1872 Massachusetts legislature

The 93rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1872 during the governorship of Republican William B. Washburn.[5] Horace H. Coolidge served as president of the Senate and John E. Sanford served as speaker of the House.[6][7]

93rd Massachusetts General Court
← 92nd 94th →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Election	November 7, 1871
Senate
Members	40
President	Horace H. Coolidge
Party control	Republican (35 R, 0 D, 5 other)[1][2]
House
Members	240
Speaker	John E. Sanford
Party control	Republican (176 R, 0 D, 64 other)[1][3]
Sessions
1st January 3, 1872 – May 7, 1872 + extra session[4]

Horace Coolidge, Senate president.

John Sanford, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1872.

Senators

• Frederick L. Ames [8]
• Joseph K. Baker
• A. J. Bartholomew
• A. W. Boardman
• Charles Bradley
• Elisha H. Brewster
• E. P. Carpenter
• Isaac Coe
• Horace H. Coolidge
• Rufus S. Frost
• Robert O. Fuller
• Newell Giles
• Samuel M. Griggs
• Charles Hale
• Orrin Hewes
• James Humphrey
• Robert Johnson
• William H. Learnard Jr.
• George W. Lobdell
• William B. Long
• Reuben Noble
• Lloyd Parsons
• J. Newton Pike
• Joseph S. Potter
• George F. Richardson
• Daniel E. Safford
• George Sheldon
• William L. Smith
• Charles P. Stickney
• John K. Tarbox
• Adin Thayer
• Shepard Thayer
• George A. Torrey
• Thomas L. Wakefield
• Levi Wallace
• Baxter D. Whitney
• James S. Whitney
• Rufus D. Woods
• David Titcomb Woodwell
• Carroll D. Wright

