1901 Massachusetts legislature

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122nd
Massachusetts General Court
121st 123rd
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 6, 1900
Senate
Members40
PresidentRufus A. Soule
Party controlRepublican (31—9)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJames J. Myers
Party controlRepublican (179–58–3)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 2, 1901 (1901-01-02) – June 19, 1901 (1901-06-19)
+ extra session[3]
Rufus A. Soule
Rufus Soule, Senate president.
James J. Myers
James Myers, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1901.

The 122nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1901 during the governorship of Winthrop M. Crane. Rufus A. Soule served as president of the Senate and James J. Myers served as speaker of the House.[4]

Senators

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image name [5] date of birth [6] district
Henry C. Attwill March 11, 1872
Edward F. Blodgett August 9, 1848
William A. Butler February 4, 1859
Loyed E. Chamberlain January 30, 1857
James B. Clancy May 26, 1868
George L. Clemence February 17, 1852
Franklin L. Codman September 9, 1867
Charles A. Corser September 21, 1832
Guy W. Currier December 22, 1867
Cornelius R. Day December 29, 1847
Thomas H. Dowd March 24, 1872
Frank A. Fales October 13, 1848
W. T. A. Fitzgerald December 19, 1871
Herbert E. Fletcher May 10, 1862
Augustus Peabody Gardner November 5, 1865
Francis A. Harrington November 17, 1846
Edward C. Holt January 13, 1850
Willard Howland December 3, 1852
Franklin E. Huntress April 19, 1866
George R. Jones February 8, 1862
Amos A. Lawrence November 3, 1847
Walter O. Luscombe August 19, 1852
Jeremiah E. Mahoney November 8, 1864
David Manning August 29, 1846
John F. Marsh February 1, 1828
Andrew H. Morrison June 27, 1871
Merrick A. Morse May 1, 1847
William Nutt August 5, 1836
John E. Parry July 3, 1854
J. Frank Porter April 8, 1847
Edward Seaver June 3, 1849
David B. Shaw August 20, 1870
Rufus Albertson Soule 1839
John Thomas Sparks July 9, 1865
Eugene H. Sprague May 23, 1864
John Andrew Sullivan May 10, 1868
William Tolman June 2, 1858
Chester B. Williams October 10, 1870
Alva S. Wood May 12, 1828

