1895 Massachusetts legislature
William Butler, Senate president.
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.[ 4]
Notable legislation included an act related to "the Question of Granting Municipal Suffrage to Women ."[ 5]
Senators
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Horace H. Atherton
October 23, 1847
Edward B. Atwood
May 13, 1845
Eugene A. Bessom
June 11, 1855
Ledyard Bill
1836
Percival Blodgett
July 18, 1841
Edward S. Bradford
December 1, 1842
George J. Burns
July 14, 1855
William M. Butler
January 29, 1861
Joseph J. Corbett
December 24, 1863
Francis W. Darling
December 16, 1852
William B. Durant
September 29, 1844
Ether S. Foss
June 10, 1834
Edward G. Frothingham
August 12, 1837
Granville Austin Fuller
March 13, 1837
George L. Gage
February 6, 1845
George A. Galloupe
October 28, 1850
Michael B. Gilbride
February 13, 1866
Robert S. Gray
September 28, 1847
Edwin B. Harvey
April 4, 1834
Isaac P. Hutchinson
February 26, 1860
George P. Lawrence
May 19, 1859
James Cushing Leach
June 11, 1831
Joseph B. Maccabe
November 19, 1857
Dana Malone
October 8, 1857
William Henry McMorrow
March 23, 1871
Joel D. Miller
October 10, 1837
William A. Morse
July 27, 1863
Joseph O. Neill
January 31, 1838
George W. Perkins
July 1, 1842
John Quinn, Jr.
December 16, 1859
George A. Reed
September 10, 1842
John B. Ripley
July 8, 1849
Stephen Salisbury III
March 31, 1835
George P. Sanger
September 6, 1852
Sylvanus Smith
March 10, 1829
Louis C. Southard
April 1, 1854
Charles F. Sprague
June 10, 1857
Arthur Holbrook Wellman
October 30, 1855
Marciene H. Whitcomb
October 24, 1837
Representatives
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Daniel W. Allen
June 17, 1827
Romeo E. Allen
October 17, 1852
Isaiah P. Atsatt
March 17, 1848
Frederick E. Austin
August 6, 1865
George W. Bailey
March 20, 1848
James Alderson Bailey Jr.
March 25, 1867
Theophilus B. Baker
May 16, 1830
Charles T. Balch
February 23, 1844
Charles Grey Bancroft
December 3, 1866
Solon Bancroft
June 22, 1839
Harding R. Barber
December 20, 1839
Albert F. Barker
October 24, 1859
Erwin F. Barnes
March 14, 1846
Franklin O. Barnes
November 11, 1841
Daniel J. Barry
August 27, 1859
John L. Bates
September 18, 1859
Algernon T. Beaman
1847
Frank S. Bennett
May 12, 1857
George B. Bird
February 15, 1867
Henry Clay Bliss
May 5, 1846
Benjamin F. Blodgett
June 6, 1843
Charles P. Bond
July 24, 1855
Samuel S. Bourne
December 9, 1850
Harvey L. Boutwell
April 5, 1860
Fred H. Bradford
July 13, 1850
Manassah Edward Bradley
August 15, 1863
Charles Donnell Brown
June 5, 1862
Frederick A. Brown
October 24, 1856
Benjamin S. Bullock
May 12, 1850
William H. Burges
November 3, 1835
J. Marshall Burt
August 28, 1842
T. Preston Burt
July 20, 1844
Charles W. Carroll
November 1, 1863
William Carter
February 25, 1830
Daniel C. Casey
August 10, 1867
Frank Chandler
February 20, 1852
Luther W. Clark
September 19, 1851
James A. Cochran
June 27, 1847
Michael W. Collins
August 5, 1868
Heman S. Cook
May 13, 1840
Gilbert Cooke
August 4, 1841
Ellery B. Crane
November 12, 1836
James F. Creed
December 4, 1869
Frederick W. Dallinger
October 2, 1871
William W. Davis
August 8, 1862
Thomas M. Denham
February 2, 1840
David T. Dickinson
August 13, 1867
Thomas Donahue
August 20, 1853
Timothy J. Donovan
April 7, 1867
William F. Donovan
December 29, 1866
William J. Donovan
October 31, 1862
Harry R. Dow
February 12, 1862
William H. Drew
March 27, 1855
Daniel M. Driscoll
