1883 Massachusetts legislature

The 104th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1883 during the governorship of Benjamin Butler. George Glover Crocker served as president of the Senate and George A. Marden served as speaker of the House.[4]

104th Massachusetts General Court
← 103rd 105th →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Election	November 7, 1882
Senate
Members	40
President	George Glover Crocker
Party control	Republican[1]
House
Members	240
Speaker	George A. Marden
Party control	Republican[2]
Sessions
1st January 5, 1883 – July 27, 1883 [3]

George Crocker, Senate president.

George Marden, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1883.

Senators

Senator	District	Hometown	Party	Since
Chas. H. Allen [5]	7th Middlesex
James S. Allen	2nd Plymouth
John R. Baldwin	1st Essex	Lynn		1882
Alvan Barrus	Hampshire
Charles P. Barton	3rd Worcester
Theodore C. Bates	4th Worcester
Edwin Bowley	5th Essex
George A. Bruce	1st Middlesex	Somerville	Republican	1882
George G. Crocker	4th Suffolk	Boston	Republican	1880
John W. Cummings	2nd Bristol	Fall River
Benjamin F. Cutter	8th Suffolk
Lincoln Drake	1st Bristol
Knowles Freeman	1st Suffolk
Owen Galvin	3rd Suffolk	Boston	Democratic	1882
Charles F. Gerry	5th Middlesex	Sudbury		1881
Onslow Gilmore	6th Middlesex
William H. Haile	1st Hampden	Springfield	Republican	1882
Dexter B. Hitchcock	2nd Hampden
George W. Johnson	2nd Worcester
Joseph P. Johnson	Cape
Rufus Livermore	Franklin
Warren E. Locke	2nd Norfolk
Edward P. Loring	5th Worcester
Benjamin S. Lovell	1st Norfolk
Peleg McFarlin	1st Plymouth
James A. McGeough	5th Suffolk
Walter N. Mason	4th Middlesex
James O. Parker	6th Essex
Charles B. Pratt	1st Worcester
Charles S. Randall	3rd Bristol	New Bedford	Republican	1882
David Randall	2nd Middlesex
Frederick S. Risteen	6th Suffolk
Charles A. Sayward	4th Essex
John M. Seeley	South Berkshire
John H. Sherburne	2nd Suffolk
William Sparhawk	2nd Essex
Isaac A.S. Steele	3rd Essex
Foster E. Swift	North Berkshire
Arthur W. Tufts	7th Suffolk
Henry J. Wells	3rd Middlesex

