1895 Massachusetts legislature

none February 2025 January 2025 116thMassachusetts General Court General Court November 6, 1894 1895 01 2 1895 06 5 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+ 115th 117th Senate 40 Republican (36–4) 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 William M. Butler House 240 Republican (194–46)Composition 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 George von Lengerke Meyer right 308 Senator Wm. M. Butler of Mass., (11-28-24) LCCN2016849799 (cropped).jpg William M. Butler William Butler, Senate president. Portrait of George von Lengerke Meyer.jpg George von Lengerke Meyer George von Lengerke Meyer, House speaker. Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1895. The 116th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1895 during the governorship of Frederic T. Greenhalge. William M. Butler served as president of the Senate and George von Lengerke Meyer served as speaker of the House. https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/340/mode/2up 2009 Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts Manual for the Use of the General Court Organization of the Legislature Since 1780 340+ Notable legislation included an act related to "the Question of Granting Municipal Suffrage to Women."http://mastatelibrary.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-womens-suffrage-movement-in.html Kaitlin Connolly Women's Suffrage Movement in Massachusetts September 24, 2012 State Library of Massachusetts blog Senators image name https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge1895mass 1895 Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts Manual for the Use of the General Court Internet Archive date of birth Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1895 https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/796001/1895-Senate-01-Appendix%20.pdf State Library of Massachusetts district center|60px Horace H. Atherton October 23, 1847 center|60px Edward B. Atwood May 13, 1845 center|60px Eugene A. Bessom June 11, 1855 center|60px Ledyard Bill 1836 center|60px Percival Blodgett July 18, 1841 center|60px Edward S. Bradford December 1, 1842 center|60px George J. Burns July 14, 1855 center|60px William M. Butler January 29, 1861 center|60px Joseph J. Corbett December 24, 1863 center|60px Francis W. Darling December 16, 1852 center|60px William B. Durant September 29, 1844 center|60px Ether S. Foss June 10, 1834 center|60px Edward G. Frothingham August 12, 1837 center|60px Granville Austin Fuller March 13, 1837 center|60px George L. Gage February 6, 1845 center|60px George A. Galloupe October 28, 1850 center|60px Michael B. Gilbride February 13, 1866 center|60px Robert S. Gray September 28, 1847 center|60px Edwin B. Harvey April 4, 1834 center|60px Isaac P. Hutchinson February 26, 1860 center|60px George P. Lawrence May 19, 1859 center|60px James Cushing Leach June 11, 1831 center|60px Joseph B. Maccabe November 19, 1857 center|60px Dana Malone October 8, 1857 center|60px William Henry McMorrow March 23, 1871 center|60px Joel D. Miller October 10, 1837 center|60px William A. Morse July 27, 1863 center|60px Joseph O. Neill January 31, 1838 center|60px George W. Perkins July 1, 1842 center|60px John Quinn Jr. December 16, 1859 center|60px George A. Reed September 10, 1842 center|60px John B. Ripley July 8, 1849 center|60px Stephen Salisbury III March 31, 1835 center|60px George P. Sanger September 6, 1852 center|60px Sylvanus Smith March 10, 1829 center|60px Louis C. Southard April 1, 1854 center|60px Charles F. Sprague June 10, 1857 center|60px Arthur Holbrook Wellman October 30, 1855 center|60px Marciene H. Whitcomb October 24, 1837 Representatives image name date of birth district center|60px Daniel W. Allen June 17, 1827 center|60px Romeo E. Allen October 17, 1852 center|60px Isaiah P. Atsatt March 17, 1848 center|60px Frederick E. Austin August 6, 1865 