1945–1946 Massachusetts legislature
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154th Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | General Court | ||||
Election | November 7, 1944 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 40 | ||||
President | Arthur W. Coolidge (7th Middlesex district) | ||||
Party control | Republican[1] | ||||
House | |||||
Members | 240 | ||||
Speaker | Frederick Willis (10th Essex) | ||||
Party control | Republican[2] | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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Arthur Coolidge, Senate president.
Frederick Willis, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1945.
The 154th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1945 and 1946 during the governorship of Maurice J. Tobin. Arthur W. Coolidge served as president of the Senate and Frederick Willis served as speaker of the House.[4]
Senators
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John Albetski | 4th Worcester | |
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Benjamin J. Bowen | January 19, 1876 | |
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Richard S. Bowers | June 18, 1900 | |
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J. Elmer Callahan | ||
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Michael H. Condron | ||
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William R. Conley | September 1, 1900 | |
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Arthur W. Coolidge | October 13, 1881 | |
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Clifford Rudolph Cusson | January 6, 1895 | |
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Chester A. Dolan Jr. | September 20, 1907 | |
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Burton F. Faulkner | ||
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William Patrick Grant | November 5, 1904 | |
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Cornelius F. Haley | July 15, 1875 | |
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Thomas H. Johnston | March 5, 1872 | |
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Robert L. Lee | ||
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Stephen F. Loughlin | ||
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John D. Mackay | April 7, 1872 | |
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Charles Gardner Miles | December 2, 1879 | |
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Joseph F. Montminy | ||
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Joseph L. Murphy | January 25, 1907 | |
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Donald W. Nicholson | August 11, 1888 | |
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William E. Nolen | ||
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Willard A. Ormsbee | ||
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James Austin Peckham | ||
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Edward C. Peirce | March 7, 1895 | |
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Harris S. Richardson | January 10, 1887 | |
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Edward Rowe (politician) | March 17, 1902 | |
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George W. Stanton | ||
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Charles F. Sullivan | October 10, 1904 | |
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Leo J. Sullivan | December 8, 1905 | |
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Charles I. Taylor | November 25, 1899 | |
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Sumner G. Whittier | July 4, 1911 |
Representatives
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Wilfred J. Achin | May 12, 1891 | 3rd Berkshire |
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Richard James Allen | June 22, 1909 | |
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John A. Armstrong | June 12, 1901 | |
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Charles J. Artesani | ||
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Edward C. Ashworth | April 22, 1899 | |
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John George Asiaf | June 30, 1900 | |
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Joseph A. Aspero | ||
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Josiah Babcock Jr. | May 21, 1880 | |
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Earle S. Bagley | January 20, 1905 | |
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Charles Homer Barrett | June 23, 1868 | |
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George L. Barrus | December 15, 1880 | |
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William R. Barry | February 2, 1905 | |
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Michael J. Batal | September 8, 1898 | |
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Norman S. Baxter | ||
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Raymond H. Beach | August 11, 1888 | |
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C. Ray Bennett | ||
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G. Leo Bessette | September 23, 1906 | |
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Rodolphe G. Bessette | September 14, 1911 | |
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Albert F. Bigelow | October 4, 1880 | 10th Norfolk |
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Fred Arthur Blake | January 13, 1895 | |
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Stanley John Borsa | ||
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Everett Murray Bowker | September 17, 1901 | |
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Russell P. Brown | August 24, 1891 | |
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Clarence B. Brown | December 22, 1877 | |
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Frank Eben Brown | January 14, 1890 | |
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John D. Brown | January 30, 1900 | |
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William Albert Brown | February 5, 1888 | |
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Archie Edward Bruce | August 20, 1883 | |
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Harland Burke | April 22, 1888 | |
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Edward Butterworth | August 14, 1908 | |
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Fannie Buzzell | March 31, 1914 | |
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Bartholomew John Callery Jr. | March 28, 1910 | |
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Colin James Cameron | August 24, 1879 | |
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Robert Patterson Campbell | December 20, 1887 | |
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Matthew J. Capeless | June 4, 1875 | |
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Edmund Euplio Capodilupo | July 7, 1913 | |
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Enrico Cappucci | 1910 | |
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Ernest Westervelt Carman | ||
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John Henry Carroll | ||
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William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician) | June 27, 1905 | |
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Daniel Casey | May 7, 1890 | |
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James Frederick Catusi | ||
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Perlie Dyar Chase | July 31, 1905 | |
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David M. Cleary | May 9, 1901 | |
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Thomas Francis Coady | 1878 | |
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J. Everett Collins | April 27, 1894 | |
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Joseph T. Conley | ||
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Robert Gerard Connolly | September 11, 1916 | |
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Michael John Conway | ||
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Florence E. Cook | July 8, 1908 | |
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Charles H. Cooke | May 13, 1878 | |
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George Chauncey Cousens | September 20, 1905 | |
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Earl Gustavus Crockett | March 23, 1894 | |
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Patrick Francis Cronin | ||
