1939 Massachusetts legislature
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| 151st Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 8, 1938 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Joseph R. Cotton (7th Middlesex district) | ||||
| Party control | Republican[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | Christian Herter (5th Suffolk) | ||||
| Party control | Republican[2] | ||||
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Joseph Cotton, Senate president.
Christian Herter, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1939.
The 151st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1939 during the governorship of Leverett Saltonstall. Joseph R. Cotton served as president of the Senate and Christian Herter served as speaker of the House.[4]
"1939 was the first year the General Court began meeting every other year instead of annually. ...No session was held in 1940 and no legislation or other materials relating thereof was published during that year."[5]
Senators
[edit]| Portrait | Name [6] | Date of Birth [7] | District [7] |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Frank David Babcock | August 16, 1877 | 4th Essex |
 | Wilfred P. Bazinet | ||
 | Chandler Bigelow | ||
 | Arthur Franklin Blanchard | January 27, 1883 | |
 | David M. Brackman | ||
 | Thomas M. Burke | May 30, 1898 | |
 | Albert Cole (Massachusetts politician) | December 28, 1904 | |
 | Louis Benedict Connors | ||
 | Joseph R. Cotton | November 16, 1890 | |
 | Laurence Curtis | September 3, 1893 | |
 | Chester A. Dolan Jr. | September 20, 1907 | |
 | Joseph F. Francis | July 2, 1893 | |
 | Eugene H. Giroux | January 20, 1903 | |
 | Angier Goodwin | January 30, 1881 | |
 | William Patrick Grant | November 5, 1904 | |
 | James A. Gunn | June 7, 1883 | |
 | Cornelius F. Haley | July 15, 1875 | |
 | Arthur W. Hollis | April 29, 1877 | |
 | Newland H. Holmes | August 30, 1891 | |
 | Jarvis Hunt (politician) | March 28, 1904 | |
 | Thomas H. Johnston | March 5, 1872 | |
 | John E. Kerrigan | October 1, 1908 | |
 | George W. Krapf | ||
.jpg) | Thomas J. Lane | July 6, 1898 | |
 | Joseph A. Langone Jr. | September 8, 1896 | |
 | Harold R. Lundgren | May 22, 1894 | |
 | John D. Mackay | April 7, 1872 | |
 | Joseph Patrick McCooey | ||
 | Charles Gardner Miles | December 2, 1879 | |
 | Joseph F. Montminy | ||
 | Edward O'Hearn Mullowney | ||
 | Joseph L. Murphy | January 25, 1907 | |
.jpg) | Donald W. Nicholson | August 11, 1888 | |
 | Edward H. Nutting | July 6, 1869 | |
 | Edwin Lawrence Olander | October 31, 1891 | |
 | Edmund S. Oppenheimer | ||
 | Harris S. Richardson | January 10, 1887 | |
 | Mason Sears | December 29, 1899 | |
 | Chester T. Skibinski | ||
 | Bernard Lucian Sullivan |
Representatives
[edit]| Portrait | Name [6] | Date of Birth [7] | District [7] |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wilfred J. Achin | May 12, 1891 | 14th Middlesex |
 | William A. Akeroyd | October 24, 1883 | |
 | Theodore Andrews | August 23, 1893 | |
 | George T. Ashe | February 6, 1905 | |
 | Josiah Babcock Jr. | May 21, 1880 | |
 | Robert S. Backus | ||
 | William Brooks Baker | January 10, 1879 | |
 | William A. Baldwin | January 18, 1874 | |
 | Philip Barnet | December 2, 1892 | |
