1899 Massachusetts legislature
# 1899 Massachusetts legislature

The 120th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1899 during the governorship of Roger Wolcott. George Edwin Smith served as president of the Senate and John L. Bates served as speaker of the House.

## Senators

| name | date of birth |
| - | - |
| Henry C. Attwill | March 11, 1872 |
| Charles O. Bailey | January 24, 1863 |
| John E. Baldwin | June 26, 1869 |
| Walter L. Bouve | October 28, 1849 |
| Loyed E. Chamberlain | January 30, 1857 |
| Frederick W. Dallinger | October 2, 1871 |
| William J. Donovan | October 31, 1862 |
| Wilson H. Fairbank | April 3, 1836 |
| John J. Feneno | March 24, 1866 |
| Samuel Wesley George | April 26, 1862 |
| Samuel S. Gleason | May 1, 1842 |
| Francis A. Harrington | November 17, 1846 |
| Albert L. Harwood | September 10, 1847 |
| William H. Hodgkins | June 9, 1840 |
| Charles Hiller Innes | August 6, 1870 |
| Fred Joy | July 8, 1859 |
| John A. Keliher | November 6, 1866 |
| Thomas W. Kenefick | September 17, 1855 |
| Warren S. Leach | February 23, 1847 |
| William H. Lott | September 17, 1852 |
| Walter O. Luscombe | August 19, 1852 |
| Arthur A. Maxwell | January 24, 1858 |
| John E. McClellan | September 5, 1847 |
| William Moran | September 6, 1855 |
| Herbert C. Parsons | January 15, 1862 |
| Frank A. Patch | July 23, 1844 |
| Thomas Post | August 16, 1834 |
| George E. Putnam | February 9, 1851 |
| William Reynolds | June 15, 1843 |
| Howard K. Sanderson | July 10, 1865 |
| Charles F. Sargent | August 31, 1858 |
| George Edwin Smith | April 5, 1849 |
| Rufus Albertson Soule | 1839 |
| Peter Francis Tague | June 4, 1871 |
| George N. Tyner | June 23, 1848 |
| Charles G. Washburn | January 28, 1857 |
| William A. Whittlesey | February 21, 1849 |
| Fred Homer Williams | January 7, 1857 |
| Charles T. Witt | July 18, 1848 |
| Benjamin Herbert Woodsum | October 4, 1857 |

