1870 Massachusetts legislature

91st
Massachusetts General Court
←90th 92nd→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 2, 1869
Senate
Members40
PresidentHorace H. Coolidge
Party controlRepublican
(29 R, 10 D, 1 other)[1][2]
House
Members240
SpeakerHarvey Jewell
Party controlRepublican
(160 R, 58 D, 22 other)[1][3]
Sessions
1stJanuary 5, 1870 (1870-01-05) – June 23, 1870 (1870-06-23) [4]
Horace H. Coolidge
Horace Coolidge, Senate president.
Harvey Jewell
Harvey Jewell, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1870.

The 91st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1870 during the governorship of Republican William Claflin. Horace H. Coolidge served as president of the Senate and Harvey Jewell served as speaker of the House.[5]

Senators

Image Name [6] Date of birth [7] District Party
Nathaniel Ellis Atwood September 13, 1807
Jacob Bates 1819
Joseph Augustus Benjamin 1817
George Marshall Buttrick 1822
Andrew Jackson Clark 1835
Benjamin Franklin Clark 1808
Waldo Colburn November 13, 1824
Patrick Andrew Collins March 12, 1844
Horace Hopkins Coolidge February 11, 1832
Stephen Moody Crosby 1827
Edmund Dowse 1813
John Fletcher 1827
James Augustus Fox August 11, 1827
Alonzo Madison Giles 1821
Henry Clay Greeley 1830
John Brown Hathaway 1809
John Alexander Hawes 1823
Francis Allen Hobart 1833
Nathaniel Jay Holden 1827
Joseph Sidney Howe 1832
Willard Woodman Jenness 1827
George William Johnson 1827
William Wallace Kellogg 1824
George Augustus King 1834
Charles James Kittredge 1818
Charles Rensselaer Ladd April 9, 1822
James Henry Leland 1833
George Harris Monroe 1826
Ellis Wesley Morton 1840
James Pierce 1837
Joseph Greeley Pollard 1833
Jeremiah Hobbs Pote 1820
Stephen Holbrook Rhodes November 7, 1825
George Merrick Rice November 20, 1808
James Granville Sproat 1835
Orlando Barnard Tenney 1816
Francis Thompson 1826
William W. Warren February 27, 1834
Charles Augustus Wheelock 1812
Frederick H. Willcomb 1831

