1890 Massachusetts legislature explained

111th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 5, 1889
Session1 End: [1]
Before:110th
After:112th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Henry H. Sprague
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Republican
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:William Emerson Barrett

The 111th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1890 during the governorship of John Q. A. Brackett. Henry H. Sprague served as president of the Senate and William Emerson Barrett served as speaker of the House.[2]

Senators

ImageName [3] data-sort-type=date Date of birth DistrictParty
Edwin BakerJanuary 18, 1843Franklin
Joseph Mathias BradleyAugust 18, 18526th Essex
Arthur Butler BreedJune 30, 18571st Essex
Benjamin F. CampbellSeptember 12, 18341st Suffolk
William Henry CarberryFebruary 22, 18518th Suffolk
Charles Carleton CoffinJuly 26, 18237th SuffolkRepublican
Thomas Washburn CookSeptember 15, 18373rd Bristol
Michael James CreedAugust 28, 18566th Suffolk
William N. DavenportNovember 3, 18564th MiddlesexRepublican
Simeon DodgeJuly 11, 18152nd Essex
Edward J. DonovanMarch 15, 18643rd SuffolkDemocratic
James DonovanMay 28, 18594th Suffolk
James Fisher DwinellJuly 23, 18251st Middlesex
Oscar ElyNovember 5, 18342nd Hampden
Alonzo H. EvansFebruary 24, 18206th MiddlesexRepublican
Alfred Swift FassettDecember 5, 1848Berkshire and Hampshire
Lucius FieldAugust 15, 18402nd Worcester
David FiskMay 6, 1838Cape
George Henry GammansMay 5, 18422nd Suffolk
Willard Franklin GleasonDecember 24, 18461st Norfolk
William Hobbs GoodwinOctober 9, 18229th Suffolk
Charles HaggertyDecember 6, 18543rd Worcester
James H. HarlowSeptember 11, 18142nd Plymouth
George D. HartDecember 7, 18465th Essex
Henry Joseph HosmerFebruary 2, 18322nd Middlesex
Robert HowardFebruary 8, 18452nd Bristol
Freeman HuntSeptember 4, 18553rd Middlesex
Alden Potter JaquesMarch 4, 18354th Essex
Aaron LowAugust 11, 18333rd Essex
Edwin Dickinson MetcalfMarch 14, 18481st Hampden
Hiram Abif OakmanApril 10, 18271st Plymouth
Moses P. PalmerMay 1, 18305th Middlesex
Henry Langdon ParkerOctober 7, 18341st Worcester
Alfred Stamm PinkertonMarch 19, 18564th Worcester
Oliver Wells RobbinsAugust 20, 1812Berkshire
Cyrus SavageSeptember 2, 18321st Bristol
Henry H. SpragueAugust 1, 18415th SuffolkRepublican
Charles E. StevensApril 21, 1843Worcester and Hampshire
George Makepeace TowleAugust 27, 18412nd NorfolkRepublican
Edward Morton TuckeMay 3, 18407th Middlesex
Edwin F. WyerSeptember 28, 1832

Representatives

imageName data-sort-type=date Date of birth DistrictTownParty
Moses C. AdamsNovember 17, 18439th NorfolkMillis
John AlbreeMarch 14, 182918th SuffolkBoston
Jared F. AldenApril 18, 18368th PlymouthMiddleborough
Thomas AldenAugust 17, 18272nd PlymouthDuxbury
Jesse AllenMay 23, 18475th WorcesterOakham
Richard B. AllenJanuary 25, 185925th MiddlesexLowell
Charles H. BakerFebruary 2, 184718th EssexLynnRepublican
William G. BakerJune 9, 184523rd SuffolkBoston
Talcott BancroftDecember 24, 18212nd HampshireChesterfield
Thomas E. BarkerMarch 13, 18399th MiddlesexMalden
