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.
| 149th Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 6, 1934 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | James G. Moran (1st Bristol district) | ||||
| Party control | Republican (21–19) | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | Leverett Saltonstall (5th Middlesex) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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James Moran, Senate president.
Leverett Saltonstall, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1935.
Senators
| Portrait | Name | Date of Birth | District | Hometown | Party | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Thomas M. Burke | May 30, 1898 | 8th Suffolk | Dorchester | Democratic | 1935 |
 | Edward C. Carroll | December 15, 1893 | 4th Suffolk | South Boston | Democratic | 1933 |
 | Patrick Eugene Casey | September 24, 1886 | 4th Worcester | Milford | Democratic | 1935 |
 | Charles Thomas Cavanagh | June 12, 1893 | 2nd Middlesex | Cambridge | Democratic | 1934 |
 | Albert Cole (Massachusetts politician) | December 28, 1904 | 1st Essex | Lynn | Republican | 1935 |
 | William S. Conroy | October 2, 1877 | 2nd Bristol | Fall River | Democratic | 1929 |
 | Walter L. Considine | August 7, 1900 | 3rd Bristol | New Bedford | Democratic | 1935 |
 | Joseph R. Cotton | November 16, 1890 | 7th Middlesex | Lexington | Republican | 1927 |
 | Charles Thomas Daly | March 12, 1882 | 6th Middlesex | Medford | Democratic | 1935 |
 | William Aiken Davenport | October 23, 1869 | Franklin and Hampshire | Greenfield | Republican | 1935 |
 | Joseph P. Donahoe | September 18, 1891 | 7th Suffolk | Dorchester | Democratic | 1935 |
 | John F. Donovan | April 26, 1897 | 1st Suffolk | Chelsea | Democratic | 1935 |
 | Edgar C. Erickson | July 18, 1896 | 2nd Worcester | Worcester | Republican | 1933 |
 | Erland F. Fish | December 7, 1883 | Norfolk and Suffolk | Brookline | Republican | 1925 |
 | Angier Goodwin | January 30, 1881 | 4th Middlesex | Melrose | Republican | 1929 |
 | Cornelius F. Haley | July 15, 1875 | 3rd Essex | Rowley | Republican | 1927 |
 | Arthur W. Hollis | April 29, 1877 | 1st Middlesex | Newton | Republican | 1929 |
 | Newland H. Holmes | August 30, 1891 | Norfolk and Plymouth | Weymouth | Republican | 1931 |
 | Frank Hurley | March 9, 1900 | 2nd Hampden | Holyoke | Democratic | 1929 |
 | Thomas H. Johnston | March 5, 1872 | Worcester and Hampden | Clinton | Republican | 1931 |
 | Joseph A. Langone Jr. | September 8, 1896 | 2nd Suffolk | Boston | Democratic | 1933 |
 | John D. Mackay | April 7, 1872 | Norfolk | Quincy | Republican | 1930 |
 | William Francis Madden | January 4, 1897 | 5th Suffolk | Jamaica Plain | Democratic | 1933 |
 | Charles Albert Proctor McAree | November 3, 1908 | 4th Essex | Haverhill | Democratic | 1935 |
 | William F. McCarthy | November 9, 1902 | 8th Middlesex | Lowell | Democratic | 1935 |
 | Francis M. McKeown | 1st Hampden | Springfield | Democratic | 1935 | |
 | James Philip Meehan | June 25, 1893 | 5th Essex | Lawrence | Democratic | 1934 |
 | Charles Gardner Miles | December 2, 1879 | Plymouth | Brockton | Republican | 1933 |
 | James G. Moran | May 2, 1870 | 1st Bristol | Mansfield | Republican | 1923 |
 | George G. Moyse | December 21, 1878 | 5th Middlesex | Waltham | Republican | 1925 |
.jpg) | Donald W. Nicholson | August 11, 1888 | Cape and Plymouth | Wareham | Republican | 1927 |
 | Edward H. Nutting | July 6, 1869 | 3rd Worcester | Leominster | Republican | 1931 |
.png) | Henry Parkman Jr. | April 26, 1894 | 3rd Suffolk | Boston | Republican | 1929 |
 | Albert Pierce | February 29, 1876 | 2nd Essex | Salem | Republican | 1935 |
 | Theodore Robinson Plunkett | May 10, 1882 | Berkshire | Adams | Republican | 1931 |