Representatives

• Frank W. Adams [5]
• John A. Aiken
• Samuel N. Aldrich
• Heman L. Allen
• David L. Ambrose
• Arlon S. Atherton
• Francis S. Babbitt
• Charles H. Baker
• John I. Baker
• George H. Ball
• William A. Bancroft
• Forrest E. Barker
• George A. Barker
• Charles T. Barnard
• John S. Barton
• George E. Batchelder
• Butler Bates
• Emory L. Bates
• Theodore D. Beach
• Charles D. Belden
• Warren A. Bird
• Nelson H. Bixby
• Halsey J. Boardman
• Horace L. Bowker
• Bradford B. Briggs
• Andrew C. Brigham
• Andrew J. Browne
• Benajah Bugbee
• Charles C. Burr
• Horace W Bush
• Daniel Butler
• Edward P. Butler
• Thomas C. Butler
• Jesse B. Butterfield
• Hobart M. Cable
• Benjamin F. Campbell
• Rufus G. F. Candage
• Alonzo A. Carr
• Louis T. Cashing
• George D. Chamberlain
• Julius C. Chappelle [6]
• John H. Cheever
• William F. Chester
• Aaron F. Clark
• Charles N. Clark
• Elijah C. Clark
• George L. Clark
• Wilder P. Clark
• Daniel B. Cluff
• Francis D. Cobb
• Adams H. Cogswell
• William Cogswell
• Christopher P. Conlin
• John P. Coombs
• William A. Copeland
• Michael W. Costello
• John Courtney
• George Cowdrey
• George E. Craig
• Cornelins F. Cronin
• Solomon F. Cushman
• James F. Davenport
• Samuel M. Davis
• James R. Denham
• John Doherty
• Daniel F. Dolan
• Michael J. Dolan
• Charles W. Donahoe
• William L. Douglas
• Rufus A. Dunham
• James F. Dwinell
• Warren Eames
• Edmund T. Eastman
• William N. Eaton
• James R. Entwistle
• George A. O. Ernst
• Jeremiah G. Fennessey
• Oliver G. Fernald
• Henry G. B. Fisher
• David Fisk
• Patrick E. Foley
• Joshua T. Foster
• William W. Foster
• Clarendon A. Freeman
• Josiah Freeman
• William H. Frizzell
• Charles Fuller
• Warren D. Fuller
• Frank H. Gaffney
• John W. Gifford
• Dennis Gilmartin
• Jacob Gimlich
• Edward Glines
• Allen W. Goodman
• William Gordon, Jr
• Jesse M. Gove
• Thomas J. Hall
• George A. Harden
• Fred M. Harrub
• Harris C. Hartwell
• John E. Hayes
• Allen Higginbottom
• Edwin A. Hildreth
• Edwin N, Hill
• Caleb Holbrook
• John Hopkins
• Erastus Howes
• Lewis W. Howes
• Charles W. Howland
• Sabin Hubbard
• Samuel C Hunt
• George L Huntoon
• Charles C. Hutchinson
• John Jackson
• Joseph Jacobs, Jr
• Luman T. Jefts
• Herbert C. Joyner
• Joseph J. Kelley
• George Kellog
• William Kilduff
• D. Frank Kimball
• William R. Kimball
• Chester W. Kingsley
• George E. Kniffin
• Charles H. Knox
• George A. Lackey
• Abraham J. Lamb
• Omon H. Lawrence
• George E. Learnard
• John W. Leighton
• Job M. Leonard
• Edwin Leonard, 2d
• Charles S. Lincoln
• Solomon Linnell, 2d
• George W. Littlefield
• Charles S. Lord
• Charles A. Mackintosh
• John G. Maguire
• Patrick H. Manning
• Charles B. Martin
• Henry B. Martin
• Thomas Martin
• James H. Mason
• Martin S. McCormick
• Patrick F. McDonald
• Patrick F. McGaragle
• John A. McLaughlin
• Arthur F. Means
• William R. Melden
• James H. Mellen
• Charles H. Miller
• John D. Miller
• Eugene M. Moriarty
• Alva S. Morrison
• Bushrod Morse
• Leonard T. Morse
• Jeremiah H. Mullane
• John R. Murphy
• Jesse L. Nason
• Charles S. Newell
• Henry S. Nourse
• Francis O'Brien
• David F. O'Connell
• John Olmsted
• John L. Parker
• Walter O. Parker
• William G. A. Pattee
• W. Scott Peabody
• Herbert L. Peck
• Francis E. Pedrick
• Isaac F. B. Perry
• Edwin L. Pilsbury
• Burton W. Potter
• Richman H. Potter
• Lyman K. Putney
• Charles L. Randall
• John Reade
• Charles M. Reed
• Enos H. Reynolds
• Samuel I. Rice
• Charles W. Richardson
• David Richardson
• Orlando G. Robinson
• Charles H. Rowland
• Wingate P. Sargent
• Leonard A. Saville
• William H. Sayward
• William A. Searell
• Michael Sexton
• Edward H. Shaw
• Pliny M. Shaylor
• Thomas C. Simpson
• Edward E. Small
• Charles Smith
• George E. Smith
• Joel Smith
• Edmund F. Snow
• Henry H. Sprague
• Samuel Staples
• Charles D. Starbird
• John B. Stebbins
• Marquis D. F. Steere
• Alonzo J. Stetson
• George F. Stetson
• Sprague S. Stetson
• Levi Stockbridge
• T. Dwight Stow
• Dwight W. Streeter
• Dennis A. Sullivan
• Albert H. Sweetser
• James W. Switzer
• James Tarone
• John Tilley
• Charles A. Towne
• Albert Tyler
• Daniel H. Varnum
• Aaron G. Walker
• Henry L. Warfield
• John F. Warner
• Franklin I. Webster
• Amerrcus Welch
• Daniel W. Wells
• Thomas Weston, Jr
• Charles Wheeler
• Henry J. White
• John Whitehill
• Arthur F. Whitin
• Albert T. Whiting
• William Whitmarsh
• William H. Whitney
• Thomas P. Wiggins
• Ansel F. Wildes
• John W. Wilkinson
• Fred. H. Williams
• John S. Williams
• Edmund B. Willson
• Roger Wolcott
• John H. Wright

See also

• 1883 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
• 48th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

References

1. "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
2. "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
3. "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
4. "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
5. Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1883.
6. Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905

Further reading

• "Massachusetts". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1883. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1886 – via HathiTrust. (includes description of legislature)

External links

• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1883, hdl:2452/619072 – via State Library of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1883, hdl:2452/89619