1867 Massachusetts legislature
| 88th Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 6, 1866 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Joseph Adams Pond | ||||
| Party control | Republican (40)[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | James M. Stone | ||||
| Party control | Republican (230 R, 10 D)[1] | ||||
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The 88th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1867 during the governorship of Republican Alexander Bullock.[3] Joseph Adams Pond served as president of the Senate and James M. Stone served as speaker of the House.[4][5]
In 1867 the Republican power in the Legislature was total in the Senate with all forty seats held by the party's members. In the House, Republicans held 230 seats as against but 10 Democrats.[6]
Senators
- Henry Alexander Jr.[7]
- A. O. Allen
- George S. Ball
- Edwin L. Barney, (April 1, 1827–April 6, 1897) was born in Swansea and became a lawyer in New Bedford[8]
- S. G. Bowdlear, a flour merchant[9]
- S. W. Bowerman (Samuel W. Bowean) lived in Pittsfield
- George O. Brastow
- S. Angier Chace, businessman and banker in Fall River who was convicted of misuse of bank funds
- F. W. Choate
- Sumner Crosby
- Moses A. Dow
- George P. Elliott
- Charles Endicott
- Frank B. Fay
- Erasmus Gould, of Falmouth who was president of Falmouth Bank. He also served in the state house[10]
- Martin Griffin (1822–1884), born in Ireland and lived in Boston's North End. He served several terms[11]
- Luther Hill
- Charles M. Howe
- John H. Lockey
- A. M. McPhail Jr.
- Joshua N. Marshall[12]
- E. C Monk (Elisha Capen Monk), lived in Stoughton and was in the boot business[13]
- R. M. Morse Jr.
- John G. Mudge, a prominent resident and library sponsor in Petersham who was a captain in the 53rd Massachusetts Infantry during the American Civil War[14]
- Charles J. Noyes
- Benjamin C. Perkins
- J. A. Pond
- L. W. Pond (Lucius W. Pond), machine tool maker[15]
- B. F. Pratt
- William L. Reed
- Everett Robinson
- George L. Sawin
- Edmund H. Sawyer
- Hinsdale Smith
- Chester Snow
- Christopher Stebbins
- Albert W. Stevens
- Caleb Swan
- George H. Sweetser
- Joseph Tucker
Representatives
- Rufus Adams [7]
- P. Emory Aldrich
- James G. Allen
- Titus Amadon
- Joseph L. Andrews
- Samuel Atherton
- Edward Avery
- Edwin H. Ball
- Frederick K. Ballou
- John V. Barker
- Lemuel Le Baron
- Joseph Barrows
- Andrew J. Bartholemew
- Alvin G. Bartlett
- Porter G. Barton
- J. H. Batchelder
- De Witt C. Bates
- Jacob Bates
- Francis J. Baxter
- David M. Bean
- Joseph Bedortha
- John C. Bigelow
- Francis W. Bird
- Albert Blood
- John Botume, Jr
- L. H. Bowker
- Addison Boyden
- David Boynton
- Joseph S. Bradley
- John Branning
- Silas N. Brooks
- George A. Brown
- Oliver H. P. Brown
- William B. Brown
- Ezra P. Brownell
- Charles Bryant
- Dexter Bullard
- Alvah A. Burrage
- Amos Buswell
- Abel H. Calkins
- Zacheus Candee
- John Carruthers
- Addison Center
- Jonas A. Champney
- Heman B. Chase
- Isaac K. Chipman
- Elijah H. Chisholm
- Andrew J. Clark
- William S. Clark
- Henry M. Clarke
- Timothy F. Clary
- James H. Codding
- Isaac H. Coe
- Aury G. Coes
- Michael D. Collins
- Luther Conant
- George A. Converse
- Horace H. Coolidge
- Benjamin A. Corbin
- George D. Crittenden
- John A. Daly
- Richard H. Dana, Jr
- Anson Daniels
- Benjamin H. Davis
- David Davis
- Charles Demond
- Jeremy B. Dennett
- Charles Dickerman
- Nathaniel H. Dill
- Henry Diman
- George B. Dodge
- Charles H. Drew
- Lewis J. Dudley
- Elisha M. Dunham
- Sebastian S. Dunn
- Charles B. Emerson
- B. C. English
- Constantine C. Esty
- William J. R. Evans
- Thomas J. Fay
- Richard J. Fennelly
- George E. Fisher
- Edmund Flinn
- James A. Fox
- Jonathan C. French
- Walter Gale
- Noah M. Gaylord
- George L. Gill
- Wesley A. Gove
- William E. Gowing
- Benjamin Hale
- Samuel Hall
- William T. Hall
- Lyman S. Hapgood
- Hamlin R. Harding
- Alpheus Harding, Jr
- Daniel L. Harris
- Abraham G. Hart
- Alfred S. Hartwell
- John B. Hathaway
- George P. Hawkes
- Frederick Hebard
- George Heywood
- Enoch V. B. Holcomb
- Addison H. Holland
- Egbert Hollister
- George F. Homer
- Anson P. Hooker
- John C. Houghton
- Sereno Howe
