1923–1924 Massachusetts legislature explained

143rd
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 7, 1922
Session2 End:[1]
Before:142nd
After:144th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Frank G. Allen (Norfolk district)
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Republican
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Benjamin Loring Young (13th Middlesex)

The 143rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1923 and 1924 during the governorship of Channing H. Cox. Frank G. Allen served as president of the Senate and Benjamin Loring Young served as speaker of the House.[2]

Senators

portraitname data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Frank G. AllenOctober 6, 1874
Charles M. AustinMay 2, 1884
George W. P. Babb8th Suffolk
Alvin E. Bliss
George H. Carrick
George Dudley Chamberlain
Henry S. Clark
Edward J. Cox
Walter Thomas Creese
Eben S. Draper Jr.August 30, 1893
William J. Francis
Charles Benjamin FrothinghamNovember 11, 1858
Richard A. Gibbons
John Mellen Gibbs
John W. HaigisJuly 31, 1881
John HalliwellFebruary 21, 1864
Charles H. Hartshorn
William Ignatius Hennessey
Charles P. Howard
William J. LookJune 20, 1867
John W. McCormackDecember 21, 1891
Walter E. McLane
Patrick J. Melody
James G. MoranMay 2, 1870
James J. Mulvey
Christian Nelson
William A. O'HearnMarch 8, 1887
Frank H. Putnam
Albert Taylor Rhodes
Abbott B. Rice
John Francis SheaAugust 21, 1882
Walter Shuebruk
Dexter Avery SnowJanuary 3, 1890
John A. StoddartMay 10, 1869
Warren E. Tarbell
Albert P. Wadleigh
Charles C. Warren
George M. Webber
Wellington WellsApril 18, 1868

