1915 Massachusetts legislature explained

136th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 3, 1914
Session1 End: [1]
Before:135th
After:137th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Calvin Coolidge
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Republican
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Channing H. Cox

The 136th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1915 during the governorship of David I. Walsh. Calvin Coolidge served as president of the Senate and Channing H. Cox served as speaker of the House.[2]

Senators

imagename data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Edward C. R. Bagley
Frank Bartlett
Sanford BatesJuly 17, 18849th Suffolk
William A. L. Bazeley1872
Charles Sumner BealAugust 14, 1856
James W. BeanMay 11, 1866
James F. Cavanagh
Ezra W. ClarkOctober 12, 1842
Calvin CoolidgeJuly 4, 1872
Herbert E. Cummings
Andrew P. DoyleAugust 15, 1869
Charles W. EldridgeOctober 16, 1877
George H. EllisOctober 3, 1848
Frank S. Farnsworth
Wilton B. Fay
Redmond S. Fitzgerald
Julius Garst
Charles L. GiffordMarch 15, 1871
Gurdon W. Gordon
James I. GreenApril 9, 1885
John W. HaigisJuly 31, 1881
Martin HaysOctober 14, 1876
Clarence Whitman Hobbs Jr.October 1, 1878
George H. JacksonMarch 9, 1865
Charles A. Kimball
Louis F. R. Langelier
Joseph Leonard
George Edward MarchandDecember 22, 1877
Joseph W. Martin Jr.November 3, 1884
Orion T. Mason
Philip J. McGonagleOctober 21, 1871
Walter E. McLane
C. Augustus Norwood
E. Howard Perley
John F. Sheehan
William J. SullivanApril 14, 1865
James R. TetlerAugust 26, 1877
James P. TimiltyMarch 28, 1865
Nathan A. TuftsApril 15, 1879
Henry Gordon WellsOctober 12, 1879

