1870 Massachusetts legislature explained

91st
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 2, 1869
Session1 End: [1]
Before:90th
After:92nd
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican
(29 R, 10 D, 1 other)[2]
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Horace H. Coolidge
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Republican
(160 R, 58 D, 22 other)
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Harvey Jewell

The 91st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1870 during the governorship of Republican William Claflin. Horace H. Coolidge served as president of the Senate and Harvey Jewell served as speaker of the House.[3]

Senators

ImageName [4] data-sort-type=date Date of birth DistrictParty
Nathaniel Ellis AtwoodSeptember 13, 1807
Jacob Bates1819
Joseph Augustus Benjamin1817
George Marshall Buttrick1822
Andrew Jackson Clark1835
Benjamin Franklin Clark1808
Waldo ColburnNovember 13, 1824
Patrick Andrew CollinsMarch 12, 1844
Horace Hopkins CoolidgeFebruary 11, 1832
Stephen Moody Crosby1827
Edmund Dowse1813
John Fletcher1827
James Augustus FoxAugust 11, 1827
Alonzo Madison Giles1821
Henry Clay Greeley1830
John Brown Hathaway1809
John Alexander Hawes1823
Francis Allen Hobart1833
Nathaniel Jay Holden1827
Joseph Sidney Howe1832
Willard Woodman Jenness1827
George William Johnson1827
William Wallace Kellogg1824
George Augustus King1834
Charles James Kittredge1818
Charles Rensselaer LaddApril 9, 1822
James Henry Leland1833
George Harris Monroe1826
Ellis Wesley Morton1840
James Pierce1837
Joseph Greeley Pollard1833
Jeremiah Hobbs Pote1820
Stephen Holbrook RhodesNovember 7, 1825
George Merrick RiceNovember 20, 1808
James Granville Sproat1835
Orlando Barnard Tenney1816
Francis Thompson1826
William W. WarrenFebruary 27, 1834
Charles Augustus Wheelock1812
Frederick H. Willcomb1831

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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: Leading the Way: a History of the Massachusetts General Court, 1629-1980 . Cornelius Dalton . John Wirkkala . Anne Thomas . 0961391502 . Massachusetts Secretary of State . 1984 . Boston . Political Complexion of the General Court 1867-1980 . 441+ .
  3. 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+ .
  4. Book: Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1870 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 2452/40648 . Court . Massachusetts General .