1911 Massachusetts legislature

132nd
Massachusetts General Court

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Overview
Legislative body| General Court
Election| November 8, 1910
Senate
Members| 40
President| Allen T. Treadway
Party control| Republican (26–14)[1]
House
Members| 240
Speaker| Joseph Walker
Party control| Republican (127–112–1)[2]
Sessions
| 1st| January 4, 1911 (1911-01-04) – July 28, 1911 (1911-07-28) [3]

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Allen Treadway, Senate president.

Joseph Walker, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1911.

The 132nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1911 during the governorship of Eugene Foss. Allen T. Treadway served as president of the Senate and Joseph Walker served as speaker of the House.[4]

## Senators[edit]

Portrait  | Name [5] | Date of birth  | District [6] | Party

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| Arthur S. Adams  | February 14, 1869  | 2nd Essex |
| George L. Barnes  |  | 1st Norfolk  |
| Frank P. Bennett Jr. | December 30, 1878  | 7th Middlesex  | Republican
| Charles V. Blanchard | February 2, 1866  | 3rd Middlesex | Republican
| Charles H. Brown  | January 19, 1879  | 6th Middlesex  |
| Charles S. Chace  |  | 1st Bristol  |
| Martin P. F. Curley  |  | 8th Suffolk  | Democratic
| Daniel E. Denny  | July 14, 1845  | 2nd Worcester  |
| James H. Doyle  |  | 4th Suffolk  |
| Wilmot R. Evans Jr.  |  | 4th Middlesex  |
| Joseph S. Gates  | October 3, 1856  | 4th Worcester  |
| Edward J. Grainger  |  | 1st Suffolk  |
| Levi H. Greenwood | December 22, 1872  | 3rd Worcester  | Republican
| Dennis E. Halley  |  | 5th Essex  |
| James A. Hatton  |  | 2nd Suffolk  |
| Joseph H. Hibbard  |  | 8th Middlesex  |
| Roger Sherman Hoar | April 8, 1887  | 5th Middlesex  | Democratic
| John H. Hunt  |  | 1st Worcester  |
| Roland M. Keith  | March 16, 1847  | 2nd Plymouth  |
| Joseph P. Lomasney  |  | 3rd Suffolk  | Democratic
| John H. Mack  |  | Berkshire  |
| John F. Malley  |  | 1st Hampden  |
| Walter B. Mellen  |  | Worcester and Hampden  |
| Henry C. Mulligan  |  | 1st Middlesex  |
| Michael J. Murray  | July 11, 1860  | 9th Suffolk  |
| Melvin S. Nash  | August 3, 1857  | 1st Plymouth  |
| Arthur L. Nason  | October 24, 1872  | 4th Essex  |
| George H. Newhall | October 24, 1850  | 1st Essex  | Republican
| Charles H. Pearson  |  | 2nd Norfolk  |
| James F. Powers  | October 1, 1872  | 6th Suffolk  |
| Francis X. Quigley  | November 20, 1882  | 2nd Hampden  |
| Samuel Ross  | February 2, 1865  | 3rd Bristol  |
| John H. Schoonmaker  | February 14, 1869  | Franklin and Hampshire  |
| Harry N. Stearns  | October 5, 1874  | 2nd Middlesex  |
| James P. Timilty | March 28, 1865  | 7th Suffolk  | Democratic
| George H. Tinkham | October 29, 1870  | 5th Suffolk  | Republican
| James E. Tolman | November 8, 1867  | 3rd Essex  | Republican
| Allen T. Treadway | September 16, 1867  | Berkshire, Hampshire and Hampden  | Republican
| Joseph Turner  |  | 2nd Bristol  |
| John E. White | December 13, 1873  | Cape  | Republican