Representatives

imagename [3] data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Essex S. Abbott
Henry Achin Jr.June 30, 1883
Austin Flint Adams3rd Worcester
J. Weston AllenApril 19, 1872
Charles H. AnnisJanuary 12, 1869
William M. ArmstrongAugust 17, 1850
Harrison Henry AtwoodAugust 26, 1863
James T. Bagshaw
Samuel H. Bailey
Edmund Baker
Philip Hosmer Ball
Arthur W. Barker
Joseph L. Barry
William J. Barry1861
Addison P. Beardsley
Joseph Belcher
Joseph J. Benson
Jacob BitzerJanuary 16, 1865
Thomas William Blanchard
Alvin E. Bliss
Henry E. BothfeldMarch 4, 1859
Arthur Bower
Eden K. Bowser
Thomas H. Brennan
James J. BrennanMay 2, 1882
Fred Johnson Brown
Daniel J. Buckley
George BuntingAugust 31, 1868
Frederic W. Burke
Arthur E. Burr
Frederick Butler
Fred E. Cady
Matthew J. Carbary
Julius F. CarmanAugust 7, 1861
Maurice Caro
Peter CarrMay 2, 1883
Andrew A. Casassa
Daniel W. Casey
Allison G. CatheronJune 26, 1878
George Dudley Chamberlain
Albert Minot Chandler
Edward Earl Chapman
John W. ChurchillNovember 17, 1853
A. Schuyler Clapp
Frederic F. Clauss
James CoffeyMay 17, 1849
Arthur Willard ColburnDecember 1, 1877
Benjamin G. Collins
Samuel I. CollinsMarch 4, 1851
D. Herbert CookJune 2, 1851
Thomas J. Cooley
Michael H. Cotter
John J. Courtney
Walter D. Cowls
George H. Creighton
William N. Cronin
Burton H. Crosby
Fred Wilder CrossSeptember 15, 1868
John T. CrowleyNovember 15, 1872
Patrick J. Curley
George E. Curran
Edward J. Dailey
Samuel DavisJune 4, 1866
Ernest F. Davis
Theodore H. Day
William Abner Dodge
John F. DohertyJune 9, 1881
Peter J. Donaghue
William J. Donahoe
Joseph Joyce Donahue
John A. Donoghue
John L. DonovanJune 3, 1876
Thomas E. Dowd
Aaron Coolidge Dowse
George P. Drury
Dennis Francis Duggan
Frank B. Edgell
Carl C. EmeryNovember 4, 1888
Charles A. Ericson
John G. Faxon
Frederick B. Felton
Horace F. Field
Joseph La Flamme
Maurice R. FlynnJuly 28, 1889
William J. FoleyMarch 2, 1887
Harry C. FosterAugust 27, 1871
Harvey E. FrostOctober 2, 1875
Charles Benjamin FrothinghamNovember 11, 1858
Alvan T. FullerFebruary 27, 1878
Howard F. Furness
Charles F. Garrity
Harry C. Gates
Joseph S. GatesOctober 3, 1856
John Mellen Gibbs
Thomas J. Giblin
John J. Gilbride
Joseph P. Good
Shirley P. Graves
Fred Parker Greenwood
Edgar H. Hall
John HalliwellFebruary 21, 1864
Edward F. Harrington (state representative)August 10, 1878
James L. Harrop
George F. HartNovember 9, 1859
John F. Hatch Jr.
Matthew A. Higgins
Albert Holway
John C. Hull (politician)November 1, 1870
Charles N. JamesSeptember 3, 1853
Victor Francis Jewett
John Joseph Kearney
Thomas R. Kelley
Jeremiah J. Kelly
William W. Kennard
Robert T. Kent
Richard Knowles
Joseph O. Knox
Louis LaDame
Arthur F. Lamb
Francis X. Le Boeuf
George B. Leonard
John N. Levins
Fred Oliver LewisJune 12, 1878
E. Ellsworth Lincoln
George A. Lindberg
Martin LomasneyDecember 3, 1859
Henry Follansbee Long
Frederick H. Lucke
James MacFarlane Lyle
Frank E. LymanSeptember 15, 1866
John H. LynchOctober 28, 1884
Frederick William MacKenzie
James E. MacPherson
Frederick H. Magison
John P. MahoneyMay 26, 1888
Michael F. Malone
Frank A. Manning
Felix A. Marcella
John L. Mather
John Edwin Maybury
John Henry McAllister
John F. McCarthy
Charles H. McGlue
Joseph McGrath (American politician)December 20, 1890
Orlando McKenzie
Jared B. McLane
Henry J. McLaughlin
Edward F. McLaughlinJune 6, 1883
William M. McMorrow
Michael J. McNamee
Samuel H. Mildram
John MitchellSeptember 4, 1877
John L. Monahan
Wesley E. MonkAugust 1, 1874
Alfred James MooreAugust 7, 1891
Charles H. MorrillOctober 6, 1874
Edward G. Morris
George D. Morse
Hugh E. Mullen
Thomas B. Mulvehill
Frank Mulveny
John J. MurphyMarch 26, 1889
Dennis A. MurphySeptember 26, 1876
Edward P. Murphy
James J. MurphyFebruary 11, 1885
Patrick E. MurrayAugust 22, 1869
David W. MurraySeptember 9, 1874
Ken Nash
Arthur N. Newhall
John P. Nickerson
Francis Norwood
Edward H. NuttingJuly 6, 1869
James T. O'Dowd
Joseph A. Oakhem
Ambrose F. Ogden
John N. OsborneJanuary 28, 1853
James Goodridge Page
Peter C. Paradis
John H. ParkerAugust 27, 1859
Chauncey Pepin
Edward Howland Perry
Joseph H. PerryMay 4, 1869
Joseph C. PerryMay 1, 1856
Immanuel Pfeiffer Jr.
James E. PhelanOctober 21, 1884
James Tracy PotterJanuary 26, 1870
Winfield F. PrimeNovember 22, 1860
Martin Lewis QuinnJanuary 19, 1862
Albert T. Quiry
George J. Rabouin
Cyril R. Read
Dennis F. Reardon
John J. Reilly
William C. Renne
Robert RobinsonJanuary 4, 1889
William M. RobinsonJuly 21, 1875
Silas B. Root
Charles Freeman Rowley
G. Oscar Russell
Walter F. Russell
John D. RyanJuly 30, 1868
Edward Julius SandbergOctober 21, 1866
Alfred Santosuosso
Joseph A. Saunders
Roland D. SawyerJanuary 8, 1874
C. Burnside Seagrave
John Francis SheehanAugust 25, 1879
John H. Sherburne1877
Michael J. Sherry
Allston M. Sinnott
Jerome S. Smith
Fitz-Henry Smith Jr.
Ralph M. Smith
William O. Souther Jr.
Charles Elmer Stanwood
Joseph Fayette StoneFebruary 8, 1858
Merrill E. Streeter
Denis J. SullivanJuly 24, 1889
Lewis R. Sullivan
William H. SullivanFebruary 20, 1869
John F. SullivanMay 17, 1875
Edmond P. Talbot1884
Warren E. Tarbell
James E. TolmanNovember 8, 1867
George J. Wall
Joseph E. WarnerMay 16, 1884
Robert M. WashburnJanuary 4, 1868
George B. Waterman
Samuel W. Weare
Thomas Weston, Jr
Hartley L. White
George A. Whitney
Edgar H. Whitney
Herbert A. WilsonNovember 27, 1870
Herbert Wing
Walter Edgar Wolfe
Harry C. Woodill
George M. Worrall

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/manualforuseofge200506mass/page/338/mode/2up . 2005 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Manual for the Use of the General Court . Organization of the Legislature Since 1780 . 338+ .
  3. Book: Who's Who in State Politics . 1915 . Practical Politics . Boston .