1933–1934 Massachusetts legislature

148th
Massachusetts General Court

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Overview
Legislative body| General Court
Senate
Members| 40
House
Members| 240

The 148th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1933 and 1934.[1]

## Senators

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Portrait  | Name [1] | Date of Birth [2] | District [2]

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| Albert C. Bray  |  |
| Edward C. Carroll | December 15, 1893  | 4th Suffolk
| Russell D. Chase  |  |
| William S. Conroy  | October 2, 1877  |
| Joseph R. Cotton | November 16, 1890  |
| Frank D. Crowley  |  |
| J. Bradford Davis  | September 26, 1889  |
| Edgar C. Erickson | July 18, 1896  |
| Joseph Finnegan  |  |
| Erland F. Fish | December 7, 1883  |
| Owen Ambrose Gallagher | May 24, 1902  |
| Angier Goodwin | January 30, 1881  |
| Cornelius F. Haley  | July 15, 1875  |
| Arthur W. Hollis  | April 29, 1877  |
| J. Frank Hughes  |  |
| Frank Hurley  | March 9, 1900  |
| Thomas H. Johnston  | March 5, 1872  |
| George William Knowlton Jr.  |  |
| Joseph A. Langone Jr. | September 8, 1896  |
| John D. Mackay  | April 7, 1872  |
| William Francis Madden  | January 4, 1897  |
| Charles Gardner Miles  | December 2, 1879  |
| Joseph William Monahan  |  |
| James G. Moran | May 2, 1870  |
| George G. Moyse  | December 21, 1878  |
| Donald W. Nicholson | August 11, 1888  |
| Edward H. Nutting  | July 6, 1869  |
| Henry Parkman Jr. | April 26, 1894  |
| Theodore Robinson Plunkett  | May 10, 1882  |
| Harry Bancroft Putnam  | September 7, 1878  |
| James Conlan Scanlan  | December 18, 1896  |
| William F. Shanahan  |  |
| Charles Abbot Stevens  |  |
| John S. Sullivan  | December 18, 1875  |
| Charles C. Warren  |  |
| James E. Warren  |  |
| Joseph C. White | 1899  |
| Lawrence Theodore Woolfenden  |  |
| Samuel H. Wragg | June 9, 1882  |

## Representatives

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Portrait  | Name [1] | Date of Birth [2] | District [2]