## Representatives[edit]

image  | name [5] | date of birth  | district

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| David C. Ahearn  | November 4, 1879  |
| Timothy J. Ahern  |  |
| Oscar E. Arkwell  |  |
| William M. Armstrong  | August 17, 1850  |
| Alfred Arseneault  | January 3, 1869  |
| Frank W. Atkins  |  |
| William B. Avery  | July 11, 1856  |
| Aaron Bagg Jr.  |  |
| Edward C. R. Bagley  |  |
| J. Herbert Baker  |  |
| Willie W. Baker  |  |
| Erson B. Barlow  | October 20, 1883  |
| James F. Barry  | December 4, 1857  |
| John J. Barry  | January 4, 1877  |
| Frederick D. Bartlett  |  |
| John J. Bastion  |  |
| James W. Bean  | May 11, 1866  |
| William A. Bellamy  |  |
| Alvin E. Bliss  |  |
| Charles M. Blodgett  |  |
| Edward C. Bodfish  |  |
| Arthur Bogue  |  |
| William Booth  | June 21, 1862  |
| Henry E. Bothfeld | March 4, 1859  |
| George E. Bowker  |  |
| John G. Brackett  |  |
| Melvin B. Breath | March 28, 1881  |
| Lincoln Breckenridge  |  |
| James Henry Brennan  | December 21, 1888  |
| James J. Brennan  | May 2, 1882  |
| Francis J. Brennan  |  |
| Michael J. Brophy  |  |
| Herbert N. Buck  |  |
| John P. Buckley  | May 31, 1853  |
| William R. Burke  | July 14, 1870  |
| George R. Burns  | January 4, 1882  |
| James D. Burns  | July 4, 1876  |
| Adolphus M. Burroughs  |  |
| Thomas F. J. Callahan  |  |
| John J. Carmody  |  |
| Charles L. Carr  | December 25, 1876  |
| Patrick B. Carr  |  |
| John Carr  |  |
| Thomas J. Casey  |  |
| James F. Cavanagh  |  |
| Fred P. Chapman  |  |
| Wendell P. Clark  |  |
| Allen Clark  |  |
| Zebedee E. Cliff | September 23, 1864  |
| John Henry Cogswell  | July 4, 1875  |
| Samuel I. Collins  | March 4, 1851  |
| Francis L. Colpoys  |  |
| Daniel L. Connolly  |  |
| John D. Connors  |  |
| Eli M. Converse  |  |
| John J. Conway  |  |
| Leon M. Conwell | April 15, 1870  |
| James H. L. Coon  |  |
| Michael H. Cotter  |  |
| Channing H. Cox | October 28, 1879  |
| Russell D. Crane  |  |
| Courtenay Crocker | February 4, 1881  |
| Daniel Francis Cronin  |  |
| William A. Crowley  |  |
| Thomas S. Cuff  |  |
| Thomas P. Curtin  |  |
| Grafton D. Cushing | August 4, 1864  |
| Alfred W. Cushman  |  |
| George T. Daly  |  |
| David H. Damon  |  |
| Henry G. Danforth  | February 6, 1843  |
| Thomas Davies  | February 11, 1875  |
| Arthur S. Davis  |  |
| Nathan W. Davis  |  |
| Daniel P. Day  |  |
| Charles A. Dean  | March 26, 1856  |
| George L. Dow  |  |
| Andrew P. Doyle  | August 15, 1869  |
| Lawrence J. Dugan  |  |
| John F. Dwyer  |  |
| James Frank Eagan  |  |
| Harry Millett Eames  |  |
| Charles N. Edgell  |  |
| George W. W. Edson  |  |
| Charles W. Eldridge | October 16, 1877  |
| George H. Ellis  | October 3, 1848  |
| Charles E. Elwell  |  |
| Wilton B. Fay  |  |
| Edward Fisher  |  |
| James H. Fitzgerald  |  |
| John T. Flanagan  | May 25, 1869  |
| Harold H. Flower  |  |
| Clarence J. Fogg | July 10, 1853  |
| Louis A. Foley  |  |
| Herbert M. Forristall  | August 14, 1859  |
| Benjamin D. Gifford  |  |
| William H. Gifford  | January 20, 1851  |
| Ellery L. Goff  |  |
| William J. Graham  | October 2, 1873  |
| James I. Green  | April 9, 1885  |
| Fred Parker Greenwood  |  |
| James F. Griffin  | January 19, 1884  |
| John W. Haigis | July 31, 1881  |
| Benjamin F. Haines | November 25, 1876  |
| William Halliday  |  |
| Portus B. Hancock  | February 19, 1836  |
| Clarence W. Harding  |  |
| Leonard F. Hardy  |  |
| Frank O. Hardy  |  |
| Edward F. Harrington (state representative) | August 10, 1878  |
| James A. Hart  | October 29, 1864  |
| Edward R. Hathaway  |  |
| Horatio Hathaway Jr.  |  |
| Truman R. Hawley  |  |
| Michael A. Henebery  |  |
| Michael Hennessey  |  |
| William P. Hickey  | November 17, 1871  |
| Merrick E. Hildreth  |  |
| Francis M. Hill  |  |
| Clarence Whitman Hobbs Jr.  | October 1, 1878  |
| Henry W. Holbrook  | February 18, 1875  |
| Joseph W. Holden  | October 10, 1867  |
| Alexander Holmes  |  |
| Charles T. Holt  | August 1, 1845  |
| Harry L. Howard  |  |
| William N. Howard  |  |
| Charles H. Howe  |  |
| William S. Hoyt  |  |
| John J. Hughes  |  |
| Lyman E. Hurd  |  |
| Frederick W. Hurlburt  |  |
| Edward N. Jenckes  |  |
| David P. Keefe  | September 29, 1855  |
| Michael Kelly  | June 17, 1840  |
| James T. Kenney  | June 20, 1870  |
| Louis R. Kiernan  |  |
| Charles T. Killpartrick  |  |
| Clifford L. King  |  |
| H. Bert Knowles  |  |
| Wilfred J. Lamoureux  |  |
| Louis F. R. Langelier  |  |
| Albert P. Langtry | July 27, 1860  |
| Joseph Leonard  |  |
| Charles Lewin  |  |
| Edwin F. Lilley  |  |
| Martin Lomasney | December 3, 1859  |
| Paul I. Lombard  |  |
| William J. Look  | June 20, 1867  |
