# 1898 Massachusetts legislature

The 119th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1898 during the governorship of Roger Wolcott. George Edwin Smith served as president of the Senate and John L. Bates served as speaker of the House.

## Senators

| Name | Date of Birth |
| Charles O. Bailey | January 24, 1863 |
| Harding R. Barber | December 20, 1839 |
| Josiah C. Bennett | May 6, 1835 |
| William R. Black | August 23, 1830 |
| Walter L. Bouve | October 28, 1849 |
| William Hartwell Brigham | February 1, 1863 |
| Loyed E. Chamberlain | January 30, 1857 |
| William H. Cook | January 7, 1843 |
| Ellery B. Crane | November 12, 1836 |
| Frederick W. Dallinger | October 2, 1871 |
| William W. Davis | August 8, 1862 |
| Wilson H. Fairbank | April 3, 1836 |
| Joseph Byron Farley | October 10, 1847 |
| James H. Flint | June 25, 1852 |
| Joseph J. Flynn | May 1, 1862 |
| Charles E. Folsom | February 24, 1855 |
| James A. Gallivan | October 22, 1866 |
| John Dennis Hammond Gauss | January 4, 1861 |
| Samuel Wesley George | April 26, 1862 |
| Albert L. Harwood | September 10, 1847 |
| James E. Hayes | August 10, 1865 |
| William H. Hodgkins | June 9, 1840 |
| Joshua B. Holden | March 5, 1850 |
| Richard William Irwin | February 18, 1857 |
| William W. Leach | February 22, 1856 |
| William B. Mahoney | December 5, 1857 |
| William Moran | September 6, 1855 |
| William A. Morse | July 27, 1863 |
| Henry Parsons | February 2, 1842 |
| George E. Putnam | February 9, 1851 |
| Charles I. Quirk | August 15, 1871 |
| Ernest W. Roberts | November 22, 1858 |
| Alfred Seelye Roe | June 8, 1844 |
| Daniel D. Rourke | July 16, 1869 |
| George Edwin Smith | April 5, 1849 |
| Rufus Albertson Soule | 1839 |
| William W. Towle | August 21, 1860 |
| William A. Whittlesey | February 21, 1849 |
| Fred Homer Williams | January 7, 1857 |
| Charles F. Woodward | November 19, 1852 |

