# 1905 Massachusetts legislature

The 126th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1905 during the governorship of William Lewis Douglas. William F. Dana served as president of the Senate and Louis A. Frothingham served as speaker of the House.

## Senators

| name | date of birth |
| John E. Beck | May 10, 1869 |
| William J. Bullock | January 31, 1864 |
| William A. Burns | January 9, 1875 |
| Edward B. Callender | February 23, 1851 |
| Edwin J. Castle | April 15, 1853 |
| Frank M. Chace | April 16, 1856 |
| Alvin B. Chamberlain | December 16, 1842 |
| William D. Chapple | August 6, 1868 |
| Edwards Cheney | May 3, 1861 |
| Chester W. Clark | August 9, 1851 |
| Thomas J. Collins | October 28, 1868 |
| Morton E. Converse | November 17, 1837 |
| William F. Craig | September 15, 1866 |
| Prentiss Cummings | September 10, 1840 |
| William F. Dana | June 26, 1863 |
| Charles Leroy Dean | May 29, 1844 |
| George H. Garfield | July 18, 1858 |
| John J. Gartland | November 27, 1871 |
| Frank Gerrett | February 4, 1857 |
| Heman A. Harding | February 6, 1871 |
| Frank M. Heath | September 8, 1852 |
| Sidney Adelvin Hill | August 26, 1849 |
| Samuel E. Hull | August 12, 1843 |
| Harrie C. Hunter | March 16, 1869 |
| Loren P. Keyes | January 6, 1838 |
| Moody Kimball | July 2, 1862 |
| William S. Kyle | July 12, 1851 |
| Daniel W. Lane | December 11, 1871 |
| David Dennis Leahy | April 15, 1876 |
| James J. Mellen | March 30, 1875 |
| Harold P. Moseley | November 13, 1871 |
| John P. Munroe | June 28, 1850 |
| Edward B. Nevin | November 10, 1858 |
| Fordis C. Parker | January 3, 1868 |
| Andrew James Peters | April 3, 1872 |
| Silas Dean Reed | June 25, 1872 |
| William J. Rounds | June 24, 1855 |
| William Taylor | May 5, 1862 |
| James H. Walker | August 24, 1872 |
| John M. Woods | August 18, 1839 |

