# 1908 Massachusetts legislature

The 129th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1908 during the governorship of Curtis Guild Jr. William D. Chapple served as president of the Senate and John N. Cole served as speaker of the House.

## Senators

| name | date of birth | district |
| Gideon B. Abbott | | 9th Suffolk |
| Tilton S. Bell | | 8th Suffolk |
| John J. Butler | | 7th Suffolk |
| William D. Chapple | August 6, 1868 | 2nd Essex |
| Edward A. Cowee | | 2nd Worcester |
| Charles L. Dean | | 4th Middlesex |
| Francke W. Dickinson | | 1st Hampden |
| Edward W. Dixson | | 3rd Suffolk |
| William Otis Faxon | | 2nd Norfolk |
| Charles D. B. Fisk | | 5th Suffolk |
| George J. Gallond | | Franklin and Hampshire |
| George H. Garfield | | 2nd Plymouth |
| James W. Grimes | | 7th Middlesex |
| Alfred S. Hall | | 1st Suffolk |
| Dennis E. Halley | | 5th Essex |
| Joseph H. Hibbard | | 8th Middlesex |
| Charles F. Jenney | | 1st Norfolk |
| John Lovell Johnson | | 3rd Worcester |
| Eben S. S. Keith | | Cape |
| Frank J. Linehan | | 6th Suffolk |
| Daniel D. Mahoney | | 2nd Hampden |
| Michael J. McEttrick | June 22, 1848 | 4th Suffolk |
| John Joseph Mitchell | May 9, 1873 | 5th Middlesex |
| George F. Monahan | | 2nd Suffolk |
| Harry P. Morse | | 4th Essex |
| Arthur D. Norcross | November 7, 1848 | Worcester and Hampden |
| Elmer C. Potter | | 1st Worcester |
| Clinton Q. Richmond | | Berkshire |
| Herbert S. Riley | | 6th Middlesex |
| William R. Salter | | 1st Essex |
| Winfield S. Schuster | | 4th Worcester |
| James F. Shaw | July 18, 1873 | 3rd Essex |
| Nathaniel P. Sowle | October 30, 1857 | 3rd Bristol |
| Thorndike Spalding | | 2nd Middlesex |
| Elmer A. Stevens | January 15, 1862 | 3rd Middlesex |
| Allen T. Treadway | September 16, 1867 | Berkshire, Hampshire and Hampden |
| Joseph Turner | | 2nd Bristol |
| James H. Vahey | December 29, 1871 | 1st Middlesex |
| Frank G. Wheatley | | 1st Plymouth |
| Thomas W. Williams | | 1st Bristol |

## Representatives

| name | date of birth | district |
| Joseph Abbott | May 22, 1874 | 25th Suffolk |
| Arthur S. Adams | February 14, 1869 | 16th Essex |
| Wallace E. W. N. Arnold | June 29, 1863 | |
| Frank L. Barnes | August 20, 1864 | |
| Frank Barrell | July 26, 1853 | |
| Charles Homer Barrett | June 23, 1868 | 21st Essex |
| Henry B. Barton | May 21, 1853 | 3rd Franklin |
| Frank A. Bayrd | | |
| Joseph E. Beals | March 18, 1834 | |
| John C. Bennett | April 2, 1872 | 4th Hampden |
| Fred L. Beunke | | |
| Elias B. Bishop | August 2, 1869 | |
| Charles V. Blanchard | February 2, 1866 | |
| Charles E. Boivin | December 12, 1872 | 11th Bristol |
| Alexis Boyer Jr. | January 17, 1875 | |
| Bartholomew A. Brickley | May 7, 1883 | |
| William R. Brooks | March 1, 1865 | 20th Essex |
| Charles H. Brown | January 19, 1879 | |
| John T. Bryan | February 17, 1859 | |
| George Bunting | August 31, 1868 | 5th Essex |
| Andrew J. Burnett | 1860 | |
| Alfred S. Burns | February 6, 1860 | |
| Herbert W. Burr | June 15, 1866 | |
| Clenric H. Cahoon | February 4, 1875 | 2nd Barnstable |
