# 1937–1938 Massachusetts legislature

The 150th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1937 and 1938.

## Senators

| Name | Date of Birth | District |
| Frank David Babcock | August 16, 1877 | 4th Essex |
| Arthur Franklin Blanchard | January 27, 1883 | |
| David M. Brackman | | |
| Thomas H. Braden | September 11, 1874 | |
| Thomas M. Burke | May 30, 1898 | |
| Edward C. Carroll | December 15, 1893 | |
| Patrick Eugene Casey | September 24, 1886 | |
| Albert Cole | December 28, 1904 | |
| Walter L. Considine | August 7, 1900 | |
| Joseph R. Cotton | November 16, 1890 | |
| Laurence Curtis | September 3, 1893 | |
| Joseph P. Donahoe | September 18, 1891 | |
| Eugene H. Giroux | January 20, 1903 | |
| Angier Goodwin | January 30, 1881 | |
| William Patrick Grant | November 5, 1904 | |
| James A. Gunn | June 7, 1883 | |
| Cornelius F. Haley | July 15, 1875 | |
| James W. Hennigan Sr. | 1890 | |
| Arthur W. Hollis | April 29, 1877 | |
| Newland H. Holmes | August 30, 1891 | |
| Sybil Holmes | June 20, 1889 | |
| Jarvis Hunt (politician) | March 28, 1904 | |
| Thomas H. Johnston | March 5, 1872 | |
| Joseph A. Langone Jr. | September 8, 1896 | |
| John D. Mackay | April 7, 1872 | |
| Joseph Patrick McCooey | | |
| William Henry McSweeney | | |
| James Philip Meehan | June 25, 1893 | |
| Charles Gardner Miles | December 2, 1879 | |
| George G. Moyse | December 21, 1878 | |
| Donald W. Nicholson | August 11, 1888 | |
| Edwin Lawrence Olander | October 31, 1891 | |
| Edmund S. Oppenheimer | | |
| Theodore Robinson Plunkett | May 10, 1882 | |
| Harris S. Richardson | January 10, 1887 | |
| Michael H. Selzo | | |
| Chester T. Skibinski | | |
| George W. Stanton | | |
| Bernard Lucian Sullivan | | |
| Samuel H. Wragg | June 9, 1882 | |

