1917 Massachusetts legislature explained

138th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Before:137th
After:139th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker

The 138th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1917.

Senators

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James W. BeanMay 11, 18662nd Middlesex
John E. BeckMay 10, 1869
Charles Donnell BrownJune 5, 1862
Daniel J. Buckley
James F. Cavanagh
George Dudley Chamberlain
George B. ChurchillOctober 24, 1866
Arthur Willard ColburnDecember 1, 1877
Fred Wilder CrossSeptember 15, 1868
Edward N. Dahlborg
Charles W. EldridgeOctober 16, 1877
John I. FitzgeraldJuly 18, 1882
Charles L. GiffordMarch 15, 1871
James L. Harrop
George Fred HartNovember 9, 1859
George A. Hastings
Clarence Whitman Hobbs Jr.October 1, 1878
Ernest E. HobsonSeptember 29, 1878
Herman Hormel
John B. Hull Jr.July 17, 1871
George H. JacksonMarch 9, 1865
Charles A. Kimball
Richard Knowles
Charles S. Lawler
James E. MacPherson
Joseph W. Martin Jr.November 3, 1884
Orion T. Mason
Edwin T. McKnightOctober 11, 1869
Walter E. McLane
Edward F. McLaughlinJune 6, 1883
Edward G. Morris
Ken Nash
Malcolm NicholsMay 8, 1876
E. Howard Perley
Alpheus Sanford
Charles Sumner Smith
James R. TetlerAugust 26, 1877
James P. TimiltyMarch 28, 1865
Henry Gordon WellsOctober 12, 1879
Herbert A. WilsonNovember 27, 1870

