1894 Massachusetts legislature

115th
Massachusetts General Court
←114th 116th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 7, 1893
Senate
Members40
PresidentWilliam M. Butler
Party controlRepublican (33–7)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerGeorge von Lengerke Meyer
Party controlRepublican (183–56–1)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 3, 1894 (1894-01-03) – July 2, 1894 (1894-07-02)[3]
William M. Butler
William Butler, Senate president.
George von Lengerke Meyer
George von Lengerke Meyer, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1894.

The 115th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1894 during the governorship of Frederic T. Greenhalge. William M. Butler served as president of the Senate and George von Lengerke Meyer served as speaker of the House.[4]

Senators

image name [5] date of birth [6] district
Edward B. Atwood May 13, 1845 1st Plymouth
James Lewis Austin March 19, 1851 1st Bristol
Joseph F. Bartlett July 25, 1843 Franklin
Francis T. Berry August 18, 1849 2nd Essex
Eugene A. Bessom June 11, 1855 1st Essex
Ledyard Bill 1836 3rd Worcester
S. Stillman Blanchard June 23, 1835 7th Suffolk
Peter Joseph Brady October 29, 1861 7th Middlesex
Charles F. Brown October 21, 1848 6th Middlesex
William P. Buckley August 15, 1859 2nd Hampden
Albert S. Burnham September 25, 1850 1st Suffolk
William M. Butler January 29, 1861 3rd Bristol
Maurice F. Coughlin December 29, 1856 4th Middlesex
John F. Cronan April 9, 1856 8th Suffolk
William B. Durant September 29, 1844 3rd Middlesex
John F. Fitzgerald February 11, 1863 3rd Suffolk
Edward G. Frothingham August 12, 1837 4th Essex
George L. Gage February 6, 1845 6th Essex
Robert S. Gray September 28, 1847 2nd Norfolk
George Henry Bartlett Green December 15, 1845 Worcester and Hampshire
Edwin B. Harvey April 4, 1834 2nd Worcester
Gilbert L. Jewett December 22, 1839 Berkshire
John Kenrick Jr. October 25, 1857 Cape
Francis W. Kittredge June 4, 1843 9th Suffolk
William B. Lawrence November 15, 1856 1st Middlesex
Edward Joseph Leary May 27, 1860 6th Suffolk
Edwin Francis Lyford September 8, 1857 1st Hampden
John Flint Merrill January 16, 1849 1st Norfolk
Joel D. Miller October 10, 1837 4th Worcester
Henry S. Milton September 28, 1855 2nd Middlesex
Hiram A. Monk July 16, 1829 2nd Plymouth
Jeremiah Henry Mullane August 15, 1852 4th Suffolk
Joseph O. Neill January 31, 1838 2nd Bristol
John B. Ripley July 8, 1849 Berkshire and Hampshire
Stephen Salisbury III March 31, 1835 1st Worcester
George P. Sanger September 6, 1852 5th Suffolk
Samuel L. Sawyer June 20, 1845 5th Essex
Elisha H. Shaw September 29, 1847 5th Middlesex
Sylvanus Smith March 10, 1829 3rd Essex
George N. Swallow January 2, 1854 2nd Suffolk

