1895 Massachusetts legislature

The 116th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1895 during the governorship of Frederic T. Greenhalge. William M. Butler served as president of the Senate and George von Lengerke Meyer served as speaker of the House.[4]

116th
Massachusetts General Court
115th 117th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 6, 1894
Senate
Members40
PresidentWilliam M. Butler
Party controlRepublican (36–4)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerGeorge von Lengerke Meyer
Party controlRepublican (194–46)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 2, 1895 (1895-01-02) – June 5, 1895 (1895-06-05) [3]
William M. Butler
William Butler, Senate president.
George von Lengerke Meyer
George von Lengerke Meyer, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1895.

Notable legislation included an act related to "the Question of Granting Municipal Suffrage to Women."[5]

Senators

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image name [6] date of birth [7] district
 
Horace H. Atherton October 23, 1847
 
Edward B. Atwood May 13, 1845
 
Eugene A. Bessom June 11, 1855
 
Ledyard Bill 1836
 
Percival Blodgett July 18, 1841
 
Edward S. Bradford December 1, 1842
 
George J. Burns July 14, 1855
 
William M. Butler January 29, 1861
 
Joseph J. Corbett December 24, 1863
 
Francis W. Darling December 16, 1852
 
William B. Durant September 29, 1844
 
Ether S. Foss June 10, 1834
 
Edward G. Frothingham August 12, 1837
 
Granville Austin Fuller March 13, 1837
 
George L. Gage February 6, 1845
 
George A. Galloupe October 28, 1850
 
Michael B. Gilbride February 13, 1866
 
Robert S. Gray September 28, 1847
 
Edwin B. Harvey April 4, 1834
 
Isaac P. Hutchinson February 26, 1860
 
George P. Lawrence May 19, 1859
 
James Cushing Leach June 11, 1831
 
Joseph B. Maccabe November 19, 1857
 
Dana Malone October 8, 1857
 
William Henry McMorrow March 23, 1871
 
Joel D. Miller October 10, 1837
 
William A. Morse July 27, 1863
 
Joseph O. Neill January 31, 1838
 
George W. Perkins July 1, 1842
 
John Quinn, Jr. December 16, 1859
 
George A. Reed September 10, 1842
 
John B. Ripley July 8, 1849
 
Stephen Salisbury III March 31, 1835
 
George P. Sanger September 6, 1852
 
Sylvanus Smith March 10, 1829
 
Louis C. Southard April 1, 1854
 
Charles F. Sprague June 10, 1857
 
Arthur Holbrook Wellman October 30, 1855
 
Marciene H. Whitcomb October 24, 1837

Representatives

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image name [6] date of birth [7] district
 
