1914 Massachusetts legislature

135th
Massachusetts General Court

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Overview
Legislative body| General Court
Election| November 4, 1913
Senate
Members| 40
President| Calvin Coolidge
Party control| Republican[1]
House
Members| 240
Speaker| Grafton D. Cushing
Party control| Republican[2]
Sessions
| 1st| January 7, 1914 (1914-01-07) – July 7, 1914 (1914-07-07) [3]

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Calvin Coolidge, Senate president.

Grafton D. Cushing, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1914.

The 135th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1914 during the governorship of David I. Walsh. Calvin Coolidge served as president of the Senate and Grafton D. Cushing served as speaker of the House.[4]

## Committees

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* Joint committees: Agriculture; Banks and Banking; Cities; Constitutional Amendments; Counties; Education; Election Laws; Federal Relations; Fisheries and Game; Harbors and Public Lands; Insurance; Labor; Legal Affairs; Mercantile Affairs; Metropolitan Affairs; Military Affairs; Municipal Finance; Public Health; Public Institutions; Public Lighting; Public Service; Railroads; Roads and Bridges; Social Welfare; State House and Libraries; Street Railways; Taxation; Towns; Water Supply.[5]
* Senate committees: Bills in the Third Reading; Engrossed Bills; Judiciary; Rules; Ways and Means.[5]
* House committees: Bills in the Third Reading; Elections; Engrossed Bills; Judiciary; Pay-Roll; Rules; Ways and Means.[5]

## Senators

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image  | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district [6]

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| Edward C. R. Bagley  |  | 1st Suffolk
| William A. L. Bazeley  | 1872  |
| William A. Bellamy  |  |
| Alexis Boyer Jr.  | January 17, 1875  |
| John P. Brennan  | March 1, 1876  |
| James Henry Brennan  | December 21, 1888  |
| Charles E. Burbank  |  |
| Arthur Preston Chase  | January 25, 1866  |
| Ezra W. Clark  | October 12, 1842  |
| Calvin Coolidge | July 4, 1872  |
| Charles M. Cox  |  |
| Charles A. Dean  | March 26, 1856  |
| Andrew P. Doyle  | August 15, 1869  |
| Henry J. Draper  |  |
| Charles W. Eldridge | October 16, 1877  |
| Edward Fisher  |  |
| Redmond S. Fitzgerald  |  |
| Charles L. Gifford | March 15, 1871  |
| Gurdon W. Gordon  |  |
| William P. Hickey  | November 17, 1871  |
| Frederic H. Hilton  |  |
| Clarence Whitman Hobbs Jr.  | October 1, 1878  |
| Francis J. Horgan  |  |
| Charles Cabot Johnson  | December 9, 1876  |
| Louis F. R. Langelier  |  |
| Joseph Leonard  |  |
| John H. Mack  |  |
| Charles F. McCarthy | August 15, 1876  |
| Philip J. McGonagle  | October 21, 1871  |
| Walter E. McLane  |  |
| Malcolm Nichols | May 8, 1876  |
| C. Augustus Norwood  |  |
| Hugh O'Rourke  |  |
| John F. Sheehan  |  |
| Edward N. Sibley  |  |
| James R. Tetler  | August 26, 1877  |
| James P. Timilty | March 28, 1865  |
| Charles E. Ward  |  |
| Henry Gordon Wells | October 12, 1879  |
| Lombard Williams  |  |

## Representatives

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image  | name [5] | date of birth [6] | district [6]

