# 1914 Massachusetts legislature

The 135th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1914 during the governorship of David I. Walsh. Calvin Coolidge served as president of the Senate and Grafton D. Cushing served as speaker of the House.

## Committees

* Joint committees: Agriculture; Banks and Banking; Cities; Constitutional Amendments; Counties; Education; Election Laws; Federal Relations; Fisheries and Game; Harbors and Public Lands; Insurance; Labor; Legal Affairs; Mercantile Affairs; Metropolitan Affairs; Military Affairs; Municipal Finance; Public Health; Public Institutions; Public Lighting; Public Service; Railroads; Roads and Bridges; Social Welfare; State House and Libraries; Street Railways; Taxation; Towns; Water Supply.
* Senate committees: Bills in the Third Reading; Engrossed Bills; Judiciary; Rules; Ways and Means.
* House committees: Bills in the Third Reading; Elections; Engrossed Bills; Judiciary; Pay-Roll; Rules; Ways and Means.

## Senators

| name | date of birth | district |
| Edward C. R. Bagley | | 1st Suffolk |
| William A. L. Bazeley | 1872 | |
| William A. Bellamy | | |
| Alexis Boyer Jr. | January 17, 1875 | |
| John P. Brennan | March 1, 1876 | |
| James Henry Brennan | December 21, 1888 | |
| Charles E. Burbank | | |
| Arthur Preston Chase | January 25, 1866 | |
| Ezra W. Clark | October 12, 1842 | |
| Calvin Coolidge | July 4, 1872 | |
| Charles M. Cox | | |
| Charles A. Dean | March 26, 1856 | |
| Andrew P. Doyle | August 15, 1869 | |
| Henry J. Draper | | |
| Charles W. Eldridge | October 16, 1877 | |
| Edward Fisher | | |
| Redmond S. Fitzgerald | | |
| Charles L. Gifford | March 15, 1871 | |
| Gurdon W. Gordon | | |
| William P. Hickey | November 17, 1871 | |
| Frederic H. Hilton | | |
| Clarence Whitman Hobbs Jr. | October 1, 1878 | |
| Francis J. Horgan | | |
| Charles Cabot Johnson | December 9, 1876 | |
| Louis F. R. Langelier | | |
| Joseph Leonard | | |
| John H. Mack | | |
| Charles F. McCarthy | August 15, 1876 | |
| Philip J. McGonagle | October 21, 1871 | |
| Walter E. McLane | | |
| Malcolm Nichols | May 8, 1876 | |
| C. Augustus Norwood | | |
| Hugh O'Rourke | | |
| John F. Sheehan | | |
| Edward N. Sibley | | |
| James R. Tetler | August 26, 1877 | |
| James P. Timilty | March 28, 1865 | |
| Charles E. Ward | | |
| Henry Gordon Wells | October 12, 1879 | |
| Lombard Williams | | |