Franklin O. BarnesNovember 11, 184126th SuffolkChelseaRepublican
William Emerson BarrettDecember 29, 185811th MiddlesexMelroseRepublican
Richard M. BarryJune 5, 18636th SuffolkBoston
Charles Waldo BatesJuly 10, 18461st WorcesterPhillipston
George E. BemisOctober 23, 18555th FranklinCharlemont
Charles H. BennettMarch 11, 18438th HampdenSpringfield
Thomas W. BicknellSeptember 6, 183424th SuffolkBoston
Roswell BillingsOctober 20, 18533rd HampshireHatfield
George H. BondJanuary 31, 184014th SuffolkBoston
Charles H. BoodeyDecember 27, 183828th MiddlesexWayland
Robert H. BowmanSeptember 26, 185517th SuffolkBoston
Henry W. BrittonFebruary 13, 18517th NorfolkStoughton
James L. BrophyNovember 14, 185228th MiddlesexFramingham
Otis S. BrownFebruary 20, 18451st MiddlesexCambridge
Herman BuchholzNovember 23, 18398th HampdenSpringfield
William P. BuckleyAugust 15, 18594th HampdenHolyoke
Andrew J. BucklinFebruary 23, 18292nd BerkshireAdams
Walter Jesse David BullockJuly 11, 18609th BristolFall River
James J. BurkeMarch 4, 186212th SuffolkBoston
William M. ButlerJanuary 29, 18616th BristolNew BedfordRepublican
Hiram Torrey CadyJanuary 17, 18431st BerkshireNorth Adams
Patrick CannonMay 2, 18547th SuffolkBoston
George N. CarpenterJanuary 26, 18402nd NorfolkBrookline
Horatio CarpenterSeptember 11, 18331st BristolSeekonk
Charles Ernest CarterJune 1, 185024th MiddlesexLowell
Richard A. CarterFebruary 16, 18625th EssexLawrence
John S. CateMarch 25, 183910th MiddlesexEverettRepublican
Ansel E. ChamberlinDecember 6, 18444th BerkshireDalton
Sidney Horton CheesemanAugust 11, 18435th BerkshireBecket
Ansel O. ClarkOctober 17, 18346th NorfolkBraintree
Edwin T. ClarkAugust 1, 18493rd PlymouthHanson
George E. ClarkeOctober 30, 18221st BarnstableFalmouth
Horace E. Clayton18542nd MiddlesexCambridge
Alonzo CoburnOctober 16, 182127th MiddlesexHopkinton
Peter A. ConlinJanuary 26, 185819th WorcesterWorcester
Thomas H. ConnellSeptember 18, 184924th MiddlesexDracut
Morton E. ConverseNovember 17, 18372nd WorcesterWinchendon
Henry CookApril 4, 183514th WorcesterLeominster
Louis A. CookMay 4, 18475th NorfolkWeymouth
George P. CookeOctober 28, 184911th WorcesterMilford
John William CoveneyApril 10, 18453rd MiddlesexCambridge
Robert Bruce Crane18452nd HampdenWestfield
Lorenzo B. CrockettDecember 9, 18542nd BristolEaston
Francis C. CurtisMarch 13, 183629th MiddlesexMarlborough
Joseph A. CushingDecember 24, 18465th NorfolkWeymouth
Nahum Sawin CutlerApril 7, 18371st FranklinGreenfield
Frank William DallingerJune 5, 18524th MiddlesexCambridgeRepublican
Luther DameMarch 3, 18268th EssexNewbury
Epes DavisMarch 14, 182410th EssexGloucester
Everett Allen DavisOctober 11, 185716th SuffolkBoston
Joshua H. DavisNovember 3, 18145th MiddlesexSomerville
Benjamin DaySeptember 4, 182216th EssexMarblehead
Frederick B. DayMarch 20, 18431st SuffolkBoston
Herbert O. DelanoJuly 7, 18471st EssexMerrimac
John W. DelanoApril 16, 18527th PlymouthMarion
Jeremiah DesmondMay 2, 185316th SuffolkBoston
Henry S. Dewey185621st SuffolkBostonRepublican
Owen M. DonohoeOctober 21, 186123rd MiddlesexLowell
