1898 Massachusetts legislature

The 119th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1898 during the governorship of Roger Wolcott. George Edwin Smith served as president of the Senate and John L. Bates served as speaker of the House.[4]

119th
Massachusetts General Court
118th 120th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 2, 1897
Senate
Members40
PresidentGeorge Edwin Smith
Party controlRepublican (33–7)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJohn L. Bates
Party controlRepublican (181–57)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 5, 1898 (1898-01-05) – June 23, 1898 (1898-06-23) [3]
George Edwin Smith
George Smith, Senate president.
John L. Bates
John Bates, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1898.

Senators

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Image Name [5] Date of Birth [6] District
 
Charles O. Bailey January 24, 1863
 
Harding R. Barber December 20, 1839
 
Josiah C. Bennett May 6, 1835
 
William R. Black August 23, 1830
 
Walter L. Bouve October 28, 1849
 
William Hartwell Brigham February 1, 1863
 
Loyed E. Chamberlain January 30, 1857
 
William H. Cook January 7, 1843
 
Ellery B. Crane November 12, 1836
 
Frederick W. Dallinger October 2, 1871
 
William W. Davis August 8, 1862
 
Wilson H. Fairbank April 3, 1836
 
Joseph Byron Farley October 10, 1847
 
James H. Flint June 25, 1852
 
Joseph J. Flynn May 1, 1862
 
Charles E. Folsom February 24, 1855
 
James A. Gallivan October 22, 1866
 
John Dennis Hammond Gauss January 4, 1861
 
Samuel Wesley George April 26, 1862
 
Albert L. Harwood September 10, 1847
 
James E. Hayes August 10, 1865
 
William H. Hodgkins June 9, 1840
 
Joshua B. Holden March 5, 1850
 
Richard William Irwin February 18, 1857
 
William W. Leach February 22, 1856
 
William B. Mahoney December 5, 1857
 
William Moran September 6, 1855
 
William A. Morse July 27, 1863
 
Henry Parsons February 2, 1842
 
George E. Putnam February 9, 1851
 
Charles I. Quirk August 15, 1871
 
Ernest W. Roberts November 22, 1858
 
Alfred Seelye Roe June 8, 1844
 
Daniel D. Rourke July 16, 1869
 
George Edwin Smith April 5, 1849
 
Rufus Albertson Soule 1839
 
William W. Towle August 21, 1860
 
William A. Whittlesey February 21, 1849
 
Fred Homer Williams January 7, 1857
 
Charles F. Woodward November 19, 1852

Representatives

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image name [5] date of birth [6] district
 