Representatives

• Milton Abbey [8]
• John H. Abbott
• Henry S. Adams
• William A. Adams
• William H. Aldrich
• Ephraim Allen
• Lafayette Anderson
• William H. Anderson
• William F. Arnold
• George Arras
• William M. Ashby
• Oliver Ayers
• William Babbitt
• James P. Bacheller
• Horace Bacon
• Andrew J. Bailey
• John S. Baldwin
• E. Dana Bancroft
• Julius K. Banister
• James M. Barker
• Lewis Barnard
• George Bartholmew
• George H. Bates
• Austin W. Benton
• Alden Besse
• Edward L. Bigelow
• William R. Black
• George B. Blake
• John W. Blaney
• William E. Blunt
• James W. Bradley
• Bowman B. Breed
• F. P. Brown
• Willard A. Brown
• Giles E. Brownell
• Henry O. Burr
• Seneca Burr
• Samuel A. Carlton
• Michael Carney
• Thomas M. Carter
• Erastus Chase
• John C. Choate
• John H. Church
• Sumner U. Church
• George W. Clark
• Nelson Cochran
• Charles R. Codman
• John B. D. Cogswell
• Moses R. Colman
• Chapin Converse
• Benjamin H. Corliss
• Joseph H. Cornell
• Joseph H. Cotton
• Robert Couch
• Seth B. Crafts
• William A. Creesy
• Freeborn Cressy
• Michael J. Croak
• Charles Curtis
• William Cushing
• Elbridge C. Donnell
• S. P. Dresser
• James Durgin
• David Eastman
• George H. Eddy
• Alfred B. Ely
• Augustus B. Endicott
• George O. Fairbanks
• Henry H. Faxon
• Hawkes Fearing
• Francis Fisher
• Charles H. Fiske
• Jonathan P. Folsom
• Robert F. Gardner
• Job Gardner, Jr
• John Gates
• Benjamin W. Gleason
• George Going
• Brownell Granger
• Edward W. Griggs
• Isaac D. Hall
• John W. Hammond
• Charles V. Hanson
• Franklin P. Harlow
• Southworth Harlow
• John M. Harris
• Thomas B. Harris
• George Hatch
• Benjamin F. Hayes
• Horace Heard
• Horatio B. Hersey
• Lot Higgins
• Amos Hill
• Henry B. Hill
• George W. Hobbs
• Thomas F. Holder
• Asa A. Holton
• Samuel B. Hopkins
• Leverett Hopkinson
• Ezra C. Howard
• Jonas E. Howe
• Joseph E. Howe
• E. Harris Howland
• George H. Hoyt
• Barney Hull
• George W. Humphrey
• Nathaniel M. Jernegan
• Peter R. Johnson
• Henry Jones
• Horace I. Joslin
• Timothy Keefe
• William Keith
• Albert F. Kelley
• Jonas Kendall
• George P. Kendrick
• Asa Keyes
• John W. Kimball
• Moses Kimball
• Charles M. Kingsley
• Daniel W. Knight
• William Knowlton
• John A. Lamson
• Almond R. Lancaster
• Alvin Lawton
• Frederic W. Lincoln
• Noah Lincoln
• E. P. Loring
• William H. Loughlin
• Henry B. Lovering
• Alvin Marshall
• John McDuffie
• Anson McLoud
• C. C. Merritt
• Ira L. Moore
• Benjamin L. Morrison
• Rice S. Munn
• John J. Murphy
• Patrick Murphy
• William H. Murray
• John Newell
• Jeremiah L. Newton
• Curtis C. Nichols
• Lewis R. Norton
• William Nutt
• Patrick O'Connor
• William H. Osborne
• Liberty D. Packard
• Albert Palmer
• George A. Parker
• James Parker
• Ezra Parmenter
• Daniel A. Patch
• George H. Peabody
• Edward Pearl
• George O. Peck
• Francis E. Pedrick
• Jesse S. Pendergrast
• Noah C. Perkins
• William Perkins
• Ralph Perrv
• Ellis Perry
• Josiah Peterson
• John W. Phelps
• Willard P. Phillips
• Charles V. Poor
• George H. Poor
• Thomas W. Porter
• Bilrton W. Potter
• Laban Pratt
• A. C. Putnam
• Samuel B. Quigley
• Samuel M. Quincy
• Edward B Rankin
• J. Henry Read
• John Robinson
• John H. Rogerson
• Joseph H. Root
• Isaac N. Ross
• George Sanborn
• John E. Sanford
• Benjamin F. Sargent
• Irving B. Sayles
• Charles A. Sayward
• George F. Scribner
• Nathaniel Sears
• Robert Seaver
• George A. Shaw
• George Sheldon
• James S. Shepard
• Simon H. Sibley
• Reuben Sikes
• Albert G. Sinclair
• David N. Skillings
• Charles E. Slater
• George F. Slocomb
• C. B. Smith
• John J. Smith [9][10]
• Zoeth Snow, Jr
• Reuben G. Sparks
• Chauncey Spear
• Henry Splain
• Charles Stanwood
• Francis D. Stedman
• William Stone
• Luke G. Sturtevant
• W. C. Sturtevant
• Charles H. Taylor
• William Taylor
• E. Loring Thayer
• Noah B. Thayer
• William H. Thomas
• Charles P. Thompson
• John T. Z. Thompson
• Charles Tirrell
• Hugh J. Toland
• Joseph R. Torrey
• Edward J. Tower
• George E. Towne
• Thomas B. Tripp
• David W. Tucker
• Obed C. Turner
• William Upham
• Charles F. Walcott
• Ansel H. Ward
• George W. Ware, Jr
• Henry S. Washburn
• Thomas B. Waterman
• Nathan H. Webb
• Tisdale S. White
• William H. Whitfield
• Frederick T. Whiting
• William J. Wightman
• Ludovicus F. Wild
• Benjamin F. Wing
• Ezra D. Winslow
• Harding Woods
• Lyman Woodward
• Albert J. Wright
• Ira B. Wright
• Walter Wyman

See also

• 42nd 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. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1872 – via Google Books
6. "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
7. "Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register, 1872. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872. p. 19+ – via Archive.org.
8. Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1872. hdl:2452/40650.
9. Kaitlin Connolly (March 4, 2013), "Massachusetts Legislators: John James Smith", State Library of Massachusetts blog
10. 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 1872. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1873. (includes description of legislature)

External links

• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1872, hdl:2452/619061 – via State Library of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1872, hdl:2452/92954