1939 Massachusetts legislature

none February 2025 January 2025 151stMassachusetts General Court General Court November 8, 1938 1939 01 4 1939 08 12 https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/348/mode/1up 2009 Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts Manual for the Use of the General Court Length of Legislative Sessions 348+ 150th 152nd Senate 40 Republican Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate Mass.gov June 6, 2020 Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library https://www.mass.gov/service-details/resources-on-massachusetts-political-figures-in-the-state-library https://web.archive.org/web/20200606063917/https://www.mass.gov/doc/composition-of-the-massachusetts-state-senate-0/download President Joseph R. Cotton (7th Middlesex district) House 240 RepublicanComposition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives Mass.gov June 6, 2020 Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library https://www.mass.gov/service-details/resources-on-massachusetts-political-figures-in-the-state-library https://web.archive.org/web/20200606064043/https://www.mass.gov/doc/composition-of-the-massachusetts-state-house-of-representatives-0/download Speaker Christian Herter (5th Suffolk) right 308 1923 Joseph Russell Cotton Massachusetts House of Representatives.png Joseph R. Cotton Joseph Cotton, Senate president. Christian Archibald Herter (politician).jpg Christian Herter Christian Herter, House speaker. Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1939. The 151st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1939 during the governorship of Leverett Saltonstall. Joseph R. Cotton served as president of the Senate and Christian Herter served as speaker of the House. https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge200506mass/page/338/mode/2up 2005 Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts Manual for the Use of the General Court Organization of the Legislature Since 1780 338+ "1939 was the first year the General Court began meeting every other year instead of annually. ...No session was held in 1940 and no legislation or other materials relating thereof was published during that year."http://mastatelibrary.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-short-lived-biennial-legislative.html Short-Lived Biennial Legislative Session System in Massachusetts January 5, 2016 State Library of Massachusetts blog Kaitlin Connolly 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, 1939 State Library of Massachusetts https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/796228/1939-House-01-Appendix.pdf center|60px Frank David Babcock August 16, 1877 4th Essex center|60px Wilfred P. Bazinet center|60px Chandler Bigelow center|60px Arthur Franklin Blanchard January 27, 1883 center|60px David M. Brackman September 16, 1900 6th Suffolk center|60px Thomas M. Burke May 30, 1898 center|60px Albert Cole (Massachusetts politician) December 28, 1904 center|60px Louis Benedict Connors center|60px Joseph R. Cotton November 16, 1890 center|60px Laurence Curtis September 3, 1893 center|60px Chester A. Dolan Jr. September 20, 1907 center|60px Joseph F. Francis July 2, 1893 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 Arthur W. Hollis April 29, 1877 center|60px Newland H. Holmes August 30, 1891 center|60px Jarvis Hunt (politician) March 28, 1904 center|60px Thomas H. Johnston March 5, 1872 center|60px John E. Kerrigan October 1, 1908 center|60px George W. Krapf center|60px Thomas J. Lane July 6, 1898 center|60px Joseph A. Langone Jr. September 8, 1896 center|60px Harold R. Lundgren May 22, 1894 center|60px John D. Mackay April 7, 1872 center|60px Joseph Patrick McCooey center|60px Charles Gardner Miles December 2, 1879 center|60px Joseph F. Montminy center|60px Edward O'Hearn Mullowney center|60px Joseph L. Murphy January 25, 1907 center|60px Donald W. Nicholson August 11, 1888 center|60px Edward H. Nutting July 6, 1869 center|60px Edwin Lawrence Olander October 31, 1891 center|60px Edmund S. Oppenheimer center|60px Harris S. Richardson January 10, 1887 center|60px Mason Sears December 29, 1899 center|60px Chester T. Skibinski center|60px Bernard Lucian Sullivan Representatives Portrait Name Public Officials of Massachusetts 1939-'40 Boston