1869 Massachusetts legislature

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90th
Massachusetts General Court
89th 91st
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 3, 1868
Senate
Members40
PresidentGeorge O. Brastow
Party controlRepublican
(38 R, 2 D)[1][2]
House
Members240
SpeakerHarvey Jewell
Party controlRepublican
(224 R, 16 D)[1][3]
Sessions
1stJanuary 6, 1869 (1869-01-06) – June 24, 1869 (1869-06-24) [4]
George O. Brastow
George Brastow, Senate president.
Harvey Jewell
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]

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

Senators[]

Image Name [9] Date of birth [10] District Party
Nathaniel Ellis Atwood September 13, 1807
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George Oliver Brastow 1811
1870 George Marshall Buttrick senator Massachusetts.png
George Marshall Buttrick 1822
Horace Hopkins Coolidge.png
Horace Hopkins Coolidge February 11, 1832
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Samuel Dexter Crane 1816
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Benjamin Dean August 22, 1824
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Francis Henshaw Dewey 1821
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Edmund Dowse 1813
1868 Alonzo Madison Giles senator Massachusetts.png
Alonzo Madison Giles 1821
Whiting Griswold November 12, 1814
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John Brown Hathaway 1809
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Francis Allen Hobart 1833
1870 Nathaniel Jay Holden senator Massachusetts.png
Nathaniel Jay Holden 1827
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Estes Howe 1814
1870 George Augustus King senator Massachusetts.png
George Augustus King 1834
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Richmond Kingman 1821
1868 Charles James Kittredge Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Charles James Kittredge 1818
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Lucius James Knowles 1819
1873 Charles Rensselaer Ladd Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Charles Rensselaer Ladd April 9, 1822
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John Hyde Lockey 1822
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Charles Marsh 1818
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Joshua Newell Marshall 1830
1869 Charles Rankin McLean senator Massachusetts.png
Charles Rankin McLean 1824
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George Harris Monroe 1826
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Ellis Wesley Morton 1840
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Daniel Needham 1822
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Julius Auboyneau Palmer 1803
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Robert Carter Pitman March 16, 1825
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Richard Plumer 1813
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Joseph Greeley Pollard 1833
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Joseph Gorton Ray 1831
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George Merrick Rice November 20, 1808
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Oliver Hazard Perry Smith 1824
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George Henry Sweetser 1823
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George Sylvester Taylor March 2, 1822
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Edward Augustus Thomas 1829
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Joseph Scott Todd 1828
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Harrison Tweed 1806
1868 Gershom Bradford Weston senator Massachusetts.png
Gershom Bradford Weston August 27, 1799
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Charles Augustus Wheelock 1812
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Jonathan White 1819

Representatives[]

