1900 Massachusetts legislature explained

121st
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 7, 1899
Session1 End: [1]
Before:120th
After:122nd
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican (31–9)
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:George Edwin Smith
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Republican (166–68–2)
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:James J. Myers

The 121st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1900 during the governorship of Winthrop M. Crane. George Edwin Smith served as president of the Senate and James J. Myers served as speaker of the House.[2]

Senators

imagename [3] data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Henry C. AttwillMarch 11, 1872
John E. BaldwinJune 26, 1869
William A. ButlerFebruary 4, 1859
Loyed E. ChamberlainJanuary 30, 1857
George L. ClemenceFebruary 17, 1852
Guy W. CurrierDecember 22, 1867
Frank A. FalesOctober 13, 1848
Augustus Peabody GardnerNovember 5, 1865
Samuel S. GleasonMay 1, 1842
Charles H. HansonJuly 7, 1844
Francis A. HarringtonNovember 17, 1846
Charles W. HazeltonOctober 31, 1848
Franklin E. HuntressApril 19, 1866
Charles Hiller InnesAugust 6, 1870
Fred JoyJuly 8, 1859
John A. KeliherNovember 6, 1866
Thomas W. KenefickSeptember 17, 1855
Amos A. LawrenceNovember 3, 1847
Warren S. LeachFebruary 23, 1847
William H. LottSeptember 17, 1852
Walter O. LuscombeAugust 19, 1852
Jeremiah E. MahoneyNovember 8, 1864
William B. MahoneyDecember 5, 1857
Arthur A. MaxwellJanuary 24, 1858
John E. McClellanSeptember 5, 1847
William MoranSeptember 6, 1855
John E. ParryJuly 3, 1854
Frank A. PatchJuly 23, 1844
Thomas PostAugust 16, 1834
Albert Hoyt RayMay 24, 1865
William ReynoldsJune 15, 1843
Leonard W. RossOctober 5, 1856
Howard K. SandersonJuly 10, 1865
George Edwin SmithApril 5, 1849
Rufus Albertson Soule1839
Peter Francis TagueJune 4, 1871
William TolmanJune 2, 1858
Charles G. WashburnJanuary 28, 1857
Charles T. WittJuly 18, 1848
Benjamin Herbert WoodsumOctober 4, 1857