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| Essex S. Abbott  |  |
| Henry Achin Jr.  | June 30, 1883  |
| Timothy J. Ahern  | 1885  |
| Frank P. Allen  | August 1, 1869  |
| John A. Anderson  |  |
| Henry L. Andrews  |  |
| Oscar E. Arkwell  |  |
| William M. Armstrong  | August 17, 1850  |
| Charles N. Atwood  |  |
| James J. Bacigalupo  |  |
| James T. Bagshaw  |  |
| Samuel H. Bailey  |  |
| James F. Barry  | December 4, 1857  |
| Joseph L. Barry  |  |
| Irving F. Batchelder  |  |
| Sanford Bates | July 17, 1884  |
| John E. Beck | May 10, 1869  |
| Everett E. Belding  | February 15, 1879  |
| Edward P. Bennett  |  |
| Enos H. Bigelow  |  |
| Edward C. Bodfish  |  |
| William Booth  | June 21, 1862  |
| Henry E. Bothfeld | March 4, 1859  |
| Arthur Bower  |  |
| Eden K. Bowser  |  |
| Patrick H. Boyle  | December 20, 1850  |
| Alvah J. Bradstreet  |  |
| John W. Brennan  |  |
| George E. Briggs  | May 3, 1873  |
| Vincent Brogna  |  |
| Daniel J. Buckley  |  |
| Morton Henry Burdick  |  |
| Frederic W. Burke  |  |
| Frederick H. Burke  |  |
| Frederick Butler  |  |
| Matthew J. Carbary  |  |
| Julius F. Carman  | August 7, 1861  |
| William E. Carney | January 16, 1878  |
| Maurice Caro  |  |
| Peter Carr  | May 2, 1883  |
| Edward Carr  | December 18, 1868  |
| Andrew A. Casassa  |  |
| Thomas J. Casey  |  |
| Allison G. Catheron | June 26, 1878  |
| George Dudley Chamberlain  |  |
| Cleaveland A. Chandler  |  |
| Daniel J. Chapman  | January 18, 1878  |
| Edward Earl Chapman  |  |
| John W. Churchill  | November 17, 1853  |
| Eben S. Cobb  |  |
| James Coffey  | May 17, 1849  |
| Samuel I. Collins  | March 4, 1851  |
| Timothy C. Collins  |  |
| Walter L. Collins  |  |
| John P. Conroy  |  |
| D. Herbert Cook  | June 2, 1851  |
| Thomas J. Cooley  |  |
| Michael H. Cotter  |  |
| John J. Courtney  |  |
| Walter D. Cowls  |  |
| Channing H. Cox | October 28, 1879  |
| William N. Cronin  |  |
| Fred Wilder Cross  | September 15, 1868  |
| John E. Cuddy, Jr.  |  |
| John J. Cummings  |  |
| Herbert E. Cummings  |  |
| Patrick J. Curley  |  |
| George E. Curran  |  |
| Rudolph W. Currier  |  |
| John A. Curtin  | April 3, 1870  |
| Grafton D. Cushing | August 4, 1864  |
| Edward N. Dahlborg  |  |
| Edward J. Dailey  |  |
| Charles Robert Damon  | June 21, 1864  |
| Albert M. Darling  |  |
| Alfred Davenport  |  |
| Samuel Davis  | June 4, 1866  |
| Theodore H. Day  |  |
| Frederick S. Delafield  |  |
| John F. Doherty  | June 9, 1881  |
| William H. Dolben | January 23, 1878  |
| John A. Donoghue  |  |
| John L. Donovan  | June 3, 1876  |
| George E. Dow  |  |
| Thomas E. Dowd  |  |
| William F. Doyle  |  |
| George P. Drury  |  |
| Frank B. Edgell  |  |
| George H. Ellis  | October 3, 1848  |
| John Ennis  |  |
| Frank S. Farnsworth  |  |
| George W. Faulkner | January 24, 1874  |
| Frederick B. Felton  |  |
| Alfred N. Fessenden  |  |
| Joseph La Flamme  |  |
| John T. Flanagan  | May 25, 1869  |
| John J. Fleming  |  |
| Maurice R. Flynn  | July 28, 1889  |
| Elmer G. Fosgate  |  |
| James Eugene Fowle  | November 22, 1880  |
| Harvey E. Frost  | October 2, 1875  |
| John J. Gilbride  |  |
| William L. F. Gilman  |  |
| Thomas A. Glennon  |  |
| John L. G. Glynn  |  |
| Arthur G. Greaney  |  |
| Fred Parker Greenwood  |  |
| James F. Griffin  | January 19, 1884  |
| Harold P. Gurney  |  |
| William N. Hackett  |  |
| Benjamin F. Haines | November 25, 1876  |
| Edward M. Hall  |  |
| John Halliwell  | February 21, 1864  |
| Bernard F. Hanrahan  | July 27, 1875  |
| Leo M. Harlow  |  |
| Stephen H. Harrington  |  |
| Edward F. Harrington (state representative) | August 10, 1878  |
| James L. Harrop  |  |
| George Fred Hart  | November 9, 1859  |
| John F. Hatch Jr.  |  |
| Martin Hays  | October 14, 1876  |
| Thomas A. Henry  |  |
| William Edward Hickey  |  |
| Matthew A. Higgins  |  |
| Albert Holway  |  |
| John B. Hull Jr.  | July 17, 1871  |
| Frederick W. Hurlburt  |  |
| James M. Hurley  |  |
| Victor Francis Jewett  |  |
| Jeremiah J. Kelley  |  |
| William W. Kennard  |  |
| James T. Kenney  | June 20, 1870  |
| Michael B. Kenney  |  |
| John R. Kiggins  |  |
| Charles A. Kimball  |  |
| Richard Knowles  |  |
| Joseph O. Knox  |  |
| Charles S. Lawler  |  |
| Francis X. Le Boeuf  |  |
| Fred Oliver Lewis  | June 12, 1878  |
| E. Ellsworth Lincoln  |  |
| Amos R. Little  |  |
| Stuart L. Little  |  |
| Martin Lomasney | December 3, 1859  |
| Henry Follansbee Long  |  |
| William J. Look  | June 20, 1867  |
| Frederick H. Lucke  |  |
| John J. Lydon  |  |
| James MacFarlane Lyle  |  |
| John H. Lynch  | October 28, 1884  |
| Frederick H. Magison  |  |
| John C. Mahoney  |  |
| Henry J. Mahoney  |  |
