1923–1924 Massachusetts legislature

143rd
Massachusetts General Court
142nd 144th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 7, 1922
Senate
Members40
PresidentFrank G. Allen (Norfolk district)
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerBenjamin Loring Young (13th Middlesex)
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 3, 1923 (1923-01-03) – May 26, 1923 (1923-05-26)
2ndJanuary 2, 1924 (1924-01-02) – June 5, 1924 (1924-06-05)[3]
Frank Allen
Frank Allen, Senate president.
Benjamin Loring Young
Benjamin Loring Young, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1923.

The 143rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1923 and 1924 during the governorship of Channing H. Cox. Frank G. Allen served as president of the Senate and Benjamin Loring Young served as speaker of the House.[4]

Senators

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portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
Frank G. Allen October 6, 1874
Charles M. Austin May 2, 1884
George W. P. Babb 8th Suffolk
Alvin E. Bliss
George H. Carrick
George Dudley Chamberlain
Henry S. Clark
Edward J. Cox
Walter Thomas Creese
Eben S. Draper Jr. August 30, 1893
William J. Francis
Charles Benjamin Frothingham November 11, 1858
Richard A. Gibbons
John Mellen Gibbs
John W. Haigis July 31, 1881
John Halliwell February 21, 1864
Charles H. Hartshorn
William Ignatius Hennessey
Charles P. Howard
William J. Look June 20, 1867
John W. McCormack December 21, 1891
Walter E. McLane
Patrick J. Melody
James G. Moran May 2, 1870
James J. Mulvey
Christian Nelson
William A. O'Hearn March 8, 1887
Frank H. Putnam
Albert Taylor Rhodes
Abbott B. Rice
John Francis Shea August 21, 1882
Walter Shuebruk
Dexter Avery Snow January 3, 1890
John A. Stoddart May 10, 1869
Warren E. Tarbell
Albert P. Wadleigh
Charles C. Warren
George M. Webber
Wellington Wells April 18, 1868

