# 1869 Massachusetts legislature

The 90th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1869 during the governorship of Republican William Claflin. George O. Brastow and Robert Carter Pitman served as presidents of the Senate and Harvey Jewell served as speaker of the House.
Notable events include the creation of a Joint Special Committee on Woman Suffrage.

## Senators

| Name | Date of birth |
| Nathaniel Ellis Atwood | September 13, 1807 |
| George Oliver Brastow | 1811 |
| George Marshall Buttrick | 1822 |
| Horace Hopkins Coolidge | February 11, 1832 |
| Samuel Dexter Crane | 1816 |
| Benjamin Dean | August 22, 1824 |
| Francis Henshaw Dewey | 1821 |
| Edmund Dowse | 1813 |
| Alonzo Madison Giles | 1821 |
| Whiting Griswold | November 12, 1814 |
| John Brown Hathaway | 1809 |
| Francis Allen Hobart | 1833 |
| Nathaniel Jay Holden | 1827 |
| Estes Howe | 1814 |
| George Augustus King | 1834 |
| Richmond Kingman | 1821 |
| Charles James Kittredge | 1818 |
| Lucius James Knowles | 1819 |
| Charles Rensselaer Ladd | April 9, 1822 |
| John Hyde Lockey | 1822 |
| Charles Marsh | 1818 |
| Joshua Newell Marshall | 1830 |
| Charles Rankin McLean | 1824 |
| George Harris Monroe | 1826 |
| Ellis Wesley Morton | 1840 |
| Daniel Needham | 1822 |
| Julius Auboyneau Palmer | 1803 |
| Robert Carter Pitman | March 16, 1825 |
| Richard Plumer | 1813 |
| Joseph Greeley Pollard | 1833 |
| Joseph Gorton Ray | 1831 |
| George Merrick Rice | November 20, 1808 |
| Oliver Hazard Perry Smith | 1824 |
| George H. Sweetser | 1823 |
| George Sylvester Taylor | March 2, 1822 |
| Edward Augustus Thomas | 1829 |
| Joseph Scott Todd | 1828 |
| Harrison Tweed | 1806 |
| Gershom Bradford Weston | August 27, 1799 |
| Charles Augustus Wheelock | 1812 |
| Jonathan White | 1819 |