Review https://archive.org/details/publicofficialso19391940bost 1939 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 Josiah Babcock Jr. May 21, 1880 center|60px Robert S. Backus 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 George L. Barrus December 15, 1880 center|60px Thomas A. Barry May 12, 1895 center|60px Walter Ray Baylies April 28, 1902 center|60px Fred D. Beaudoin center|60px Malcolm Lawrie Bell November 30, 1890 center|60px Albert Bergeron June 28, 1877 center|60px Albert Bergeron June 23, 1886 center|60px Alfred M. Bessette March 25, 1876 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 Albert Lionel Bourgeois June 7, 1899 center|60px Philip Griggs Bowker April 17, 1899 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 J. Kenney Brooks center|60px Russell P. Brown August 24, 1891 center|60px Frank Eben Brown January 14, 1890 center|60px William Albert Brown February 5, 1888 center|60px Arthur I. Burgess October 13, 1894 center|60px Harland Burke April 22, 1888 center|60px John F. Burns center|60px J. Elmer Callahan 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 Fred Carpenter center|60px Sydney G. Carpenter Jr. center|60px John Henry Carroll center|60px Eddie D. Carson center|60px William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician) June 27, 1905 center|60px Bernard P. Casey July 29, 1894 center|60px John M. Cawley center|60px Ralph Vester Clampit March 28, 1896 center|60px Frank Clarkson June 21, 1877 center|60px Andrew J. Coakley November 6, 1906 center|60px John W. Coddaire Jr. center|60px James S. Coffey February 5, 1899 center|60px John T. Comerford June 8, 1887 center|60px Michael H. Condron center|60px Michael John Conway center|60px Charles H. Cooke May 13, 1878 center|60px Arthur W. Coolidge October 13, 1881 center|60px August Joseph Cormier center|60px George Chauncey Cousens September 20, 1905 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 Jeremiah Dickson Crowley May 16, 1911 center|60px Leslie Bradley Cutler March 24, 1890 center|60px Lawrence Harvard Davis center|60px George F. Dean center|60px Hiram Nichols Dearborn December 21, 1867 center|60px Roger Dennett September 14, 1895 center|60px Oscar DeRoy center|60px Leo E. Diehl center|60px Grover N. Dodge center|60px Fred Belding Dole January 23, 1895 center|60px Cornelius P. Donovan March 15, 1895 center|60px Susan Bradley Donovan October 2, 1895 center|60px Joseph H. Downey December 6, 1890 center|60px Anthony R. Doyle August 8, 1895 center|60px Ernest W. Dullea January 14, 1891 center|60px Edwin F. Eldredge center|60px Sven August Erickson December 9, 1875 center|60px Gustave William Everberg June 24, 1890 center|60px Michael Paul Feeney March 26, 1907 center|60px William Daniel Fleming April 14, 1907 center|60px Keith Falconer Fletcher September 24, 1900 center|60px Paul W. Foster center|60px Douglass Brooks Francis center|60px Stephen L. French March 9, 1892 center|60px Clarence Henry Fuller center|60px Richard I. Furbush January 4, 1904 center|60px Thomas F. Gibson center|60px William R. Gilman center|60px Paul Martin Goddard center|60px Hollis M. Gott May 25, 1885 center|60px Peter J. Graham 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 Charles W. Hedges March 27, 1901 center|60px Christian Herter March 28, 1895 center|60px Joseph Allan Hines center|60px Charles V. Hogan April 12, 1897 center|60px Theodore P. Hollis center|60px Charles F. Holman June 21, 1892 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 Harvey Iris center|60px Adolph Johnson July 20, 1885 center|60px William A. Jones March 27, 1885 center|60px Peter John Jordan July 23, 1910 center|60px Harry Kalus center|60px Charles Kaplan September 26, 1895 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 John Quincy Knowles May 21, 1895 center|60px Morris Kritzman center|60px Leo P. Landry July 10, 1897 center|60px John Whitin Lasell center|60px Laurence W. Law center|60px Walter E. Lawrence December 8, 1905 center|60px George J. Leary center|60px Frank M. Leonardi August 17, 1891 center|60px Ralph Lerche August 19, 1899 center|60px Thomas E. Linehan center|60px Terrance Joseph Lomax Jr. August 29, 1907 center|60px William Christopher Lunney December 24, 1910 center|60px Joseph Francis Luz 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 