Representatives

  • John A. P. Allen [6]
  • William H. Ames
  • Benjamin F. Angell
  • John Armitage
  • William F. Arnold
  • Jonathan Arnold, Jr
  • Samuel Atherton
  • John Ayars, Jr
  • George H. Babbitt, Jr
  • Jesse Bacon
  • Amasa W. Bailey
  • Joseph K. Baker, Jr
  • Dana Bancroft
  • Henry J. Barker
  • William Barker, Jr
  • John Barlow
  • Daniel N. Barrett
  • Patrick Barry
  • William Bartlett
  • Carlos Batchelder
  • Eliakim A. Bates
  • Thomas Bean
  • Alanson W. Beard
  • Wesley K. Bell
  • Daniel W. Bemis
  • Edward L. Bigelow
  • John W. Blaney
  • Robert Bower
  • Selwin Z. Bowman
  • Benjamin H. Brown
  • Samuel W. Brown
  • Ezra P. Brownell
  • George L. Buffin
  • Elias Bullard
  • John R. Bullard
  • John D. Burtch
  • Hodgdon F. Buzzell
  • Michael Carney
  • James E. Carpenter
  • Solomon Carter
  • Albert Chamberlin
  • Alexander H. Champlin
  • William M. Child
  • Elijah H. Chisholm
  • Horace Choate
  • Samuel A. Churchill
  • Edward Clarke
  • William Cogswell
  • George J. L. Colby
  • Justin M. Cooley
  • George P. Cox
  • Alanson Crittenden
  • S. Frank Crockett
  • William H. Cundy
  • Marshall N. Cutter
  • Samuel R. Damon
  • George K. Daniell
  • Robert S. Daniels
  • William F. Darby
  • Curtis Davis
  • Elisha Davis
  • John H. Davis
  • Timothy Davis
  • John A. Day
  • Franklin Derby
  • David S. Draper
  • Jeremiah J. Driscoll
  • John Drynan
  • Thomas Earle
  • Richard Eddy
  • Francis Edson
  • Pliny Edson
  • James H. Ellis
  • George O. Fairbanks
  • James O. Fallon
  • Lewis M. Ferry
  • Adams Fiske
  • John E. Fitzgerald
  • Hugh Flood
  • Reuben P. Folger
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Rodney French
  • Daniel Gale
  • Samuel Galley
  • Thomas J. Gargan
  • Thomas Gates
  • Jubal C. Gleason
  • Dorrance S. Goddard
  • Henry A. Goodrich
  • John B. Goodrich
  • Henry Goodspeed
  • Charles J. Goodwin
  • Dennis J. Gorman
  • George H. Goward
  • William T. Grammer
  • Thomas B. Griffith
  • Lucas W. Hannum
  • James L. Harriman
  • Daniel L. Harris
  • Thomas B. Harris
  • Abraham G. Hart
  • Andrew L. Haskell
  • Guilford Hathaway
  • Bainbridge Hayward
  • James A. Hervey
  • Orrin Hewes
  • Luther Hill
  • Noble H. Hill
  • Sylvester S. Hill
  • Larone Hills
  • Thomas Holway
  • James Horswell
  • Samuel Horton
  • Charles H. Hovey
  • Jonas E. Howe
  • Theodore C. Hurd
  • Thomas P. Hurlbut
  • Francis James
  • James W. Jenkins
  • Thomas L. Jenks
  • Harvey Jewell
  • Sylvester Jewett
  • Abbott Johnson
  • Joseph P. Johnson
  • Robert Johnson
  • Ensign H. Kellogg
  • Shubael B. Kelly
  • Warren Kent
  • David Lane
  • Joseph C. Lewis
  • Albert W. Lincoln
  • George W. Lobdell
  • Caleb Lombard
  • Henry A. Lord
  • Charles H. Loring
  • Hugh A. Madden
  • Frederick A. Mann
  • Henry Mann
  • Edwin T. Marble
  • Warren Marchant
  • William Marchant
  • Charles N. Marsh
  • J. Wesley Marshall
  • George H. Martin
  • Edward T. Marvel
  • John W. Mayhew
  • Edward F. Mayo
  • Edward McDonald
  • Moses W. McIntire
  • John W. McKim
  • Charles J. Mclntire
  • Cornelius McMahon
  • William H. Mears
  • Charles H. Merriam
  • Moody Merrill
  • William Merrill
  • Benjamin F. Mills
  • Horatio Moore
  • John Harvey Moore
  • John M. Moore
  • Luther G. Morrison
  • Bushrod Morse
  • James R. Morse
  • Newton Morse
  • Henry P. Moulton
  • Henry J. Nazro
  • Peter M. Neal
  • Joseph Newmarch
  • George Nowell
  • Francis A. Nye
  • Benjamin F. Packard
  • Charles H. Page
  • Samuel S. Paine
  • George A. Parker
  • William H. Parker
  • Dexter Parks
  • Lloyd Parsons
  • Luke Perkins
  • William A. Pew
  • Samuel H. Pierce
  • Samuel Pierce
  • George T. Plunkett
  • Ira G. Potter
  • David Powers
  • Henry A. Pratt
  • George Putnam
  • Noah Rankin
  • John Rhodes
  • Thomas Rice
  • John H. Roberts
  • George Lewis Ruffin[8][6]
  • Joseph M. Russell
  • George Sanford
  • Samuel D. Sawin
  • Henry H. Shaw
  • A. A. Sherman
  • John Sias
  • Ansel C. Smith
  • Hambleton E. Smith
  • Walter Spooner
  • L. Miles Standish
  • Levi Stockbridge
  • Patrick Sweeney
  • Theodore H. Sweetser
  • John K. Tarbox
  • Edmund B. Taylor
  • Edward Taylor
  • Levi Z. Thomas
  • Dexter A. Tompkins
  • Charles R. Train
  • Benjamin A. Tripp
  • Samuel C. Trull
  • Edward Tuck
  • Samuel J. Tuttle
  • Stephen Wallace
  • James J. Walworth
  • Zenas C. Wardwell
  • Henry A. Warriner
  • Andrew J. Waterman
  • Lory S. Watson
  • Nathan H. Webb
  • John D. Weld
  • Michael F. Wells
  • Alonzo B. Wentworth
  • John W. Wetherell
  • Sydney F. Whitehouse
  • Harrison C. Whitmore
  • Daniel H. Whitney
  • Emerson Wight
  • Charles C. Wilbar
  • Alfred M. Williams
  • Lester Williams
  • Samuel S. Willson
  • William Winn
  • Timothy D. Wood
  • Charles L. Woodbury
  • William L. Woodcock
  • David T. Woodwell
  • William H. Wormstead
  • Gardner C. Wright
  • George T. Wyer

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. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
  6. ^ a b c Court, Massachusetts General (1870). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40648.
  7. ^ "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1870" (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

Further reading

  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1870, hdl:2452/619059
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1870, hdl:2452/92952