1904 Massachusetts legislature

125th
Massachusetts General Court
125th; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Election	November 3, 1903
Senate
Members	40
President	George R. Jones
Party control	Republican (31–9)
House
Members	240
Speaker	Louis A. Frothingham
Party control	Republican (154–85–1)
Sessions
1st
1st	January 6, 1904 – June 9, 1904

Last updated June 04, 2024

George Jones, Senate president.

Louis Frothingham, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1904.

The 125th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1904 during the governorship of John L. Bates. George R. Jones served as president of the Senate and Louis A. Frothingham served as speaker of the House.^[4]

Senators

District^[5]^[6]^[7]	Senator	Party	Born
Middlesex and Essex	Francis H. Appleton	Republican	June 17, 1847
First Suffolk	A. Dudley Bagley	Republican	February 27, 1869
Second Norfolk	Albion F. Bemis	Republican	July 19, 1856
First Norfolk	Albert A. Brackett	Republican	December 5, 1850
Third Bristol	William J. Bullock	Republican	January 31, 1864
Seventh Suffolk	Edward B. Callender	Republican	February 23, 1851
Second Bristol	Frank M. Chace	Republican	April 16, 1856
Fourth Worcester	Alvin B. Chamberlain	Republican	December 16, 1842
Sixth Middlesex	Chester W. Clark	Republican	August 9, 1851
Second Essex	Samuel Cole	Republican	December 15, 1856
First Essex	William F. Craig	Republican	September 15, 1866
First Middlesex	William F. Dana	Republican	June 26, 1863
Second Hampden	Thomas J. Dillon	Republican	April 20, 1869
Third Suffolk	Henry S. Fitzgerald	Democratic	October 24, 1875
Fifth Essex	Joseph J. Flynn	Democratic	May 1, 1862
Fourth Suffolk	John J. Gartland	Democratic	November 27, 1871
First Bristol	George N. Goff	Republican	July 24, 1837
Fifth Middlesex	Otis M. Gove	Republican	May 3, 1851
First Plymouth	Elisha T. Harvell	Republican	December 18, 1841
First Worcester	Frank M. Heath	Republican	September 8, 1852
Fourth Essex	Carleton F. How	Republican	April 20, 1863
Fourth Middlesex	George R. Jones	Republican	February 8, 1862
Berkshire and Hampshire	Loren P. Keyes	Republican	January 6, 1838
Third Essex	Moody Kimball	Republican	July 2, 1862
Ninth Suffolk	Daniel W. Lane	Republican	December 11, 1871
Fifth Suffolk	David Dennis Leahy	Democratic	April 15, 1876
Berkshire	William H. MacInnis	Democratic	November 22, 1861
Sixth Suffolk	Daniel V. McIsaac	Democratic	November 6, 1871
Seventh Middlesex	James H. McKinley	Republican	May 21, 1860
Second Worcester	John P. Munroe	Republican	June 28, 1850
Franklin and Hampshire	Herbert Newell	Republican	April 2, 1855
Cape	William A. Nye	Republican	May 26, 1850
Fifth Worcester	Edward L. Osgood	Republican	August 6, 1844
Eighth Suffolk	Andrew James Peters	Democratic	April 3, 1872
Second Plymouth	David G. Pratt	Republican	November 7, 1848
Second Middlesex	William J. Rounds	Republican	June 24, 1855
First Hampden	Henry F. Sampson	Republican	May 12, 1835
Second Suffolk	Charles S. Sullivan	Democratic	June 29, 1875
Third Worcester	George R. Wallace	Republican	June 20, 1859
Third Middlesex	John M. Woods	Republican	August 18, 1839