## Representatives

| Name | Date of Birth | District |
| Wilfred J. Achin | May 12, 1891 | 14th Middlesex |
| William A. Akeroyd | October 24, 1883 | |
| Theodore Andrews | August 23, 1893 | |
| George T. Ashe | February 6, 1905 | |
| John Francis Aspell | July 8, 1906 | |
| Josiah Babcock Jr. | May 21, 1880 | |
| Edward P. Bacigalupo | October 19, 1897 | |
| William Brooks Baker | January 10, 1879 | |
| William A. Baldwin | January 18, 1874 | |
| Philip Barnet | December 2, 1892 | |
| Frederick M. Barnicoat | | |
| Mary Livermore Barrows | June 30, 1877 | |
| Thomas Edmund Barry | May 14, 1899 | |
| Walter Ray Baylies | April 28, 1902 | |
| Wilfred P. Bazinet | | |
| Fred D. Beaudoin | | |
| James D. Bentley | February 6, 1884 | |
| Albert Bergeron | June 23, 1886 | |
| Alfred M. Bessette | March 25, 1876 | |
| Rodolphe G. Bessette | September 14, 1911 | |
| Albert F. Bigelow | October 4, 1880 | 10th Norfolk |
| Fred Arthur Blake | January 13, 1895 | |
| Edward Boland | October 1, 1911 | |
| Rufus Hallowell Bond | December 24, 1896 | |
| Albert Lionel Bourgeois | June 7, 1899 | |
| Philip Griggs Bowker | April 17, 1899 | |
| Albert Ovila Boyer | May 27, 1908 | |
| G. Edward Bradley | October 21, 1906 | |
| Edward T. Brady | October 23, 1908 | |
| Daniel Joseph Bresnahan | September 30, 1888 | |
| Warren Kingsbury Brimblecom | June 25, 1899 | |
| Russell P. Brown | August 24, 1891 | |
| William Albert Brown | February 5, 1888 | |
| Clarence E. Buckley | | |
| Arthur I. Burgess | October 13, 1894 | |
| James A. Burke (Massachusetts politician) | March 30, 1910 | |
| Harland Burke | April 22, 1888 | |
| Horace T. Cahill | December 12, 1894 | |
| Colin James Cameron | August 24, 1879 | |
| Robert Patterson Campbell | December 20, 1887 | |
| Matthew J. Capeless | June 4, 1875 | |
| Enrico Cappucci | 1910 | |
| Andrew F. Carlin | | |
| Gustaf A. Carlson | | |
| Leo Edward Joseph Carney | November 16, 1899 | |
| Sydney G. Carpenter Jr. | | |
| Eddie D. Carson | | |
| Bernard P. Casey | July 29, 1894 | |
| Chester W. Chase | August 27, 1885 | |
| Ralph Vester Clampit | March 28, 1896 | |
| Frank Clarkson | June 21, 1877 | |
| Daniel H. Coakley Jr. | July 12, 1906 | |
| Andrew J. Coakley | November 6, 1906 | |
| John W. Coddaire Jr. | | |
| Edward A. Coffey | October 17, 1892 | |
| Samuel H. Cohen | | |
| John T. Comerford | June 8, 1887 | |
| Michael John Conway | | |
| Charles H. Cooke | May 13, 1878 | |
| Arthur W. Coolidge | October 13, 1881 | |
| Francis X. Coyne | March 15, 1892 | |
| Thomas F. Coyne | | |
| John Joseph Craven | August 29, 1907 | |
| Nelson B. Crosby | June 20, 1871 | |
| Lawrence Harvard Davis | | |
| Hiram Nichols Dearborn | December 21, 1867 | |
| Oscar DeRoy | | |
| Leo E. Diehl | | |
| Thomas Patrick Dillon | February 19, 1901 | |
| Grover N. Dodge | | |
| John Patrick Doherty | March 27, 1906 | |
| Chester A. Dolan Jr. | September 20, 1907 | |
| Fred Belding Dole | January 23, 1895 | |
| John Joseph Donahue | March 14, 1906 | |
| James P. Donnelly | February 26, 1890 | |
| Cornelius P. Donovan | March 15, 1895 | |
| Joseph William Dooley | October 25, 1904 | |
| Joseph H. Downey | December 6, 1890 | |
| Anthony R. Doyle | August 8, 1895 | |
| Joseph Edward Duffy | September 25, 1912 | |
| Sven August Erickson | December 9, 1875 | |
| Gustave William Everberg | June 24, 1890 | |
| Samuel Arthur Eyre | | |
| G. Farrington Fiske | | |
| Thomas A. Flaherty | December 21, 1898 | |
| Thomas J. Flannery | August 9, 1886 | |
| William Daniel Fleming | April 14, 1907 | |
| Keith Falconer Fletcher | September 24, 1900 | |
| Cleon Francis Fobes | | |
| John J. Foley | January 25, 1888 | |
| Katherine A. Foley | May 10, 1889 | |
| Paul W. Foster | | |
| Douglass Brooks Francis | | |
| William R. Gilman | | |
| John J. Gilmartin | September 25, 1892 | |
| Hollis M. Gott | May 25, 1885 | |
| John Halliwell | February 21, 1864 | |
| Thomas J. Hannon | December 9, 1900 | |
| Joseph J. Harnisch | December 28, 1883 | |
| William Henry Haskell | | |
| William Alexander Hastings | February 22, 1868 | |
| Lawrence Alanson Haworth | May 23, 1871 | |
| Jeremiah Joseph Healy | July 2, 1872 | |
| Charles W. Hedges | March 27, 1901 | |
| Christian Herter | March 28, 1895 | |
| William Francis Higgins | June 16, 1899 | |
| William D. Hillis | | |
| Joseph Allan Hines | | |
| Charles V. Hogan | April 12, 1897 | |
| Jackson J. Holtz | | |
| Daniel J. Honan | January 19, 1884 | |
| Frank Hathaway Horton | July 15, 1874 | |
| Hugh C. Hunter | | |
| Fred A. Hutchinson | April 5, 1881 | |
| Charles John Innes | June 1, 1901 | |
| George A. Innes | | |
