88th
Massachusetts General Court
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Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 6, 1866
Senate
Members40
PresidentJoseph Adams Pond
Party controlRepublican (40)[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJames M. Stone
Party controlRepublican
(230 R, 10 D)[1]
Sessions
1stJanuary 2, 1867 (1867-01-02) – June 1, 1867 (1867-06-01) [2]

The 88th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1867 during the governorship of Republican Alexander Bullock.[3] Joseph Adams Pond served as president of the Senate and James M. Stone served as speaker of the House.[4][5]

"In 1867 the Republican power in the Legislature was total in the Senate, 40 Republicans out of forty seats. In the House the numbers rose to 230 Republicans as against but 10 Democrats."[6]

Senators

Seating chart of Massachusetts senate in 1867 [7]
  • Henry Alexander Jr.[7]
  • A. O. Allen
  • George S. Ball
  • Edwin L. Barney
  • S. G. Bowdlear
  • S. W. Bowerman
  • George O. Brastow
  • S. Angier Chace
  • F. W. Choate
  • Sumner Crosby
  • Moses A. Dow
  • George P. Elliott
  • Charles Endicott
  • Frank B. Fay
  • Erasmus Gould
  • Martin Griffin
  • Luther Hill
  • Charles M. Howe
  • John H. Lockey
  • A. M. McPhail Jr.
  • Joshua N. Marshall
  • E. C Monk
  • R. M. Morse Jr.
  • John G. Mudge
  • Charles J. Noyes
  • Benjamin C. Perkins
  • J. A. Pond
  • L. W. Pond
  • B. F. Pratt
  • William L. Reed
  • Everett Robinson
  • George L. Sawin
  • Edmund H. Sawyer
  • Hinsdale Smith
  • Chester Snow
  • Christopher Stebbins
  • Albert W. Stevens
  • Caleb Swan
  • George H. Sweetser
  • Joseph Tucker