Representatives

image	name ^[5]	date of birth ^[6]	district
	Cecil L. Adams	June 14, 1878
	William Leck Adams	October 24, 1852
	Frank Brinton Allen	December 5, 1859
	Franklin B. Allen	June 29, 1869
	James Sidney Allen	July 3, 1831
	Henry Stoddard Ames	May 21, 1861
	Charles A. Andrews	July 2, 1872
	Adelbert S. Atherton	October 13, 1850
	James F. Aylward	August 4, 1862
	George O. Baker	April 6, 1835
	William Selby Bamford	August 11, 1864
	George L. Barnes	June 24, 1879
	George H. Battis	1863
	Fred Alfred Bearse	February 15, 1871
	Frank P. Bennett Jr.	December 30, 1878
	March G. Bennett	January 31, 1869
	John Williston Blaney	September 18, 1841
	Ernest Linwood Bonney	June 23, 1864
	Manassah Edward Bradley	August 15, 1863
	Edward H. Brewer	December 12, 1851
	Elisha Hume Brewster	September 10, 1871
	William M. Brigham	January 23, 1864
	Henry W. Brown	October 14, 1856
	William A. Burns	January 9, 1875
	John J. Butler	June 7, 1865
	Allan G. Buttrick	March 16, 1876
	Harry Hammond Buxbaum	January 19, 1879
	Robert D. Cadagon	June 6, 1870
	George H. Cadigan	February 22, 1873
	John J. Cahill	September 27, 1865
	Edward C. Callahan	March 14, 1874
	Edwin J. Castle	April 15, 1853
	Alfred M. Chaffee	August 16, 1859
	Sumner A. Chapman	May 30, 1874
	James W. Chrystal	March 24, 1876
	Allen Clark	April 1, 1870
	Edward E. Clark	November 4, 1870
	James Colby Dorr Clark	June 10, 1872
	Luther W. Clark	September 19, 1851
	William W. Clarke	March 10, 1870
	John N. Cole	November 4, 1863
	Thomas J. Collins	October 28, 1868
	William H. Cook	March 7, 1856
	William H. Coolidge	November 6, 1856
	John A. Coulthurst	June 24, 1871
	Guy W. Cox	January 19, 1871
	William H. Cuddy	August 7, 1865
	Thomas F. Curley	March 22, 1871
	Michael F. Curran	November 30, 1875
	William H. Cushman	June 8, 1850
	Samuel Newton Cutler	January 25, 1855
	Charles L. Davenport	May 4, 1854
	Charles S. Davis	1858
	Thomas L. Davis	March 15, 1852
	Frederick Simpson Deitrick	April 9, 1875
	Daniel J. Dempsey	June 8, 1866
	Francis J. Doherty	August 26, 1875
	J. Frank Donahue	August 29, 1865
	Thomas Donahue	August 20, 1853
	Daniel J. Donnelly	October 13, 1868
	George H. Doty	May 9, 1861
	Thomas Dowd	May 1, 1864
	Horace Rogers Drinkwater	May 28, 1872
	Alonzo W. Dunbar	May 4, 1850
	William A. Edson	April 22, 1862
	John F. Egan	July 6, 1874
	William A. Fahey	July 26, 1875
	Lowell Ethan Fales	September 28, 1858
	Peter T. Fallon	July 16, 1856
	Dennis H. Finn	April 2, 1870
	Michael FitzGerald	September 29, 1869
	Daniel L. Flanagan	June 14, 1870
	Richard H. Foley	June 16, 1867
	Richard Rich Freeman	November 19, 1860
	Louis A. Frothingham	July 13, 1871
	Charles B. Gardiner	June 19, 1849
	Arthur H. Gardner	August 4, 1854
	George H. Garfield	July 18, 1858
	Guy W. Garland	December 11, 1844
	Julius Garst	December 12, 1855
	Julius K. Gates	October 9, 1833
	Arthur L. Gavin	June 11, 1876
	Charles Giddings	May 10, 1867
	Albert G. Godfrey	August 28, 1855
	Jeremiah J. Good	May 6, 1865
	Eben H. Googins	July 28, 1845
	Charles H. Goulding	March 24, 1838
	William H. Gove (see Mass.	September 4, 1851
	Thomas J. Grady	December 16, 1877
	William J. Graham	October 2, 1873
	Harry E. Graves	May 17, 1876
	Francis Xavier Greenwood	January 31, 1851
