1935–1936 Massachusetts legislature

The 149th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1935 and 1936 during the governorship of James Michael Curley. James G. Moran served as president of the Senate and Leverett Saltonstall served as speaker of the House.[4]

149th
Massachusetts General Court
148th 150th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 6, 1934
Senate
Members40
PresidentJames G. Moran (1st Bristol district)
Party controlRepublican (21–19)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerLeverett Saltonstall (5th Middlesex)
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 2, 1935 (1935-01-02) – August 15, 1935 (1935-08-15)
2ndJanuary 1, 1936 (1936-01-01) – July 2, 1936 (1936-07-02)[3]
James Moran, Senate president.
Leverett Saltonstall, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1935.

Senators

Senator District Hometown Party Since
Thomas Burke[5] 8th Suffolk Dorchester Democratic 1935
Edward Carroll 4th Suffolk South Boston Democratic 1933
Patrick Casey 4th Worcester Milford Democratic 1935
Charles Cavanagh 2nd Middlesex Cambridge Democratic 1934
Albert Cole 1st Essex Lynn Republican 1935
William Conroy 2nd Bristol Fall River Democratic 1929
Walter Considine 3rd Bristol New Bedford Democratic 1935
Joseph Cotton 7th Middlesex Lexington Republican 1927
Charles Daly 6th Middlesex Medford Democratic 1935
William Davenport Franklin and Hampshire Greenfield Republican 1935
Joseph Donahoe 7th Suffolk Dorchester Democratic 1935
John Donovan 1st Suffolk Chelsea Democratic 1935
Edgar Erickson 2nd Worcester Worcester Republican 1933
Erland Fish Norfolk and Suffolk Brookline Republican 1925
Angier Goodwin 4th Middlesex Melrose Republican 1929
Cornelius Haley 3rd Essex Rowley Republican 1927
Arthur Hollis 1st Middlesex Newton Republican 1929
Newland Holmes Norfolk and Plymouth Weymouth Republican 1931
Frank Hurley 2nd Hampden Holyoke Democratic 1929
Thomas Johnston Worcester and Hampden Clinton Republican 1931
Joseph A. Langone Jr. 2nd Suffolk Boston Democratic 1933
John Mackay Norfolk Quincy Republican 1930
William Madden 5th Suffolk Jamaica Plain Democratic 1933
Charles McAree 4th Essex Haverhill Democratic 1935
William McCarthy 8th Middlesex Lowell Democratic 1935
Francis McKeown 1st Hampden Springfield Democratic 1935
James Meehan 5th Essex Lawrence Democratic 1934
Charles Miles Plymouth Brockton Republican 1933
James Moran 1st Bristol Mansfield Republican 1923
George Moyse 5th Middlesex Waltham Republican 1925
Donald Nicholson Cape and Plymouth Wareham Republican 1927
Edward Nutting 3rd Worcester Leominster Republican 1931
Henry Parkman Jr. 3rd Suffolk Boston Republican 1929
Albert Pierce 2nd Essex Salem Republican 1935
Theodore Plunkett Berkshire Adams Republican 1931
Harry Putnam Berkshire, Hampshire, and Hampden Westfield Republican 1933
James Scanlan 3rd Middlesex Somerville Democratic 1931
John Sullivan 1st Worcester Worcester Democratic 1933
Joseph White 6th Suffolk Jamaica Plain Democratic 1933
Samuel Wragg Norfolk and Middlesex Needham Republican 1925

