# 1890 Massachusetts legislature

The 111th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1890 during the governorship of John Q. A. Brackett. Henry H. Sprague served as president of the Senate and William Emerson Barrett served as speaker of the House.

## Senators

| Name | Date of birth | District | Party |
| Edwin Baker | January 18, 1843 | Franklin | |
| Joseph Mathias Bradley | August 18, 1852 | 6th Essex | |
| Arthur Butler Breed | June 30, 1857 | 1st Essex | |
| Benjamin F. Campbell | September 12, 1834 | 1st Suffolk | |
| William Henry Carberry | February 22, 1851 | 8th Suffolk | |
| Charles Carleton Coffin | July 26, 1823 | 7th Suffolk | Republican |
| Thomas Washburn Cook | September 15, 1837 | 3rd Bristol | |
| Michael James Creed | August 28, 1856 | 6th Suffolk | |
| William N. Davenport | November 3, 1856 | 4th Middlesex | Republican |
| Simeon Dodge | July 11, 1815 | 2nd Essex | |
| Edward J. Donovan | March 15, 1864 | 3rd Suffolk | Democratic |
| James Donovan | May 28, 1859 | 4th Suffolk | |
| James Fisher Dwinell | July 23, 1825 | 1st Middlesex | |
| Oscar Ely | November 5, 1834 | 2nd Hampden | |
| Alonzo H. Evans | February 24, 1820 | 6th Middlesex | Republican |
| Alfred Swift Fassett | December 5, 1848 | Berkshire and Hampshire | |
| Lucius Field | August 15, 1840 | 2nd Worcester | |
| David Fisk | May 6, 1838 | Cape | |
| George Henry Gammans | May 5, 1842 | 2nd Suffolk | |
| Willard Franklin Gleason | December 24, 1846 | 1st Norfolk | |
| William Hobbs Goodwin | October 9, 1822 | 9th Suffolk | |
| Charles Haggerty | December 6, 1854 | 3rd Worcester | |
| James H. Harlow | September 11, 1814 | 2nd Plymouth | |
| George D. Hart | December 7, 1846 | 5th Essex | |
| Henry Joseph Hosmer | February 2, 1832 | 2nd Middlesex | |
| Robert Howard | February 8, 1845 | 2nd Bristol | |
| Freeman Hunt | September 4, 1855 | 3rd Middlesex | |
| Alden Potter Jaques | March 4, 1835 | 4th Essex | |
| Aaron Low | August 11, 1833 | 3rd Essex | |
| Edwin Dickinson Metcalf | March 14, 1848 | 1st Hampden | |
| Hiram Abif Oakman | April 10, 1827 | 1st Plymouth | |
| Moses P. Palmer | May 1, 1830 | 5th Middlesex | |
| Henry Langdon Parker | October 7, 1834 | 1st Worcester | |
| Alfred Stamm Pinkerton | March 19, 1856 | 4th Worcester | |
| Oliver Wells Robbins | August 20, 1812 | Berkshire | |
| Cyrus Savage | September 2, 1832 | 1st Bristol | |
| Henry H. Sprague | August 1, 1841 | 5th Suffolk | Republican |
| Charles E. Stevens | April 21, 1843 | Worcester and Hampshire | |
| George Makepeace Towle | August 27, 1841 | 2nd Norfolk | Republican |
| Edward Morton Tucke | May 3, 1840 | 7th Middlesex | |
| Edwin F. Wyer | September 28, 1832 | | |

## Representatives

| Name | Date of birth | District | Town | Party |
| Moses C. Adams | November 17, 1843 | 9th Norfolk | Millis | |
| John Albree | March 14, 1829 | 18th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Jared F. Alden | April 18, 1836 | 8th Plymouth | Middleborough | |
| Thomas Alden | August 17, 1827 | 2nd Plymouth | Duxbury | |
| Jesse Allen | May 23, 1847 | 5th Worcester | Oakham | |
| Richard B. Allen | January 25, 1859 | 25th Middlesex | Lowell | |
| Charles H. Baker | February 2, 1847 | 18th Essex | Lynn | Republican |
