1894 Massachusetts legislature

The 115th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1894 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.[4]

115th
Massachusetts General Court
114th 116th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 7, 1893
Senate
Members40
PresidentWilliam M. Butler
Party controlRepublican (33–7)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerGeorge von Lengerke Meyer
Party controlRepublican (183–56–1)[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 3, 1894 (1894-01-03) – July 2, 1894 (1894-07-02)[3]
William M. Butler
William Butler, Senate president.
George von Lengerke Meyer
George von Lengerke Meyer, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1894.

Senators

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image name [5] date of birth [6] district
 
Edward B. Atwood May 13, 1845 1st Plymouth
 
James Lewis Austin March 19, 1851 1st Bristol
 
Joseph F. Bartlett July 25, 1843 Franklin
 
Francis T. Berry August 18, 1849 2nd Essex
 
Eugene A. Bessom June 11, 1855 1st Essex
 
Ledyard Bill 1836 3rd Worcester
 
S. Stillman Blanchard June 23, 1835 7th Suffolk
 
Peter Joseph Brady October 29, 1861 7th Middlesex
 
Charles F. Brown October 21, 1848 6th Middlesex
 
William P. Buckley August 15, 1859 2nd Hampden
 
Albert S. Burnham September 25, 1850 1st Suffolk
 
William M. Butler January 29, 1861 3rd Bristol
 
Maurice F. Coughlin December 29, 1856 4th Middlesex
 
John F. Cronan April 9, 1856 8th Suffolk
 
William B. Durant September 29, 1844 3rd Middlesex
 
John F. Fitzgerald February 11, 1863 3rd Suffolk
 
Edward G. Frothingham August 12, 1837 4th Essex
 
George L. Gage February 6, 1845 6th Essex
 
Robert S. Gray September 28, 1847 2nd Norfolk
 
George Henry Bartlett Green December 15, 1845 Worcester and Hampshire
 
Edwin B. Harvey April 4, 1834 2nd Worcester
 
Gilbert L. Jewett December 22, 1839 Berkshire
 
John Kenrick Jr. October 25, 1857 Cape
 
Francis W. Kittredge June 4, 1843 9th Suffolk
 
William B. Lawrence November 15, 1856 1st Middlesex
 
Edward Joseph Leary May 27, 1860 6th Suffolk
 
Edwin Francis Lyford September 8, 1857 1st Hampden
 
John Flint Merrill January 16, 1849 1st Norfolk
 
Joel D. Miller October 10, 1837 4th Worcester
 
Henry S. Milton September 28, 1855 2nd Middlesex
 
Hiram A. Monk July 16, 1829 2nd Plymouth
 
Jeremiah Henry Mullane August 15, 1852 4th Suffolk
 
Joseph O. Neill January 31, 1838 2nd Bristol
 
John B. Ripley July 8, 1849 Berkshire and Hampshire
 
Stephen Salisbury III March 31, 1835 1st Worcester
 
George P. Sanger September 6, 1852 5th Suffolk
 
Samuel L. Sawyer June 20, 1845 5th Essex
 
Elisha H. Shaw September 29, 1847 5th Middlesex
 
Sylvanus Smith March 10, 1829 3rd Essex
 
George N. Swallow January 2, 1854 2nd Suffolk

Representatives

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John E. Abbott November 30, 1845
 