Representatives

  • Rufus Adams [7]
  • P. Emory Aldrich
  • James G. Allen
  • Titus Amadon
  • Joseph L. Andrews
  • Samuel Atherton
  • Edward Avery
  • Edwin H. Ball
  • Frederick K. Ballou
  • John V. Barker
  • Lemuel Le Baron
  • Joseph Barrows
  • Andrew J. Bartholemew
  • Alvin G. Bartlett
  • Porter G. Barton
  • J. H. Batchelder
  • De Witt C. Bates
  • Jacob Bates
  • Francis J. Baxter
  • David M. Bean
  • Joseph Bedortha
  • John C. Bigelow
  • Francis W. Bird
  • Albert Blood
  • John Botume, Jr
  • L. H. Bowker
  • Addison Boyden
  • David Boynton
  • Joseph S. Bradley
  • John Branning
  • Silas N. Brooks
  • George A. Brown
  • Oliver H. P. Brown
  • William B. Brown
  • Ezra P. Brownell
  • Charles Bryant
  • Dexter Bullard
  • Alvah A. Burrage
  • Amos Buswell
  • Abel H. Calkins
  • Zacheus Candee
  • John Carruthers
  • Addison Center
  • Jonas A. Champney
  • Heman B. Chase
  • Isaac K. Chipman
  • Elijah H. Chisholm
  • Andrew J. Clark
  • William S. Clark
  • Henry M. Clarke
  • Timothy F. Clary
  • James H. Codding
  • Isaac H. Coe
  • Aury G. Coes
  • Michael D. Collins
  • Luther Conant
  • George A. Converse
  • Horace H. Coolidge
  • Benjamin A. Corbin
  • George D. Crittenden
  • John A. Daly
  • Richard H. Dana, Jr
  • Anson Daniels
  • Benjamin H. Davis
  • David Davis
  • Charles Demond
  • Jeremy B. Dennett
  • Charles Dickerman
  • Nathaniel H. Dill
  • Henry Diman
  • George B. Dodge
  • Charles H. Drew
  • Lewis J. Dudley
  • Elisha M. Dunham
  • Sebastian S. Dunn
  • Charles B. Emerson
  • B. C. English
  • Constantine C. Esty
  • William J. R. Evans
  • Thomas J. Fay
  • Richard J. Fennelly
  • George E. Fisher
  • Edmund Flinn
  • James A. Fox
  • Jonathan C. French
  • Walter Gale
  • Noah M. Gaylord
  • George L. Gill
  • Wesley A. Gove
  • William E. Gowing
  • Benjamin Hale
  • Samuel Hall
  • William T. Hall
  • Lyman S. Hapgood
  • Hamlin R. Harding
  • Alpheus Harding, Jr
  • Daniel L. Harris
  • Abraham G. Hart
  • Alfred S. Hartwell
  • John B. Hathaway
  • George P. Hawkes
  • Frederick Hebard
  • George Heywood
  • Enoch V. B. Holcomb
  • Addison H. Holland
  • Egbert Hollister
  • George F. Homer
  • Anson P. Hooker
  • John C. Houghton
  • Sereno Howe
  • John A. Hughes
  • Harvey Jewell
  • Andrew F. Jewett
  • Berijah H. Kagwin
  • George W. Keed
  • Moses Kimball
  • Rufus Kimball
  • Dexter S. King
  • Solomon D. King
  • Emory W. Lane
  • William H. Lapham
  • James H. Leland
  • John Livermore
  • Joshua C. Longley
  • George B. Loring
  • J. Q. A. Lothrop
  • Gorham P. Low
  • Uriah Macoy
  • Hugh A. Madden
  • John F. Manahan
  • James F. Mansfield
  • John S. March
  • George Marston
  • Knott V. Martin
  • David H. Mason
  • J. Wilder May
  • John McClellan
  • Henry Mclntire
  • John E. Merrill
  • Alfred Miller
  • John Miller
  • Charles Lewis Mitchell[8]
  • James S. Montague
  • Ira L. Moore
  • Daniel Needham
  • John S. Needham
  • Thomas G. Nichols
  • Rufus S. Owen
  • Calvin A. Packard
  • Charles J. Paine
  • Augustus Parker
  • Isaac Parsons
  • Warren Partridge
  • Edwin Patch
  • George R. Peckham
  • Benjamin F. Peirce
  • George H. Peirson
  • Jesse S. Pendegrast
  • Edward Y. Perry
  • Joseph A. Perry
  • James Pierce
  • Avery Plumer
  • Joseph G. Pollard
  • Joseph S. Potter
  • J. Winsor Pratt
  • Noah Prince
  • James H. Putnam
  • Simeon Putnam
  • John W. Raymond
  • Erastus M. Reed
  • James B. Reed
  • Austin Rice
  • Edmund Rice
  • Elias Richards
  • Henry E. Rockwell
  • Charles E. Rogers
  • Edward H. Rogers
  • George F. Rowland
  • Alpheus A. Russegue
  • Addison A. Sawyer
  • Ezra Sawyer
  • Charles C. Sewell
  • Georoje Sheldon
  • Edward F. Sherman
  • Hiram S. Shurtleff
  • Samuel Small
  • Charles E. Smith
  • Oliver W. Smith
  • William C. Spaulding
  • Walter S. Sprague
  • George W. Stacy
  • Joseph C. Stacy
  • William A. Stearns
  • Daniel B. Stedman
  • Francis Stevens
  • J. Warren Stevens
  • Levi Stockbridge
  • Eben F. Stone
  • James M. Stone
  • Joshua C. Stone
  • Charles A. Stott
  • Ebenezer Swan
  • Edward Taylor
  • Jonathan C. Taylor
  • Solomon Thacher
  • David Thayer
  • Shepard Thayer
  • William W. Thayer
  • Newell A. Thompson
  • Hubbard W. Tilton
  • Edward Tisdale
  • J. Scott Todd
  • Richard Tolman
  • Samuel J. Tuttle
  • William E. Underwood
  • George Vose
  • William H. Waitt
  • Edwin Garrison Walker[8]
  • Noah Wallace
  • Eben N. Wardwell
  • Anson K. Warner
  • John T. Warner
  • Samuel Warren
  • Thomas W. Wason
  • Henfy S. Wheeler
  • J. Murray Whitcomb
  • Rufus A. White
  • Milton Whitney
  • Nathan S. Williams
  • Clement Willis
  • Thomas Wilson
  • Nahum Witherbee
  • Andrew C. Wood
  • Lyman Woodward
  • George W. Woodwell
  • Albert J. Wright
  • Edwin Wright
  • Winsor Wright
  • Wm. H. P. Wright
  • Franklin Wyman

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Cornelius Dalton; John Wirkkala; Anne Thomas (1984). "Political Complexion of the General Court 1867-1980". Leading the Way: a History of the Massachusetts General Court, 1629-1980. Boston: Massachusetts Secretary of State. p. 441+. ISBN 0961391502.
  2. ↑ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  3. ↑ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1867, 1867 – via Google Books
  4. ↑ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
  5. ↑ "Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register, 1867. 1852 – via Archive.org.
  6. ↑ John F. Parker (1985), "Evolution of Massachusetts Party Government (1630s-1980s)", Legislative Life, Its Realities, Facts, Wit & Humor, New Legislators' Orientation, State House, Boston
  7. 1 2 3 Court, Massachusetts General (1867). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40645.
  8. 1 2 Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905

Further reading

  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1867, hdl:2452/619056
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1867, hdl:2452/92949
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