1883 Massachusetts legislature explained

104th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 7, 1882
Session1 End: [1]
Before:103rd
After:105th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:George Glover Crocker
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Republican
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:George A. Marden

The 104th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1883 during the governorship of Benjamin Butler. George Glover Crocker served as president of the Senate and George A. Marden served as speaker of the House.[2]

Senators

SenatorDistrictHometownPartySince
Chas. H. Allen [3] 7th Middlesex
James S. Allen2nd Plymouth
John R. Baldwin1st EssexLynnDemocratic1882
Alvan BarrusHampshire
Charles P. Barton3rd Worcester
Theodore C. Bates4th Worcester
Edwin Bowley5th Essex
George A. Bruce1st MiddlesexSomervilleRepublican1882
George G. Crocker4th SuffolkBostonRepublican1880
John W. Cummings2nd BristolFall River
Benjamin F. Cutter8th Suffolk
Lincoln Drake1st Bristol
Knowles Freeman1st Suffolk
Owen Galvin3rd SuffolkBostonDemocratic1882
Charles F. Gerry5th MiddlesexSudbury1881
Onslow Gilmore6th Middlesex
William H. Haile1st HampdenSpringfieldRepublican1882
Dexter B. Hitchcock2nd Hampden
George W. Johnson2nd Worcester
Joseph P. JohnsonCape
Rufus LivermoreFranklin
Warren E. Locke2nd Norfolk
Edward P. Loring5th Worcester
Benjamin S. Lovell1st Norfolk
Peleg McFarlin1st Plymouth
James A. McGeough5th Suffolk
Walter N. Mason4th Middlesex
James O. Parker6th Essex
Charles B. Pratt1st Worcester
Charles S. Randall3rd BristolNew BedfordRepublican1882
David Randall2nd Middlesex
Frederick S. Risteen6th Suffolk
Charles A. Sayward4th Essex
John M. SeeleySouth Berkshire
John H. Sherburne2nd Suffolk
William Sparhawk2nd Essex
Isaac A.S. Steele3rd Essex
Foster E. SwiftNorth Berkshire
Arthur W. Tufts7th Suffolk
Henry J. Wells3rd Middlesex

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/348/mode/1up . 2009 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Manual for the Use of the General Court . Length of Legislative Sessions . 348+ .
  2. Book: https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/340/mode/2up . 2009 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Manual for the Use of the General Court . Organization of the Legislature Since 1780 . 340+ .
  3. Book: Manual for the Use of the General Court. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1883. Boston.