Austin Flint Adams July 15, 1840
 
Rollin M. Allen April 10, 1862
 
Romeo E. Allen October 17, 1852
 
S. Augustus Allen February 14, 1855
 
Butler Ames August 22, 1871
 
Richard F. Andrews, Jr April 13, 1863
 
Julius C. Anthony September 24, 1856
 
Albert S. Apsey November 27, 1870
 
Henry C. Attwill March 11, 1872
 
Thomas C. Bachelder November 6, 1860
 
George Balcom January 23, 1832
 
John E. Baldwin June 26, 1869
 
Frank W. Barnard January 3, 1853
 
George H. Bartlett September 6, 1857
 
Jonathan B. L. Bartlett October 11, 1849
 
John L. Bates September 18, 1859
 
David W. Battles January 20, 1854
 
Charles O. Beede December 29, 1840
 
Henry A. Belcher August 6, 1845
 
George E. Bemis October 23, 1855
 
Frank P. Bennett May 2, 1853
 
Scott F. Bickford November 14, 1864
 
Horatio Bisbee November 20, 1833
 
Osgood C. Blaney January 20, 1860
 
John Bleiler May 9, 1837
 
Henry H. Bosworth March 16, 1868
 
Jerome Bottomly August 14, 1842
 
Harvey L. Boutwell April 5, 1860
 
Warren Boynton July 17, 1836
 
Melvin L. Breath December 7, 1858
 
Hugh W. Bresnahan November 25, 1869
 
William Bridgeo October 14, 1849
 
Oscar T. Brooks June 6, 1839
 
Charles E. Brown November 18, 1850
 
William J. Bullock January 31, 1864
 
Albert H. Burgess May 19, 1843
 
Edward B. Callender February 23, 1851
 
Andrew Campbell May 3, 1826
 
James F. Carberry September 18, 1868
 
George Henry Carleton August 6, 1840
 
Leonard B. Chandler August 29, 1851
 
William D. Chapple August 6, 1868
 
James B. Clancy May 26, 1868
 
Albert Clarke October 13, 1840
 
Charles S. Clerke January 10, 1850
 
James M. Codman, Jr. April 20, 1862
 
Samuel Cole December 15, 1856
 
John W. Connelly July 16, 1874
 
Thomas A. Conroy September 9, 1869
 
Walter S. V. Cooke August 12, 1851
 
Daniel S. Coolidge September 21, 1845
 
George W. Coombs November 4, 1837
 
Fred E. Crawford July 7, 1857
 
Thomas W. Crocker December 27, 1832
 
Alfred R. Crosby August 30, 1838
 
Henry V. Crosby February 27, 1832
 
Charles S. Crouch 1833
 
Richard Cullinane February 2, 1859
 
William Curtis August 8, 1857
 
J. Frank Dalton April 19, 1842
 
Daniel W. Davis October 3, 1846
 
William Ripley Davis March 8, 1862
 
Charles Austin Dean March 26, 1856
 
Charles Leroy Dean May 29, 1844
 
Thomas M. Denham February 2, 1840
 
Thomas Donahue August 20, 1853
 
Eugene E. Donovan November 21, 1858
 
Thomas J. Dooling January 28, 1868
 
Frederic P. Drake March 16, 1851
 
Henry J. Draper March 4, 1859
 
Daniel J. Driscoll, 2d November 20, 1868
 
Hugo A. Dubuque November 3, 1854
 
John B. Dumond December 25, 1862
 
Daniel England July 1, 1868
 
Eugene B. Estes December 7, 1850
 
Frank W. Estey December 16, 1866
 
Frank H. Farmer October 13, 1857
 
Francis F. Farrar January 10, 1833
 
John Favor March 1, 1859
 
Asa B. Fay August 31, 1838
 
John J. Feneno March 24, 1866
 
W. T. A. Fitzgerald December 19, 1871
 
Albert T. Folsom November 9, 1831
 
Harry C. Foster August 27, 1871
 
Frank W. Francis September 16, 1857
 
George G. Frederick January 14, 1867
 
George F. Fuller March 8, 1842
 
Michael E. Gaddis February 21, 1869
 
Richard W. Garrity March 14, 1864
 
John J. Gartland November 27, 1871
 
Henry E. Gaylord June 5, 1846
 
Moses D. Gilman May 23, 1846
 
David J. Gleason July 14, 1864
 
Otis M. Gove May 3, 1851
 
Oliver S. Grant April 30, 1866
 
James Wilson Grimes November 21, 1865
 
Almon E. Hall December 6, 1846
 
Amos E. Hall July 6, 1838
 
Luther Hall November 5, 1842
 
Frederick Hammond February 27, 1847
 
Franklin P. Harlow
 
George F. Harwood July 7, 1844
 
Leander Miller Haskins June 20, 1842
 
Martin E. Hawes October 25, 1834
 
Alfred S. Hayes May 14, 1869
 
William Henry Irving Hayes June 21, 1848
 
Albert F. Hayward January 24, 1840
 
Ashton E. Hemphill September 17, 1849
 
John W. Hill July 1, 1846
 
Albert F. Hiscox May 9, 1852
 
Charles E. Hoag September 18, 1849
 
Seba A. Holton August 30, 1847
 
Francis J. Horgan July 2, 1869
 
Carleton F. How April 20, 1863
 
Walter F. Howard September 20, 1855
 
Rufus Howe September 28, 1837
 
Edward H. Hoyt July 11, 1849
 
Franklin E. Huntress April 19, 1866
 
Charles Hiller Innes August 6, 1870
 
Charles R. Johnson December 28, 1852
 
George R. Jones February 8, 1862
 
Melville D. Jones September 25, 1842
 
Michael Bernard Jones August 20, 1864
 
William A. Josselyn February 8, 1856
 
Joseph H. Joubert April 6, 1860
 
Daniel Joseph Kane April 14, 1872
 
