1897 Massachusetts legislature

118th
Massachusetts General Court
←117th 119th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 3, 1896
Senate
Members40
PresidentGeorge P. Lawrence
Party controlRepublican (35–5)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJohn L. Bates
Party controlRepublican (202–38)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 6, 1897 (1897-01-06) – June 12, 1897 (1897-06-12) [3]
George P. Lawrence
George Lawrence, Senate president.
John L. Bates
John Bates, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1897.

The 118th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1897 during the governorship of Roger Wolcott. George P. Lawrence served as president of the Senate and John L. Bates served as speaker of the House.[4]

The 1897 legislature is the high-water mark for the Massachusetts Republican Party, which held 35 seats in the Senate and 202 in the House. Republicans have not surpassed either number since, though they would match their high of 35 Senate seats again in 1920.[1][2]

Senators

image name [5] date of birth [6] district
James Alderson Bailey Jr. March 25, 1867
Harding R. Barber December 20, 1839
Albert F. Barker October 24, 1859
Lewis H. Bartlett April 2, 1854
William R. Black August 23, 1830
Edward S. Bradford December 1, 1842
William Hartwell Brigham February 1, 1863
William H. Cook January 7, 1843
Ellery B. Crane November 12, 1836
Frederick W. Dallinger October 2, 1871
William W. Davis August 8, 1862
James H. Derbyshire June 11, 1855
Noble W. Everett February 20, 1827
Joseph Byron Farley October 10, 1847
James H. Flint June 25, 1852
Charles E. Folsom February 24, 1855
James A. Gallivan October 22, 1866
John Dennis Hammond Gauss January 4, 1861
Clarke Partridge Harding June 20, 1853
Albert L. Harwood September 10, 1847
James E. Hayes August 10, 1865
Joshua B. Holden March 5, 1850
Richard William Irwin February 18, 1857
Dwight H. Ives January 28, 1837
Erastus Jones September 11, 1825
George P. Lawrence May 19, 1859
Martin Lomasney December 3, 1859
William Moran September 6, 1855
William A. Morse July 27, 1863
Henry Parsons February 2, 1842
John Jacob Prevaux March 16, 1857
George E. Putnam February 9, 1851
John Quinn, Jr. December 16, 1859
Ernest W. Roberts November 22, 1858
Alfred Seelye Roe June 8, 1844
George Edwin Smith April 5, 1849
Rufus Albertson Soule 1839
William W. Towle August 21, 1860
John Loring Woodfall September 15, 1847
Charles F. Woodward November 19, 1852