January 2, 1861
William P. Driscoll
May 1, 1857
Levi A. Drury
August 9, 1847
Robert Duddy
1847
George Morton Eddy
August 5, 1843
Henry Edgarton
December 29, 1820
Albert H. Edgerton
August 23, 1843
Alpheus M. Eldredge
January 25, 1828
Benjamin F. Estes
August 28, 1836
Thomas F. Fallon
December 7, 1857
Clarentine E. Ferson
May 19, 1845
Wellington Fillmore
October 18, 1850
Henry H. Fisk
June 5, 1843
James H. Flint
June 25, 1852
Silas W. Flint
September 4, 1843
Joseph J. Flynn
May 1, 1862
William H. Foote
January 15, 1833
William E. Ford
July 20, 1823
Otis Foss
October 4, 1838
George E. Fowle
July 4, 1837
Zenas A. French
September 4, 1843
James A. Gallivan
October 22, 1866
John J. Gardner
February 23, 1853
John Dennis Hammond Gauss
January 4, 1861
Henry E. Gaylord
June 5, 1846
Michael P. Geary
August 16, 1868
Samuel Wesley George
April 26, 1862
James Love Gillingham
July 12, 1857
Charles W. Goodrich
December 30, 1840
William T. Graham
February 1, 1861
Alexander Grant
September 26, 1853
Joshua S. Gray
August 16, 1840
Abner Greenwood
September 10, 1826
Thomas Ellwood Grover
February 9, 1846
Edward A. Hale
January 11, 1850
Charles L. Hammond
September 1, 1860
George Hammond
December 14, 1839
Franklin P. Harlow
Benjamin C. Harvey
September 4, 1847
Albert L. Harwood
September 10, 1847
Samuel Hastings
February 1, 1837
Bowers C. Hathaway
March 18, 1823
Frederic W. Hathaway
March 6, 1836
Wesley O. Hawkes
July 7, 1842
William Henry Irving Hayes
June 21, 1848
George A. Hibbard
October 27, 1864
Sumner C. Higgins
November 24, 1843
Thomas F. Hoban
December 20, 1860
Joshua B. Holden
March 5, 1850
Timothy Holland
July 12, 1865
J. Edward Hollis
1840
E. Clarence Holt
January 13, 1850
John Gregory Horan
November 28, 1868
Louis P. Howe
May 29, 1858
Henry D. Humphrey
June 20, 1861
Caleb Burroughs Huse
September 13, 1833
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
Benjamin Adams Jourdan
July 20, 1832
Frank W. Kaan
September 11, 1861
James Keenan
March 4, 1850
Thomas F. Keenan
March 11, 1854
John E. Kellogg
July 2, 1845
William G. Kimball
December 25, 1846
Francis M. Kingman
May 25, 1837
Joseph Brewster Knox
December 12, 1828
Franz H. Krebs, Jr
1868
Amos A. Lawrence
November 3, 1847
George A. Leach
February 3, 1848
Osgood L. Leach
September 18, 1848
Warren S. Leach
February 23, 1847
Charles F. Light
August 1, 1860
Francis Cabot Lowell
January 7, 1855
John M. Lynch
November 26, 1860
John A. Macomber, 2d
January 25, 1849
Hugo Mann
September 27, 1837
William H. Marden
May 30, 1843
Samuel N. Mayo
May 24, 1839
Jeremiah Justin McCarthy
March 29, 1852
Bernard McMackin
April 2, 1869
James F. Melaven
November 19, 1858
George H. Mellen
October 7, 1850
James H. Mellen
November 7, 1845
George von Lengerke Meyer
June 24, 1858
Charles E. Mills
December 28, 1847
Samuel H. Mitchell
November 2, 1854
Joseph F. Mooney
May 21, 1866
E. Lewis Moore
January 21, 1834
William Moran
September 6, 1855
Eugene Michael Moriarty
April 15, 1849
Mark B. Mulvey
July 9, 1868
Timothy F. Murphy
August 9, 1864
James J. Myers
November 20, 1842
Herbert Newell
April 2, 1855
Richard Newell
April 17, 1839
George H. Newhall
October 24, 1850
John B. Newhall
October 1, 1862
Joseph J. Norton
November 19, 1870
Michael J. O'Brien
November 9, 1855
John J. O'Connor
April 13, 1871
John M. O'Hara
July 2, 1865
L. Edgar Osgood
February 13, 1865
Theodore K. Parker
September 3, 1841
George W. Penniman
May 31, 1859
Lyman H. Perkins
March 29, 1864