 | Frederick M. Barnicoat | ||
 | George L. Barrus | December 15, 1880 | |
 | Thomas A. Barry | May 12, 1895 | |
 | Walter Ray Baylies | April 28, 1902 | |
 | Fred D. Beaudoin | ||
 | Malcolm Lawrie Bell | November 30, 1890 | |
 | Albert Bergeron | June 28, 1877 | |
 | Albert Bergeron | June 23, 1886 | |
 | Alfred M. Bessette | March 25, 1876 | |
 | Albert F. Bigelow | October 4, 1880 | 10th Norfolk |
 | Fred Arthur Blake | January 13, 1895 | |
.jpg) | Edward Boland | October 1, 1911 | |
 | Albert Lionel Bourgeois | June 7, 1899 | |
 | Philip Griggs Bowker | April 17, 1899 | |
 | G. Edward Bradley | October 21, 1906 | |
 | Edward T. Brady | October 23, 1908 | |
 | Daniel Joseph Bresnahan | September 30, 1888 | |
 | Warren Kingsbury Brimblecom | June 25, 1899 | |
 | J. Kenney Brooks | ||
 | Russell P. Brown | August 24, 1891 | |
 | Frank Eben Brown | January 14, 1890 | |
 | William Albert Brown | February 5, 1888 | |
 | Arthur I. Burgess | October 13, 1894 | |
 | Harland Burke | April 22, 1888 | |
 | John F. Burns | ||
 | J. Elmer Callahan | ||
 | Colin James Cameron | August 24, 1879 | |
 | Robert Patterson Campbell | December 20, 1887 | |
 | Matthew J. Capeless | June 4, 1875 | |
 | Enrico Cappucci | 1910 | |
 | Andrew F. Carlin | ||
 | Gustaf A. Carlson | ||
 | Fred Carpenter | ||
 | Sydney G. Carpenter Jr. | ||
 | John Henry Carroll | ||
 | Eddie D. Carson | ||
 | William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician) | June 27, 1905 | |
 | Bernard P. Casey | July 29, 1894 | |
 | John M. Cawley | ||
 | Ralph Vester Clampit | March 28, 1896 | |
 | Frank Clarkson | June 21, 1877 | |
 | Andrew J. Coakley | November 6, 1906 | |
 | John W. Coddaire Jr. | ||
 | James S. Coffey | February 5, 1899 | |
 | John T. Comerford | June 8, 1887 | |
 | Michael H. Condron | ||
 | Michael John Conway | ||
 | Charles H. Cooke | May 13, 1878 | |
 | Arthur W. Coolidge | October 13, 1881 | |
 | August Joseph Cormier | ||
 | George Chauncey Cousens | September 20, 1905 | |
 | Francis X. Coyne | March 15, 1892 | |
 | Thomas F. Coyne | ||
 | John Joseph Craven | August 29, 1907 | |
 | Nelson B. Crosby | June 20, 1871 | |
 | Jeremiah Dickson Crowley | May 16, 1911 | |
 | Leslie Bradley Cutler | March 24, 1890 | |
 | Lawrence Harvard Davis | ||
 | George F. Dean | ||
 | Hiram Nichols Dearborn | December 21, 1867 | |
 | Roger Dennett | September 14, 1895 | |
 | Oscar DeRoy | ||
 | Leo E. Diehl | ||
 | Grover N. Dodge | ||
 | Fred Belding Dole | January 23, 1895 | |
 | Cornelius P. Donovan | March 15, 1895 | |
 | Susan Bradley Donovan | October 2, 1895 | |
 | Joseph H. Downey | December 6, 1890 | |
 | Anthony R. Doyle | August 8, 1895 | |
 | Ernest W. Dullea | January 14, 1891 | |
 | Edwin F. Eldredge | ||
 | Sven August Erickson | December 9, 1875 | |
 | Gustave William Everberg | June 24, 1890 | |
 | Michael Paul Feeney | March 26, 1907 | |
 | William Daniel Fleming | April 14, 1907 | |
 | Keith Falconer Fletcher | September 24, 1900 | |
 | Paul W. Foster | ||
 | Douglass Brooks Francis | ||
 | Stephen L. French | March 9, 1892 | |
 | Clarence Henry Fuller | ||
 | Richard I. Furbush | January 4, 1904 | |
 | Thomas F. Gibson | ||
 | William R. Gilman | ||
 | Paul Martin Goddard | ||
 | Hollis M. Gott | May 25, 1885 | |
