1869 Massachusetts legislature

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90th
Massachusetts General Court
Speaker
Harvey Jewell
Party controlRepublican
(224 Republicans, 16 Democrats)[1][3]
Sessions
1stJanuary 6, 1869 (1869-01-06) – June 24, 1869 (1869-06-24) [4]
George O. Brastow
George Brastow, Senate president.
Harvey Jewell
Harvey Jewell, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1869.

The 90th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the

speaker of the House.[6][7]

Notable events include the creation of a Joint Special Committee on Woman Suffrage.[8]

Senators

Image Name [9] Date of birth [10] District Party
Nathaniel Ellis Atwood September 13, 1807
George Oliver Brastow 1811
George Marshall Buttrick 1822
Horace Hopkins Coolidge February 11, 1832
Samuel Dexter Crane 1816
Benjamin Dean August 22, 1824
Francis Henshaw Dewey 1821
Edmund Dowse 1813
Alonzo Madison Giles 1821
Whiting Griswold November 12, 1814
John Brown Hathaway 1809
Francis Allen Hobart 1833
Nathaniel Jay Holden 1827
Estes Howe 1814
George Augustus King 1834
Richmond Kingman 1821
Charles James Kittredge 1818
Lucius James Knowles 1819
Charles Rensselaer Ladd April 9, 1822
John Hyde Lockey 1822
Charles Marsh 1818
Joshua Newell Marshall 1830
Charles Rankin McLean 1824
George Harris Monroe 1826
Ellis Wesley Morton 1840
Daniel Needham 1822
Julius Auboyneau Palmer 1803
Robert Carter Pitman March 16, 1825
Richard Plumer 1813
Joseph Greeley Pollard 1833
Joseph Gorton Ray 1831
George Merrick Rice November 20, 1808
Oliver Hazard Perry Smith 1824
George H. Sweetser 1823
George Sylvester Taylor March 2, 1822
Edward Augustus Thomas 1829
Joseph Scott Todd 1828
Harrison Tweed 1806
Gershom Bradford Weston August 27, 1799
Charles Augustus Wheelock 1812
Jonathan White 1819

Representatives

See also

References

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  5. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
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  7. ^ Kaitlin Connolly (September 24, 2012), "Women's Suffrage Movement in Massachusetts", State Library of Massachusetts blog
  8. ^ .
  9. ^ "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1869" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  10. ^ Kaitlin Connolly (March 4, 2013), "Massachusetts Legislators: John James Smith", State Library of Massachusetts blog

Further reading

  • "Massachusetts".
    American Annual Cyclopaedia
    and Register of Important Events of the Year 1869
    . New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1870. (includes description of legislature)

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