# 1897 Massachusetts legislature

The 118th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1897 during the governorship of Roger Wolcott. George P. Lawrence served as president of the Senate and John L. Bates served as speaker of the House.
The 1897 legislature is the high-water mark for the Massachusetts Republican Party, which held 35 seats in the Senate and 202 in the House. Republicans have not surpassed either number since, though they would match their high of 35 Senate seats again in 1920.

## Senators

| name | date of birth |
| James Alderson Bailey Jr. | March 25, 1867 |
| Harding R. Barber | December 20, 1839 |
| Albert F. Barker | October 24, 1859 |
| Lewis H. Bartlett | April 2, 1854 |
| William R. Black | August 23, 1830 |
| Edward S. Bradford | December 1, 1842 |
| William Hartwell Brigham | February 1, 1863 |
| William H. Cook | January 7, 1843 |
| Ellery B. Crane | November 12, 1836 |
| Frederick W. Dallinger | October 2, 1871 |
| William W. Davis | August 8, 1862 |
| James H. Derbyshire | June 11, 1855 |
| Noble W. Everett | February 20, 1827 |
| Joseph Byron Farley | October 10, 1847 |
| James H. Flint | June 25, 1852 |
| Charles E. Folsom | February 24, 1855 |
| James A. Gallivan | October 22, 1866 |
| John Dennis Hammond Gauss | January 4, 1861 |
| Clarke Partridge Harding | June 20, 1853 |
| Albert L. Harwood | September 10, 1847 |
| James E. Hayes | August 10, 1865 |
| Joshua B. Holden | March 5, 1850 |
| Richard William Irwin | February 18, 1857 |
| Dwight H. Ives | January 28, 1837 |
| Erastus Jones | September 11, 1825 |
| George P. Lawrence | May 19, 1859 |
| Martin Lomasney | December 3, 1859 |
| William Moran | September 6, 1855 |
| William A. Morse | July 27, 1863 |
| Henry Parsons | February 2, 1842 |
| John Jacob Prevaux | March 16, 1857 |
| George E. Putnam | February 9, 1851 |
| John Quinn, Jr. | December 16, 1859 |
| Ernest W. Roberts | November 22, 1858 |
| Alfred Seelye Roe | June 8, 1844 |
| George Edwin Smith | April 5, 1849 |
| Rufus Albertson Soule | 1839 |
| William W. Towle | August 21, 1860 |
| John Loring Woodfall | September 15, 1847 |
| Charles F. Woodward | November 19, 1852 |

