1871 Massachusetts legislature explained

92nd
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 8, 1870
Session1 End: [1]
Before:91st
After:93rd
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican
(34 R, 5 D, 1 other)[2]
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Horace H. Coolidge
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Republican
(195 R, 34 D, 11 other)
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Harvey Jewell

The 92nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1871 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
Andrew Jackson Bartholomew1834
Jacob Bates1819
Francis William Bird1809
Alonzo Warren Boardman1828
Charles Bradley1816
William Hooper Caswell1837
Andrew Jackson Clark1835
James Wilson Clark1802
Patrick Andrew CollinsMarch 12, 1844
Horace Hopkins CoolidgeFebruary 11, 1832
Stephen Moody Crosby1827
George Perkins Elliott1804
John Fletcher1827
James Augustus FoxAugust 11, 1827
Rufus Smith FrostJuly 18, 1826
Richard Goodman1818
Henry Clay Greeley1830
John Alexander Hawes1823
Estes Howe1814
Nathan Swett Kimball1820
William Bennet Long1827
George Harris Monroe1826
Timothy Fairbanks Packard1812
William Driver Park1831
James Pierce1837
Stephen Holbrook RhodesNovember 7, 1825
George Francis RichardsonDecember 6, 1829
Daniel Ephraim Safford1826
James Granville Sproat1835
George Monroe StearnsApril 18, 1831
Charles Pickett Stickney1824
Orlando Barnard Tenney1816
Adin Thayer1828
Shepard Thayer1827
Thomas Lafayette Wakefield1817
Amasa Whiting1821
Baxter Dodridge Whitney1817
Frederick H. Willcomb1831
Jonathan Henry Wood1822

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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 . 1871 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 2452/40649 . Court . Massachusetts General .