## Representatives

| name | date of birth |
| Austin Flint Adams | July 15, 1840 |
| Rollin M. Allen | April 10, 1862 |
| Romeo E. Allen | October 17, 1852 |
| S. Augustus Allen | February 14, 1855 |
| Butler Ames | August 22, 1871 |
| Richard F. Andrews, Jr | April 13, 1863 |
| Julius C. Anthony | September 24, 1856 |
| Albert S. Apsey | November 27, 1870 |
| Henry C. Attwill | March 11, 1872 |
| Thomas C. Bachelder | November 6, 1860 |
| George Balcom | January 23, 1832 |
| John E. Baldwin | June 26, 1869 |
| Frank W. Barnard | January 3, 1853 |
| George H. Bartlett | September 6, 1857 |
| Jonathan B. L. Bartlett | October 11, 1849 |
| John L. Bates | September 18, 1859 |
| David W. Battles | January 20, 1854 |
| Charles O. Beede | December 29, 1840 |
| Henry A. Belcher | August 6, 1845 |
| George E. Bemis | October 23, 1855 |
| Frank P. Bennett | May 2, 1853 |
| Scott F. Bickford | November 14, 1864 |
| Horatio Bisbee | November 20, 1833 |
| Osgood C. Blaney | January 20, 1860 |
| John Bleiler | May 9, 1837 |
| Henry H. Bosworth | March 16, 1868 |
| Jerome Bottomly | August 14, 1842 |
| Harvey L. Boutwell | April 5, 1860 |
| Warren Boynton | July 17, 1836 |
| Melvin L. Breath | December 7, 1858 |
| Hugh W. Bresnahan | November 25, 1869 |
| William Bridgeo | October 14, 1849 |
| Oscar T. Brooks | June 6, 1839 |
| Charles E. Brown | November 18, 1850 |
| William J. Bullock | January 31, 1864 |
| Albert H. Burgess | May 19, 1843 |
| Edward B. Callender | February 23, 1851 |
| Andrew Campbell | May 3, 1826 |
| James F. Carberry | September 18, 1868 |
| George Henry Carleton | August 6, 1840 |
| Leonard B. Chandler | August 29, 1851 |
| William D. Chapple | August 6, 1868 |
| James B. Clancy | May 26, 1868 |
| Albert Clarke | October 13, 1840 |
| Charles S. Clerke | January 10, 1850 |
| James M. Codman, Jr. | April 20, 1862 |
| Samuel Cole | December 15, 1856 |
| John W. Connelly | July 16, 1874 |
| Thomas A. Conroy | September 9, 1869 |
| Walter S. V. Cooke | August 12, 1851 |
| Daniel S. Coolidge | September 21, 1845 |
| George W. Coombs | November 4, 1837 |
| Fred E. Crawford | July 7, 1857 |
| Thomas W. Crocker | December 27, 1832 |
| Alfred R. Crosby | August 30, 1838 |
| Henry V. Crosby | February 27, 1832 |
| Charles S. Crouch | 1833 |
| Richard Cullinane | February 2, 1859 |
| William Curtis | August 8, 1857 |
| J. Frank Dalton | April 19, 1842 |
| Daniel W. Davis | October 3, 1846 |
| William Ripley Davis | March 8, 1862 |
| Charles Austin Dean | March 26, 1856 |
| Charles Leroy Dean | May 29, 1844 |
| Thomas M. Denham | February 2, 1840 |
| Thomas Donahue | August 20, 1853 |
| Eugene E. Donovan | November 21, 1858 |
| Thomas J. Dooling | January 28, 1868 |
| Frederic P. Drake | March 16, 1851 |
| Henry J. Draper | March 4, 1859 |
| Daniel J. Driscoll, 2d | November 20, 1868 |
| Hugo A. Dubuque | November 3, 1854 |
| John B. Dumond | December 25, 1862 |
| Daniel England | July 1, 1868 |
| Eugene B. Estes | December 7, 1850 |
| Frank W. Estey | December 16, 1866 |
| Frank H. Farmer | October 13, 1857 |
| Francis F. Farrar | January 10, 1833 |
| John Favor | March 1, 1859 |
| Asa B. Fay | August 31, 1838 |
| John J. Feneno | March 24, 1866 |
| W. T. A. Fitzgerald | December 19, 1871 |
| Albert T. Folsom | November 9, 1831 |
| Harry C. Foster | August 27, 1871 |
| Frank W. Francis | September 16, 1857 |
| George G. Frederick | January 14, 1867 |
| George F. Fuller | March 8, 1842 |
| Michael E. Gaddis | February 21, 1869 |
| Richard W. Garrity | March 14, 1864 |
| John J. Gartland | November 27, 1871 |
| Henry E. Gaylord | June 5, 1846 |
| Moses D. Gilman | May 23, 1846 |
| David J. Gleason | July 14, 1864 |
| 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 |
| Franklin P. Harlow | |
| George F. Harwood | July 7, 1844 |
| Leander Miller Haskins | June 20, 1842 |
| Martin E. Hawes | October 25, 1834 |
| Alfred S. Hayes | May 14, 1869 |
| William Henry Irving Hayes | June 21, 1848 |
| Albert F. Hayward | January 24, 1840 |
| Ashton E. Hemphill | September 17, 1849 |
| John W. Hill | July 1, 1846 |
| Albert F. Hiscox | May 9, 1852 |
| Charles E. Hoag | September 18, 1849 |
| Seba A. Holton | August 30, 1847 |
| Francis J. Horgan | July 2, 1869 |
| Carleton F. How | April 20, 1863 |
| 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 |
| Charles R. Johnson | December 28, 1852 |
| George R. Jones | February 8, 1862 |