Daniel W. Allen June 17, 1827
 
Romeo E. Allen October 17, 1852
 
Isaiah P. Atsatt March 17, 1848
 
Frederick E. Austin August 6, 1865
 
George W. Bailey March 20, 1848
 
James Alderson Bailey Jr. March 25, 1867
 
Theophilus B. Baker May 16, 1830
 
Charles T. Balch February 23, 1844
 
Charles Grey Bancroft December 3, 1866
 
Solon Bancroft June 22, 1839
 
Harding R. Barber December 20, 1839
 
Albert F. Barker October 24, 1859
 
Erwin F. Barnes March 14, 1846
 
Franklin O. Barnes November 11, 1841
 
Daniel J. Barry August 27, 1859
 
John L. Bates September 18, 1859
 
Algernon T. Beaman 1847
 
Frank S. Bennett May 12, 1857
 
George B. Bird February 15, 1867
 
Henry Clay Bliss May 5, 1846
 
Benjamin F. Blodgett June 6, 1843
 
Charles P. Bond July 24, 1855
 
Samuel S. Bourne December 9, 1850
 
Harvey L. Boutwell April 5, 1860
 
Fred H. Bradford July 13, 1850
 
Manassah Edward Bradley August 15, 1863
 
Charles Donnell Brown June 5, 1862
 
Frederick A. Brown October 24, 1856
 
Benjamin S. Bullock May 12, 1850
 
William H. Burges November 3, 1835
 
J. Marshall Burt August 28, 1842
 
T. Preston Burt July 20, 1844
 
Charles W. Carroll November 1, 1863
 
William Carter February 25, 1830
 
Daniel C. Casey August 10, 1867
 
Frank Chandler February 20, 1852
 
Luther W. Clark September 19, 1851
 
James A. Cochran June 27, 1847
 
Michael W. Collins August 5, 1868
 
Heman S. Cook May 13, 1840
Gilbert Cooke August 4, 1841
 
Ellery B. Crane November 12, 1836
 
James F. Creed December 4, 1869
 
Frederick W. Dallinger October 2, 1871
 
William W. Davis August 8, 1862
 
Thomas M. Denham February 2, 1840
 
David T. Dickinson August 13, 1867
 
Thomas Donahue August 20, 1853
 
Timothy J. Donovan April 7, 1867
 
William F. Donovan December 29, 1866
 
William J. Donovan October 31, 1862
 
Harry R. Dow February 12, 1862
 
William H. Drew March 27, 1855
 
Daniel M. Driscoll January 2, 1861
 
William P. Driscoll May 1, 1857
 
Levi A. Drury August 9, 1847
 
Robert Duddy 1847
 
George Morton Eddy August 5, 1843
 
Henry Edgarton December 29, 1820
 
Albert H. Edgerton August 23, 1843
 
Alpheus M. Eldredge January 25, 1828
 
Benjamin F. Estes August 28, 1836
 
Thomas F. Fallon December 7, 1857
 
Clarentine E. Ferson May 19, 1845
 
Wellington Fillmore October 18, 1850
 
Henry H. Fisk June 5, 1843
 
James H. Flint June 25, 1852
 
Silas W. Flint September 4, 1843
 
Joseph J. Flynn May 1, 1862
 
William H. Foote January 15, 1833
 
William E. Ford July 20, 1823
 
Otis Foss October 4, 1838
 
George E. Fowle July 4, 1837
 
Zenas A. French September 4, 1843
 
James A. Gallivan October 22, 1866
 
John J. Gardner February 23, 1853
 
John Dennis Hammond Gauss January 4, 1861
 
Henry E. Gaylord June 5, 1846
 
Michael P. Geary August 16, 1868
 
Samuel Wesley George April 26, 1862
 
James Love Gillingham July 12, 1857
 
Charles W. Goodrich December 30, 1840
 
William T. Graham February 1, 1861
 
Alexander Grant September 26, 1853
 
Joshua S. Gray August 16, 1840
 
Abner Greenwood September 10, 1826
 
Thomas Ellwood Grover February 9, 1846
 
Edward A. Hale January 11, 1850
 
Charles L. Hammond September 1, 1860
 
George Hammond December 14, 1839
 
Franklin P. Harlow
 
Benjamin C. Harvey September 4, 1847
 
Albert L. Harwood September 10, 1847
 
Samuel Hastings February 1, 1837
 
Bowers C. Hathaway March 18, 1823
 
Frederic W. Hathaway March 6, 1836
 
Wesley O. Hawkes July 7, 1842
 
William Henry Irving Hayes June 21, 1848
 
George A. Hibbard October 27, 1864
 
Sumner C. Higgins November 24, 1843
 
Thomas F. Hoban December 20, 1860
 
Joshua B. Holden March 5, 1850
 
Timothy Holland July 12, 1865
 
J. Edward Hollis 1840
 
E. Clarence Holt January 13, 1850
 
John Gregory Horan November 28, 1868
 
Louis P. Howe May 29, 1858
 
Henry D. Humphrey June 20, 1861
 
Caleb Burroughs Huse September 13, 1833
 
William H. Hutchinson March 26, 1834
 
Richard William Irwin February 18, 1857
 
Dwight H. Ives January 28, 1837
 
William S. Jenks December 1, 1855
 
Edward P. Johnson October 21, 1844
 
George R. Jones February 8, 1862
 
Cyrus Anson Jordan April 7, 1859
 
Benjamin Adams Jourdan July 20, 1832
 
Frank W. Kaan September 11, 1861
 
James Keenan March 4, 1850
 
Thomas F. Keenan March 11, 1854
 
John E. Kellogg July 2, 1845
 
William G. Kimball December 25, 1846
 
Francis M. Kingman May 25, 1837
 
Joseph Brewster Knox December 12, 1828
 
Franz H. Krebs, Jr 1868
 
Amos A. Lawrence November 3, 1847
 
George A. Leach February 3, 1848
 
Osgood L. Leach September 18, 1848
 
Warren S. Leach February 23, 1847
 
