1886 Massachusetts legislature

107th Massachusetts General Court
← 106th 108th →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Election	November 3, 1885
Senate
Members	40
President	Albert E. Pillsbury
Party control	Republican[1]
House
Members	240
Speaker	John Q. A. Brackett
Party control	Republican[2]
Sessions
1st January 6, 1886 (1886-01-06) – June 30, 1886 (1886-06-30) [3]

Albert Pillsbury, Senate president.

John Brackett, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1886.

The 107th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1886 during the governorship of George D. Robinson. Albert E. Pillsbury served as president of the Senate and John Q. A. Brackett served as speaker of the House.[4]

Senators

• Alpheus B. Alger[5]
• Francis Bigelow
• Eleazar Boynton
• William Cogswell
• William L. Douglas
• James R. Dunbar
• Charles B. Emerson
• William T. Forbes
• Charles A. Gleason
• John H. Gould
• Wesley A. Gove
• Levi J. Gunn
• John M. Harlow
• John J. Hayes
• Robert Howard
• Charles H. Howland
• Martin V. B. Jefferson
• Luman T. Jefts
• Edward D. G. Jones
• Frank W. Jones
• Allen L. Joslin
• Herbert C. Joyner
• Paul H. Kendricken
• Charles S. Lilley
• Samuel B. Locke
• Alexander McGahey
• Eben C. Milliken
• George W. Morrill
• Elijah A. Morse
• John R. Murphy
• Henry F. Naphen
• Howes Norris
• Henry S. Nourse
• Henry M. Phillips
• Albert E. Pillsbury
• Charles A. Reed
• Augustus E. Scott
• William H. Tappan
• Myron P. Walker
• Edward P. Wilbur

Representatives

• Julius Caesar Chappelle[6][7]

See also

• 49th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

References

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. "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
5. Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1886.
6. Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905
7. Alexandra Bernson (February 17, 2020), "Julius Caesar Chappelle and Black Boston", State Library of Massachusetts blog

Further reading

• "Massachusetts". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1886. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1889. hdl:2027/pst.000020100216 – via HathiTrust. (includes description of legislature)

External links

• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1886, hdl:2452/619075
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1886, hdl:2452/89622