## Representatives

| name | date of birth |
| - | - |
| Austin Flint Adams | July 15, 1840 |
| Charles H. Adams | April 22, 1859 |
| Wilfred Ainsworth | March 31, 1867 |
| Butler Ames | August 22, 1871 |
| David B. Andrews | August 12, 1838 |
| Richard F. Andrews, Jr | April 13, 1863 |
| Albert S. Apsey | November 27, 1870 |
| George Balcom | January 23, 1832 |
| Edwin Bartlett | October 25, 1833 |
| John L. Bates | September 18, 1859 |
| David W. Battles | January 20, 1854 |
| Frank P. Bennett | May 2, 1853 |
| John Bleiler | May 9, 1837 |
| Charles H. Blood | December 10, 1858 |
| Ward N. Boylston | December 17, 1871 |
| Hugh W. Bresnahan | November 25, 1869 |
| William Bridgeo | October 14, 1849 |
| Clarence A. Briggs | August 21, 1871 |
| William M. Brigham | January 23, 1864 |
| Charles C. Brooks | May 3, 1851 |
| Henry L. Brown | January 10, 1840 |
| Willard Madison Brown | April 24, 1861 |
| Nelson Aluren Bugbee | August 8, 1853 |
| William J. Bullock | January 31, 1864 |
| Albert H. Burgess | May 19, 1843 |
| Lester L. Burrington | March 24, 1838 |
| S. Hopkins Bushnell | October 6, 1834 |
| Andrew Campbell | May 3, 1826 |
| James F. Carey | August 19, 1867 |
| George Henry Carleton | August 6, 1840 |
| N. Henry Chadwick | March 17, 1838 |
| Leonard B. Chandler | August 29, 1851 |
| William D. Chapple | August 6, 1868 |
| Henry L. Chase | February 5, 1853 |
| Charles S. Clerke | January 10, 1850 |
| Arthur H. Cluer | April 12, 1853 |
| Samuel Cole | December 15, 1856 |
| Thomas A. Conroy | September 9, 1869 |
| Robert Eugene Conwell | June 12, 1854 |
| Clifford A. Cook | September 3, 1860 |
| Daniel S. Coolidge | September 21, 1845 |
| Charles V. Corey | July 8, 1838 |
| Aaron S. Crosby | October 6, 1842 |
| Alfred R. Crosby | August 30, 1838 |
| J. Howell Crosby | December 30, 1867 |
| Charles S. Crouch | 1833 |
| Richard Cullinane | February 2, 1859 |
| Guy W. Currier | December 22, 1867 |
| J. Frank Dalton | April 19, 1842 |
| William Daly | April 3, 1864 |
| William Aiken Davenport | October 23, 1869 |
| Daniel W. Davis | October 3, 1846 |
| William Ripley Davis | March 8, 1862 |
| Benjamin C. Dean | March 8, 1843 |
| Charles Austin Dean | March 26, 1856 |
| George Z. Dean | February 22, 1844 |
| Frank S. Dewey, Jr. | March 22, 1857 |
| Thomas J. Dillon | April 20, 1869 |
| Thomas Donahue | August 20, 1853 |
| Edward J. Donovan | March 15, 1864 |
| Eugene E. Donovan | November 21, 1858 |
| James H. Donovan | August 31, 1855 |
| Michael J. Donovan | November 1, 1864 |
| Thomas J. Dooling | January 28, 1868 |
| John J. Douglass | February 9, 1873 |
| Frederic P. Drake | March 16, 1851 |
| Daniel J. Driscoll, 2d | November 20, 1868 |
| George J. Dudley | February 17, 1849 |
| John B. Dumond | December 25, 1862 |
| George N. Dyer | December 17, 1850 |
| Curtis Eddy | May 18, 1838 |
| J. Lewis Ellsworth | November 8, 1848 |
| Eugene B. Estes | December 7, 1850 |
| Frederick W. Farwell | November 29, 1854 |
| John Favor | March 1, 1859 |
| William H. Feiker | March 11, 1870 |
| George E. Fisher | January 22, 1823 |
| Frank E. Fitts | May 26, 1848 |
| W. T. A. Fitzgerald | December 19, 1871 |
| John J. Flanagan | December 4, 1869 |
| Albert T. Folsom | November 9, 1831 |
| Frank A. Foster | February 15, 1859 |
| Frank W. Francis | September 16, 1857 |
| Archie N. Frost | July 26, 1872 |
| Michael E. Gaddis | February 21, 1869 |
| John J. Gartland | November 27, 1871 |
| Fred C. Gilpatric | August 22, 1865 |
| Albert M. Goulding | May 17, 1844 |
| Oliver S. Grant | April 30, 1866 |
| Thomas H. Green | March 17, 1847 |
| James Wilson Grimes | November 21, 1865 |
| John G. Hagberg | August 24, 1873 |
| Portus B. Hancock | February 19, 1836 |
| Franklin P. Harlow | |
| Charles H. Harriman | November 16, 1852 |
| Elisha T. Harvell | December 18, 1841 |
| Robert B. Harvie | October 28, 1841 |
| George F. Harwood | July 7, 1844 |
| Herbert J. Harwood | September 6, 1854 |
| Leander Miller Haskins | June 20, 1842 |
| Martin E. Hawes | October 25, 1834 |
| William Henry Irving Hayes | June 21, 1848 |
| Charles E. Haywood | October 11, 1868 |
| Guilford P. Heath | September 3, 1842 |
| Francis D. Henderson | March 6, 1847 |
| Franklin K. Hooper | February 2, 1849 |
| William Hopewell | June 24, 1867 |
| Henry T. Horton | December 11, 1845 |
| Robert Howard | May 7, 1855 |
| Charles W. Howland | March 25, 1860 |
| Willard Howland | December 3, 1852 |
| James Hunt | January 27, 1833 |
| Franklin E. Huntress | April 19, 1866 |
| Charles R. Johnson | December 28, 1852 |
| Michael Bernard Jones | August 20, 1864 |
| William E. Judd | September 3, 1855 |
| Daniel Joseph Kane | April 14, 1872 |
| John E. Kavenaugh | October 19, 1864 |
