# 1896 Massachusetts legislature

The 117th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1896 during the governorship of Roger Wolcott. George P. Lawrence served as president of the Senate and George von Lengerke Meyer served as speaker of the House.
Notable legislation included "An Act to Provide for the Security and Preservation of the So-called Bulfinch Portion of the State House."

## Senators

| name | date of birth |
| Horace H. Atherton | October 23, 1847 |
| Albert F. Barker | October 24, 1859 |
| Lewis H. Bartlett | April 2, 1854 |
| Percival Blodgett | July 18, 1841 |
| Edward S. Bradford | December 1, 1842 |
| George J. Burns | July 14, 1855 |
| William A. Chase | May 31, 1845 |
| William H. Cook | January 7, 1843 |
| Joseph J. Corbett | December 24, 1863 |
| Frederick W. Dallinger | October 2, 1871 |
| Francis W. Darling | December 16, 1852 |
| James H. Derbyshire | June 11, 1855 |
| Noble W. Everett | February 20, 1827 |
| George A. Galloupe | October 28, 1850 |
| Clarke Partridge Harding | June 20, 1853 |
| Isaac P. Hutchinson | February 26, 1860 |
| Richard William Irwin | February 18, 1857 |
| Erastus Jones | September 11, 1825 |
| George P. Lawrence | May 19, 1859 |
| Martin Lomasney | December 3, 1859 |
| Joseph B. Maccabe | November 19, 1857 |
| Dana Malone | October 8, 1857 |
| William Henry McMorrow | March 23, 1871 |
| Joel D. Miller | October 10, 1837 |
| William A. Morse | July 27, 1863 |
| Joseph O. Neill | January 31, 1838 |
| James P. Niles | September 30, 1849 |
| Fisher H. Pearson | November 29, 1866 |
| George W. Perkins | July 1, 1842 |
| John Jacob Prevaux | March 16, 1857 |
| John Quinn, Jr. | December 16, 1859 |
| George A. Reed | September 10, 1842 |
| Alfred Seelye Roe | June 8, 1844 |
| George P. Sanger | September 6, 1852 |
| Rufus Albertson Soule | 1839 |
| Louis C. Southard | April 1, 1854 |
| Charles F. Sprague | June 10, 1857 |
| Richard Sullivan | February 24, 1856 |
| Arthur Holbrook Wellman | October 30, 1855 |
| John Loring Woodfall | September 15, 1847 |

