1890 Massachusetts legislature

111th
Massachusetts General Court
←110th 112th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 5, 1889
Senate
Members40
PresidentHenry H. Sprague
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerWilliam Emerson Barrett
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 1, 1890 (1890-01-01) – July 2, 1890 (1890-07-02) [3]
Henry H. Sprague
Henry Sprague, Senate president.
William Emerson Barrett
William Barrett, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1890.

The 111th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1890 during the governorship of John Q. A. Brackett.[4] Henry H. Sprague served as president of the Senate and William Emerson Barrett served as speaker of the House.[5]

Senators

Image Name [6] Date of birth [7] District[8] Party
Edwin Baker January 18, 1843 Franklin
Joseph Mathias Bradley August 18, 1852 6th Essex
Arthur Butler Breed June 30, 1857 1st Essex
Benjamin F. Campbell September 12, 1834 1st Suffolk
William Henry Carberry February 22, 1851 8th Suffolk
Charles Carleton Coffin July 26, 1823 7th Suffolk Republican
Thomas Washburn Cook September 15, 1837 3rd Bristol
Michael James Creed August 28, 1856 6th Suffolk
William N. Davenport November 3, 1856 4th Middlesex Republican
Simeon Dodge July 11, 1815 2nd Essex
Edward J. Donovan March 15, 1864 3rd Suffolk Democratic
James Donovan May 28, 1859 4th Suffolk
James Fisher Dwinell July 23, 1825 1st Middlesex
Oscar Ely November 5, 1834 2nd Hampden
Alonzo H. Evans February 24, 1820 6th Middlesex Republican
Alfred Swift Fassett December 5, 1848 Berkshire and Hampshire
Lucius Field August 15, 1840 2nd Worcester
David Fisk May 6, 1838 Cape
George Henry Gammans May 5, 1842 2nd Suffolk
Willard Franklin Gleason December 24, 1846 1st Norfolk
William Hobbs Goodwin October 9, 1822 9th Suffolk
Charles Haggerty December 6, 1854 3rd Worcester
James H. Harlow September 11, 1814 2nd Plymouth
George D. Hart December 7, 1846 5th Essex
Henry Joseph Hosmer February 2, 1832 2nd Middlesex
Robert Howard February 8, 1845 2nd Bristol
Freeman Hunt September 4, 1855 3rd Middlesex
Alden Potter Jaques March 4, 1835 4th Essex
Aaron Low August 11, 1833 3rd Essex
Edwin Dickinson Metcalf March 14, 1848 1st Hampden
Hiram Abif Oakman April 10, 1827 1st Plymouth
Moses P. Palmer May 1, 1830 5th Middlesex
Henry Langdon Parker October 7, 1834 1st Worcester
Alfred Stamm Pinkerton March 19, 1856 4th Worcester
Oliver Wells Robbins August 20, 1812 Berkshire
Cyrus Savage September 2, 1832 1st Bristol
Henry H. Sprague August 1, 1841 5th Suffolk Republican
Charles E. Stevens April 21, 1843 Worcester and Hampshire
George Makepeace Towle August 27, 1841 2nd Norfolk Republican
Edward Morton Tucke May 3, 1840 7th Middlesex
Edwin F. Wyer September 28, 1832

Representatives

image Name [6] Date of birth [7] District Town Party
Moses C. Adams November 17, 1843 9th Norfolk Millis
John Albree March 14, 1829 18th Suffolk Boston
Jared F. Alden April 18, 1836 8th Plymouth Middleborough
Thomas Alden August 17, 1827 2nd Plymouth Duxbury
Jesse Allen May 23, 1847 5th Worcester Oakham
Richard B. Allen January 25, 1859 25th Middlesex Lowell
Charles H. Baker February 2, 1847 18th Essex Lynn Republican
William G. Baker June 9, 1845 23rd Suffolk Boston
Talcott Bancroft December 24, 1821 2nd Hampshire Chesterfield
