1920 Massachusetts legislature explained

141st
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 4, 1919
Session1 End:
+ 16-day extra session[1]
Before:140th
After:142nd
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Edwin T. McKnight (6th Middlesex)
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Republican
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Joseph E. Warner (4th Bristol)

The 141st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1920 during the governorship of Calvin Coolidge. Edwin T. McKnight served as president of the Senate and Joseph E. Warner served as speaker of the House.[2]

Senators

portraitname data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Frank G. AllenOctober 6, 1874
Alvin E. Bliss4th Middlesex
Frederick Butler
George H. Carrick
Andrew A. Casassa
George Dudley Chamberlain
John W. ChurchillNovember 17, 1853
Harry A. Cooke
George E. Curran
John A. CurtinApril 3, 1870
Edward N. Dahlborg
Thomas F. DonovanSeptember 26, 1890
Carl C. EmeryNovember 4, 1888
Samuel B. Finkel
William J. FoleyMarch 2, 1887
John Mellen Gibbs
Lyman W. GriswoldOctober 16, 1869
John HalliwellFebruary 21, 1864
Leonard F. Hardy
Walter A. HardyDecember 15, 1866
Joseph O. Knox
Augustus Peabody Loring1856
John J. MahoneyApril 13, 1860
Daniel Aloysius Martin
David Story McIntosh
Edwin T. McKnightOctober 11, 1869
Walter E. McLane
William C. MoultonOctober 15, 1873
Arthur L. NasonOctober 24, 1872
Christian Nelson
Gardner W. Pearson
Francis Prescott
Frank H. Putnam
Martin Lewis QuinnJanuary 19, 1862
Silas D. Reed
Warren E. Tarbell
John J. Walsh
Wellington WellsApril 18, 1868
Thomas Weston, Jr
Charles A. Winchester

