1908 Massachusetts legislature

none February 2025 January 2025 129thMassachusetts General Court General Court November 5, 1907 1908 01 1 1908 06 13 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+ 128th 130th Senate 40 Republican (31–9) 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 D. Chapple House 240 Republican (175–65)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 N. Cole right 308 William D. Chapple.png William D. Chapple William D. Chapple, Senate president. John N. Cole.png John N. Cole John N. Cole, House speaker. Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1908. The 129th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1908 during the governorship of Curtis Guild Jr.Massachusetts Year Book for 1908 https://books.google.com/books?id=jiBHAQAAMAAJ F.S. Blanchard Worcester 1907 William D. Chapple served as president of the Senate and John N. Cole 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+ Senators image 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, 1908 https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/796073/1908-House-01-Appendix.pdf State Library of Massachusetts center|60px Gideon B. Abbott 9th Suffolk center|60px Tilton S. Bell 8th Suffolk center|60px John J. Butler 7th Suffolk center|60px William D. Chapple August 6, 1868 2nd Essex center|60px Edward A. Cowee 2nd Worcester center|60px Charles L. Dean 4th Middlesex center|60px Francke W. Dickinson 1st Hampden center|60px Edward W. Dixson 3rd Suffolk center|60px William Otis Faxon 2nd Norfolk center|60px Charles D. B. Fisk 5th Suffolk center|60px George J. Gallond Franklin and Hampshire center|60px George H. Garfield 2nd Plymouth center|60px James W. Grimes 7th Middlesex center|60px Alfred S. Hall 1st Suffolk center|60px Dennis E. Halley 5th Essex center|60px Joseph H. Hibbard 8th Middlesex center|60px Charles F. Jenney 1st Norfolk center|60px John Lovell Johnson 3rd Worcester center|60px Eben S. S. Keith Cape center|60px Frank J. Linehan 6th Suffolk center|60px Daniel D. Mahoney 2nd Hampden center|60px Michael J. McEttrick June 22, 1848 4th Suffolk center|60px John Joseph Mitchell May 9, 1873 5th Middlesex center|60px George F. Monahan 2nd Suffolk center|60px Harry P. Morse 4th Essex center|60px Arthur D. Norcross November 7, 1848 Worcester and Hampden center|60px Elmer C. Potter 1st Worcester center|60px Clinton Q. Richmond Berkshire center|60px Herbert S. Riley 6th Middlesex center|60px William R. Salter 1st Essex center|60px Winfield S. Schuster 4th Worcester center|60px James F. Shaw July 18, 1873 3rd Essex center|60px Nathaniel P. Sowle October 30, 1857 3rd Bristol center|60px Thorndike Spalding 2nd Middlesex center|60px Elmer A. Stevens January 15, 1862 3rd Middlesex center|60px Allen T. Treadway September 16, 1867 Berkshire, Hampshire and Hampden center|60px Joseph Turner 2nd Bristol center|60px James H. Vahey December 29, 1871 1st Middlesex center|60px Frank G. Wheatley 1st Plymouth center|60px Thomas W. Williams 1st Bristol Representatives image name Who's Who in State Politics 1908 Practical Politics Boston https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinstatepo1908bost archive.org date of birth district center|60px Joseph Abbott May 22, 1874 25th Suffolk center|60px Arthur S. Adams February 14, 1869 16th Essex center|60px Wallace E. W. N. Arnold June 29, 1863 center|60px Frank L. Barnes August 20, 1864 center|60px Frank Barrell July 26, 1853 center|60px Charles Homer Barrett June 23, 1868 21st Essex center|60px Henry B. Barton May 21, 1853 3rd Franklin center|60px Frank A. Bayrd center|60px Joseph E. Beals March 18, 1834 center|60px John C. Bennett April 2, 1872 4th Hampden center|60px Fred L. Beunke center|60px Elias B. Bishop August 2, 