1896 Massachusetts legislature

The 117th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1896 during the governorship of Roger Wolcott. George P. Lawrence served as president of the Senate and George von Lengerke Meyer served as speaker of the House.[4]

117th
Massachusetts General Court
116th 118th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 5, 1895
Senate
Members40
PresidentGeorge P. Lawrence
Party controlRepublican (33–7)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerGeorge von Lengerke Meyer
Party controlRepublican (182–58)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 1, 1896 (1896-01-01) – June 10, 1896 (1896-06-10) [3]
George P. Lawrence
George P. Lawrence, Senate president.
George von Lengerke Meyer
George von Lengerke Meyer, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1896.

Notable legislation included "An Act to Provide for the Security and Preservation of the So-called Bulfinch Portion of the State House."[5]

Senators

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image name [6] date of birth [7] district
 
Horace H. Atherton October 23, 1847
 
Albert F. Barker October 24, 1859
 
Lewis H. Bartlett April 2, 1854
 
Percival Blodgett July 18, 1841
 
Edward S. Bradford December 1, 1842
 
George J. Burns July 14, 1855
 
William A. Chase May 31, 1845
 
William H. Cook January 7, 1843
 
Joseph J. Corbett December 24, 1863
 
Frederick W. Dallinger October 2, 1871
 
Francis W. Darling December 16, 1852
 
James H. Derbyshire June 11, 1855
 
Noble W. Everett February 20, 1827
 
George A. Galloupe October 28, 1850
 
Clarke Partridge Harding June 20, 1853
 
Isaac P. Hutchinson February 26, 1860
 
Richard William Irwin February 18, 1857
 
Erastus Jones September 11, 1825
 
George P. Lawrence May 19, 1859
 
Martin Lomasney December 3, 1859
 
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
 
James P. Niles September 30, 1849
 
Fisher H. Pearson November 29, 1866
 
George W. Perkins July 1, 1842
 
John Jacob Prevaux March 16, 1857
 
John Quinn, Jr. December 16, 1859
 
George A. Reed September 10, 1842
 
Alfred Seelye Roe June 8, 1844
 
George P. Sanger September 6, 1852
 
Rufus Albertson Soule 1839
 
Louis C. Southard April 1, 1854
 
Charles F. Sprague June 10, 1857
 
Richard Sullivan February 24, 1856
 
Arthur Holbrook Wellman October 30, 1855
 
John Loring Woodfall September 15, 1847

Representatives

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image name [6] date of birth [7] district
 