| Francis William Irwin | November 19, 1905 | |
| Adolph Johnson | July 20, 1885 | |
| William A. Jones | March 27, 1885 | |
| Michael H. Jordan | February 7, 1863 | |
| Anthony Julian | March 25, 1902 | |
| Charles A. Kelley | March 24, 1862 | |
| Francis Joseph Kelley | March 21, 1890 | |
| John Joseph Kerrigan Jr. | | |
| John V. Kimball | July 17, 1875 | |
| Rudolph King | November 2, 1887 | |
| William E. Kirkpatrick | November 12, 1901 | |
| John Quincy Knowles | May 21, 1895 | |
| Leo P. Landry | July 10, 1897 | |
| Thomas J. Lane | July 6, 1898 | |
| Charles Clifton Langille | | |
| John Whitin Lasell | | |
| George J. Leary | | |
| Thomas E. Linehan | | |
| Terrance Joseph Lomax Jr. | August 29, 1907 | |
| Clarence S. Luitwieler | | |
| William Christopher Lunney | December 24, 1910 | |
| Philip J. Lynch | | |
| Donald Alexander MacDonald | February 21, 1893 | |
| Frank E. MacLean | | |
| Arthur Ulton Mahan | June 18, 1900 | |
| Ralph Collins Mahar | January 4, 1912 | |
| James Francis Mahoney | September 24, 1890 | |
| John Francis Manning | January 4, 1906 | |
| Philip M. Markley | March 28, 1897 | |
| Charles Joseph McCaffrey | January 16, 1898 | |
| Paul Andrew McCarthy | December 23, 1902 | |
| Elmer L. McCulloch | | |
| Daniel P. McGillicuddy | | |
| James J. McGrail | | |
| Hubert L. McLaughlin | | |
| George Francis McMahon | | |
| Roger Alton McNamara | | |
| Joseph A. Melley | March 1, 1902 | |
| Julian R. Merchant | | |
| Joseph A. Milano | April 8, 1883 | |
| Charles Miller | January 12, 1908 | |
| Daniel Joseph Minihan | | |
| John R. Mitchell | | |
| William E. Mooney | | |
| Charles H. Morrill | October 6, 1874 | |
| Albert Edward Morris | April 4, 1903 | |
| Joseph L. Murphy | January 25, 1907 | |
| John E. Murphy | February 13, 1900 | |
| John Joseph Murphy | August 28, 1892 | |
| Timothy Joseph Murphy | September 23, 1909 | |
| John M. Mutch | | |
| Eric A. Nelson | July 6, 1899 | |
| Michael J. Neville | October 19, 1899 | |
| Leo F. Nourse | | |
| Michael T. O'Brien | December 3, 1868 | |
| Joseph N. O'Kane | May 26, 1873 | |
| Tip O'Neill | December 9, 1912 | |
| George Joseph O'Shea | November 16, 1899 | |
| Otto B. Olsen | | |
| Charles William Olson | August 24, 1889 | |
| David M. Owens Jr. | | |
| George Alanson Parker | | |
| James Austin Peckham | | |
| Tycho Mouritz Petersen | August 29, 1892 | |
| Frederick Everett Pierce | May 5, 1862 | |
| William Eben Ramsdell | May 4, 1895 | |
| Frederick Henry Reinstein | April 14, 1899 | |
| George Edmund Rice | February 22, 1899 | |
| Joseph N. Roach | March 22, 1883 | |
| George Whiting Roberts | | |
| Nathan Rosenfeld | January 31, 1906 | |
| William H. J. Rowan | June 21, 1879 | |
| Albert Rubin | January 15, 1872 | |
| William F. Runnells | February 18, 1865 | |
| Philip J. Russell Jr. | | |
| Charles H. Savage | January 7, 1893 | |
| Roland D. Sawyer | January 8, 1874 | |
| Louis James Scanlon | March 25, 1899 | |
| Martin Robert Schofield | September 28, 1906 | |
| Mason Sears | December 29, 1899 | |
| William J. Sessions | December 18, 1859 | |
| Philip Sherman | | |
| Edward Sirois | December 18, 1898 | |
| Harry D. Sisson | January 9, 1863 | |
| E. Hayes Small | December 23, 1876 | |
| Frank William Smith | January 26, 1895 | |
| Roy C. Smith | January 28, 1890 | |
| J. Francis Southgate | May 4, 1883 | |
| Richard H. Stacy | August 18, 1864 | |
| Edward William Staves | May 9, 1887 | |
| George Ward Stetson | May 31, 1902 | |
| William Stockwell | | |
| Leo J. Sullivan | December 8, 1905 | |
| Charles F. Jeff Sullivan | | |
| Patrick Gilbert Sullivan | November 18, 1904 | |
| William T. Swain | December 2, 1878 | |
| Martin Swanson | July 20, 1872 | |
| Joseph A. Sylvia Jr. | September 16, 1903 | |
| Edmond Talbot Jr. | June 1, 1898 | |
| Frederick H. Tarr Jr. | March 25, 1903 | |
| Joseph E. Theberge | April 27, 1903 | |
| James Francis Tobin | May 8, 1903 | |
| John E. Troy Jr. | | |
| Herbert Lewis Trull | | |
| Christopher J. Tyrrell | June 21, 1895 | |
| John H. Valentine | July 21, 1896 | |
| John W. Vaughan | March 20, 1878 | |
| Ira C. Ward | March 7, 1862 | |
| Patrick J. Welsh | October 8, 1893 | |
| John B. Wenzler | June 11, 1881 | |
| John J. Whalen | June 5, 1876 | |
| John Philip White | | |
| William Emmet White | June 1, 1900 | |
| Otis M. Whitney | March 25, 1909 | |
| Joseph L. Whiton | | |
| Raymond T. Wilde | | |
| Ralph E. Williams | | |
| Frederick Willis | May 18, 1904 | |
| John Chester Wilson | August 14, 1889 | |
| Carl A. Woekel | | |
| Henry Eden Wright | | |
| Morton E. York | | |
| Arthur Lincoln Youngman | | |
| Abraham I. Zimon | | |