1912 Massachusetts legislature

The 129th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1912 during the governorship of Eugene Foss. Levi H. Greenwood served as president of the Senate and Grafton D. Cushing served as speaker of the House.[4]

129th
Massachusetts General Court
←132nd 134th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 7, 1911
Senate
Members40
PresidentLevi H. Greenwood
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerGrafton D. Cushing
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 3, 1912 (1912-01-03) – June 13, 1912 (1912-06-13) [3]
Levi Greenwood, Senate president.
Grafton Cushing, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1912.

Notable legislation included the creation of a minimum wage commission.[5][6]

Senators

Representatives
  • Henry Achin, Jr. [7]
  • Henry L. Andrews
  • Oscar E. Arkwell
  • Frank W. Atkins
  • Edward C. R. Bagley
  • J. Herbert Baker
  • Willie W. Baker
  • John Ballantyne
  • Clarence A. Barnes
  • James F. Barry
  • A. Willis Bartlett
  • Frederick D. Bartlett
  • Sandford Bates
  • William A. L. Bazeley
  • John V. Beal
  • Harry C. Beaman
  • James W. Bean
  • William A. Bellamy
  • Arthur H. Bicknell
  • Enos H. Bigelow
  • Alvin E. Bliss
  • Charles M. Blodgett
  • William Booth
  • Henry E. Bothfeld
  • George E. Bowker
  • John G. Brackett
  • George A. Braley
  • Melvin B. Breath
  • James H. Brennan
  • James J. Brennan
  • John P. Brennan
  • Vincent Brogna
  • Michael J. Brophy
  • George J. Brunell
  • Daniel J. Buckley
  • Morton Burdick
  • George R. Burns
  • James D. Burns
  • Adolphus M. Burroughs
  • Otis W. Butler
  • Thomas F. J. Callahan
  • Matthew J. Carbary
  • John J. Carmody
  • Patrick B. Carr
  • James F. Cavanagh
  • Albert B. Clark
  • Wendell P. Clark
  • Zebedee E. Cliff
  • John H. Cogswell
  • Samuel I. Collins
  • John D. Connors
  • Leon M. Conwell
  • James H. L. Coon
  • Michael H. Cotter
  • Channing H. Cox
  • Joseph Craig
  • Russell D. Crane
  • John J. Creed
  • Courtenay Crocker
  • Daniel Francis Cronin
  • Charles A. Crowley
  • Thomas Cuff
  • Francis M. Cummings
  • John A. Curtin
  • Grafton D. Cushing
  • George T. Daly
  • Thomas Davies
  • Charles A. Dean
  • John L. Donovan
  • Andrew P. Doyle
  • George P. Drury
  • William S. Duncan
  • John F. Dwyer
  • James Frank Eagan
  • Harry Millett Eames
  • George W. W. Edson
  • Charles W. Eldridge
  • George H. Ellis
  • William F. Emerson
  • Wilton B. Fay
  • John B. Fellows
  • Edward Fisher
  • Daniel Fitzpatrick
  • John T. Flanagan
  • Harold H. Flower
  • Louis A Foley
  • Fred W. Ford
  • James E. Fowle
  • Gerrett Geils, Jr.
  • Benjamin D. Gifford
  • Charles L Gifford
  • William H. Gifford, 3d
  • Gurdon W. Gordon
  • Isaac Gordon
  • Frederic J. Grady
  • William J. Graham
  • James I. Green
  • Fred P. Greenwood
  • James F. Griffin
  • John W. Haigis
  • Benjamin F. Haines
  • Edward M. Hall
  • Freeman Hall
  • Clarence W. Harding
  • Leonard F. Hardy
  • Edward F. Harrington
  • James A. Hart
  • Edward R. Hathaway
  • Truman R. Hawley
  • Martin Hays
  • Michael A. Henebery
  • Ira G. Hersey
  • William P. Hickey
  • Clarence W. Hobbs, Jr.
  • Henry W. Holbrook
  • Alexander Holmes
  • Charles T. Holt
  • Charles H. Howe
  • Frederick W. Hurlburt
