1870 Massachusetts legislature

The 91st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1870 during the governorship of Republican William Claflin. Horace H. Coolidge served as president of the Senate and Harvey Jewell served as speaker of the House.[5]

91st Massachusetts General Court
← 90th 92nd →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Election	November 2, 1869
Senate
Members	40
President	Horace H. Coolidge
Party control	Republican (29 R, 10 D, 1 other)[1][2]
House
Members	240
Speaker	Harvey Jewell
Party control	Republican (160 R, 58 D, 22 other)[1][3]
Sessions
1st January 5, 1870 – June 23, 1870 [4]

Horace Coolidge, Senate president.

Harvey Jewell, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1870.

Senators

• Nathaniel E. Atwood [6]
• Jacob Bates
• Joseph A. Benjamin
• George M. Buttrick
• Andrew J. Clark
• Benjamin F. Clark
• Waldo Colburn
• Patrick A. Collins
• Horace H. Coolidge
• Stephen M. Crosby
• Edmund Dowse
• John Fletcher Jr.
• James A. Fox
• Alonzo M. Giles
• Henry C. Greeley
• John B. Hathaway
• John A. Hawes
• Francis A. Hobart
• Nathaniel J. Holden
• Joseph S. Howe
• W. W. Jenness
• George W. Johnson
• William Kellogg
• George A. King
• Charles J. Kittredge
• Charles R. Ladd
• James H. Leland
• George H. Monroe
• Ellis W. Morton
• Jaines Pierce
• Joseph G. Pollard
• Jeremiah H. Pote
• Stephen H. Rhodes
• George M. Rice
• James G. Sproat
• Orlando B. Tenney
• Francis Thompson
• William W. Warren
• Charles A. Wheelock
• Frederick Willcomb

