1904 Massachusetts legislature

125th
Massachusetts General Court
←124th 126th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 3, 1903
Senate
Members40
PresidentGeorge R. Jones
Party controlRepublican (31–9)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerLouis A. Frothingham
Party controlRepublican (154–85–1)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 6, 1904 (1904-01-06) – June 9, 1904 (1904-06-09) [3]
George R. Jones
George Jones, Senate president.
Louis A. Frothingham
Louis Frothingham, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1904.

The 125th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1904 during the governorship of John L. Bates. George R. Jones served as president of the Senate and Louis A. Frothingham served as speaker of the House.[4]

Senators

District[5][6][7] Portrait Senator Party Born
Middlesex and Essex
Francis H. Appleton Republican June 17, 1847
First Suffolk
A. Dudley Bagley Republican February 27, 1869
Second Norfolk
Albion F. Bemis Republican July 19, 1856
First Norfolk
Albert A. Brackett Republican December 5, 1850
Third Bristol
William J. Bullock Republican January 31, 1864
Seventh Suffolk
Edward B. Callender Republican February 23, 1851
Second Bristol
Frank M. Chace Republican April 16, 1856
Fourth Worcester
Alvin B. Chamberlain Republican December 16, 1842
Sixth Middlesex
Chester W. Clark Republican August 9, 1851
Second Essex
Samuel Cole Republican December 15, 1856
First Essex
William F. Craig Republican September 15, 1866
First Middlesex
William F. Dana Republican June 26, 1863
Second Hampden
Thomas J. Dillon Republican April 20, 1869
Third Suffolk
Henry S. Fitzgerald Democratic October 24, 1875
Fifth Essex
Joseph J. Flynn Democratic May 1, 1862
Fourth Suffolk
John J. Gartland Democratic November 27, 1871
First Bristol
George N. Goff Republican July 24, 1837
Fifth Middlesex
Otis M. Gove Republican May 3, 1851
First Plymouth
Elisha T. Harvell Republican December 18, 1841
First Worcester
Frank M. Heath Republican September 8, 1852
Fourth Essex
Carleton F. How Republican April 20, 1863
Fourth Middlesex
George R. Jones Republican February 8, 1862
Berkshire and Hampshire
Loren P. Keyes Republican January 6, 1838
Third Essex
Moody Kimball Republican July 2, 1862
Ninth Suffolk
Daniel W. Lane Republican December 11, 1871
Fifth Suffolk
David Dennis Leahy Democratic April 15, 1876
Berkshire
William H. MacInnis Democratic November 22, 1861
Sixth Suffolk
Daniel V. McIsaac Democratic November 6, 1871
Seventh Middlesex
James H. McKinley Republican May 21, 1860
Second Worcester
John P. Munroe Republican June 28, 1850
Franklin and Hampshire
Herbert Newell Republican April 2, 1855
Cape
William A. Nye Republican May 26, 1850
Fifth Worcester
Edward L. Osgood Republican August 6, 1844
Eighth Suffolk
Andrew James Peters Democratic April 3, 1872
Second Plymouth
David G. Pratt Republican November 7, 1848
Second Middlesex
William J. Rounds Republican June 24, 1855
First Hampden
Henry F. Sampson Republican May 12, 1835
Second Suffolk
Charles S. Sullivan Democratic June 29, 1875
Third Worcester
George R. Wallace Republican June 20, 1859
Third Middlesex
John M. Woods Republican August 18, 1839