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Walter A. Cuffe | January 29, 1898 | |
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Adin Willard Custance | ||
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Leslie Bradley Cutler | March 24, 1890 | |
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Lawrence Harvard Davis | ||
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George Walter Dean | ||
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Ernest DeRoy | July 13, 1889 | |
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Cornelius Desmond | October 4, 1893 | |
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Burt Dewar | December 29, 1884 | |
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Logan Rockwell Dickie | May 4, 1890 | |
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Vincent B. Dignam | February 22, 1896 | |
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Jacinto F. Diniz | October 3, 1888 | |
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Edmond J. Donlan | December 19, 1899 | |
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Joseph William Dooley | October 25, 1904 | |
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Anthony R. Doyle | August 8, 1895 | |
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Charles D. Driscoll | June 18, 1888 | |
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Howard Bernard Driscoll | ||
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Henry M. Duggan | October 5, 1896 | |
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Ernest W. Dullea | January 14, 1891 | |
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Clifton Emerson Dwelly | January 11, 1893 | |
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Louis Henry Elliot | ||
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Henry Allen Ellis | November 5, 1879 | |
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Charles Kingsbury Endicott | October 4, 1892 | |
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Thomas Edward Enright | August 1, 1881 | |
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Sven August Erickson | December 9, 1875 | |
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George Jelly Evans | February 4, 1909 | |
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John R. Fausey | March 19, 1870 | |
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Michael Paul Feeney | March 26, 1907 | |
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Charles E. Ferguson | January 30, 1894 | |
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Joseph P. Ferriter | March 25, 1905 | |
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Peter F. Fitzgerald | February 16, 1889 | |
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John Edward Flaherty | December 31, 1910 | |
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William Daniel Fleming | April 14, 1907 | |
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Norman Eugene Folsom | December 23, 1903 | |
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John F. Foster | ||
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George Fuller | July 24, 1893 | |
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John L. Gallant | ||
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Charles Gibbons | July 21, 1901 | |
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Avery W. Gilkerson | June 5, 1899 | |
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Dennis P. Glynn | September 29, 1906 | |
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Hollis M. Gott | May 25, 1885 | |
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Thomas T. Gray | July 22, 1892 | |
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George Greene | March 7, 1897 | |
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Francis G. Gregory | ||
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Frederick C. Haigis | May 10, 1903 | |
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James Edward Hannon | ||
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Fred C. Harrington | April 21, 1902 | |
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Joseph B. Harrington | ||
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Frederick Roy Harvey Jr. | 11th Suffolk | |
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William E. Hays | November 28, 1903 | |
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Henry Davis Higgins | February 24, 1873 | |
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Ralph H. Hill | February 5, 1915 | |
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Charles F. Holman | June 21, 1892 | |
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Frank Hathaway Horton | July 15, 1874 | |
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J. Philip Howard | February 16, 1907 | |
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I. Grafton Howes | June 17, 1889 | |
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Orison Valentine Hull | November 9, 1873 | |
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Richard Lester Hull | November 30, 1917 | |
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Nathaniel M. Hurwitz | March 24, 1893 | |
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Edward A. Hutchinson Jr. | December 13, 1911 | |
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Fred A. Hutchinson | April 5, 1881 | |
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Henderson Inches | ||
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Harvey Iris | ||
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William Whittem Jenness | April 3, 1904 | |
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Adolph Johnson | July 20, 1885 | |
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Ernest A. Johnson | March 13, 1897 | |
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Peter John Jordan | July 23, 1910 | |
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Walter Francis Kane | ||
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Charles Kaplan | September 26, 1895 | |
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Clarence Karelitz | ||
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Alfred B. Keith | November 26, 1893 | |
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Francis Joseph Kelley | March 21, 1890 | |
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Richard A. Kelly | August 7, 1905 | |
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Fred I. Lamson | December 11, 1910 | |
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George Thomas Lanigan | January 4, 1909 | |
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Laurence W. Law | ||
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Francis W. Lindstrom | December 18, 1898 | |
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Louis Lobel | August 10, 1911 | |
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Burton Elmer Loring | ||
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Jeremiah G. Lucey | ||
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William Christopher Lunney | December 24, 1910 | |
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Arthur Ulton Mahan | June 18, 1900 | |
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Philip M. Markley | March 28, 1897 | |
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George Francis Martin Jr. | ||
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Francis V. Matera | ||
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Thomas B. Matthews | June 24, 1874 | |
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Harry P. McAllister | April 25, 1880 | |
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Michael J. McCarthy (politician) | October 23, 1890 | |
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Edward A. McCarthy | ||
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Frank D. McCarthy | ||
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Paul Andrew McCarthy | December 23, 1902 | |
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Elmer L. McCulloch | ||
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James Patrick McDevitt | ||
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Patrick J. McDonough | April 29, 1911 | |
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Joseph F. McEvoy Jr. | April 27, 1918 | |
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Timothy J. McInerney | ||
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Samuel D. McLeod | ||
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Philip McMorrow | ||
