1945–1946 Massachusetts legislature explained

154th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 7, 1944
Session2 End:[1]
Before:153rd
After:155th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Arthur W. Coolidge (7th Middlesex district)
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Republican
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Frederick Willis (10th Essex)

The 154th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1945 and 1946 during the governorship of Maurice J. Tobin. Arthur W. Coolidge served as president of the Senate and Frederick Willis served as speaker of the House.[2]

Senators

PortraitName data-sort-type=date Date of Birth District
John Albetski4th Worcester
Benjamin J. BowenJanuary 19, 1876
Richard S. BowersJune 18, 1900
J. Elmer Callahan
Michael H. Condron
William R. ConleySeptember 1, 1900
Arthur W. CoolidgeOctober 13, 1881
Clifford Rudolph CussonJanuary 6, 1895
Chester A. Dolan Jr.September 20, 1907
Burton F. Faulkner
William Patrick GrantNovember 5, 1904
Cornelius F. HaleyJuly 15, 1875
Thomas H. JohnstonMarch 5, 1872
Robert L. Lee
Stephen F. Loughlin
John D. MackayApril 7, 1872
Charles Gardner MilesDecember 2, 1879
Joseph F. Montminy
Joseph L. MurphyJanuary 25, 1907
Donald W. NicholsonAugust 11, 1888
William E. Nolen
Willard A. Ormsbee
James Austin Peckham
Edward C. PeirceMarch 7, 1895
Harris S. RichardsonJanuary 10, 1887
Edward Rowe (politician)March 17, 1902
George W. Stanton
Charles F. SullivanOctober 10, 1904
Leo J. SullivanDecember 8, 1905
Charles I. TaylorNovember 25, 1899
Sumner G. WhittierJuly 4, 1911