 | Harry Bancroft Putnam | September 7, 1878 | Berkshire, Hampshire, and Hampden | Westfield | Republican | 1933 |
 | James Conlan Scanlan | December 18, 1896 | 3rd Middlesex | Somerville | Democratic | 1931 |
 | John S. Sullivan | December 18, 1875 | 1st Worcester | Worcester | Democratic | 1933 |
 | Joseph C. White | 1899 | 6th Suffolk | Jamaica Plain | Democratic | 1933 |
 | Samuel H. Wragg | June 9, 1882 | Norfolk and Middlesex | Needham | Republican | 1925 |
Representatives
| Portrait | Name | Date of Birth | District |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Henry Achin Jr. | June 30, 1883 | 14th Middlesex |
 | Augustine Airola | ||
 | William A. Akeroyd | October 24, 1883 | |
 | George T. Ashe | February 6, 1905 | |
 | John Francis Aspell | July 8, 1906 | |
 | Frank David Babcock | August 16, 1877 | |
 | Josiah Babcock Jr. | May 21, 1880 | |
 | Edward P. Bacigalupo | October 19, 1897 | |
 | William Brooks Baker | January 10, 1879 | |
 | William A. Baldwin | January 18, 1874 | |
 | Philip Barnet | December 2, 1892 | |
 | Mary Livermore Barrows | June 30, 1877 | |
 | Thomas Edmund Barry | May 14, 1899 | |
 | Stanley Spilsted Bates | August 10, 1890 | |
 | Walter Ray Baylies | April 28, 1902 | |
 | Malcolm Lawrie Bell | November 30, 1890 | |
 | Albert Bergeron | June 23, 1886 | |
 | Alfred M. Bessette | March 25, 1876 | |
 | Rodolphe G. Bessette | September 14, 1911 | |
 | Albert F. Bigelow | October 4, 1880 | 10th Norfolk |
 | Leo Birmingham | April 14, 1893 | |
 | Fred Arthur Blake | January 13, 1895 | |
.jpg) | Edward Boland | October 1, 1911 | |
 | Rufus Hallowell Bond | December 24, 1896 | |
 | Albert Lionel Bourgeois | June 7, 1899 | |
 | Philip Griggs Bowker | April 17, 1899 | |
 | Albert Ovila Boyer | May 27, 1908 | |
 | Edward T. Brady | October 23, 1908 | |
 | Fred Emerson Briggs | March 14, 1875 | |
 | Emma E. Brigham | June 10, 1872 | |
 | Warren Kingsbury Brimblecom | June 25, 1899 | |
 | William Albert Brown | February 5, 1888 | |
 | Arthur I. Burgess | October 13, 1894 | |
 | Horace T. Cahill | December 12, 1894 | |
 | Zacheus H. Cande | ||
 | Leo Edward Joseph Carney | November 16, 1899 | |
 | Michael Joseph Carroll | June 21, 1891 | |
 | Bernard P. Casey | July 29, 1894 | |
 | Tony A. Centracchio | May 25, 1906 | |
 | Chester W. Chase | August 27, 1885 | |
 | Ralph Vester Clampit | March 28, 1896 | |
 | Frank Clarkson | June 21, 1877 | |
 | Ignatius B. Cleary | May 19, 1892 | |
 | Joseph Francis Cleary | September 4, 1901 | |
 | Francis David Coady | January 20, 1884 | |
 | Andrew J. Coakley | November 6, 1906 | |
 | John W. Coddaire Jr. | ||
 | Edward A. Coffey | October 17, 1892 | |
 | Samuel H. Cohen | ||
 | John T. Comerford | June 8, 1887 | |
 | Richard Comerford | October 13, 1905 | |
 | Edward J. Connelly | October 10, 1876 | |
 | Charles H. Cooke | May 13, 1878 | |
 | Timothy Joseph Cooney | September 30, 1909 | |
 | Frank Bernard Coughlin | January 11, 1891 | |
 | Francis X. Coyne | March 15, 1892 | |
 | Nelson B. Crosby | June 20, 1871 | |
 | Ralph Raymond Currier | October 28, 1892 | |
 | Laurence Curtis | September 3, 1893 | |
 | Ernest J. Dean | April 5, 1883 | |
 | Hiram Nichols Dearborn | December 21, 1867 | |
 | Thomas A. Delmore | December 21, 1894 | |
 | George Demeter | March 13, 1896 | |
 | Burt Dewar | December 29, 1884 | |
 | Thomas Patrick Dillon | February 19, 1901 | |
 | Fred Belding Dole | January 23, 1895 | |
 | John Joseph Donahue | March 14, 1906 | |
 | Martin William Donahue | January 4, 1893 | |
 | James P. Donnelly | February 26, 1890 | |
 | Cornelius P. Donovan | March 15, 1895 | |
 | Joseph William Dooley | October 25, 1904 | |
 | Thomas Dorgan | August 15, 1892 | |
 | Joseph H. Downey | December 6, 1890 | |