center|60px George W. Bailey March 20, 1848 center|60px James Alderson Bailey Jr. March 25, 1867 center|60px Theophilus B. Baker May 16, 1830 center|60px Charles T. Balch February 23, 1844 center|60px Charles Grey Bancroft December 3, 1866 center|60px Solon Bancroft June 22, 1839 center|60px Harding R. Barber December 20, 1839 center|60px Albert F. Barker October 24, 1859 center|60px Erwin F. Barnes March 14, 1846 center|60px Franklin O. Barnes November 11, 1841 center|60px Daniel J. Barry August 27, 1859 center|60px John L. Bates September 18, 1859 center|60px Algernon T. Beaman 1847 center|60px Frank S. Bennett May 12, 1857 center|60px George B. Bird February 15, 1867 center|60px Henry Clay Bliss May 5, 1846 center|60px Benjamin F. Blodgett June 6, 1843 center|60px Charles P. Bond July 24, 1855 center|60px Samuel S. Bourne December 9, 1850 center|60px Harvey L. Boutwell April 5, 1860 center|60px Fred H. Bradford July 13, 1850 center|60px Manassah Edward Bradley August 15, 1863 center|60px Charles Donnell Brown June 5, 1862 center|60px Frederick A. Brown October 24, 1856 center|60px Benjamin S. Bullock May 12, 1850 center|60px William H. Burges November 3, 1835 center|60px J. Marshall Burt August 28, 1842 center|60px T. Preston Burt July 20, 1844 center|60px Charles W. Carroll November 1, 1863 center|60px William Carter February 25, 1830 center|60px Daniel C. Casey August 10, 1867 center|60px Frank Chandler February 20, 1852 center|60px Luther W. Clark September 19, 1851 center|60px James A. Cochran June 27, 1847 center|60px Michael W. Collins August 5, 1868 center|60px Heman S. Cook May 13, 1840 Gilbert Cooke August 4, 1841 center|60px Ellery B. Crane November 12, 1836 center|60px James F. Creed December 4, 1869 center|60px Frederick W. Dallinger October 2, 1871 center|60px William W. Davis August 8, 1862 center|60px Thomas M. Denham February 2, 1840 center|60px David T. Dickinson August 13, 1867 center|60px Thomas Donahue August 20, 1853 center|60px Timothy J. Donovan April 7, 1867 center|60px William F. Donovan December 29, 1866 center|60px William J. Donovan October 31, 1862 center|60px Harry R. Dow February 12, 1862 center|60px William H. Drew March 27, 1855 center|60px Daniel M. Driscoll January 2, 1861 center|60px William P. Driscoll May 1, 1857 center|60px Levi A. Drury August 9, 1847 center|60px Robert Duddy 1847 center|60px George Morton Eddy August 5, 1843 center|60px Henry Edgarton December 29, 1820 center|60px Albert H. Edgerton August 23, 1843 center|60px Alpheus M. Eldredge January 25, 1828 center|60px Benjamin F. Estes August 28, 1836 center|60px Thomas F. Fallon December 7, 1857 center|60px Clarentine E. Ferson May 19, 1845 center|60px Wellington Fillmore October 18, 1850 center|60px Henry H. Fisk June 5, 1843 center|60px James H. Flint June 25, 1852 center|60px Silas W. Flint September 4, 1843 center|60px Joseph J. Flynn May 1, 1862 center|60px William H. Foote January 15, 1833 center|60px William E. Ford July 20, 1823 center|60px Otis Foss October 4, 1838 center|60px George E. Fowle July 4, 1837 center|60px Zenas A. French September 4, 1843 center|60px James A. Gallivan October 22, 1866 center|60px John J. Gardner February 23, 1853 center|60px John Dennis Hammond Gauss January 4, 1861 center|60px Henry E. Gaylord June 5, 1846 center|60px Michael P. Geary August 16, 1868 center|60px Samuel Wesley George April 26, 1862 center|60px James Love Gillingham July 12, 1857 center|60px Charles W. Goodrich December 30, 1840 center|60px William T. Graham February 1, 1861 center|60px Alexander Grant September 26, 1853 center|60px Joshua S. Gray August 16, 1840 center|60px Abner Greenwood September 10, 1826 center|60px Thomas Ellwood Grover February 9, 1846 center|60px Edward A. Hale January 11, 1850 center|60px Charles L. Hammond September 1, 1860 center|60px George Hammond December 14, 1839 center|60px Franklin P. Harlow center|60px Benjamin C. Harvey