Representatives

imagename data-sort-type=date date of birth district
Charles H. AdamsApril 22, 1859
Elliot J. AldrichNovember 4, 1836
Charles H. AllenJune 17, 1841
Butler AmesAugust 22, 1871
Albert S. ApseyNovember 27, 1870
A. Dudley BagleyFebruary 27, 1869
George BalcomJanuary 23, 1832
John N. BallNovember 19, 1835
William L. BarberApril 9, 1859
Frank BartlettSeptember 5, 1854
Frederick H. BatesSeptember 15, 1857
Charles C. BeebeAugust 11, 1851
George C. BelcherAugust 26, 1844
Harry L. BeldenJanuary 7, 1864
Frank P. BennettMay 2, 1853
Austin BigelowSeptember 8, 1840
John BleilerMay 9, 1837
James F. BlissApril 7, 1847
Charles H. BloodDecember 10, 1858
Samuel H. BorofskyApril 25, 1865
Clarence A. BriggsAugust 21, 1871
William M. BrighamJanuary 23, 1864
Charles C. BrooksMay 3, 1851
Edward L. BrownApril 3, 1861
Henry L. BrownJanuary 10, 1840
Willard Madison BrownApril 24, 1861
Nelson Aluren BugbeeAugust 8, 1853
Henry Cushing BulfinchFebruary 16, 1859
William J. BullockJanuary 31, 1864
Melancthon W. BurlenSeptember 24, 1852
Willard A. BurnhamOctober 1, 1841
James BurnsMay 20, 1838
Lester L. BurringtonMarch 24, 1838
Joseph E. BuswellAugust 7, 1842
A. Webster ButlerAugust 22, 1858
Charles A. CardOctober 12, 1849
James F. CareyAugust 19, 1867
George Henry CarletonAugust 6, 1840
Charles A. CarruthDecember 13, 1853
John H. CaseyJuly 22, 1848
N. Henry ChadwickMarch 17, 1838
Henry L. ChaseFebruary 5, 1853
Arthur ClarkAugust 30, 1877
Amedee CloutierApril 25, 1868
Arthur H. CluerApril 12, 1853
John H. ColbyJanuary 13, 1862
Joseph L. ColeMarch 26, 1842
Robert Eugene ConwellJune 12, 1854
Clifford A. CookSeptember 3, 1860
Daniel S. CoolidgeSeptember 21, 1845
Samuel Verry CraneOctober 4, 1855
Aaron S. CrosbyOctober 6, 1842
J. Howell CrosbyDecember 30, 1867
Thomas F. I. CurleyJune 22, 1864
J. Frank DaltonApril 19, 1842
William DalyApril 3, 1864
William Aiken DavenportOctober 23, 1869
Daniel W. DavisOctober 3, 1846
Thomas L. DavisMarch 15, 1852
William Ripley DavisMarch 8, 1862
Benjamin C. DeanMarch 8, 1843
Charles Austin DeanMarch 26, 1856
Frank S. Dewey, Jr.March 22, 1857
Thomas J. DillonApril 20, 1869
Thomas DonahueAugust 20, 1853
Edward J. DonovanMarch 15, 1864
James H. DonovanAugust 31, 1855
John L. DonovanJune 3, 1876
Michael J. DonovanNovember 1, 1864
Thomas J. DoolingJanuary 28, 1868
John J. DouglassFebruary 9, 1873
George Francis DowJanuary 7, 1868
Aaron Coolidge DowseMarch 27, 1856
Daniel J. Driscoll, 2dNovember 20, 1868
Curtis EddyMay 18, 1838
Charles O'M. EdsonOctober 23, 1857
J. Lewis EllsworthNovember 8, 1848
Freeman O. EmersonJanuary 12, 1859
Charles O. EngstromMay 19, 1875
Augustine W. EsleeckMarch 28, 1848
Warren E. FairbanksAugust 28, 1854
George H. FallOctober 19, 1858
Frederick W. FarwellNovember 29, 1854
William H. FeikerMarch 11, 1870
George R. FessendenDecember 6, 1849
Frank E. FittsMay 26, 1848
W. T. A. FitzgeraldDecember 19, 1871
Herbert E. FletcherMay 10, 1862
Frank A. FosterFebruary 15, 1859
Frank W. FrancisSeptember 16, 1857
Archie N. FrostJuly 26, 1872
Michael E. GaddisFebruary 21, 1869
Horace B. GaleDecember 27, 1861
Arthur H. GardnerAugust 4, 1854
George H. GarfieldJuly 18, 1858
John J. GartlandNovember 27, 1871
Samuel B. GeorgeFebruary 9, 1833
Thomas E. GibneyJune 25, 1843
Fred C. GilpatricAugust 22, 1865
David J. GleasonJuly 14, 1864
Albert M. GouldingMay 17, 1844
Thomas H. GreenMarch 17, 1847
John G. HagbergAugust 24, 1873
George R. HamantMarch 11, 1843
Portus B. HancockFebruary 19, 1836
George H. HapgoodApril 20, 1842
Arthur HarringtonJuly 23, 1874
Benjamin C. HarveySeptember 4, 1847
Ulysses G. HaskellOctober 3, 1863
Frederick N. HaskinsOctober 8, 1863
Richard J. HayesOctober 4, 1861
Charles E. HaywoodOctober 11, 1868
James F. HeathMarch 10, 1860
Francis D. HendersonMarch 6, 1847
William F. HerronAugust 8, 1864
Frederic M. HerseyJanuary 8, 1853
Martin P. HigginsOctober 16, 1857
William HopewellJune 24, 1867
Francis J. HorganJuly 2, 1869
Carleton F. HowApril 20, 1863
James HowellDecember 19, 1845
Willard HowlandDecember 3, 1852
