1939 Massachusetts legislature explained

151st
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 8, 1938
Session1 End:[1]
Before:150th
After:152nd
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Joseph R. Cotton (7th Middlesex district)
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Republican
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Christian Herter (5th Suffolk)

The 151st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1939 during the governorship of Leverett Saltonstall. Joseph R. Cotton served as president of the Senate and Christian Herter served as speaker of the House.[2]

"1939 was the first year the General Court began meeting every other year instead of annually. ...No session was held in 1940 and no legislation or other materials relating thereof was published during that year."

Senators

PortraitName data-sort-type=date Date of Birth District
Frank David BabcockAugust 16, 18774th Essex
Wilfred P. Bazinet
Chandler Bigelow
Arthur Franklin BlanchardJanuary 27, 1883
David M. Brackman
Thomas M. BurkeMay 30, 1898
Albert Cole (Massachusetts politician)December 28, 1904
Louis Benedict Connors
Joseph R. CottonNovember 16, 1890
Laurence CurtisSeptember 3, 1893
Chester A. Dolan Jr.September 20, 1907
Joseph F. FrancisJuly 2, 1893
Eugene H. GirouxJanuary 20, 1903
Angier GoodwinJanuary 30, 1881
William Patrick GrantNovember 5, 1904
James A. GunnJune 7, 1883
Cornelius F. HaleyJuly 15, 1875
Arthur W. HollisApril 29, 1877
Newland H. HolmesAugust 30, 1891
Jarvis Hunt (politician)March 28, 1904
Thomas H. JohnstonMarch 5, 1872
John E. KerriganOctober 1, 1908
George W. Krapf
Thomas J. LaneJuly 6, 1898
Joseph A. Langone Jr.September 8, 1896
Harold R. LundgrenMay 22, 1894
John D. MackayApril 7, 1872
Joseph Patrick McCooey
Charles Gardner MilesDecember 2, 1879
Joseph F. Montminy
Edward O'Hearn Mullowney
Joseph L. MurphyJanuary 25, 1907
Donald W. NicholsonAugust 11, 1888
Edward H. NuttingJuly 6, 1869
Edwin Lawrence OlanderOctober 31, 1891
Edmund S. Oppenheimer
Harris S. RichardsonJanuary 10, 1887
Mason SearsDecember 29, 1899
Chester T. Skibinski
Bernard Lucian Sullivan