## Representatives

| name | date of birth |
| Essex S. Abbott | |
| Henry Achin Jr. | June 30, 1883 |
| Timothy J. Ahern | 1885 |
| Frank P. Allen | August 1, 1869 |
| John A. Anderson | |
| Henry L. Andrews | |
| Oscar E. Arkwell | |
| William M. Armstrong | August 17, 1850 |
| Charles N. Atwood | |
| James J. Bacigalupo | |
| James T. Bagshaw | |
| Samuel H. Bailey | |
| James F. Barry | December 4, 1857 |
| Joseph L. Barry | |
| Irving F. Batchelder | |
| Sanford Bates | July 17, 1884 |
| John E. Beck | May 10, 1869 |
| Everett E. Belding | February 15, 1879 |
| Edward P. Bennett | |
| Enos H. Bigelow | |
| Edward C. Bodfish | |
| William Booth | June 21, 1862 |
| Henry E. Bothfeld | March 4, 1859 |
| Arthur Bower | |
| Eden K. Bowser | |
| Patrick H. Boyle | December 20, 1850 |
| Alvah J. Bradstreet | |
| John W. Brennan | |
| George E. Briggs | May 3, 1873 |
| Vincent Brogna | |
| Daniel J. Buckley | |
| Morton Henry Burdick | |
| Frederic W. Burke | |
| Frederick H. Burke | |
| Frederick Butler | |
| Matthew J. Carbary | |
| Julius F. Carman | August 7, 1861 |
| William E. Carney | January 16, 1878 |
| Maurice Caro | |
| Peter Carr | May 2, 1883 |
| Edward Carr | December 18, 1868 |
| Andrew A. Casassa | |
| Thomas J. Casey | |
| Allison G. Catheron | June 26, 1878 |
| George Dudley Chamberlain | |
| Cleaveland A. Chandler | |
| Daniel J. Chapman | January 18, 1878 |
| Edward Earl Chapman | |
| John W. Churchill | November 17, 1853 |
| Eben S. Cobb | |
| James Coffey | May 17, 1849 |
| Samuel I. Collins | March 4, 1851 |
| Timothy C. Collins | |
| Walter L. Collins | |
| John P. Conroy | |
| D. Herbert Cook | June 2, 1851 |
| Thomas J. Cooley | |
| Michael H. Cotter | |
| John J. Courtney | |
| Walter D. Cowls | |
| Channing H. Cox | October 28, 1879 |
| William N. Cronin | |
| Fred Wilder Cross | September 15, 1868 |
| John E. Cuddy, Jr. | |
| John J. Cummings | |
| Herbert E. Cummings | |
| Patrick J. Curley | |
| George E. Curran | |
| Rudolph W. Currier | |
| John A. Curtin | April 3, 1870 |
| Grafton D. Cushing | August 4, 1864 |
| Edward N. Dahlborg | |
| Edward J. Dailey | |
| Charles Robert Damon | June 21, 1864 |
| Albert M. Darling | |
| Alfred Davenport | |
| Samuel Davis | June 4, 1866 |
| Theodore H. Day | |
| Frederick S. Delafield | |
| John F. Doherty | June 9, 1881 |
| William H. Dolben | January 23, 1878 |
| John A. Donoghue | |
| John L. Donovan | June 3, 1876 |
| George E. Dow | |
| Thomas E. Dowd | |
| William F. Doyle | |
| George P. Drury | |
| Frank B. Edgell | |
| George H. Ellis | October 3, 1848 |
| John Ennis | |
| Frank S. Farnsworth | |
| George W. Faulkner | January 24, 1874 |
| Frederick B. Felton | |
| Alfred N. Fessenden | |
| Joseph La Flamme | |
| John T. Flanagan | May 25, 1869 |
| John J. Fleming | |
| Maurice R. Flynn | July 28, 1889 |
| Elmer G. Fosgate | |
| James Eugene Fowle | November 22, 1880 |
| Harvey E. Frost | October 2, 1875 |
| John J. Gilbride | |
| William L. F. Gilman | |
| Thomas A. Glennon | |
| John L. G. Glynn | |
| Arthur G. Greaney | |
| Fred Parker Greenwood | |
| James F. Griffin | January 19, 1884 |
| Harold P. Gurney | |
| William N. Hackett | |
| Benjamin F. Haines | November 25, 1876 |
| Edward M. Hall | |
| John Halliwell | February 21, 1864 |
| Bernard F. Hanrahan | July 27, 1875 |
| Leo M. Harlow | |
| Stephen H. Harrington | |
| Edward F. Harrington (state representative) | August 10, 1878 |
| James L. Harrop | |