William B. DurantSeptember 29, 18441st MiddlesexCambridge
J. Homer EdgerlyMay 5, 18443rd SuffolkBoston
Nathan EdsonSeptember 16, 18171st BarnstableBarnstable
John EdwardsDecember 23, 18528th BristolFall River
George D. EldredgeDecember 17, 18585th HampdenChicopee
S. Hopkins EmeryAugust 22, 18153rd BristolTaunton
John W. FairbanksOctober 12, 184312th WorcesterWestborough
James M. Farnum182210th WorcesterUxbridge
Warren FennoDecember 2, 185427th SuffolkRevere
Myron J. FerrenAugust 16, 183612th MiddlesexStoneham
Alfred Frary FieldJune 16, 18434th FranklinLeverett
Joseph Henry FletcherSeptember 26, 184416th MiddlesexBelmont
Charles W. FlintMay 3, 182720th MiddlesexChelmsford
Carlos M. GageJuly 21, 18499th HampdenMonson
Michael J. GarveyMay 27, 185921st MiddlesexLowell
John F. GillespieApril 18, 18556th SuffolkBoston
Gorham D. GilmanMay 29, 182217th MiddlesexNewton
Edward B. Glasgow23rd WorcesterWorcester
Edward A. Goddard18452nd FranklinOrange
Frank T. GoodhueJanuary 20, 18549th EssexIpswich
Moses C. GoodnowJune 20, 18464th WorcesterPrinceton
David E. GouldApril 14, 186326th SuffolkChelesa
Robert S. GraySeptember 28, 18477th NorfolkWalpole
Charles GreeneMay 10, 18406th EssexAndover
William S. GreenoughAugust 25, 184313th MiddlesexWakefield
Lewis G. GrossmanMay 6, 184319th SuffolkBoston
William M. HaleJune 26, 18203rd BristolTaunton
Aaron C. HandleyOctober 7, 182330th MiddlesexActon
Charles H. HansonJuly 7, 184424th MiddlesexLowell
Emerson G. HarringtonSeptember 21, 18456th BerkshireEgremont
James W. HarveyApril 10, 184425th SuffolkBoston
Elihu B. HayesApril 26, 184818th EssexLynnRepublican
James B. HayesFebruary 24, 185812th SuffolkBoston
Augustus Hemenway18534th NorfolkCanton
Charles W. HendersonJune 3, 18424th MiddlesexCambridge
Edward E. HerrodNovember 4, 185710th PlymouthBrockton
John E. HeslanNovember 11, 185422nd SuffolkBoston
John HildrethOctober 18, 18513rd HampdenHolyoke
Stanley B. HildrethJune 8, 184513th WorcesterHarvard
Arthur G. HillDecember 6, 18411st HampshireNorthampton
Langdon H. HolderMarch 10, 184620th Essex Lynn
Dwight H. HollisterOctober 24, 18341st HampdenSouthwick
George Mitchell HooperSeptember 1, 18389th PlymouthBridgewater
John F. HowardMarch 24, 18434th EssexLawrence
Willard HowlandDecember 3, 185227th SuffolkChelsea
John H. HulfordNovember 11, 18415th EssexLawrence
William W. HuntMay 15, 18423rd FranklinWendell
John T. HurleyOctober 26, 18558th BristolFall River
Henry H. JohnsonMarch 24, 18402nd EssexHaverhill
Charlie A. JonesSeptember 9, 184714th MiddlesexWoburn
Chester KelloggDecember 27, 18304th HampdenGranby
David B. KemptonApril 25, 18185th BristolNew Bedford
George KendallMarch 1, 18392nd WorcesterGardner
P. J. KennedyJanuary 14, 18582nd SuffolkBostonDemocratic
Frederick M. KilmerFebruary 8, 18527th MiddlesexSomerville
Henry Albert KimballMay 3, 18421st HampshireNorthampton
John W. KimballFebruary 27, 182815th WorcesterFitchburgRepublican
Rufus KimballMarch 13, 182919th EssexLynn
Albert C. KirbyMarch 17, 18417th BristolWestport
Francis W. KittredgeJune 4, 184321st SuffolkBoston
Nathaniel W. LaddJanuary 7, 184810th SuffolkBoston