 | Anthony R. Doyle | August 8, 1895 | |
 | George F. Driscoll | ||
 | Clarence N. Durant | May 15, 1884 | |
 | Sven August Erickson | December 9, 1875 | |
 | Henry A. Estabrook | April 22, 1850 | |
 | Gustave William Everberg | June 24, 1890 | |
 | John J. Falvey | February 22, 1904 | |
 | Bernard Finkelstein | July 4, 1887 | |
 | Thomas A. Flaherty | December 21, 1898 | |
 | Thomas J. Flannery | August 9, 1886 | |
 | Frank L. Floyd | October 17, 1893 | |
 | John J. Foley | January 25, 1888 | |
 | Katherine A. Foley | May 10, 1889 | |
 | Owen Gallagher | November 12, 1884 | |
 | John J. Gilmartin | September 25, 1892 | |
 | Eugene H. Giroux | January 20, 1903 | |
 | John Leo Gleason | June 27, 1903 | |
 | Hollis M. Gott | May 25, 1885 | |
 | William Patrick Grant | November 5, 1904 | |
 | James A. Gunn | June 7, 1883 | |
 | John Halliwell | February 21, 1864 | |
 | Ralph N. Hamilton | November 16, 1898 | |
 | William Arthur Hannaford | October 14, 1892 | |
 | Thomas J. Hannon | December 9, 1900 | |
 | Joseph J. Harnisch | December 28, 1883 | |
 | George Paterson Hassett | May 25, 1888 | |
 | William Alexander Hastings | February 22, 1868 | |
 | James Dolan Hathaway | November 17, 1907 | |
 | Clayton Locke Havey | July 17, 1897 | |
 | Martin Hays | October 14, 1876 | |
 | Jeremiah Joseph Healy | July 2, 1872 | |
 | Charles W. Hedges | March 27, 1901 | |
 | James W. Hennigan Sr. | 1890 | |
.jpg) | Christian Herter | March 28, 1895 | |
 | William Francis Higgins | June 16, 1899 | |
 | Charles V. Hogan | April 12, 1897 | |
 | Daniel J. Honan | January 19, 1884 | |
 | Frank Hathaway Horton | July 15, 1874 | |
 | Fred A. Hutchinson | April 5, 1881 | |
 | Charles John Innes | June 1, 1901 | |
 | Francis William Irwin | November 19, 1905 | |
 | Adolph Johnson | July 20, 1885 | |
 | Archibald L. Jones | June 26, 1900 | |
 | Gerald Denison Jones | August 24, 1878 | |
 | William A. Jones | March 27, 1885 | |
 | Michael H. Jordan | February 7, 1863 | |
 | Patrick Joseph Kearns | September 8, 1912 | |
 | Charles A. Kelley | March 24, 1862 | |
 | Edward J. Kelley | December 25, 1897 | |
 | Francis Joseph Kelley | March 21, 1890 | |
 | James Edward Kendall | September 4, 1870 | |
 | James J. Kiley | July 5, 1911 | |
 | George F. Killgoar | ||
 | John V. Kimball | July 17, 1875 | |
 | Orvis F. Kinney | May 23, 1880 | |
 | William E. Kirkpatrick | November 12, 1901 | |
 | John Quincy Knowles | May 21, 1895 | |
 | George M. Kurzon | ||
 | William Landergan | August 28, 1899 | |
 | Leo P. Landry | July 10, 1897 | |
.jpg) | Thomas J. Lane | July 6, 1898 | |
 | John Whitin Lasell | ||
 | Frank M. Leonardi | August 17, 1891 | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | July 5, 1902 | |
 | Terrance Joseph Lomax Jr. | August 29, 1907 | |
 | Clarence S. Luitwieler | ||
 | William Christopher Lunney | December 24, 1910 | |
 | John P. Lyons | June 24, 1879 | |
 | Donald Alexander MacDonald | February 21, 1893 | |
 | Frank E. MacLean | ||
 | Arthur Ulton Mahan | June 18, 1900 | |
 | James Francis Mahoney | September 24, 1890 | |
 | John Francis Manning | January 4, 1906 | |
 | Philip M. Markley | March 28, 1897 | |
 | Joseph Patrick McCooey | ||
 | James M. McCracken | July 30, 1877 | |
 | Elmer L. McCulloch | ||
 | Frederick T. McDermott | November 20, 1906 | |
 | Paul John McDonald | ||
 | Timothy J. McDonough | ||
 | James Maxwell McElroy | ||
 | Lawrence P. McHugh | ||
 | Henry Parker McLaren | ||
 | Owen D. McLellan | ||
 | Roger Alton McNamara | ||
 | Anthony A. McNulty | ||
 | William H. Melley | May 18, 1903 | |
 | Joseph A. Milano | April 8, 1883 | |
 | Charles H. Morrill | October 6, 1874 | |
 | Albert Edward Morris | April 4, 1903 | |
 | Frank J. Morrison | September 2, 1902 | |