Representatives

PortraitName [3] data-sort-type=date Date of Birth District
Wilfred J. AchinMay 12, 18913rd Berkshire
Richard James AllenJune 22, 1909
John A. ArmstrongJune 12, 1901
Charles J. Artesani
Edward C. AshworthApril 22, 1899
John George AsiafJune 30, 1900
Joseph A. Aspero
Josiah Babcock Jr.May 21, 1880
Earle S. BagleyJanuary 20, 1905
Charles Homer BarrettJune 23, 1868
George L. BarrusDecember 15, 1880
William R. BarryFebruary 2, 1905
Michael J. BatalSeptember 8, 1898
Norman S. Baxter
Raymond H. BeachAugust 11, 1888
C. Ray Bennett
G. Leo BessetteSeptember 23, 1906
Rodolphe G. BessetteSeptember 14, 1911
Albert F. BigelowOctober 4, 188010th Norfolk
Fred Arthur BlakeJanuary 13, 1895
Stanley John Borsa
Everett Murray BowkerSeptember 17, 1901
Russell P. BrownAugust 24, 1891
Clarence B. BrownDecember 22, 1877
Frank Eben BrownJanuary 14, 1890
John D. BrownJanuary 30, 1900
William Albert BrownFebruary 5, 1888
Archie Edward BruceAugust 20, 1883
Harland BurkeApril 22, 1888
Edward ButterworthAugust 14, 1908
Fannie BuzzellMarch 31, 1914
Bartholomew John Callery Jr.March 28, 1910
Colin James CameronAugust 24, 1879
Robert Patterson CampbellDecember 20, 1887
Matthew J. CapelessJune 4, 1875
Edmund Euplio CapodilupoJuly 7, 1913
Enrico Cappucci1910
Ernest Westervelt Carman
John Henry Carroll
William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician)June 27, 1905
Daniel CaseyMay 7, 1890
James Frederick Catusi
Perlie Dyar ChaseJuly 31, 1905
David M. ClearyMay 9, 1901
Thomas Francis Coady1878
J. Everett CollinsApril 27, 1894
Joseph T. Conley
Robert Gerard ConnollySeptember 11, 1916
Michael John Conway
Florence E. CookJuly 8, 1908
Charles H. CookeMay 13, 1878
George Chauncey CousensSeptember 20, 1905
Earl Gustavus CrockettMarch 23, 1894
Patrick Francis Cronin
Walter A. CuffeJanuary 29, 1898
Adin Willard Custance
Leslie Bradley CutlerMarch 24, 1890
Lawrence Harvard Davis
George Walter Dean
Ernest DeRoyJuly 13, 1889
Cornelius DesmondOctober 4, 1893
Burt DewarDecember 29, 1884
Logan Rockwell DickieMay 4, 1890
Vincent B. DignamFebruary 22, 1896
Jacinto F. DinizOctober 3, 1888
Edmond J. DonlanDecember 19, 1899
Joseph William DooleyOctober 25, 1904
Anthony R. DoyleAugust 8, 1895
Charles D. DriscollJune 18, 1888
Howard Bernard Driscoll
Henry M. DugganOctober 5, 1896
Ernest W. DulleaJanuary 14, 1891
Clifton Emerson DwellyJanuary 11, 1893
Louis Henry Elliot
Henry Allen EllisNovember 5, 1879
Charles Kingsbury EndicottOctober 4, 1892
Thomas Edward EnrightAugust 1, 1881
Sven August EricksonDecember 9, 1875
George Jelly EvansFebruary 4, 1909
John R. FauseyMarch 19, 1870
Michael Paul FeeneyMarch 26, 1907
Charles E. FergusonJanuary 30, 1894
Joseph P. FerriterMarch 25, 1905
Peter F. FitzgeraldFebruary 16, 1889
John Edward FlahertyDecember 31, 1910
William Daniel FlemingApril 14, 1907
Norman Eugene FolsomDecember 23, 1903
John F. Foster
George FullerJuly 24, 1893
John L. Gallant
Charles GibbonsJuly 21, 1901
Avery W. GilkersonJune 5, 1899
Dennis P. GlynnSeptember 29, 1906
Hollis M. GottMay 25, 1885
Thomas T. GrayJuly 22, 1892
George GreeneMarch 7, 1897
Francis G. Gregory
Frederick C. HaigisMay 10, 1903
James Edward Hannon
Fred C. HarringtonApril 21, 1902
Joseph B. Harrington
Frederick Roy Harvey Jr.11th Suffolk
William E. HaysNovember 28, 1903
Henry Davis HigginsFebruary 24, 1873
Ralph H. HillFebruary 5, 1915
Charles F. HolmanJune 21, 1892
Frank Hathaway HortonJuly 15, 1874
J. Philip HowardFebruary 16, 1907
I. Grafton HowesJune 17, 1889
Orison Valentine HullNovember 9, 1873
Richard Lester HullNovember 30, 1917
Nathaniel M. HurwitzMarch 24, 1893
Edward A. Hutchinson Jr.December 13, 1911
Fred A. HutchinsonApril 5, 1881
Henderson Inches
Harvey Iris
William Whittem JennessApril 3, 1904