## Representatives

| name | date of birth |
| Albert E. Addis | May 4, 1864 |
| Benjamin C. Ames | December 20, 1859 |
| Richard F. Andrews, Jr | April 13, 1863 |
| Julius C. Anthony | September 24, 1856 |
| Edward R. Ashley | May 15, 1824 |
| Henry C. Attwill | March 11, 1872 |
| Gustavus Atwood | November 18, 1843 |
| Thomas C. Bachelder | November 6, 1860 |
| Charles O. Bailey | January 24, 1863 |
| Horace P. Bailey | March 3, 1840 |
| John E. Baldwin | June 26, 1869 |
| Frank W. Barnard | January 3, 1853 |
| Franklin O. Barnes | November 11, 1841 |
| George H. Bartlett | September 6, 1857 |
| Jonathan B. L. Bartlett | October 11, 1849 |
| John L. Bates | September 18, 1859 |
| Charles O. Beede | December 29, 1840 |
| Henry A. Belcher | August 6, 1845 |
| Scott F. Bickford | November 14, 1864 |
| Osgood C. Blaney | January 20, 1860 |
| John Bleiler | May 9, 1837 |
| Henry H. Bosworth | March 16, 1868 |
| Harvey L. Boutwell | April 5, 1860 |
| Walter L. Bouve | October 28, 1849 |
| Henry J. Boyd | May 9, 1831 |
| Cary C. Bradford | February 8, 1855 |
| Manassah Edward Bradley | August 15, 1863 |
| Charles Donnell Brown | June 5, 1862 |
| Charles E. Brown | November 18, 1850 |
| George A. Brown | November 24, 1854 |
| Joseph G. Brown | January 19, 1825 |
| Aaron R. Bunting | August 26, 1833 |
| Clement F. Burr | January 22, 1849 |
| Ernest W. Calkins | December 25, 1855 |
| Edward B. Callender | February 23, 1851 |
| Andrew Campbell | May 3, 1826 |
| Leonard B. Chandler | August 29, 1851 |
| William D. Chapple | August 6, 1868 |
| George F. Chase | December 11, 1851 |
| James B. Clancy | May 26, 1868 |
| Albert B. Clark | June 5, 1854 |
| Albert Clarke | October 13, 1840 |
| Samuel Cole | December 15, 1856 |
| James W. Coleman | March 17, 1855 |
| Walter S. V. Cooke | August 12, 1851 |
| George W. Coombs | November 4, 1837 |
| Edward A. Cowee | July 23, 1857 |
| Fred E. Crawford | July 7, 1857 |
| Charles C. Crocker | August 21, 1831 |
| Thomas W. Crocker | December 27, 1832 |
| Alfred R. Crosby | August 30, 1838 |
| Richard Cullinane | February 2, 1859 |
| Nelson P. Cummings | April 27, 1847 |
| Daniel J. Curley | April 2, 1841 |
| William Curtis | August 8, 1857 |
| Daniel W. Davis | October 3, 1846 |
| William Ripley Davis | March 8, 1862 |
| Cornelius R. Day | December 29, 1847 |
| Charles Leroy Dean | May 29, 1844 |
| Thomas M. Denham | February 2, 1840 |
| Robert F. Denvir | September 8, 1840 |
| John B. Dewing | January 28, 1835 |
| David T. Dickinson | August 13, 1867 |
| Richard Dobbins | June 2, 1845 |
| Thomas Donahue | August 20, 1853 |
| Jeremiah F. Donovan | May 10, 1856 |
| Thomas J. Dooling | January 28, 1868 |
| James M. Douglass | February 24, 1839 |
| Daniel M. Driscoll | January 2, 1861 |
| Hugo A. Dubuque | November 3, 1854 |
| A. Glendon Dyar | August 4, 1860 |
| Freeman O. Emerson | January 12, 1859 |
| A. Edwin Enberg | September 9, 1866 |
| Eugene B. Estes | December 7, 1850 |
| Frank W. Estey | December 16, 1866 |
| George S. Evans | September 12, 1841 |
| E. Walter Everett | April 11, 1864 |
| Wilson H. Fairbank | April 3, 1836 |
| John J. Falvey | May 26, 1864 |
| Francis F. Farrar | January 10, 1833 |
| John J. Feneno | March 24, 1866 |
| George E. Fisher | January 22, 1823 |
| E. Knowlton Fogg | October 24, 1837 |
| Albert T. Folsom | November 9, 1831 |
| Otis Foss | October 4, 1838 |
| Frank W. Francis | September 16, 1857 |
| George G. Frederick | January 14, 1867 |
| George F. Fuller | March 8, 1842 |
| Charles W. Gale | October 3, 1846 |
| Jefferson C. Gallison | August 8, 1841 |
| John J. Gardner | February 23, 1853 |
| Samuel Wesley George | April 26, 1862 |
| Emery B. Gibbs | October 23, 1862 |
| Moses D. Gilman | May 23, 1846 |
| Otis M. Gove | May 3, 1851 |
| Oliver S. Grant | April 30, 1866 |
| James Wilson Grimes | November 21, 1865 |
| Almon E. Hall | December 6, 1846 |
| Amos E. Hall | July 6, 1838 |
| Luther Hall | November 5, 1842 |
| Frederick Hammond | February 27, 1847 |
| Frederic Hanson | May 2, 1835 |
| Edward H. Harding | April 17, 1854 |
| Joseph M. Harrington | July 26, 1828 |
| Frederic W. Hathaway | March 6, 1836 |
| William Henry Irving Hayes | June 21, 1848 |
| Albert F. Hayward | January 24, 1840 |
| Charles E. Hoag | September 18, 1849 |
| Charles E. Hosmer | May 25, 1837 |
| Walter F. Howard | September 20, 1855 |
| Rufus Howe | September 28, 1837 |
| Edward H. Hoyt | July 11, 1849 |
| Franklin E. Huntress | April 19, 1866 |
| Charles Hiller Innes | August 6, 1870 |
| John W. Johnson | June 14, 1856 |
| George R. Jones | February 8, 1862 |
| Melville D. Jones | September 25, 1842 |
| William A. Josselyn | February 8, 1856 |
| James Keenan | March 4, 1850 |
