1898 Massachusetts legislature

119th
Massachusetts General Court
←118th 120th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 2, 1897
Senate
Members40
PresidentGeorge Edwin Smith
Party controlRepublican (33–7)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJohn L. Bates
Party controlRepublican (181–57)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 5, 1898 (1898-01-05) – June 23, 1898 (1898-06-23) [3]
George Edwin Smith
George Smith, Senate president.
John L. Bates
John Bates, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1898.

The 119th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1898 during the governorship of Roger Wolcott. George Edwin Smith served as president of the Senate and John L. Bates served as speaker of the House.[4]

Senators

Image Name [5] Date of Birth [6] District
Charles O. Bailey January 24, 1863
Harding R. Barber December 20, 1839
Josiah C. Bennett May 6, 1835
William R. Black August 23, 1830
Walter L. Bouve October 28, 1849
William Hartwell Brigham February 1, 1863
Loyed E. Chamberlain January 30, 1857
William H. Cook January 7, 1843
Ellery B. Crane November 12, 1836
Frederick W. Dallinger October 2, 1871
William W. Davis August 8, 1862
Wilson H. Fairbank April 3, 1836
Joseph Byron Farley October 10, 1847
James H. Flint June 25, 1852
Joseph J. Flynn May 1, 1862
Charles E. Folsom February 24, 1855
James A. Gallivan October 22, 1866
John Dennis Hammond Gauss January 4, 1861
Samuel Wesley George April 26, 1862
Albert L. Harwood September 10, 1847
James E. Hayes August 10, 1865
William H. Hodgkins June 9, 1840
Joshua B. Holden March 5, 1850
Richard William Irwin February 18, 1857
William W. Leach February 22, 1856
William B. Mahoney December 5, 1857
William Moran September 6, 1855
William A. Morse July 27, 1863
Henry Parsons February 2, 1842
George E. Putnam February 9, 1851
Charles I. Quirk August 15, 1871
Ernest W. Roberts November 22, 1858
Alfred Seelye Roe June 8, 1844
Daniel D. Rourke July 16, 1869
George Edwin Smith April 5, 1849
Rufus Albertson Soule 1839
William W. Towle August 21, 1860
William A. Whittlesey February 21, 1849
Fred Homer Williams January 7, 1857
Charles F. Woodward November 19, 1852