## Representatives

| name | date of birth |
| Cecil L. Adams | June 14, 1878 |
| William Leck Adams | October 24, 1852 |
| James Sidney Allen | July 3, 1831 |
| Henry Stoddard Ames | May 21, 1861 |
| William H. Ames | March 1, 1861 |
| James Robert Anderson | March 27, 1859 |
| Charles A. Andrews | July 2, 1872 |
| William A. Bailey | September 26, 1849 |
| George O. Baker | April 6, 1835 |
| Arthur Wesley Barker | September 19, 1847 |
| George L. Barnes | June 24, 1879 |
| James Barr | September 20, 1854 |
| James Timothy Barrett | February 10, 1870 |
| George H. Battis | 1863 |
| Fred Alfred Bearse | February 15, 1871 |
| March G. Bennett | January 31, 1869 |
| Frank P. Bennett Jr. | December 30, 1878 |
| George Frederick Birch | April 12, 1848 |
| Stephen H. Bodurtha | March 10, 1858 |
| Henry E. Bodurtha | March 15, 1865 |
| Richard Bossidy | December 1, 1864 |
| Edward A. Bower | August 1, 1869 |
| Rolfe Bradbury | March 12, 1861 |
| Eugene T. Brazzell | March 21, 1878 |
| Edward H. Brewer | December 12, 1851 |
| William M. Brigham | January 23, 1864 |
| Henry W. Brown | October 14, 1856 |
| John J. Butler | June 7, 1865 |
| Robert D. Cadagon | June 6, 1870 |
| George H. Cadigan | February 22, 1873 |
| Edward C. Callahan | March 14, 1874 |
| John W. Chapin | January 28, 1859 |
| James W. Chrystal | March 24, 1876 |
| Maurice P. Clare | August 26, 1852 |
| Ezra W. Clark | October 12, 1842 |
| Edward E. Clark | November 4, 1870 |
| John N. Cole | November 4, 1863 |
| Walter L. Collins | April 7, 1878 |
| Waldo E. Conant | February 1, 1855 |
| John J. Conway | September 12, 1873 |
| William H. Cook | March 7, 1856 |
| Lyman Alexander Crafts | October 28, 1854 |
| Edward C. Creed | January 5, 1877 |
| Frank H. Crossman | January 12, 1846 |
| Thomas F. Curley | March 22, 1871 |
| William H. Cushman | June 8, 1850 |
| Samuel Newton Cutler | January 25, 1855 |
| Charles L. Davenport | May 4, 1854 |
| Thomas L. Davis | March 15, 1852 |
| Charles S. Davis | 1858 |
| Frederick Simpson Deitrick | April 9, 1875 |
| Charles S. Denham | October 17, 1853 |
| Francis J. Doherty | August 26, 1875 |
| William J. Doogue | April 28, 1876 |
| Thomas Dowd | May 1, 1864 |
| Jeremiah F. Downey | February 9, 1878 |
| Alonzo W. Dunbar | May 4, 1850 |
| William C. Dunham | September 14, 1830 |
| Theodore F. Dwight | September 19, 1863 |
| Jonathan P. Edwards | April 7, 1854 |
| Winslow H. Edwards | August 13, 1870 |
| John F. Egan | July 6, 1874 |
| Michael L. Eisner | July 30, 1878 |
| Eugene F. Endicott | October 14, 1848 |
| Wilmot R. Evans Jr. | March 18, 1878 |
| Fred A. Ewell | June 12, 1865 |
| William Otis Faxon | October 24, 1853 |
| Francis Joseph Fennelly | February 18, 1860 |
| Jacob Bernard Ferber | May 28, 1876 |
| Charles D. B. Fisk | February 17, 1850 |
| John Leonard Fiske | August 21, 1872 |
| John J. Flaherty | May 5, 1872 |
| Daniel L. Flanagan | June 14, 1870 |
| Josiah Willard Flint | November 4, 1840 |
| Richard Rich Freeman | November 19, 1860 |
| Louis A. Frothingham | July 13, 1871 |
| Chester E. Gleason | March 13, 1869 |
| Ira N. Goddard | March 1, 1830 |
| Albert G. Godfrey | August 28, 1855 |
| Jeremiah J. Good | May 6, 1865 |
| Eben H. Googins | July 28, 1845 |
| Robert J. Gove | May 22, 1863 |
| Thomas J. Grady | December 16, 1877 |
| William P. Grady | November 25, 1878 |
| William J. Graham | October 2, 1873 |
| John M. Grosvenor Jr. | April 22, 1864 |
| John Burgess Gunn | April 13, 1846 |
| Alfred Stevens Hall | April 14, 1850 |
| Portus B. Hancock | February 19, 1836 |
| William E. Hannan | October 26, 1873 |
| William Henry Irving Hayes | June 21, 1848 |
| George L. Hemenway | November 23, 1850 |
| Joseph H. Hibbard | April 5, 1860 |
| William Edward Hickey | December 29, 1870 |
| Aubrey Hilliard | April 6, 1861 |
| Horton H. Hilton | December 11, 1869 |
| John A. Holway | March 31, 1865 |
| Fred V. Hooke | August 19, 1859 |
| Michael B. Houlihan | March 24, 1874 |
| William C. Howe | July 15, 1849 |
| Frank H. Howe | January 22, 1861 |
| Alonzo F. Hoyle | October 16, 1861 |
| Augustus Hubbard | June 27, 1849 |
| Thomas Huse | 1851 |
| George H. Jackson | March 9, 1865 |
| Lester W. Jenney | April 24, 1876 |
| Warren Carlton Jewett | January 28, 1855 |
| James Albert Jones | January 14, 1853 |
| Samuel O. Jones | November 17, 1858 |
| David P. Keefe | September 29, 1855 |
| Edward James Kenney | January 19, 1867 |
| Alec E. Knowlton | October 29, 1857 |
| Joseph J. Leonard | May 8, 1876 |
| Henry N. Locklin | March 7, 1853 |
| Martin Lomasney | December 3, 1859 |
| Fred Wyatt Lord | September 22, 1860 |
| James Arnold Lowell | February 5, 1869 |
| John B. Lowney | March 17, 1879 |
| Robert Luce | December 2, 1862 |
| Orion T. Mason | April 4, 1865 |
