1937–1938 Massachusetts legislature

none February 2025 January 2025 150thMassachusetts General Court General Court 149th 151st Senate 40 President House 240 Speaker The 150th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1937 and 1938. Senators Portrait Name Date of birth District Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1937 State Library of Massachusetts https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/796222/1937-House-01-Appendix.pdf center|60px Frank David Babcock August 16, 1877 4th Essex center|60px Arthur Franklin Blanchard January 27, 1883 center|60px David M. Brackman September 16, 1900 6th Suffolk Thomas H. Braden September 11, 1874 center|60px Thomas M. Burke May 30, 1898 center|60px Edward C. Carroll December 15, 1893 center|60px Patrick Eugene Casey September 24, 1886 center|60px Albert Cole December 28, 1904 center|60px Walter L. Considine August 7, 1900 center|60px Joseph R. Cotton November 16, 1890 center|60px Laurence Curtis September 3, 1893 center|60px Joseph P. Donahoe September 18, 1891 center|60px Eugene H. Giroux January 20, 1903 center|60px Angier Goodwin January 30, 1881 center|60px William Patrick Grant November 5, 1904 center|60px James A. Gunn June 7, 1883 center|60px Cornelius F. Haley July 15, 1875 center|60px James W. Hennigan Sr. 1890 center|60px Arthur W. Hollis April 29, 1877 center|60px Newland H. Holmes August 30, 1891 center|60px Sybil Holmes June 20, 1889 center|60px Jarvis Hunt (politician) March 28, 1904 center|60px Thomas H. Johnston March 5, 1872 center|60px Joseph A. Langone Jr. September 8, 1896 center|60px John D. Mackay April 7, 1872 center|60px Joseph Patrick McCooey center|60px William Henry McSweeney center|60px James Philip Meehan June 25, 1893 center|60px Charles Gardner Miles December 2, 1879 center|60px George G. Moyse December 21, 1878 center|60px Donald W. Nicholson August 11, 1888 center|60px Edwin Lawrence Olander October 31, 1891 center|60px Edmund S. Oppenheimer center|60px Theodore Robinson Plunkett May 10, 1882 center|60px Harris S. Richardson January 10, 1887 center|60px Michael H. Selzo center|60px Chester T. Skibinski center|60px George W. Stanton center|60px Bernard Lucian Sullivan center|60px Samuel H. Wragg June 9, 1882 Representatives Portrait Name Public Officials of Massachusetts 1937 Boston Review https://archive.org/details/publicofficialso19371938bost Date of birth District center|60px Wilfred J. Achin May 12, 1891 14th Middlesex center|60px William A. Akeroyd October 24, 1883 center|60px Theodore Andrews August 23, 1893 center|60px George T. Ashe February 6, 1905 center|60px John Francis Aspell July 8, 1906 center|60px Josiah Babcock Jr. May 21, 1880 center|60px Edward P. Bacigalupo October 19, 1897 center|60px William Brooks Baker January 10, 1879 center|60px William A. Baldwin January 18, 1874 center|60px Philip Barnet December 2, 1892 center|60px Frederick M. Barnicoat center|60px Mary Livermore Barrows June 30, 1877 center|60px Thomas Edmund Barry May 14, 1899 center|60px Walter Ray Baylies April 28, 1902 center|60px Wilfred P. Bazinet center|60px Fred D. Beaudoin center|60px James D. Bentley February 6, 1884 center|60px Albert Bergeron June 23, 1886 center|60px Alfred M. Bessette March 25, 1876 center|60px Rodolphe G. Bessette September 14, 1911 center|60px Albert F. Bigelow October 4, 1880 10th Norfolk center|60px Fred Arthur Blake January 13, 1895 center|60px Edward Boland October 1, 1911 center|60px Rufus Hallowell Bond December 24, 1896 center|60px Albert Lionel Bourgeois June 7, 1899 center|60px Philip Griggs Bowker April 17, 1899 center|60px Albert Ovila Boyer May 27, 1908 center|60px G. Edward Bradley October 21, 1906 center|60px Edward T. Brady October 23, 1908 center|60px Daniel Joseph Bresnahan September 30, 1888 center|60px Warren Kingsbury Brimblecom June 25, 1899 center|60px Russell P. Brown August 24, 1891 center|60px William Albert Brown February 5, 1888 center|60px Clarence E. Buckley center|60px Arthur I. Burgess October 13, 1894 center|60px James A. Burke (Massachusetts politician) March 30, 1910 center|60px Harland Burke April 22, 1888 center|60px Horace T. Cahill December 12, 1894 center|60px Colin James Cameron August 24, 1879 center|60px Robert Patterson Campbell December 20, 1887 center|60px Matthew J. Capeless June 4, 1875 center|60px Enrico Cappucci 1910 center|60px Andrew F. Carlin center|60px Gustaf