State Senate
Districts
As established by Chapter 507 of the Acts of 1939. The state census of 1935 was the basis of the apportionment.
- Berkshire District: Adams, Becket, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dalton, Florida, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, Lenox, New Ashford, North Adams, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Savoy, Stockbridge, Washington, West Stockbridge, Williamstown, Windsor
- First Bristol District: Acushnet, Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Plainville, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Swansea, Taunton
- Second Bristol District: Fall River, Somerset
- Third Bristol District: Dartmouth, Fairhaven, New Bedford, Westport
- Cape and Plymouth District: Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Carver, Chatham, Chilmark, Dennis, Duxbury, Eastham, Edgartown, Falmouth, Gay Head, Gosnold, Halifax, Hanson, Harwich, Kingston, Marion, Mashpee, Mattapoisett, Nantucket, Oak Bluffs, Orleans, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Provincetown, Rochester, Sandwich, Tisbury, Truro, Wareham, Wellfleet, West Tisbury, Whitman, Yarmouth
- First Essex District: Lynn, Nahant, Swampscott
- Second Essex District: Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Salem
- Third Essex District: Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Manchester, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Peabody, Rockport, Rowley, Saugus, Topsfield, Wenham
- Fourth Essex District: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Merrimac, North Andover, North Reading, Salisbury, West Newbury
- Fifth Essex District: Lawrence, Methuen
- Franklin and Hampshire District: Amherst, Ashfield, Bernardston, Belchertown, Buckland, Charlemont, Chesterfield, Colrain, Conway, Cummington, Deerfield, Easthampton, Enfield*, Erving, Gill, Goshen, Granby, Greenfield, Greenwich*, Hadley, Hatfield, Hawley, Heath, Huntington, Leverett, Leyden, Ludlow, Middlefield, Monroe, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Pelham, Prescott*, Rowe, Shelburne, Shutesbury, South Hadley, Sunderland, Ware, Warwick, Wendell, Whately, Williamsburg, Worthington
- First Hampden District: Longmedaow, Springfield Wards 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Second Hampden District: Chicopee, Holyoke, Springfield Ward 1
- Hampden, Hampshire and Berkshire District: Agawam, Alford, Blandford, Chester, Egremont, Granville, Great Barrington, Lee, Monterey, Montgomery, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Russell, Sandisfield, Sheffield, Southwick, Springfield Ward 3, Tollan, Tyringham, Westfield, West Springfield
- First Middlesex District: Ashby, Ayer, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Littleton Wards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Lowell Ward 11, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Westford
- Second Middlesex District: Belmont, Cambridge Wards 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, Somerville Wards 6, 7
- Third Middlesex District: Cambridge Ward 3, Malden Ward 3, Medford Wards 1, 5, 7, Somerville Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
(*)Terminated. See Acts of 1927, chapter 321; Acts of 1938, chapter 240 and 455.
Senators
| District [4] | Portrait | Senator [5] | Date of birth [4] | Party | Hometown | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire |  | Michael H. Condron | Democratic | Pittsfield | |||
| Bristol | First |  | Willard A. Ormsbee | Republican | Raynham | Chairman, Aeronautics; chairman, Mercantile Affairs | |
| Second |  | William Emmet White | June 1, 1900 | Democratic | Fall River | ||
| Third |  | Edward C. Peirce | March 7, 1895 | Democratic | New Bedford | ||
| Cape and Plymouth |  | Donald W. Nicholson | August 11, 1888 | Republican | Wareham | President of the Senate; chairman, Rules | |
| Essex | First |  | Charles V. Hogan | April 12, 1897 | Democratic | Lynn | |
| Second |  | J. Elmer Callahan | Republican | Salem | Chairman, Constitutional Law | ||
