  10. ^ "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1869" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  11. ^ Kaitlin Connolly (March 4, 2013), "Massachusetts Legislators: John James Smith", State Library of Massachusetts blog
  12. ^ Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905

Further reading

  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1869, hdl:2452/619058
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1869, hdl:2452/92951