A. Carlson center|60px Leo Edward Joseph Carney November 16, 1899 center|60px Sydney G. Carpenter Jr. center|60px Eddie D. Carson center|60px Bernard P. Casey July 29, 1894 center|60px Chester W. Chase August 27, 1885 center|60px Ralph Vester Clampit March 28, 1896 center|60px Frank Clarkson June 21, 1877 Daniel H. Coakley Jr. July 12, 1906 center|60px Andrew J. Coakley November 6, 1906 center|60px John W. Coddaire Jr. center|60px Edward A. Coffey October 17, 1892 center|60px Samuel H. Cohen center|60px John T. Comerford June 8, 1887 center|60px Michael John Conway center|60px Charles H. Cooke May 13, 1878 center|60px Arthur W. Coolidge October 13, 1881 center|60px Francis X. Coyne March 15, 1892 center|60px Thomas F. Coyne center|60px John Joseph Craven August 29, 1907 center|60px Nelson B. Crosby June 20, 1871 center|60px Lawrence Harvard Davis center|60px Hiram Nichols Dearborn December 21, 1867 center|60px Oscar DeRoy center|60px Leo E. Diehl center|60px Thomas Patrick Dillon February 19, 1901 center|60px Grover N. Dodge center|60px John Patrick Doherty March 27, 1906 center|60px Chester A. Dolan Jr. September 20, 1907 center|60px Fred Belding Dole January 23, 1895 center|60px John Joseph Donahue March 14, 1906 center|60px James P. Donnelly February 26, 1890 center|60px Cornelius P. Donovan March 15, 1895 center|60px Joseph William Dooley October 25, 1904 center|60px Joseph H. Downey December 6, 1890 center|60px Anthony R. Doyle August 8, 1895 center|60px Joseph Edward Duffy September 25, 1912 center|60px Sven August Erickson December 9, 1875 center|60px Gustave William Everberg June 24, 1890 center|60px Samuel Arthur Eyre center|60px G. Farrington Fiske center|60px Thomas A. Flaherty December 21, 1898 center|60px Thomas J. Flannery August 9, 1886 center|60px William Daniel Fleming April 14, 1907 center|60px Keith Falconer Fletcher September 24, 1900 center|60px Cleon Francis Fobes center|60px John J. Foley January 25, 1888 center|60px Katherine A. Foley May 10, 1889 center|60px Paul W. Foster center|60px Douglass Brooks Francis center|60px William R. Gilman center|60px John J. Gilmartin September 25, 1892 center|60px Hollis M. Gott May 25, 1885 center|60px John Halliwell February 21, 1864 center|60px Thomas J. Hannon December 9, 1900 center|60px Joseph J. Harnisch December 28, 1883 center|60px William Henry Haskell center|60px William Alexander Hastings February 22, 1868 center|60px Lawrence Alanson Haworth May 23, 1871 center|60px Jeremiah Joseph Healy July 2, 1872 center|60px Charles W. Hedges March 27, 1901 center|60px Christian Herter March 28, 1895 center|60px William Francis Higgins June 16, 1899 center|60px William D. Hillis center|60px Joseph Allan Hines center|60px Charles V. Hogan April 12, 1897 center|60px Jackson J. Holtz center|60px Daniel J. Honan January 19, 1884 center|60px Frank Hathaway Horton July 15, 1874 center|60px Hugh C. Hunter center|60px Fred A. Hutchinson April 5, 1881 center|60px Charles John Innes June 1, 1901 center|60px George A. Innes center|60px Francis William Irwin November 19, 1905 center|60px Adolph Johnson July 20, 1885 center|60px William A. Jones March 27, 1885 center|60px Michael H. Jordan February 7, 1863 Anthony Julian March 25, 1902 center|60px Charles A. Kelley March 24, 1862 center|60px Francis Joseph Kelley March 21, 1890 center|60px John Joseph Kerrigan Jr. center|60px John V. Kimball July 17, 1875 center|60px Rudolph King November 2, 1887 center|60px William E. Kirkpatrick November 12, 1901 center|60px John Quincy Knowles May 21, 1895 center|60px Leo P. Landry July 10, 1897 center|60px Thomas J. Lane July 6, 1898 center|60px Charles Clifton Langille center|60px John Whitin Lasell center|60px George J. Leary center|60px Thomas E. Linehan center|60px Terrance Joseph Lomax Jr. August 29, 1907 center|60px Clarence S. Luitwieler center|60px William Christopher Lunney December 24, 1910 center|60px Philip J. Lynch center|60px Donald Alexander MacDonald February 21, 1893 center|60px Frank E. MacLean center|60px Arthur Ulton Mahan June 18, 1900 center|60px Ralph Collins Mahar January 4, 1912 center|60px James Francis Mahoney September 24, 1890 center|60px John Francis Manning January 4, 1906 center|60px Philip M. Markley March 28, 1897 center|60px Charles Joseph McCaffrey January 16, 1898 center|60px Paul Andrew McCarthy December 23, 1902 center|60px Elmer L. McCulloch center|60px Daniel