 | Peter J. Graham | ||
 | Thomas J. Hannon | December 9, 1900 | |
 | Joseph J. Harnisch | December 28, 1883 | |
 | William Henry Haskell | ||
 | William Alexander Hastings | February 22, 1868 | |
 | Lawrence Alanson Haworth | May 23, 1871 | |
 | Charles W. Hedges | March 27, 1901 | |
.jpg) | Christian Herter | March 28, 1895 | |
 | Joseph Allan Hines | ||
 | Charles V. Hogan | April 12, 1897 | |
 | Theodore P. Hollis | ||
 | Charles F. Holman | June 21, 1892 | |
 | Hugh C. Hunter | ||
 | Fred A. Hutchinson | April 5, 1881 | |
 | Charles John Innes | June 1, 1901 | |
 | George A. Innes | ||
 | Harvey Iris | ||
 | Adolph Johnson | July 20, 1885 | |
 | William A. Jones | March 27, 1885 | |
 | Peter John Jordan | July 23, 1910 | |
 | Harry Kalus | ||
 | Charles Kaplan | September 26, 1895 | |
 | Charles A. Kelley | March 24, 1862 | |
 | Francis Joseph Kelley | March 21, 1890 | |
 | John Joseph Kerrigan Jr. | ||
 | John V. Kimball | July 17, 1875 | |
 | Rudolph King | November 2, 1887 | |
 | John Quincy Knowles | May 21, 1895 | |
 | Morris Kritzman | ||
 | Leo P. Landry | July 10, 1897 | |
 | John Whitin Lasell | ||
 | Laurence W. Law | ||
 | Walter E. Lawrence | December 8, 1905 | |
 | George J. Leary | ||
 | Frank M. Leonardi | August 17, 1891 | |
 | Ralph Lerche | August 19, 1899 | |
 | Thomas E. Linehan | ||
 | Terrance Joseph Lomax Jr. | August 29, 1907 | |
 | William Christopher Lunney | December 24, 1910 | |
 | Joseph Francis Luz | ||
 | Philip J. Lynch | ||
 | Donald Alexander MacDonald | February 21, 1893 | |
 | Frank E. MacLean | ||
 | Arthur Ulton Mahan | June 18, 1900 | |
 | Ralph Collins Mahar | January 4, 1912 | |
 | John Francis Manning | January 4, 1906 | |
 | Philip M. Markley | March 28, 1897 | |
 | James P. McAndrews | ||
 | Charles Joseph McCaffrey | January 16, 1898 | |
 | Paul Andrew McCarthy | December 23, 1902 | |
 | Thomas Francis McCready | ||
 | James Patrick McDevitt | ||
 | James J. McGrail | ||
 | Lawrence P. McHugh | ||
 | Hubert L. McLaughlin | ||
 | George Francis McMahon | ||
 | Philip McMorrow | ||
 | James Joseph Mellen | June 16, 1910 | |
 | Joseph A. Melley | March 1, 1902 | |
 | Julian R. Merchant | ||
 | Joseph A. Milano | April 8, 1883 | |
 | Daniel Joseph Minihan | ||
 | William E. Mooney | ||
 | Alfred James Moore | August 7, 1891 | |
 | Walter James Moran | December 22, 1903 | |
 | Lester Bertram Morley | April 19, 1903 | |
 | Albert Edward Morris | April 4, 1903 | |
 | Frank J. Morrison | September 2, 1902 | |
 | Eric A. Nelson | July 6, 1899 | |
 | Michael J. Neville | October 19, 1899 | |
 | Leo F. Nourse | ||
 | Joseph N. O'Kane | May 26, 1873 | |
.jpg) | Tip O'Neill | December 9, 1912 | |
 | George Joseph O'Shea | November 16, 1899 | |
 | Charles William Olson | August 24, 1889 | |
 | David M. Owens Jr. | ||
 | Raymond P. Palmer | December 27, 1895 | |
 | George Alanson Parker | ||
 | Royal Bartlett Patriquin | January 7, 1895 | |
 | James Austin Peckham | ||
 | Harold Squire Pedler | ||
 | Tycho Mouritz Petersen | August 29, 1892 | |
 | Frederick Everett Pierce | May 5, 1862 | |
 | Roy W. Pigeon | ||
 | John E. Powers | November 10, 1910 | |
 | John D. Pratt | ||
 | Benjamin B. Priest | ||
 | William Eben Ramsdell | May 4, 1895 | |