Representatives

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Charles H. Adams April 22, 1859
Eben Timothy Adams January 7, 1857
Horace C. Adams July 18, 1848
Wilbur F. Adams March 6, 1865
Charles I. Albee January 17, 1862
Charles H. Allen June 17, 1841
George D. Allen October 28, 1843
Frank W. Amazeen March 10, 1853
Albert S. Apsey November 27, 1870
Warren P. Babb November 10, 1850
Frank E. Badger January 12, 1853
A. Dudley Bagley February 27, 1869
John N. Ball November 19, 1835
William L. Barber April 9, 1859
Daniel J. Barry August 27, 1859
Edward P. Bartlett September 9, 1849
Frank Bartlett September 5, 1854
Frederick W. Bateman December 17, 1852
Fred Alfred Bearse February 15, 1871
George C. Belcher August 26, 1844
Harry L. Belden January 7, 1864
Albion F. Bemis July 19, 1856
Austin Bigelow September 8, 1840
John Bleiler May 9, 1837
James F. Bliss April 7, 1847
Charles H. Blood December 10, 1858
Samuel H. Borofsky April 25, 1865
Ward N. Boylston December 17, 1871
J. Walter Bradlee January 27, 1867
Patrick H. Bradley October 17, 1874
Lewis S. Breed November 4, 1866
Charles P. Brewer August 1, 1852
Clarence A. Briggs August 21, 1871
William M. Brigham January 23, 1864
Edward L. Brown April 3, 1861
John A. Brown July 7, 1844
Henry Cushing Bulfinch February 16, 1859
George P. Bullard June 25, 1857
George Walton Bullard May 24, 1841
William J. Bullock January 31, 1864
Edward D. Bunyan June 14, 1871
George S. Burgess January 30, 1876
James Burns May 20, 1838
Joseph E. Buswell August 7, 1842
A. Webster Butler August 22, 1858
Dexter Butterfield March 15, 1842
Edward B. Callender February 23, 1851
Charles A. Card October 12, 1849
James F. Carey August 19, 1867
Charles A. Carruth December 13, 1853
John H. Casey July 22, 1848
Frank M. Chace April 16, 1856
Alfred M. Chaffee August 16, 1859
John F. Chase May 19, 1871
Edwards Cheney May 3, 1861
Charles Edwin Childs July 17, 1860
Chester W. Clark August 9, 1851
Amedee Cloutier April 25, 1868
Benjamin G. Collins December 25, 1860
John J. Collins August 27, 1865
Henry Cook April 4, 1835
Leroy E. Coolidge June 12, 1847
Thomas Laurie Creeley May 23, 1849
J. Howell Crosby December 30, 1867
William F. Dana June 26, 1863
Alphonso Davis September 4, 1863
Daniel W. Davis October 3, 1846
Thomas L. Davis March 15, 1852
Isaac C. Day June 2, 1843
Benjamin C. Dean March 8, 1843
Charles Austin Dean March 26, 1856
Jeremiah J. Desmond November 3, 1867
Frank S. Dewey, Jr. March 22, 1857
Thomas J. Dillon April 20, 1869
George H. Dinan May 18, 1871
Thomas Donahue August 20, 1853
Jeremiah F. Donovan May 10, 1856
John L. Donovan June 3, 1876
William H. Downs December 29, 1845
Aaron Coolidge Dowse March 27, 1856
Charles M. Draper November 1, 1869
Charles V. Dudley September 2, 1852
J. Lewis Ellsworth November 8, 1848
Freeman O. Emerson January 12, 1859
George H. Fall October 19, 1858
John F. Farrar August 31, 1856
John D. Fenton July 31, 1865
Henry M. Fern December 23, 1862
John F. Foster October 22, 1862
Frank W. Francis September 16, 1857
Archie N. Frost July 26, 1872
Louis A. Frothingham July 13, 1871
Fred Eugene Fuller September 10, 1862
Michael E. Gaddis February 21, 1869
Horace B. Gale December 27, 1861
Irving P. Gammon September 23, 1862
Arthur H. Gardner August 4, 1854
Charles N. Gardner March 29, 1845
Eugene Clarence Gardner March 26, 1836
George H. Garfield July 18, 1858
Richard W. Garrity March 14, 1864
John J. Gartland November 27, 1871
Frank Gerrett February 4, 1857
Thomas E. Gibney June 25, 1843
Fred C. Gilpatric August 22, 1865
George H. Goddard November 24, 1844
Eben H. Googins July 28, 1845
Edward T. Goward August 10, 1862
John G. Hagberg August 24, 1873
George A. Hall November 28, 1848
Portus B. Hancock February 19, 1836
Arthur Harrington July 23, 1874
Ulysses G. Haskell October 3, 1863
Richard J. Hayes October 4, 1861
William C. S. Healey September 26, 1873
Frank M. Heath September 8, 1852
James F. Heath March 10, 1860
Frederic M. Hersey January 8, 1853
Joseph F. Hickey January 20, 1875
Albert S. N. Hickford January 24, 1859
Alexander Holmes July 28, 1867
Francis J. Horgan July 2, 1869
Robert Howard May 7, 1855
James Howell December 19, 1845
Samuel E. Hull August 12, 1843
Bennett B. Humphrey April 11, 1838
