1941–1942 Massachusetts legislature

152nd
Massachusetts General Court

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

The 152nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1941 and 1942.[1]

## Senators

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

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| Frank David Babcock  | August 16, 1877  | 4th Essex
| Arthur Franklin Blanchard  | January 27, 1883  |
| Richard S. Bowers  | June 18, 1900  |
| David M. Brackman  |  |
| Patrick Eugene Casey  | September 24, 1886  |
| Louis Benedict Connors  |  |
| Arthur W. Coolidge | October 13, 1881  |
| Laurence Curtis | September 3, 1893  |
| Chester A. Dolan Jr. | September 20, 1907  |
| Joseph F. Francis  | July 2, 1893  |
| Eugene H. Giroux  | January 20, 1903  |
| Angier Goodwin | January 30, 1881  |
| William Patrick Grant  | November 5, 1904  |
| James A. Gunn  | June 7, 1883  |
| Cornelius F. Haley  | July 15, 1875  |
| Joseph B. Harrington  |  |
| Charles V. Hogan | April 12, 1897  |
| Arthur W. Hollis  | April 29, 1877  |
| Newland H. Holmes | August 30, 1891  |
| Jarvis Hunt (politician) | March 28, 1904  |
| Thomas H. Johnston  | March 5, 1872  |
| George W. Krapf  |  |
| Thomas J. Lane | July 6, 1898  |
| Robert L. Lee  |  |
| Harold R. Lundgren  | May 22, 1894  |
| Donald Alexander MacDonald  | February 21, 1893  |
| John D. Mackay  | April 7, 1872  |
| Charles Gardner Miles  | December 2, 1879  |
| Joseph F. Montminy  |  |
| Joseph L. Murphy | January 25, 1907  |
| Donald W. Nicholson | August 11, 1888  |
| William E. Nolen  |  |
| Charles William Olson  | August 24, 1889  |
| Tycho Mouritz Petersen  | August 29, 1892  |
| Harris S. Richardson | January 10, 1887  |
| Mason Sears | December 29, 1899  |
| George W. Stanton |  |
| Charles F. Sullivan | October 10, 1904  |
| Leo J. Sullivan | December 8, 1905  |
| Bernard Lucian Sullivan  |  |