Representatives

image name [5] date of birth [6] district
Cecil L. Adams June 14, 1878
William Leck Adams October 24, 1852
Frank Brinton Allen December 5, 1859
Franklin B. Allen June 29, 1869
James Sidney Allen July 3, 1831
Henry Stoddard Ames May 21, 1861
Charles A. Andrews July 2, 1872
Adelbert S. Atherton October 13, 1850
James F. Aylward August 4, 1862
George O. Baker April 6, 1835
William Selby Bamford August 11, 1864
George L. Barnes June 24, 1879
George H. Battis 1863
Fred Alfred Bearse February 15, 1871
Frank P. Bennett Jr. December 30, 1878
March G. Bennett January 31, 1869
John Williston Blaney September 18, 1841
Ernest Linwood Bonney June 23, 1864
Manassah Edward Bradley August 15, 1863
Edward H. Brewer December 12, 1851
Elisha Hume Brewster September 10, 1871
William M. Brigham January 23, 1864
Henry W. Brown October 14, 1856
William A. Burns January 9, 1875
John J. Butler June 7, 1865
Allan G. Buttrick March 16, 1876
Harry Hammond Buxbaum January 19, 1879
Robert D. Cadagon June 6, 1870
George H. Cadigan February 22, 1873
John J. Cahill September 27, 1865
Edward C. Callahan March 14, 1874
Edwin J. Castle April 15, 1853
Alfred M. Chaffee August 16, 1859
Sumner A. Chapman May 30, 1874
James W. Chrystal March 24, 1876
Allen Clark April 1, 1870
Edward E. Clark November 4, 1870
James Colby Dorr Clark June 10, 1872
Luther W. Clark September 19, 1851
William W. Clarke March 10, 1870
John N. Cole November 4, 1863
Thomas J. Collins October 28, 1868
William H. Cook March 7, 1856
William H. Coolidge November 6, 1856
John A. Coulthurst June 24, 1871
Guy W. Cox January 19, 1871
William H. Cuddy August 7, 1865
Thomas F. Curley March 22, 1871
Michael F. Curran November 30, 1875
William H. Cushman June 8, 1850
Samuel Newton Cutler January 25, 1855
Charles L. Davenport May 4, 1854
Charles S. Davis 1858
Thomas L. Davis March 15, 1852
Frederick Simpson Deitrick April 9, 1875
Daniel J. Dempsey June 8, 1866
Francis J. Doherty August 26, 1875
J. Frank Donahue August 29, 1865
Thomas Donahue August 20, 1853
Daniel J. Donnelly October 13, 1868
George H. Doty May 9, 1861
Thomas Dowd May 1, 1864
Horace Rogers Drinkwater May 28, 1872
Alonzo W. Dunbar May 4, 1850
William A. Edson April 22, 1862
John F. Egan July 6, 1874
William A. Fahey July 26, 1875
Lowell Ethan Fales September 28, 1858
Peter T. Fallon July 16, 1856
Dennis H. Finn April 2, 1870
Michael FitzGerald September 29, 1869
Daniel L. Flanagan June 14, 1870
Richard H. Foley June 16, 1867
Richard Rich Freeman November 19, 1860
Louis A. Frothingham July 13, 1871
Charles B. Gardiner June 19, 1849
Arthur H. Gardner August 4, 1854
George H. Garfield July 18, 1858
Guy W. Garland December 11, 1844
Julius Garst December 12, 1855
Julius K. Gates October 9, 1833
Arthur L. Gavin June 11, 1876
Charles Giddings May 10, 1867
Albert G. Godfrey August 28, 1855
Jeremiah J. Good May 6, 1865
Eben H. Googins July 28, 1845
Charles H. Goulding March 24, 1838
William H. Gove (see Mass. September 4, 1851
Thomas J. Grady December 16, 1877
William J. Graham October 2, 1873
Harry E. Graves May 17, 1876
Francis Xavier Greenwood January 31, 1851
John M. Grosvenor Jr. April 22, 1864
Alfred Sigourney Hall August 27, 1861
Alfred Stevens Hall April 14, 1850
Guy Andrews Ham July 8, 1878
William E. Hannan October 26, 1873
Robert J. Harrington January 24, 1875
Michael F. Hart September 22, 1873
George H. Hartford March 3, 1852
George A. Hastings April 8, 1865
William Henry Irving Hayes June 21, 1848
William C. S. Healey September 26, 1873
Thomas F. Hederman March 4, 1873
William Edward Hickey December 29, 1870
Sidney Adelvin Hill August 26, 1849
Horton H. Hilton December 11, 1869
Fred V. Hooke August 19, 1859
Franklin K. Hooper February 2, 1849
Michael B. Houlihan March 24, 1874
Augustus Hubbard June 27, 1849
George C. Hunt April 7, 1859
Jeremiah J. Hurley December 24, 1873
John C. Hurley December 19, 1875
Thomas Huse 1851
George H. Jackson March 9, 1865
Warren Carlton Jewett January 28, 1855
David P. Keefe September 29, 1855
Jeremiah J. Kelley March 25, 1863
William A. Kelley April 27, 1868
James M. Lane December 1, 1872
Henry F. Lehan September 16, 1874
Eben F. Leonard July 25, 1845
Joseph J. Leonard May 8, 1876
Frank J. Linehan January 31, 1870
Henry N. Locklin March 7, 1853
Fred Wyatt Lord September 22, 1860
James Arnold Lowell February 5, 1869
John B. Lowney March 17, 1879
Robert Luce December 2, 1862
George H. Lyon April 2, 1849
William Frederick Maintien December 31, 1863
Hamilton Mayo February 26, 1851
Matthew McCann 1863
Edwin C. McIntire October 18, 1867