Adolph JohnsonJuly 20, 1885
Ernest A. JohnsonMarch 13, 1897
Peter John JordanJuly 23, 1910
Walter Francis Kane
Charles KaplanSeptember 26, 1895
Clarence Karelitz
Alfred B. KeithNovember 26, 1893
Francis Joseph KelleyMarch 21, 1890
Richard A. KellyAugust 7, 1905
Fred I. LamsonDecember 11, 1910
George Thomas LaniganJanuary 4, 1909
Laurence W. Law
Francis W. LindstromDecember 18, 1898
Louis LobelAugust 10, 1911
Burton Elmer Loring
Jeremiah G. Lucey
William Christopher LunneyDecember 24, 1910
Arthur Ulton MahanJune 18, 1900
Philip M. MarkleyMarch 28, 1897
George Francis Martin Jr.
Francis V. Matera
Thomas B. MatthewsJune 24, 1874
Harry P. McAllisterApril 25, 1880
Michael J. McCarthy (politician)October 23, 1890
Edward A. McCarthy
Frank D. McCarthy
Paul Andrew McCarthyDecember 23, 1902
Elmer L. McCulloch
James Patrick McDevitt
Patrick J. McDonoughApril 29, 1911
Joseph F. McEvoy Jr.April 27, 1918
Timothy J. McInerney
Samuel D. McLeod
Philip McMorrow
Joseph A. MilanoApril 8, 1883
Charles MillerJanuary 12, 1908
Timothy J. MoriartyAugust 6, 1909
Lester Bertram MorleyApril 19, 1903
Edward J. MulliganFebruary 8, 1907
Robert F. Murphy (politician)January 24, 1899
Cornelius Joseph MurrayAugust 19, 1890
Henry Thomas Murray Jr.
George Burkman Norton
James Anthony O'BrienOctober 27, 1886
William Thomas O'BrienDecember 2, 1889
Louis F. O'KeefeJune 12, 1895
George Joseph O'SheaNovember 16, 1899
Frank B. Oliveira
John Thomas PaddenMay 6, 1903
Eben Parsons
Clark Brownson PartridgeAugust 26, 1878
Oscar Houston PerkinsJanuary 3, 1879
Herman Peter PetersonNovember 21, 1890
Frederick Everett PierceMay 5, 1862
George William PorterNovember 6, 1885
Harvey Armand PothierSeptember 6, 1901
John E. PowersNovember 10, 1910
William Eben RamsdellMay 4, 1895
Stuart Craig RandJune 9, 1888
George E. RawsonDecember 6, 1886
Thomas Francis ReillyAugust 12, 1903
John Joseph Riordan
Joseph N. RoachMarch 22, 1883
Albert E. RobertsNovember 22, 1875
William H. J. RowanJune 21, 1879
Francis Edward RyanOctober 6, 1895
E. Guy Sawyer
Gerald F. ScallyJuly 17, 1905
Alyce Louise SchlappNovember 30, 1912
William Henry Sears Jr.July 14, 1875
A. John SerinoMarch 13, 1906
Henry Lee ShattuckOctober 12, 1879
Arthur Joseph SheehanMarch 16, 1897
Charles E. ShepardSeptember 21, 1901
Carl A. SheridanMarch 24, 1908
Robert T. SissonFebruary 21, 1881
Michael F. SkerryJanuary 3, 1909
Charles J. Skladzien
Roy C. SmithJanuary 28, 1890
Margaret SpearAugust 10, 1882
Edward William StavesMay 9, 1887
George Ward StetsonMay 31, 1902
Daniel Francis SullivanFebruary 15, 1904
James E. Sullivan
Jeremiah Joseph SullivanMarch 9, 1905
Maurice Henry Sullivan
Patrick Gilbert SullivanNovember 18, 1904
Eugene Joseph SweeneyMay 11, 1886
Joseph James SweeneyJanuary 5, 1893
Joseph A. Sylvia Jr.September 16, 1903
Edmond Talbot Jr.June 1, 1898
John H. Taylor1873
Robert Leroy TaylorNovember 22, 1907
Clarence F. Telford
Nathaniel TildenNovember 3, 1903
Harold Edward Tivey
Harold TompkinsAugust 23, 1887
John Joseph ToomeyMarch 25, 1909
William Francis Troy
Talbot T. Tweedy
Earle Stanley TylerDecember 18, 1896
John H. ValentineJuly 21, 1896
John W. VaughanMarch 20, 1878
Arthur F. Verney
James T. Violette
William X. WallJuly 1, 1904
George Thomas WalshFebruary 20, 1904
John Cummings Webster Jr.
Norman F. Wellen
William Emmet WhiteJune 1, 1900
John S. Whittemore
John Cyril Wickes
Frederick Willis (American politician)May 18, 1904
Henry D. WinslowSeptember 24, 1910
Stanislaus George WondolowskiAugust 20, 1909
Albert E. Wood
Clarence A. Wood
Arthur Eaton Young
Arthur Lincoln Youngman

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: 1945-1946 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Irving N. Hayden and Lawrence R Grove .