1898 Massachusetts legislature

none February 2025 January 2025 119thMassachusetts General Court General Court November 2, 1897 1898 01 5 1898 06 23 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+ 118th 120th Senate 40 Republican (33–7) 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 George Edwin Smith House 240 Republican (181–57)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 John L. Bates right 308 George Edwin Smith.png George Edwin Smith George Smith, Senate president. JohnLBates.jpg John L. Bates John Bates, House speaker. Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1898. The 119th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1898 during the governorship of Roger Wolcott. George Edwin Smith served as president of the Senate and John L. Bates 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+ Senators Image Name https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge1898mass 1898 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, 1898 https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/796011/1898-Senate-01-Appendix.pdf State Library of Massachusetts District center|60px Charles O. Bailey January 24, 1863 center|60px Harding R. BarberHarding R. Barber obituary - Newspapers.com™ https://www.newspapers.com/article/fitchburg-sentinel-harding-r-barber-obi/190354933/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260420140811/https://www.newspapers.com/article/fitchburg-sentinel-harding-r-barber-obi/190354933/ 2026-08-30 2026-04-20 December 20, 1839 center|60px Josiah C. Bennett May 6, 1835 center|60px William R. Black August 23, 1830 center|60px Walter L. Bouve October 28, 1849 center|60px William Hartwell Brigham February 1, 1863 center|60px Loyed E. Chamberlain January 30, 1857 center|60px William H. Cook January 7, 1843 center|60px Ellery B. Crane November 12, 1836 center|60px Frederick W. Dallinger October 2, 1871 center|60px William W. Davis August 8, 1862 center|60px Wilson H. Fairbank April 3, 1836 center|60px Joseph Byron Farley October 10, 1847 center|60px James H. Flint June 25, 1852 center|60px Joseph J. Flynn May 1, 1862 center|60px Charles E. Folsom February 24, 1855 center|60px James A. Gallivan October 22, 1866 center|60px John Dennis Hammond Gauss January 4, 1861 center|60px Samuel Wesley George April 26, 1862 center|60px Albert L. Harwood September 10, 1847 center|60px James E. Hayes August 10, 1865 center|60px William H. Hodgkins June 9, 1840 center|60px Joshua B. Holden March 5, 1850 center|60px Richard William Irwin February 18, 1857 center|60px William W. Leach February 22, 1856 center|60px William B. Mahoney December 5, 1857 center|60px William Moran September 6, 1855 center|60px William A. Morse July 27, 1863 center|60px Henry Parsons February 2, 1842 center|60px George E. Putnam February 9, 1851 center|60px Charles I. Quirk August 15, 1871 center|60px Ernest W. Roberts November 22, 1858 center|60px Alfred Seelye Roe June 8, 1844 center|60px Daniel D. Rourke July 16, 1869 center|60px George Edwin Smith April 5, 1849 center|60px Rufus Albertson Soule 1839 center|60px William W. Towle August 21, 1860 center|60px William A. Whittlesey February 21, 1849 center|60px Fred Homer Williams January 7, 1857 center|60px Charles F. Woodward November 19, 1852 Representatives image name date of birth district center|60px Austin Flint Adams July 15, 1840 center|60px Rollin M. Allen April 10, 1862 center|60px Romeo E. Allen October 17, 1852 center|60px S. Augustus Allen February 14, 1855 center|60px Butler Ames August 22, 1871 center|60px Richard F. Andrews, Jr April 13, 1863 center|60px Julius C. Anthony September 24, 1856 center|60px Albert S. Apsey November 27, 1870 center|60px Henry C. Attwill March 11, 1872 center|60px Thomas C. Bachelder November 6, 1860 center|60px George Balcom January 