Hiram B. LaneAugust 17, 18246th HampdenSpringfield
Andrew Berkley LattimoreAugust 4, 18529th SuffolkBoston
Horace G. LeslieApril 13, 18421st EssexAmesbury
James A. LewisMay 20, 18344th BristolFairhaven
James D. Lincoln18238th NorfolkWrentham
Stephen S. LittlefieldAugust 8, 184821st EssexPeabody
Joseph P. LomasneyMarch 10, 18638th SuffolkBostonDemocratic
Lewis P. LoringJuly 10, 18224th PlymouthHull
Haile R. LutherFebruary 7, 18385th BristolNew Bedford
John B. LynchApril 13, 185815th SuffolkBoston
Henry Stephen LyonsNovember 21, 18651st BerkshireNorth Adams
Joseph B. MaccabeNovember 19, 18571st SuffolkBoston
John MacfarlaneJune 11, 184119th EssexLynn
Pardon MacomberFebruary 9, 18339th BristolFall River
William MahannaNovember 25, 18543rd BerkshireLenox
Cornelius B. MarchantNovember 14, 18151st DukesEdgartown
Peter J. McDonaldMay 3, 18604th BerkshirePittsfield
John H. McDonoughMarch 29, 185720th SuffolkBoston
John James McDonoughMarch 15, 18578th BristolFall River
Thomas O. McEnaneyOctober 23, 18572nd SuffolkBoston
Michael J. McEttrickJune 22, 184820th SuffolkBostonDemocratic
John McFethries18307th HampdenSpringfield
Daniel McLaughlin18477th SuffolkBoston
Jeremiah J. McNamaraDecember 5, 186413th SuffolkBoston
William S. McNaryMarch 29, 186315th SuffolkBoston Democratic
William E. MeadeAugust 2, 183914th EssexSalem
Robert F. MeansAugust 22, 183814th SuffolkBoston
George W. MillerSeptember 9, 18526th HampdenSpringfield
Charles S. MilletJanuary 29, 18585th PlymouthRockland
Henry S. MiltonSeptember 28, 185518th MiddlesexWaltham
Michael J. MitchellJuly 29, 18553rd SuffolkBoston
Hiram A. MonkJuly 16, 182911th PlymouthBrockton
Charles MooreJune 13, 183118th MiddlesexWaltham
Michael J. MooreSeptember 23, 186313th SuffolkBoston
Louis E. P. MoreauFebruary 25, 18576th WorcesterSpencer
David F. MorelandAugust 30, 185714th MiddlesexWoburn
Eugene Michael MoriartyApril 15, 184918th WorcesterWorcester
Frank MorisonMarch 18, 18449th SuffolkBoston
Lyman MorseFebruary 24, 183712th WorcesterBerlin
Edward MottJune 19, 18303rd BristolTaunton
George N. MunsellDecember 14, 18352nd BarnstableHarwich
Michael Joseph MurrayJune 18, 186715th WorcesterFitchburg
John Henry NorcrossOctober 20, 18418th Middlesex Medford
John O'BrienOctober 1, 185524th SuffolkBoston
Henry P. OakmanJune 27, 18314th EssexLawrence
John ParkhurstDecember 30, 18267th EssexBoxford
Wellington Evarts ParkhurstJanuary 19, 183513th WorcesterClinton
Oren B. ParksDecember 28, 18462nd HampdenWestfield
Alfred W. PaulAugust 5, 182210th BristolDighton
Alonzo PenneySeptember 23, 183520th EssexLynn
Augustus G. PerkinsJune 20, 184618th SuffolkBoston
Benjamin F. PetersonOctober 11, 18366th PlymouthWhitman
Benjamin P. PickeringFebruary 22, 184413th EssexSalem
Wilbur Howard PowersJanuary 22, 18493rd NorfolkHyde Park
Edward W. PreshoMay 29, 18595th SuffolkBoston
Winfield F. PrimeNovember 22, 18604th SuffolkBostonRepublican
Lewis C. PrindleMarch 18, 18477th WorcesterCharlton
James QuigleyNovember 11, 183911th WorcesterMendon
Josiah Quincy VIOctober 15, 18595th NorfolkQuincyDemocratic
Patrick James QuinnJune 4, 184320th WorcesterWorcester