| Timothy F. Callahan | September 5, 1881 | |
| James B. Carbrey | January 16, 1854 | 11th Essex |
| Ignatius J. Carleton | August 7, 1866 | |
| Cornelius J. Carmody | January 11, 1867 | |
| James Chambers | December 8, 1864 | |
| William E. Chester | | |
| John E. Clarey | January 7, 1855 | 8th Berkshire |
| Samuel F. Coffin | December 27, 1851 | 26th Essex |
| David Cole | September 26, 1845 | 3rd Berkshire |
| John N. Cole | | 9th Essex |
| Ellenwood B. Coleman | May 31, 1862 | |
| Frank Collette Jr. | 1871 | |
| Edward D. Collins | 1878 | |
| James J. Conboy | December 1, 1873 | |
| Martin F. Conley | April 27, 1870 | |
| Thomas F. Coogan | | |
| Benjamin A. Cook | | |
| John F. Cook | June 24, 1843 | 10th Essex |
| William H. Cook | March 7, 1856 | 9th Bristol |
| William F. Cook | February 4, 1847 | 2nd Hampden |
| Frank O. Coombs | December 17, 1857 | 1st Bristol |
| Rednor P. Coombs | June 27, 1873 | |
| John S. Cormack | June 7, 1875 | 13th Essex |
| Samuel V. Crane | October 4, 1855 | |
| Daniel Joseph Curley | December 23, 1875 | |
| Elmer L. Curtiss | June 11, 1861 | |
| Grafton D. Cushing | August 4, 1864 | |
| Alfred L. Cutting | January 27, 1868 | |
| Ernest Dalton | January 7, 1869 | |
| Charles L. Davenport | May 4, 1854 | |
| Ralph Davol | | 5th Bristol |
| Thomas L. Davis | March 15, 1852 | 17th Essex |
| Henry Ellsworth Dean | September 29, 1862 | |
| Charles A. Dean | March 26, 1856 | |
| William M. Dean | November 16, 1874 | 4th Bristol |
| Daniel E. Denny | July 14, 1845 | |
| Joseph C. Desmond | October 15, 1875 | 7th Bristol |
| Joseph E. Donovan | April 21, 1882 | |
| William E. Dorman | June 23, 1875 | 12th Essex |
| Andrew P. Doyle | August 15, 1869 | 8th Bristol |
| Edward B. Draper | November 27, 1876 | |
| Florence J. Driscoll | October 15, 1871 | |
| Hugh P. Drysdale | December 11, 1875 | 1st Berkshire |
| Patrick J. Duane | August 18, 1862 | |
| S. Alden Eastman | October 14, 1847 | |
| Charles F. Elmer | August 25, 1856 | 1st Franklin |
| Samuel D. Elmore | December 29, 1868 | |
| Dennis E. Farley | June 12, 1852 | 4th Franklin |
| Thomas J. Fay | April 24, 1879 | |
| Francis J. Fennelly | February 18, 1860 | 10th Bristol |
| J. Bernard Ferber | May 28, 1876 | |
| Frederick L. Fisher | | |
| Charles J. Flagg | | |
| Louis E. Flye | January 18, 1881 | |
| Clarence J. Fogg | July 10, 1853 | 25th Essex |
| Herbert M. Forristall | August 14, 1859 | 15th Essex |
| Herbert S. Frost | | |
| Edward J. Fuller | January 30, 1854 | |
| William F. Garcelon | October 24, 1868 | |
| Joseph S. Gates | October 3, 1856 | |
| George A. Giles | August 4, 1875 | |
| Edward Gilmore | January 4, 1867 | |
| James T. Goggins | January 31, 1866 | 5th Berkshire |
| Thomas J. Grady | December 16, 1877 | |
| William J. Graham | October 2, 1873 | 8th Essex |
| Hamlet S. Greenwood | 1871 | |
| Lyman W. Griswold | October 16, 1869 | 2nd Franklin |
| Homer A. Hall | November 24, 1871 | 2nd Berkshire |
| Martin T. Hall | December 23, 1877 | |
| Harry H. Ham | | |
| Oscar C. Hammarstrom | October 18, 1877 | |