September 4, 1847 center|60px Albert L. Harwood September 10, 1847 center|60px Samuel Hastings February 1, 1837 center|60px Bowers C. Hathaway March 18, 1823 center|60px Frederic W. Hathaway March 6, 1836 center|60px Wesley O. Hawkes July 7, 1842 center|60px William Henry Irving Hayes June 21, 1848 center|60px George A. Hibbard October 27, 1864 center|60px Sumner C. Higgins November 24, 1843 center|60px Thomas F. Hoban December 20, 1860 center|60px Joshua B. Holden March 5, 1850 center|60px Timothy Holland July 12, 1865 center|60px J. Edward Hollis 1840 center|60px E. Clarence Holt January 13, 1850 center|60px John Gregory Horan November 28, 1868 center|60px Louis P. Howe May 29, 1858 center|60px Henry D. Humphrey June 20, 1861 center|60px Caleb Burroughs Huse September 13, 1833 center|60px William H. Hutchinson March 26, 1834 center|60px Richard William Irwin February 18, 1857 center|60px Dwight H. Ives January 28, 1837 center|60px William S. Jenks December 1, 1855 center|60px Edward P. Johnson October 21, 1844 center|60px George R. Jones February 8, 1862 center|60px Cyrus Anson Jordan April 7, 1859 center|60px Benjamin Adams Jourdan July 20, 1832 center|60px Frank W. Kaan September 11, 1861 center|60px James Keenan March 4, 1850 center|60px Thomas F. Keenan March 11, 1854 center|60px John E. Kellogg July 2, 1845 center|60px William G. Kimball December 25, 1846 center|60px Francis M. Kingman May 25, 1837 center|60px Joseph Brewster Knox December 12, 1828 center|60px Franz H. Krebs Jr 1868 center|60px Amos A. Lawrence November 3, 1847 center|60px George A. Leach February 3, 1848 center|60px Osgood L. Leach September 18, 1848 center|60px Warren S. Leach February 23, 1847 center|60px Charles F. Light August 1, 1860 center|60px Francis Cabot Lowell January 7, 1855 center|60px John M. Lynch November 26, 1860 center|60px John A. Macomber, 2d January 25, 1849 center|60px Hugo Mann September 27, 1837 center|60px William H. Marden May 30, 1843 center|60px Samuel N. Mayo May 24, 1839 center|60px Jeremiah Justin McCarthy March 29, 1852 center|60px Bernard McMackin April 2, 1869 center|60px James F. Melaven November 19, 1858 center|60px George H. Mellen October 7, 1850 center|60px James H. Mellen November 7, 1845 center|60px George von Lengerke Meyer June 24, 1858 center|60px Charles E. Mills December 28, 1847 center|60px Samuel H. Mitchell November 2, 1854 center|60px Joseph F. Mooney May 21, 1866 center|60px E. Lewis Moore January 21, 1834 center|60px William Moran September 6, 1855 center|60px Eugene Michael Moriarty April 15, 1849 center|60px Mark B. Mulvey July 9, 1868 center|60px Timothy F. Murphy August 9, 1864 center|60px James J. Myers November 20, 1842 center|60px Herbert Newell April 2, 1855 center|60px Richard Newell April 17, 1839 center|60px George H. Newhall October 24, 1850 center|60px John B. Newhall October 1, 1862 center|60px Joseph J. Norton November 19, 1870 center|60px Michael J. O'Brien November 9, 1855 center|60px John J. O'Connor April 13, 1871 center|60px John M. O'Hara July 2, 1865 center|60px L. Edgar Osgood February 13, 1865 center|60px Theodore K. Parker September 3, 1841 center|60px George W. Penniman May 31, 1859 center|60px Lyman H. Perkins March 29, 1864 center|60px Carlton T. Phelps October 13, 1867 center|60px Edward W. Pinkham February 9, 1839 center|60px Burrill Porter February 22, 1832 center|60px George W. Porter January 30, 1844 center|60px J. Frank Porter April 8, 1847 center|60px John Jacob Prevaux March 16, 1857 center|60px George E. Putnam February 9, 1851 center|60px Nicolas M. Quint July 18, 1838 center|60px Charles I. Quirk August 15, 1871 center|60px Henry F. Rice January 29, 1844 center|60px Robert A. Richardson 1840 center|60px Ernest W. Roberts November 22, 1858 center|60px Alfred Seelye Roe June 8, 1844 center|60px Silas B. Root July 21, 1850 center|60px George A. Roper July 25, 1849 center|60px Samuel Ross February 2, 