The 155th Massachusetts General Court , consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives , met from January 1, 1947, to June 18, 1948, during the governorship of Robert F. Bradford , in Boston .
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 [ ] , Clerk of the Senate
, Assistant Clerk of the Senate
, Clerical Assistant to Clerk of the Senate
, Chaplain of the Senate
, Secretary to the President of the Senate and Clerk of the Senate Committee on Rules
, Counsel to the Senate
, Assistant Counsel to the Senate
, Assistant to Counsel of the Senate Representatives [ ]
portrait
name [5]
date of birth [4]
district [4]
Frank Haskell Allen
October 12, 1877
7th Worcester
Richard James Allen
June 22, 1909
Horace Thurber Aplington
John A. Armstrong
June 12, 1901
Charles J. Artesani
Edward C. Ashworth
April 22, 1899
John George Asiaf
June 30, 1900
Joseph A. Aspero
Samuel Greenleaf Atkinson
Josiah Babcock Jr.
May 21, 1880
Everett Breed Bacheller
August 24, 1895
Earle S. Bagley
January 20, 1905
William B. Bailey
December 11, 1892
Laurence H. Banks [6]
Cyrus Barnes
August 23, 1889
George L. Barrus
December 15, 1880
Michael J. Batal
September 8, 1898
Norman S. Baxter
Raymond H. Beach
August 11, 1888
William Berthiaume
G. Leo Bessette
September 23, 1906
Rodolphe G. Bessette
September 14, 1911
Fred Arthur Blake
January 13, 1895
Frank Edwin Boot
November 8, 1905
Stanley John Borsa
Gerald Timothy Bowler
Gordon Dickson Boynton
August 9, 1901
Jeremiah Francis Brennan
Daniel Joseph Bresnahan
September 30, 1888
Clarence B. Brown
December 22, 1877
Frank Eben Brown
January 14, 1890
John D. Brown
January 30, 1900
Archie Edward Bruce
August 20, 1883
James A. Burke (Massachusetts politician)
March 30, 1910
Harland Burke
April 22, 1888
Philip Courtland Burr
Fannie Buzzell
March 31, 1914
Oscar Josiah Cahoon
April 29, 1912
Colin James Cameron
August 24, 1879
Robert Patterson Campbell
December 20, 1887
Matthew J. Capeless
June 4, 1875
Enrico Cappucci
1910
Ernest Westervelt Carman
Arthur B. Carney Jr.
John Henry Carroll
William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician)
June 27, 1905
Daniel Casey
May 7, 1890
Francis X. Casey
Harrison Chadwick
February 25, 1903
Wendell Phillips Chamberlain
October 28, 1911
Philip Aloysius Chapman
William G. Clark Jr.
May 6, 1912
David M. Cleary
May 9, 1901
Thomas Francis Coady
1878
John F. Collins [7] July 20, 1919
11th Suffolk
Dana S. Collins
J. Everett Collins
April 27, 1894
James Francis Condon
February 4, 1899
Joseph T. Conley
Robert Gerard Connolly
September 11, 1916
Michael John Conway
Leo Joseph Cournoyer
December 11, 1905
George Chauncey Cousens
September 20, 1905
William A. Cowing
January 6, 1878
Earl Gustavus Crockett
March 23, 1894
Patrick Francis Cronin
Jeremiah Dickson Crowley
May 16, 1911
Walter A. Cuffe
January 29, 1898
John G. Curley
Leslie Bradley Cutler
March 24, 1890
Lawrence Harvard Davis
George Walter Dean
Ernest DeRoy
July 13, 1889
Cornelius Desmond
October 4, 1893
Burt Dewar
December 29, 1884
Logan Rockwell Dickie
May 4, 1890
Vincent B. Dignam
February 22, 1896
Jacinto F. Diniz
October 3, 1888
Edmond J. Donlan
December 19, 1899
Anthony R. Doyle
August 8, 1895
Charles D. Driscoll
June 18, 1888
Howard Bernard Driscoll
Joseph Edward Duffy
September 25, 1912
Henry M. Duggan
October 5, 1896
Ernest W. Dullea
January 14, 1891
Henry Allen Ellis
November 5, 1879
Thomas Edward Enright
August 1, 1881
Andrew E. Faulkner
September 23, 1913
Michael Paul Feeney
March 26, 1907
Charles E. Ferguson
January 30, 1894
Maurice Edward Fitzgerald
Peter F. Fitzgerald
February 16, 1889
William J. Fitzsimons
Norman Eugene Folsom
December 23, 1903
John F. Foster
Stephen L. French
March 9, 1892
George Fuller
July 24, 1893
John L. Gallant
Charles Gibbons
July 21, 1901
Frank S. Giles
June 15, 1915
Avery W. Gilkerson
June 5, 1899
Hollis M. Gott
May 25, 1885
Thomas T. Gray
July 22, 1892
George Greene
March 7, 1897
12th Suffolk
Francis G. Gregory
Frederick C. Haigis
May 10, 1903
Jacob Hakala
James Edward Hannon
Francis Appleton Harding
1908
Fred C. Harrington
April 21, 1902
William E. Hays
November 28, 1903
Charles W. Hedges
March 27, 1901
James Alan Hodder
Charles F. Holman
June 21, 1892
J. Philip Howard
February 16, 1907
Richard Lester Hull
November 30, 1917
Nathaniel M. Hurwitz
March 24, 1893
Fred A. Hutchinson
April 5, 1881
C. Vernon Inett
William Whittem Jenness
April 3, 1904
Adolph Johnson
July 20, 1885
Ernest A. Johnson
March 13, 1897
Stanley Everett Johnson
October 4, 1911
Peter John Jordan
July 23, 1910
Jeremiah Kamens
Charles Kaplan
September 26, 1895
Clarence Karelitz
Warren Charles Karner
Alfred B. Keith
November 26, 1893
Francis Joseph Kelley
March 21, 1890
Richard A. Kelly
August 7, 1905
Thomas E. Key
Allan Roy Kingston
November 23, 1901
Fred I. Lamson
December 11, 1910
George Thomas Lanigan
January 4, 1909
Laurence W. Law
Francis W. Lindstrom
December 18, 1898
Louis Lobel
August 10, 1911
C. Edwin Lofgren
Gerald P. Lombard
January 4, 1916
Raymond Joseph Lord
Burton Elmer Loring
C. Gerald Lucey
September 8, 1913
Arthur Ulton Mahan
June 18, 1900
Vincent Ambrose Mannering
July 11, 1912
10th Suffolk
George Edward Marchand
December 22, 1877
William Markland
Philip M. Markley
March 28, 1897
George Francis Martin Jr.