| Third |  | Cornelius F. Haley | July 15, 1875 | Republican | Rowley | Chairman, State Administration | |
| Fourth | Philip K. Allen | January 3, 1910 | Republican | Andover | Chairman, Agriculture | ||
| Fifth |  | Michael A. Flanagan | February 21, 1890 | Democratic | Lawrence | ||
| Franklin and Hampshire |  | Ralph Collins Mahar | January 4, 1912 | Republican | Orange | Chairman, Education; chairman, Public Health | |
| Hampden | First |  | Ralph Vester Clampit | March 28, 1896 | Republican | Springfield | Chairman, Military Affairs and Public Safety |
| Second |  | William E. Nolen | Democratic | Holyoke | |||
| Hampden, Hampshire and Berkshire |  | Ralph Lerche | August 19, 1899 | Republican | Northampton | Chairman, Cities; chairman, Water Supply | |
| Middlesex | First |  | William C. Geary | Democratic | Lowell | ||
| Second |  | Edward Rowe (politician) | March 17, 1902 | Republican | Cambridge | Chairman, Legal Affairs; chairman, Taxation | |
| Third |  | Burton F. Faulkner | Democratic | Somerville | |||
| Fourth |  | Sumner G. Whittier | July 4, 1911 | Republican | Everett | Chairman, Civil Service; chairman, Departmental Rules and Regulations | |
| Fifth |  | Richard I. Furbush | January 4, 1904 | Republican | Waltham | Chairman, Conservation; chairman, Power and Light | |
| Sixth |  | Harris S. Richardson | January 10, 1887 | Republican | Winchester | Chairman, Ways and Means | |
| Seventh |  | George Jelly Evans | February 4, 1909 | Republican | Wakefield | Chairman, Labor and Industries; chairman, Pensions | |
| Middlesex and Norfolk |  | Charles William Olson | August 24, 1889 | Republican | Ashland | Chairman, Public Lands; chairman, Public Welfare | |
| Middlesex and Suffolk |  | Richard Henry Lee | December 20, 1901 | Republican | Newton | Chairman, Public Service | |
| Norfolk | First |  | John D. Mackay | April 7, 1872 | Republican | Quincy | Chairman, Judiciary |
| Second |  | Mason Sears | December 29, 1899 | Republican | Dedham | Chairman, Election Laws | |
| Norfolk and Plymouth |  | Newland H. Holmes | August 30, 1891 | Republican | Weymouth | Chairman, Bills in the Third Reading; chairman, Counties | |
| Norfolk and Suffolk |  | Philip Griggs Bowker | April 17, 1899 | Republican | Brookline | Chairman, Metropolitan Affairs | |
| Plymouth |  | Charles Gardner Miles | December 2, 1879 | Republican | Brockton | Chairman, Engrossed Bills; chairman, Municipal Finance | |
| Suffolk | First |  | Joseph A. Melley | March 1, 1902 | Democratic | Chelsea | |
| Second |  | Michael LoPresti | June 25, 1908 | Democratic | Boston | ||
| Third |  | Charles John Innes | June 1, 1901 | Republican | Boston | Chairman, Insurance | |
| Fourth |  | John E. Powers | November 10, 1910 | Democratic | Boston | ||
| Fifth |  | Chester A. Dolan Jr. | September 20, 1907 | Democratic | Boston | Minority Floor Leader | |
| Sixth |  | Charles I. Taylor | November 25, 1899 | Democratic | Boston | ||
| Seventh |  | Joseph L. Murphy | January 25, 1907 | Democratic | Boston | ||
| Worcester | First |  | William Daniel Fleming | April 14, 1907 | Democratic | Worcester | |
| Second |  | Harry P. McAllister | April 25, 1880 | Republican | Worcester | Chairman, Banks and Banking | |
| Third |  | George W. Stanton | Democratic | Fitchburg | |||
| Fourth |  | Joseph Simon Virostek | Republican | Douglas | Chairman, Towns; chairman, Transportation | ||
| Worcester and Hampden |  | Edward William Staves | May 9, 1887 | Republican | Southbridge | Chairman, Highways and Motor Vehicles | |
Employees
- Irving N. Hayden, Clerk of the Senate
- Thomas A. Chadwick, Assistant Clerk of the Senate
- William F. Dillon, Clerical Assistant to Clerk of the Senate
- Frederick May Elliot, Chaplain of the Senate
- William F. Furbush, Secretary to the President of the Senate and Clerk of the Senate Committee on Rules
- Fernald Hutchins, Counsel to the Senate
- Thomas R. Bateman, Assistant Counsel to the Senate
- Royal B. Patriquin, Assistant to Counsel of the Senate
