1909 Massachusetts legislature

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]

130th Massachusetts General Court
← 129th 131st →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Election	November 3, 1908
Senate
Members	40
President	Allen T. Treadway
Party control	Republican (34–6)[1]
House
Members	240
Speaker	Joseph Walker
Party control	Republican (180–60)[2]
Sessions
1st January 6, 1909 (1909-01-06) – June 19, 1909 (1909-06-19) [3]

Allen Treadway, Senate president.

Joseph Walker, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1909.

Senators

image	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

image	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

See also

• 1909 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
• 61st United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

References

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
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+.
5. Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1909.
6. "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

Further reading

• Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections (1908), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1909, hdl:2452/43500
• Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators: 1909. A. M. Bridgman. 1909.
• Who's Who in State Politics: 1909. Boston: Practical Politics. 1909. hdl:2452/423322.

External links

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