John Francis Manning January 4, 1906 center|60px Philip M. Markley March 28, 1897 center|60px James P. McAndrews center|60px Charles Joseph McCaffrey January 16, 1898 center|60px Paul Andrew McCarthy December 23, 1902 center|60px Thomas Francis McCready center|60px James Patrick McDevitt center|60px James J. McGrail center|60px Lawrence P. McHugh center|60px Hubert L. McLaughlin center|60px George Francis McMahon center|60px Philip McMorrow center|60px James Joseph Mellen June 16, 1910 center|60px Joseph A. Melley March 1, 1902 center|60px Julian R. Merchant center|60px Joseph A. Milano April 8, 1883 center|60px Daniel Joseph Minihan center|60px William E. Mooney center|60px Alfred James Moore August 7, 1891 center|60px Walter James Moran December 22, 1903 center|60px Lester Bertram Morley April 19, 1903 center|60px Albert Edward Morris April 4, 1903 center|60px Frank J. Morrison September 2, 1902 center|60px Eric A. Nelson July 6, 1899 center|60px Michael J. Neville October 19, 1899 center|60px Leo F. Nourse 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 Charles William Olson August 24, 1889 center|60px David M. Owens Jr. center|60px Raymond P. Palmer December 27, 1895 center|60px George Alanson Parker center|60px Royal Bartlett Patriquin January 7, 1895 center|60px James Austin Peckham center|60px Harold Squire Pedler center|60px Tycho Mouritz Petersen August 29, 1892 center|60px Frederick Everett Pierce May 5, 1862 center|60px Roy W. Pigeon center|60px John E. Powers November 10, 1910 center|60px John D. Pratt center|60px Benjamin B. Priest center|60px William Eben Ramsdell May 4, 1895 center|60px William G. Reed center|60px George Edmund Rice February 22, 1899 center|60px Ralph Lewis Ricketson center|60px Joseph N. Roach March 22, 1883 center|60px Charles Holmes Roberts Jr. center|60px George Whiting Roberts center|60px Nathan Rosenfeld January 31, 1906 center|60px Cyrus Cole Rounseville Jr. 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 Roland D. Sawyer January 8, 1874 center|60px William J. Sessions December 18, 1859 center|60px Philip Sherman center|60px Edward Sirois December 18, 1898 center|60px Frank William Smith January 26, 1895 center|60px George E. Smith center|60px Roy C. Smith January 28, 1890 center|60px H. Edward Snow April 25, 1914 center|60px J. Francis Southgate May 4, 1883 center|60px Manford Root Spalding center|60px Richard H. Stacy August 18, 1864 center|60px Edward William Staves May 9, 1887 center|60px Avery W. Steele August 1, 1907 center|60px George Ward Stetson May 31, 1902 center|60px Leo J. Sullivan December 8, 1905 center|60px Charles F. Jeff Sullivan center|60px Jeremiah Joseph Sullivan March 9, 1905 center|60px John Timothy Sullivan March 27, 1906 center|60px Patrick Gilbert Sullivan November 18, 1904 center|60px Martin Swanson July 20, 1872 center|60px Chester Randall Swenson center|60px Joseph A. Sylvia Jr. September 16, 1903 center|60px Valmore P. Tetreault center|60px Nathaniel Tilden November 3, 1903 center|60px James Francis Tobin May 8, 1903 center|60px John E. Troy Jr. center|60px Herbert Lewis Trull center|60px Cornelius Joseph Twomey center|60px Christopher J. Tyrrell June 21, 1895 center|60px John H. Valentine July 21, 1896 center|60px James L. Vallely center|60px John W. Vaughan March 20, 1878 center|60px James T. Violette center|60px Ira C. Ward March 7, 1862 center|60px John B. Wenzler June 11, 1881 center|60px Edgar A. Whitcomb 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 Ralph E. Williams center|60px Frederick Willis (American politician) May 18, 1904 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 76th United States Congress List of Massachusetts General Courts References Further reading 2452/43430 Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1938) Secretary of the Commonwealth 1939 1939 Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts Manual for the Use of the General Court 2452/40708 Court Massachusetts General External links 2452/265589 Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1939 Massachusetts General Court 2452/60143 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1939 Category:Political history of Massachusetts Category:Massachusetts legislative sessions massachusetts Category:1939 in Massachusetts