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| Henry Achin Jr.  | June 30, 1883  | 14th Middlesex
| Augustine Airola  |  |
| William A. Akeroyd  | October 24, 1883  |
| Charles W. Ames  | March 10, 1860  |
| James Earl Arnold  |  |
| John Francis Aspell  | July 8, 1906  |
| Josiah Babcock Jr.  | May 21, 1880  |
| Edward P. Bacigalupo  | October 19, 1897  |
| William Brooks Baker  | January 10, 1879  |
| William A. Baldwin  | January 18, 1874  |
| Philip Barnet  | December 2, 1892  |
| Mary Livermore Barrows | June 30, 1877  |
| Thomas Edmund Barry  | May 14, 1899  |
| Albert L. Bartlett | June 1, 1851  |
| Wilfred P. Bazinet  |  |
| Malcolm Lawrie Bell  | November 30, 1890  |
| James D. Bently  |  |
| Alfred M. Bessette  | March 25, 1876  |
| Albert F. Bigelow | October 4, 1880  | 10th Norfolk
| Leo Birmingham | April 14, 1893  |
| Albert Lionel Bourgeois  | June 7, 1899  |
| Philip Griggs Bowker  | April 17, 1899  |
| Fred Emerson Briggs  | March 14, 1875  |
| Emma E. Brigham | June 10, 1872  |
| Warren Kingsbury Brimblecom  | June 25, 1899  |
| Harry Dunlap Brown  |  |
| William Albert Brown  | February 5, 1888  |
| Albert W. Bullock  | April 18, 1872  |
| Arthur I. Burgess  | October 13, 1894  |
| Horace T. Cahill | December 12, 1894  |
| Charles J. Campbell  | September 28, 1877  |
| Zacheus H. Cande  |  |
| Leo Edward Joseph Carney  | November 16, 1899  |
| Thomas Francis Carroll  |  |
| Charles Thomas Cavanagh  | June 12, 1893  |
| Edward Michael Cawley  |  |
| Tony A. Centracchio  | May 25, 1906  |
| Chester W. Chase  | August 27, 1885  |
| Charles Daniel Chevalier  |  |
| Ralph Vester Clampit  | March 28, 1896  |
| Francis Peter Clark  | August 22, 1896  |
| James W. Clark  |  |
| Frank Clarkson  | June 21, 1877  |
| Joseph Francis Cleary  | September 4, 1901  |
| Maynard Clemons | December 11, 1866  |
| Francis David Coady  | January 20, 1884  |
| Andrew J. Coakley  | November 6, 1906  |
| Samuel H. Cohen  |  |
| Harold E. Cole  |  |
| John T. Comerford  | June 8, 1887  |
| Richard Comerford  | October 13, 1905  |
| John J. Concannon  |  |
| Charles H. Cooke  | May 13, 1878  |
| Frank Bernard Coughlin  | January 11, 1891  |
| John Joseph Craven  | August 29, 1907  |
| Nelson B. Crosby  | June 20, 1871  |
| John J. Crowley  | September 20, 1900  |
| Laurence Curtis | September 3, 1893  |
| George H. Dale  | November 25, 1870  |
| Ernest J. Dean  | April 5, 1883  |
| Hiram Nichols Dearborn  | December 21, 1867  |
| Thomas A. Delmore  | December 21, 1894  |
| George Demeter  | March 13, 1896  |
| John S. Derham  |  |
| Louis N. M. DesChenes  | April 7, 1872  |
| Paul A. Dever | January 15, 1903  |
| Burt Dewar  | December 29, 1884  |
| Thomas Patrick Dillon  | February 19, 1901  |
| George Lincoln Dodd  | May 3, 1868  |
| William Charles Dolan  |  |
| Fred Belding Dole  | January 23, 1895  |
| John E. Donahue  |  |
| James P. Donnelly  | February 26, 1890  |
| Cornelius P. Donovan  | March 15, 1895  |
| Thomas Dorgan  | August 15, 1892  |
| Joseph H. Downey  | December 6, 1890  |
| Anthony R. Doyle  | August 8, 1895  |
| William Henry Doyle  |  |
| George F. Driscoll  |  |
| Norman Le Roy Duncan  |  |
| Samuel Eisenstadt  |  |
| Sven August Erickson  | December 9, 1875  |
| Henry A. Estabrook  | April 22, 1850  |
| John Patrick Flavin  |  |
| Frank L. Floyd  | October 17, 1893  |
| Winfred F. Forward  |  |
| Owen Gallagher  | November 12, 1884  |
| Tony Garofano | May 28, 1885  |
| Eugene H. Giroux  | January 20, 1903  |
| J. Henry Goguen | March 8, 1899  |
| Hollis M. Gott  | May 25, 1885  |
| William Patrick Grant  | November 5, 1904  |
| James A. Gunn  | June 7, 1883  |
| James E. Hagan | January 25, 1902  |
| John Halliwell  | February 21, 1864  |
| Ralph N. Hamilton  | November 16, 1898  |
| William Arthur Hannaford  | October 14, 1892  |
| Arthur Alexander Hansen  |  |
| Joseph J. Harnisch  | December 28, 1883  |
| Clayton Locke Havey  | July 17, 1897  |
| Lawrence Alanson Haworth  | May 23, 1871  |
| Martin Hays  | October 14, 1876  |
| Charles W. Hedges  | March 27, 1901  |
| James W. Hennigan Sr. | 1890  |
| Christian Herter | March 28, 1895  |
| William P. Hickey  | November 17, 1871  |
| John Patrick Higgins | February 19, 1893  |
| William Anthony Higgins  | July 23, 1897  |
| Daniel J. Honan  | January 19, 1884  |
| John E. Hurley | November 2, 1906  |
| Fred A. Hutchinson  | April 5, 1881  |
| Alfred Wesley Ingalls  |  |
| Charles John Innes | June 1, 1901  |
| John Joseph Irwin  |  |
| Felix Irzyk  |  |
| Victor Francis Jewett  |  |
| Adolph Johnson  | July 20, 1885  |
| Archibald L. Jones  | June 26, 1900  |
| John Alfred Jones  |  |
| William A. Jones  | March 27, 1885  |
| Michael H. Jordan  | February 7, 1863  |
| Charles A. Kelley  | March 24, 1862  |
| Edward J. Kelley  | December 25, 1897  |
| Francis Joseph Kelley  | March 21, 1890  |
| James Edward Kendall  | September 4, 1870  |
| George F. Killgoar  |  |
| James J. Kilroy | September 26, 1902  |
| John V. Kimball  | July 17, 1875  |
| Orvis F. Kinney  | May 23, 1880  |
| William E. Kirkpatrick  | November 12, 1901  |
| John Quincy Knowles  | May 21, 1895  |
| Leroy Litchfield Knowlton  |  |
| Wilfrid J. Lamoureux  | December 13, 1869  |