## Representatives

* William T. Adams
* Alexander H. Allen
* John Allen
* William W. Amadon
* Frank M. Ames
* Isaac A. Anthony
* E. Foster Bailey
* John I. Baker
* Life Baldwin
* Henry Barker
* John Barlow
* William E. Barnes
* George H. Barrett
* William Bartlett
* Ezra Batcheller
* Jacob Bates
* Loring Bates
* Marcus Bates
* Alfred Belden
* Francis W. Bird
* Henry B. Blake
* Richard D. Blinn
* Samuel G. Bowdlear
* Charles Bradley
* Samuel P. Breed
* Ezra C. Brett
* Benjamin A. Bridges
* Jethro C. Brock
* William G. Brooks
* John Brown
* Obadiah S. Brown
* Werden R. Brown
* Ferdinand L. Burley
* Alvah A. Burrage
* Alfred A. Burrill
* Frederick Butler
* Oliver S. Butler
* Michael Carney
* Solomon Carter
* Dennis Cawley, Jr
* Albert Chamberlin
* Henry Chase
* Linus M. Child
* William M. Child
* Horace Choate
* Le Baron B. Church
* Joseph N. Clark
* Samuel Clark
* Asa Clement
* Samuel Cloon
* Aury G. Coes
* Patrick A. Collins
* Benjamin F. Cook
* George P. Cox
* Freeborn W. Cressey
* Alanson Crittenden
* Stephen M. Crosby
* James M. Cunliff
* Robert S. Daniels
* Elnathan Davis
* William W. Davis
* Ebenezer Dawes
* John Dean
* Avery J. Denison
* Benjamin Dupar
* J. Franklin Dyer
* William I. Edwards
* Thomas Ellis
* Addison G. Fay
* Jacob Fisher
* Charles A. Fiske
* William Fletcher
* James B. Francis
* Benjamin Franklin
* Rodney French
* Josiah O. Friend, Jr
* Chauncey G. Fuller
* George L. Gibbs
* Edwin Gilbert
* Kimball C. Gleason
* Abijah W. Goddard
* Stephen D. Goddard
* John B. Goodrich
* Thomas H. Goodspeed
* Dennis J. Gorman
* Levi S. Gould
* Samuel H. Gould
* Wesley A. Gove
* William T. Grammar
* C. S. Greenwood
* Charles H. Guild
* Moses H. Hale
* Lyman S. Hapgood
* R. P. A. Harris
* Abraham G. Hart
* Edward H. Hartshorn
* Andrew L. Haskell
* William H. Haskell
* Tilly Haynes
* James A. Hervey
* James Hewes
* Elmer Hewett
* Charles A. Hewins
* William Hichborn
* Levi W. Hobart
* Thorndike D. Hodges
* Ambrous Hodgkins
* Alvah Holway
* James Horswell
* Samuel Horton
* Charles H. Hovey
* George F. Howland
* James Humphrey
* Theodore C. Hurd
* Harvey Jewell
* Henri L. Johnson
* Robert Johnson
* Herbert C. Joyner
* Lewis S. Judd
* Shubael B. Kelley
* William W. Kellogg
* Thomas G. Kent
* Moses Kimball
* Dexter S. King
* Enoch King
* Daniel W. Knight
* Joseph S. Knight
* Franklin C. Knox
* David Lane
* Albert Langdon
* Roger H. Leavitt
* Manning Leonard
* Nahum Leonard, Jr
* William Livermore
* Caleb Lombard
* Josiah Lord, Jr
* Marcus M. Luther
* Charles P. Lyon
* Hugh A. Madden
* Charles N. Marsh
* Murdock Matheson
* Charles J. Mclntire
* William Melcher
* William R. Melden
* Charles H. Merriam
* John M. Merrick
* Moody Merrill
* William H. Merritt
* Lansing Millis
* Eben Mitchell
* Elliott Montague
* Lyman E. Moore
* Asa P. Morse
* F. H. Morse
* James R. Morse
* Newton Morse
* Edwin Mudge
* Nathaniel C. Nash
* Henry J. Nazro
* Thomas L. Nelson
* Daniel H. Newton
* Jeremiah L. Newton
* George K. Nichols
* William W. Nichols
* Francis A. Nye
* John P. Ober
* Weaver Osborn
* Rufus S. Owen
* Samuel S. Paine
* William H. Parker
* John C. Peak
* Joseph D. Peirce
* Francis A. Perry
* M. C. Phipps
* A. A. Plimpton
* Avery Plumer
* Thomas F. Plunkett
* Thomas K. Plunkett
* Augustus Pratt
* Joseph A. Priest
* Asabel D. Puffer
* Caleb Rand
* Eduar H. Reed
* Ezra Rice
* Otis Rich
* James Ritchie
* James H. Roberts
* Isaiah F. Robinson
* Ensign B. Rogers
* Joseph N. Rolfe
* John Runey
* Augustine K. Russell
* William A. Russell
* George J. Sanger
* Joseph L. Sargent
* Samuel D. Sawin
* Clark Sears
* John N. Sherman
* Lemuel B. Simmons
* Rufus S. Slade
* Abner L. Smith
* Edward Smith
* Horace Smith
* Iram Smith
* John J. Smith
* Martin L. Smith
* Willis Smith
* Charles W. Soule
* Welcome W. Sprague
* L. Miles Standish
* Haynes K. Starkweather
* Eliphalet Stone
* Edward Stowell
* Joseph A. Stranger
* Ruel F. Thayer
* Shepherd Thayer
* Justus Tower
* S. K. Towle
* William P. Tyler
* Joseph Vaill
* Welcome H. Wales
* S. H. Walker
* Royal S. Warren
* Thomas S. Waters
* Jerome Wells
* Henry White
* D. Dwight Whitmore
* Emerson Wight
* Charles Wilcox
* Salem Wilder
* Alfred M. Williams
* Warren Williams
* Samuel S. Willson
* James Wilson
* William D. Witherell
* Orlow Wolcott
* George M. Woodward
* David T. Woodwell
* Luther A. Wright
* P. Ambrose Young