1904 Massachusetts legislature explained

125th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 3, 1903
Session1 End: [1]
Before:124th
After:126th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican (31–9)
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:George R. Jones
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Republican (154–85–1)
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Louis A. Frothingham

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.[2]

Senators

District[3] [4] PortraitSenator Partydata-sort-type="date" Born
Middlesex and EssexFrancis H. AppletonRepublicanJune 17, 1847
First SuffolkA. Dudley BagleyRepublicanFebruary 27, 1869
Second NorfolkAlbion F. BemisRepublicanJuly 19, 1856
First NorfolkAlbert A. BrackettRepublicanDecember 5, 1850
Third BristolWilliam J. BullockRepublicanJanuary 31, 1864
Seventh SuffolkEdward B. CallenderRepublicanFebruary 23, 1851
Second BristolFrank M. ChaceRepublicanApril 16, 1856
Fourth WorcesterAlvin B. ChamberlainRepublicanDecember 16, 1842
Sixth MiddlesexChester W. ClarkRepublicanAugust 9, 1851
Second EssexSamuel ColeRepublicanDecember 15, 1856
First EssexWilliam F. CraigRepublicanSeptember 15, 1866
First MiddlesexWilliam F. DanaRepublicanJune 26, 1863
Second HampdenThomas J. DillonRepublicanApril 20, 1869
Third SuffolkHenry S. FitzgeraldDemocraticOctober 24, 1875
Fifth EssexJoseph J. FlynnDemocraticMay 1, 1862
Fourth SuffolkJohn J. GartlandDemocraticNovember 27, 1871
First BristolGeorge N. GoffRepublicanJuly 24, 1837
Fifth MiddlesexOtis M. GoveRepublicanMay 3, 1851
First PlymouthElisha T. HarvellRepublicanDecember 18, 1841
First WorcesterFrank M. HeathRepublicanSeptember 8, 1852
Fourth EssexCarleton F. HowRepublicanApril 20, 1863
Fourth MiddlesexGeorge R. JonesRepublicanFebruary 8, 1862
Berkshire and HampshireLoren P. KeyesRepublicanJanuary 6, 1838
Third EssexMoody KimballRepublicanJuly 2, 1862
Ninth SuffolkDaniel W. LaneRepublicanDecember 11, 1871
Fifth SuffolkDavid Dennis LeahyDemocraticApril 15, 1876
BerkshireWilliam H. MacInnisDemocraticNovember 22, 1861
Sixth SuffolkDaniel V. McIsaacDemocraticNovember 6, 1871
Seventh MiddlesexJames H. McKinleyRepublicanMay 21, 1860
Second WorcesterJohn P. MunroeRepublicanJune 28, 1850
Franklin and HampshireHerbert NewellRepublicanApril 2, 1855
CapeWilliam A. NyeRepublicanMay 26, 1850
Fifth WorcesterEdward L. OsgoodRepublicanAugust 6, 1844
Eighth SuffolkAndrew James PetersDemocraticApril 3, 1872
Second PlymouthDavid G. PrattRepublicanNovember 7, 1848
Second MiddlesexWilliam J. RoundsRepublicanJune 24, 1855
First HampdenHenry F. SampsonRepublicanMay 12, 1835
Second SuffolkCharles S. SullivanDemocraticJune 29, 1875
Third WorcesterGeorge R. WallaceRepublicanJune 20, 1859
Third MiddlesexJohn M. WoodsRepublicanAugust 18, 1839