Thomas E. Barker March 13, 1839 9th Middlesex Malden
Franklin O. Barnes November 11, 1841 26th Suffolk Chelsea Republican
William Emerson Barrett December 29, 1858 11th Middlesex Melrose Republican
Richard M. Barry June 5, 1863 6th Suffolk Boston
Charles Waldo Bates July 10, 1846 1st Worcester Phillipston
George E. Bemis October 23, 1855 5th Franklin Charlemont
Charles H. Bennett March 11, 1843 8th Hampden Springfield
Thomas W. Bicknell September 6, 1834 24th Suffolk Boston
Roswell Billings October 20, 1853 3rd Hampshire Hatfield
George H. Bond January 31, 1840 14th Suffolk Boston
Charles H. Boodey December 27, 1838 28th Middlesex Wayland
Robert H. Bowman September 26, 1855 17th Suffolk Boston
Henry W. Britton February 13, 1851 7th Norfolk Stoughton
James L. Brophy November 14, 1852 28th Middlesex Framingham
Otis S. Brown February 20, 1845 1st Middlesex Cambridge
Herman Buchholz November 23, 1839 8th Hampden Springfield
William P. Buckley August 15, 1859 4th Hampden Holyoke
Andrew J. Bucklin February 23, 1829 2nd Berkshire Adams
Walter Jesse David Bullock July 11, 1860 9th Bristol Fall River
James J. Burke March 4, 1862 12th Suffolk Boston
William M. Butler January 29, 1861 6th Bristol New Bedford Republican
Hiram Torrey Cady January 17, 1843 1st Berkshire North Adams
Patrick Cannon May 2, 1854 7th Suffolk Boston
George N. Carpenter January 26, 1840 2nd Norfolk Brookline
Horatio Carpenter September 11, 1833 1st Bristol Seekonk
Charles Ernest Carter June 1, 1850 24th Middlesex Lowell
Richard A. Carter February 16, 1862 5th Essex Lawrence
John S. Cate March 25, 1839 10th Middlesex Everett Republican
Ansel E. Chamberlin December 6, 1844 4th Berkshire Dalton
Sidney Horton Cheeseman August 11, 1843 5th Berkshire Becket
Ansel O. Clark October 17, 1834 6th Norfolk Braintree
Edwin T. Clark August 1, 1849 3rd Plymouth Hanson
George E. Clarke October 30, 1822 1st Barnstable Falmouth
Horace E. Clayton 1854 2nd Middlesex Cambridge
Alonzo Coburn October 16, 1821 27th Middlesex Hopkinton
Peter A. Conlin January 26, 1858 19th Worcester Worcester
Thomas H. Connell September 18, 1849 24th Middlesex Dracut
Morton E. Converse November 17, 1837 2nd Worcester Winchendon
Henry Cook April 4, 1835 14th Worcester Leominster
Louis A. Cook May 4, 1847 5th Norfolk Weymouth
George P. Cooke October 28, 1849 11th Worcester Milford
John William Coveney April 10, 1845 3rd Middlesex Cambridge
Robert Bruce Crane 1845 2nd Hampden Westfield
Lorenzo B. Crockett December 9, 1854 2nd Bristol Easton
Francis C. Curtis March 13, 1836 29th Middlesex Marlborough
Joseph A. Cushing December 24, 1846 5th Norfolk Weymouth
Nahum Sawin Cutler April 7, 1837 1st Franklin Greenfield
Frank William Dallinger June 5, 1852 4th Middlesex Cambridge Republican
Luther Dame March 3, 1826 8th Essex Newbury
Epes Davis March 14, 1824 10th Essex Gloucester
Everett Allen Davis October 11, 1857 16th Suffolk Boston
Joshua H. Davis November 3, 1814 5th Middlesex Somerville
Benjamin Day September 4, 1822 16th Essex Marblehead
Frederick B. Day March 20, 1843 1st Suffolk Boston
Herbert O. Delano July 7, 1847 1st Essex Merrimac
John W. Delano April 16, 1852 7th Plymouth Marion
Jeremiah Desmond May 2, 1853 16th Suffolk Boston
Henry S. Dewey 1856 21st Suffolk Boston Republican
Owen M. Donohoe October 21, 1861 23rd Middlesex Lowell