| Daniel C. Manning  |  |
| Frank A. Manning  |  |
| George E. Mansfield  |  |
| Joseph W. Martin Jr. | November 3, 1884  |
| Orion T. Mason  |  |
| Alfred E. McCleary  |  |
| Leo F. McCullough  |  |
| Joseph S. McDonough  |  |
| Moses H. McGaughey  | December 27, 1880  |
| Charles H. McGlue  |  |
| Michael F. McGrath  |  |
| James H. McInerney  | December 13, 1871  |
| Henry J. McLaughlin  |  |
| Edward F. McLaughlin | June 6, 1883  |
| P. Joseph McManus  |  |
| William M. McMorrow  |  |
| Timothy J. Meade  | November 7, 1874  |
| John Mitchell  | September 4, 1877  |
| Charles H. Morrill  | October 6, 1874  |
| George Frederick Morse Jr.  | 1885  |
| Frank Mulveny  |  |
| Edward P. Murphy  |  |
| James J. Murphy  | February 11, 1885  |
| Dennis A. Murphy | September 26, 1876  |
| Patrick E. Murray  | August 22, 1869  |
| William J. Naphen  |  |
| Ken Nash |  |
| Arthur N. Newhall  |  |
| Thomas A. Niland  | June 11, 1873  |
| James T. O'Dowd  |  |
| Ambrose F. Ogden  |  |
| John N. Osborne  | January 28, 1853  |
| Harry B. Parker  |  |
| Chauncey Pepin  |  |
| Edward Howland Perry  |  |
| Immanuel Pfeiffer Jr.  |  |
| James E. Phelan  | October 21, 1884  |
| Eben F. Phillips  |  |
| William H. Poole  |  |
| Winfield F. Prime | November 22, 1860  |
| Charles W. Proctor  |  |
| Herbert L. Ray  |  |
| John J. Reilly  |  |
| Frank B. Rich  |  |
| Robert Robinson  | January 4, 1889  |
| William M. Robinson  | July 21, 1875  |
| Walter F. Russell  |  |
| John D. Ryan  | July 30, 1868  |
| Clifford B. Sanborn  |  |
| Edward Julius Sandberg  | October 21, 1866  |
| Roland D. Sawyer | January 8, 1874  |
| Henry H. Sears  |  |
| John Francis Sheehan  | August 25, 1879  |
| John H. Sherburne | 1877  |
| Ralph M. Smith  |  |
| Jerome S. Smith  |  |
| Fitz-Henry Smith Jr.  |  |
| William O. Souther Jr.  |  |
| Charles Elmer Stanwood  |  |
| Joseph Fayette Stone  | February 8, 1858  |
| Merrill E. Streeter  |  |
| John F. Sullivan  | May 17, 1875  |
| Lewis R. Sullivan  |  |
| Michael T. Sullivan  |  |
| David F. Sullivan  |  |
| Peter Francis Tague | June 4, 1871  |
| John G. Tilden  |  |
| James E. Tolman | November 8, 1867  |
| Nathan A. Tufts | April 15, 1879  |
| James J. Twohig  | September 26, 1886  |
| George J. Wall  |  |
| Henry W. Warner  | November 12, 1858  |
| Joseph E. Warner | May 16, 1884  |
| Robert M. Washburn | January 4, 1868  |
| Charles H. Waterman  |  |
| George Pearl Webster  | January 9, 1877  |
| Charles H. Webster  |  |
| Thomas W. White | January 10, 1876  |
| Herbert A. Wilson | November 27, 1870  |
| Thomas E. P. Wilson  |  |
| Herbert Wing  |  |
| Abel S. Wolfe  |  |
| George M. Worrall  |  |
| Henry D. Wright  |  |

## See also

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* 1914 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
* 63rd United States Congress
* List of Massachusetts General Courts

## 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 c d e Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1914.
6. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1914" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - via State Library of Massachusetts

## Further reading

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* 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 (1913), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1914, hdl:2452/43505

## External links

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* Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1914, hdl:2452/393332
* Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1914, hdl:2452/73502

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Districts of the Massachusetts General Court

Senate|

* 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
* Obsolete districts

House|

| Barnstable|

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

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Berkshire|

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th

Bristol|

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th

Cape and Islands|

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

Essex  |

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th

Franklin|

1st, 2nd

Hampden|

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Hampshire|

1st, 2nd, 3rd

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1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th

Norfolk  |

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th

Plymouth|

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Suffolk|

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th

Worcester|

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th

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