Representatives

portraitname [3] data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Charles E. AbbottFebruary 22, 18569th Essex
Henry Achin Jr.June 30, 1883
Elijah AdlowAugust 15, 1896
Walter Dickey AllenMarch 15, 1896
Charles W. AmesMarch 10, 1860
Charles H. AnnisJanuary 12, 1869
Charles H. AshleyFebruary 13, 1860
Harrison Henry AtwoodAugust 26, 1863
Frank E. BarrowsJune 14, 1871
Thomas R. BatemanOctober 11, 1878
George J. BatesFebruary 25, 1891
John E. BeckMay 10, 1869
William J. BellDecember 7, 1884
James D. BentleyFebruary 6, 1884
Alfred M. BessetteMarch 25, 1876
Thomas H. BilodeauFebruary 3, 1885
Arthur Franklin BlanchardJanuary 27, 1883
Owen E. BrennenSeptember 26, 1868
George E. BriggsMay 3, 1873
John C. Brimblecom1868
George Francis BrooksAugust 23, 1856
James B. BrownMarch 3, 1885
Albert W. BullockApril 18, 1872
Ralph Howard Burckes
Hugh Joseph CampbellSeptember 28, 1896
William A. Canty
Edward J. CareyJanuary 29, 1884
Julius F. CarmanAugust 7, 1861
William CaseyNovember 20, 1884
James Bernard CaseyJune 19, 1897
Francis E. CassidyFebruary 14, 1888
Francis Peter ClarkAugust 22, 1896
Ezra W. ClarkOctober 12, 1842
Maynard ClemonsDecember 11, 1866
William J. ConlonMarch 14, 1868
William S. ConroyOctober 2, 1877
D. Herbert CookJune 2, 1851
Fred Robbins CookseyApril 14, 1893
Thomas J. CorbettMay 10, 1883
Joseph R. CottonNovember 16, 1890
Francis X. CoyneMarch 15, 1892
Elbert M. CrockettAugust 14, 1871
Richard D. CrockwellOctober 23, 1886
Thomas Charles CrowtherApril 28, 1892
P. Sarsfield CunniffSeptember 12, 1874
Bert S. CurrierAugust 2, 1864
J. Frederick CurtinNovember 30, 1892
Joseph D. CurtisNovember 2, 1868
Warren Chapman DaggettMay 10, 1868
David D. DaleyMarch 23, 1872
Herbert King DavidsonOctober 19, 1882
J. Bradford DavisSeptember 26, 1889
Elbridge Gerry DavisAugust 20, 1877
Elmer E. DawsonOctober 11, 1861
Ernest J. DeanApril 5, 1883
Hiram Nichols DearbornDecember 21, 1867
Louis N. M. DesChenesApril 7, 1872
Burt DewarDecember 29, 1884
Robert DinsmoreDecember 22, 1897
Timothy D. DonahueNovember 3, 1869
Sylvia DonaldsonJuly 12, 1849
John F. DonovanApril 26, 1897
Timothy Francis DonovanAugust 21, 1889
Walter Franklyn DouglasAugust 22, 1869
Robert W. DowJuly 15, 1868
Andrew P. DoyleAugust 15, 1869
John H. DrewAugust 23, 1890
William L. DuBoisJuly 31, 1892
Edward Nelson EamesOctober 19, 1858
Bernard Early
Frank W. EatonFebruary 22, 1871
Vernon W. EvansJanuary 5, 1895
Gustave William EverbergJune 24, 1890
John T. FarrellJanuary 30, 1893
Bernard FinkelsteinJuly 4, 1887
Erland F. FishDecember 7, 1883
William Arthur FishJuly 4, 1885
Susan Walker FitzgeraldMay 9, 1871
John I. FitzgeraldJuly 18, 1882
Maurice E. FoleyFebruary 8, 1893
George F. FoleyNovember 6, 1896
Tony GarofanoMay 28, 1885
Hugh H. GarrityMay 4, 1883
Richard J. GarveyJuly 19, 1892
Herbert J. GeorgeMay 16, 1868
George A. GilmanAugust 16, 1880
Charles H. GilmoreFebruary 27, 1878
Frederick P. GlazierSeptember 27, 1859
Richard D. GleasonSeptember 22, 1896
Harold R. GoeweyOctober 12, 1893
Andrew J. GoreyJanuary 13, 1898
Patrick E. GranfieldMarch 17, 1894
Walter Bernard GrantFebruary 11, 1885
Merle Dixon GravesOctober 13, 1887
Maurice F. Greaney
Louis L. Green
Eugene B. Griffin
Frank W. Guillo
C. Wesley HaleFebruary 13, 1872
Albert Harrison Hall
Leo J. Halloran
William H. Hannagan
Edward F. Harrington (state representative)August 10, 1878
John A. Hawson
James William Hayes
Martin HaysOctober 14, 1876
Jeremiah Joseph HealyJuly 2, 1872
John J. HeffernanJanuary 27, 1893
William P. HickeyNovember 17, 1871
Matthew A. Higgins
Charles R. Hillberg
Edward Carroll Hinckley
Charles Sumner Holden
Robert H. J. Holden
Elisha Hooper
Michael F. Hourihan
Harold E. Howard
Edgar F. Howland
John C. Hull (politician)November 1, 1870
James Melville Hunnewell
Albert E. Hutt
Alfred Wesley Ingalls
George Frederick James
Victor Francis Jewett
Thomas H. JohnstonMarch 5, 1872
John Alfred Jones
Arthur Westgate JonesJanuary 11, 1873
Michael H. JordanFebruary 7, 1863
Thomas Martin Joyce
Frederick E. Judd
Roland M. KeithMarch 16, 1847
James H. Kelleher
John Augustine KelleherMay 15, 1891
Charles A. KelleyMarch 24, 1862
Edward J. KelleyDecember 25, 1897
Peter L. Kelley
Coleman E. Kelly
Joseph Francis Kelly
Davis B. Keniston
Harry P. Kent
Clarence P. Kidder
Howard F. King
John Fenderson Kyes
William D. Lancaster
Joseph A. Langone Sr.August 10, 1866
Ernest A. LaRocque
Joseph Lawrence Larson
Allen Lawson
Fred Oliver LewisJune 12, 1878
Wilbur F. Lewis
Jeremiah M. Linnehan
John Tilton Litch
Arthur E. Littlefield
John H. Logue
Robert L. Manley
William Henry McCarthy
John J. McCarthy
Richard J. McCormickAugust 11, 1888
Elmer L. McCulloch
Carroll MeinsOctober 22, 1892
James J. MellenMarch 30, 1875
John L. Mitchell
John MitchellSeptember 4, 1877
Edward Brastow Moor
Thomas J. MortonMarch 2, 1856
George G. MoyseDecember 21, 1878
Daniel C. MurphyDecember 14, 1887
George Henry Newhall
Thomas H. Nickerson
Edward H. NuttingJuly 6, 1869
John J. O'BrienOctober 18, 1879
Daniel W. O'ConnorMarch 12, 1877
James H. O'Dea
Olof F. Ohlson
Henry F. PaigeJanuary 30, 1853
Herman Pehrsson
George Peirce
George Penshorn
Chauncey Pepin
Lewis Hilton Peters
Frank B. Phinney
Chester Arthur Pike
George K. Pond
Everett R. Prout
George Louis Richards
Joseph N. RoachMarch 22, 1883
Everett William Robinson
Morrill S. Ryder
Leverett SaltonstallSeptember 1, 1892
Edward Julius SandbergOctober 21, 1866
Roland D. SawyerJanuary 8, 1874
Frank O. Scott
Leo P. Senecal
Henry Lee ShattuckOctober 12, 1879
Michael F. ShawSeptember 12, 1865
Charles H. Shaylor
John P. Shepard
George S. Sinnicks
Charles Henry Slowey
Francis W. K. Smith
Almond Smith
Fred L. Snow
Walter Herbert Snow
Frederick Dexter Sowle
Ernest H. Sparrell
Lemuel W. Standish
William E. Staples
James D. Stewart
Ralph Raymond Stratton
Albert Austin Sutherland
James F. Sweeney
Charles Symonds
Valmore P. Tetreault
John E. Thayer Jr.
William Franklin Thomas Jr.
John ThomasJanuary 27, 1859
Harlie E. Thompson
Elwin L. Thompson
Prince H. Tirrell
Joseph D. Toomey
James A. TorreySeptember 27, 1868
George M. Underwood
Edward F. Wallace
Richard McClennan WalshFebruary 5, 1878
Robert Burns Walsh
James E. Warren
Frederick A. Warren
Slater Washburn
George Pearl WebsterJanuary 9, 1877
James T. Welch
Henry H. Wheelock
Renton Whidden
Benjamin Franklin White Jr.
Herbert Francis Winn
William Henry Winnett
Temple A. Winsloe
Thomas A. Winston
Samuel H. WraggJune 9, 1882
Benjamin Loring Young1885

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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 . 1923 . Boston Review.