Representatives

PortraitName [3] data-sort-type=date Date of Birth District
Wilfred J. AchinMay 12, 189114th Middlesex
William A. AkeroydOctober 24, 1883
Theodore AndrewsAugust 23, 1893
George T. AsheFebruary 6, 1905
Josiah Babcock Jr.May 21, 1880
Robert S. Backus
William Brooks BakerJanuary 10, 1879
William A. BaldwinJanuary 18, 1874
Philip BarnetDecember 2, 1892
Frederick M. Barnicoat
George L. BarrusDecember 15, 1880
Thomas A. BarryMay 12, 1895
Walter Ray BayliesApril 28, 1902
Fred D. Beaudoin
Malcolm Lawrie BellNovember 30, 1890
Albert BergeronJune 28, 1877
Albert BergeronJune 23, 1886
Alfred M. BessetteMarch 25, 1876
Albert F. BigelowOctober 4, 188010th Norfolk
Fred Arthur BlakeJanuary 13, 1895
Edward BolandOctober 1, 1911
Albert Lionel BourgeoisJune 7, 1899
Philip Griggs BowkerApril 17, 1899
G. Edward BradleyOctober 21, 1906
Edward T. BradyOctober 23, 1908
Daniel Joseph BresnahanSeptember 30, 1888
Warren Kingsbury BrimblecomJune 25, 1899
J. Kenney Brooks
Russell P. BrownAugust 24, 1891
Frank Eben BrownJanuary 14, 1890
William Albert BrownFebruary 5, 1888
Arthur I. BurgessOctober 13, 1894
Harland BurkeApril 22, 1888
John F. Burns
J. Elmer Callahan
Colin James CameronAugust 24, 1879
Robert Patterson CampbellDecember 20, 1887
Matthew J. CapelessJune 4, 1875
Enrico Cappucci1910
Andrew F. Carlin
Gustaf A. Carlson
Fred Carpenter
Sydney G. Carpenter Jr.
John Henry Carroll
Eddie D. Carson
William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician)June 27, 1905
Bernard P. CaseyJuly 29, 1894
John M. Cawley
Ralph Vester ClampitMarch 28, 1896
Frank ClarksonJune 21, 1877
Andrew J. CoakleyNovember 6, 1906
John W. Coddaire Jr.
James S. CoffeyFebruary 5, 1899
John T. ComerfordJune 8, 1887
Michael H. Condron
Michael John Conway
Charles H. CookeMay 13, 1878
Arthur W. CoolidgeOctober 13, 1881
August Joseph Cormier
George Chauncey CousensSeptember 20, 1905
Francis X. CoyneMarch 15, 1892
Thomas F. Coyne
John Joseph CravenAugust 29, 1907
Nelson B. CrosbyJune 20, 1871
Jeremiah Dickson CrowleyMay 16, 1911
Leslie Bradley CutlerMarch 24, 1890
Lawrence Harvard Davis
George F. Dean
Hiram Nichols DearbornDecember 21, 1867
Roger DennettSeptember 14, 1895
Oscar DeRoy
Leo E. Diehl
Grover N. Dodge
Fred Belding DoleJanuary 23, 1895
Cornelius P. DonovanMarch 15, 1895
Susan Bradley DonovanOctober 2, 1895
Joseph H. DowneyDecember 6, 1890
Anthony R. DoyleAugust 8, 1895
Ernest W. DulleaJanuary 14, 1891
Edwin F. Eldredge
Sven August EricksonDecember 9, 1875
Gustave William EverbergJune 24, 1890
Michael Paul FeeneyMarch 26, 1907
William Daniel FlemingApril 14, 1907
Keith Falconer FletcherSeptember 24, 1900
Paul W. Foster
Douglass Brooks Francis
Stephen L. FrenchMarch 9, 1892
Clarence Henry Fuller
Richard I. FurbushJanuary 4, 1904
Thomas F. Gibson
William R. Gilman
Paul Martin Goddard
Hollis M. GottMay 25, 1885
Peter J. Graham
Thomas J. HannonDecember 9, 1900
Joseph J. HarnischDecember 28, 1883
William Henry Haskell
William Alexander HastingsFebruary 22, 1868
Lawrence Alanson HaworthMay 23, 1871
Charles W. HedgesMarch 27, 1901
Christian HerterMarch 28, 1895
Joseph Allan Hines
Charles V. HoganApril 12, 1897
Theodore P. Hollis
Charles F. HolmanJune 21, 1892
Hugh C. Hunter
Fred A. HutchinsonApril 5, 1881
Charles John InnesJune 1, 1901
George A. Innes
Harvey Iris
Adolph JohnsonJuly 20, 1885
William A. JonesMarch 27, 1885
Peter John JordanJuly 23, 1910
Harry Kalus
Charles KaplanSeptember 26, 1895
Charles A. KelleyMarch 24, 1862