| Portus B. Hancock | February 19, 1836 | |
| Bernard F. Hanrahan | July 27, 1875 | |
| Horace D. Hardy | February 28, 1877 | |
| John J. Hayes | October 14, 1875 | |
| Lewis J. Hewitt | February 13, 1870 | |
| William P. Higgins | May 16, 1881 | |
| Frederick H. Hilton | February 12, 1882 | |
| William Hoag | November 18, 1870 | |
| Ernest E. Hobson | September 29, 1878 | 1st Hampden |
| Frank G. Hodskins | December 26, 1876 | 7th Hampden |
| William M. Hogan | June 2, 1876 | |
| Samuel M. Holman | 1862 | 1st Bristol |
| Charles T. Holt | August 1, 1845 | 6th Hampden |
| Frank A. Hosmer | November 14, 1853 | |
| Alonzo F. Hoyle | October 16, 1861 | |
| Eugene Hultman | July 13, 1875 | |
| George S. J. Hyde | November 1, 1849 | 7th Essex |
| William T. Jeffrey | January 23, 1876 | 19th Essex |
| Charles Cabot Johnson | December 9, 1876 | 14th Essex |
| J. B. Albert Johnson | September 8, 1878 | |
| Fred O. Johnson | February 10, 1855 | |
| Aaron F. Jones | September 11, 1832 | |
| James A. Jones | January 14, 1853 | |
| Frederick G. Katzmann | September 12, 1875 | |
| David P. Keefe | September 29, 1855 | 11th Bristol |
| Sidney B. Keene | January 10, 1861 | |
| Roland M. Keith | March 16, 1847 | |
| William A. Kelleher | May 27, 1875 | 6th Essex |
| Frank D. Kemp | June 9, 1862 | 5th Hampden |
| Michael J. Kenney | July 12, 1863 | 3rd Bristol |
| James W. Killam | July 12, 1874 | |
| Edwin M. Kittredge | September 27, 1872 | |
| James H. Knight | October 11, 1876 | |
| Frederick S. Lane | May 8, 1849 | |
| William F. Learned | January 12, 1850 | |
| Sidney Lees | September 23, 1866 | 8th Bristol |
| Adam Leining | December 4, 1836 | |
| J. Henry Leonard | September 18, 1879 | |
| Andrew R. Linscott | | |
| Martin Lomasney | December 3, 1859 | |
| George W. Long | July 28, 1872 | |
| John F. Lothrop | December 17, 1847 | |
| George E. Lovett | February 27, 1849 | |
| Robert Luce | December 2, 1862 | |
| Edward C. Lyford | | |
| Cornelius J. Lynch | December 18, 1877 | |
| Samuel J. Madden | May 17, 1882 | |
| Jens J. Madsen | October 9, 1869 | |
| Charles A. Malley | January 22, 1876 | |
| David Mancovitz | August 15, 1877 | |
| Charles H. Mansfield | March 20, 1842 | 15th Essex |
| Charles Mayberry | April 27, 1876 | |
| Ulysses E. Mayhew | August 16, 1848 | 1st Dukes |
| Herbert T. Maynard | December 9, 1867 | |
| Matthew McCann | 1863 | 14th Essex |
| Jeremiah F. McCarthy | July 7, 1857 | |
| Charles F. McCarthy | August 15, 1876 | |
| Frederick T. McClatchey | October 1, 1873 | 4th Berkshire |
| Thomas P. McDavitt | | |
| Edward McDonald | July 17, 1844 | 7th Berkshire |
| Philip J. McGonagle | October 21, 1871 | |
| John F. McGrath | January 10, 1881 | |
| Edwin C. McIntire | October 18, 1867 | 23rd Essex |
| John H. McKenney | October 12, 1839 | 13th Essex |
| Lewis B. McKie | August 14, 1875 | |
| George McLane Jr. | July 4, 1869 | 5th Essex |
| Timothy J. Meade | November 7, 1874 | |
| John F. Meehan | November 24, 1875 | |
| Julius Meyers | December 6, 1854 | |
| Samuel H. Mildram | | |