| William G. Baker | June 9, 1845 | 23rd Suffolk | Boston | |
| Talcott Bancroft | December 24, 1821 | 2nd Hampshire | Chesterfield | |
| Thomas E. Barker | March 13, 1839 | 9th Middlesex | Malden | |
| Franklin O. Barnes | November 11, 1841 | 26th Suffolk | Chelsea | Republican |
| William Emerson Barrett | December 29, 1858 | 11th Middlesex | Melrose | Republican |
| Richard M. Barry | June 5, 1863 | 6th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Charles Waldo Bates | July 10, 1846 | 1st Worcester | Phillipston | |
| George E. Bemis | October 23, 1855 | 5th Franklin | Charlemont | |
| Charles H. Bennett | March 11, 1843 | 8th Hampden | Springfield | |
| Thomas W. Bicknell | September 6, 1834 | 24th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Roswell Billings | October 20, 1853 | 3rd Hampshire | Hatfield | |
| George H. Bond | January 31, 1840 | 14th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Charles H. Boodey | December 27, 1838 | 28th Middlesex | Wayland | |
| Robert H. Bowman | September 26, 1855 | 17th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Henry W. Britton | February 13, 1851 | 7th Norfolk | Stoughton | |
| James L. Brophy | November 14, 1852 | 28th Middlesex | Framingham | |
| Otis S. Brown | February 20, 1845 | 1st Middlesex | Cambridge | |
| Herman Buchholz | November 23, 1839 | 8th Hampden | Springfield | |
| William P. Buckley | August 15, 1859 | 4th Hampden | Holyoke | |
| Andrew J. Bucklin | February 23, 1829 | 2nd Berkshire | Adams | |
| Walter Jesse David Bullock | July 11, 1860 | 9th Bristol | Fall River | |
| James J. Burke | March 4, 1862 | 12th Suffolk | Boston | |
| William M. Butler | January 29, 1861 | 6th Bristol | New Bedford | Republican |
| Hiram Torrey Cady | January 17, 1843 | 1st Berkshire | North Adams | |
| Patrick Cannon | May 2, 1854 | 7th Suffolk | Boston | |
| George N. Carpenter | January 26, 1840 | 2nd Norfolk | Brookline | |
| Horatio Carpenter | September 11, 1833 | 1st Bristol | Seekonk | |
| Charles Ernest Carter | June 1, 1850 | 24th Middlesex | Lowell | |
| Richard A. Carter | February 16, 1862 | 5th Essex | Lawrence | |
| John S. Cate | March 25, 1839 | 10th Middlesex | Everett | Republican |
| Ansel E. Chamberlin | December 6, 1844 | 4th Berkshire | Dalton | |
| Sidney Horton Cheeseman | August 11, 1843 | 5th Berkshire | Becket | |
| Ansel O. Clark | October 17, 1834 | 6th Norfolk | Braintree | |
| Edwin T. Clark | August 1, 1849 | 3rd Plymouth | Hanson | |
| George E. Clarke | October 30, 1822 | 1st Barnstable | Falmouth | |
| Horace E. Clayton | 1854 | 2nd Middlesex | Cambridge | |
| Alonzo Coburn | October 16, 1821 | 27th Middlesex | Hopkinton | |
| Peter A. Conlin | January 26, 1858 | 19th Worcester | Worcester |
| Thomas H. Connell | September 18, 1849 | 24th Middlesex | Dracut | |
| Morton E. Converse | November 17, 1837 | 2nd Worcester | Winchendon | |
| Henry Cook | April 4, 1835 | 14th Worcester | Leominster | |
| Louis A. Cook | May 4, 1847 | 5th Norfolk | Weymouth | |
| George P. Cooke | October 28, 1849 | 11th Worcester | Milford | |
| John William Coveney | April 10, 1845 | 3rd Middlesex | Cambridge | |
| Robert Bruce Crane | 1845 | 2nd Hampden | Westfield | |