	John M. Grosvenor Jr.	April 22, 1864
	Alfred Sigourney Hall	August 27, 1861
	Alfred Stevens Hall	April 14, 1850
	Guy Andrews Ham	July 8, 1878
	William E. Hannan	October 26, 1873
	Robert J. Harrington	January 24, 1875
	Michael F. Hart	September 22, 1873
	George H. Hartford	March 3, 1852
	George A. Hastings	April 8, 1865
	William Henry Irving Hayes	June 21, 1848
	William C. S. Healey	September 26, 1873
	Thomas F. Hederman	March 4, 1873
	William Edward Hickey	December 29, 1870
	Sidney Adelvin Hill	August 26, 1849
	Horton H. Hilton	December 11, 1869
	Fred V. Hooke	August 19, 1859
	Franklin K. Hooper	February 2, 1849
	Michael B. Houlihan	March 24, 1874
	Augustus Hubbard	June 27, 1849
	George C. Hunt	April 7, 1859
	Jeremiah J. Hurley	December 24, 1873
	John C. Hurley	December 19, 1875
	Thomas Huse	1851
	George H. Jackson	March 9, 1865
	Warren Carlton Jewett	January 28, 1855
	David P. Keefe	September 29, 1855
	Jeremiah J. Kelley	March 25, 1863
	William A. Kelley	April 27, 1868
	James M. Lane	December 1, 1872
	Henry F. Lehan	September 16, 1874
	Eben F. Leonard	July 25, 1845
	Joseph J. Leonard	May 8, 1876
	Frank J. Linehan	January 31, 1870
	Henry N. Locklin	March 7, 1853
	Fred Wyatt Lord	September 22, 1860
	James Arnold Lowell	February 5, 1869
	John B. Lowney	March 17, 1879
	Robert Luce	December 2, 1862
	George H. Lyon	April 2, 1849
	William Frederick Maintien	December 31, 1863
	Hamilton Mayo	February 26, 1851
	Matthew McCann	1863
	Edwin C. McIntire	October 18, 1867
	John J. McManmon	April 5, 1871
	Edward L. McManus	December 22, 1866
	James J. Mellen	March 30, 1875
	Lewis H. Millett	December 22, 1873
	John Joseph Mitchell	May 9, 1873
	David A. Monroe	February 5, 1867
	George Henry Moore	May 16, 1844
	Harry Payson Morse	July 27, 1854
	Harold P. Moseley	November 13, 1871
	Otto Mueller	April 24, 1867
	J. Howard Nason	November 18, 1842
	John S. Nason	May 6, 1860
	Asa T. Newhall	December 23, 1850
	H. Huestis Newton	December 2, 1860
	Arthur D. Norcross	November 7, 1848
	Charles Henry Nowell	October 15, 1843
	Daniel J. O'Brien	October 5, 1873
	Edward H. O'Brien	February 1, 1874
	Daniel M. O'Connell	May 30, 1865
	Hugh O'Rourke	March 1, 1869
	Charles Torrey Oldfield	April 7, 1843
	David M. Owens	January 12, 1877
	Edward C. Packard	October 14, 1847
	James Breckenridge Paige	December 28, 1861
	Fordis C. Parker	January 3, 1868
	Joseph A. Parks	May 2, 1877
	Thomas Pattison	January 20, 1854
	Edward C. Paull	September 5, 1862
	W. Rodman Peabody	March 3, 1874
	Pierre F. Peloquin	May 26, 1851
	Winthrop Edmund Perry	November 6, 1842
	Charles S. Pierce	September 5, 1874
	John J. Pinder	June 15, 1878
	Mellen A. Pingree	March 9, 1861
	Henry L. Plummer	November 17, 1866
	George M. Poland	July 16, 1877
	Samuel L. Porter	November 10, 1869
	Elmer C. Potter	August 23, 1868
	William H. Potter	April 12, 1850
	Maurice J. Power	July 21, 1872
	John H. Quinlan	February 29, 1864
	John Quinn, Jr.	December 16, 1859
	Wallace C. Ransden	November 1, 1853
	Charles H. Reinhart	March 8, 1867
	Evan F. Richardson	March 9, 1867
	Herbert S. Riley	December 20, 1859
	Reginald L. Robbins	December 5, 1875
	John G. Robinson	November 24, 1860
	Joseph L. Rogers	August 2, 1864