Francis Joseph KelleyMarch 21, 1890
John Joseph Kerrigan Jr.
John V. KimballJuly 17, 1875
Rudolph KingNovember 2, 1887
John Quincy KnowlesMay 21, 1895
Morris Kritzman
Leo P. LandryJuly 10, 1897
John Whitin Lasell
Laurence W. Law
Walter E. LawrenceDecember 8, 1905
George J. Leary
Frank M. LeonardiAugust 17, 1891
Ralph LercheAugust 19, 1899
Thomas E. Linehan
Terrance Joseph Lomax Jr.August 29, 1907
William Christopher LunneyDecember 24, 1910
Joseph Francis Luz
Philip J. Lynch
Donald Alexander MacDonaldFebruary 21, 1893
Frank E. MacLean
Arthur Ulton MahanJune 18, 1900
Ralph Collins MaharJanuary 4, 1912
John Francis ManningJanuary 4, 1906
Philip M. MarkleyMarch 28, 1897
James P. McAndrews
Charles Joseph McCaffreyJanuary 16, 1898
Paul Andrew McCarthyDecember 23, 1902
Thomas Francis McCready
James Patrick McDevitt
James J. McGrail
Lawrence P. McHugh
Hubert L. McLaughlin
George Francis McMahon
Philip McMorrow
James Joseph MellenJune 16, 1910
Joseph A. MelleyMarch 1, 1902
Julian R. Merchant
Joseph A. MilanoApril 8, 1883
Daniel Joseph Minihan
William E. Mooney
Alfred James MooreAugust 7, 1891
Walter James MoranDecember 22, 1903
Lester Bertram MorleyApril 19, 1903
Albert Edward MorrisApril 4, 1903
Frank J. MorrisonSeptember 2, 1902
Eric A. NelsonJuly 6, 1899
Michael J. NevilleOctober 19, 1899
Leo F. Nourse
Joseph N. O'KaneMay 26, 1873
Tip O%27NeillDecember 9, 1912
George Joseph O'SheaNovember 16, 1899
Charles William OlsonAugust 24, 1889
David M. Owens Jr.
Raymond P. PalmerDecember 27, 1895
George Alanson Parker
Royal Bartlett PatriquinJanuary 7, 1895
James Austin Peckham
Harold Squire Pedler
Tycho Mouritz PetersenAugust 29, 1892
Frederick Everett PierceMay 5, 1862
Roy W. Pigeon
John E. PowersNovember 10, 1910
John D. Pratt
Benjamin B. Priest
William Eben RamsdellMay 4, 1895
William G. Reed
George Edmund RiceFebruary 22, 1899
Ralph Lewis Ricketson
Joseph N. RoachMarch 22, 1883
Charles Holmes Roberts Jr.
George Whiting Roberts
Nathan RosenfeldJanuary 31, 1906
Cyrus Cole Rounseville Jr.
William H. J. RowanJune 21, 1879
Albert RubinJanuary 15, 1872
William F. RunnellsFebruary 18, 1865
Roland D. SawyerJanuary 8, 1874
William J. SessionsDecember 18, 1859
Philip Sherman
Edward SiroisDecember 18, 1898
Frank William SmithJanuary 26, 1895
George E. Smith
Roy C. SmithJanuary 28, 1890
H. Edward SnowApril 25, 1914
J. Francis SouthgateMay 4, 1883
Manford Root Spalding
Richard H. StacyAugust 18, 1864
Edward William StavesMay 9, 1887
Avery W. SteeleAugust 1, 1907
George Ward StetsonMay 31, 1902
Leo J. SullivanDecember 8, 1905
Charles F. Jeff Sullivan
Jeremiah Joseph SullivanMarch 9, 1905
John Timothy SullivanMarch 27, 1906
Patrick Gilbert SullivanNovember 18, 1904
Martin SwansonJuly 20, 1872
Chester Randall Swenson
Joseph A. Sylvia Jr.September 16, 1903
Valmore P. Tetreault
Nathaniel TildenNovember 3, 1903
James Francis TobinMay 8, 1903
John E. Troy Jr.
Herbert Lewis Trull
Cornelius Joseph Twomey
Christopher J. TyrrellJune 21, 1895
John H. ValentineJuly 21, 1896
James L. Vallely
John W. VaughanMarch 20, 1878
James T. Violette
Ira C. WardMarch 7, 1862
John B. WenzlerJune 11, 1881
Edgar A. Whitcomb
John Philip White
William Emmet WhiteJune 1, 1900
Otis M. WhitneyMarch 25, 1909
Joseph L. Whiton
Ralph E. Williams
Frederick Willis (American politician)May 18, 1904
Carl A. Woekel
Henry Eden Wright
Morton E. York
Arthur Lincoln Youngman
Abraham I. Zimon

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 1939-'40 . Boston Review . 1939 .