  • James M. Hurley
  • Lester W. Jenney
  • Victor F. Jewett
  • John E. Kearns
  • Michael S. Keenan
  • Michael Kelly
  • William W. Kennard
  • Louis R. Kiernan
  • Clifford L. King
  • William S. Kinney
  • James Kittle
  • Bert Knowles
  • Francis X. Le Boeuf
  • Joseph Leonard
  • William J. Leslie
  • George W. Libbey
  • Edwin F. Lilley
  • Martin M. Lomasney
  • Paul Lombard
  • John E. Lyman
  • Herman A. MacDonald
  • James P. Maguire
  • John C. Mahoney
  • Joseph Wm. Martin, Jr.
  • John F. McCarthy
  • Almiron J. McCulloch
  • Leo F. McCullough
  • Edward J. McDermott
  • James A. McElaney, Jr.
  • John D. McGivern
  • Edward E. McGrath
  • Jamps McInerney
  • Hugh M. McKay
  • Stewart H. McLeod
  • William McMorrow
  • Timoihy J. Meade
  • John F. Meaney
  • Walter R. Meins
  • John Mitchell
  • Charles H. Morgan
  • Charles H. Morrill
  • Edward T. Morse
  • Frank Mulveny
  • James J. Murphy
  • John J. Murphy
  • David W. Murray
  • William J. Murray
  • William J. Naphen
  • Arthur N. Newhall
  • C. Augustus Norwood
  • William P. O'Brien
  • Charles R. O'Connell
  • Francis O'Donnell
  • William A. O'Hearn
  • J. Howard O'Keefe
  • Charles A. Orstrom
  • Charles B. Packard
  • Joseph Parker
  • Joseph A. Parks
  • Norman B. Parsons
  • Henry Parsons
  • Joseph H. Pendergast
  • Chauncey Pepin
  • Laurence Perry
  • Walter E. Piper
  • Frank H. Pope
  • A. Franklin Priest
  • Harry B. Putnam
  • John E. Quinn
  • Martin L. Quinn
  • George Francis Reardon
  • Joseph J. Reed
  • Michael J. Reidy
  • Ray R. Rideont
  • Louis O. Rieutord
  • John L. Saltonstall
  • John C. Sanborn
  • Edgar E. Sargent
  • Frederick W. Schlapp
  • C. Burnside Seagrave
  • Alexander Sedgwick
  • Benjamin Sharp
  • John H. Sherburne
  • Albert H. Silvester
  • Charles D. Smith
  • Jerome S. Smith
  • John G. Stevens
  • Waldo L. Stone
  • Henry M. Storm
  • William H. Sullivan
  • William J. Sullivan
  • Benjamin F. Sullivan
  • Edward A. Sweeney
  • Daniel W. Teehan
  • Alfred Tewkebury
  • Herbert E. Thompson
  • Eugene F. Toomey
  • Nathan A. Tufts
  • William D. Turner
  • Ernest Warren Tyler
  • James D. Tyler
  • Charles L. Underhill
  • John R. Wallace
  • Henry W. Warner
  • Robert M. Washburn
  • Thomas Webb
  • George P. Webster
  • Henry O. Wells
  • Thomas W. White
  • Isaac E. Willetts
  • Henry J. Winslow
  • Ernest A. Witt
  • Roger Wolcott
  • Charles J. Wood
  • Judsoul. Wood
  • Norman P. Wood
  • Otis L. Wright
  • Henry D. Wright

See also

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. Andrew Glass (June 4, 2015), "Massachusetts law requires wage boards to set new wage rates, June 4, 1912", Politico.com, archived from the original on February 9, 2016
  6. "1912 Chap. 0706. An Act To Establish The Minimum Wage Commission And To Provide For The Determination Of Minimum Wages For Women And Minors", Massachusetts Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/78308
  7. Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1912.

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 (1911), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1912, hdl:2452/43503
  • Who's Who in State Politics: 1912. Boston: Practical Politics. 1912. hdl:2452/119270.
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