William B. Durant September 29, 1844 1st Middlesex Cambridge
J. Homer Edgerly May 5, 1844 3rd Suffolk Boston
Nathan Edson September 16, 1817 1st Barnstable Barnstable
John Edwards December 23, 1852 8th Bristol Fall River
George D. Eldredge December 17, 1858 5th Hampden Chicopee
S. Hopkins Emery August 22, 1815 3rd Bristol Taunton
John W. Fairbanks October 12, 1843 12th Worcester Westborough
James M. Farnum 1822 10th Worcester Uxbridge
Warren Fenno December 2, 1854 27th Suffolk Revere
Myron J. Ferren August 16, 1836 12th Middlesex Stoneham
Alfred Frary Field June 16, 1843 4th Franklin Leverett
Joseph Henry Fletcher September 26, 1844 16th Middlesex Belmont
Charles W. Flint May 3, 1827 20th Middlesex Chelmsford
Carlos M. Gage July 21, 1849 9th Hampden Monson
Michael J. Garvey May 27, 1859 21st Middlesex Lowell
John F. Gillespie April 18, 1855 6th Suffolk Boston
Gorham D. Gilman May 29, 1822 17th Middlesex Newton
Edward B. Glasgow 23rd Worcester Worcester
Edward A. Goddard 1845 2nd Franklin Orange
Frank T. Goodhue January 20, 1854 9th Essex Ipswich
Moses C. Goodnow June 20, 1846 4th Worcester Princeton
David E. Gould April 14, 1863 26th Suffolk Chelesa
Robert S. Gray September 28, 1847 7th Norfolk Walpole
Charles Greene May 10, 1840 6th Essex Andover
William S. Greenough August 25, 1843 13th Middlesex Wakefield
Lewis G. Grossman May 6, 1843 19th Suffolk Boston
William M. Hale June 26, 1820 3rd Bristol Taunton
Aaron C. Handley October 7, 1823 30th Middlesex Acton
Charles H. Hanson July 7, 1844 24th Middlesex Lowell
Emerson G. Harrington September 21, 1845 6th Berkshire Egremont
James W. Harvey April 10, 1844 25th Suffolk Boston
Elihu B. Hayes April 26, 1848 18th Essex Lynn Republican
James B. Hayes February 24, 1858 12th Suffolk Boston
Augustus Hemenway 1853 4th Norfolk Canton
Charles W. Henderson June 3, 1842 4th Middlesex Cambridge
Edward E. Herrod November 4, 1857 10th Plymouth Brockton
John E. Heslan November 11, 1854 22nd Suffolk Boston
John Hildreth October 18, 1851 3rd Hampden Holyoke
Stanley B. Hildreth June 8, 1845 13th Worcester Harvard
Arthur G. Hill December 6, 1841 1st Hampshire Northampton
Langdon H. Holder March 10, 1846 20th Essex Lynn
Dwight H. Hollister October 24, 1834 1st Hampden Southwick
George Mitchell Hooper September 1, 1838 9th Plymouth Bridgewater
John F. Howard March 24, 1843 4th Essex Lawrence
Willard Howland December 3, 1852 27th Suffolk Chelsea
John H. Hulford November 11, 1841 5th Essex Lawrence
William W. Hunt May 15, 1842 3rd Franklin Wendell
John T. Hurley October 26, 1855 8th Bristol Fall River
Henry H. Johnson March 24, 1840 2nd Essex Haverhill
Charlie A. Jones September 9, 1847 14th Middlesex Woburn
Chester Kellogg December 27, 1830 4th Hampden Granby
David B. Kempton April 25, 1818 5th Bristol New Bedford
George Kendall March 1, 1839 2nd Worcester Gardner
P. J. Kennedy January 14, 1858 2nd Suffolk Boston Democratic
Frederick M. Kilmer February 8, 1852 7th Middlesex Somerville
Henry Albert Kimball May 3, 1842 1st Hampshire Northampton
John W. Kimball February 27, 1828 15th Worcester Fitchburg Republican
Rufus Kimball March 13, 1829 19th Essex Lynn
Albert C. Kirby March 17, 1841 7th Bristol Westport
Francis W. Kittredge June 4, 1843 21st Suffolk Boston
Nathaniel W. Ladd January 7, 1848 10th Suffolk Boston
Hiram B. Lane August 17, 1824 6th Hampden Springfield