Representatives

imagename data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Cecil L. AdamsJune 14, 1878
William Leck AdamsOctober 24, 1852
Frank Brinton AllenDecember 5, 1859
Franklin B. AllenJune 29, 1869
James Sidney AllenJuly 3, 1831
Henry Stoddard AmesMay 21, 1861
Charles A. AndrewsJuly 2, 1872
Adelbert S. AthertonOctober 13, 1850
James F. AylwardAugust 4, 1862
George O. BakerApril 6, 1835
William Selby BamfordAugust 11, 1864
George L. BarnesJune 24, 1879
George H. Battis1863
Fred Alfred BearseFebruary 15, 1871
Frank P. Bennett Jr.December 30, 1878
March G. BennettJanuary 31, 1869
John Williston BlaneySeptember 18, 1841
Ernest Linwood BonneyJune 23, 1864
Manassah Edward BradleyAugust 15, 1863
Edward H. BrewerDecember 12, 1851
Elisha Hume BrewsterSeptember 10, 1871
William M. BrighamJanuary 23, 1864
Henry W. BrownOctober 14, 1856
William A. BurnsJanuary 9, 1875
John J. ButlerJune 7, 1865
Allan G. ButtrickMarch 16, 1876
Harry Hammond BuxbaumJanuary 19, 1879
Robert D. CadagonJune 6, 1870
George H. CadiganFebruary 22, 1873
John J. CahillSeptember 27, 1865
Edward C. CallahanMarch 14, 1874
Edwin J. CastleApril 15, 1853
Alfred M. ChaffeeAugust 16, 1859
Sumner A. ChapmanMay 30, 1874
James W. ChrystalMarch 24, 1876
Allen ClarkApril 1, 1870
Edward E. ClarkNovember 4, 1870
James Colby Dorr ClarkJune 10, 1872
Luther W. ClarkSeptember 19, 1851
William W. ClarkeMarch 10, 1870
John N. ColeNovember 4, 1863
Thomas J. CollinsOctober 28, 1868
William H. CookMarch 7, 1856
William H. CoolidgeNovember 6, 1856
John A. CoulthurstJune 24, 1871
Guy W. CoxJanuary 19, 1871
William H. CuddyAugust 7, 1865
Thomas F. CurleyMarch 22, 1871
Michael F. CurranNovember 30, 1875
William H. CushmanJune 8, 1850
Samuel Newton CutlerJanuary 25, 1855
Charles L. DavenportMay 4, 1854
Charles S. Davis1858
Thomas L. DavisMarch 15, 1852
Frederick Simpson DeitrickApril 9, 1875
Daniel J. DempseyJune 8, 1866
Francis J. DohertyAugust 26, 1875
J. Frank DonahueAugust 29, 1865
Thomas DonahueAugust 20, 1853
Daniel J. DonnellyOctober 13, 1868
George H. DotyMay 9, 1861
Thomas DowdMay 1, 1864
Horace Rogers DrinkwaterMay 28, 1872
Alonzo W. DunbarMay 4, 1850
William A. EdsonApril 22, 1862
John F. EganJuly 6, 1874
William A. FaheyJuly 26, 1875
Lowell Ethan FalesSeptember 28, 1858
Peter T. FallonJuly 16, 1856
Dennis H. FinnApril 2, 1870
Michael FitzGeraldSeptember 29, 1869
Daniel L. FlanaganJune 14, 1870
Richard H. FoleyJune 16, 1867
Richard Rich FreemanNovember 19, 1860
Louis A. FrothinghamJuly 13, 1871
Charles B. GardinerJune 19, 1849
Arthur H. GardnerAugust 4, 1854
George H. GarfieldJuly 18, 1858
Guy W. GarlandDecember 11, 1844
Julius GarstDecember 12, 1855
Julius K. GatesOctober 9, 1833
Arthur L. GavinJune 11, 1876
Charles GiddingsMay 10, 1867
Albert G. GodfreyAugust 28, 1855
Jeremiah J. GoodMay 6, 1865
Eben H. GooginsJuly 28, 1845
Charles H. GouldingMarch 24, 1838
William H. Gove (see Mass.September 4, 1851
Thomas J. GradyDecember 16, 1877
William J. GrahamOctober 2, 1873
Harry E. GravesMay 17, 1876
Francis Xavier GreenwoodJanuary 31, 1851
John M. Grosvenor Jr.April 22, 1864
Alfred Sigourney HallAugust 27, 1861
Alfred Stevens HallApril 14, 1850
Guy Andrews HamJuly 8, 1878
William E. HannanOctober 26, 1873
Robert J. HarringtonJanuary 24, 1875
Michael F. HartSeptember 22, 1873
George H. HartfordMarch 3, 1852
George A. HastingsApril 8, 1865
William Henry Irving HayesJune 21, 1848
William C. S. HealeySeptember 26, 1873
Thomas F. HedermanMarch 4, 1873
William Edward HickeyDecember 29, 1870
Sidney Adelvin HillAugust 26, 1849
Horton H. HiltonDecember 11, 1869
Fred V. HookeAugust 19, 1859
Franklin K. HooperFebruary 2, 1849
Michael B. HoulihanMarch 24, 1874
Augustus HubbardJune 27, 1849
George C. HuntApril 7, 1859
Jeremiah J. HurleyDecember 24, 1873
John C. HurleyDecember 19, 1875
Thomas Huse1851
George H. JacksonMarch 9, 1865
Warren Carlton JewettJanuary 28, 1855
David P. KeefeSeptember 29, 1855
Jeremiah J. KelleyMarch 25, 1863
William A. KelleyApril 27, 1868
James M. LaneDecember 1, 1872
Henry F. LehanSeptember 16, 1874