Walter Adams May 15, 1848
 
Albert E. Addis May 4, 1864
 
Daniel W. Allen June 17, 1827
 
S. Augustus Allen February 14, 1855
 
Frederick Atherton May 8, 1865
 
Henry C. Attwill March 11, 1872
 
Waldo E. Austin August 31, 1839
 
Charles O. Bailey January 24, 1863
 
George W. Bailey March 20, 1848
 
Horace P. Bailey March 3, 1840
 
Theophilus B. Baker May 16, 1830
 
Solon Bancroft June 22, 1839
 
Harding R. Barber December 20, 1839
 
Franklin O. Barnes November 11, 1841
 
Daniel J. Barry August 27, 1859
 
Myron S. Barton December 24, 1837
 
John L. Bates September 18, 1859
 
Horace S. Bean September 17, 1867
William Beggs August 7, 1844
 
Charles E. Bennett May 8, 1861
 
George B. Bird February 15, 1867
 
Avander N. Blood September 4, 1839
 
Charles P. Bond July 24, 1855
 
Samuel S. Bourne December 9, 1850
 
Harvey L. Boutwell April 5, 1860
 
Walter L. Bouve October 28, 1849
 
Henry J. Boyd May 9, 1831
 
Manassah Edward Bradley August 15, 1863
 
J. Dwight Brady December 15, 1859
 
Charles Donnell Brown June 5, 1862
 
Daniel Brown December 26, 1842
 
George A. Brown November 24, 1854
 
Joseph G. Brown January 19, 1825
 
Aaron R. Bunting August 26, 1833
 
T. Preston Burt July 20, 1844
 
A. Webster Butler August 22, 1858
 
Ernest W. Calkins December 25, 1855
 
Patrick J. Carroll May 11, 1865
 
Daniel C. Casey August 10, 1867
 
Frank Chandler February 20, 1852
 
George F. Chase December 11, 1851
 
Albert Clarke October 13, 1840
 
Arthur L. Coburn June 18, 1860
 
James A. Cochran June 27, 1847
 
George F. Coleman April 10, 1863
 
James W. Coleman March 17, 1855
 
Walter S. V. Cooke August 12, 1851
 
Edward A. Cowee July 23, 1857
 
Ellery B. Crane November 12, 1836
 
James F. Creed December 4, 1869
 
Charles C. Crocker August 21, 1831
 
Harvey Crocker September 11, 1847
 
Edward S. Crockett July 22, 1869
 
Nelson P. Cummings April 27, 1847
 
Daniel J. Curley April 2, 1841
 
Nathan R. Davis August 18, 1828
 
William W. Davis August 8, 1862
 
Cornelius R. Day December 29, 1847
 
Thomas M. Denham February 2, 1840
 
Robert F. Denvir September 8, 1840
 
David T. Dickinson August 13, 1867
 
Thomas Donahue August 20, 1853
 
Jeremiah F. Donovan May 10, 1856
 
Timothy J. Donovan April 7, 1867
 
James M. Douglass February 24, 1839
 
Harry R. Dow February 12, 1862
 
Charles H. Dowse September 12, 1853
 
Daniel M. Driscoll January 2, 1861
 
James Driscoll August 14, 1856
 
William P. Driscoll May 1, 1857
 
Levi A. Drury August 9, 1847
 
George N. Dyer December 17, 1850
 
Benjamin F. Estes August 28, 1836
 
George S. Evans September 12, 1841
 
Wilson H. Fairbank April 3, 1836
 
Daniel B. Fenn May 31, 1836
 
Wellington Fillmore October 18, 1850
 
James H. Flint June 25, 1852
 
Silas W. Flint September 4, 1843
 
Joseph J. Flynn May 1, 1862
 
E. Knowlton Fogg October 24, 1837
 
John Malcolm Forbes 1847
 
William E. Ford July 20, 1823
 
Otis Foss October 4, 1838
 
Frank W. Francis September 16, 1857
 
George F. Fuller March 8, 1842
 
Jefferson C. Gallison August 8, 1841
 
James A. Gallivan October 22, 1866
 
John J. Gardner February 23, 1853
 
John Dennis Hammond Gauss January 4, 1861
 
Samuel Wesley George April 26, 1862
 
Charles A. Grant October 15, 1848
 
Joshua S. Gray August 16, 1840
 
William Halliday June 13, 1853
 
Lloyd F. Hammond March 1, 1860
 
Frederic Hanson May 2, 1835
 
Edward H. Harding April 17, 1854
 
Benjamin C. Harvey September 4, 1847
 
Albert L. Harwood September 10, 1847
William R. Hayden May 7, 1820
 
William Henry Irving Hayes June 21, 1848
 
Thomas F. Hoban December 20, 1860
 
Joshua B. Holden March 5, 1850
 
J. Edward Hollis 1840
 
E. Clarence Holt January 13, 1850
 
Seba A. Holton August 30, 1847
 
Charles E. Hosmer May 25, 1837
 
Walter F. Howard September 20, 1855
 
Roger S. Howe November 20, 1849
 
Henry D. Humphrey June 20, 1861
 
Caleb Burroughs Huse September 13, 1833
 
John W. Johnson June 14, 1856
 
George R. Jones February 8, 1862
 
Frank W. Kaan September 11, 1861
 
George H. Kearn January 6, 1839
 
James Keenan March 4, 1850
 
Thomas F. Keenan March 11, 1854
 
John A. Keliher November 6, 1866
 
George H. Kelton September 20, 1861
 
Thomas W. Kenefick September 17, 1855
 
Patrick J. Kennedy March 20, 1862
 
Charles W. King September 8, 1861
 