- John A. Hughes
- Harvey Jewell
- Andrew F. Jewett
- Berijah H. Kagwin
- George W. Keed
- Moses Kimball
- Rufus Kimball
- Dexter S. King
- Solomon D. King
- Emory W. Lane
- William H. Lapham
- James H. Leland
- John Livermore
- Joshua C. Longley
- George B. Loring
- J. Q. A. Lothrop
- Gorham P. Low
- Uriah Macoy
- Hugh A. Madden
- John F. Manahan
- James F. Mansfield
- John S. March
- George Marston
- Knott V. Martin
- David H. Mason
- J. Wilder May
- John McClellan
- Henry Mclntire
- John E. Merrill
- Alfred Miller
- John Miller
- Charles Lewis Mitchell[16]
- James S. Montague
- Ira L. Moore
- Daniel Needham
- John S. Needham
- Thomas G. Nichols
- Rufus S. Owen
- Calvin A. Packard
- Charles J. Paine
- Augustus Parker
- Isaac Parsons
- Warren Partridge
- Edwin Patch
- George R. Peckham
- Benjamin F. Peirce
- George H. Peirson
- Jesse S. Pendegrast
- Edward Y. Perry
- Joseph A. Perry
- James Pierce
- Avery Plumer
- Joseph G. Pollard
- Joseph S. Potter
- J. Winsor Pratt
- Noah Prince
- James H. Putnam
- Simeon Putnam
- John W. Raymond
- Erastus M. Reed
- James B. Reed
- Austin Rice
- Edmund Rice
- Elias Richards
- Henry E. Rockwell
- Charles E. Rogers
- Edward H. Rogers
- George F. Rowland
- Alpheus A. Russegue
- Addison A. Sawyer
- Ezra Sawyer
- Charles C. Sewell
- Georoje Sheldon
- Edward F. Sherman
- Hiram S. Shurtleff
- Samuel Small
- Charles E. Smith
- Oliver W. Smith
- William C. Spaulding
- Walter S. Sprague
- George W. Stacy
- Joseph C. Stacy
- William A. Stearns
- Daniel B. Stedman
- Francis Stevens
- J. Warren Stevens
- Levi Stockbridge
- Eben F. Stone
- James M. Stone
- Joshua C. Stone
- Charles A. Stott
- Ebenezer Swan
- Edward Taylor
- Jonathan C. Taylor
- Solomon Thacher
- David Thayer
- Shepard Thayer
- William W. Thayer
- Newell A. Thompson
- Hubbard W. Tilton
- Edward Tisdale
- J. Scott Todd
- Richard Tolman
- Samuel J. Tuttle
- William E. Underwood
- George Vose
- William H. Waitt
- Edwin Garrison Walker[16]
- Noah Wallace
- Eben N. Wardwell
- Anson K. Warner
- John T. Warner
- Samuel Warren
- Thomas W. Wason
- Henfy S. Wheeler
- J. Murray Whitcomb
- Rufus A. White
- Milton Whitney
- Nathan S. Williams
- Clement Willis
- Thomas Wilson
- Nahum Witherbee
- Andrew C. Wood
- Lyman Woodward
- George W. Woodwell
- Albert J. Wright
- Edwin Wright
- Winsor Wright
- Wm. H. P. Wright
- Franklin Wyman
See also
References
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
- ↑ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1867, 1867 – via Google Books
- ↑ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
- ↑ "Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register, 1867. 1852 – via Archive.org.
- ↑ John F. Parker (1985), "Evolution of Massachusetts Party Government (1630s-1980s)", Legislative Life, Its Realities, Facts, Wit & Humor,
New Legislators' Orientation, State House, Boston
- 1 2 3 Court, Massachusetts General (1867). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40645.
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-edwin-l-barney-6-avril/125673277/
- ↑ https://archives.bpl.org/repositories/2/resources/21
- ↑ January 6, 1881 Boston Globe obituary via https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120307059/erasmus-gould/photo
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=ZY2NDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA134&dq=Martin+Griffin+Massachusetts+senate&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjW7OmIyIeUAxXgxhoGHYcXOvkQ6AF6BAgOEAM
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=x004k379cI4C&printsec=frontcover
- ↑ https://stoughtonhistory.com/1884-ecmonk.htm
- ↑ https://macivilwarmonuments.com/2019/12/08/petersham/
- ↑ vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=644
- 1 2 Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905
Further reading
- "Massachusetts". American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1867. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1868. (includes description of legislature)
External links
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1867, hdl:2452/619056
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1867, hdl:2452/92949
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