	Samuel Ross	February 2, 1865
	Thomas Bradford Rounds	April 2, 1853
	William R. Salter	July 6, 1861
	George R. Sampson	October 2, 1852
	George A. Schofield	April 26, 1863
	Charles Schumaker	March 2, 1867
	George A. Scigliano	August 26, 1874
	Frank Seiberlich	October 29, 1874
	Edward J. Sennott	April 4, 1867
	Henry Walter Seward	January 18, 1865
	John F. Sheehan	September 2, 1861
	Nelson Sherburne	November 18, 1864
	Patrick J. Shiels	August 9, 1873
	Mark N. Skerrett	February 23, 1870
	C. Aylmer Smith	February 15, 1846
	Gurdon Southworth	March 27, 1846
	Nathaniel P. Sowle	October 30, 1857
	Samuel O. Staples	April 16, 1843
	Clarence Winfield Starratt	March 19, 1861
	Elmer A. Stevens	January 15, 1862
	Everett J. Stevens	May 11, 1847
	Edward Carleton Stone	June 29, 1878
	Luke S. Stowe	August 9, 1834
	Arthur M. Taft	January 28, 1854
	Edgar V. Tanner	August 28, 1835
	Frederick H. Tarr	October 8, 1868
	William C. Temple	August 15, 1861
	Herbert W. Thayer	May 7, 1858
	George Henry Thorburn	February 21, 1866
	Harry L. Timmons	November 12, 1875
	George A. Titcomb	June 19, 1853
	Allen T. Treadway	September 16, 1867
	George A. Turner	June 4, 1857
	Samuel Willard Tyler	February 11, 1866
	Arthur P. Vinal	June 14, 1854
	Thomas Melville Vinson	April 27, 1868
	Edward A. Walker	May 28, 1869
	Joseph Walker	July 13, 1865
	William H. Walker	November 30, 1857
	Charles E. Ward	October 17, 1849
	Peter F. Ward	January 16, 1877
	Edgar W. Warren	October 4, 1853
	Henry Endicott Weatherbee	August 24, 1862
	Edmund Weber	March 1, 1871
	Fred Olvin Welsh	April 4, 1852
	William E. Westall	January 5, 1853
	Frank G. Wheatley	July 6, 1851
	Harvey Wheeler	November 5, 1847
	Frederick W. Whitcomb	September 7, 1863
	Charles H. Winslow	May 22, 1866
	William H. Woodhead	September 17, 1860
	William H. Woods	August 7, 1860
	Allen S. Woodward	December 23, 1850

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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+.
1 2 Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1904 – via Internet Archive.
1 2 "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1904" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts– via State Library of Massachusetts
↑ Bridgman, A. M. (Arthur Milnor) (1904). A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators. State Library of Massachusetts. Brockton : A.M. Bridgman.

External links

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Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1904, hdl:2452/70979

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[CompSenate-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

[CompHouse-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. 2009. p. 340+.

[Manual-5] 1 2 Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1904 – via Internet Archive.

[Register-6] 1 2 "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1904" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts– via State Library of Massachusetts

[7] Bridgman, A. M. (Arthur Milnor) (1904). A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators. State Library of Massachusetts. Brockton : A.M. Bridgman.

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