1869 center|60px Charles V. Blanchard February 2, 1866 center|60px Charles E. Boivin December 12, 1872 11th Bristol center|60px Alexis Boyer Jr. January 17, 1875 center|60px Bartholomew A. Brickley May 7, 1883 center|60px William R. Brooks March 1, 1865 20th Essex center|60px Charles H. Brown January 19, 1879 center|60px John T. Bryan February 17, 1859 center|60px George Bunting August 31, 1868 5th Essex center|60px Andrew J. Burnett 1860 center|60px Alfred S. Burns February 6, 1860 center|60px Herbert W. Burr June 15, 1866 center|60px Clenric H. Cahoon February 4, 1875 2nd Barnstable center|60px Timothy F. Callahan September 5, 1881 center|60px James B. Carbrey January 16, 1854 11th Essex center|60px Ignatius J. Carleton August 7, 1866 center|60px Cornelius J. Carmody January 11, 1867 center|60px James Chambers December 8, 1864 center|60px William E. Chester center|60px John E. Clarey January 7, 1855 8th Berkshire center|60px Samuel F. Coffin December 27, 1851 26th Essex center|60px David Cole September 26, 1845 3rd Berkshire John N. Cole 9th Essex center|60px Ellenwood B. Coleman May 31, 1862 center|60px Frank Collette Jr. 1871 center|60px Edward D. Collins 1878 center|60px James J. Conboy December 1, 1873 center|60px Martin F. Conley April 27, 1870 center|60px Thomas F. Coogan center|60px Benjamin A. Cook center|60px John F. Cook June 24, 1843 10th Essex center|60px William H. Cook March 7, 1856 9th Bristol center|60px William F. Cook February 4, 1847 2nd Hampden center|60px Frank O. Coombs December 17, 1857 1st Bristol center|60px Rednor P. Coombs June 27, 1873 center|60px John S. Cormack June 7, 1875 13th Essex center|60px Samuel V. Crane October 4, 1855 center|60px Daniel Joseph Curley December 23, 1875 center|60px Elmer L. Curtiss June 11, 1861 center|60px Grafton D. Cushing August 4, 1864 center|60px Alfred L. Cutting January 27, 1868 center|60px Ernest Dalton January 7, 1869 center|60px Charles L. Davenport May 4, 1854 Ralph Davol 5th Bristol center|60px Thomas L. Davis March 15, 1852 17th Essex center|60px Henry Ellsworth Dean September 29, 1862 center|60px Charles A. Dean March 26, 1856 center|60px William M. Dean November 16, 1874 4th Bristol center|60px Daniel E. Denny July 14, 1845 center|60px Joseph C. Desmond October 15, 1875 7th Bristol center|60px Joseph E. Donovan April 21, 1882 center|60px William E. Dorman June 23, 1875 12th Essex center|60px Andrew P. Doyle August 15, 1869 8th Bristol center|60px Edward B. Draper November 27, 1876 center|60px Florence J. Driscoll October 15, 1871 center|60px Hugh P. Drysdale December 11, 1875 1st Berkshire center|60px Patrick J. Duane August 18, 1862 center|60px S. Alden Eastman October 14, 1847 center|60px Charles F. Elmer August 25, 1856 1st Franklin center|60px Samuel D. Elmore December 29, 1868 center|60px Dennis E. Farley June 12, 1852 4th Franklin center|60px Thomas J. Fay April 24, 1879 center|60px Francis J. Fennelly February 18, 1860 10th Bristol center|60px J. Bernard Ferber May 28, 1876 center|60px Frederick L. Fisher center|60px Charles J. Flagg center|60px Louis E. Flye January 18, 1881 center|60px Clarence J. Fogg July 10, 1853 25th Essex center|60px Herbert M. Forristall August 14, 1859 15th Essex center|60px Herbert S. Frost center|60px Edward J. Fuller January 30, 1854 center|60px William F. Garcelon October 24, 1868 center|60px Joseph S. Gates October 3, 1856 center|60px George A. Giles August 4, 1875 center|60px Edward Gilmore January 4, 1867 center|60px James T. Goggins January 31, 1866 5th Berkshire center|60px Thomas J. Grady December 16, 1877 center|60px William J. Graham October 2, 1873 8th Essex center|60px Hamlet S. Greenwood 1871 center|60px Lyman W. Griswold October 16, 1869 2nd Franklin center|60px