Walter Adams May 15, 1848
 
John Clark Alden April 4, 1836
 
Newell D. Atwood April 6, 1866
 
John Edward Bacon 1837
 
James Alderson Bailey Jr. March 25, 1867
 
Charles Grey Bancroft December 3, 1866
 
Solon Bancroft June 22, 1839
 
Albert F. Barker October 24, 1859
 
Charles Waldo Bates July 10, 1846
 
Frederick H. Bates September 15, 1857
 
John L. Bates September 18, 1859
 
Amos Beckford March 13, 1828
 
Frank P. Bennett May 2, 1853
 
Frank S. Bennett May 12, 1857
 
George H. Bixby February 21, 1854
 
Frederic Wright Bliss October 14, 1852
 
Henry Clay Bliss May 5, 1846
 
Edward F. Blodgett August 9, 1848
 
Dwight Boardman October 23, 1835
 
Edward S. Bradford December 1, 1842
 
Fred H. Bradford July 13, 1850
 
Pharcellus Dean Bridges December 21, 1846
 
Thomas A. Brooks December 22, 1858
Robert C. Brown November 5, 1867
 
George H. Buck March 31, 1843
 
Walter Jesse David Bullock July 11, 1860
 
William H. Burges November 3, 1835
 
Jason Butler 1847
 
Allen Francis Carpenter February 28, 1842
 
Charles W. Carroll November 1, 1863
 
Daniel C. Casey August 10, 1867
 
Joseph J. Casey December 25, 1863
 
Frank Cass September 14, 1857
 
Charles Sydney Chase January 10, 1840
 
Dwight Chester March 2, 1835
 
Philip Embury Clarke September 11, 1837
 
Daniel H. Coakley December 10, 1865
 
Samuel Coffin October 9, 1827
 
Henry C. Comins April 11, 1837
 
Heman S. Cook May 13, 1840
 
James Oliver Cook August 22, 1842
 
Marcus C. Cook March 14, 1827
 
Erastus C. Coy July 25, 1831
 
Charles H. Crane May 8, 1845
 
Myron D. Cressy October 30, 1851
 
Arthur B. Curtis November 30, 1854
 
George P. Cutler December 7, 1829
 
Frederick W. Dallinger October 2, 1871
 
Francis W. Darling December 16, 1852
 
Benjamin Day September 4, 1822
 
Charles W. Delvey January 13, 1848
 
William D. Dennis October 11, 1847
 
James H. Derbyshire June 11, 1855
 
Owen M. Donohoe October 21, 1861
 
William F. Donovan December 29, 1866
 
William J. Donovan October 31, 1862
 
James Joseph Dowd July 4, 1857
 
James H. Doyle June 17, 1867
 
William H. Drew March 27, 1855
 
Robert Duddy 1847
 
George Morton Eddy August 5, 1843
 
Alpheus M. Eldredge January 25, 1828
 
Edward James Harris Estabrooks April 16, 1841
 
George C. Ewing January 15, 1843
 
Thomas F. Fallon December 7, 1857
 
Joseph Byron Farley October 10, 1847
 
Philip J. Farley January 3, 1864
 
Charles Favreau January 31, 1851
 
James H. Ferguson July 12, 1851
 
Clarentine E. Ferson May 19, 1845
 
Eugene Finn July 16, 1863
 
Henry H. Fisk June 5, 1843
 
James H. Flint June 25, 1852
 
Cornelius J. Flynn March 21, 1848
 
Ether S. Foss June 10, 1834
 
Granville Edward Foss August 16, 1842
 
Otis Foss October 4, 1838
 
George E. Fowle July 4, 1837
 
Granville Austin Fuller March 13, 1837
 
George A. Galloupe October 28, 1850
 
John Dennis Hammond Gauss January 4, 1861
 
Michael P. Geary August 16, 1868
 
Samuel Wesley George April 26, 1862
 
Charles Giddings May 10, 1867
 
James Love Gillingham July 12, 1857
 
James F. Gleason August 8, 1862
 
Samuel S. Gleason May 1, 1842
 
Edwin D. Goodell August 16, 1842
 
William T. Graham February 1, 1861
 
Alexander Grant September 26, 1853
 
Charles Greene May 10, 1840
 
Thomas Ellwood Grover February 9, 1846
 
John Haigh November 17, 1839
 
Edward A. Hale January 11, 1850
 
Charles L. Hammond September 1, 1860
Noah Hammond February 8, 1833
 
Clarke Partridge Harding June 20, 1853
 
Franklin P. Harlow
 
Charles H. Hartshorn March 25, 1840
 
Benjamin C. Harvey September 4, 1847
 
Arthur Hastings December 9, 1846
 
Bowers C. Hathaway March 18, 1823
 
Frederic W. Hathaway March 6, 1836
 
James E. Hayes August 10, 1865
 
Richard J. Hayes October 4, 1861
 
William Henry Irving Hayes June 21, 1848
 
George A. Hibbard October 27, 1864
 
George C. Higgins November 19, 1845
 
John J. Hoar June 1, 1864
 
Timothy Holland July 12, 1865
 
Solon O. Holt December 11, 1839
 
Henry Augustine Howard May 2, 1842
 
Louis P. Howe May 29, 1858
 
Edwin A. Hubbard November 26, 1848
 
Henry D. Humphrey June 20, 1861
 
William H. Hutchinson March 26, 1834
 
Richard William Irwin February 18, 1857
 
Dwight H. Ives January 28, 1837
 
William S. Jenks December 1, 1855
 
Edward P. Johnson October 21, 1844
 
George R. Jones February 8, 1862
 
Cyrus Anson Jordan April 7, 1859
 
Orrin F. Joslin December 14, 1831
 
S. Smith Joy April 21, 1841
 
John Kelley November 21, 1855
 
Joseph J. Kelley February 22, 1868
 
John E. Kellogg July 2, 1845
 
Daniel J. Kinnaly May 8, 1855
 
Arthur Shimmin Kneil May 6, 1861
 
Joseph Brewster Knox December 12, 1828
 