 | Joseph L. Murphy | January 25, 1907 | |
 | John E. Murphy | February 13, 1900 | |
 | John Joseph Murphy | August 28, 1892 | |
 | Timothy Joseph Murphy | September 23, 1909 | |
 | John A. Murray | May 6, 1906 | |
 | David G. Nagle | October 22, 1901 | |
 | Elmer C. Nelson | June 1, 1900 | |
 | Frank Daniel O'Brien | April 25, 1905 | |
 | Michael T. O'Brien | December 3, 1868 | |
 | Raymond Francis O'Connell | August 11, 1901 | |
 | Joseph N. O'Kane | May 26, 1873 | |
 | Edwin Lawrence Olander | October 31, 1891 | |
 | Charles William Olson | August 24, 1889 | |
 | Ralph Emerson Otis | January 16, 1890 | |
 | Katherine Vose Parker | November 16, 1888 | |
 | Arthur E. Paul | January 6, 1902 | |
 | Richard Farnsworth Paul | January 17, 1888 | |
 | Tycho Mouritz Petersen | August 29, 1892 | |
 | George Wesley Pettengill | September 17, 1868 | |
 | Frederick Everett Pierce | May 5, 1862 | |
 | George Francis Pierce | August 13, 1895 | |
 | William Eben Ramsdell | May 4, 1895 | |
 | Frederick Henry Reinstein | April 14, 1899 | |
 | George Edmund Rice | February 22, 1899 | |
 | Joseph N. Roach | March 22, 1883 | |
 | Victor E. Rolander | March 8, 1871 | |
 | Joseph D. Rolfe | May 17, 1893 | |
 | David A. Rose | 1905 | |
 | Albert Rubin | January 15, 1872 | |
 | Francis Edward Ryan | October 6, 1895 | |
 | Leverett Saltonstall | September 1, 1892 | |
 | Frank Joseph Sargent | March 11, 1900 | |
 | Charles H. Savage | January 7, 1893 | |
 | Roland D. Sawyer | January 8, 1874 | |
 | Louis James Scanlon | March 25, 1899 | |
 | Martin Robert Schofield | September 28, 1906 | |
 | Mason Sears | December 29, 1899 | |
 | William J. Sessions | December 18, 1859 | |
 | John Richard Shaughnessy | February 6, 1901 | |
 | Charles H. Shea | December 14, 1891 | |
 | Frank Chester Sheridan | July 21, 1893 | |
 | Philip Sherman | ||
 | Edward Sirois | December 18, 1898 | |
 | Harry D. Sisson | January 9, 1863 | |
 | E. Hayes Small | December 23, 1876 | |
 | Frank William Smith | January 26, 1895 | |
 | J. Francis Southgate | May 4, 1883 | |
 | Ernest H. Sparrell | ||
 | Richard H. Stacy | August 18, 1864 | |
 | Edward William Staves | May 9, 1887 | |
 | George Sawyer Stone | February 3, 1866 | |
 | Patrick Gilbert Sullivan | November 18, 1904 | |
 | William T. Swain | December 2, 1878 | |
 | Martin Swanson | July 20, 1872 | |
 | Mollie Ashby Sweetser | April 17, 1882 | |
 | Edmond Talbot Jr. | June 1, 1898 | |
 | George Grosvenor Tarbell | 1886 | |
 | Frederick H. Tarr Jr. | March 25, 1903 | |
 | Joseph E. Theberge | April 27, 1903 | |
 | James Francis Tobin | May 8, 1903 | |
 | Joseph Walton Tuttle Jr. | August 20, 1894 | |
 | Christopher J. Tyrrell | June 21, 1895 | |
 | Herbert W. Urquhart | October 19, 1883 | |
 | John H. Valentine | July 21, 1896 | |
 | Magorisk Lawrence Walls | August 5, 1898 | |
 | Ira C. Ward | March 7, 1862 | |
 | Michael James Ward | September 19, 1899 | |
 | Kendrick Harlow Washburn | July 29, 1893 | |
 | Patrick J. Welsh | October 8, 1893 | |
 | John B. Wenzler | June 11, 1881 | |
 | John J. Whalen | June 5, 1876 | |
 | John Philip White | ||
 | John Chester Wilson | August 14, 1889 | |
 | Carl A. Woekel | ||
 | Martin E. Young | January 5, 1896 | |
 | Abraham I. Zimon |
See also
References
Further reading
- Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1934), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1935, hdl:2452/43426
- Court, Massachusetts General (1935). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40706.
- "Curley to Address Legislature Today: Convening Marks Second Sitting Of Both Branches--Few Changes Looked For on Committees", Daily Boston Globe, 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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