## Representatives

| name | date of birth |
| Walter Adams | May 15, 1848 |
| Albert E. Addis | May 4, 1864 |
| Daniel W. Allen | June 17, 1827 |
| S. Augustus Allen | February 14, 1855 |
| Frederick Atherton | May 8, 1865 |
| Henry C. Attwill | March 11, 1872 |
| Waldo E. Austin | August 31, 1839 |
| Charles O. Bailey | January 24, 1863 |
| George W. Bailey | March 20, 1848 |
| Horace P. Bailey | March 3, 1840 |
| Theophilus B. Baker | May 16, 1830 |
| Solon Bancroft | June 22, 1839 |
| Harding R. Barber | December 20, 1839 |
| Franklin O. Barnes | November 11, 1841 |
| Daniel J. Barry | August 27, 1859 |
| Myron S. Barton | December 24, 1837 |
| John L. Bates | September 18, 1859 |
| Horace S. Bean | September 17, 1867 |
| William Beggs | August 7, 1844 |
| Charles E. Bennett | May 8, 1861 |
| George B. Bird | February 15, 1867 |
| Avander N. Blood | September 4, 1839 |
| Charles P. Bond | July 24, 1855 |
| Samuel S. Bourne | December 9, 1850 |
| Harvey L. Boutwell | April 5, 1860 |
| Walter L. Bouve | October 28, 1849 |
| Henry J. Boyd | May 9, 1831 |
| Manassah Edward Bradley | August 15, 1863 |
| J. Dwight Brady | December 15, 1859 |
| Charles Donnell Brown | June 5, 1862 |
| Daniel Brown | December 26, 1842 |
| George A. Brown | November 24, 1854 |
| Joseph G. Brown | January 19, 1825 |
| Aaron R. Bunting | August 26, 1833 |
| T. Preston Burt | July 20, 1844 |
| A. Webster Butler | August 22, 1858 |
| Ernest W. Calkins | December 25, 1855 |
| Patrick J. Carroll | May 11, 1865 |
| Daniel C. Casey | August 10, 1867 |
| Frank Chandler | February 20, 1852 |
| George F. Chase | December 11, 1851 |
| Albert Clarke | October 13, 1840 |
| Arthur L. Coburn | June 18, 1860 |
| James A. Cochran | June 27, 1847 |
| George F. Coleman | April 10, 1863 |
| James W. Coleman | March 17, 1855 |
| Walter S. V. Cooke | August 12, 1851 |
| Edward A. Cowee | July 23, 1857 |
| Ellery B. Crane | November 12, 1836 |
| James F. Creed | December 4, 1869 |
| Charles C. Crocker | August 21, 1831 |
| Harvey Crocker | September 11, 1847 |
| Edward S. Crockett | July 22, 1869 |
| Nelson P. Cummings | April 27, 1847 |
| Daniel J. Curley | April 2, 1841 |
| Nathan R. Davis | August 18, 1828 |
| William W. Davis | August 8, 1862 |
| Cornelius R. Day | December 29, 1847 |
| Thomas M. Denham | February 2, 1840 |
| Robert F. Denvir | September 8, 1840 |
| David T. Dickinson | August 13, 1867 |
| Thomas Donahue | August 20, 1853 |
| Jeremiah F. Donovan | May 10, 1856 |
| Timothy J. Donovan | April 7, 1867 |
| James M. Douglass | February 24, 1839 |
| Harry R. Dow | February 12, 1862 |
| Charles H. Dowse | September 12, 1853 |
| Daniel M. Driscoll | January 2, 1861 |
| James Driscoll | August 14, 1856 |
| William P. Driscoll | May 1, 1857 |
| Levi A. Drury | August 9, 1847 |
| George N. Dyer | December 17, 1850 |
| Benjamin F. Estes | August 28, 1836 |
| George S. Evans | September 12, 1841 |
| Wilson H. Fairbank | April 3, 1836 |
| Daniel B. Fenn | May 31, 1836 |
| Wellington Fillmore | October 18, 1850 |
| James H. Flint | June 25, 1852 |
| Silas W. Flint | September 4, 1843 |
| Joseph J. Flynn | May 1, 1862 |
| E. Knowlton Fogg | October 24, 1837 |
| John Malcolm Forbes | 1847 |
| William E. Ford | July 20, 1823 |
| Otis Foss | October 4, 1838 |
| Frank W. Francis | September 16, 1857 |
| George F. Fuller | March 8, 1842 |
| Jefferson C. Gallison | August 8, 1841 |
| James A. Gallivan | October 22, 1866 |
| John J. Gardner | February 23, 1853 |
| John Dennis Hammond Gauss | January 4, 1861 |
| Samuel Wesley George | April 26, 1862 |
| Charles A. Grant | October 15, 1848 |
| Joshua S. Gray | August 16, 1840 |
| William Halliday | June 13, 1853 |
| Lloyd F. Hammond | March 1, 1860 |
| Frederic Hanson | May 2, 1835 |
| Edward H. Harding | April 17, 1854 |
| Benjamin C. Harvey | September 4, 1847 |
| Albert L. Harwood | September 10, 1847 |
| William R. Hayden | May 7, 1820 |
| William Henry Irving Hayes | June 21, 1848 |
| Thomas F. Hoban | December 20, 1860 |
| Joshua B. Holden | March 5, 1850 |
| J. Edward Hollis | 1840 |
| E. Clarence Holt | January 13, 1850 |
| Seba A. Holton | August 30, 1847 |
| Charles E. Hosmer | May 25, 1837 |
| Walter F. Howard | September 20, 1855 |
| Roger S. Howe | November 20, 1849 |
| Henry D. Humphrey | June 20, 1861 |
| Caleb Burroughs Huse | September 13, 1833 |
| John W. Johnson | June 14, 1856 |
| George R. Jones | February 8, 1862 |
| Frank W. Kaan | September 11, 1861 |
| George H. Kearn | January 6, 1839 |
| James Keenan | March 4, 1850 |
| Thomas F. Keenan | March 11, 1854 |
| John A. Keliher | November 6, 1866 |
| George H. Kelton | September 20, 1861 |
| Thomas W. Kenefick | September 17, 1855 |