| George Fred Hart | November 9, 1859 |
| John F. Hatch Jr. | |
| Martin Hays | October 14, 1876 |
| Thomas A. Henry | |
| William Edward Hickey | |
| Matthew A. Higgins | |
| Albert Holway | |
| John B. Hull Jr. | July 17, 1871 |
| Frederick W. Hurlburt | |
| James M. Hurley | |
| Victor Francis Jewett | |
| Jeremiah J. Kelley | |
| William W. Kennard | |
| James T. Kenney | June 20, 1870 |
| Michael B. Kenney | |
| John R. Kiggins | |
| Charles A. Kimball | |
| Richard Knowles | |
| Joseph O. Knox | |
| Charles S. Lawler | |
| Francis X. Le Boeuf | |
| Fred Oliver Lewis | June 12, 1878 |
| E. Ellsworth Lincoln | |
| Amos R. Little | |
| Stuart L. Little | |
| Martin Lomasney | December 3, 1859 |
| Henry Follansbee Long | |
| William J. Look | June 20, 1867 |
| Frederick H. Lucke | |
| John J. Lydon | |
| James MacFarlane Lyle | |
| John H. Lynch | October 28, 1884 |
| Frederick H. Magison | |
| John C. Mahoney | |
| Henry J. Mahoney | |
| Daniel C. Manning | |
| Frank A. Manning | |
| George E. Mansfield | |
| Joseph W. Martin Jr. | November 3, 1884 |
| Orion T. Mason | |
| Alfred E. McCleary | |
| Leo F. McCullough | |
| Joseph S. McDonough | |
| Moses H. McGaughey | December 27, 1880 |
| Charles H. McGlue | |
| Michael F. McGrath | |
| James H. McInerney | December 13, 1871 |
| Henry J. McLaughlin | |
| Edward F. McLaughlin | June 6, 1883 |
| P. Joseph McManus | |
| William M. McMorrow | |
| Timothy J. Meade | November 7, 1874 |
| John Mitchell | September 4, 1877 |
| Charles H. Morrill | October 6, 1874 |
| George Frederick Morse Jr. | 1885 |
| Frank Mulveny | |
| Edward P. Murphy | |
| James J. Murphy | February 11, 1885 |
| Dennis A. Murphy | September 26, 1876 |
| Patrick E. Murray | August 22, 1869 |
| William J. Naphen | |
| Ken Nash | |
| Arthur N. Newhall | |
| Thomas A. Niland | June 11, 1873 |
| James T. O'Dowd | |
| Ambrose F. Ogden | |
| John N. Osborne | January 28, 1853 |
| Harry B. Parker | |
| Chauncey Pepin | |
| Edward Howland Perry | |
| Immanuel Pfeiffer Jr. | |
| James E. Phelan | October 21, 1884 |
| Eben F. Phillips | |
| William H. Poole | |
| Winfield F. Prime | November 22, 1860 |
| Charles W. Proctor | |
| Herbert L. Ray | |
| John J. Reilly | |
| Frank B. Rich | |
| Robert Robinson | January 4, 1889 |
| William M. Robinson | July 21, 1875 |
| Walter F. Russell | |
| John D. Ryan | July 30, 1868 |
| Clifford B. Sanborn | |
| Edward Julius Sandberg | October 21, 1866 |
| Roland D. Sawyer | January 8, 1874 |
| Henry H. Sears | |
| John Francis Sheehan | August 25, 1879 |
| John H. Sherburne | 1877 |
| Ralph M. Smith | |
| Jerome S. Smith | |
| Fitz-Henry Smith Jr. | |
| William O. Souther Jr. | |
| Charles Elmer Stanwood | |
| Joseph Fayette Stone | February 8, 1858 |
| Merrill E. Streeter | |
| John F. Sullivan | May 17, 1875 |
| Lewis R. Sullivan | |
| Michael T. Sullivan | |
| David F. Sullivan | |
| Peter Francis Tague | June 4, 1871 |
| John G. Tilden | |
| James E. Tolman | November 8, 1867 |
| Nathan A. Tufts | April 15, 1879 |
| James J. Twohig | September 26, 1886 |
| George J. Wall | |
| Henry W. Warner | November 12, 1858 |
| Joseph E. Warner | May 16, 1884 |
| Robert M. Washburn | January 4, 1868 |
| Charles H. Waterman | |
| George Pearl Webster | January 9, 1877 |
| Charles H. Webster | |
| Thomas W. White | January 10, 1876 |
| Herbert A. Wilson | November 27, 1870 |
| Thomas E. P. Wilson | |
| Herbert Wing | |
| Abel S. Wolfe | |
| George M. Worrall | |
| Henry D. Wright | |