23, 1832 center|60px John E. Baldwin June 26, 1869 center|60px Frank W. Barnard January 3, 1853 center|60px George H. Bartlett September 6, 1857 center|60px Jonathan B. L. Bartlett October 11, 1849 center|60px John L. Bates September 18, 1859 center|60px David W. Battles January 20, 1854 center|60px Charles O. Beede December 29, 1840 center|60px Henry A. Belcher August 6, 1845 center|60px George E. Bemis October 23, 1855 center|60px Frank P. Bennett May 2, 1853 center|60px Scott F. Bickford November 14, 1864 center|60px Horatio Bisbee November 20, 1833 center|60px Osgood C. Blaney January 20, 1860 center|60px John Bleiler May 9, 1837 center|60px Henry H. Bosworth March 16, 1868 center|60px Jerome Bottomly August 14, 1842 center|60px Harvey L. Boutwell April 5, 1860 center|60px Warren Boynton July 17, 1836 center|60px Melvin L. Breath December 7, 1858 center|60px Hugh W. Bresnahan November 25, 1869 center|60px William Bridgeo October 14, 1849 center|60px Oscar T. Brooks June 6, 1839 center|60px Charles E. Brown November 18, 1850 center|60px William J. Bullock January 31, 1864 center|60px Albert H. Burgess May 19, 1843 center|60px Edward B. Callender February 23, 1851 center|60px Andrew Campbell May 3, 1826 center|60px James F. Carberry September 18, 1868 center|60px George Henry Carleton August 6, 1840 center|60px Leonard B. Chandler August 29, 1851 center|60px William D. Chapple August 6, 1868 center|60px James B. Clancy May 26, 1868 center|60px Albert Clarke October 13, 1840 center|60px Charles S. Clerke January 10, 1850 center|60px James M. Codman, Jr. April 20, 1862 center|60px Samuel Cole December 15, 1856 center|60px John W. Connelly July 16, 1874 center|60px Thomas A. Conroy September 9, 1869 center|60px Walter S. V. Cooke August 12, 1851 center|60px Daniel S. Coolidge September 21, 1845 center|60px George W. Coombs November 4, 1837 center|60px Fred E. Crawford July 7, 1857 center|60px Thomas W. Crocker December 27, 1832 center|60px Alfred R. Crosby August 30, 1838 center|60px Henry V. Crosby February 27, 1832 center|60px Charles S. Crouch 1833 center|60px Richard Cullinane February 2, 1859 center|60px William Curtis August 8, 1857 center|60px J. Frank Dalton April 19, 1842 center|60px Daniel W. Davis October 3, 1846 center|60px William Ripley Davis March 8, 1862 center|60px Charles Austin Dean March 26, 1856 center|60px Charles Leroy Dean May 29, 1844 center|60px Thomas M. Denham February 2, 1840 center|60px Thomas Donahue August 20, 1853 center|60px Eugene E. Donovan November 21, 1858 center|60px Thomas J. Dooling January 28, 1868 center|60px Frederic P. Drake March 16, 1851 center|60px Henry J. Draper March 4, 1859 center|60px Daniel J. Driscoll, 2d November 20, 1868 center|60px Hugo A. Dubuque November 3, 1854 center|60px John B. Dumond December 25, 1862 center|60px Daniel England July 1, 1868 center|60px Eugene B. Estes December 7, 1850 center|60px Frank W. Estey December 16, 1866 center|60px Frank H. Farmer October 13, 1857 center|60px Francis F. Farrar January 10, 1833 center|60px John Favor March 1, 1859 center|60px Asa B. Fay August 31, 1838 center|60px John J. Feneno March 24, 1866 center|60px W. T. A. Fitzgerald December 19, 1871 center|60px Albert T. Folsom November 9, 1831 center|60px Harry C. Foster August 27, 1871 center|60px Frank W. Francis September 16, 1857 center|60px George G. Frederick January 14, 1867 center|60px George F. Fuller March 8, 1842 center|60px Michael E. Gaddis February 21, 1869 center|60px Richard W. Garrity March 14, 1864 center|60px John J. Gartland November 27, 1871 center|60px Henry E. Gaylord June 5, 1846 center|60px Moses D. Gilman May 23, 1846 center|60px David J. Gleason July 14, 1864 center|60px Otis M. Gove May 3, 1851 center|60px Oliver S. Grant April 30, 1866 center|60px James Wilson Grimes November 21, 