Representatives

portraitname [3] data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Essex S. Abbott
Henry Achin Jr.June 30, 1883
Talbot Aldrich4th Norfolk
Charles H. AnnisJanuary 12, 1869
Seth Fenelon ArnoldDecember 21, 1878
Charles M. AustinMay 2, 1884
James T. Bagshaw
William B. BaldwinSeptember 18, 1854
Frank E. BarrowsJune 14, 1871
George J. BatesFebruary 25, 1891
Russell T. Bates
Arthur Enoch Beane
Addison P. Beardsley
Erastus T. Bearse
Chauncey A. Bennett
James D. BentleyFebruary 6, 1884
Adelard Berard
Alfred M. BessetteMarch 25, 1876
Orlando C. Bidwell
Robert E. Bigney
Edgar A. Bowers
Eden K. Bowser
Alfred Bradbury
Charles D. Bradbury
Louis Adelard Breault
Owen E. BrennenSeptember 26, 1868
Frank L. Brier
George E. BriggsMay 3, 1873
John C. Brimblecom1868
E. Gerry Brown
Charles H. BrownJanuary 19, 1879
Samuel F. BrownDecember 26, 1878
Edgar J. Buck
Maurice Allan Buck
Albert W. BullockApril 18, 1872
William J. Bullock
Frank James BurkeSeptember 8, 1885
Herbert W. BurrJune 15, 1866
William A. Canty
John J. CareyFebruary 28, 1888
Julius F. CarmanAugust 7, 1861
John B. Cashman
Mial W. Chase
Henry S. Clark
Everett W. Coleman
William J. ConlonMarch 14, 1868
William S. ConroyOctober 2, 1877
D. Herbert CookJune 2, 1851
Richard B. CoolidgeSeptember 14, 1879
Thomas J. CorbettMay 10, 1883
Frank N. Coulson
Frank H. Cowin
William F. CraigSeptember 15, 1866
Samuel V. CraneOctober 4, 1855
Walter Thomas Creese
William Cyril Crossley
James E. Curry
Warren Chapman DaggettMay 10, 1868
Elbridge Gerry DavisAugust 20, 1877
Henry Ellsworth DeanSeptember 29, 1862
James P. DonnellyFebruary 26, 1890
Robert W. DowJuly 15, 1868
Lawrence F. Dowd
Andrew P. DoyleAugust 15, 1869
Cornelius J. Driscoll
Timothy J. Driscoll
Henry Francis Duggan
Bernard Earley
James Joseph Early
George R. EllisJuly 29, 1876
Vernon W. EvansJanuary 5, 1895
Erland F. FishDecember 7, 1883
John I. FitzgeraldJuly 18, 1882
Michael J. FitzgeraldMarch 1, 1891
William Fleming
Charles R. FooteJuly 9, 1865
William J. Francis
John F. Freeland
Harvey E. FrostOctober 2, 1875
Tony GarofanoMay 28, 1885
Daniel J. Gillen
George A. GilmanAugust 16, 1880
Frederick P. GlazierSeptember 27, 1859
Albert C. Goff
James A. Goode
Charles Waite GouldMay 8, 1891
William H. Grady
William GrantJanuary 4, 1855
Louis L. Green
Thomas H. GreenMay 11, 1883
Herbert S. Grutchfield
Fred C. Haigis
Walter S. Hale
Cornelius F. HaleyJuly 15, 1875
Leo Spotten Hamburger
William H. Hannagan
Edward F. HarringtonAugust 10, 1878
Edward Joseph Harrington1894
Charles H. Hartshorn
John Francis HarveyJanuary 30, 1891
Brad Dudley Harvey
Daniel J. Hayden
James William Hayes
Walter Haynes
Martin HaysOctober 14, 1876
Joseph E. Herrick
William P. HickeyNovember 17, 1871
Matthew A. Higgins
Edward Carroll Hinckley
Charles Sumner HoldenMay 2, 1857
Edgar F. Howland
George C. F. Hudson
John C. Hull (politician)November 1, 1870
James Melville Hunnewell
Victor Francis Jewett
Arthur Westgate JonesJanuary 11, 1873
Michael H. JordanFebruary 7, 1863
Thomas Martin Joyce
Jeremiah P. Keating
Kenneth W. Keith
James H. Kelleher
James J. Kelley
Frank M. Kelley
Walter H. Kemp
Davis B. Keniston
Clarence P. Kidder
Joseph E. King
Frederic W. Kingman
Hugh J. Lacey
Wilfrid J. LamoureuxDecember 13, 1869
Benjamin C. Lane
Ernest A. LaRocque
Joseph Lawrence Larson
James F. Leland
Wilbur F. Lewis
Willard P. Lombard
William J. LookJune 20, 1867
Frank E. LymanSeptember 15, 1866
Lloyd Makepeace
Robert L. Manley
Frank A. Manning
William J. Manning
Arthur E. Marsh
Daniel J. Marshall
John C. MarshallNovember 28, 1877
John Henry McAllister
John W. McCormackDecember 21, 1891
Elmer L. McCulloch
Allan R. McDonald
William H. McDonnellApril 9, 1885
Francis B. McKinney
James J. MellenMarch 30, 1875
Walter L. MellenJanuary 10, 1868
Patrick J. Melody
Samuel W. Mendum
Julius MeyersDecember 6, 1854
Herbert L. Miller
John MitchellSeptember 4, 1877
Wesley E. MonkAugust 1, 1874
Patrick F. Moran
James MorrisonFebruary 17, 1857
J. Warren Moulton
James J. Moynihan
George G. MoyseDecember 21, 1878
James J. Mulvey
Daniel C. MurphyDecember 14, 1887
Albert J. Murphy
George F. Murphy
William J. Naphen
John R. NelsonNovember 22, 1871
George Henry Newhall
Frederic C. Nichols
Thomas A. NilandJune 11, 1873
Edwin Gates Norman
Daniel W. O'ConnorMarch 12, 1877
Frank A. Oberti
William W. Ollendorff
Louis Orenberg
John Glenn OrrFebruary 27, 1857
Henry F. PaigeJanuary 30, 1853
Walter S. Parker
George Penshorn
Chauncey Pepin
Frank B. Phinney
William Plattner
George K. Pond
James Tracy PotterJanuary 26, 1870
Arthur K. Reading
Abbott B. Rice
George Louis Richards
Alfred P. Richards
James W. Robertson
Arthur W. Robinson
Carl J. Rolander
Morrill S. Ryder
Roland D. SawyerJanuary 8, 1874
Edward A. Scigliano
Leo P. Senecal
Henry Lee ShattuckOctober 12, 1879
Walter Shuebruk
Coleman Silbert
Charles Henry Slowey
Almond Smith
Jerome S. Smith
Dexter Avery SnowJanuary 3, 1890
William L. Stedman
Emil K. Steele
Walter F. Stephens
Elihu D. Stone
James F. Sweeney
Charles Symonds
Edward Willis Taylor
John ThomasJanuary 27, 1859
Prince H. Tirrell
James A. TorreySeptember 27, 1868
Raymond H. Trefry
James B. Troy
Arthur H. Turner
Albert T. Wall
Joseph E. WarnerMay 16, 1884
Charles C. Warren
Frederick A. Warren
George M. Webber
George Pearl WebsterJanuary 9, 1877
Henry H. Wheelock
Renton Whidden
John Addison WhiteAugust 8, 1859
Howard B. White
Alfred H. Whitney
James H. Wilkins
Edward E. WillardSeptember 25, 1862
Herbert Wing
Herbert Francis Winn
Isaac U. Wood
William H. WoodheadSeptember 17, 1860
Harry C. Woodill
Benjamin H. Woodsum
George M. Worrall
Samuel H. WraggJune 9, 1882
Elwin Temple Wright
Benjamin Loring Young1885

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: Public Officials of Massachusetts . 1920 . Boston Review.