Edwin A. HubbardNovember 26, 1848
Samuel E. HullAugust 12, 1843
Bennett B. HumphreyApril 11, 1838
Edward W. HuntNovember 29, 1859
Harry Draper HuntDecember 27, 1874
James HuntJanuary 27, 1833
Michael Bernard JonesAugust 20, 1864
John E. KavenaughOctober 19, 1864
Walter S. KeeneNovember 9, 1858
Charles P. KeithMarch 14, 1843
Edward H. KeithOctober 23, 1859
Michael KellyJune 17, 1840
Nicholas B. KeyouApril 25, 1828
Charles Francis KingJanuary 29, 1871
Walter C. KnowltonJuly 12, 1860
William S. KyleJuly 12, 1851
John Philip LanerganDecember 31, 1874
John T. LangfordFebruary 8, 1842
Robert H. LelandMarch 9, 1865
Jacob A. LeonardDecember 19, 1845
George F. LeslieSeptember 12, 1850
William C. LitchfieldMarch 31, 1840
Joseph Patrick LoveAugust 26, 1852
Michael J. LydonSeptember 13, 1872
Frederic O. MacCartneyNovember 2, 1864
William A. MacCordMarch 14, 1871
William E. MahoneyMay 15, 1872
Frederick C. MahonyJanuary 18, 1875
David ManningAugust 29, 1846
John J. MansfieldOctober 10, 1869
Matthew M. MansfieldSeptember 25, 1866
Charles S. MarchantAugust 31, 1845
John F. MarshFebruary 1, 1828
J. Manuel MarshallJune 1, 1869
Jeremiah F. McCarthyJuly 7, 1857
Daniel V. McIsaacNovember 6, 1871
James H. McKinleyMay 21, 1860
William I. McLoughlinJanuary 16, 1872
William S. McNaryMarch 29, 1863
Charles J. McPhersonFebruary 20, 1856
Edward C. MeadDecember 25, 1858
James H. MellenNovember 7, 1845
Charles P. MillsAugust 22, 1853
Edwin J. MillsMay 1, 1861
Cornelius MinihanAugust 15, 1862
John M. MintonMarch 23, 1872
James A. MontgomeryMay 17, 1864
William L. MooneyFebruary 16, 1867
J. Myron MooreNovember 3, 1866
Merrick A. MorseMay 1, 1847
John P. MunroeJune 28, 1850
Mortimer D. A. MurphyMay 9, 1867
James J. MyersNovember 20, 1842
H. Huestis NewtonDecember 2, 1860
Darius M. Nickerson, Jr.July 11, 1863
William S. O'BrienAugust 16, 1856
John E. O'NeillJanuary 15, 1862
James E. OdlinApril 9, 1857
Timothy PaigeJuly 14, 1851
William Colvard ParkerApril 12, 1858
Alexander Sinclair PatonNovember 20, 1854
James PearceMay 7, 1843
Charles H. PersonsJanuary 5, 1859
John Q. A. PettengillJuly 12, 1856
James C. PoorJune 25, 1851
Thomas F. PorterOctober 30, 1847
Silas Dean ReedJune 25, 1872
George Robert Russell RiversMay 28, 1853
Samuel Roads, Jr.October 22, 1853
Martin RobbinsOctober 13, 1852
Arthur E. RobertsJune 22, 1861
Lewis D. RobinsonJune 21, 1842
Arthur P. RussellJune 16, 1871
William R. SalterJuly 6, 1861
Charles R. SaundersNovember 22, 1862
William SchofieldFebruary 14, 1857
George Shepley SelfridgeSeptember 25, 1868
Ebenezer Wallen SheppardMay 7, 1860
Harvey F. ShufeltMarch 19, 1860
Henry R. SkinnerMay 9, 1860
Charles F. A. SmithJuly 18, 1866
George E. SmithMarch 18, 1848
Levi M. SnowApril 19, 1841
John Thomas SparksJuly 9, 1865
Stillman J. SpearApril 25, 1839
Wallace SpoonerNovember 28, 1856
Eugene H. SpragueMay 23, 1864
George H. StackpoleSeptember 7, 1843
Hugh L. StalkerDecember 31, 1857
Silas A. StoneFebruary 3, 1843
Willmore B. StoneJune 24, 1853
Charles S. SullivanJune 29, 1875
Michael J. SullivanOctober 23, 1870
French O. J. TarboxSeptember 2, 1861
Charles T. TatmanDecember 16, 1871
John E. ThomsonSeptember 22, 1861
Edward M. ThurstonJuly 18, 1832
Patrick H. TobinSeptember 12, 1870
William TurtleJune 20, 1855
Samuel Walker TwomblyJuly 31, 1822
Charles H. UpsonJune 4, 1848
George E. VarneyJuly 8, 1864
David I. WalshNovember 11, 1872
William S. WarrinerJuly 15, 1866
James A. WatsonJune 24, 1870
Walter S. WatsonSeptember 11, 1851
Alvin G. WeeksOctober 22, 1866
Walter S. WestonNovember 12, 1852
Frank E. WetherellDecember 18, 1843
Harry Bertram WhallSeptember 5, 1868
William D. WheelerMay 7, 1868
John B. WhelanFebruary 19, 1864
Horace C. WhiteJanuary 26, 1836
Orange WhitneyMarch 16, 1849
Edward E. WillardSeptember 25, 1862
Temple A. WinsloeOctober 14, 1875
Isaac C. WrightDecember 21, 1824

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/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 . 1900 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Internet Archive .