Representatives

image name [5] date of birth [6] district
Albert E. Addis May 4, 1864
Benjamin C. Ames December 20, 1859
Richard F. Andrews, Jr April 13, 1863
Julius C. Anthony September 24, 1856
Edward R. Ashley May 15, 1824
Henry C. Attwill March 11, 1872
Gustavus Atwood November 18, 1843
Thomas C. Bachelder November 6, 1860
Charles O. Bailey January 24, 1863
Horace P. Bailey March 3, 1840
John E. Baldwin June 26, 1869
Frank W. Barnard January 3, 1853
Franklin O. Barnes November 11, 1841
George H. Bartlett September 6, 1857
Jonathan B. L. Bartlett October 11, 1849
John L. Bates September 18, 1859
Charles O. Beede December 29, 1840
Henry A. Belcher August 6, 1845
Scott F. Bickford November 14, 1864
Osgood C. Blaney January 20, 1860
John Bleiler May 9, 1837
Henry H. Bosworth March 16, 1868
Harvey L. Boutwell April 5, 1860
Walter L. Bouve October 28, 1849
Henry J. Boyd May 9, 1831
Cary C. Bradford February 8, 1855
Manassah Edward Bradley August 15, 1863
Charles Donnell Brown June 5, 1862
Charles E. Brown November 18, 1850
George A. Brown November 24, 1854
Joseph G. Brown January 19, 1825
Aaron R. Bunting August 26, 1833
Clement F. Burr January 22, 1849
Ernest W. Calkins December 25, 1855
Edward B. Callender February 23, 1851
Andrew Campbell May 3, 1826
Leonard B. Chandler August 29, 1851
William D. Chapple August 6, 1868
George F. Chase December 11, 1851
James B. Clancy May 26, 1868
Albert B. Clark June 5, 1854
Albert Clarke October 13, 1840
Samuel Cole December 15, 1856
James W. Coleman March 17, 1855
Walter S. V. Cooke August 12, 1851
George W. Coombs November 4, 1837
Edward A. Cowee July 23, 1857
Fred E. Crawford July 7, 1857
Charles C. Crocker August 21, 1831
Thomas W. Crocker December 27, 1832
Alfred R. Crosby August 30, 1838
Richard Cullinane February 2, 1859
Nelson P. Cummings April 27, 1847
Daniel J. Curley April 2, 1841
William Curtis August 8, 1857
Daniel W. Davis October 3, 1846
William Ripley Davis March 8, 1862
Cornelius R. Day December 29, 1847
Charles Leroy Dean May 29, 1844
Thomas M. Denham February 2, 1840
Robert F. Denvir September 8, 1840
John B. Dewing January 28, 1835
David T. Dickinson August 13, 1867
Richard Dobbins June 2, 1845
Thomas Donahue August 20, 1853
Jeremiah F. Donovan May 10, 1856
Thomas J. Dooling January 28, 1868
James M. Douglass February 24, 1839
Daniel M. Driscoll January 2, 1861
Hugo A. Dubuque November 3, 1854
A. Glendon Dyar August 4, 1860
Freeman O. Emerson January 12, 1859
A. Edwin Enberg September 9, 1866
Eugene B. Estes December 7, 1850
Frank W. Estey December 16, 1866
George S. Evans September 12, 1841
E. Walter Everett April 11, 1864
Wilson H. Fairbank April 3, 1836
John J. Falvey May 26, 1864
Francis F. Farrar January 10, 1833
John J. Feneno March 24, 1866
George E. Fisher January 22, 1823
E. Knowlton Fogg October 24, 1837
Albert T. Folsom November 9, 1831
Otis Foss October 4, 1838
Frank W. Francis September 16, 1857
George G. Frederick January 14, 1867
George F. Fuller March 8, 1842
Charles W. Gale October 3, 1846
Jefferson C. Gallison August 8, 1841
John J. Gardner February 23, 1853
Samuel Wesley George April 26, 1862
Emery B. Gibbs October 23, 1862
Moses D. Gilman May 23, 1846
Otis M. Gove May 3, 1851
Oliver S. Grant April 30, 1866
James Wilson Grimes November 21, 1865
Almon E. Hall December 6, 1846
Amos E. Hall July 6, 1838
Luther Hall November 5, 1842
Frederick Hammond February 27, 1847
Frederic Hanson May 2, 1835
Edward H. Harding April 17, 1854
Joseph M. Harrington July 26, 1828
Frederic W. Hathaway March 6, 1836
William Henry Irving Hayes June 21, 1848
Albert F. Hayward January 24, 1840
Charles E. Hoag September 18, 1849
Charles E. Hosmer May 25, 1837
Walter F. Howard September 20, 1855
Rufus Howe September 28, 1837
Edward H. Hoyt July 11, 1849
Franklin E. Huntress April 19, 1866
Charles Hiller Innes August 6, 1870
John W. Johnson June 14, 1856
George R. Jones February 8, 1862
Melville D. Jones September 25, 1842
William A. Josselyn February 8, 1856
James Keenan March 4, 1850
Thomas F. Keenan March 11, 1854
John A. Keliher November 6, 1866
John L. Kelly March 29, 1869