John J. McManmon April 5, 1871
Edward L. McManus December 22, 1866
James J. Mellen March 30, 1875
Lewis H. Millett December 22, 1873
John Joseph Mitchell May 9, 1873
David A. Monroe February 5, 1867
George Henry Moore May 16, 1844
Harry Payson Morse July 27, 1854
Harold P. Moseley November 13, 1871
Otto Mueller April 24, 1867
J. Howard Nason November 18, 1842
John S. Nason May 6, 1860
Asa T. Newhall December 23, 1850
H. Huestis Newton December 2, 1860
Arthur D. Norcross November 7, 1848
Charles Henry Nowell October 15, 1843
Daniel J. O'Brien October 5, 1873
Edward H. O'Brien February 1, 1874
Daniel M. O'Connell May 30, 1865
Hugh O'Rourke March 1, 1869
Charles Torrey Oldfield April 7, 1843
David M. Owens January 12, 1877
Edward C. Packard October 14, 1847
James Breckenridge Paige December 28, 1861
Fordis C. Parker January 3, 1868
Joseph A. Parks May 2, 1877
Thomas Pattison January 20, 1854
Edward C. Paull September 5, 1862
W. Rodman Peabody March 3, 1874
Pierre F. Peloquin May 26, 1851
Winthrop Edmund Perry November 6, 1842
Charles S. Pierce September 5, 1874
John J. Pinder June 15, 1878
Mellen A. Pingree March 9, 1861
Henry L. Plummer November 17, 1866
George M. Poland July 16, 1877
Samuel L. Porter November 10, 1869
Elmer C. Potter August 23, 1868
William H. Potter April 12, 1850
Maurice J. Power July 21, 1872
John H. Quinlan February 29, 1864
John Quinn, Jr. December 16, 1859
Wallace C. Ransden November 1, 1853
Charles H. Reinhart March 8, 1867
Evan F. Richardson March 9, 1867
Herbert S. Riley December 20, 1859
Reginald L. Robbins December 5, 1875
John G. Robinson November 24, 1860
Joseph L. Rogers August 2, 1864
Samuel Ross February 2, 1865
Thomas Bradford Rounds April 2, 1853
William R. Salter July 6, 1861
George R. Sampson October 2, 1852
George A. Schofield April 26, 1863
Charles Schumaker March 2, 1867
George A. Scigliano August 26, 1874
Frank Seiberlich October 29, 1874
Edward J. Sennott April 4, 1867
Henry Walter Seward January 18, 1865
John F. Sheehan September 2, 1861
Nelson Sherburne November 18, 1864
Patrick J. Shiels August 9, 1873
Mark N. Skerrett February 23, 1870
C. Aylmer Smith February 15, 1846
Gurdon Southworth March 27, 1846
Nathaniel P. Sowle October 30, 1857
Samuel O. Staples April 16, 1843
Clarence Winfield Starratt March 19, 1861
Elmer A. Stevens January 15, 1862
Everett J. Stevens May 11, 1847
Edward Carleton Stone June 29, 1878
Luke S. Stowe August 9, 1834
Arthur M. Taft January 28, 1854
Edgar V. Tanner August 28, 1835
Frederick H. Tarr October 8, 1868
William C. Temple August 15, 1861
Herbert W. Thayer May 7, 1858
George Henry Thorburn February 21, 1866
Harry L. Timmons November 12, 1875
George A. Titcomb June 19, 1853
Allen T. Treadway September 16, 1867
George A. Turner June 4, 1857
Samuel Willard Tyler February 11, 1866
Arthur P. Vinal June 14, 1854
Thomas Melville Vinson April 27, 1868
Edward A. Walker May 28, 1869
Joseph Walker July 13, 1865
William H. Walker November 30, 1857
Charles E. Ward October 17, 1849
Peter F. Ward January 16, 1877
Edgar W. Warren October 4, 1853
Henry Endicott Weatherbee August 24, 1862
Edmund Weber March 1, 1871
Fred Olvin Welsh April 4, 1852
William E. Westall January 5, 1853
Frank G. Wheatley July 6, 1851
Harvey Wheeler November 5, 1847
Frederick W. Whitcomb September 7, 1863
Charles H. Winslow May 22, 1866
William H. Woodhead September 17, 1860
William H. Woods August 7, 1860
Allen S. Woodward December 23, 1850

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. 1904 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1904" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  7. ^ Bridgman, A. M. (Arthur Milnor) (1904). A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators. State Library of Massachusetts. Brockton : A.M. Bridgman.

Further reading

  • "Number of Votes received by Each Candidate for a State Office at the Annual State Election, Nov. 3, 1903: Senators", Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections (1903), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1904, hdl:2452/43495
  • "Number of Votes received by Each Candidate for a State Office at the Annual State Election, Nov. 3, 1903: Representatives in the General Court", Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections (1903), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1904, hdl:2452/43495
  • Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1904. A. M. Bridgman. 1904.
  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1904, hdl:2452/429121
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1904, hdl:2452/70979