| Lorenzo B. Crockett | December 9, 1854 | 2nd Bristol | Easton | |
| Francis C. Curtis | March 13, 1836 | 29th Middlesex | Marlborough | |
| Joseph A. Cushing | December 24, 1846 | 5th Norfolk | Weymouth | |
| Nahum Sawin Cutler | April 7, 1837 | 1st Franklin | Greenfield | |
| Frank William Dallinger | June 5, 1852 | 4th Middlesex | Cambridge | Republican |
| Luther Dame | March 3, 1826 | 8th Essex | Newbury | |
| Epes Davis | March 14, 1824 | 10th Essex | Gloucester | |
| Everett Allen Davis | October 11, 1857 | 16th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Joshua H. Davis | November 3, 1814 | 5th Middlesex | Somerville | |
| Benjamin Day | September 4, 1822 | 16th Essex | Marblehead | |
| Frederick B. Day | March 20, 1843 | 1st Suffolk | Boston | |
| Herbert O. Delano | July 7, 1847 | 1st Essex | Merrimac | |
| John W. Delano | April 16, 1852 | 7th Plymouth | Marion | |
| Jeremiah Desmond | May 2, 1853 | 16th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Henry S. Dewey | 1856 | 21st Suffolk | Boston | Republican |
| Owen M. Donohoe | October 21, 1861 | 23rd Middlesex | Lowell | |
| William B. Durant | September 29, 1844 | 1st Middlesex | Cambridge | |
| J. Homer Edgerly | May 5, 1844 | 3rd Suffolk | Boston | |
| Nathan Edson | September 16, 1817 | 1st Barnstable | Barnstable | |
| John Edwards | December 23, 1852 | 8th Bristol | Fall River | |
| George D. Eldredge | December 17, 1858 | 5th Hampden | Chicopee | |
| S. Hopkins Emery | August 22, 1815 | 3rd Bristol | Taunton | |
| John W. Fairbanks | October 12, 1843 | 12th Worcester | Westborough | |
| James M. Farnum | 1822 | 10th Worcester | Uxbridge | |
| Warren Fenno | December 2, 1854 | 27th Suffolk | Revere | |
| Myron J. Ferren | August 16, 1836 | 12th Middlesex | Stoneham | |
| Alfred Frary Field | June 16, 1843 | 4th Franklin | Leverett | |
| Joseph Henry Fletcher | September 26, 1844 | 16th Middlesex | Belmont | |
| Charles W. Flint | May 3, 1827 | 20th Middlesex | Chelmsford | |
| Carlos M. Gage | July 21, 1849 | 9th Hampden | Monson | |
| Michael J. Garvey | May 27, 1859 | 21st Middlesex | Lowell | |
| John F. Gillespie | April 18, 1855 | 6th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Gorham D. Gilman | May 29, 1822 | 17th Middlesex | Newton | |
| Edward B. Glasgow | | 23rd Worcester | Worcester | |
| Edward A. Goddard | 1845 | 2nd Franklin | Orange | |
| Frank T. Goodhue | January 20, 1854 | 9th Essex | Ipswich | |
| Moses C. Goodnow | June 20, 1846 | 4th Worcester | Princeton | |
| David E. Gould | April 14, 1863 | 26th Suffolk | Chelesa | |
| Robert S. Gray | September 28, 1847 | 7th Norfolk | Walpole | |
| Charles Greene | May 10, 1840 | 6th Essex | Andover | |
| William S. Greenough | August 25, 1843 | 13th Middlesex | Wakefield | |
| Lewis G. Grossman | May 6, 1843 | 19th Suffolk | Boston | |
| William M. Hale | June 26, 1820 | 3rd Bristol | Taunton | |
| Aaron C. Handley | October 7, 1823 | 30th Middlesex | Acton | |
| Charles H. Hanson | July 7, 1844 | 24th Middlesex | Lowell | |
| Emerson G. Harrington | September 21, 1845 | 6th Berkshire | Egremont | |
| James W. Harvey | April 10, 1844 | 25th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Elihu B. Hayes | April 26, 1848 | 18th Essex | Lynn | Republican |