Representatives

image name [5] date of birth [6] district
John E. Abbott November 30, 1845
Walter Adams May 15, 1848
John Clark Alden April 4, 1836
Newell D. Atwood April 6, 1866
John Edward Bacon 1837
James Alderson Bailey Jr. March 25, 1867
Charles Grey Bancroft December 3, 1866
Solon Bancroft June 22, 1839
Albert F. Barker October 24, 1859
Charles Waldo Bates July 10, 1846
Frederick H. Bates September 15, 1857
John L. Bates September 18, 1859
Amos Beckford March 13, 1828
Frank P. Bennett May 2, 1853
Frank S. Bennett May 12, 1857
George H. Bixby February 21, 1854
Frederic Wright Bliss October 14, 1852
Henry Clay Bliss May 5, 1846
Edward F. Blodgett August 9, 1848
Dwight Boardman October 23, 1835
Edward S. Bradford December 1, 1842
Fred H. Bradford July 13, 1850
Pharcellus Dean Bridges December 21, 1846
Thomas A. Brooks December 22, 1858
Robert C. Brown November 5, 1867
George H. Buck March 31, 1843
Walter Jesse David Bullock July 11, 1860
William H. Burges November 3, 1835
Jason Butler 1847
Allen Francis Carpenter February 28, 1842
Charles W. Carroll November 1, 1863
Daniel C. Casey August 10, 1867
Joseph J. Casey December 25, 1863
Frank Cass September 14, 1857
Charles Sydney Chase January 10, 1840
Dwight Chester March 2, 1835
Philip Embury Clarke September 11, 1837
Daniel H. Coakley December 10, 1865
Samuel Coffin October 9, 1827
Henry C. Comins April 11, 1837
Heman S. Cook May 13, 1840
James Oliver Cook August 22, 1842
Marcus C. Cook March 14, 1827
Erastus C. Coy July 25, 1831
Charles H. Crane May 8, 1845
Myron D. Cressy October 30, 1851
Arthur B. Curtis November 30, 1854
George P. Cutler December 7, 1829
Frederick W. Dallinger October 2, 1871
Francis W. Darling December 16, 1852
Benjamin Day September 4, 1822
Charles W. Delvey January 13, 1848
William D. Dennis October 11, 1847
James H. Derbyshire June 11, 1855
Owen M. Donohoe October 21, 1861
William F. Donovan December 29, 1866
William J. Donovan October 31, 1862
James Joseph Dowd July 4, 1857
James H. Doyle June 17, 1867
William H. Drew March 27, 1855
Robert Duddy 1847
George Morton Eddy August 5, 1843
Alpheus M. Eldredge January 25, 1828
Edward James Harris Estabrooks April 16, 1841
George C. Ewing January 15, 1843
Thomas F. Fallon December 7, 1857
Joseph Byron Farley October 10, 1847
Philip J. Farley January 3, 1864
Charles Favreau January 31, 1851
James H. Ferguson July 12, 1851
Clarentine E. Ferson May 19, 1845
Eugene Finn July 16, 1863
Henry H. Fisk June 5, 1843
James H. Flint June 25, 1852
Cornelius J. Flynn March 21, 1848
Ether S. Foss June 10, 1834
Granville Edward Foss August 16, 1842
Otis Foss October 4, 1838
George E. Fowle July 4, 1837
Granville Austin Fuller March 13, 1837
George A. Galloupe October 28, 1850
John Dennis Hammond Gauss January 4, 1861
Michael P. Geary August 16, 1868
Samuel Wesley George April 26, 1862
Charles Giddings May 10, 1867
James Love Gillingham July 12, 1857
James F. Gleason August 8, 1862
Samuel S. Gleason May 1, 1842
Edwin D. Goodell August 16, 1842
William T. Graham February 1, 1861
Alexander Grant September 26, 1853
Charles Greene May 10, 1840
Thomas Ellwood Grover February 9, 1846
John Haigh November 17, 1839
Edward A. Hale January 11, 1850
Charles L. Hammond September 1, 1860
Noah Hammond February 8, 1833
Clarke Partridge Harding June 20, 1853
Franklin P. Harlow
Charles H. Hartshorn March 25, 1840
Benjamin C. Harvey September 4, 1847
Arthur Hastings December 9, 1846
Bowers C. Hathaway March 18, 1823
Frederic W. Hathaway March 6, 1836
James E. Hayes August 10, 1865
Richard J. Hayes October 4, 1861
William Henry Irving Hayes June 21, 1848
George A. Hibbard October 27, 1864
George C. Higgins November 19, 1845
John J. Hoar June 1, 1864
Timothy Holland July 12, 1865
Solon O. Holt December 11, 1839
Henry Augustine Howard May 2, 1842
Louis P. Howe May 29, 1858
Edwin A. Hubbard November 26, 1848
Henry D. Humphrey June 20, 1861
William H. Hutchinson March 26, 1834
Richard William Irwin February 18, 1857
Dwight H. Ives January 28, 1837
William S. Jenks December 1, 1855
Edward P. Johnson October 21, 1844
George R. Jones February 8, 1862
Cyrus Anson Jordan April 7, 1859
Orrin F. Joslin December 14, 1831
S. Smith Joy April 21, 1841
John Kelley November 21, 1855