Eben F. LeonardJuly 25, 1845
Joseph J. LeonardMay 8, 1876
Frank J. LinehanJanuary 31, 1870
Henry N. LocklinMarch 7, 1853
Fred Wyatt LordSeptember 22, 1860
James Arnold LowellFebruary 5, 1869
John B. LowneyMarch 17, 1879
Robert LuceDecember 2, 1862
George H. LyonApril 2, 1849
William Frederick MaintienDecember 31, 1863
Hamilton MayoFebruary 26, 1851
Matthew McCann1863
Edwin C. McIntireOctober 18, 1867
John J. McManmonApril 5, 1871
Edward L. McManusDecember 22, 1866
James J. MellenMarch 30, 1875
Lewis H. MillettDecember 22, 1873
John Joseph MitchellMay 9, 1873
David A. MonroeFebruary 5, 1867
George Henry MooreMay 16, 1844
Harry Payson MorseJuly 27, 1854
Harold P. MoseleyNovember 13, 1871
Otto MuellerApril 24, 1867
J. Howard NasonNovember 18, 1842
John S. NasonMay 6, 1860
Asa T. NewhallDecember 23, 1850
H. Huestis NewtonDecember 2, 1860
Arthur D. NorcrossNovember 7, 1848
Charles Henry NowellOctober 15, 1843
Daniel J. O'BrienOctober 5, 1873
Edward H. O'BrienFebruary 1, 1874
Daniel M. O'ConnellMay 30, 1865
Hugh O'RourkeMarch 1, 1869
Charles Torrey OldfieldApril 7, 1843
David M. OwensJanuary 12, 1877
Edward C. PackardOctober 14, 1847
James Breckenridge PaigeDecember 28, 1861
Fordis C. ParkerJanuary 3, 1868
Joseph A. ParksMay 2, 1877
Thomas PattisonJanuary 20, 1854
Edward C. PaullSeptember 5, 1862
W. Rodman PeabodyMarch 3, 1874
Pierre F. PeloquinMay 26, 1851
Winthrop Edmund PerryNovember 6, 1842
Charles S. PierceSeptember 5, 1874
John J. PinderJune 15, 1878
Mellen A. PingreeMarch 9, 1861
Henry L. PlummerNovember 17, 1866
George M. PolandJuly 16, 1877
Samuel L. PorterNovember 10, 1869
Elmer C. PotterAugust 23, 1868
William H. PotterApril 12, 1850
Maurice J. PowerJuly 21, 1872
John H. QuinlanFebruary 29, 1864
John Quinn, Jr.December 16, 1859
Wallace C. RansdenNovember 1, 1853
Charles H. ReinhartMarch 8, 1867
Evan F. RichardsonMarch 9, 1867
Herbert S. RileyDecember 20, 1859
Reginald L. RobbinsDecember 5, 1875
John G. RobinsonNovember 24, 1860
Joseph L. RogersAugust 2, 1864
Samuel RossFebruary 2, 1865
Thomas Bradford RoundsApril 2, 1853
William R. SalterJuly 6, 1861
George R. SampsonOctober 2, 1852
George A. SchofieldApril 26, 1863
Charles SchumakerMarch 2, 1867
George A. SciglianoAugust 26, 1874
Frank SeiberlichOctober 29, 1874
Edward J. SennottApril 4, 1867
Henry Walter SewardJanuary 18, 1865
John F. SheehanSeptember 2, 1861
Nelson SherburneNovember 18, 1864
Patrick J. ShielsAugust 9, 1873
Mark N. SkerrettFebruary 23, 1870
C. Aylmer SmithFebruary 15, 1846
Gurdon SouthworthMarch 27, 1846
Nathaniel P. SowleOctober 30, 1857
Samuel O. StaplesApril 16, 1843
Clarence Winfield StarrattMarch 19, 1861
Elmer A. StevensJanuary 15, 1862
Everett J. StevensMay 11, 1847
Edward Carleton StoneJune 29, 1878
Luke S. StoweAugust 9, 1834
Arthur M. TaftJanuary 28, 1854
Edgar V. TannerAugust 28, 1835
Frederick H. TarrOctober 8, 1868
William C. TempleAugust 15, 1861
Herbert W. ThayerMay 7, 1858
George Henry ThorburnFebruary 21, 1866
Harry L. TimmonsNovember 12, 1875
George A. TitcombJune 19, 1853
Allen T. TreadwaySeptember 16, 1867
George A. TurnerJune 4, 1857
Samuel Willard TylerFebruary 11, 1866
Arthur P. VinalJune 14, 1854
Thomas Melville VinsonApril 27, 1868
Edward A. WalkerMay 28, 1869
Joseph WalkerJuly 13, 1865
William H. WalkerNovember 30, 1857
Charles E. WardOctober 17, 1849
Peter F. WardJanuary 16, 1877
Edgar W. WarrenOctober 4, 1853
Henry Endicott WeatherbeeAugust 24, 1862
Edmund WeberMarch 1, 1871
Fred Olvin WelshApril 4, 1852
William E. WestallJanuary 5, 1853
Frank G. WheatleyJuly 6, 1851
Harvey WheelerNovember 5, 1847
Frederick W. WhitcombSeptember 7, 1863
Charles H. WinslowMay 22, 1866
William H. WoodheadSeptember 17, 1860
William H. WoodsAugust 7, 1860
Allen S. WoodwardDecember 23, 1850

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 . 1904 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Internet Archive .
  4. Book: Bridgman, A. M. (Arthur Milnor) . A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators . 1904 . Brockton : A.M. Bridgman . State Library of Massachusetts.