1865 center|60px Almon E. Hall December 6, 1846 center|60px Amos E. Hall July 6, 1838 center|60px Luther Hall November 5, 1842 center|60px Frederick Hammond February 27, 1847 center|60px Franklin P. Harlow center|60px George F. Harwood July 7, 1844 center|60px Leander Miller Haskins June 20, 1842 center|60px Martin E. Hawes October 25, 1834 center|60px Alfred S. Hayes May 14, 1869 center|60px William Henry Irving Hayes June 21, 1848 center|60px Albert F. Hayward January 24, 1840 center|60px Ashton E. Hemphill September 17, 1849 center|60px John W. Hill July 1, 1846 center|60px Albert F. Hiscox May 9, 1852 center|60px Charles E. Hoag September 18, 1849 center|60px Seba A. Holton August 30, 1847 center|60px Francis J. Horgan July 2, 1869 center|60px Carleton F. How April 20, 1863 center|60px Walter F. Howard September 20, 1855 center|60px Rufus Howe September 28, 1837 center|60px Edward H. Hoyt July 11, 1849 center|60px Franklin E. Huntress April 19, 1866 center|60px Charles Hiller Innes August 6, 1870 center|60px Charles R. Johnson December 28, 1852 center|60px George R. Jones February 8, 1862 center|60px Melville D. Jones September 25, 1842 center|60px Michael Bernard Jones August 20, 1864 center|60px William A. Josselyn February 8, 1856 center|60px Joseph H. Joubert April 6, 1860 center|60px Daniel Joseph Kane April 14, 1872 center|60px Charles P. Keith March 14, 1843 center|60px William Kells, Jr. October 23, 1861 center|60px John L. Kelly March 29, 1869 center|60px Thomas W. Kenefick September 17, 1855 center|60px Daniel J. Kiley July 27, 1874 center|60px Arthur D. King May 13, 1843 center|60px Randolph V. King January 20, 1853 center|60px William S. Kyle July 12, 1851 center|60px William A. Lang May 26, 1836 center|60px Addison P. Learoyd February 11, 1838 center|60px Francis Leland October 3, 1839 center|60px Charles Dudley Lewis September 26, 1844 center|60px John F. Libby February 3, 1863 center|60px Alexander Lockhart December 22, 1854 center|60px Albert W. Lyon March 1, 1869 center|60px Luke J. Macken October 27, 1868 center|60px Thomas Mackey August 6, 1865 center|60px John E. Magenis May 5, 1873 center|60px David A. Mahoney December 21, 1867 center|60px William E. Mahoney May 15, 1872 center|60px William H. Marden May 30, 1843 center|60px Benjamin W. Mayo April 17, 1836 center|60px Jeremiah Justin McCarthy March 29, 1852 center|60px Levi G. McKnight April 30, 1843 center|60px William I. McLoughlin January 16, 1872 center|60px John A. McManus March 9, 1860 center|60px George F. Mead May 22, 1854 center|60px Thomas H. Meek January 30, 1840 center|60px George W. Mellen May 11, 1837 center|60px William J. Miller June 8, 1867 center|60px Charles P. Mills August 22, 1853 center|60px James A. Montgomery May 17, 1864 center|60px Andrew H. Morrison June 27, 1871 center|60px William L. Morse May 1, 1849 center|60px James J. Myers November 20, 1842 center|60px William A. Nettleton 1832 center|60px Edward B. Nevin November 10, 1858 center|60px Thaddeus H. Newcomb March 15, 1826 center|60px William N. Newcomb July 23, 1865 center|60px H. Huestis Newton December 2, 1860 center|60px T. Frank Noonan June 1, 1860 center|60px George H. Norton May 28, 1863 center|60px James O'Connor June 15, 1862 center|60px Charles E. Parker October 20, 1833 center|60px Harold Parker June 17, 1854 center|60px Herbert C. Parsons January 15, 1862 center|60px Alexander Sinclair Paton November 20, 1854 center|60px Joseph E. Pattee April 24, 1843 center|60px Francis C. Perry June 27, 1853 center|60px Lemuel W. Peters July 29, 1860 center|60px Joseph M. Philbrick November 20, 1869 center|60px Franklin F. Phillips December 21, 1852 center|60px Edward L. Pickard December 25, 1834 center|60px John H. Ponce November 1, 1857 center|60px Albert Poor November 21, 1853 center|60px Burrill Porter