## Representatives

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

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| William A. Akeroyd  | October 24, 1883  | 3rd Berkshire
| Theodore Andrews  | August 23, 1893  |
| Charles J. Artesani |  |
| William F. Askin  | May 6, 1896  |
| Samuel Greenleaf Atkinson  |  |
| Josiah Babcock Jr.  | May 21, 1880  |
| Robert S. Backus  |  |
| Walter Granville Baker  |  |
| William A. Baldwin  | January 18, 1874  |
| Henry D. Barbadoro  |  |
| Philip Barnet  | December 2, 1892  |
| George L. Barrus  | December 15, 1880  |
| Thomas A. Barry  | May 12, 1895  |
| Michael J. Batal  | September 8, 1898  |
| Walter Ray Baylies  | April 28, 1902  |
| Albert Bergeron  | June 28, 1877  |
| Alfred M. Bessette  | March 25, 1876  |
| Rodolphe G. Bessette  | September 14, 1911  |
| Albert F. Bigelow | October 4, 1880  | 10th Norfolk
| Fred Arthur Blake  | January 13, 1895  |
| Stanley John Borsa  |  |
| Daniel Joseph Bresnahan  | September 30, 1888  |
| J. Kenney Brooks  |  |
| Russell P. Brown | August 24, 1891  |
| Clarence B. Brown  | December 22, 1877  |
| Frank Eben Brown  | January 14, 1890  |
| William Albert Brown  | February 5, 1888  |
| Archie Edward Bruce  | August 20, 1883  |
| Arthur I. Burgess  | October 13, 1894  |
| Harland Burke  | April 22, 1888  |
| Everett E. Callahan  |  |
| George James Callahan  |  |
| Colin James Cameron  | August 24, 1879  |
| Charles J. Campbell  | September 28, 1877  |
| Robert Patterson Campbell  | December 20, 1887  |
| Edmund Euplio Capodilupo  | July 7, 1913  |
| Enrico Cappucci | 1910  |
| Fred Carpenter  |  |
| John Henry Carroll  |  |
| John M. Cawley  |  |
| Perlie Dyar Chase  | July 31, 1905  |
| Ralph Vester Clampit  | March 28, 1896  |
| William G. Clark Jr. | May 6, 1912  |
| Frank Clarkson  | June 21, 1877  |
| Andrew J. Coakley  | November 6, 1906  |
| Clarence C. Colby  |  |
| J. Everett Collins  | April 27, 1894  |
| Michael John Conway  |  |
| Milton Cook  |  |
| Charles H. Cooke  | May 13, 1878  |
| George Chauncey Cousens  | September 20, 1905  |
| Thomas F. Coyne  |  |
| Earl Gustavus Crockett  | March 23, 1894  |
| Nelson B. Crosby  | June 20, 1871  |
| Jeremiah Dickson Crowley  | May 16, 1911  |
| Walter A. Cuffe  | January 29, 1898  |
| Clifford Rudolph Cusson  | January 6, 1895  |
| Leslie Bradley Cutler | March 24, 1890  |
| Lawrence Harvard Davis  |  |
| Hiram Nichols Dearborn  | December 21, 1867  |
| John Joseph Deedy  | September 22, 1914  |
| Roger Dennett  | September 14, 1895  |
| Cornelius Desmond | October 4, 1893  |
| Vincent B. Dignam  | February 22, 1896  |
| Fred Belding Dole  | January 23, 1895  |
| Edmond J. Donlan  | December 19, 1899  |
| Susan Bradley Donovan  | October 2, 1895  |
| Joseph William Dooley  | October 25, 1904  |
| Joseph H. Downey  | December 6, 1890  |
| Anthony R. Doyle  | August 8, 1895  |
| Charles D. Driscoll  | June 18, 1888  |
| Henry M. Duggan  | October 5, 1896  |
| Edwin F. Eldredge  |  |
| Charles Kingsbury Endicott  | October 4, 1892  |
| Sven August Erickson  | December 9, 1875  |
| Catherine Falvey  | November 6, 1910  |
| John J. Falvey  | February 22, 1904  |
| John R. Fausey  | March 19, 1870  |
| Michael Paul Feeney | March 26, 1907  |
| Charles E. Ferguson  | January 30, 1894  |
| Richard H. Fish  |  |
| Peter F. Fitzgerald  | February 16, 1889  |
| John Edward Flaherty  | December 31, 1910  |
| William Daniel Fleming  | April 14, 1907  |
| Keith Falconer Fletcher | September 24, 1900  |
| John F. Foster  |  |
| Paul W. Foster |  |
| Douglass Brooks Francis  |  |
| Stephen L. French  | March 9, 1892  |
| Richard I. Furbush | January 4, 1904  |
| Dana Taylor Gallup  | April 14, 1885  |
| Allan E. Gifford  |  |
| William R. Gilman  |  |
| Theodore A. Glynn Jr.  |  |
| Hollis M. Gott  | May 25, 1885  |
| Thomas T. Gray  | July 22, 1892  |
| Edward Childs Hall  | May 12, 1870  |
| Joseph J. Harnisch  | December 28, 1883  |
| Lawrence Alanson Haworth  | May 23, 1871  |
| Charles W. Hedges  | March 27, 1901  |
| Christian Herter | March 28, 1895  |
| Theodore P. Hollis  |  |
| Charles F. Holman  | June 21, 1892  |
| J. Philip Howard  | February 16, 1907  |
| Fred A. Hutchinson  | April 5, 1881  |
| William McEwen Hyde  | January 27, 1910  |
| Charles John Innes | June 1, 1901  |
| Harvey Iris  |  |
| Adolph Johnson  | July 20, 1885  |
| Ernest A. Johnson  | March 13, 1897  |
| William A. Jones  | March 27, 1885  |
| Peter John Jordan  | July 23, 1910  |
| Harry Kalus  |  |
| Charles Kaplan  | September 26, 1895  |
| Charles A. Kelley  | March 24, 1862  |
| Francis Joseph Kelley  | March 21, 1890  |
| Richard A. Kelly  | August 7, 1905  |
| John V. Kimball  | July 17, 1875  |
| Rudolph King | November 2, 1887  |
| Michael Leo Kinsella  |  |
| John Quincy Knowles  | May 21, 1895  |
| Myron N. Lane  |  |
| George Thomas Lanigan  | January 4, 1909  |
| Laurence W. Law  |  |
| Walter E. Lawrence | December 8, 1905  |
| Ralph Lerche  | August 19, 1899  |
| Louis Lobel  | August 10, 1911  |
| Terrance Joseph Lomax Jr.  | August 29, 1907  |
| William Christopher Lunney  | December 24, 1910  |