| Thomas J. Lane | July 6, 1898  |
| Joseph Lawrence Larson  |  |
| John Whitin Lasell  |  |
| Robert L. Lee  |  |
| Robert Vincent Lee  |  |
| Marcus J. Levins  |  |
| Joseph W. Leyden  |  |
| Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | July 5, 1902  |
| Joseph A. Logan  |  |
| Terrance Joseph Lomax Jr.  | August 29, 1907  |
| Clarence S. Luitwieler  |  |
| John P. Lyons  | June 24, 1879  |
| Frank E. MacLean  |  |
| John V. Mahoney  | July 20, 1889  |
| Hyman Manevitch  |  |
| Stephen Andrew Manning  |  |
| Philip M. Markley  | March 28, 1897  |
| James M. McCracken | July 30, 1877  |
| Elmer L. McCulloch  |  |
| Paul John McDonald  |  |
| Timothy J. McDonough  |  |
| Frank Joseph McFarland  |  |
| Lawrence P. McHugh  |  |
| Owen D. McLellan  |  |
| Anthony A. McNulty  |  |
| James Philip Meehan  | June 25, 1893  |
| William H. Melley  | May 18, 1903  |
| Joseph A. Milano  | April 8, 1883  |
| Archie Foster Minnis  |  |
| Daniel F. Moriarty  |  |
| Albert Edward Morris  | April 4, 1903  |
| George Samuel Mycock  |  |
| David G. Nagle  | October 22, 1901  |
| Elmer C. Nelson | June 1, 1900  |
| Frank Daniel O'Brien  | April 25, 1905  |
| Michael T. O'Brien  | December 3, 1868  |
| Daniel J. O'Connell  |  |
| Raymond Francis O'Connell  | August 11, 1901  |
| Daniel W. O'Connor  | March 12, 1877  |
| James H. O'Dea  |  |
| Joseph N. O'Kane  | May 26, 1873  |
| John Thomas O'Neill  | August 22, 1900  |
| Ralph Emerson Otis  | January 16, 1890  |
| Bartol Parker  |  |
| Royal Bartlett Patriquin  | January 7, 1895  |
| Herman Pehrsson  |  |
| Tycho Mouritz Petersen  | August 29, 1892  |
| Frederick Everett Pierce  | May 5, 1862  |
| C. F. Nelson Pratt | February 4, 1891  |
| William Eben Ramsdell  | May 4, 1895  |
| George Edmund Rice  | February 22, 1899  |
| Joseph N. Roach  | March 22, 1883  |
| Victor E. Rolander  | March 8, 1871  |
| Joseph D. Rolfe  | May 17, 1893  |
| Cyrus Cole Rounseville Jr.  |  |
| Francis Edward Ryan  | October 6, 1895  |
| Harold G. Sackett  |  |
| Leverett Saltonstall | September 1, 1892  |
| Frank Joseph Sargent  | March 11, 1900  |
| Roland D. Sawyer | January 8, 1874  |
| Louis James Scanlon  | March 25, 1899  |
| Frank O. Scott  |  |
| William J. Sessions  | December 18, 1859  |
| Frank Chester Sheridan  | July 21, 1893  |
| Philip Sherman  |  |
| Harry D. Sisson | January 9, 1863  |
| Donald Nelson Sleeper  |  |
| E. Hayes Small  | December 23, 1876  |
| B. Farnham Smith  |  |
| Dexter Avery Snow  | January 3, 1890  |
| Julius H. Soble | March 1, 1906  |
| J. Francis Southgate  | May 4, 1883  |
| Ernest H. Sparrell  |  |
| Arthur T. Squires  |  |
| Philip Huntley Stacy  |  |
| Richard H. Stacy  | August 18, 1864  |
| Edward William Staves  | May 9, 1887  |
| George A. Stetson  |  |
| Alexander Francis Sullivan  |  |
| Arthur Vincent Sullivan  |  |
| James J. Sullivan  |  |
| Lewis R. Sullivan Jr.  | March 9, 1900  |
| William T. Swain  | December 2, 1878  |
| Martin Swanson  | July 20, 1872  |
| Mollie Ashby Sweetser  | April 17, 1882  |
| Chester Randall Swenson  |  |
| Joseph E. Theberge  | April 27, 1903  |
| James Francis Tobin  | May 8, 1903  |
| Horace F. Tuttle  |  |
| Joseph Walton Tuttle Jr.  | August 20, 1894  |
| Herbert W. Urquhart  | October 19, 1883  |
| Ira C. Ward  | March 7, 1862  |
| Michael James Ward  | September 19, 1899  |
| Dwight S. Waring  |  |
| Waterman Goulding Warren  |  |
| Kendrick Harlow Washburn  | July 29, 1893  |
| Harold B. Webber  |  |
| Patrick J. Welsh  | October 8, 1893  |
| John J. Whalen  | June 5, 1876  |
| Frank Lewis Whipple  |  |
| Joseph L. Whiton  |  |
| William Whitwham  |  |
| Sydney M. Williams  |  |
| John Chester Wilson  | August 14, 1889  |
| Carl A. Woekel  |  |
| Martin E. Young  | January 5, 1896  |
| Arthur Lincoln Youngman  |  |

## See also

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* 1934 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
* 73rd United States Congress
* List of Massachusetts General Courts

## References

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1. ^ a b c Public Officials of Massachusetts. Boston Review. 1933.
2. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1933" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - via State Library of Massachusetts

## External links

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* Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1933, hdl:2452/279551
* Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1934, hdl:2452/279552
* Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1933, hdl:2452/62557
* Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1934, hdl:2452/62558

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* Bristol and Norfolk
* Bristol and Plymouth: 1st, 2nd
* Cape and Islands
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* Hampden
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* Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
* Middlesex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
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* Norfolk and Plymouth
* Norfolk and Suffolk
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Worcester|

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