| Thomas F. Keenan | March 11, 1854 |
| John A. Keliher | November 6, 1866 |
| John L. Kelly | March 29, 1869 |
| George H. Kelton | September 20, 1861 |
| Thomas W. Kenefick | September 17, 1855 |
| Patrick J. Kennedy | March 20, 1862 |
| David T. King | January 19, 1864 |
| William A. Lang | May 26, 1836 |
| James Lawrence | March 23, 1853 |
| James H. Leary | November 28, 1868 |
| Ottho William Lewis | July 17, 1853 |
| Charles F. Light | August 1, 1860 |
| Warren J. Livermore | January 5, 1835 |
| Alexander Lockhart | December 22, 1854 |
| Francis Cabot Lowell | January 7, 1855 |
| Albert W. Lyon | March 1, 1869 |
| John E. Magenis | May 5, 1873 |
| Jeremiah E. Mahoney | November 8, 1864 |
| Forrest C. Manchester | September 11, 1859 |
| William H. Marden | May 30, 1843 |
| Lyman Mason | April 4, 1838 |
| Arthur A. Maxwell | January 24, 1858 |
| Will W. Mayhew | January 15, 1857 |
| Benjamin W. Mayo | April 17, 1836 |
| Jeremiah Justin McCarthy | March 29, 1852 |
| George M. McClain | March 9, 1842 |
| John E. McClellan | September 5, 1847 |
| James S. McKenna | January 11, 1864 |
| Levi G. McKnight | April 30, 1843 |
| John A. McManus | March 9, 1860 |
| George F. Mead | May 22, 1854 |
| George W. Mellen | May 11, 1837 |
| William H. Mellen | November 9, 1842 |
| John M. Merriam | September 20, 1862 |
| Charles E. Mills | December 28, 1847 |
| Charles P. Mills | August 22, 1853 |
| Eugene Michael Moriarty | April 15, 1849 |
| William L. Morse | May 1, 1849 |
| James J. Myers | November 20, 1842 |
| Joseph O. Neill | January 31, 1838 |
| Edward B. Nevin | November 10, 1858 |
| Thaddeus H. Newcomb | March 15, 1826 |
| George H. Norton | May 28, 1863 |
| B. Alden Nourse | July 19, 1836 |
| Frank J. O'Toole | October 13, 1867 |
| William Odlin | April 5, 1865 |
| John B. Packard | February 22, 1837 |
| Herbert C. Parsons | January 15, 1862 |
| Joseph E. Pattee | April 24, 1843 |
| Francis C. Perry | June 27, 1853 |
| Frank H. Pervere | March 24, 1831 |
| Lemuel W. Peters | July 29, 1860 |
| Franklin F. Phillips | December 21, 1852 |
| Edward L. Pickard | December 25, 1834 |
| Edward L. Pierce | March 29, 1829 |
| Oliver K. Pierce | January 27, 1835 |
| John H. Ponce | November 1, 1857 |
| Burrill Porter | February 22, 1832 |
| William H. Porter | May 8, 1856 |
| Thomas Post | August 16, 1834 |
| John A. Powers | September 15, 1853 |
| David G. Pratt | November 7, 1848 |
| Nicolas M. Quint | July 18, 1838 |
| Charles I. Quirk | August 15, 1871 |
| James P. Ramsay | April 30, 1861 |
| Silas Dean Reed | June 25, 1872 |
| William Louis Reed | April 5, 1866 |
| Michael J. Reidy | August 8, 1870 |
| George M. Rice | October 20, 1843 |
| Clinton Q. Richmond | December 17, 1859 |
| Atherton W. Rogers | August 10, 1848 |
| Samuel Ross | February 2, 1865 |
| Daniel D. Rourke | July 16, 1869 |
| Edward T. Rowell | 1836 |
| Michael L. Russell | December 15, 1860 |
| Howard K. Sanderson | July 10, 1865 |
| Frank P. Sargent | November 4, 1854 |
| Tristram T. Savory | September 19, 1834 |
| William H. Severance | January 12, 1857 |
| Charles S. Shattuck | June 5, 1840 |
| David B. Shaw | August 20, 1870 |
| John F. Sheehan | September 2, 1861 |
| P. Howard Shirley | August 15, 1857 |
| William E. Skillings | October 23, 1843 |
| George B. Smart | February 25, 1835 |
| Harvey C. Smith | November 20, 1847 |
| Henry R. Smith | October 7, 1842 |
| Mark E. Smith | June 22, 1871 |
| Cyrus Spaulding | April 17, 1835 |
| Hugh L. Stalker | December 31, 1857 |
| Fred D. Stanley | October 17, 1863 |
| Edward A. Stevens | December 9, 1841 |
| John M. Stevenson | August 31, 1846 |
| Joseph I. Stewart | April 25, 1847 |
| Joseph W. Stocker | April 6, 1824 |
| Willmore B. Stone | June 24, 1853 |
| Cornelius F. Sullivan | June 15, 1865 |
| Simon S. Sullivan | August 5, 1868 |
| Peter Francis Tague | June 4, 1871 |
| James Thompson | May 18, 1848 |
| Henry Thrasher | May 29, 1837 |
| Charles W. Tilton | April 6, 1836 |
| John J. Toomey | September 18, 1868 |
| Charles E. Trow | April 18, 1833 |
| J. Gilman Waite | March 20, 1837 |
| Charles G. Washburn | January 28, 1857 |
| Eben C. Waterman | March 1, 1840 |
| Otis V. Waterman | August 13, 1834 |
| William W. Waterman | December 4, 1831 |
| Jackson Webster | March 14, 1849 |
| George W. Whidden | June 15, 1858 |
| Horace C. White | January 26, 1836 |
| Zadoc L. White | December 29, 1854 |
| James Whitehead | December 20, 1857 |
| William A. Whittlesey | February 21, 1849 |
| Francis O. Winslow | March 20, 1844 |
| Alva S. Wood | May 12, 1828 |
| John A. Woodbury | August 22, 1836 |
| Daniel S. Woodman | April 12, 1842 |
| Joseph W. Woodman | January 25, 1847 |
| Willie C. Young | May 28, 1848 |