 | William G. Reed | ||
 | George Edmund Rice | February 22, 1899 | |
 | Ralph Lewis Ricketson | ||
 | Joseph N. Roach | March 22, 1883 | |
 | Charles Holmes Roberts Jr. | ||
 | George Whiting Roberts | ||
 | Nathan Rosenfeld | January 31, 1906 | |
 | Cyrus Cole Rounseville Jr. | ||
 | William H. J. Rowan | June 21, 1879 | |
 | Albert Rubin | January 15, 1872 | |
 | William F. Runnells | February 18, 1865 | |
 | Roland D. Sawyer | January 8, 1874 | |
 | William J. Sessions | December 18, 1859 | |
 | Philip Sherman | ||
 | Edward Sirois | December 18, 1898 | |
 | Frank William Smith | January 26, 1895 | |
 | George E. Smith | ||
 | Roy C. Smith | January 28, 1890 | |
 | H. Edward Snow | April 25, 1914 | |
 | J. Francis Southgate | May 4, 1883 | |
 | Manford Root Spalding | ||
 | Richard H. Stacy | August 18, 1864 | |
 | Edward William Staves | May 9, 1887 | |
 | Avery W. Steele | August 1, 1907 | |
 | George Ward Stetson | May 31, 1902 | |
 | Leo J. Sullivan | December 8, 1905 | |
 | Charles F. Jeff Sullivan | ||
 | Jeremiah Joseph Sullivan | March 9, 1905 | |
 | John Timothy Sullivan | March 27, 1906 | |
 | Patrick Gilbert Sullivan | November 18, 1904 | |
 | Martin Swanson | July 20, 1872 | |
 | Chester Randall Swenson | ||
 | Joseph A. Sylvia Jr. | September 16, 1903 | |
 | Valmore P. Tetreault | ||
 | Nathaniel Tilden | November 3, 1903 | |
 | James Francis Tobin | May 8, 1903 | |
 | John E. Troy Jr. | ||
 | Herbert Lewis Trull | ||
 | Cornelius Joseph Twomey | ||
 | Christopher J. Tyrrell | June 21, 1895 | |
 | John H. Valentine | July 21, 1896 | |
 | James L. Vallely | ||
 | John W. Vaughan | March 20, 1878 | |
 | James T. Violette | ||
 | Ira C. Ward | March 7, 1862 | |
 | John B. Wenzler | June 11, 1881 | |
 | Edgar A. Whitcomb | ||
 | John Philip White | ||
 | William Emmet White | June 1, 1900 | |
 | Otis M. Whitney | March 25, 1909 | |
 | Joseph L. Whiton | ||
 | Ralph E. Williams | ||
 | Frederick Willis (American politician) | May 18, 1904 | |
 | Carl A. Woekel | ||
 | Henry Eden Wright | ||
 | Morton E. York | ||
 | Arthur Lincoln Youngman | ||
 | Abraham I. Zimon |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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
- ^ "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
- ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
- ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
- ^ Kaitlin Connolly (January 5, 2016), "Short-Lived Biennial Legislative Session System in Massachusetts", State Library of Massachusetts blog
- ^ a b Public Officials of Massachusetts 1939-'40. Boston Review. 1939.
- ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1939" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
Further reading
[edit]- Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1938), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1939, hdl:2452/43430
- Court, Massachusetts General (1939). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40708.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1939 Massachusetts legislature.
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1939, hdl:2452/265589
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1939, hdl:2452/60143
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