1869 Massachusetts legislature

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90th
Massachusetts General Court
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Overview
Legislative body General Court
ElectionNovember 3, 1868
Senate
Members40
President George O. Brastow
Party control Republican
(38 Republicans, 2 Democrats) [1] [2]
House
Members240
Speaker Harvey Jewell
Party control Republican
(224 Republicans, 16 Democrats) [1] [3]
Sessions
1stJanuary 6, 1869 (1869-01-06) – June 24, 1869 (1869-06-24) [4]
George Oliver Brastow.png
George Brastow, Senate president.
1868 Harvey Jewell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Harvey Jewell, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1869.

The 90th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1869 during the governorship of Republican William Claflin. [5] George O. Brastow and Robert Carter Pitman served as presidents of the Senate and Harvey Jewell served as speaker of the House. [6] [7]

Contents

Notable events include the creation of a Joint Special Committee on Woman Suffrage. [8]

Senators

ImageName [9] Date of birth [10] DistrictParty
Nathaniel Ellis AtwoodSeptember 13, 1807
1869 George Oliver Brastow senator Massachusetts.png
George Oliver Brastow1811
1870 George Marshall Buttrick senator Massachusetts.png
George Marshall Buttrick1822
Horace Hopkins Coolidge.png
Horace Hopkins Coolidge February 11, 1832
1868 Samuel Dexter Crane senator Massachusetts.png
Samuel Dexter Crane1816
Benjamin Dean - Brady-Handy.jpg
Benjamin Dean August 22, 1824
1869 Francis Henshaw Dewey senator Massachusetts.png
Francis Henshaw Dewey1821
1870 Edmund Dowse senator Massachusetts.png
Edmund Dowse1813
1868 Alonzo Madison Giles senator Massachusetts.png
Alonzo Madison Giles1821
Whiting Griswold November 12, 1814
1870 John Brown Hathaway senator Massachusetts.png
John Brown Hathaway1809
1870 Francis Allen Hobart senator Massachusetts.png
Francis Allen Hobart1833
1870 Nathaniel Jay Holden senator Massachusetts.png
Nathaniel Jay Holden1827
1871 Estes Howe senator Massachusetts.png
Estes Howe1814
1870 George Augustus King senator Massachusetts.png
George Augustus King1834
1868 Richmond Kingman Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Richmond Kingman1821
1868 Charles James Kittredge Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Charles James Kittredge1818
1869 Lucius James Knowles senator Massachusetts.png
Lucius James Knowles1819
1873 Charles Rensselaer Ladd Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Charles Rensselaer Ladd April 9, 1822
1869 John Hyde Lockey senator Massachusetts.png
John Hyde Lockey1822
1869 Charles Marsh senator Massachusetts.png
Charles Marsh1818
1869 Joshua Newell Marshall senator Massachusetts.png
Joshua Newell Marshall1830
1869 Charles Rankin McLean senator Massachusetts.png
Charles Rankin McLean1824
1870 George Harris Monroe senator Massachusetts.png
George Harris Monroe1826
1868 Ellis Wesley Morton Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Ellis Wesley Morton1840
1868 Daniel Needham senator Massachusetts.png
Daniel Needham1822
1869 Julius Auboyneau Palmer senator Massachusetts.png
Julius Auboyneau Palmer1803
Robert Carter Pitman.png
Robert Carter Pitman March 16, 1825
1869 Richard Plumer senator Massachusetts.png
Richard Plumer1813
1870 Joseph Greeley Pollard senator Massachusetts.png
Joseph Greeley Pollard1833
1869 Joseph Gorton Ray senator Massachusetts.png
Joseph Gorton Ray1831
George Merrick Rice-1870.jpg
George Merrick Rice November 20, 1808
1868 Oliver Hazard Perry Smith senator Massachusetts.png
Oliver Hazard Perry Smith1824
1869 George Henry Sweetser senator Massachusetts.png
George H. Sweetser 1823
George Sylvester Taylor 1822 -1910.jpg
George Sylvester Taylor March 2, 1822
1869 Edward Augustus Thomas senator Massachusetts.png
Edward Augustus Thomas1829
1868 Joseph Scott Todd senator Massachusetts.png
Joseph Scott Todd1828
1868 Harrison Tweed senator Massachusetts.png
Harrison Tweed1806
1868 Gershom Bradford Weston senator Massachusetts.png
Gershom Bradford Weston August 27, 1799
1870 Charles Augustus Wheelock senator Massachusetts.png
Charles Augustus Wheelock1812
1878 Jonathan White senator Massachusetts.jpg
Jonathan White1819

Representatives

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References

  1. 1 2 Cornelius Dalton; John Wirkkala; Anne Thomas (1984). "Political Complexion of the General Court 1867-1980". Leading the Way: a History of the Massachusetts General Court, 1629-1980. Boston: Massachusetts Secretary of State. p. 441+. ISBN   0961391502.
  2. ↑ "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
  3. ↑ "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
  4. ↑ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  5. ↑ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1869, hdl:2452/795808
  6. ↑ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
  7. ↑ "Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register, 1869– via Archive.org.
  8. ↑ Kaitlin Connolly (September 24, 2012), "Women's Suffrage Movement in Massachusetts", State Library of Massachusetts blog
  9. 1 2 Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1869. hdl:2452/40647.
  10. ↑ "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1869" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts– via State Library of Massachusetts
  11. ↑ Kaitlin Connolly (March 4, 2013), "Massachusetts Legislators: John James Smith", State Library of Massachusetts blog
  12. ↑ Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905

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