1909 Massachusetts legislature

130th
Massachusetts General Court
130th; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Election	November 3, 1908
Senate
Members	40
President	Allen T. Treadway
Party control	Republican (34–6)
House
Members	240
Speaker	Joseph Walker
Party control	Republican (180–60)
Sessions
1st
1st	January 6, 1909 – June 19, 1909

Last updated July 05, 2023

Allen Treadway, Senate president.

Joseph Walker, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1909.

The 130th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1909 during the governorship of Eben Sumner Draper. Allen T. Treadway served as president of the Senate and Joseph Walker served as speaker of the House.^[4]

Senators

name ^[5]	date of birth ^[6]	district ^[6]
Gideon B. Abbott
George F. Birch		4th Worcester
Clifford B. Bray
George Bunting	August 31, 1868
Lewis Burnham
John J. Butler
Edward A. Cowee
J. Howell Crosby
William M. Dean	November 16, 1874
Francke W. Dickinson
Edward W. Dixon
James H. Doyle
Wilmot R. Evans Jr.
Dennis E. Farley	June 12, 1852
Charles D. B. Fisk
Levi H. Greenwood	December 22, 1872
James W. Grimes
John L. Harvey	December 5, 1857
Joseph H. Hibbard
Eugene Hultman	July 13, 1875
Roland M. Keith	March 16, 1847
Eben S. S. Keith
Daniel D. Mahoney
Harry P. Morse
Henry C. Mulligan
Melvin S. Nash	August 3, 1857
Arthur D. Norcross	November 7, 1848
Patrick H. O'Connor	1882
W. Prentiss Parker	December 11, 1857
Elmer C. Potter
Bradley M. Rockwood
Samuel Ross	February 2, 1865
William R. Salter
James F. Shaw	July 18, 1873
Thorndike Spalding
Elmer A. Stevens	January 15, 1862
Richard S. Teeling
Allen T. Treadway	September 16, 1867
Joseph Turner
William Turtle