Representatives

• John A. P. Allen [6]
• William H. Ames
• Benjamin F. Angell
• John Armitage
• William F. Arnold
• Jonathan Arnold, Jr
• Samuel Atherton
• John Ayars, Jr
• George H. Babbitt, Jr
• Jesse Bacon
• Amasa W. Bailey
• Joseph K. Baker, Jr
• Dana Bancroft
• Henry J. Barker
• William Barker, Jr
• John Barlow
• Daniel N. Barrett
• Patrick Barry
• William Bartlett
• Carlos Batchelder
• Eliakim A. Bates
• Thomas Bean
• Alanson W. Beard
• Wesley K. Bell
• Daniel W. Bemis
• Edward L. Bigelow
• John W. Blaney
• Robert Bower
• Selwin Z. Bowman
• Benjamin H. Brown
• Samuel W. Brown
• Ezra P. Brownell
• George L. Buffin
• Elias Bullard
• John R. Bullard
• John D. Burtch
• Hodgdon F. Buzzell
• Michael Carney
• James E. Carpenter
• Solomon Carter
• Albert Chamberlin
• Alexander H. Champlin
• William M. Child
• Elijah H. Chisholm
• Horace Choate
• Samuel A. Churchill
• Edward Clarke
• William Cogswell
• George J. L. Colby
• Justin M. Cooley
• George P. Cox
• Alanson Crittenden
• S. Frank Crockett
• William H. Cundy
• Marshall N. Cutter
• Samuel R. Damon
• George K. Daniell
• Robert S. Daniels
• William F. Darby
• Curtis Davis
• Elisha Davis
• John H. Davis
• Timothy Davis
• John A. Day
• Franklin Derby
• David S. Draper
• Jeremiah J. Driscoll
• John Drynan
• Thomas Earle
• Richard Eddy
• Francis Edson
• Pliny Edson
• James H. Ellis
• George O. Fairbanks
• James O. Fallon
• Lewis M. Ferry
• Adams Fiske
• John E. Fitzgerald
• Hugh Flood
• Reuben P. Folger
• Benjamin Franklin
• Rodney French
• Daniel Gale
• Samuel Galley
• Thomas J. Gargan
• Thomas Gates
• Jubal C. Gleason
• Dorrance S. Goddard
• Henry A. Goodrich
• John B. Goodrich
• Henry Goodspeed
• Charles J. Goodwin
• Dennis J. Gorman
• George H. Goward
• William T. Grammer
• Thomas B. Griffith
• Lucas W. Hannum
• James L. Harriman
• Daniel L. Harris
• Thomas B. Harris
• Abraham G. Hart
• Andrew L. Haskell
• Guilford Hathaway
• Bainbridge Hayward
• James A. Hervey
• Orrin Hewes
• Luther Hill
• Noble H. Hill
• Sylvester S. Hill
• Larone Hills
• Thomas Holway
• James Horswell
• Samuel Horton
• Charles H. Hovey
• Jonas E. Howe
• Theodore C. Hurd
• Thomas P. Hurlbut
• Francis James
• James W. Jenkins
• Thomas L. Jenks
• Harvey Jewell
• Sylvester Jewett
• Abbott Johnson
• Joseph P. Johnson
• Robert Johnson
• Ensign H. Kellogg
• Shubael B. Kelly
• Warren Kent
• David Lane
• Joseph C. Lewis
• Albert W. Lincoln
• George W. Lobdell
• Caleb Lombard
• Henry A. Lord
• Charles H. Loring
• Hugh A. Madden
• Frederick A. Mann
• Henry Mann
• Edwin T. Marble
• Warren Marchant
• William Marchant
• Charles N. Marsh
• J. Wesley Marshall
• George H. Martin
• Edward T. Marvel
• John W. Mayhew
• Edward F. Mayo
• Edward McDonald
• Moses W. McIntire
• John W. McKim
• Charles J. Mclntire
• Cornelius McMahon
• William H. Mears
• Charles H. Merriam
• Moody Merrill
• William Merrill
• Benjamin F. Mills
• Horatio Moore
• John Harvey Moore
• John M. Moore
• Luther G. Morrison
• Bushrod Morse
• James R. Morse
• Newton Morse
• Henry P. Moulton
• Henry J. Nazro
• Peter M. Neal
• Joseph Newmarch
• George Nowell
• Francis A. Nye
• Benjamin F. Packard
• Charles H. Page
• Samuel S. Paine
• George A. Parker
• William H. Parker
• Dexter Parks
• Lloyd Parsons
• Luke Perkins
• William A. Pew
• Samuel H. Pierce
• Samuel Pierce
• George T. Plunkett
• Ira G. Potter
• David Powers
• Henry A. Pratt
• George Putnam
• Noah Rankin
• John Rhodes
• Thomas Rice
• John H. Roberts
• George Lewis Ruffin [7][6]
• Joseph M. Russell
• George Sanford
• Samuel D. Sawin
• Henry H. Shaw
• A. A. Sherman
• John Sias
• Ansel C. Smith
• Hambleton E. Smith
• Walter Spooner
• L. Miles Standish
• Levi Stockbridge
• Patrick Sweeney
• Theodore H. Sweetser
• John K. Tarbox
• Edmund B. Taylor
• Edward Taylor
• Levi Z. Thomas
• Dexter A. Tompkins
• Charles R. Train
• Benjamin A. Tripp
• Samuel C. Trull
• Edward Tuck
• Samuel J. Tuttle
• Stephen Wallace
• James J. Walworth
• Zenas C. Wardwell
• Henry A. Warriner
• Andrew J. Waterman
• Lory S. Watson
• Nathan H. Webb
• John D. Weld
• Michael F. Wells
• Alonzo B. Wentworth
• John W. Wetherell
• Sydney F. Whitehouse
• Harrison C. Whitmore
• Daniel H. Whitney
• Emerson Wight
• Charles C. Wilbar
• Alfred M. Williams
• Lester Williams
• Samuel S. Willson
• William Winn
• Timothy D. Wood
• Charles L. Woodbury
• William L. Woodcock
• David T. Woodwell
• William H. Wormstead
• Gardner C. Wright
• George T. Wyer

See also

• 41st United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

References

1. 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. "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+.
6. Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1870. hdl:2452/40648.
7. Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905

Further reading

• "Massachusetts". American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1870. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1871 – via HathiTrust. (includes description of legislature)
• Paul E. Bolin (1995). "Overlooked and Obscured Through History: The Legislative Bill Proposed to Amend the Massachusetts Drawing Act of 1870". Studies in Art Education. 37. doi:10.2307/1320492.

External links

• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1870, hdl:2452/619059 – via State Library of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1870, hdl:2452/92952