| James B. Hayes | February 24, 1858 | 12th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Augustus Hemenway | 1853 | 4th Norfolk | Canton | |
| Charles W. Henderson | June 3, 1842 | 4th Middlesex | Cambridge | |
| Edward E. Herrod | November 4, 1857 | 10th Plymouth | Brockton | |
| John E. Heslan | November 11, 1854 | 22nd Suffolk | Boston | |
| John Hildreth | October 18, 1851 | 3rd Hampden | Holyoke | |
| Stanley B. Hildreth | June 8, 1845 | 13th Worcester | Harvard | |
| Arthur G. Hill | December 6, 1841 | 1st Hampshire | Northampton | |
| Langdon H. Holder | March 10, 1846 | 20th Essex | Lynn | |
| Dwight H. Hollister | October 24, 1834 | 1st Hampden | Southwick | |
| George Mitchell Hooper | September 1, 1838 | 9th Plymouth | Bridgewater | |
| John F. Howard | March 24, 1843 | 4th Essex | Lawrence | |
| Willard Howland | December 3, 1852 | 27th Suffolk | Chelsea | |
| John H. Hulford | November 11, 1841 | 5th Essex | Lawrence | |
| William W. Hunt | May 15, 1842 | 3rd Franklin | Wendell | |
| John T. Hurley | October 26, 1855 | 8th Bristol | Fall River | |
| Henry H. Johnson | March 24, 1840 | 2nd Essex | Haverhill | |
| Charlie A. Jones | September 9, 1847 | 14th Middlesex | Woburn | |
| Chester Kellogg | December 27, 1830 | 4th Hampden | Granby | |
| David B. Kempton | April 25, 1818 | 5th Bristol | New Bedford | |
| George Kendall | March 1, 1839 | 2nd Worcester | Gardner | |
| P. J. Kennedy | January 14, 1858 | 2nd Suffolk | Boston | Democratic |
| Frederick M. Kilmer | February 8, 1852 | 7th Middlesex | Somerville | |
| Henry Albert Kimball | May 3, 1842 | 1st Hampshire | Northampton |
| John W. Kimball | February 27, 1828 | 15th Worcester | Fitchburg | Republican |
| Rufus Kimball | March 13, 1829 | 19th Essex | Lynn | |
| Albert C. Kirby | March 17, 1841 | 7th Bristol | Westport | |
| Francis W. Kittredge | June 4, 1843 | 21st Suffolk | Boston | |
| Nathaniel W. Ladd | January 7, 1848 | 10th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Hiram B. Lane | August 17, 1824 | 6th Hampden | Springfield | |
| Andrew Berkley Lattimore | August 4, 1852 | 9th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Horace G. Leslie | April 13, 1842 | 1st Essex | Amesbury | |
| James A. Lewis | May 20, 1834 | 4th Bristol | Fairhaven | |
| James D. Lincoln | 1823 | 8th Norfolk | Wrentham | |
| Stephen S. Littlefield | August 8, 1848 | 21st Essex | Peabody | |
| Joseph P. Lomasney | March 10, 1863 | 8th Suffolk | Boston | Democratic |
| Lewis P. Loring | July 10, 1822 | 4th Plymouth | Hull | |
| Haile R. Luther | February 7, 1838 | 5th Bristol | New Bedford | |
| John B. Lynch | April 13, 1858 | 15th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Henry Stephen Lyons | November 21, 1865 | 1st Berkshire | North Adams | |
| Joseph B. Maccabe | November 19, 1857 | 1st Suffolk | Boston | |
| John Macfarlane | June 11, 1841 | 19th Essex | Lynn | |
| Pardon Macomber | February 9, 1833 | 9th Bristol | Fall River | |
| William Mahanna | November 25, 1854 | 3rd Berkshire | Lenox | |
| Cornelius B. Marchant | November 14, 1815 | 1st Dukes | Edgartown |
| Peter J. McDonald | May 3, 1860 | 4th Berkshire | Pittsfield | |