| Charles P. Keith | March 14, 1843 |
| William Kells, Jr. | October 23, 1861 |
| Nicholas B. Keyou | April 25, 1828 |
| Charles Francis King | January 29, 1871 |
| Randolph V. King | January 20, 1853 |
| William S. Kyle | July 12, 1851 |
| John Philip Lanergan | December 31, 1874 |
| John T. Langford | February 8, 1842 |
| Addison P. Learoyd | February 11, 1838 |
| Francis Leland | October 3, 1839 |
| George F. Leslie | September 12, 1850 |
| John F. Libby | February 3, 1863 |
| James A. Litchfield | March 14, 1844 |
| William C. Litchfield | March 31, 1840 |
| Alexander Lockhart | December 22, 1854 |
| Martin Lomasney | December 3, 1859 |
| Edward M. Lombard | August 31, 1843 |
| Joseph Patrick Love | August 26, 1852 |
| John H. Lowe | January 8, 1848 |
| Robert Luce | December 2, 1862 |
| Thomas Mackey | August 6, 1865 |
| David A. Mahoney | December 21, 1867 |
| Frederick C. Mahony | January 18, 1875 |
| Matthew M. Mansfield | September 25, 1866 |
| Eugene Dennis Marchesseault | September 29, 1865 |
| William H. Marden | May 30, 1843 |
| Jeremiah F. McCarthy | July 7, 1857 |
| Jeremiah Justin McCarthy | March 29, 1852 |
| Daniel V. McIsaac | November 6, 1871 |
| William I. McLoughlin | January 16, 1872 |
| Edward C. Mead | December 25, 1858 |
| James H. Mellen | November 7, 1845 |
| Calvin S. Miller | December 22, 1833 |
| Charles H. Miller | January 14, 1848 |
| William J. Miller | June 8, 1867 |
| Charles P. Mills | August 22, 1853 |
| Cornelius Minihan | August 15, 1862 |
| John M. Minton | March 23, 1872 |
| James A. Montgomery | May 17, 1864 |
| James S. Moore | May 31, 1842 |
| Andrew H. Morrison | June 27, 1871 |
| Merrick A. Morse | May 1, 1847 |
| John P. Munroe | June 28, 1850 |
| Mortimer D. A. Murphy | May 9, 1867 |
| James J. Myers | November 20, 1842 |
| David Neal | April 18, 1828 |
| H. Heustis Newton | December 2, 1860 |
| Phinehas S. Newton | August 2, 1833 |
| Darius M. Nickerson, Jr. | July 11, 1863 |
| William Odlin | April 5, 1865 |
| William Colvard Parker | April 12, 1858 |
| Alexander Sinclair Paton | November 20, 1854 |
| Charles H. Persons | January 5, 1859 |
| William T. Pike | August 23, 1854 |
| Thomas F. Porter | October 30, 1847 |
| John A. Powers | September 15, 1853 |
| John F. Prindle | September 15, 1851 |
| Herbert C. Puffer | February 3, 1842 |
| James H. Queeney | April 23, 1865 |
| William Joseph Quigley | |
| Charles H. Ramsdell | September 26, 1840 |
| Albert Hoyt Ray | May 24, 1865 |
| Silas Dean Reed | June 25, 1872 |
| Lewis D. Robinson | June 21, 1842 |
| Albert B. Root | June 13, 1858 |
| Leonard W. Ross | October 5, 1856 |
| Samuel Ross | February 2, 1865 |
| Albert Rounseville | May 10, 1871 |
| Arthur P. Russell | June 16, 1871 |
| William R. Salter | July 6, 1861 |
| Edward P. Sands | February 14, 1871 |
| Charles R. Saunders | November 22, 1862 |
| Louis M. Scates | January 17, 1863 |
| William Schofield | February 14, 1857 |
| James F. Seavey | December 6, 1842 |
| George Shepley Selfridge | September 25, 1868 |
| Joseph C. Severance | September 7, 1841 |
| Nathan W. Shaw | October 11, 1823 |
| Ebenezer Wallen Sheppard | May 7, 1860 |
| Arthur A. Simmons | January 28, 1852 |
| Robert S. Sisson | June 4, 1846 |
| William E. Skillings | October 23, 1843 |
| Henry R. Skinner | May 9, 1860 |
| Allen F. Smith | September 27, 1862 |
| Charles F. A. Smith | July 18, 1866 |
| Charles G. Smith | 1844 |
| John Thomas Sparks | July 9, 1865 |
| Wallace Spooner | November 28, 1856 |
| Eugene H. Sprague | May 23, 1864 |
| Hugh L. Stalker | December 31, 1857 |
| Benjamin F. Stanley | November 6, 1823 |
| Joseph I. Stewart | April 25, 1847 |
| Silas A. Stone | February 3, 1843 |
| Willmore B. Stone | June 24, 1853 |
| Michael J. Sullivan | October 23, 1870 |
| Timothy F. Sullivan | August 21, 1867 |
| Charles T. Tatman | December 16, 1871 |
| John I. Toland | September 6, 1874 |
| William Tolman | June 2, 1858 |
| John J. Toomey | September 18, 1868 |
| Charles E. Trow | April 18, 1833 |
| Henry Edward Turner | May 4, 1842 |
| William Turtle | June 20, 1855 |
| Horatio Fogg Twombly | |
| Edmund J. Twomey | July 16, 1860 |
| Charles H. Upson | June 4, 1848 |
| George E. Varney | July 8, 1864 |
| Silas Ives Wallace | |
| Walter S. Watson | September 11, 1851 |
| Abelard E. Wells | June 17, 1854 |
| Edward E. Wentworth | June 27, 1845 |
| Walter S. Weston | November 12, 1852 |
| Harry Bertram Whall | September 5, 1868 |
| William D. Wheeler | May 7, 1868 |
| John B. Whelan | February 19, 1864 |
| John Jay Whipple | December 31, 1847 |
| Horace C. White | January 26, 1836 |
| Edward E. Willard | September 25, 1862 |
| George F. Williams | April 28, 1856 |
| Alva S. Wood | May 12, 1828 |