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Joseph A. Milano | April 8, 1883 | |
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Charles Miller | January 12, 1908 | |
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Timothy J. Moriarty | August 6, 1909 | |
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Lester Bertram Morley | April 19, 1903 | |
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Edward J. Mulligan | February 8, 1907 | |
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Robert F. Murphy (politician) | January 24, 1899 | |
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Cornelius Joseph Murray | August 19, 1890 | |
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Henry Thomas Murray Jr. | ||
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George Burkman Norton | ||
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James Anthony O'Brien | October 27, 1886 | |
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William Thomas O'Brien | December 2, 1889 | |
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Louis F. O'Keefe | June 12, 1895 | |
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George Joseph O'Shea | November 16, 1899 | |
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Frank B. Oliveira | ||
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John Thomas Padden | May 6, 1903 | |
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Eben Parsons | ||
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Clark Brownson Partridge | August 26, 1878 | |
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Oscar Houston Perkins | January 3, 1879 | |
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Herman Peter Peterson | November 21, 1890 | |
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Frederick Everett Pierce | May 5, 1862 | |
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George William Porter | November 6, 1885 | |
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Harvey Armand Pothier | September 6, 1901 | |
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John E. Powers | November 10, 1910 | |
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William Eben Ramsdell | May 4, 1895 | |
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Stuart Craig Rand | June 9, 1888 | |
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George E. Rawson | December 6, 1886 | |
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Thomas Francis Reilly | August 12, 1903 | |
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John Joseph Riordan | ||
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Joseph N. Roach | March 22, 1883 | |
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Albert E. Roberts | November 22, 1875 | |
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William H. J. Rowan | June 21, 1879 | |
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Francis Edward Ryan | October 6, 1895 | |
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E. Guy Sawyer | ||
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Gerald F. Scally | July 17, 1905 | |
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Alyce Louise Schlapp | November 30, 1912 | |
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William Henry Sears Jr. | July 14, 1875 | |
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A. John Serino | March 13, 1906 | |
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Henry Lee Shattuck | October 12, 1879 | |
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Arthur Joseph Sheehan | March 16, 1897 | |
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Charles E. Shepard | September 21, 1901 | |
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Carl A. Sheridan | March 24, 1908 | |
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Robert T. Sisson | February 21, 1881 | |
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Michael F. Skerry | January 3, 1909 | |
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Charles J. Skladzien | ||
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Roy C. Smith | January 28, 1890 | |
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Margaret Spear | August 10, 1882 | |
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Edward William Staves | May 9, 1887 | |
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George Ward Stetson | May 31, 1902 | |
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Daniel Francis Sullivan | February 15, 1904 | |
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James E. Sullivan | ||
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Jeremiah Joseph Sullivan | March 9, 1905 | |
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Maurice Henry Sullivan | ||
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Patrick Gilbert Sullivan | November 18, 1904 | |
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Eugene Joseph Sweeney | May 11, 1886 | |
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Joseph James Sweeney | January 5, 1893 | |
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Joseph A. Sylvia Jr. | September 16, 1903 | |
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Edmond Talbot Jr. | June 1, 1898 | |
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John H. Taylor | 1873 | |
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Robert Leroy Taylor | November 22, 1907 | |
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Clarence F. Telford | ||
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Nathaniel Tilden | November 3, 1903 | |
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Harold Edward Tivey | ||
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Harold Tompkins | August 23, 1887 | |
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John Joseph Toomey | March 25, 1909 | |
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William Francis Troy | ||
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Talbot T. Tweedy | ||
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Earle Stanley Tyler | December 18, 1896 | |
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John H. Valentine | July 21, 1896 | |
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John W. Vaughan | March 20, 1878 | |
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Arthur F. Verney | ||
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James T. Violette | ||
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William X. Wall | July 1, 1904 | |
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George Thomas Walsh | February 20, 1904 | |
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John Cummings Webster Jr. | ||
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Norman F. Wellen | ||
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William Emmet White | June 1, 1900 | |
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John S. Whittemore | ||
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John Cyril Wickes | ||
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Frederick Willis (American politician) | May 18, 1904 | |
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Henry D. Winslow | September 24, 1910 | |
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Stanislaus George Wondolowski | August 20, 1909 | |
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Albert E. Wood | ||
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Clarence A. Wood | ||
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Arthur Eaton Young | ||
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Arthur Lincoln Youngman |
See also
[edit]- 1946 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
- 79th United States Congress
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
References
[edit]- ^ "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. 2005. p. 338+.
- ^ a b Irving N. Hayden and Lawrence R Grove. 1945-1946 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- ^ a b c d "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1945" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
Further reading
[edit]- Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1944), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1945, hdl:2452/43436
- Court, Massachusetts General (1945). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40787.
- "Political Pot Starts Boiling as Legislature Opens Today", Daily Boston Globe, January 2, 1946
- "At the State House", Daily Boston Globe, January 4, 1946
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