| Herman A. MacDonald | November 11, 1881  |
| James P. Maguire  |  |
| John C. Mahoney  |  |
| George Edward Marchand  | December 22, 1877  |
| John F. McCarthy  |  |
| Charles F. McCarthy | August 15, 1876  |
| Eugene A. McCarthy  |  |
| Thomas F. McCullough  |  |
| James A. McElaney Jr.  |  |
| John D. McGivern  |  |
| Michael F. McGrath  |  |
| James H. McInerney  | December 13, 1871  |
| Hugh M. McKay  |  |
| William M. McMorrow  |  |
| Timothy J. Meade  | November 7, 1874  |
| John F. Meaney  |  |
| Joseph F. Merritt  |  |
| David T. Montague  |  |
| Charles H. Morgan  | January 15, 1869  |
| Charles H. Morrill  | October 6, 1874  |
| Edward T. Morse  |  |
| Frank Mulveny  |  |
| Dennis A. Murphy | September 26, 1876  |
| James J. Murphy  | February 11, 1885  |
| David W. Murray  | September 9, 1874  |
| William J. Murray  | October 7, 1885  |
| William L. Newton  |  |
| Clarence V. Nickerson  |  |
| Albin F. Nordbeck  |  |
| C. Augustus Norwood  |  |
| Michael F. O'Brien  | September 18, 1878  |
| Charles R. O'Connell  | September 16, 1874  |
| Francis D. O'Donnell  |  |
| William A. O'Hearn  | March 8, 1887  |
| Jeremiah O'Leary  |  |
| Dennis A. O'Neil  | June 16, 1882  |
| Charles A. Orstrom  |  |
| Frank A. Palmer  |  |
| Joseph H. Parker Jr.  | April 16, 1871  |
| Joseph A. Parks  | May 2, 1877  |
| Asa L. Pattee  |  |
| Harry A. Penniman  |  |
| Frank H. Pope | March 7, 1854  |
| Alfred J. Preece  |  |
| John J. Purcell  |  |
| Harry Bancroft Putnam  | September 7, 1878  |
| Martin Lewis Quinn  | January 19, 1862  |
| Michael F. Quinn  |  |
| Joseph J. Reed  |  |
| Albert C. Reed  |  |
| Michael J. Reidy  |  |
| George A. Ricker  |  |
| Ralph R. Rideout  |  |
| Thomas Ryan  |  |
| John Lee Saltonstall  | May 23, 1878  |
| John C. Sanborn  |  |
| Edgar E. Sargent  |  |
| Amos T. Saunders  |  |
| Frederick W. Schlapp  |  |
| Alfred Scigliano  |  |
| Michael J. Scully  |  |
| Norman Shannon  |  |
| Benjamin Sharp  | 1858  |
| Albert H. Silvester  |  |
| Theodore L. Sorenson  |  |
| George H. Stevens  |  |
| William J. Sullivan  | April 14, 1865  |
| Edward A. Sweeney  |  |
| Daniel W. Teehan  |  |
| Alfred Tewksbury  |  |
| William R. Thomas  | September 24, 1871  |
| Eugene F. Toomey  |  |
| Nathan A. Tufts | April 15, 1879  |
| Robert N. Turner  |  |
| Charles L. Underhill | July 20, 1867  |
| Alton A. Upton  |  |
| Robert M. Washburn | January 4, 1868  |
| Henry Gordon Wells | October 12, 1879  |
| William H. Wheeler  |  |
| Thomas W. White | January 10, 1876  |
| Norman H. White | December 25, 1871  |
| Isaac E. Willetts  | November 8, 1879  |
| Ernest A. Witt  |  |
| Roger Wolcott  | July 25, 1877  |
| Charles J. Wood  | March 18, 1854  |
| Russell A. Wood |  |
| Augustus E. Wright  |  |

## See also[edit]

* 1911 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
* 62nd United States Congress
* List of Massachusetts General Courts

## References[edit]

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. 2005. p. 338+.
5. ^ a b Who's Who in State Politics. Boston: Practical Politics. 1911.
6. ^ Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1911. hdl:2452/40689.

## Further reading[edit]

* Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections (1910), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1911, hdl:2452/43502
* Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1911. Stoughton, Mass.: A. M. Bridgman. 1911.

## External links[edit]

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* Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1911, hdl:2452/429128
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* Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden
* Bristol and Norfolk
* Bristol and Plymouth: 1st, 2nd
* Cape and Islands
* Essex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
* Essex and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd
* Hampden
* Hampden and Hampshire: 1st, 2nd
* Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
* Middlesex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
* Middlesex and Norfolk: 1st, 2nd
* Middlesex and Suffolk
* Middlesex and Worcester
* Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
* Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth
* Norfolk and Plymouth
* Norfolk and Suffolk
* Plymouth and Barnstable
* Plymouth and Bristol: 1st, 2nd
* Plymouth and Norfolk
* Suffolk: 1st, 2nd
* Suffolk and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd
* Worcester: 1st, 2nd
* Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex
* Worcester and Middlesex
* Worcester and Norfolk
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Bristol|

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