February 22, 1832 center|60px John A. Powers September 15, 1853 center|60px David G. Pratt November 7, 1848 center|60px James P. Ramsay April 30, 1861 center|60px Charles H. Ramsdell September 26, 1840 center|60px Silas Dean Reed June 25, 1872 center|60px George M. Rice October 20, 1843 center|60px Frank S. Richardson October 18, 1856 center|60px Leonard W. Ross October 5, 1856 center|60px Samuel Ross February 2, 1865 center|60px John A. Rowan November 9, 1872 center|60px Edward T. Rowell 1836 center|60px Michael L. Russell December 15, 1860 center|60px Charles R. Saunders November 22, 1862 center|60px Thomas D. Sears February 22, 1845 center|60px James F. Seavey December 6, 1842 center|60px George Shepley Selfridge September 25, 1868 center|60px William H. Severance January 12, 1857 center|60px John F. Sheehan September 2, 1861 center|60px Robert S. Sisson June 4, 1846 center|60px William E. Skillings October 23, 1843 center|60px John O. Slocum March 13, 1842 center|60px George B. Smart February 25, 1835 center|60px Harvey C. Smith November 20, 1847 center|60px Andrew R. Snow May 4, 1844 center|60px Hugh L. Stalker December 31, 1857 center|60px Benjamin F. Stanley November 6, 1823 center|60px Nathaniel G. Staples June 1, 1851 center|60px Marcus M. Stebbins December 29, 1840 center|60px John M. Stevenson August 31, 1846 center|60px Joseph I. Stewart April 25, 1847 center|60px Willmore B. Stone June 24, 1853 center|60px Cornelius F. Sullivan June 15, 1865 center|60px Arthur R. Taft February 19, 1859 center|60px Peter Francis Tague June 4, 1871 center|60px Zephaniah Talbot June 22, 1834 center|60px James Thompson May 18, 1848 center|60px Charles W. Tilton April 6, 1836 center|60px Charles E. Trow April 18, 1833 center|60px Samuel A. Tuttle September 11, 1837 center|60px Edmund J. Twomey July 16, 1860 center|60px J. Gilman Waite March 20, 1837 center|60px Charles G. Washburn January 28, 1857 center|60px Eben C. Waterman March 1, 1840 center|60px Abelard E. Wells June 17, 1854 center|60px Edward E. Wentworth June 27, 1845 center|60px George W. Whidden June 15, 1858 center|60px John Jay Whipple December 31, 1847 center|60px Elbridge J. Whitaker November 11, 1859 center|60px Frank H. Whitcomb January 7, 1838 center|60px George L. Whitcomb March 18, 1855 center|60px Horace C. White January 26, 1836 center|60px James Whitehead December 20, 1857 center|60px Edward E. Willard September 25, 1862 center|60px Appleton P. Williams January 28, 1867 center|60px George F. Williams April 28, 1856 center|60px Francis O. Winslow March 20, 1844 center|60px Alva S. Wood May 12, 1828 See also 55th United States Congress List of Massachusetts General Courts References Further reading Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1898 1898 A. M. Bridgman Stoughton, Massachusetts https://archive.org/details/souvenirofmassac1898brid Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1898 Massachusetts: Legislative Session https://archive.org/details/s3appletonsannu03newyuoft/page/424/mode/1up D. Appleton and Company New York 1899 HathiTrust Tribune Association New York Tribune Almanac 1900 Woman Suffrage 2027/nyp.33433081727418?urlappend=%3Bseq=1168 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081727418?urlappend=%3Bseq=1168 Greeley Horace (includes 1898 Massachusetts info) External links 2452/429115 Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1898 Massachusetts General Court 2452/83204 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1898 http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fap065 Massachusetts General Court Photographs ca. 1896-1900: Guide to the Photograph Collection Massachusetts Historical Society Category:Political history of Massachusetts Category:Massachusetts legislative sessions massachusetts Category:1898 in Massachusetts