| George Washington Maxon | August 3, 1862 |
| Henry Morrill Maxwell | January 21, 1867 |
| Charles Mayberry | April 27, 1876 |
| Hamilton Mayo | February 26, 1851 |
| Matthew McCann | 1863 |
| James F. McDermott | March 1, 1877 |
| Daniel J. McDonald | August 14, 1872 |
| John M. McDonald | June 2, 1873 |
| James A. McDonald, Jr. | May 19, 1871 |
| Edward F. McGrady | January 22, 1874 |
| Edwin C. McIntire | October 18, 1867 |
| Orlando McKenzie | April 23, 1868 |
| Robert K. McKirdy | October 4, 1870 |
| Edward L. McManus | December 22, 1866 |
| Lewis H. Millett | December 22, 1873 |
| John Joseph Mitchell | May 9, 1873 |
| Joseph E. Mooney | June 25, 1874 |
| George Henry Moore | May 16, 1844 |
| Harry Payson Morse | July 27, 1854 |
| Francis T. Nelson | November 11, 1851 |
| Harry S. Nicoll | December 1, 1858 |
| Arthur D. Norcross | November 7, 1848 |
| Charles Henry Nowell | October 15, 1843 |
| Edward H. O'Brien | February 1, 1874 |
| Daniel M. O'Connell | May 30, 1865 |
| Michael Frederick O'Connell | June 14, 1870 |
| J. Frank O'Hare | October 14, 1874 |
| Hugh O'Rourke | March 1, 1869 |
| David M. Owens | January 12, 1877 |
| Edwin H. Oxner | 1867 |
| Frank E. Packard | May 7, 1857 |
| Charles William Paradise | May 31, 1857 |
| Joseph A. Parks | May 2, 1877 |
| Chauncey E. Parsons | November 22, 1847 |
| William E. Patrick | May 2, 1847 |
| Edward C. Paull | September 5, 1862 |
| W. Rodman Peabody | March 3, 1874 |
| Pierre F. Peloquin | May 26, 1851 |
| Winthrop Edmund Perry | November 6, 1842 |
| Michael F. Phelan | October 22, 1875 |
| Amos A. Phelps | January 12, 1867 |
| Stephen W. Phillips | January 9, 1873 |
| Charles S. Pierce | September 5, 1874 |
| Mellen A. Pingree | March 9, 1861 |
| Noah Allen Plympton | September 7, 1841 |
| George M. Poland | July 16, 1877 |
| Herbert L. Pollard | September 24, 1844 |
| Samuel L. Porter | November 10, 1869 |
| Elmer C. Potter | August 23, 1868 |
| William H. Potter | April 12, 1850 |
| Maurice J. Power | July 21, 1872 |
| A. Frederick Putnam | February 10, 1871 |
| John H. Quinlan | February 29, 1864 |
| John Quinn, Jr. | December 16, 1859 |
| Charles H. Reinhart | March 8, 1867 |
| Herbert S. Riley | December 20, 1859 |
| Reginald L. Robbins | December 5, 1875 |
| John G. Robinson | November 24, 1860 |
| Samuel Ross | February 2, 1865 |
| Gilbert Jones Rugg | March 27, 1836 |
| William R. Salter | July 6, 1861 |
| George R. Sampson | October 2, 1852 |
| George A. Schofield | April 26, 1863 |
| Charles Schumaker | March 2, 1867 |
| George A. Scigliano | August 26, 1874 |
| Frank Seiberlich | October 29, 1874 |
| Edward J. Sennott | April 4, 1867 |
| Henry Walter Seward | January 18, 1865 |
| John F. Sheehan | September 2, 1861 |
| Daniel J. Sheehan | August 11, 1857 |
| Nelson Sherburne | November 18, 1864 |
| Joseph Sherman | September 7, 1840 |
| Arthur Wesley Sim | December 21, 1859 |
| Mark N. Skerrett | February 23, 1870 |
| Edward H. Slater | November 18, 1856 |
| Walter C. Slocum | November 18, 1862 |
| C. Aylmer Smith | February 15, 1846 |
| Charles B. Smith | March 9, 1857 |
| Elijah Olin Snow | April 24, 1851 |
| Joseph Soliday | 1869 |
| Nathaniel P. Sowle | October 30, 1857 |
| John H. Spinlow | April 7, 1841 |
| Samuel O. Staples | April 16, 1843 |
| Clarence Winfield Starratt | March 19, 1861 |
| George H. Stevens | August 18, 1868 |
| Everett J. Stevens | May 11, 1847 |
| Elmer A. Stevens | January 15, 1862 |
| Luke S. Stowe | August 9, 1834 |
| Patrick John Sullivan | August 23, 1860 |
| Simon Swig | May 15, 1865 |
| Arthur M. Taft | January 28, 1854 |
| Edgar V. Tanner | August 28, 1835 |
| Frederick H. Tarr | October 8, 1868 |
| Frank W. Thayer | July 2, 1865 |
| George Henry Thorburn | February 21, 1866 |
| Harry L. Timmons | November 12, 1875 |
| George A. Titcomb | June 19, 1853 |
| Noble B. Turner | November 5, 1848 |
| Arthur P. Vinal | June 14, 1854 |
| Edward A. Walker | May 28, 1869 |
| Joseph Walker | 1865 |
| Charles E. Ward | October 17, 1849 |
| Robert J. Ware | March 15, 1870 |
| Edgar W. Warren | October 4, 1853 |
| Edmund Weber | March 1, 1871 |
| Walter Archibald Webster | December 4, 1875 |
| William E. Weeks | 1880 |
| Arthur J. Wellington | July 21, 1871 |
| William E. Westall | January 5, 1853 |
| John P. Whalen | November 11, 1878 |
| Frank G. Wheatley | July 6, 1851 |
| Harvey Wheeler | November 5, 1847 |
| Frederick W. Whitcomb | September 7, 1863 |
| Frank L. White | August 10, 1869 |
| John E. White | December 13, 1873 |
| Ezra Scott Whitmarsh | May 29, 1858 |
| Isaac E. Willetts | November 8, 1879 |
| Thomas W. Williams | September 15, 1865 |
| Frederick G. Wooden | May 26, 1871 |
| William H. Woodhead | September 17, 1860 |
| Allen S. Woodward | December 23, 1850 |