Representatives

image name [5] date of birth [6] district
Austin Flint Adams July 15, 1840
Rollin M. Allen April 10, 1862
Romeo E. Allen October 17, 1852
S. Augustus Allen February 14, 1855
Butler Ames August 22, 1871
Richard F. Andrews, Jr April 13, 1863
Julius C. Anthony September 24, 1856
Albert S. Apsey November 27, 1870
Henry C. Attwill March 11, 1872
Thomas C. Bachelder November 6, 1860
George Balcom January 23, 1832
John E. Baldwin June 26, 1869
Frank W. Barnard January 3, 1853
George H. Bartlett September 6, 1857
Jonathan B. L. Bartlett October 11, 1849
John L. Bates September 18, 1859
David W. Battles January 20, 1854
Charles O. Beede December 29, 1840
Henry A. Belcher August 6, 1845
George E. Bemis October 23, 1855
Frank P. Bennett May 2, 1853
Scott F. Bickford November 14, 1864
Horatio Bisbee November 20, 1833
Osgood C. Blaney January 20, 1860
John Bleiler May 9, 1837
Henry H. Bosworth March 16, 1868
Jerome Bottomly August 14, 1842
Harvey L. Boutwell April 5, 1860
Warren Boynton July 17, 1836
Melvin L. Breath December 7, 1858
Hugh W. Bresnahan November 25, 1869
William Bridgeo October 14, 1849
Oscar T. Brooks June 6, 1839
Charles E. Brown November 18, 1850
William J. Bullock January 31, 1864
Albert H. Burgess May 19, 1843
Edward B. Callender February 23, 1851
Andrew Campbell May 3, 1826
James F. Carberry September 18, 1868
George Henry Carleton August 6, 1840
Leonard B. Chandler August 29, 1851
William D. Chapple August 6, 1868
James B. Clancy May 26, 1868
Albert Clarke October 13, 1840
Charles S. Clerke January 10, 1850
James M. Codman, Jr. April 20, 1862
Samuel Cole December 15, 1856
John W. Connelly July 16, 1874
Thomas A. Conroy September 9, 1869
Walter S. V. Cooke August 12, 1851
Daniel S. Coolidge September 21, 1845
George W. Coombs November 4, 1837
Fred E. Crawford July 7, 1857
Thomas W. Crocker December 27, 1832
Alfred R. Crosby August 30, 1838
Henry V. Crosby February 27, 1832
Charles S. Crouch 1833
Richard Cullinane February 2, 1859
William Curtis August 8, 1857
J. Frank Dalton April 19, 1842
Daniel W. Davis October 3, 1846
William Ripley Davis March 8, 1862
Charles Austin Dean March 26, 1856
Charles Leroy Dean May 29, 1844
Thomas M. Denham February 2, 1840
Thomas Donahue August 20, 1853
Eugene E. Donovan November 21, 1858
Thomas J. Dooling January 28, 1868
Frederic P. Drake March 16, 1851
Henry J. Draper March 4, 1859
Daniel J. Driscoll, 2d November 20, 1868
Hugo A. Dubuque November 3, 1854
John B. Dumond December 25, 1862
Daniel England July 1, 1868
Eugene B. Estes December 7, 1850
Frank W. Estey December 16, 1866
Frank H. Farmer October 13, 1857
Francis F. Farrar January 10, 1833
John Favor March 1, 1859
Asa B. Fay August 31, 1838
John J. Feneno March 24, 1866
W. T. A. Fitzgerald December 19, 1871
Albert T. Folsom November 9, 1831
Harry C. Foster August 27, 1871
Frank W. Francis September 16, 1857
George G. Frederick January 14, 1867
George F. Fuller March 8, 1842
Michael E. Gaddis February 21, 1869
Richard W. Garrity March 14, 1864
John J. Gartland November 27, 1871
Henry E. Gaylord June 5, 1846
Moses D. Gilman May 23, 1846
David J. Gleason July 14, 1864
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
Franklin P. Harlow
George F. Harwood July 7, 1844
Leander Miller Haskins June 20, 1842
Martin E. Hawes October 25, 1834
Alfred S. Hayes May 14, 1869
William Henry Irving Hayes June 21, 1848
Albert F. Hayward January 24, 1840
Ashton E. Hemphill September 17, 1849
John W. Hill July 1, 1846
Albert F. Hiscox May 9, 1852
Charles E. Hoag September 18, 1849
Seba A. Holton August 30, 1847
Francis J. Horgan July 2, 1869
Carleton F. How April 20, 1863
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
Charles R. Johnson December 28, 1852
George R. Jones February 8, 1862
Melville D. Jones September 25, 1842
Michael Bernard Jones August 20, 1864
William A. Josselyn February 8, 1856
Joseph H. Joubert April 6, 1860
Daniel Joseph Kane April 14, 1872
Charles P. Keith March 14, 1843