Edward W. Hunt November 29, 1859
George C. Hunt April 7, 1859
Harry Draper Hunt December 27, 1874
Harrie C. Hunter March 16, 1869
John C. Hurley December 19, 1875
William A. Jenks June 10, 1853
Michael Bernard Jones August 20, 1864
Walter S. Keene November 9, 1858
Edward H. Keith October 23, 1859
Michael Kelly June 17, 1840
Moody Kimball July 2, 1862
Homer R. King June 4, 1846
Alfred Franklin Kinney October 25, 1851
Joseph S. Leach November 14, 1860
George F. Leslie September 12, 1850
Edward L. Logan January 20, 1875
Joseph P. Lomasney March 10, 1863
Melvin W. Longley February 2, 1849
Joseph H. Loudon September 25, 1861
Joseph Patrick Love August 26, 1852
Robert Luce December 2, 1862
Michael J. Lydon September 13, 1872
Frederic O. MacCartney November 2, 1864
William A. MacCord March 14, 1871
Thomas Mackey August 6, 1865
John T. Maloney July 14, 1853
John J. Mansfield October 10, 1869
William H. Marnell August 8, 1869
J. Manuel Marshall June 1, 1869
James H. McInerney December 13, 1871
James H. McKinley May 21, 1860
William S. McNary March 29, 1863
Charles J. McPherson February 20, 1856
Edward C. Mead December 25, 1858
Alexander Cheny Methven November 7, 1864
Bernard Francis Mitchell March 30, 1867
Francis C. Montague August 5, 1859
James A. Montgomery May 17, 1864
William L. Mooney February 16, 1867
J. Myron Moore November 3, 1866
Harold P. Moseley November 13, 1871
James J. Myers November 20, 1842
Arthur E. Newcomb January 31, 1872
H. Huestis Newton December 2, 1860
George Augustus Nickerson January 12, 1854
John Nightingale September 6, 1838
William S. O'Brien August 16, 1856
John E. O'Neill January 15, 1862
James E. Odlin April 9, 1857
James Ord September 11, 1843
Edward L. Osgood August 6, 1844
Harold S. Packard October 16, 1860
Timothy Paige July 14, 1851
Fordis C. Parker January 3, 1868
William H. Parker November 10, 1863
James Pearce May 7, 1843
Arthur K. Peck September 24, 1867
William Perkins January 4, 1854
John Q. A. Pettengill July 12, 1856
Wellington Pool July 5, 1831
James C. Poor June 25, 1851
Charles H. Preston March 22, 1863
John H. Quinlan February 29, 1864
Frank H. Radford June 29, 1859
Silas Dean Reed June 25, 1872
Samuel Roads, Jr. October 22, 1853
Arthur E. Roberts June 22, 1861
William J. Rounds June 24, 1855
Arthur P. Russell June 16, 1871
William R. Salter July 6, 1861
Charles R. Saunders November 22, 1862
William Schofield February 14, 1857
Ebenezer Wallen Sheppard May 7, 1860
William H. Sherrill October 26, 1857
Harvey F. Shufelt March 19, 1860
Mark N. Skerrett February 23, 1870
George T. Sleeper September 15, 1852
Isaac M. Small March 18, 1846
Fred M. Smith September 19, 1862
Henry A. Smith November 11, 1850
J. Henry Smith June 5, 1848
Levi M. Snow April 19, 1841
Wallace Spooner November 28, 1856
George H. Stackpole September 7, 1843
Charles Ephraim Stearns April 27, 1868
Frank K. Stearns November 26, 1854
George W. Stone August 1, 1840
Edwin F. Stowell July 19, 1857
Charles S. Sullivan June 29, 1875
Peter F. Sullivan June 29, 1871
William J. Sullivan April 14, 1865
Charles W. Swift December 26, 1866
Arthur M. Taft January 28, 1854
William J. Taft May 19, 1860
John I. Toland September 6, 1874
Appleton H. Torrey December 25, 1847
William Turtle June 20, 1855
Samuel Walker Twombly July 31, 1822
David I. Walsh November 11, 1872
Louis H. Warner January 8, 1875
William S. Warriner July 15, 1866
Moses C. Waterhouse April 29, 1855
David P. Waters March 16, 1838
James A. Watson June 24, 1870
Alvin G. Weeks October 22, 1866
Joseph Welch April 7, 1851
Frank E. Wells January 4, 1874
Frank E. Wetherell December 18, 1843
Orange Whitney March 16, 1849
Charles F. Wildes October 17, 1848
J. William Williams June 11, 1849
Thomas W. Williams September 15, 1865
Gordon Willis January 13, 1851
James Irish Wingate June 4, 1837

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. 2009. p. 340+.
  5. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1901 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1901" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading

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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1901, hdl:2452/429118
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1901, hdl:2452/70976