| Patrick J. Kennedy | March 20, 1862 |
| Charles W. King | September 8, 1861 |
| David T. King | January 19, 1864 |
| Francis M. Kingman | May 25, 1837 |
| Franz H. Krebs, Jr | 1868 |
| James H. Leary | November 28, 1868 |
| Michael J. Leary | November 16, 1869 |
| Charles F. Light | August 1, 1860 |
| Warren J. Livermore | January 5, 1835 |
| Walter E. Lord | January 22, 1856 |
| Francis Cabot Lowell | January 7, 1855 |
| Jeremiah E. Mahoney | November 8, 1864 |
| Forrest C. Manchester | September 11, 1859 |
| William H. Marden | May 30, 1843 |
| Arthur A. Maxwell | January 24, 1858 |
| Will W. Mayhew | January 15, 1857 |
| Benjamin W. Mayo | April 17, 1836 |
| Samuel N. Mayo | May 24, 1839 |
| Jeremiah Justin McCarthy | March 29, 1852 |
| George M. McClain | March 9, 1842 |
| John E. McClellan | September 5, 1847 |
| James S. McKenna | January 11, 1864 |
| James F. Melaven | November 19, 1858 |
| George H. Mellen | October 7, 1850 |
| James H. Mellen | November 7, 1845 |
| George von Lengerke Meyer | June 24, 1858 |
| Charles E. Mills | December 28, 1847 |
| Samuel H. Mitchell | November 2, 1854 |
| Charles D. Monroe | January 15, 1856 |
| Eugene Michael Moriarty | April 15, 1849 |
| James J. Myers | November 20, 1842 |
| Thaddeus H. Newcomb | March 15, 1826 |
| Henry C. Newell | March 9, 1843 |
| Luther Nickerson | July 9, 1829 |
| Edward O. Northway | December 12, 1867 |
| Joseph J. Norton | November 19, 1870 |
| John J. O'Connor | April 13, 1871 |
| John M. O'Hara | July 2, 1865 |
| Frank J. O'Toole | October 13, 1867 |
| John B. Packard | February 22, 1837 |
| Clarence H. Parker | October 31, 1849 |
| Herbert C. Parsons | January 15, 1862 |
| Frank A. Patch | July 23, 1844 |
| John H. Ponce | November 1, 1857 |
| Burrill Porter | February 22, 1832 |
| George W. Porter | January 30, 1844 |
| George E. Putnam | February 9, 1851 |
| Nicolas M. Quint | July 18, 1838 |
| Charles I. Quirk | August 15, 1871 |
| Charles W. Ray | August 16, 1847 |
| William Louis Reed | April 5, 1866 |
| Michael J. Reidy | August 8, 1870 |
| George M. Rice | October 20, 1843 |
| Clinton Q. Richmond | December 17, 1859 |
| Francis R. Richmond | April 20, 1851 |
| Thomas Riley | December 22, 1843 |
| Ernest W. Roberts | November 22, 1858 |
| J. Henry Robinson | February 9, 1831 |
| Atherton W. Rogers | August 10, 1848 |
| George A. Roper | July 25, 1849 |
| Samuel Ross | February 2, 1865 |
| Daniel D. Rourke | July 16, 1869 |
| Fred H. Rourke | May 23, 1867 |
| George G. Russell | November 4, 1845 |
| Howard K. Sanderson | July 10, 1865 |
| Charles F. Sargent | August 31, 1858 |
| Tristram T. Savory | September 19, 1834 |
| William P. Searls | June 3, 1851 |
| Chester Wells Severence | February 27, 1831 |
| Charles S. Shattuck | June 5, 1840 |
| David B. Shaw | August 20, 1870 |
| John F. Sheehan | September 2, 1861 |
| William Shepherd | September 17, 1837 |
| P. Howard Shirley | August 15, 1857 |
| David F. Slade | November 5, 1855 |
| John O. Slocum | March 13, 1842 |
| Albert C. Smith | March 14, 1845 |
| Charles W. Smith | March 6, 1846 |
| Henry R. Smith | October 7, 1842 |
| Amasa E. Southworth | May 19, 1844 |
| Cyrus Spaulding | April 17, 1835 |
| Albert T. Sprague | June 18, 1843 |
| Thomas E. St. John | March 2, 1831 |
| Fred D. Stanley | October 17, 1863 |
| Arlin V. Stevens | June 15, 1854 |
| Edward A. Stevens | December 9, 1841 |
| Elmer A. Stevens | January 15, 1862 |
| Ezra A. Stevens | March 12, 1827 |
| Joseph W. Stocker | April 6, 1824 |
| Willmore B. Stone | June 24, 1853 |
| George D. Storrs | September 19, 1866 |
| Arthur D. Story | October 11, 1854 |
| Cornelius F. Sullivan | June 15, 1865 |
| George J. Tarr | February 1, 1832 |
| James Thompson | May 18, 1848 |
| Henry Thrasher | May 29, 1837 |
| John Rogers Thurston | September 4, 1831 |
| Charles W. Tilton | April 6, 1836 |
| William Tolman | June 2, 1858 |
| Frank M. Trafton | January 4, 1858 |
| John E. Tuttle | November 3, 1835 |
| Charles Henry Utley | November 27, 1857 |
| Henry M. Van Deusen | September 29, 1850 |
| Henry R. Van Rensselaer | December 12, 1855 |
| George Albert Wales | March 26, 1858 |
| William W. Waterman | December 4, 1831 |
| Jackson Webster | March 14, 1849 |
| Clarence P. Weston | August 23, 1845 |
| George W. Weymouth | August 25, 1850 |
| Mark O. Wheaton | November 22, 1833 |
| George L. Whitcomb | March 18, 1855 |
| Edward E. Willard | September 25, 1862 |
| Edward H. Wilson | September 26, 1848 |
| George G. Withington | July 31, 1831 |
| John A. Woodbury | August 22, 1836 |
| Joseph W. Woodman | January 25, 1847 |
| Charles L. Young | May 23, 1850 |
| Willie C. Young | May 28, 1848 |