David T. King January 19, 1864
 
Francis M. Kingman May 25, 1837
 
Franz H. Krebs, Jr 1868
 
James H. Leary November 28, 1868
 
Michael J. Leary November 16, 1869
 
Charles F. Light August 1, 1860
 
Warren J. Livermore January 5, 1835
 
Walter E. Lord January 22, 1856
 
Francis Cabot Lowell January 7, 1855
 
Jeremiah E. Mahoney November 8, 1864
 
Forrest C. Manchester September 11, 1859
 
William H. Marden May 30, 1843
 
Arthur A. Maxwell January 24, 1858
 
Will W. Mayhew January 15, 1857
 
Benjamin W. Mayo April 17, 1836
 
Samuel N. Mayo May 24, 1839
 
Jeremiah Justin McCarthy March 29, 1852
 
George M. McClain March 9, 1842
 
John E. McClellan September 5, 1847
 
James S. McKenna January 11, 1864
 
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
 
Charles D. Monroe January 15, 1856
 
Eugene Michael Moriarty April 15, 1849
 
James J. Myers November 20, 1842
 
Thaddeus H. Newcomb March 15, 1826
 
Henry C. Newell March 9, 1843
 
Luther Nickerson July 9, 1829
 
Edward O. Northway December 12, 1867
 
Joseph J. Norton November 19, 1870
 
John J. O'Connor April 13, 1871
 
John M. O'Hara July 2, 1865
 
Frank J. O'Toole October 13, 1867
 
John B. Packard February 22, 1837
 
Clarence H. Parker October 31, 1849
 
Herbert C. Parsons January 15, 1862
 
Frank A. Patch July 23, 1844
 
John H. Ponce November 1, 1857
 
Burrill Porter February 22, 1832
 
George W. Porter January 30, 1844
 
George E. Putnam February 9, 1851
 
Nicolas M. Quint July 18, 1838
 
Charles I. Quirk August 15, 1871
 
Charles W. Ray August 16, 1847
 
William Louis Reed[8] April 5, 1866
 
Michael J. Reidy August 8, 1870
 
George M. Rice October 20, 1843
 
Clinton Q. Richmond December 17, 1859
 
Francis R. Richmond April 20, 1851
 
Thomas Riley December 22, 1843
 
Ernest W. Roberts November 22, 1858
 
J. Henry Robinson February 9, 1831
 
Atherton W. Rogers August 10, 1848
 
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
 
Howard K. Sanderson July 10, 1865
 
Charles F. Sargent August 31, 1858
 
Tristram T. Savory September 19, 1834
 
William P. Searls June 3, 1851
 
Chester Wells Severence February 27, 1831
 
Charles S. Shattuck June 5, 1840
 
David B. Shaw August 20, 1870
 
John F. Sheehan September 2, 1861
 
William Shepherd September 17, 1837
 
P. Howard Shirley August 15, 1857
 
David F. Slade November 5, 1855
 
John O. Slocum March 13, 1842
 
Albert C. Smith March 14, 1845
 
Charles W. Smith March 6, 1846
 
Henry R. Smith October 7, 1842
 
Amasa E. Southworth May 19, 1844
 
Cyrus Spaulding April 17, 1835
 
Albert T. Sprague June 18, 1843
 
Thomas E. St. John March 2, 1831
 
Fred D. Stanley October 17, 1863
 
Arlin V. Stevens June 15, 1854
 
Edward A. Stevens December 9, 1841
 
Elmer A. Stevens January 15, 1862
 
Ezra A. Stevens March 12, 1827
 
Joseph W. Stocker April 6, 1824
 
Willmore B. Stone June 24, 1853
 
George D. Storrs September 19, 1866
 
Arthur D. Story October 11, 1854
 
Cornelius F. Sullivan June 15, 1865
 
George J. Tarr February 1, 1832
 
James Thompson May 18, 1848
 
Henry Thrasher May 29, 1837
 
John Rogers Thurston September 4, 1831
 
Charles W. Tilton April 6, 1836
 
William Tolman June 2, 1858
 
Frank M. Trafton January 4, 1858
 
John E. Tuttle November 3, 1835
 
Charles Henry Utley November 27, 1857
 
Henry M. Van Deusen September 29, 1850
 
Henry R. Van Rensselaer December 12, 1855
 
George Albert Wales March 26, 1858
 
William W. Waterman December 4, 1831
 
Jackson Webster March 14, 1849
 
Clarence P. Weston August 23, 1845
 
George W. Weymouth August 25, 1850
 
Mark O. Wheaton November 22, 1833
 
George L. Whitcomb March 18, 1855
 
Edward E. Willard September 25, 1862
 
Edward H. Wilson September 26, 1848
 
George G. Withington July 31, 1831
 
John A. Woodbury August 22, 1836
 
Joseph W. Woodman January 25, 1847
 
Charles L. Young May 23, 1850
 
Willie C. Young May 28, 1848

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 (January 21, 2019), "The 'Brigham Addition' and Saving the Bulfinch State House", State Library of Massachusetts blog
  6. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1896 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1896" (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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