Homer A. Hall November 24, 1871 2nd Berkshire center|60px Martin T. Hall December 23, 1877 center|60px Harry H. Ham center|60px Oscar C. Hammarstrom October 18, 1877 center|60px Portus B. Hancock February 19, 1836 center|60px Bernard F. Hanrahan July 27, 1875 center|60px Horace D. Hardy February 28, 1877 center|60px John J. Hayes October 14, 1875 center|60px Lewis J. Hewitt February 13, 1870 center|60px William P. Higgins May 16, 1881 center|60px Frederick H. Hilton February 12, 1882 center|60px William Hoag November 18, 1870 center|60px Ernest E. Hobson September 29, 1878 1st Hampden center|60px Frank G. Hodskins December 26, 1876 7th Hampden center|60px William M. Hogan June 2, 1876 center|60px Samuel M. Holman 1862 1st Bristol center|60px Charles T. Holt August 1, 1845 6th Hampden center|60px Frank A. Hosmer November 14, 1853 center|60px Alonzo F. Hoyle October 16, 1861 center|60px Eugene Hultman July 13, 1875 center|60px George S. J. Hyde November 1, 1849 7th Essex center|60px William T. Jeffrey January 23, 1876 19th Essex center|60px Charles Cabot Johnson December 9, 1876 14th Essex center|60px J. B. Albert Johnson September 8, 1878 center|60px Fred O. Johnson February 10, 1855 center|60px Aaron F. Jones September 11, 1832 center|60px James A. Jones January 14, 1853 center|60px Frederick G. Katzmann September 12, 1875 center|60px David P. Keefe September 29, 1855 11th Bristol center|60px Sidney B. Keene January 10, 1861 center|60px Roland M. Keith March 16, 1847 center|60px William A. Kelleher May 27, 1875 6th Essex center|60px Frank D. Kemp June 9, 1862 5th Hampden center|60px Michael J. Kenney July 12, 1863 3rd Bristol center|60px James W. Killam July 12, 1874 center|60px Edwin M. Kittredge September 27, 1872 center|60px James H. Knight October 11, 1876 center|60px Frederick S. Lane May 8, 1849 center|60px William F. Learned January 12, 1850 center|60px Sidney Lees September 23, 1866 8th Bristol center|60px Adam Leining December 4, 1836 center|60px J. Henry Leonard September 18, 1879 center|60px Andrew R. Linscott center|60px Martin Lomasney December 3, 1859 center|60px George W. Long July 28, 1872 center|60px John F. Lothrop December 17, 1847 center|60px George E. Lovett February 27, 1849 center|60px Robert Luce December 2, 1862 center|60px Edward C. Lyford center|60px Cornelius J. Lynch December 18, 1877 center|60px Samuel J. Madden May 17, 1882 center|60px Jens J. Madsen October 9, 1869 center|60px Charles A. Malley January 22, 1876 center|60px David Mancovitz August 15, 1877 center|60px Charles H. Mansfield March 20, 1842 15th Essex center|60px Charles Mayberry April 27, 1876 center|60px Ulysses E. Mayhew August 16, 1848 1st Dukes center|60px Herbert T. Maynard December 9, 1867 center|60px Matthew McCann 1863 14th Essex center|60px Jeremiah F. McCarthy July 7, 1857 center|60px Charles F. McCarthy August 15, 1876 center|60px Frederick T. McClatchey October 1, 1873 4th Berkshire center|60px Thomas P. McDavitt center|60px Edward McDonald July 17, 1844 7th Berkshire center|60px Philip J. McGonagle October 21, 1871 center|60px John F. McGrath January 10, 1881 center|60px Edwin C. McIntire October 18, 1867 23rd Essex center|60px John H. McKenney October 12, 1839 13th Essex center|60px Lewis B. McKie August 14, 1875 center|60px George McLane Jr. July 4, 1869 5th Essex center|60px Timothy J. Meade November 7, 1874 center|60px John F. Meehan November 24, 1875 center|60px Julius Meyers December 6, 1854 center|60px Samuel H. Mildram center|60px Jacob H. Mock May 14, 1863 center|60px Fred Moore April 4, 1874 9th Bristol center|60px Daniel H. Morgan January 14, 1879 5th Hampden center|60px Leslie K. Morse January 18, 1860 3rd Essex center|60px Joseph J. Murley October 8, 1876 center|60px