Charles P. Keith March 14, 1843
 
William Kells, Jr. October 23, 1861
 
John L. Kelly March 29, 1869
 
Thomas W. Kenefick September 17, 1855
 
Daniel J. Kiley July 27, 1874
 
Arthur D. King May 13, 1843
 
Randolph V. King January 20, 1853
 
William S. Kyle July 12, 1851
 
William A. Lang May 26, 1836
 
Addison P. Learoyd February 11, 1838
 
Francis Leland October 3, 1839
 
Charles Dudley Lewis September 26, 1844
 
John F. Libby February 3, 1863
 
Alexander Lockhart December 22, 1854
 
Albert W. Lyon March 1, 1869
 
Luke J. Macken October 27, 1868
 
Thomas Mackey August 6, 1865
 
John E. Magenis May 5, 1873
 
David A. Mahoney December 21, 1867
 
William E. Mahoney May 15, 1872
 
William H. Marden May 30, 1843
 
Benjamin W. Mayo April 17, 1836
 
Jeremiah Justin McCarthy March 29, 1852
 
Levi G. McKnight April 30, 1843
 
William I. McLoughlin January 16, 1872
 
John A. McManus March 9, 1860
 
George F. Mead May 22, 1854
 
Thomas H. Meek January 30, 1840
 
George W. Mellen May 11, 1837
 
William J. Miller June 8, 1867
 
Charles P. Mills August 22, 1853
 
James A. Montgomery May 17, 1864
 
Andrew H. Morrison June 27, 1871
 
William L. Morse May 1, 1849
 
James J. Myers November 20, 1842
 
William A. Nettleton 1832
 
Edward B. Nevin November 10, 1858
 
Thaddeus H. Newcomb March 15, 1826
 
William N. Newcomb July 23, 1865
 
H. Heustis Newton December 2, 1860
 
T. Frank Noonan June 1, 1860
 
George H. Norton May 28, 1863
 
James O'Connor June 15, 1862
 
Charles E. Parker October 20, 1833
 
Harold Parker June 17, 1854
 
Herbert C. Parsons January 15, 1862
 
Alexander Sinclair Paton November 20, 1854
 
Joseph E. Pattee April 24, 1843
 
Francis C. Perry June 27, 1853
 
Lemuel W. Peters July 29, 1860
 
Joseph M. Philbrick November 20, 1869
 
Franklin F. Phillips December 21, 1852
 
Edward L. Pickard December 25, 1834
 
John H. Ponce November 1, 1857
 
Albert Poor November 21, 1853
 
Burrill Porter February 22, 1832
 
John A. Powers September 15, 1853
 
David G. Pratt November 7, 1848
 
James P. Ramsay April 30, 1861
 
Charles H. Ramsdell September 26, 1840
 
Silas Dean Reed June 25, 1872
 
George M. Rice October 20, 1843
 
Frank S. Richardson October 18, 1856
 
Leonard W. Ross October 5, 1856
 
Samuel Ross February 2, 1865
 
John A. Rowan November 9, 1872
 
Edward T. Rowell 1836
 
Michael L. Russell December 15, 1860
 
Charles R. Saunders November 22, 1862
 
Thomas D. Sears February 22, 1845
 
James F. Seavey December 6, 1842
 
George Shepley Selfridge September 25, 1868
 
William H. Severance January 12, 1857
 
John F. Sheehan September 2, 1861
 
Robert S. Sisson June 4, 1846
 
William E. Skillings October 23, 1843
 
John O. Slocum March 13, 1842
 
George B. Smart February 25, 1835
 
Harvey C. Smith November 20, 1847
 
Andrew R. Snow May 4, 1844
 
Hugh L. Stalker December 31, 1857
 
Benjamin F. Stanley November 6, 1823
 
Nathaniel G. Staples June 1, 1851
 
Marcus M. Stebbins December 29, 1840
 
John M. Stevenson August 31, 1846
 
Joseph I. Stewart April 25, 1847
 
Willmore B. Stone June 24, 1853
 
Cornelius F. Sullivan June 15, 1865
 
Arthur R. Taft February 19, 1859
 
Peter Francis Tague June 4, 1871
 
Zephaniah Talbot June 22, 1834
 
James Thompson May 18, 1848
 
Charles W. Tilton April 6, 1836
 
Charles E. Trow April 18, 1833
 
Samuel A. Tuttle September 11, 1837
 
Edmund J. Twomey July 16, 1860
 
J. Gilman Waite March 20, 1837
 
Charles G. Washburn January 28, 1857
 
Eben C. Waterman March 1, 1840
 
Abelard E. Wells June 17, 1854
 
Edward E. Wentworth June 27, 1845
 
George W. Whidden June 15, 1858
 
John Jay Whipple December 31, 1847
 
Elbridge J. Whitaker November 11, 1859
 
Frank H. Whitcomb January 7, 1838
 
George L. Whitcomb March 18, 1855
 
Horace C. White January 26, 1836
 
James Whitehead December 20, 1857
 
Edward E. Willard September 25, 1862
 
Appleton P. Williams January 28, 1867
 
George F. Williams April 28, 1856
 
Francis O. Winslow March 20, 1844
 
Alva S. Wood May 12, 1828

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  2. ^ "Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  3. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  4. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
  5. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1898 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1898" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading

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