Representatives

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Essex S. Abbott
Henry Achin Jr.June 30, 1883
Peter I. Adams6th Berkshire
Park W. Allen
Ernest William Allen
George C. F. Allen
J. Weston AllenApril 19, 1872
Philip R. Ammidon
Charles H. AnnisJanuary 12, 1869
Harrison Henry AtwoodAugust 26, 1863
George W. P. Babb
James T. Bagshaw
William B. BaldwinSeptember 18, 1854
Joseph L. Barry
Frank Bartlett
William A. Bartlett
Russell T. Bates
Thomas William Baxter
Charles H. Beaman
Addison P. Beardsley
Chauncey A. Bennett
James D. BentleyFebruary 6, 1884
Jay Rogers Benton
Alfred M. BessetteMarch 25, 1876
Jacob BitzerJanuary 16, 1865
Alvin E. Bliss
Cornelius Boothman
Arthur Bower
George W. Bowman
Eden K. Bowser
Manassah Edward Bradley
Albert C. Bray
Thomas H. Brennan
Clarence A. Briggs
Elmer L. Briggs
Vincent Brogna
Fred Johnson Brown
George J. BrunellNovember 1, 1865
George BuntingAugust 31, 1868
Frank James BurkeSeptember 8, 1885
Arthur E. Burr
Fred J. BurrellMarch 12, 1889
Frederick Butler
Ralph N. Butterworth
Fred E. Cady
Edward CarrDecember 18, 1868
George H. Carrick
Daniel W. Casey
Albert Minot Chandler
Jeremiah K. ChandlerSeptember 30, 1863
Henry S. Clark
Frederic F. Clauss
Samuel I. CollinsMarch 4, 1851
Benjamin G. Collins
William S. ConroyOctober 2, 1877
Thomas J. CorbettMay 10, 1883
Henry E. Cowdrey
Channing H. CoxOctober 28, 1879
Edward J. Cox
John W. Craig
John Cronin
John T. CrowleyNovember 15, 1872
George E. Curran
Henry Ellsworth DeanSeptember 29, 1862
George F. Dennis
John L. DonovanJune 3, 1876
Thomas F. DonovanSeptember 26, 1890
Thomas E. Dowd
Eddy P. Dunbar
Horace E. Dunkle
Edward B. EamesApril 15, 1856
Carl C. EmeryNovember 4, 1888
John P. Englert
James R. Ferry
Michael J. FitzgeraldMarch 10, 1878
Michael A. FlanaganFebruary 21, 1890
William Fleming
William J. FoleyMarch 2, 1887
William FosterJanuary 21, 1869
Arthur W. Frail
Joseph E. Freeling
William P. FrenchApril 30, 1874
William F. FrenchMarch 21, 1873
Harvey E. FrostOctober 2, 1875
Charles Benjamin FrothinghamNovember 11, 1858
Howard F. Furness
John Mellen Gibbs
Edwin H. Gibson
Nesbit G. Gleason
William J. GranfieldDecember 18, 1889
Clarence H. Granger
Fred Parker Greenwood
Julius GuildMarch 30, 1850
Clarence Milton Hall
John HalliwellFebruary 21, 1864
Leo Spotten Hamburger
Walter A. HardyDecember 15, 1866
Rowland P. Harriman
Edward F. Harrington (state representative)August 10, 1878
Charles H. Hartshorn
William M. Haskins
James William Hayes
Walter Haynes
Martin HaysOctober 14, 1876
Matthew A. Higgins
Francis M. Hill
Kenneth Page Hill
John A. Hirsch1861
William J. Holland
Horace W. HosieFebruary 2, 1864
John Robert Hudson
John C. Hull (politician)November 1, 1870
Henry W. Jarvis
Victor Francis Jewett
William Louis JohnsonOctober 23, 1856
John G. JohnsonMay 23, 1864
Michael H. JordanFebruary 7, 1863
Thomas Martin Joyce
John Joseph Kearney
David Leon KelleyApril 26, 1889
Charles A. KelleyMarch 24, 1862
William W. Kennard
Robert T. Kent
James F. KiernanFebruary 1, 1884
William Aiken Kneeland
Joseph O. Knox
Martin R. Lane
Ernest A. LaRocque
Thomas Leavitt
George E. Lilley
Daniel Waldo LincolnSeptember 2, 1882
George A. Lindberg
Martin LomasneyDecember 3, 1859
William G. Lord
George Washington Love
James MacFarlane Lyle
Frank E. LymanSeptember 15, 1866
John H. LynchOctober 28, 1884
Eugene Anthony Lynch
Winthrop Magee
John P. MahoneyMay 26, 1888
William Henry Mahoney
Lloyd Makepeace
Michael F. Malone
David J. Maloney
Frank A. Manning
William J. Manning
George S. MarshFebruary 18, 1858
Arthur E. Marsh
Robert B. Martin
John Edwin Maybury
John Henry McAllister
Joseph McGrath (American politician)December 20, 1890
James H. McInerneyDecember 13, 1871
David Story McIntosh
Francis B. McKinney
Henry J. McLaughlin
Michael J. McNamee
Charles J. McNulty
Walter L. MellenJanuary 10, 1868
Bernard F. Merriam
Julius MeyersDecember 6, 1854
John MitchellSeptember 4, 1877
Wesley E. MonkAugust 1, 1874
William A. Moore
Alfred James MooreAugust 7, 1891
James G. MoranMay 2, 1870
Daniel T. Morrill
Charles H. MorrillOctober 6, 1874
James MorrisonFebruary 17, 1857
George D. Morse
J. Warren Moulton
Frank Mulveny
John J. MurphyMarch 26, 1889
Dennis A. MurphySeptember 26, 1876
Daniel C. MurphyDecember 14, 1887
William A. MurrayJune 17, 1889
Arthur L. NasonOctober 24, 1872
Charles S. O'Connor
Joseph A. Oakhem
James E. Odlin
John Glenn OrrFebruary 27, 1857
John N. OsborneJanuary 28, 1853
Walter T. Packard
Arthur W. Paine
John H. ParkerAugust 27, 1859
Ward Mayhew Parker
George Penshorn
Chauncey Pepin
Walter Perham
Harold L. Perrin
Edward Howland Perry
Joseph H. PerryMay 4, 1869
Frederick Everett PierceMay 5, 1862
James Tracy PotterJanuary 26, 1870
Frank H. Putnam
Lawrence F. Quigley
Frank E. Raymond
Dennis F. Reardon
George Louis Richards
Charles Freeman Rowley
William F. RunnellsFebruary 18, 1865
G. Oscar Russell
Joseph A. Saunders
Henry A. Savage
Roland D. SawyerJanuary 8, 1874
John H. Sherburne1877
Charles Henry Slowey
Fitz-Henry Smith Jr.
Jerome S. Smith
Gilbert G. Southworth
Burgess H. Spinney
William N. Stetson
Merrill E. Streeter
Lewis R. Sullivan
Denis J. SullivanJuly 24, 1889
Simon Swig1862
Warren E. Tarbell
James E. TolmanNovember 8, 1867
George Albert Wales
Joseph E. WarnerMay 16, 1884
Jacob Wasserman
George B. Waterman
Thomas Weston, Jr
Joseph W. Wharton
Albert L. Whitman
George A. Whitney
Waterman Lester WilliamsAugust 10, 1867
John W. Williams
Alvin R. Wilson
Charles A. Winchester
Thomas A. Winston
Roger WolcottJuly 25, 1877
Isaac U. Wood
Harry C. Woodill
John Wooldredge
George M. Worrall
Daniel J. Young
Myron A. Young
Benjamin Loring Young1885

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Who's Who in State Politics . 1917 . Practical Politics . Boston .