Andrew J. RadyMay 1, 18532nd MiddlesexCambridge
Frederick J. RanlettNovember 17, 185717th MiddlesexNewton
Francis Henry RaymondFebruary 19, 18366th Middlesex
William H. Rice184117th WorcesterWorcester
Richard A. RichOctober 19, 18443rd BarnstableTruro
Arthur C. RichardsonOctober 31, 18378th EssexNewburyport
William R. RowellMarch 19, 18443rd EssexMethuen
Willis R. RussOctober 30, 185419th SuffolkBoston
John J. SalterJanuary 11, 185617th EssexLynn
Horace H. SandersAugust 27, 183510th HampdenPalmer
Alpheus SanfordJuly 5, 185617th SuffolkBoston
George P. Sanger Jr.September 6, 185211th SuffolkBoston
Nathan H. SearsNovember 28, 18309th WorcesterMillbury
Robert K. SearsAugust 29, 184422nd EssexDanvers
Everett F. Sherman18261st PlymouthPlymouth
Anthony SmalleyMarch 15, 18361st NantucketNantucket
Philo Smith18207th BerkshireOtis
William D. SohierOctober 22, 185812th EssexBeverly
William B. Sprout185922nd WorcesterWorcester
Stephen StanleyJune 11, 18421st BristolNorth Attleborough
William H. StearnsApril 11, 185015th EssexSalem
Isaac Newton StoryNovember 30, 183410th EssexGloucester
Martin L. StoverOctober 22, 18373rd EssexHaverhill
Edward SullivanAugust 14, 184410 SuffolkBoston
John H. SullivanJune 24, 18508th SuffolkBoston
George N. SwallowJanuary 2, 18545th SuffolkBoston
James M. SwallowApril 14, 182131st MiddlesexDunstable
Edgar Sidney TaftJune 30, 185310th EssexGloucester
Harrison O. ThomasJune 28, 184012th PlymouthBrockton
Lysander ThurstonMay 25, 18375th HampshireEnfield
Edwin A. TibbettsApril 24, 184017th EssexLynn
Frank B. TiltonMarch 15, 184026th MiddlesexNatick
Hermon C. TowerMarch 8, 184329th MiddlesexHudson
Pelatiah R. TrippAugust 15, 184223rd SuffolkBoston
John S. TrueOctober 22, 1828Woburn
George F. TuckerJanuary 19, 18526th BristolNew Bedford
George Keyes TuftsOctober 17, 18415th WorcesterNew Braintree
Henry Edward TurnerMay 4, 18429th MiddlesexMaldenRepublican
William H. H. TuttleAugust 17, 184515th MiddlesexArlington
Daniel H. VarnumFebruary 11, 185022nd MiddlesexLowell
James S. WallaceOctober 17, 184611th EssexRockport
Jacob Otis WardwellMarch 14, 18572nd EssexHaverhill
Richard H. WarrenMarch 9, 18548th WorcesterAuburn
Henry C. WheatonMay 25, 183916th WorcesterWorcester
Charles S. WheelerJune 11, 185119th MiddlesexLincoln
Walter Adams WheelerAugust 14, 18503rd WorcesterRutland
Franklin B. White183721st WorcesterWorcester
George F. WilliamsJuly 10, 18521st NorfolkDedhamDemocratic
Frank E. WinslowMay 16, 185211th SuffolkBoston
Daniel S. WoodmanApril 12, 18428th NorfolkMedway
Charles F. WorcesterFebruary 25, 185932nd MiddlesexTownsend
Ira A. WorthOctober 23, 18284th SuffolkBoston

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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/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/340/mode/2up . 2009 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Manual for the Use of the General Court . Organization of the Legislature Since 1780 . 340+ .
  3. Book: Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1890 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Internet Archive .