  • William T. Adams[9]
  • Alexander H. Allen
  • John Allen
  • William W. Amadon
  • Frank M. Ames
  • Isaac A. Anthony
  • E. Foster Bailey
  • John I. Baker
  • Life Baldwin
  • Henry Barker
  • John Barlow
  • William E. Barnes
  • George H. Barrett
  • William Bartlett
  • Ezra Batcheller
  • Jacob Bates
  • Loring Bates
  • Marcus Bates
  • Alfred Belden
  • Francis W. Bird
  • Henry B. Blake
  • Richard D. Blinn
  • Samuel G. Bowdlear
  • Charles Bradley
  • Samuel P. Breed
  • Ezra C. Brett
  • Benjamin A. Bridges
  • Jethro C. Brock
  • William G. Brooks
  • John Brown
  • Obadiah S. Brown
  • Werden R. Brown
  • Ferdinand L. Burley
  • Alvah A. Burrage
  • Alfred A. Burrill
  • Frederick Butler
  • Oliver S. Butler
  • Michael Carney
  • Solomon Carter
  • Dennis Cawley, Jr
  • Albert Chamberlin
  • Henry Chase
  • Linus M. Child
  • William M. Child
  • Horace Choate
  • Le Baron B. Church
  • Joseph N. Clark
  • Samuel Clark
  • Asa Clement
  • Samuel Cloon
  • Aury G. Coes
  • Patrick A. Collins
  • Benjamin F. Cook
  • George P. Cox
  • Freeborn W. Cressey
  • Alanson Crittenden
  • Stephen M. Crosby
  • James M. Cunliff
  • Robert S. Daniels
  • Elnathan Davis
  • William W. Davis
  • Ebenezer Dawes
  • John Dean
  • Avery J. Denison
  • Benjamin Dupar
  • J. Franklin Dyer
  • William I. Edwards
  • Thomas Ellis
  • Addison G. Fay
  • Jacob Fisher
  • Charles A. Fiske
  • William Fletcher
  • James B. Francis
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Rodney French
  • Josiah O. Friend, Jr
  • Chauncey G. Fuller
  • George L. Gibbs
  • Edwin Gilbert
  • Kimball C. Gleason
  • Abijah W. Goddard
  • Stephen D. Goddard
  • John B. Goodrich
  • Thomas H. Goodspeed
  • Dennis J. Gorman
  • Levi S. Gould
  • Samuel H. Gould
  • Wesley A. Gove
  • William T. Grammar
  • C. S. Greenwood
  • Charles H. Guild
  • Moses H. Hale
  • Lyman S. Hapgood
  • R. P. A. Harris
  • Abraham G. Hart
  • Edward H. Hartshorn
  • Andrew L. Haskell
  • William H. Haskell
  • Tilly Haynes
  • James A. Hervey
  • James Hewes
  • Elmer Hewett
  • Charles A. Hewins
  • William Hichborn
  • Levi W. Hobart
  • Thorndike D. Hodges
  • Ambrous Hodgkins
  • Alvah Holway
  • James Horswell
  • Samuel Horton
  • Charles H. Hovey
  • George F. Howland
  • James Humphrey
  • Theodore C. Hurd
  • Harvey Jewell
  • Henri L. Johnson
  • Robert Johnson
  • Herbert C. Joyner
  • Lewis S. Judd
  • Shubael B. Kelley
  • William W. Kellogg
  • Thomas G. Kent
  • Moses Kimball
  • Dexter S. King
  • Enoch King
  • Daniel W. Knight
  • Joseph S. Knight
  • Franklin C. Knox
  • David Lane
  • Albert Langdon
  • Roger H. Leavitt
  • Manning Leonard
  • Nahum Leonard, Jr
  • William Livermore
  • Caleb Lombard
  • Josiah Lord, Jr
  • Marcus M. Luther
  • Charles P. Lyon
  • Hugh A. Madden
  • Charles N. Marsh
  • Murdock Matheson
  • Charles J. Mclntire
  • William Melcher
  • William R. Melden
  • Charles H. Merriam
  • John M. Merrick
  • Moody Merrill
  • William H. Merritt
  • Lansing Millis
  • Eben Mitchell
  • Elliott Montague
  • Lyman E. Moore
  • Asa P. Morse
  • F. H. Morse
  • James R. Morse
  • Newton Morse
  • Edwin Mudge
  • Nathaniel C. Nash
  • Henry J. Nazro
  • Thomas L. Nelson
  • Daniel H. Newton
  • Jeremiah L. Newton
  • George K. Nichols
  • William W. Nichols
  • Francis A. Nye
  • John P. Ober
  • Weaver Osborn
  • Rufus S. Owen
  • Samuel S. Paine
  • William H. Parker
  • John C. Peak
  • Joseph D. Peirce
  • Francis A. Perry
  • M. C. Phipps
  • A. A. Plimpton
  • Avery Plumer
  • Thomas F. Plunkett
  • Thomas K. Plunkett
  • Augustus Pratt
  • Joseph A. Priest
  • Asabel D. Puffer
  • Caleb Rand
  • Eduar H. Reed
  • Ezra Rice
  • Otis Rich
  • James Ritchie
  • James H. Roberts
  • Isaiah F. Robinson
  • Ensign B. Rogers
  • Joseph N. Rolfe
  • John Runey
  • Augustine K. Russell
  • William A. Russell
  • George J. Sanger
  • Joseph L. Sargent
  • Samuel D. Sawin
  • Clark Sears
  • John N. Sherman
  • Lemuel B. Simmons
  • Rufus S. Slade
  • Abner L. Smith
  • Edward Smith
  • Horace Smith
  • Iram Smith
  • [11][12]
  • Martin L. Smith
  • Willis Smith
  • Charles W. Soule
  • Welcome W. Sprague
  • L. Miles Standish
  • Haynes K. Starkweather
  • Eliphalet Stone
  • Edward Stowell
  • Joseph A. Stranger
  • Ruel F. Thayer
  • Shepherd Thayer
  • Justus Tower
  • S. K. Towle
  • William P. Tyler
  • Joseph Vaill
  • Welcome H. Wales
  • S. H. Walker
  • Royal S. Warren
  • Thomas S. Waters
  • Jerome Wells
  • Henry White
  • D. Dwight Whitmore
  • Charles Wilcox
  • Salem Wilder
  • Alfred M. Williams
  • Warren Williams
  • Samuel S. Willson
  • James Wilson
  • William D. Witherell
  • Orlow Wolcott
  • George M. Woodward
  • David T. Woodwell
  • Luther A. Wright
  • P. Ambrose Young

See also[]

  • 41st United States Congress
  • List of Massachusetts General Courts

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b 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. ^ Jump up to: a b 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

Further reading[]

  • "Massachusetts". American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1869. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1870. (includes description of legislature)

External links[]

  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1869, hdl:2452/619058 – via State Library of Massachusetts
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1869, hdl:2452/92951
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