Francis V. Matera
Michael J. McCarthy (politician)
October 23, 1890
Frank D. McCarthy
Paul Andrew McCarthy
December 23, 1902
Elmer L. McCulloch
Samuel D. McLeod
Joseph A. Milano
April 8, 1883
Sherman Miles
December 5, 1882
Hugh Morton
Edward J. Mulligan
February 8, 1907
Robert F. Murphy (politician)
January 24, 1899
George Bernard Murphy Jr.
Cornelius Joseph Murray
August 19, 1890
Harold Clinton Nagle
July 27, 1917
Louis K. Nathanson
12th Suffolk
George Burkman Norton
James Anthony O'Brien
October 27, 1886
William Thomas O'Brien
December 2, 1889
John Henry O'Connor Jr.
December 9, 1917
Louis Francis O'Keefe
June 12, 1895
Tip O'Neill
December 9, 1912
Frank B. Oliveira
Harold A. Palmer
October 15, 1906
Raymond P. Palmer
December 27, 1895
Anthony Parenzo
Eben Parsons
Clark Brownson Partridge
August 26, 1878
Henry W. Pickford
Gabriel Piemonte
January 28, 1909
Frederick Everett Pierce
May 5, 1862
2nd Franklin
George William Porter
November 6, 1885
Harvey Armand Pothier
September 6, 1901
George E. Rawson
December 6, 1886
Thomas Francis Reilly
August 12, 1903
Hibbard Richter
April 12, 1899
Hallam Taylor Ring
Joseph D. Rivest
Joseph N. Roach
March 22, 1883
Albert E. Roberts
November 22, 1875
William H. J. Rowan
June 21, 1879
Daniel Rudsten
Kendall Ainsworth Sanderson
Thomas Aloysius Scanlan
Raymond William Schlapp
William Henry Sears Jr.
July 14, 1875
A. John Serino
March 13, 1906
Henry Lee Shattuck
October 12, 1879
John M. Shea
December 8, 1902
Arthur Joseph Sheehan
March 16, 1897
Robert T. Sisson
February 21, 1881
Michael F. Skerry
January 3, 1909
Charles J. Skladzien
Roy C. Smith
January 28, 1890
H. Edward Snow
April 25, 1914
Margaret Spear
August 10, 1882
George Ward Stetson
May 31, 1902
Daniel Francis Sullivan
February 15, 1904
Jeremiah Joseph Sullivan
March 9, 1905
Patrick Gilbert Sullivan
November 18, 1904
Paul A. Sullivan
Ralph Warren Sullivan
Joseph A. Sylvia Jr.
September 16, 1903
Edmond Talbot Jr.
June 1, 1898
Clarence F. Telford
Nathaniel Tilden
November 3, 1903
Harold Edward Tivey
Harold Tompkins
August 23, 1887
John Joseph Toomey
March 25, 1909
Talbot T. Tweedy
James Joseph Twohig Jr.
May 2, 1908
Earle Stanley Tyler
December 18, 1896
Theodore Jack Vaitses
May 8, 1901
John H. Valentine
July 21, 1896
John W. Vaughan
March 20, 1878
James T. Violette
William X. Wall
July 1, 1904
Joseph Francis Walsh
February 9, 1907
John Cummings Webster Jr.
Norman F. Wellen
John B. Wenzler
June 11, 1881
Malcolm Stuart White
Howard J. Whitmore Jr.
May 9, 1905
John S. Whittemore
Frederick Willis (American politician)
May 18, 1904
Henry D. Winslow
September 24, 1910
Stanislaus George Wondolowski
August 20, 1909
Albert E. Wood
Clarence A. Wood
Lawrence Theodore Woolfenden
Arthur Eaton Young
Arthur Lincoln Youngman
See also [ ] 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+.^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1947" (PDF) , Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts^ a b 1947-1948 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ^ Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present , State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl :2452/48905 ^ Pamela W. Schofield (April 14, 2014), "Some Mayors of Boston who had been members of the General Court" , State Library of Massachusetts blog
Further reading [ ] Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1946) , Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1947, hdl :2452/43438 Manual for the Use of the General Court . Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1947. hdl :2452/40788 .External links [ ] Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1947 , hdl :2452/219469 – via State Library of Massachusetts Massachusetts, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1948 , hdl :2452/219470 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1947 , hdl :2452/55996 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1948 , hdl :2452/55997
Massachusetts General Courts by year convened