| Joseph Francis Luz  |  |
| Arthur Ulton Mahan  | June 18, 1900  |
| Ralph Collins Mahar  | January 4, 1912  |
| Vincent Ambrose Mannering  | July 11, 1912  |
| John Francis Manning  | January 4, 1906  |
| Joseph Margolis | September 28, 1908  |
| Philip M. Markley  | March 28, 1897  |
| James P. McAndrews  |  |
| Charles Joseph McCaffrey  | January 16, 1898  |
| Edward A. McCarthy  |  |
| Paul Andrew McCarthy  | December 23, 1902  |
| Paul J. McCarty  | July 22, 1906  |
| Thomas Francis McCready  |  |
| James Patrick McDevitt  |  |
| Patrick J. McDonough | April 29, 1911  |
| Lawrence P. McHugh  |  |
| Harold B. L. McIntosh  | November 19, 1907  |
| Philip McMorrow  |  |
| Joseph A. Milano  | April 8, 1883  |
| Charles Miller  | January 12, 1908  |
| Arthur William Milne  | March 28, 1908  |
| George H. Mitchell Jr.  |  |
| Walter James Moran  | December 22, 1903  |
| Lester Bertram Morley  | April 19, 1903  |
| Newell Howes Morton  |  |
| Eric A. Nelson  | July 6, 1899  |
| Michael J. Neville  | October 19, 1899  |
| Vernon C. Newman  |  |
| Edwin Harvey Nichols  |  |
| Leo F. Nourse  |  |
| Francis William Nyhan  |  |
| Daniel L. O'Donnell  |  |
| Tip O'Neill | December 9, 1912  |
| George Joseph O'Shea  | November 16, 1899  |
| John Thomas Padden  | May 6, 1903  |
| Raymond P. Palmer  | December 27, 1895  |
| George Alanson Parker  |  |
| Haven Parker  |  |
| Clark Brownson Partridge  | August 26, 1878  |
| Loomis Patrick  | May 4, 1907  |
| Royal Bartlett Patriquin  | January 7, 1895  |
| James Austin Peckham  |  |
| Harold Squire Pedler  |  |
| Oscar Houston Perkins  | January 3, 1879  |
| Herman Peter Peterson  | November 21, 1890  |
| Frederick Everett Pierce  | May 5, 1862  |
| Sam G. Pillsbury  | March 7, 1873  |
| George William Porter  | November 6, 1885  |
| Harvey Armand Pothier  | September 6, 1901  |
| John E. Powers | November 10, 1910  |
| John D. Pratt  |  |
| Benjamin B. Priest  |  |
| William Eben Ramsdell  | May 4, 1895  |
| Cornelius Edward Reddy  | May 27, 1910  |
| William G. Reed  |  |
| James Robbins Reynolds  |  |
| Hibbard Richter  | April 12, 1899  |
| Joseph N. Roach  | March 22, 1883  |
| Charles Holmes Roberts Jr.  |  |
| William H. J. Rowan  | June 21, 1879  |
| Albert Rubin  | January 15, 1872  |
| Gerald F. Scally  | July 17, 1905  |
| Raymond William Schlapp  |  |
| William J. Sessions  | December 18, 1859  |
| Charles E. Shepard | September 21, 1901  |
| Carl A. Sheridan | March 24, 1908  |
| Robert T. Sisson  | February 21, 1881  |
| Michael F. Skerry | January 3, 1909  |
| Charles J. Skladzien  |  |
| H. Edward Snow  | April 25, 1914  |
| J. Francis Southgate  | May 4, 1883  |
| Margaret Spear  | August 10, 1882  |
| Edward William Staves  | May 9, 1887  |
| Avery W. Steele  | August 1, 1907  |
| George Ward Stetson  | May 31, 1902  |
| Everett W. Stone  |  |
| Daniel Francis Sullivan  | February 15, 1904  |
| Jeremiah Joseph Sullivan  | March 9, 1905  |
| John Anthony Sullivan  | February 13, 1906  |
| John Timothy Sullivan  | March 27, 1906  |
| Patrick Gilbert Sullivan  | November 18, 1904  |
| Eugene Joseph Sweeney  | May 11, 1886  |
| Joseph James Sweeney  | January 5, 1893  |
| Joseph A. Sylvia Jr.  | September 16, 1903  |
| William Otis Taft  |  |
| Edmond Talbot Jr.  | June 1, 1898  |
| Robert Leroy Taylor  | November 22, 1907  |
| Clarence F. Telford  |  |
| Nathaniel Tilden  | November 3, 1903  |
| James Francis Tobin  | May 8, 1903  |
| Robert Stephen Tobin  |  |
| John E. Troy Jr.  |  |
| Howard H. True  |  |
| Cornelius Joseph Twomey  |  |
| John H. Valentine  | July 21, 1896  |
| James L. Vallely  |  |
| John W. Vaughan  | March 20, 1878  |
| James T. Violette  |  |
| George Thomas Walsh  | February 20, 1904  |
| Ira C. Ward  | March 7, 1862  |
| Richard James White Jr.  | April 14, 1890  |
| William Emmet White  | June 1, 1900  |
| Otis M. Whitney | March 25, 1909  |
| Joseph L. Whiton  |  |
| Sumner G. Whittier | July 4, 1911  |
| Frederick Willis (American politician) | May 18, 1904  |
| Henry D. Winslow  | September 24, 1910  |
| Stanislaus George Wondolowski  | August 20, 1909  |
| Arthur Eaton Young  |  |
| Arthur Lincoln Youngman  |  |

## See also

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* 1942 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
* 77th United States Congress
* List of Massachusetts General Courts

## References

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1. ^ a b c Public Officials of Massachusetts. Boston Review. 1941.
2. ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1941" (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: 1941, hdl:2452/219466
* Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1941, hdl:2452/58057
* Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1942, hdl:2452/58056

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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|

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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

Middlesex|

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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