Joseph J. Kelley February 22, 1868
John E. Kellogg July 2, 1845
Daniel J. Kinnaly May 8, 1855
Arthur Shimmin Kneil May 6, 1861
Joseph Brewster Knox December 12, 1828
Howard G. Lane December 15, 1850
James Cushing Leach June 11, 1831
William A. Lenihan December 12, 1862
Ottho William Lewis July 17, 1853
Oliver C. Livermore July 21, 1838
Henry Goodwin Loomis August 8, 1842
George E. Lovett February 27, 1849
Irenaeus H. Low December 15, 1847
Timothy P. Lyman August 6, 1834
John M. Lynch November 26, 1860
John A. Macomber, 2d January 25, 1849
Patrick Mahan March 15, 1840
John J. Mahoney April 13, 1860
Dana Malone October 8, 1857
William P. Martin July 30, 1858
Jeremiah Justin McCarthy March 29, 1852
William Henry McInerney March 17, 1866
Hugh McLaughlin April 18, 1852
William Henry McMorrow March 23, 1871
James F. Melaven November 19, 1858
James H. Mellen November 7, 1845
Matthew H. Merriam August 16, 1824
Oliver B. Merrill January 11, 1836
Marcus M. Merritt April 1, 1839
George von Lengerke Meyer June 24, 1858
Edwin Child Miller December 1, 1857
Joseph F. Mooney May 21, 1866
William Moran September 6, 1855
Eugene Michael Moriarty April 15, 1849
Charles Otis Morrill February 10, 1851
Alvertus W. Morse January 21, 1841
Daniel Murphy September 25, 1843
James Stuart Murphy September 5, 1860
John L. Murphy May 8, 1863
Timothy F. Murphy August 9, 1864
James J. Myers November 20, 1842
Melvin S. Nash August 3, 1857
George H. Newhall October 24, 1850
John B. Newhall October 1, 1862
Jarvis Norcott December 17, 1823
Michael J. O'Brien November 9, 1855
Theodore K. Parker September 3, 1841
John E. Parry July 3, 1854
John E. Perry June 20, 1832
Carlton T. Phelps October 13, 1867
Edward W. Pinkham February 9, 1839
Joseph B. Poor June 7, 1850
Burrill Porter February 22, 1832
J. Frank Porter April 8, 1847
John Jacob Prevaux March 16, 1857
John Quinn, Jr. December 16, 1859
Nicolas M. Quint July 18, 1838
Samuel Miner Raymond June 30, 1842
Charles R. Read
Clarence E. Richardson May 13, 1847
John S. Richardson August 25, 1855
Robert A. Richardson 1840
Royal Robbins December 12, 1865
Ernest W. Roberts November 22, 1858
Alfred Seelye Roe June 8, 1844
Alfred V. Rogerson August 24, 1840
Isaac Rosnosky November 6, 1846
Samuel Ross February 2, 1865
Charles P. Rugg August 12, 1827
Thomas A. Russell June 17, 1858
Martin F. Ryder November 1, 1854
Henry F. Sampson May 12, 1835
George Melville Scates September 30, 1841
Chester B. Scudder October 6, 1844
William P. Searls June 3, 1851
John Timothy Shea February 14, 1866
Joseph Lucien Shipley March 31, 1836
Charles Francis Shute June 17, 1838
Henry Young Simpson September 13, 1843
David F. Slade November 5, 1855
Anthony Smalley March 15, 1836
Clayton D. Smith March 31, 1857
George L. Soule March 25, 1832
Warren F. Spalding January 14, 1841
William Henry Sprague June 27, 1845
Arthur L. Spring February 25, 1858
Thomas E. St. John March 2, 1831
Charles F. Sturtevant March 31, 1848
James J. Sullivan December 22, 1865
Richard Sullivan February 24, 1856
James Francis Sweeney September 19, 1859
Robert T. Teamoh[7] 1864
Eben F. Thompson January 29, 1859
James Atherton Tilden December 6, 1835
Cornelius H. Toland November 2, 1868
William Tolman June 2, 1858
Isaac Brownell Tompkins August 17, 1826
Daniel P. Toomey March 16, 1861
William M. Townsend August 24, 1845
Jacob Tucker December 23, 1835
Michael Tuite June 29, 1853
John E. Tuttle November 3, 1835
Charles Henry Utley November 27, 1857
Stephen Cady Warriner August 25, 1839
Arthur Holbrook Wellman October 30, 1855
George L. Wentworth May 24, 1852
Thomas Weston September 23, 1826
William H. Wheeler September 4, 1848
George E. White June 13, 1849
Henry A. Whitney July 1, 1842
Eugene W. Wood May 10, 1832
Frank C. Wood September 20, 1849
Alfred A. Woodbury November 26, 1862
John Loring Woodfall September 15, 1847

See also

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. 2005. p. 338+.
  5. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1894 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1894" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  7. ^ 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: 1894, hdl:2452/429111
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1894, hdl:2452/83200