P. McGillicuddy center|60px James J. McGrail center|60px Hubert L. McLaughlin center|60px George Francis McMahon center|60px Roger Alton McNamara center|60px Joseph A. Melley March 1, 1902 center|60px Julian R. Merchant center|60px Joseph A. Milano April 8, 1883 center|60px Charles Miller January 12, 1908 center|60px Daniel Joseph Minihan center|60px John R. Mitchell center|60px William E. Mooney center|60px Charles H. Morrill October 6, 1874 center|60px Albert Edward Morris April 4, 1903 center|60px Joseph L. Murphy January 25, 1907 center|60px John E. Murphy February 13, 1900 center|60px John Joseph Murphy August 28, 1892 center|60px Timothy Joseph Murphy September 23, 1909 center|60px John M. Mutch center|60px Eric A. Nelson July 6, 1899 center|60px Michael J. Neville October 19, 1899 center|60px Leo F. Nourse center|60px Michael T. O'Brien December 3, 1868 center|60px Joseph N. O'Kane May 26, 1873 center|60px Tip O'Neill December 9, 1912 center|60px George Joseph O'Shea November 16, 1899 center|60px Otto B. Olsen center|60px Charles William Olson August 24, 1889 center|60px David M. Owens Jr. center|60px George Alanson Parker center|60px James Austin Peckham center|60px Tycho Mouritz Petersen August 29, 1892 center|60px Frederick Everett Pierce May 5, 1862 center|60px William Eben Ramsdell May 4, 1895 center|60px Frederick Henry Reinstein April 14, 1899 center|60px George Edmund Rice February 22, 1899 center|60px Joseph N. Roach March 22, 1883 center|60px George Whiting Roberts center|60px Nathan Rosenfeld January 31, 1906 center|60px William H. J. Rowan June 21, 1879 center|60px Albert Rubin January 15, 1872 center|60px William F. Runnells February 18, 1865 center|60px Philip J. Russell Jr. center|60px Charles H. Savage January 7, 1893 center|60px Roland D. Sawyer January 8, 1874 center|60px Louis James Scanlon March 25, 1899 center|60px Martin Robert Schofield September 28, 1906 center|60px Mason Sears December 29, 1899 center|60px William J. Sessions December 18, 1859 center|60px Philip Sherman center|60px Edward Sirois December 18, 1898 center|60px Harry D. Sisson January 9, 1863 center|60px E. Hayes Small December 23, 1876 center|60px Frank William Smith January 26, 1895 center|60px Roy C. Smith January 28, 1890 center|60px J. Francis Southgate May 4, 1883 center|60px Richard H. Stacy August 18, 1864 center|60px Edward William Staves May 9, 1887 center|60px George Ward Stetson May 31, 1902 center|60px William Stockwell center|60px Leo J. Sullivan December 8, 1905 center|60px Charles F. Jeff Sullivan center|60px Patrick Gilbert Sullivan November 18, 1904 center|60px William T. Swain December 2, 1878 center|60px Martin Swanson July 20, 1872 center|60px Joseph A. Sylvia Jr. September 16, 1903 center|60px Edmond Talbot Jr. June 1, 1898 center|60px Frederick H. Tarr Jr. March 25, 1903 center|60px Joseph E. Theberge April 27, 1903 center|60px James Francis Tobin May 8, 1903 center|60px John E. Troy Jr. center|60px Herbert Lewis Trull center|60px Christopher J. Tyrrell June 21, 1895 center|60px John H. Valentine July 21, 1896 center|60px John W. Vaughan March 20, 1878 center|60px Ira C. Ward March 7, 1862 center|60px Patrick J. Welsh October 8, 1893 center|60px John B. Wenzler June 11, 1881 center|60px John J. Whalen June 5, 1876 center|60px John Philip White center|60px William Emmet White June 1, 1900 center|60px Otis M. Whitney March 25, 1909 center|60px Joseph L. Whiton center|60px Raymond T. Wilde center|60px Ralph E. Williams center|60px Frederick Willis May 18, 1904 center|60px John Chester Wilson August 14, 1889 center|60px Carl A. Woekel center|60px Henry Eden Wright center|60px Morton E. York center|60px Arthur Lincoln Youngman center|60px Abraham I. Zimon See also 1938 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 75th United States Congress List of Massachusetts General Courts References 2 External links 2452/265587 Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1937 Massachusetts General Court 2452/265588 Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1938 Massachusetts General Court 2452/60141 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1937 2452/60142 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1938 Category:Political history of Massachusetts Category:Massachusetts legislative sessions massachusetts Category:1937 in Massachusetts massachusetts Category:1938 in Massachusetts