Andrew Berkley Lattimore[9] August 4, 1852 9th Suffolk Boston
Horace G. Leslie April 13, 1842 1st Essex Amesbury
James A. Lewis May 20, 1834 4th Bristol Fairhaven
James D. Lincoln 1823 8th Norfolk Wrentham
Stephen S. Littlefield August 8, 1848 21st Essex Peabody
Joseph P. Lomasney March 10, 1863 8th Suffolk Boston Democratic
Lewis P. Loring July 10, 1822 4th Plymouth Hull
Haile R. Luther February 7, 1838 5th Bristol New Bedford
John B. Lynch April 13, 1858 15th Suffolk Boston
Henry Stephen Lyons November 21, 1865 1st Berkshire North Adams
Joseph B. Maccabe November 19, 1857 1st Suffolk Boston
John Macfarlane June 11, 1841 19th Essex Lynn
Pardon Macomber February 9, 1833 9th Bristol Fall River
William Mahanna November 25, 1854 3rd Berkshire Lenox
Cornelius B. Marchant November 14, 1815 1st Dukes Edgartown
Peter J. McDonald May 3, 1860 4th Berkshire Pittsfield
John H. McDonough March 29, 1857 20th Suffolk Boston
John James McDonough March 15, 1857 8th Bristol Fall River
Thomas O. McEnaney October 23, 1857 2nd Suffolk Boston
Michael J. McEttrick June 22, 1848 20th Suffolk Boston Democratic
John McFethries 1830 7th Hampden Springfield
Daniel McLaughlin 1847 7th Suffolk Boston
Jeremiah J. McNamara December 5, 1864 13th Suffolk Boston
William S. McNary March 29, 1863 15th Suffolk Boston Democratic
William E. Meade August 2, 1839 14th Essex Salem
Robert F. Means August 22, 1838 14th Suffolk Boston
George W. Miller September 9, 1852 6th Hampden Springfield
Charles S. Millet January 29, 1858 5th Plymouth Rockland
Henry S. Milton September 28, 1855 18th Middlesex Waltham
Michael J. Mitchell July 29, 1855 3rd Suffolk Boston
Hiram A. Monk July 16, 1829 11th Plymouth Brockton
Charles Moore June 13, 1831 18th Middlesex Waltham
Michael J. Moore September 23, 1863 13th Suffolk Boston
Louis E. P. Moreau February 25, 1857 6th Worcester Spencer
David F. Moreland August 30, 1857 14th Middlesex Woburn
Eugene Michael Moriarty April 15, 1849 18th Worcester Worcester
Frank Morison March 18, 1844 9th Suffolk Boston
Lyman Morse February 24, 1837 12th Worcester Berlin
Edward Mott June 19, 1830 3rd Bristol Taunton
George N. Munsell December 14, 1835 2nd Barnstable Harwich
Michael Joseph Murray June 18, 1867 15th Worcester Fitchburg
John Henry Norcross October 20, 1841 8th Middlesex Medford
John O'Brien October 1, 1855 24th Suffolk Boston
Henry P. Oakman June 27, 1831 4th Essex Lawrence
John Parkhurst December 30, 1826 7th Essex Boxford
Wellington Evarts Parkhurst January 19, 1835 13th Worcester Clinton
Oren B. Parks December 28, 1846 2nd Hampden Westfield
Alfred W. Paul August 5, 1822 10th Bristol Dighton
Alonzo Penney September 23, 1835 20th Essex Lynn
Augustus G. Perkins June 20, 1846 18th Suffolk Boston
Benjamin F. Peterson October 11, 1836 6th Plymouth Whitman
Benjamin P. Pickering February 22, 1844 13th Essex Salem
Wilbur Howard Powers January 22, 1849 3rd Norfolk Hyde Park
Edward W. Presho May 29, 1859 5th Suffolk Boston
Winfield F. Prime November 22, 1860 4th Suffolk Boston Republican
Lewis C. Prindle March 18, 1847 7th Worcester Charlton
James Quigley November 11, 1839 11th Worcester Mendon
Josiah Quincy VI October 15, 1859 5th Norfolk Quincy Democratic
Patrick James Quinn June 4, 1843 20th Worcester Worcester
Andrew J. Rady May 1, 1853 2nd Middlesex Cambridge