Representatives

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portrait name [5] date of birth [6] district [6]
Charles E. Abbott February 22, 1856 9th Essex
Henry Achin Jr. June 30, 1883
Elijah Adlow August 15, 1896
Walter Dickey Allen March 15, 1896
Charles W. Ames March 10, 1860
Charles H. Annis January 12, 1869
Charles H. Ashley February 13, 1860
Harrison Henry Atwood August 26, 1863
Frank E. Barrows June 14, 1871
Thomas R. Bateman October 11, 1878
George J. Bates February 25, 1891
John E. Beck May 10, 1869
William J. Bell December 7, 1884
James D. Bentley February 6, 1884
Alfred M. Bessette March 25, 1876
Thomas H. Bilodeau February 3, 1885
Arthur Franklin Blanchard January 27, 1883
Owen E. Brennen September 26, 1868
George E. Briggs May 3, 1873
John C. Brimblecom 1868
George Francis Brooks August 23, 1856
James B. Brown March 3, 1885
Albert W. Bullock April 18, 1872
Ralph Howard Burckes
Hugh Joseph Campbell September 28, 1896
William A. Canty
Edward J. Carey January 29, 1884
Julius F. Carman August 7, 1861
William Casey November 20, 1884
James Bernard Casey June 19, 1897
Francis E. Cassidy February 14, 1888
Francis Peter Clark August 22, 1896
Ezra W. Clark October 12, 1842
Maynard Clemons December 11, 1866
William J. Conlon March 14, 1868
William S. Conroy October 2, 1877
D. Herbert Cook June 2, 1851
Fred Robbins Cooksey April 14, 1893
Thomas J. Corbett May 10, 1883
Joseph R. Cotton November 16, 1890
Francis X. Coyne March 15, 1892
Elbert M. Crockett August 14, 1871
Richard D. Crockwell October 23, 1886
Thomas Charles Crowther April 28, 1892
P. Sarsfield Cunniff September 12, 1874
Bert S. Currier August 2, 1864
J. Frederick Curtin November 30, 1892
Joseph D. Curtis November 2, 1868
Warren Chapman Daggett May 10, 1868
David D. Daley March 23, 1872
Herbert King Davidson October 19, 1882
J. Bradford Davis September 26, 1889
Elbridge Gerry Davis August 20, 1877
Elmer E. Dawson October 11, 1861
Ernest J. Dean April 5, 1883
Hiram Nichols Dearborn December 21, 1867
Louis N. M. DesChenes April 7, 1872
Burt Dewar December 29, 1884
Robert Dinsmore December 22, 1897
Timothy D. Donahue November 3, 1869
Sylvia Donaldson[7] July 12, 1849
John F. Donovan April 26, 1897
Timothy Francis Donovan August 21, 1889
Walter Franklyn Douglas August 22, 1869
Robert W. Dow July 15, 1868
Andrew P. Doyle August 15, 1869
John H. Drew August 23, 1890
William L. DuBois July 31, 1892
Edward Nelson Eames October 19, 1858
Bernard Early
Frank W. Eaton February 22, 1871
Vernon W. Evans January 5, 1895
Gustave William Everberg June 24, 1890
John T. Farrell January 30, 1893
Bernard Finkelstein July 4, 1887
Erland F. Fish December 7, 1883
William Arthur Fish July 4, 1885
Susan Walker Fitzgerald[7] May 9, 1871
John I. Fitzgerald July 18, 1882
Maurice E. Foley February 8, 1893
George F. Foley November 6, 1896
Tony Garofano May 28, 1885
Hugh H. Garrity May 4, 1883
Richard J. Garvey July 19, 1892
Herbert J. George May 16, 1868
George A. Gilman August 16, 1880
Charles H. Gilmore February 27, 1878
Frederick P. Glazier September 27, 1859
Richard D. Gleason September 22, 1896
Harold R. Goewey October 12, 1893
Andrew J. Gorey January 13, 1898
Patrick E. Granfield March 17, 1894
Walter Bernard Grant February 11, 1885
Merle Dixon Graves October 13, 1887
Maurice F. Greaney
Louis L. Green
Eugene B. Griffin
Frank W. Guillo
C. Wesley Hale February 13, 1872
Albert Harrison Hall
Leo J. Halloran
William H. Hannagan
Edward F. Harrington (state representative) August 10, 1878
John A. Hawson
James William Hayes
Martin Hays October 14, 1876
Jeremiah Joseph Healy July 2, 1872
John J. Heffernan January 27, 1893
William P. Hickey November 17, 1871
Matthew A. Higgins
Charles R. Hillberg
Edward Carroll Hinckley
Charles Sumner Holden
Robert H. J. Holden
Elisha Hooper
Michael F. Hourihan
Harold E. Howard
Edgar F. Howland
John C. Hull (politician) November 1, 1870
James Melville Hunnewell
Albert E. Hutt
Alfred Wesley Ingalls
George Frederick James
Victor Francis Jewett
Thomas H. Johnston March 5, 1872
John Alfred Jones
Arthur Westgate Jones January 11, 1873
Michael H. Jordan February 7, 1863
Thomas Martin Joyce
Frederick E. Judd
Roland M. Keith March 16, 1847
James H. Kelleher
John Augustine Kelleher May 15, 1891
Charles A. Kelley March 24, 1862
Edward J. Kelley December 25, 1897
Peter L. Kelley
Coleman E. Kelly
Joseph Francis Kelly
Davis B. Keniston
Harry P. Kent
Clarence P. Kidder
Howard F. King
John Fenderson Kyes
William D. Lancaster
Joseph A. Langone Sr. August 10, 1866
Ernest A. LaRocque
Joseph Lawrence Larson
Allen Lawson
Fred Oliver Lewis June 12, 1878
Wilbur F. Lewis
Jeremiah M. Linnehan
John Tilton Litch
Arthur E. Littlefield
John H. Logue
Robert L. Manley
William Henry McCarthy
John J. McCarthy
Richard J. McCormick August 11, 1888
Elmer L. McCulloch
Carroll Meins October 22, 1892
James J. Mellen March 30, 1875
John L. Mitchell
John Mitchell September 4, 1877
Edward Brastow Moor
Thomas J. Morton March 2, 1856
George G. Moyse December 21, 1878
Daniel C. Murphy December 14, 1887
George Henry Newhall
Thomas H. Nickerson
Edward H. Nutting July 6, 1869
John J. O'Brien October 18, 1879
Daniel W. O'Connor March 12, 1877
James H. O'Dea
Olof F. Ohlson
Henry F. Paige January 30, 1853
Herman Pehrsson
George Peirce
George Penshorn
Chauncey Pepin
Lewis Hilton Peters
Frank B. Phinney
Chester Arthur Pike
George K. Pond
Everett R. Prout
George Louis Richards
Joseph N. Roach March 22, 1883
Everett William Robinson
Morrill S. Ryder
Leverett Saltonstall September 1, 1892
Edward Julius Sandberg October 21, 1866
Roland D. Sawyer January 8, 1874
Frank O. Scott
Leo P. Senecal
Henry Lee Shattuck October 12, 1879
Michael F. Shaw September 12, 1865
Charles H. Shaylor
John P. Shepard
George S. Sinnicks
Charles Henry Slowey
Francis W. K. Smith
Almond Smith
Fred L. Snow
Walter Herbert Snow
Frederick Dexter Sowle
Ernest H. Sparrell
Lemuel W. Standish
William E. Staples
James D. Stewart
Ralph Raymond Stratton
Albert Austin Sutherland
James F. Sweeney
Charles Symonds
Valmore P. Tetreault
John E. Thayer Jr.
William Franklin Thomas Jr.
John Thomas January 27, 1859
Harlie E. Thompson
Elwin L. Thompson
Prince H. Tirrell
Joseph D. Toomey
James A. Torrey September 27, 1868
George M. Underwood
Edward F. Wallace
Richard McClennan Walsh February 5, 1878
Robert Burns Walsh
James E. Warren
Frederick A. Warren
Slater Washburn
George Pearl Webster January 9, 1877
James T. Welch
Henry H. Wheelock
Renton Whidden
Benjamin Franklin White Jr.
Herbert Francis Winn
William Henry Winnett
Temple A. Winsloe
Thomas A. Winston
Samuel H. Wragg June 9, 1882
Benjamin Loring Young 1885

See also

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References

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  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 Public Officials of Massachusetts. Boston Review. 1923.
  6. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1923" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  7. ^ a b Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators (2015), "Important Dates for Women in Massachusetts Government", History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923–2015

Further reading

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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1923, hdl:2452/265583
  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1924, hdl:2452/393335
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1923, hdl:2452/64535
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1924, hdl:2452/64536