George H. Kelton September 20, 1861
Thomas W. Kenefick September 17, 1855
Patrick J. Kennedy March 20, 1862
David T. King January 19, 1864
William A. Lang May 26, 1836
James Lawrence March 23, 1853
James H. Leary November 28, 1868
Ottho William Lewis July 17, 1853
Charles F. Light August 1, 1860
Warren J. Livermore January 5, 1835
Alexander Lockhart December 22, 1854
Francis Cabot Lowell January 7, 1855
Albert W. Lyon March 1, 1869
John E. Magenis May 5, 1873
Jeremiah E. Mahoney November 8, 1864
Forrest C. Manchester September 11, 1859
William H. Marden May 30, 1843
Lyman Mason April 4, 1838
Arthur A. Maxwell January 24, 1858
Will W. Mayhew January 15, 1857
Benjamin W. Mayo April 17, 1836
Jeremiah Justin McCarthy March 29, 1852
George M. McClain March 9, 1842
John E. McClellan September 5, 1847
James S. McKenna January 11, 1864
Levi G. McKnight April 30, 1843
John A. McManus March 9, 1860
George F. Mead May 22, 1854
George W. Mellen May 11, 1837
William H. Mellen November 9, 1842
John M. Merriam September 20, 1862
Charles E. Mills December 28, 1847
Charles P. Mills August 22, 1853
Eugene Michael Moriarty April 15, 1849
William L. Morse May 1, 1849
James J. Myers November 20, 1842
Joseph O. Neill January 31, 1838
Edward B. Nevin November 10, 1858
Thaddeus H. Newcomb March 15, 1826
George H. Norton May 28, 1863
B. Alden Nourse July 19, 1836
Frank J. O'Toole October 13, 1867
William Odlin April 5, 1865
John B. Packard February 22, 1837
Herbert C. Parsons January 15, 1862
Joseph E. Pattee April 24, 1843
Francis C. Perry June 27, 1853
Frank H. Pervere March 24, 1831
Lemuel W. Peters July 29, 1860
Franklin F. Phillips December 21, 1852
Edward L. Pickard December 25, 1834
Edward L. Pierce March 29, 1829
Oliver K. Pierce January 27, 1835
John H. Ponce November 1, 1857
Burrill Porter February 22, 1832
William H. Porter May 8, 1856
Thomas Post August 16, 1834
John A. Powers September 15, 1853
David G. Pratt November 7, 1848
Nicolas M. Quint July 18, 1838
Charles I. Quirk August 15, 1871
James P. Ramsay April 30, 1861
Silas Dean Reed June 25, 1872
William Louis Reed[7] April 5, 1866
Michael J. Reidy August 8, 1870
George M. Rice October 20, 1843
Clinton Q. Richmond December 17, 1859
Atherton W. Rogers August 10, 1848
Samuel Ross February 2, 1865
Daniel D. Rourke July 16, 1869
Edward T. Rowell 1836
Michael L. Russell December 15, 1860
Howard K. Sanderson July 10, 1865
Frank P. Sargent November 4, 1854
Tristram T. Savory September 19, 1834
William H. Severance January 12, 1857
Charles S. Shattuck June 5, 1840
David B. Shaw August 20, 1870
John F. Sheehan September 2, 1861
P. Howard Shirley August 15, 1857
William E. Skillings October 23, 1843
George B. Smart February 25, 1835
Harvey C. Smith November 20, 1847
Henry R. Smith October 7, 1842
Mark E. Smith June 22, 1871
Cyrus Spaulding April 17, 1835
Hugh L. Stalker December 31, 1857
Fred D. Stanley October 17, 1863
Edward A. Stevens December 9, 1841
John M. Stevenson August 31, 1846
Joseph I. Stewart April 25, 1847
Joseph W. Stocker April 6, 1824
Willmore B. Stone June 24, 1853
Cornelius F. Sullivan June 15, 1865
Simon S. Sullivan August 5, 1868
Peter Francis Tague June 4, 1871
James Thompson May 18, 1848
Henry Thrasher May 29, 1837
Charles W. Tilton April 6, 1836
John J. Toomey September 18, 1868
Charles E. Trow April 18, 1833
J. Gilman Waite March 20, 1837
Charles G. Washburn January 28, 1857
Eben C. Waterman March 1, 1840
Otis V. Waterman August 13, 1834
William W. Waterman December 4, 1831
Jackson Webster March 14, 1849
George W. Whidden June 15, 1858
Horace C. White January 26, 1836
Zadoc L. White December 29, 1854
James Whitehead December 20, 1857
William A. Whittlesey February 21, 1849
Francis O. Winslow March 20, 1844
Alva S. Wood May 12, 1828
John A. Woodbury August 22, 1836
Daniel S. Woodman April 12, 1842
Joseph W. Woodman January 25, 1847
Willie C. Young May 28, 1848

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1897 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1897" (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

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