Representatives

name ^[5]	date of birth ^[6]	district ^[6]
Joseph Abbott	May 22, 1874
Arthur S. Adams	February 14, 1869	16th Essex
Scott Adams	March 27, 1874
Manuel Andrew	February 10, 1876
William M. Armstrong	August 17, 1850
Wallace E. W. N. Arnold	June 29, 1863
Charles W. Atkins	June 22, 1854
William B. Avery	July 11, 1856
Erson B. Barlow	October 20, 1883
Frank E. Barnard	February 17, 1871
Frank L. Barnes	August 20, 1864
Charles Homer Barrett	June 23, 1868
John J. Barry	January 4, 1877
Benjamin Fred Bates	May 3, 1862
Edwin A. Bayley	July 30, 1862
William A. L. Bazeley	1872
James W. Bean	May 11, 1866
Elias B. Bishop	August 2, 1869
Albert C. Blaisdell	March 30, 1855
Charles V. Blanchard	February 2, 1866
George F. Bolger
Josiah S. Bonney	February 4, 1865
J. A. Wilfrid Bouvier	December 27, 1868
Israel Brayton
Arthur B. Breed	June 30, 1857
Bartholomew A. Brickley	May 7, 1883
Charles H. Brown	January 19, 1879
Alfred J. Burckel	August 7, 1860
William R. Burke	July 14, 1870
Andrew J. Burnett	1860
Alfred S. Burns	February 6, 1860
Herbert W. Burr	June 15, 1866
George F. Butterick	August 16, 1855
Timothy F. Callahan	September 5, 1881
Robert B. Campbell	September 28, 1880
Zebulon L. Canedy	February 5, 1864
James B. Carbrey	January 16, 1854
Ignatius J. Carleton	August 7, 1866
Cornelius J. Carmody	January 11, 1867
Arthur Preston Chase	January 25, 1866
Frederick C. Clark
Ellenwood B. Coleman	May 31, 1862
Francis L. Colpoys
Harrison J. Conant
Martin F. Conley	April 27, 1870
Howard P. Converse
Thomas F. Coogan
Benjamin A. Cook
Frank O. Coombs	December 17, 1857
James H. L. Coon
John S. Cormack	June 7, 1875
Franklin B. Crocker
Daniel Joseph Curley	December 23, 1875
Frank Curtiss
Elmer L. Curtiss	June 11, 1861
Grafton D. Cushing	August 4, 1864
Alfred L. Cutting	January 27, 1868
Francis L. Daly
Earl E. Davidson
Thomas Davies	February 11, 1875
Ralph Davol
Henry Ellsworth Dean	September 29, 1862
Charles E. Dennett
Daniel E. Denny	July 14, 1845
Clifford H. Dickson
George E. Doane
Joseph E. Donovan	April 21, 1882
William E. Dorman	June 23, 1875
Charles E. Dow
Andrew P. Doyle	August 15, 1869
Florence J. Driscoll	October 15, 1871
Patrick J. Duane	August 18, 1862
Horace E. Durgin	December 4, 1863
Theodore F. Dwight
John F. Dwyer
S. Alden Eastman	October 14, 1847
Charles E. Ebsen
Henry Allen Ellis	November 5, 1879
Samuel D. Elmore	December 29, 1868
Freeman O. Emerson
George C. Fairbanks
Thomas J. Fay	April 24, 1879
Michael H. Fitzgerald
Clarence J. Fogg	July 10, 1853
Charles R. Foote	July 9, 1865
Nathan B. Foster
William F. Garcelon	October 24, 1868
Charles M. Gardner
Joseph S. Gates	October 3, 1856
William H. Gifford	January 20, 1851
Edward W. Gleason
Jeremiah J. Good
Thomas J. Grady	December 16, 1877
William J. Graham	October 2, 1873
Luther C. Greenleaf
Hamlet S. Greenwood	1871
Julius Guild	March 30, 1850
John W. Haigis	July 31, 1881
Homer A. Hall	November 24, 1871
James A. Halliday
Harry H. Ham
Oscar C. Hammarstrom	October 18, 1877
Portus B. Hancock	February 19, 1836
Bernard F. Hanrahan	July 27, 1875
Frank O. Hardy
Edward F. Harrington (state representative)	August 10, 1878
Melvin Haskell
Edward R. Hathaway
James A. Hatton
John J. Hayes	October 14, 1875
William A. Hester
Lewis J. Hewitt	February 13, 1870
William P. Hickey	November 17, 1871
Frederic H. Hilton
Ernest E. Hobson	September 29, 1878
Frank G. Hodskins	December 26, 1876
William M. Hogan	June 2, 1876
Henry E. Holbrook	March 21, 1870
Joseph W. Holden	October 10, 1867
Samuel M. Holman	1862
John P. Holmgren
Charles T. Holt	August 1, 1845
Harry R. Holt
Edgar G. Holt
Frank A. Hosmer	November 14, 1853
William T. Jeffrey	January 23, 1876
Timothy J. Keefe
Sidney B. Keene	January 10, 1861
James H. Kelly	November 14, 1870
Frank D. Kemp	June 9, 1862
Daniel W. Kendrick
Michael J. Kenney	July 12, 1863
James W. Killam	July 12, 1874
Orvis F. Kinney	May 23, 1880
Edwin M. Kittredge	September 27, 1872
James H. Knight	October 11, 1876
Frederick S. Lane	May 8, 1849
Louis F. R. Langelier
William F. Learned	January 12, 1850
Louis Leland
Joseph Leonard
J. Henry Leonard	September 18, 1879
Charles Lewin
Minot J. Lincoln
Martin Lomasney	December 3, 1859
George E. Lovett	February 27, 1849
John A. Lyman	March 13, 1863
Jens J. Madsen	October 9, 1869
Charles A. Malley	January 22, 1876
David Mancovitz	August 15, 1877
Charles H. Mansfield	March 20, 1842
Matthew McCann	1863
Daniel J. McCarthy
Charles F. McCarthy	August 15, 1876
Frederick T. McClatchey	October 1, 1873
Thomas P. McDavitt
Philip J. McGonagle	October 21, 1871
Andrew McTernen
Timothy J. Meade	November 7, 1874
John F. Meehan	November 24, 1875
Charles C. Mellen
James H. Mellen	November 7, 1845
Julius Meyers	December 6, 1854
Samuel H. Mildram
David T. Montague
William S. Moore	February 23, 1843
Fred Moore	April 4, 1874
Leslie K. Morse	January 18, 1860
William G. Moseley (Massachusetts politician)	October 31, 1858
Arthur L. Nason	October 24, 1872
Malcolm Nichols	May 8, 1876
William Niedner
Albin F. Nordbeck
James M. Noyes
William H. O'Brien	September 9, 1864
J. Frank O'Brien	January 6, 1879
James Oliver	June 28, 1836
John E. Paige
Joseph A. Parks	May 2, 1877
Louis E. Pattison	December 30, 1843
Thomas Pattison	January 20, 1854
Waldo H. Peirce
Harry A. Penniman
Laurence S. Perry
John H. Pickford	September 9, 1849
Myron E. Pierce	1874
Robert E. Pollock	October 23, 1851
Frank H. Pope	March 7, 1854
James F. Powers	October 1, 1872
Alfred J. Preece
Arthur Franklin Priest
Frank Elliot Prouty
Francis X. Quigley	November 20, 1882
Martin Lewis Quinn	January 19, 1862
Michael J. Reidy
Lyman M. Rice
Thomas P. Riley	July 11, 1875
William M. Robinson	July 21, 1875
John E. Rousmaniere
Ralph Sargent	December 5, 1848
Harry E. Sargent
Amos T. Saunders
Michael J. Scully
Samuel A. Segee
Arthur L. Smith
Harry N. Stearns	October 5, 1874
Elisha D. Stone
George Swann	July 18, 1859
Claude H. Tarbox
James R. Tetler	August 26, 1877
William R. Thomas	September 24, 1871
John H. Thompson	August 26, 1873
John F. Thompson	May 25, 1866
James E. Tolman	November 8, 1867
Robb dePeyster Tytus	February 2, 1876
Charles L. Underhill	July 20, 1867
Alton A. Upton
Charles F. Varnum	June 28, 1846
Joseph Walker (Massachusetts speaker)	1865
Fred F. Walker
Joseph A. Wallis	December 12, 1837
Thomas S. Walsh	1859
Fred P. Warner
Clarence A. Warren
Robert M. Washburn	January 4, 1868
William L. Waugh
William E. Weeks	1880
Norman H. White	December 25, 1871
Augustus L. Whitney	June 19, 1845
Walter G. Whittemore
George A. Wilder
William B. Willcutt	December 14, 1874
Isaac E. Willetts	November 8, 1879
Thomas P. Wills
Roger Wolcott	July 25, 1877
Russell A. Wood
Ernest W. Woodside

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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. 1909.
1 2 3 4 "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1909" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts– via State Library of Massachusetts

External links

Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1909, hdl:2452/429126
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1909, hdl:2452/73497

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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. 1909.

[Register-6] 1 2 3 4 "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1909" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts– via State Library of Massachusetts

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