William Kells, Jr. October 23, 1861
John L. Kelly March 29, 1869
Thomas W. Kenefick September 17, 1855
Daniel J. Kiley July 27, 1874
Arthur D. King May 13, 1843
Randolph V. King January 20, 1853
William S. Kyle July 12, 1851
William A. Lang May 26, 1836
Addison P. Learoyd February 11, 1838
Francis Leland October 3, 1839
Charles Dudley Lewis September 26, 1844
John F. Libby February 3, 1863
Alexander Lockhart December 22, 1854
Albert W. Lyon March 1, 1869
Luke J. Macken October 27, 1868
Thomas Mackey August 6, 1865
John E. Magenis May 5, 1873
David A. Mahoney December 21, 1867
William E. Mahoney May 15, 1872
William H. Marden May 30, 1843
Benjamin W. Mayo April 17, 1836
Jeremiah Justin McCarthy March 29, 1852
Levi G. McKnight April 30, 1843
William I. McLoughlin January 16, 1872
John A. McManus March 9, 1860
George F. Mead May 22, 1854
Thomas H. Meek January 30, 1840
George W. Mellen May 11, 1837
William J. Miller June 8, 1867
Charles P. Mills August 22, 1853
James A. Montgomery May 17, 1864
Andrew H. Morrison June 27, 1871
William L. Morse May 1, 1849
James J. Myers November 20, 1842
William A. Nettleton 1832
Edward B. Nevin November 10, 1858
Thaddeus H. Newcomb March 15, 1826
William N. Newcomb July 23, 1865
H. Heustis Newton December 2, 1860
T. Frank Noonan June 1, 1860
George H. Norton May 28, 1863
James O'Connor June 15, 1862
Charles E. Parker October 20, 1833
Harold Parker June 17, 1854
Herbert C. Parsons January 15, 1862
Alexander Sinclair Paton November 20, 1854
Joseph E. Pattee April 24, 1843
Francis C. Perry June 27, 1853
Lemuel W. Peters July 29, 1860
Joseph M. Philbrick November 20, 1869
Franklin F. Phillips December 21, 1852
Edward L. Pickard December 25, 1834
John H. Ponce November 1, 1857
Albert Poor November 21, 1853
Burrill Porter February 22, 1832
John A. Powers September 15, 1853
David G. Pratt November 7, 1848
James P. Ramsay April 30, 1861
Charles H. Ramsdell September 26, 1840
Silas Dean Reed June 25, 1872
George M. Rice October 20, 1843
Frank S. Richardson October 18, 1856
Leonard W. Ross October 5, 1856
Samuel Ross February 2, 1865
John A. Rowan November 9, 1872
Edward T. Rowell 1836
Michael L. Russell December 15, 1860
Charles R. Saunders November 22, 1862
Thomas D. Sears February 22, 1845
James F. Seavey December 6, 1842
George Shepley Selfridge September 25, 1868
William H. Severance January 12, 1857
John F. Sheehan September 2, 1861
Robert S. Sisson June 4, 1846
William E. Skillings October 23, 1843
John O. Slocum March 13, 1842
George B. Smart February 25, 1835
Harvey C. Smith November 20, 1847
Andrew R. Snow May 4, 1844
Hugh L. Stalker December 31, 1857
Benjamin F. Stanley November 6, 1823
Nathaniel G. Staples June 1, 1851
Marcus M. Stebbins December 29, 1840
John M. Stevenson August 31, 1846
Joseph I. Stewart April 25, 1847
Willmore B. Stone June 24, 1853
Cornelius F. Sullivan June 15, 1865
Arthur R. Taft February 19, 1859
Peter Francis Tague June 4, 1871
Zephaniah Talbot June 22, 1834
James Thompson May 18, 1848
Charles W. Tilton April 6, 1836
Charles E. Trow April 18, 1833
Samuel A. Tuttle September 11, 1837
Edmund J. Twomey July 16, 1860
J. Gilman Waite March 20, 1837
Charles G. Washburn January 28, 1857
Eben C. Waterman March 1, 1840
Abelard E. Wells June 17, 1854
Edward E. Wentworth June 27, 1845
George W. Whidden June 15, 1858
John Jay Whipple December 31, 1847
Elbridge J. Whitaker November 11, 1859
Frank H. Whitcomb January 7, 1838
George L. Whitcomb March 18, 1855
Horace C. White January 26, 1836
James Whitehead December 20, 1857
Edward E. Willard September 25, 1862
Appleton P. Williams January 28, 1867
George F. Williams April 28, 1856
Francis O. Winslow March 20, 1844
Alva S. Wood May 12, 1828

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. 2009. p. 340+.
  5. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1898 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1898" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

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