1865 center|60px Daniel D. Rourke July 16, 1869 center|60px Fred H. Rourke May 23, 1867 center|60px George G. Russell November 4, 1845 center|60px James F. Ryan January 6, 1864 center|60px Martin F. Ryder November 1, 1854 center|60px Charles F. Sargent August 31, 1858 center|60px George Melville Scates September 30, 1841 center|60px William P. Searls June 3, 1851 center|60px John Timothy Shea February 14, 1866 center|60px John F. Sheehan September 2, 1861 center|60px William Shepherd September 17, 1837 center|60px Frank M. Sibley October 12, 1854 center|60px Henry D. Sisson December 8, 1836 center|60px David F. Slade November 5, 1855 center|60px George T. Sleeper September 15, 1852 center|60px Albert C. Smith March 14, 1845 center|60px Henry M. Smith March 12, 1852 center|60px George F. Snow June 12, 1841 center|60px Amasa E. Southworth May 19, 1844 center|60px Warren F. Spalding January 14, 1841 center|60px John C. Spofford November 25, 1854 center|60px Arthur L. Spring February 25, 1858 center|60px Thomas E. St. John March 2, 1831 center|60px Fred D. Stanley October 17, 1863 center|60px Ezra A. Stevens March 12, 1827 center|60px Joseph W. Stocker April 6, 1824 center|60px Daniel D. Stone October 23, 1844 center|60px Homer O. Strong October 22, 1850 center|60px Charles F. Sturtevant March 31, 1848 center|60px George J. Tarr February 1, 1832 center|60px Robert T. TeamohBlack Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present 2452/48905 State Library of Massachusetts 2010 Massachusetts State Library of Court Massachusetts General 1864 center|60px Josiah P. Thacher April 8, 1858 center|60px Lyman D. Thurston September 8, 1832 center|60px William Tolman June 2, 1858 center|60px Henry Tower June 24, 1829 center|60px William W. Towle August 21, 1860 center|60px Michael Tuite June 29, 1853 center|60px Arthur H. Turner September 26, 1858 center|60px George W. Turner February 24, 1829 center|60px John E. Tuttle November 3, 1835 center|60px Charles Henry Utley November 27, 1857 center|60px Frank Lewis Wadden April 21, 1847 center|60px J. Gilman Waite March 20, 1837 center|60px Charles Elliott Wakefield December 23, 1854 center|60px George Albert Wales March 26, 1858 center|60px Horace E. Wallis November 3, 1862 center|60px Stephen Cady Warriner August 25, 1839 center|60px George B. Waterman July 10, 1862 center|60px George L. Wentworth May 24, 1852 center|60px Clarence P. Weston August 23, 1845 center|60px Mark O. Wheaton November 22, 1833 center|60px Elbridge J. Whitaker November 11, 1859 center|60px George E. White June 13, 1849 center|60px William S. White February 28, 1863 center|60px Albert L. Wiley December 14, 1835 center|60px Edward E. Willard September 25, 1862 center|60px Edward H. Wilson September 26, 1848 center|60px John Winn July 3, 1828 center|60px Henry O. Wood February 26, 1837 center|60px John Loring Woodfall September 15, 1847 center|60px Charles L. Young May 23, 1850 See also 54th United States Congress List of Massachusetts General Courts References 2 Further reading Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1895 1895 A. M. Bridgman https://archive.org/details/souvenirofmassac1895brid 2452/43346 Bridgman Arthur Milnor Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1895 Massachusetts: Legislative Session https://archive.org/stream/newappletonsannu20newyuoft#page/464/mode/2up D. Appleton and Company New York 1896 Francis C. Lowell Legislative Shortcomings Atlantic Monthly 79 1897 2027/coo.31924079579540?urlappend=%3Bseq=372 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924079579540?urlappend=%3Bseq=372 HathiTrust External links 2452/429112 Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1895 Massachusetts General Court 2452/83201 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1895 Category:Political history of Massachusetts Category:Massachusetts legislative sessions massachusetts Category:1895 in Massachusetts