| John H. McDonough | March 29, 1857 | 20th Suffolk | Boston | |
| John James McDonough | March 15, 1857 | 8th Bristol | Fall River | |
| Thomas O. McEnaney | October 23, 1857 | 2nd Suffolk | Boston | |
| Michael J. McEttrick | June 22, 1848 | 20th Suffolk | Boston | Democratic |
| John McFethries | 1830 | 7th Hampden | Springfield | |
| Daniel McLaughlin | 1847 | 7th Suffolk | Boston |
| Jeremiah J. McNamara | December 5, 1864 | 13th Suffolk | Boston | |
| William S. McNary | March 29, 1863 | 15th Suffolk | Boston | Democratic |
| William E. Meade | August 2, 1839 | 14th Essex | Salem | |
| Robert F. Means | August 22, 1838 | 14th Suffolk | Boston | |
| George W. Miller | September 9, 1852 | 6th Hampden | Springfield | |
| Charles S. Millet | January 29, 1858 | 5th Plymouth | Rockland | |
| Henry S. Milton | September 28, 1855 | 18th Middlesex | Waltham | |
| Michael J. Mitchell | July 29, 1855 | 3rd Suffolk | Boston | |
| Hiram A. Monk | July 16, 1829 | 11th Plymouth | Brockton | |
| Charles Moore | June 13, 1831 | 18th Middlesex | Waltham | |
| Michael J. Moore | September 23, 1863 | 13th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Louis E. P. Moreau | February 25, 1857 | 6th Worcester | Spencer | |
| David F. Moreland | August 30, 1857 | 14th Middlesex | Woburn | |
| Eugene Michael Moriarty | April 15, 1849 | 18th Worcester | Worcester | |
| Frank Morison | March 18, 1844 | 9th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Lyman Morse | February 24, 1837 | 12th Worcester | Berlin | |
| Edward Mott | June 19, 1830 | 3rd Bristol | Taunton | |
| George N. Munsell | December 14, 1835 | 2nd Barnstable | Harwich | |
| Michael Joseph Murray | June 18, 1867 | 15th Worcester | Fitchburg | |
| John Henry Norcross | October 20, 1841 | 8th Middlesex | Medford | |
| John O'Brien | October 1, 1855 | 24th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Henry P. Oakman | June 27, 1831 | 4th Essex | Lawrence | |
| John Parkhurst | December 30, 1826 | 7th Essex | Boxford | |
| Wellington Evarts Parkhurst | January 19, 1835 | 13th Worcester | Clinton | |
| Oren B. Parks | December 28, 1846 | 2nd Hampden | Westfield | |
| Alfred W. Paul | August 5, 1822 | 10th Bristol | Dighton | |
| Alonzo Penney | September 23, 1835 | 20th Essex | Lynn | |
| Augustus G. Perkins | June 20, 1846 | 18th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Benjamin F. Peterson | October 11, 1836 | 6th Plymouth | Whitman | |
| Benjamin P. Pickering | February 22, 1844 | 13th Essex | Salem | |
| Wilbur Howard Powers | January 22, 1849 | 3rd Norfolk | Hyde Park | |
| Edward W. Presho | May 29, 1859 | 5th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Winfield F. Prime | November 22, 1860 | 4th Suffolk | Boston | Republican |
| Lewis C. Prindle | March 18, 1847 | 7th Worcester | Charlton | |
| James Quigley | November 11, 1839 | 11th Worcester | Mendon | |
| Josiah Quincy VI | October 15, 1859 | 5th Norfolk | Quincy | Democratic |
| Patrick James Quinn | June 4, 1843 | 20th Worcester | Worcester | |
| Andrew J. Rady | May 1, 1853 | 2nd Middlesex | Cambridge | |
| Frederick J. Ranlett | November 17, 1857 | 17th Middlesex | Newton | |
| Francis Henry Raymond | February 19, 1836 | 6th Middlesex | |