Representatives

  • Henry Achin [5]
  • Augustine Airola
  • William Akeroyd
  • George Ashe
  • John Aspell
  • Frank Babcock
  • Josiah Babcock
  • Edward Bacigalupo
  • William Baker
  • William Baldwin
  • Philip Barnet
  • Mary Livermore Barrows [6]
  • Thomas Barry
  • Stanley Bates
  • Walter Baylies
  • Malcolm Bell
  • Albert Bergeron
  • Alfred Bessette
  • Rodolphe Bessette
  • Albert Bigelow
  • Leo Birmingham
  • Fred Blake
  • Edward Boland
  • Rufus Bond
  • Albert Bourgeois
  • Philip Bowker
  • Albert Boyer
  • Edward Brady
  • Fred Briggs
  • Emma E. Brigham
  • Warren Brimblecom
  • William Brown
  • Arthur Burgess
  • Horace Cahill
  • Zacheus Cande
  • Leo Carney
  • Michael Carroll
  • Bernard Casey
  • Tony Centracchio
  • Chester Chase
  • Ralph Clampit
  • Frank Clarkson
  • Ignatius Cleary
  • Joseph Cleary
  • Francis David Coady
  • Andrew Coakley
  • John Coddaire
  • Edward Coffey
  • Samuel Cohen
  • John Comerford
  • Richard Comerford
  • Edward Connelly
  • Charles Cooke
  • Timothy Cooney
  • Frank Coughlin
  • Francis Coyne
  • Nelson Crosby
  • Ralph Currier
  • Laurence Curtis
  • Ernest Dean
  • Hiram Dearborn
  • Thomas Delmore
  • George Demeter
  • Burt Dewar
  • Thomas Dillon
  • Fred Dole
  • John Donahue
  • Martin Donahue
  • James Donnelly
  • Cornelius Donovan
  • Joseph Dooley
  • Thomas Dorgan
  • Joseph Downey
  • Anthony Doyle
  • George Driscoll
  • Clarence Durant
  • Sven Erickson
  • Henry Estabrook
  • Gustave Everberg
  • John Falvey
  • Bernard Finkelstein
  • Thomas Flaherty
  • Thomas Flannery
  • Frank Floyd
  • John Foley
  • Katherine Alena Foley
  • Owen Gallagher
  • John Gilmartin
  • Eugene Giroux
  • John Gleason
  • Hollis Gott
  • William Grant
  • James Gunn
  • John Halliwell
  • Ralph Hamilton
  • William Hannaford
  • Thomas Hannon
  • Joseph Harnisch
  • George Hassett
  • William Hastings
  • James Hathaway
  • Clayton Havey
  • Martin Hays
  • Jeremiah Healy
  • Charles Hedges
  • James Hennigan
  • Christian Herter
  • William Higgins
  • Charles Hogan
  • Daniel Honan
  • Frank Horton
  • Fred Hutchinson
  • Charles Innes
  • Francis Irwin
  • Adolph Johnson
  • Archibald Jones
  • Gerald Jones
  • William Jones
  • Michael Jordan
  • Patrick Kearns
  • Charles Kelley
  • Edward Kelley
  • Francis Kelley
  • James Kendall
  • James Kiley
  • George Killgoar
  • John Kimball
  • Orvis Kinney
  • William Kirkpatrick
  • John Knowles
  • George Kurzon
  • William Landergan
  • Leo Landry
  • Thomas Lane
  • John Lasell
  • Frank Leonardi
  • Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
  • Terrance Lomax
  • Clarence Luitwieler
  • William Lunney
  • John Lyons
  • Donald MacDonald
  • Frank MacLean
  • Arthur Mahan
  • James Mahoney
  • John Manning
  • Philip Markley
  • Joseph McCooey
  • James McCracken
  • Elmer McCulloch
  • Frederick McDermott
  • Paul McDonald
  • Timothy McDonough
  • James McElroy
  • Lawrence McHugh
  • Henry McLaren
  • Owen McLellan
  • Roger McNamara
  • Anthony McNulty
  • William Melley
  • Joseph Milano
  • Charles Morrill
  • Albert Morris
  • Frank Morrison
  • John E. Murphy
  • John Joseph Murphy
  • Joseph Murphy
  • Timothy Murphy
  • John Murray
  • David Nagle
  • Elmer Nelson
  • Frank O'Brien
  • Michael O'Brien
  • Raymond O'Connell
  • Joseph O'Kane
  • Edwin Olander
  • Charles Olson
  • Ralph Otis
  • Katherine Vose Parker
  • Arthur Paul
  • Richard Paul
  • Tycho Peterson
  • George Pettengill
  • Frederick Pierce
  • George Pierce
  • William Ramsdell
  • Frederick Reinstein
  • George Rice
  • Joseph Roach
  • Victor Rolander
  • Joseph Rolfe
  • David Rose
  • Albert Rubin
  • Francis Ryan
  • Leverett Saltonstall
  • Frank Sargent
  • Charles Savage
  • Roland Sawyer
  • Louis Scanlon
  • Martin Schofield
  • Mason Sears
  • William Sessions
  • John Shaughnessy
  • Charles Shea
  • Frank Sheridan
  • Philip Sherman
  • Edward Sirois
  • Harry Sisson
  • E. Hayes Small
  • Frank Smith
  • J. Francis Southgate
  • Ernest Sparrell
  • Richard Stacy
  • Edward Staves
  • George Stone
  • Patrick Sullivan
  • William Swain
  • Martin Swanson
  • Mollie Ashby Sweetser
  • Edmond Talbot
  • George Tarbell
  • Frederick Tarr
  • Joseph Theberge
  • James Tobin
  • Joseph Tuttle
  • Christopher Tyrrell
  • Herbert Urquhart
  • John Valentine
  • Magorisk Lawrence Walls
  • Ira Ward
  • Michael Ward
  • Kendrick Washburn
  • Patrick Welsh
  • John Wenzler
  • John Whalen
  • John White
  • John Wilson
  • Carl Woekel
  • Martin Young
  • Abraham Zimon

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. 2005. p. 338+.
  5. Public Officials of Massachusetts 1935-36. Boston Review.
  6. Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators, "Important Dates for Women in Massachusetts Government", History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923–2015


Further reading

  • Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1934), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1935, hdl:2452/43426
  • Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1935. hdl:2452/40706.
  • "Curley to Address Legislature Today: Convening Marks Second Sitting Of Both Branches--Few Changes Looked For on Committees", Daily Boston Globe, January 1, 1936
  • "Votes Flood Repairs: Massachusetts Legislature Passes $2,000,000 Sill for Highways", New York Times, March 27, 1936. (Related to March 1936 flood)
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