Carlton T. Phelps
October 13, 1867
Edward W. Pinkham
February 9, 1839
Burrill Porter
February 22, 1832
George W. Porter
January 30, 1844
J. Frank Porter
April 8, 1847
John Jacob Prevaux
March 16, 1857
George E. Putnam
February 9, 1851
Nicolas M. Quint
July 18, 1838
Charles I. Quirk
August 15, 1871
Henry F. Rice
January 29, 1844
Robert A. Richardson
1840
Ernest W. Roberts
November 22, 1858
Alfred Seelye Roe
June 8, 1844
Silas B. Root
July 21, 1850
George A. Roper
July 25, 1849
Samuel Ross
February 2, 1865
Daniel D. Rourke
July 16, 1869
Fred H. Rourke
May 23, 1867
George G. Russell
November 4, 1845
James F. Ryan
January 6, 1864
Martin F. Ryder
November 1, 1854
Charles F. Sargent
August 31, 1858
George Melville Scates
September 30, 1841
William P. Searls
June 3, 1851
John Timothy Shea
February 14, 1866
John F. Sheehan
September 2, 1861
William Shepherd
September 17, 1837
Frank M. Sibley
October 12, 1854
Henry D. Sisson
December 8, 1836
David F. Slade
November 5, 1855
George T. Sleeper
September 15, 1852
Albert C. Smith
March 14, 1845
Henry M. Smith
March 12, 1852
George F. Snow
June 12, 1841
Amasa E. Southworth
May 19, 1844
Warren F. Spalding
January 14, 1841
John C. Spofford
November 25, 1854
Arthur L. Spring
February 25, 1858
Thomas E. St. John
March 2, 1831
Fred D. Stanley
October 17, 1863
Ezra A. Stevens
March 12, 1827
Joseph W. Stocker
April 6, 1824
Daniel D. Stone
October 23, 1844
Homer O. Strong
October 22, 1850
Charles F. Sturtevant
March 31, 1848
George J. Tarr
February 1, 1832
Robert T. Teamoh [ 8] 1864
Josiah P. Thacher
April 8, 1858
Lyman D. Thurston
September 8, 1832
William Tolman
June 2, 1858
Henry Tower
June 24, 1829
William W. Towle
August 21, 1860
Michael Tuite
June 29, 1853
Arthur H. Turner
September 26, 1858
George W. Turner
February 24, 1829
John E. Tuttle
November 3, 1835
Charles Henry Utley
November 27, 1857
Frank Lewis Wadden
April 21, 1847
J. Gilman Waite
March 20, 1837
Charles Elliott Wakefield
December 23, 1854
George Albert Wales
March 26, 1858
Horace E. Wallis
November 3, 1862
Stephen Cady Warriner
August 25, 1839
George B. Waterman
July 10, 1862
George L. Wentworth
May 24, 1852
Clarence P. Weston
August 23, 1845
Mark O. Wheaton
November 22, 1833
Elbridge J. Whitaker
November 11, 1859
George E. White
June 13, 1849
William S. White
February 28, 1863
Albert L. Wiley
December 14, 1835
Edward E. Willard
September 25, 1862
Edward H. Wilson
September 26, 1848
John Winn
July 3, 1828
Henry O. Wood
February 26, 1837
John Loring Woodfall
September 15, 1847
Charles L. Young
May 23, 1850
See also
References
^ "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^ "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^ "Length of Legislative Sessions" . Manual for the Use of the General Court . Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780" . Manual for the Use of the General Court . Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.^ Kaitlin Connolly (September 24, 2012), "Women's Suffrage Movement in Massachusetts" , State Library of Massachusetts blog ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1895" (PDF) , Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts^ 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
External links
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1895 , hdl :2452/429112 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1895 , hdl :2452/83201
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