| Jacob H. Mock | May 14, 1863 | |
| Fred Moore | April 4, 1874 | 9th Bristol |
| Daniel H. Morgan | January 14, 1879 | 5th Hampden |
| Leslie K. Morse | January 18, 1860 | 3rd Essex |
| Joseph J. Murley | October 8, 1876 | |
| William F. Murray | September 7, 1881 | |
| Melvin S. Nash | August 3, 1857 | |
| Arthur L. Nason | October 24, 1872 | 4th Essex |
| George H. Newhall | October 24, 1850 | 12th Essex |
| Malcolm Nichols | May 8, 1876 | |
| David Curtis Nickerson | January 21, 1854 | |
| William H. O'Brien | September 9, 1864 | |
| J. Frank O'Brien | January 6, 1879 | |
| M. Fred O'Connell | June 14, 1870 | |
| Patrick H. O'Connor | 1882 | |
| James E. O'Donnell | September 29, 1875 | |
| James Oliver | June 28, 1836 | |
| Lewis C. Parker | May 9, 1880 | |
| Lewis Parkhurst | 1856 | |
| Joseph A. Parks | May 2, 1877 | 10th Bristol |
| Louis E. Pattison | December 30, 1843 | |
| Thomas Pattison | January 20, 1854 | 1st Barnstable |
| Edwin C. Perham | March 4, 1858 | |
| John H. Pickford | September 9, 1849 | |
| Ernest H. Pierce | May 12, 1863 | |
| Myron E. Pierce | 1874 | |
| Robert E. Pollock | October 23, 1851 | 18th Essex |
| Frank H. Pope | March 7, 1854 | |
| Samuel L. Porter | November 10, 1869 | 1st Essex |
| James F. Powers | October 1, 1872 | |
| Francis X. Quigley | November 20, 1882 | |
| Thomas P. Riley | July 11, 1875 | |
| William M. Robinson | July 21, 1875 | |
| William L. Robinson | December 15, 1855 | 2nd Bristol |
| Samuel Ross | February 2, 1865 | 7th Bristol |
| John E. Rousmaniere | | |
| Herbert P. Sanders | | 6th Berkshire |
| John H. Schoonmaker | February 14, 1869 | |
| Edward J. Sennott | April 4, 1867 | |
| Eugene E. Shaw | | |
| Frederick M. J. Sheenan | | |
| Oscar J. Shepardson | December 5, 1851 | 2nd Hampden |
| Joseph J. Shepherd | February 5, 1855 | |
| Isaac M. Small | 1845 | 3rd Barnstable |
| William H. Smith | November 11, 1875 | |
| Joseph Soliday | 1869 | |
| Harry N. Stearns | October 5, 1874 | |
| John A. Stoddart | May 10, 1869 | 22nd Essex |
| Lucian B. Stone | September 9, 1829 | |
| John F. Sullivan | May 17, 1875 | |
| Daniel L. Sullivan | October 16, 1878 | |
| George Swann | July 18, 1859 | |
| John H. Thompson | August 26, 1873 | |
| Frank P. Todd | March 3, 1853 | 24th Essex |
| Frank A. Torrey | December 21, 1874 | |
| William H. Trudel | July 19, 1866 | 2nd Essex |
| Charles L. Underhill | July 20, 1867 | |
| Charles F. Varnum | June 28, 1846 | |
| Joseph Walker (Massachusetts speaker) | 1865 | |
| Joseph A. Wallis | December 12, 1837 | 20th Essex |
| Thomas S. Walsh | 1859 | 3rd Hampden |
| Fred P. Warner | | |
| Robert M. Washburn | January 4, 1868 | |
| William L. Waugh | | |
| A. S. Parker Weeks | April 29, 1857 | |
| William E. Weeks | 1880 | |
| Joseph O. Wellington | | |
| Norman H. White | December 25, 1871 | |
| Edgar H. Whitney | | |
| William B. Willcutt | December 14, 1874 | |
| Isaac E. Willetts | November 8, 1879 | 11th Bristol |
| Waterman Lester Williams | August 10, 1867 | |
| Herbert Wing | | 6th Bristol |
| Russell B. Worster | June 30, 1872 | |