| William H. Rice | 1841 | 17th Worcester | Worcester | |
| Richard A. Rich | October 19, 1844 | 3rd Barnstable | Truro | |
| Arthur C. Richardson | October 31, 1837 | 8th Essex | Newburyport | |
| William R. Rowell | March 19, 1844 | 3rd Essex | Methuen | |
| Willis R. Russ | October 30, 1854 | 19th Suffolk | Boston | |
| John J. Salter | January 11, 1856 | 17th Essex | Lynn | |
| Horace H. Sanders | August 27, 1835 | 10th Hampden | Palmer | |
| Alpheus Sanford | July 5, 1856 | 17th Suffolk | Boston | |
| George P. Sanger Jr. | September 6, 1852 | 11th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Nathan H. Sears | November 28, 1830 | 9th Worcester | Millbury | |
| Robert K. Sears | August 29, 1844 | 22nd Essex | Danvers | |
| Everett F. Sherman | 1826 | 1st Plymouth | Plymouth | |
| Anthony Smalley | March 15, 1836 | 1st Nantucket | Nantucket | |
| Philo Smith | 1820 | 7th Berkshire | Otis | |
| William D. Sohier | October 22, 1858 | 12th Essex | Beverly | |
| William B. Sprout | 1859 | 22nd Worcester | Worcester | |
| Stephen Stanley | June 11, 1842 | 1st Bristol | North Attleborough | |
| William H. Stearns | April 11, 1850 | 15th Essex | Salem | |
| Isaac Newton Story | November 30, 1834 | 10th Essex | Gloucester | |
| Martin L. Stover | October 22, 1837 | 3rd Essex | Haverhill | |
| Edward Sullivan | August 14, 1844 | 10 Suffolk | Boston | |
| John H. Sullivan | June 24, 1850 | 8th Suffolk | Boston |
| George N. Swallow | January 2, 1854 | 5th Suffolk | Boston | |
| James M. Swallow | April 14, 1821 | 31st Middlesex | Dunstable | |
| Edgar Sidney Taft | June 30, 1853 | 10th Essex | Gloucester | |
| Harrison O. Thomas | June 28, 1840 | 12th Plymouth | Brockton | |
| Lysander Thurston | May 25, 1837 | 5th Hampshire | Enfield | |
| Edwin A. Tibbetts | April 24, 1840 | 17th Essex | Lynn | |
| Frank B. Tilton | March 15, 1840 | 26th Middlesex | Natick | |
| Hermon C. Tower | March 8, 1843 | 29th Middlesex | Hudson | |
| Pelatiah R. Tripp | August 15, 1842 | 23rd Suffolk | Boston | |
| John S. True | October 22, 1828 | | Woburn | |
| George F. Tucker | January 19, 1852 | 6th Bristol | New Bedford | |
| George Keyes Tufts | October 17, 1841 | 5th Worcester | New Braintree | |
| Henry Edward Turner | May 4, 1842 | 9th Middlesex | Malden | Republican |
| William H. H. Tuttle | August 17, 1845 | 15th Middlesex | Arlington | |
| Daniel H. Varnum | February 11, 1850 | 22nd Middlesex | Lowell | |
| James S. Wallace | October 17, 1846 | 11th Essex | Rockport | |
| Jacob Otis Wardwell | March 14, 1857 | 2nd Essex | Haverhill | |
| Richard H. Warren | March 9, 1854 | 8th Worcester | Auburn | |
| Henry C. Wheaton | May 25, 1839 | 16th Worcester | Worcester | |
| Charles S. Wheeler | June 11, 1851 | 19th Middlesex | Lincoln | |
| Walter Adams Wheeler | August 14, 1850 | 3rd Worcester | Rutland | |
| Franklin B. White | 1837 | 21st Worcester | Worcester |
| George F. Williams | July 10, 1852 | 1st Norfolk | Dedham | Democratic |
| Frank E. Winslow | May 16, 1852 | 11th Suffolk | Boston | |
| Daniel S. Woodman | April 12, 1842 | 8th Norfolk | Medway | |
| Charles F. Worcester | February 25, 1859 | 32nd Middlesex | Townsend | |
| Ira A. Worth | October 23, 1828 | 4th Suffolk | Boston | |