Charles F. Light August 1, 1860
 
Francis Cabot Lowell January 7, 1855
 
John M. Lynch November 26, 1860
 
John A. Macomber, 2d January 25, 1849
 
Hugo Mann September 27, 1837
 
William H. Marden May 30, 1843
 
Samuel N. Mayo May 24, 1839
 
Jeremiah Justin McCarthy March 29, 1852
 
Bernard McMackin April 2, 1869
 
James F. Melaven November 19, 1858
 
George H. Mellen October 7, 1850
 
James H. Mellen November 7, 1845
 
George von Lengerke Meyer June 24, 1858
 
Charles E. Mills December 28, 1847
 
Samuel H. Mitchell November 2, 1854
 
Joseph F. Mooney May 21, 1866
 
E. Lewis Moore January 21, 1834
 
William Moran September 6, 1855
 
Eugene Michael Moriarty April 15, 1849
 
Mark B. Mulvey July 9, 1868
 
Timothy F. Murphy August 9, 1864
 
James J. Myers November 20, 1842
 
Herbert Newell April 2, 1855
 
Richard Newell April 17, 1839
 
George H. Newhall October 24, 1850
 
John B. Newhall October 1, 1862
 
Joseph J. Norton November 19, 1870
 
Michael J. O'Brien November 9, 1855
 
John J. O'Connor April 13, 1871
 
John M. O'Hara July 2, 1865
 
L. Edgar Osgood February 13, 1865
 
Theodore K. Parker September 3, 1841
 
George W. Penniman May 31, 1859
 
Lyman H. Perkins March 29, 1864
 
Carlton T. Phelps October 13, 1867
 
Edward W. Pinkham February 9, 1839
 
Burrill Porter February 22, 1832
 
George W. Porter January 30, 1844
 
J. Frank Porter April 8, 1847
 
John Jacob Prevaux March 16, 1857
 
George E. Putnam February 9, 1851
 
Nicolas M. Quint July 18, 1838
 
Charles I. Quirk August 15, 1871
 
Henry F. Rice January 29, 1844
 
Robert A. Richardson 1840
 
Ernest W. Roberts November 22, 1858
 
Alfred Seelye Roe June 8, 1844
 
Silas B. Root July 21, 1850
 
George A. Roper July 25, 1849
 
Samuel Ross February 2, 1865
 
Daniel D. Rourke July 16, 1869
 
Fred H. Rourke May 23, 1867
 
George G. Russell November 4, 1845
 
James F. Ryan January 6, 1864
 
Martin F. Ryder November 1, 1854
 
Charles F. Sargent August 31, 1858
 
George Melville Scates September 30, 1841
 
William P. Searls June 3, 1851
 
John Timothy Shea February 14, 1866
 
John F. Sheehan September 2, 1861
 
William Shepherd September 17, 1837
 
Frank M. Sibley October 12, 1854
 
Henry D. Sisson December 8, 1836
 
David F. Slade November 5, 1855
 
George T. Sleeper September 15, 1852
 
Albert C. Smith March 14, 1845
 
Henry M. Smith March 12, 1852
 
George F. Snow June 12, 1841
 
Amasa E. Southworth May 19, 1844
 
Warren F. Spalding January 14, 1841
 
John C. Spofford November 25, 1854
 
Arthur L. Spring February 25, 1858
 
Thomas E. St. John March 2, 1831
 
Fred D. Stanley October 17, 1863
 
Ezra A. Stevens March 12, 1827
 
Joseph W. Stocker April 6, 1824
 
Daniel D. Stone October 23, 1844
 
Homer O. Strong October 22, 1850
 
Charles F. Sturtevant March 31, 1848
 
George J. Tarr February 1, 1832
 
Robert T. Teamoh[8] 1864
 
Josiah P. Thacher April 8, 1858
 
Lyman D. Thurston September 8, 1832
 
William Tolman June 2, 1858
 
Henry Tower June 24, 1829
 
William W. Towle August 21, 1860
 
Michael Tuite June 29, 1853
 
Arthur H. Turner September 26, 1858
 
George W. Turner February 24, 1829
 
John E. Tuttle November 3, 1835
 
Charles Henry Utley November 27, 1857
 
Frank Lewis Wadden April 21, 1847
 
J. Gilman Waite March 20, 1837
 
Charles Elliott Wakefield December 23, 1854
 
George Albert Wales March 26, 1858
 
Horace E. Wallis November 3, 1862
 
Stephen Cady Warriner August 25, 1839
 
George B. Waterman July 10, 1862
 
George L. Wentworth May 24, 1852
 
Clarence P. Weston August 23, 1845
 
Mark O. Wheaton November 22, 1833
 
Elbridge J. Whitaker November 11, 1859
 
George E. White June 13, 1849
 
William S. White February 28, 1863
 
Albert L. Wiley December 14, 1835
 
Edward E. Willard September 25, 1862
 
Edward H. Wilson September 26, 1848
 
John Winn July 3, 1828
 
Henry O. Wood February 26, 1837
 
John Loring Woodfall September 15, 1847
 
Charles L. Young May 23, 1850

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. ^ Kaitlin Connolly (September 24, 2012), "Women's Suffrage Movement in Massachusetts", State Library of Massachusetts blog
  6. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1895 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1895" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  8. ^ Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905

Further reading

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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1895, hdl:2452/429112
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1895, hdl:2452/83201