Howard G. Lane December 15, 1850
 
James Cushing Leach June 11, 1831
 
William A. Lenihan December 12, 1862
 
Ottho William Lewis July 17, 1853
 
Oliver C. Livermore July 21, 1838
 
Henry Goodwin Loomis August 8, 1842
 
George E. Lovett February 27, 1849
 
Irenaeus H. Low December 15, 1847
 
Timothy P. Lyman August 6, 1834
 
John M. Lynch November 26, 1860
 
John A. Macomber, 2d January 25, 1849
 
Patrick Mahan March 15, 1840
 
John J. Mahoney April 13, 1860
 
Dana Malone October 8, 1857
 
William P. Martin July 30, 1858
 
Jeremiah Justin McCarthy March 29, 1852
 
William Henry McInerney March 17, 1866
 
Hugh McLaughlin April 18, 1852
 
William Henry McMorrow March 23, 1871
 
James F. Melaven November 19, 1858
 
James H. Mellen November 7, 1845
 
Matthew H. Merriam August 16, 1824
 
Oliver B. Merrill January 11, 1836
 
Marcus M. Merritt April 1, 1839
 
George von Lengerke Meyer June 24, 1858
 
Edwin Child Miller December 1, 1857
 
Joseph F. Mooney May 21, 1866
 
William Moran September 6, 1855
 
Eugene Michael Moriarty April 15, 1849
 
Charles Otis Morrill February 10, 1851
 
Alvertus W. Morse January 21, 1841
 
Daniel Murphy September 25, 1843
 
James Stuart Murphy September 5, 1860
John L. Murphy May 8, 1863
 
Timothy F. Murphy August 9, 1864
 
James J. Myers November 20, 1842
 
Melvin S. Nash August 3, 1857
 
George H. Newhall October 24, 1850
 
John B. Newhall October 1, 1862
 
Jarvis Norcott December 17, 1823
 
Michael J. O'Brien November 9, 1855
 
Theodore K. Parker September 3, 1841
 
John E. Parry July 3, 1854
 
John E. Perry June 20, 1832
 
Carlton T. Phelps October 13, 1867
 
Edward W. Pinkham February 9, 1839
 
Joseph B. Poor June 7, 1850
 
Burrill Porter February 22, 1832
 
J. Frank Porter April 8, 1847
 
John Jacob Prevaux March 16, 1857
 
John Quinn, Jr. December 16, 1859
 
Nicolas M. Quint July 18, 1838
 
Samuel Miner Raymond June 30, 1842
 
Charles R. Read
 
Clarence E. Richardson May 13, 1847
 
John S. Richardson August 25, 1855
 
Robert A. Richardson 1840
 
Royal Robbins December 12, 1865
 
Ernest W. Roberts November 22, 1858
 
Alfred Seelye Roe June 8, 1844
 
Alfred V. Rogerson August 24, 1840
 
Isaac Rosnosky November 6, 1846
 
Samuel Ross February 2, 1865
 
Charles P. Rugg August 12, 1827
 
Thomas A. Russell June 17, 1858
 
Martin F. Ryder November 1, 1854
 
Henry F. Sampson May 12, 1835
 
George Melville Scates September 30, 1841
 
Chester B. Scudder October 6, 1844
 
William P. Searls June 3, 1851
 
John Timothy Shea February 14, 1866
 
Joseph Lucien Shipley March 31, 1836
 
Charles Francis Shute June 17, 1838
 
Henry Young Simpson September 13, 1843
 
David F. Slade November 5, 1855
 
Anthony Smalley March 15, 1836
 
Clayton D. Smith March 31, 1857
 
George L. Soule March 25, 1832
 
Warren F. Spalding January 14, 1841
 
William Henry Sprague June 27, 1845
 
Arthur L. Spring February 25, 1858
 
Thomas E. St. John March 2, 1831
 
Charles F. Sturtevant March 31, 1848
 
James J. Sullivan December 22, 1865
 
Richard Sullivan February 24, 1856
 
James Francis Sweeney September 19, 1859
 
Robert T. Teamoh[7] 1864
 
Eben F. Thompson January 29, 1859
 
James Atherton Tilden December 6, 1835
 
Cornelius H. Toland November 2, 1868
 
William Tolman June 2, 1858
 
Isaac Brownell Tompkins August 17, 1826
 
Daniel P. Toomey March 16, 1861
 
William M. Townsend August 24, 1845
 
Jacob Tucker December 23, 1835
 
Michael Tuite June 29, 1853
 
John E. Tuttle November 3, 1835
 
Charles Henry Utley November 27, 1857
 
Stephen Cady Warriner August 25, 1839
 
Arthur Holbrook Wellman October 30, 1855
 
George L. Wentworth May 24, 1852
 
Thomas Weston September 23, 1826
 
William H. Wheeler September 4, 1848
 
George E. White June 13, 1849
 
Henry A. Whitney July 1, 1842
 
Eugene W. Wood May 10, 1832
 
Frank C. Wood September 20, 1849
Alfred A. Woodbury November 26, 1862
 
John Loring Woodfall September 15, 1847

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  2. ^ "Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  3. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  4. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
  5. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1894 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1894" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  7. ^ Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905

Further reading

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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1894, hdl:2452/429111
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1894, hdl:2452/83200