William F. Murray September 7, 1881 center|60px Melvin S. Nash August 3, 1857 center|60px Arthur L. Nason October 24, 1872 4th Essex center|60px George H. Newhall October 24, 1850 12th Essex center|60px Malcolm Nichols May 8, 1876 center|60px David Curtis Nickerson January 21, 1854 center|60px William H. O'Brien September 9, 1864 center|60px J. Frank O'Brien January 6, 1879 center|60px M. Fred O'Connell June 14, 1870 center|60px Patrick H. O'Connor 1882 center|60px James E. O'Donnell September 29, 1875 center|60px James Oliver June 28, 1836 center|60px Lewis C. Parker May 9, 1880 center|60px Lewis Parkhurst 1856 center|60px Joseph A. Parks May 2, 1877 10th Bristol center|60px Louis E. Pattison December 30, 1843 center|60px Thomas Pattison January 20, 1854 1st Barnstable center|60px Edwin C. Perham March 4, 1858 center|60px John H. Pickford September 9, 1849 center|60px Ernest H. Pierce May 12, 1863 center|60px Myron E. Pierce 1874 center|60px Robert E. Pollock October 23, 1851 18th Essex center|60px Frank H. Pope March 7, 1854 center|60px Samuel L. Porter November 10, 1869 1st Essex center|60px James F. Powers October 1, 1872 center|60px Francis X. Quigley November 20, 1882 center|60px Thomas P. Riley July 11, 1875 center|60px William M. Robinson July 21, 1875 center|60px William L. Robinson December 15, 1855 2nd Bristol center|60px Samuel Ross February 2, 1865 7th Bristol center|60px John E. Rousmaniere center|60px Herbert P. Sanders 6th Berkshire center|60px John H. Schoonmaker February 14, 1869 center|60px Edward J. Sennott April 4, 1867 center|60px Eugene E. Shaw center|60px Frederick M. J. Sheenan center|60px Oscar J. Shepardson December 5, 1851 2nd Hampden center|60px Joseph J. Shepherd February 5, 1855 center|60px Isaac M. Small 1845 3rd Barnstable center|60px William H. Smith November 11, 1875 center|60px Joseph Soliday 1869 center|60px Harry N. Stearns October 5, 1874 center|60px John A. Stoddart May 10, 1869 22nd Essex center|60px Lucian B. Stone September 9, 1829 center|60px John F. Sullivan May 17, 1875 center|60px Daniel L. Sullivan October 16, 1878 center|60px George Swann July 18, 1859 center|60px John H. Thompson August 26, 1873 center|60px Frank P. Todd March 3, 1853 24th Essex center|60px Frank A. Torrey December 21, 1874 center|60px William H. Trudel July 19, 1866 2nd Essex center|60px Charles L. Underhill July 20, 1867 center|60px Charles F. Varnum June 28, 1846 center|60px Joseph Walker (Massachusetts speaker) 1865 center|60px Joseph A. Wallis December 12, 1837 20th Essex center|60px Thomas S. Walsh 1859 3rd Hampden center|60px Fred P. Warner center|60px Robert M. Washburn January 4, 1868 center|60px William L. Waugh center|60px A. S. Parker Weeks April 29, 1857 center|60px William E. Weeks 1880 center|60px Joseph O. Wellington center|60px Norman H. White December 25, 1871 center|60px Edgar H. Whitney center|60px William B. Willcutt December 14, 1874 center|60px Isaac E. Willetts November 8, 1879 11th Bristol center|60px Waterman Lester Williams August 10, 1867 center|60px Herbert Wing 6th Bristol center|60px Russell B. Worster June 30, 1872 See also 1908 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 60th United States Congress List of Massachusetts General Courts Images References 2 Further reading 2452/43499 Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections (1907) Secretary of the Commonwealth 1908 https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge1908mass/page/n13/mode/2up 1908 Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts Manual for the Use of the General Court 2452/40686 Court Massachusetts General Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1908 1908 A. M. 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