149th Massachusetts General Court (1935–1936)
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]
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| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Election | November 6, 1934 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | James G. Moran (1st Bristol district) | ||||
| Party control | Republican (21–19)[1] | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 240 | ||||
| Speaker | Leverett Saltonstall (5th Middlesex) | ||||
| Party control | Republican[2] | ||||
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James Moran, Senate president.
Leverett Saltonstall, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1935.
Senators
| Senator | District | Hometown | Party | Since |
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| 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
- "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
- "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
- "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
- "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
- Public Officials of Massachusetts 1935-36. Boston Review.
- 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)
External links
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- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1935, hdl:2452/279553 – via State Library of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1936, hdl:2452/265586
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1935, hdl:2452/60139
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1936, hdl:2452/60140
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