Frederick J. Ranlett November 17, 1857 17th Middlesex Newton
Francis Henry Raymond February 19, 1836 6th Middlesex
William H. Rice 1841 17th Worcester Worcester
Richard A. Rich October 19, 1844 3rd Barnstable Truro
Arthur C. Richardson October 31, 1837 8th Essex Newburyport
William R. Rowell March 19, 1844 3rd Essex Methuen
Willis R. Russ October 30, 1854 19th Suffolk Boston
John J. Salter January 11, 1856 17th Essex Lynn
Horace H. Sanders August 27, 1835 10th Hampden Palmer
Alpheus Sanford July 5, 1856 17th Suffolk Boston
George P. Sanger Jr. September 6, 1852 11th Suffolk Boston
Nathan H. Sears November 28, 1830 9th Worcester Millbury
Robert K. Sears August 29, 1844 22nd Essex Danvers
Everett F. Sherman 1826 1st Plymouth Plymouth
Anthony Smalley March 15, 1836 1st Nantucket Nantucket
Philo Smith 1820 7th Berkshire Otis
William D. Sohier October 22, 1858 12th Essex Beverly
William B. Sprout 1859 22nd Worcester Worcester
Stephen Stanley June 11, 1842 1st Bristol North Attleborough
William H. Stearns April 11, 1850 15th Essex Salem
Isaac Newton Story November 30, 1834 10th Essex Gloucester
Martin L. Stover October 22, 1837 3rd Essex Haverhill
Edward Sullivan August 14, 1844 10 Suffolk Boston
John H. Sullivan June 24, 1850 8th Suffolk Boston
George N. Swallow January 2, 1854 5th Suffolk Boston
James M. Swallow April 14, 1821 31st Middlesex Dunstable
Edgar Sidney Taft June 30, 1853 10th Essex Gloucester
Harrison O. Thomas June 28, 1840 12th Plymouth Brockton
Lysander Thurston May 25, 1837 5th Hampshire Enfield
Edwin A. Tibbetts April 24, 1840 17th Essex Lynn
Frank B. Tilton March 15, 1840 26th Middlesex Natick
Hermon C. Tower March 8, 1843 29th Middlesex Hudson
Pelatiah R. Tripp August 15, 1842 23rd Suffolk Boston
John S. True[a] October 22, 1828 Woburn
George F. Tucker January 19, 1852 6th Bristol New Bedford
George Keyes Tufts October 17, 1841 5th Worcester New Braintree
Henry Edward Turner May 4, 1842 9th Middlesex Malden Republican
William H. H. Tuttle August 17, 1845 15th Middlesex Arlington
Daniel H. Varnum February 11, 1850 22nd Middlesex Lowell
James S. Wallace October 17, 1846 11th Essex Rockport
Jacob Otis Wardwell March 14, 1857 2nd Essex Haverhill
Richard H. Warren March 9, 1854 8th Worcester Auburn
Henry C. Wheaton May 25, 1839 16th Worcester Worcester
Charles S. Wheeler June 11, 1851 19th Middlesex Lincoln
Walter Adams Wheeler August 14, 1850 3rd Worcester Rutland
Franklin B. White 1837 21st Worcester Worcester
George F. Williams July 10, 1852 1st Norfolk Dedham Democratic
Frank E. Winslow May 16, 1852 11th Suffolk Boston
Daniel S. Woodman April 12, 1842 8th Norfolk Medway
Charles F. Worcester February 25, 1859 32nd Middlesex Townsend
Ira A. Worth October 23, 1828 4th Suffolk Boston

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Died January 3.

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. ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1890, 1890 – via Google Books
  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 Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1890 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1890" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ Manual, pp. 452–53.
  9. ^ 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: 1890, hdl:2452/429106
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1890, hdl:2452/83196