| Melville D. Jones | September 25, 1842 |
| Michael Bernard Jones | August 20, 1864 |
| William A. Josselyn | February 8, 1856 |
| Joseph H. Joubert | April 6, 1860 |
| Daniel Joseph Kane | April 14, 1872 |
| Charles P. Keith | March 14, 1843 |
| William Kells, Jr. | October 23, 1861 |
| John L. Kelly | March 29, 1869 |
| Thomas W. Kenefick | September 17, 1855 |
| Daniel J. Kiley | July 27, 1874 |
| Arthur D. King | May 13, 1843 |
| Randolph V. King | January 20, 1853 |
| William S. Kyle | July 12, 1851 |
| William A. Lang | May 26, 1836 |
| Addison P. Learoyd | February 11, 1838 |
| Francis Leland | October 3, 1839 |
| Charles Dudley Lewis | September 26, 1844 |
| John F. Libby | February 3, 1863 |
| Alexander Lockhart | December 22, 1854 |
| Albert W. Lyon | March 1, 1869 |
| Luke J. Macken | October 27, 1868 |
| Thomas Mackey | August 6, 1865 |
| John E. Magenis | May 5, 1873 |
| David A. Mahoney | December 21, 1867 |
| William E. Mahoney | May 15, 1872 |
| William H. Marden | May 30, 1843 |
| Benjamin W. Mayo | April 17, 1836 |
| Jeremiah Justin McCarthy | March 29, 1852 |
| Levi G. McKnight | April 30, 1843 |
| William I. McLoughlin | January 16, 1872 |
| John A. McManus | March 9, 1860 |
| George F. Mead | May 22, 1854 |
| Thomas H. Meek | January 30, 1840 |
| George W. Mellen | May 11, 1837 |
| William J. Miller | June 8, 1867 |
| Charles P. Mills | August 22, 1853 |
| James A. Montgomery | May 17, 1864 |
| Andrew H. Morrison | June 27, 1871 |
| William L. Morse | May 1, 1849 |
| James J. Myers | November 20, 1842 |
| William A. Nettleton | 1832 |
| Edward B. Nevin | November 10, 1858 |
| Thaddeus H. Newcomb | March 15, 1826 |
| William N. Newcomb | July 23, 1865 |
| H. Heustis Newton | December 2, 1860 |
| T. Frank Noonan | June 1, 1860 |
| George H. Norton | May 28, 1863 |
| James O'Connor | June 15, 1862 |
| Charles E. Parker | October 20, 1833 |
| Harold Parker | June 17, 1854 |
| Herbert C. Parsons | January 15, 1862 |
| Alexander Sinclair Paton | November 20, 1854 |
| Joseph E. Pattee | April 24, 1843 |
| Francis C. Perry | June 27, 1853 |
| Lemuel W. Peters | July 29, 1860 |
| Joseph M. Philbrick | November 20, 1869 |
| Franklin F. Phillips | December 21, 1852 |
| Edward L. Pickard | December 25, 1834 |
| John H. Ponce | November 1, 1857 |
| Albert Poor | November 21, 1853 |
| Burrill Porter | February 22, 1832 |
| John A. Powers | September 15, 1853 |
| David G. Pratt | November 7, 1848 |
| James P. Ramsay | April 30, 1861 |
| Charles H. Ramsdell | September 26, 1840 |
| Silas Dean Reed | June 25, 1872 |
| George M. Rice | October 20, 1843 |
| Frank S. Richardson | October 18, 1856 |
| Leonard W. Ross | October 5, 1856 |
| Samuel Ross | February 2, 1865 |
| John A. Rowan | November 9, 1872 |
| Edward T. Rowell | 1836 |
| Michael L. Russell | December 15, 1860 |
| Charles R. Saunders | November 22, 1862 |
| Thomas D. Sears | February 22, 1845 |
| James F. Seavey | December 6, 1842 |
| George Shepley Selfridge | September 25, 1868 |
| William H. Severance | January 12, 1857 |
| John F. Sheehan | September 2, 1861 |
| Robert S. Sisson | June 4, 1846 |
| William E. Skillings | October 23, 1843 |
| John O. Slocum | March 13, 1842 |
| George B. Smart | February 25, 1835 |
| Harvey C. Smith | November 20, 1847 |
| Andrew R. Snow | May 4, 1844 |
| Hugh L. Stalker | December 31, 1857 |
| Benjamin F. Stanley | November 6, 1823 |
| Nathaniel G. Staples | June 1, 1851 |
| Marcus M. Stebbins | December 29, 1840 |
| John M. Stevenson | August 31, 1846 |
| Joseph I. Stewart | April 25, 1847 |
| Willmore B. Stone | June 24, 1853 |
| Cornelius F. Sullivan | June 15, 1865 |
| Arthur R. Taft | February 19, 1859 |
| Peter Francis Tague | June 4, 1871 |
| Zephaniah Talbot | June 22, 1834 |
| James Thompson | May 18, 1848 |
| Charles W. Tilton | April 6, 1836 |
| Charles E. Trow | April 18, 1833 |
| Samuel A. Tuttle | September 11, 1837 |
| Edmund J. Twomey | July 16, 1860 |
| J. Gilman Waite | March 20, 1837 |
| Charles G. Washburn | January 28, 1857 |
| Eben C. Waterman | March 1, 1840 |
| Abelard E. Wells | June 17, 1854 |
| Edward E. Wentworth | June 27, 1845 |
| George W. Whidden | June 15, 1858 |
| John Jay Whipple | December 31, 1847 |
| Elbridge J. Whitaker | November 11, 1859 |
| Frank H. Whitcomb | January 7, 1838 |
| George L. Whitcomb | March 18, 1855 |
| Horace C. White | January 26, 1836 |
| James Whitehead | December 20, 1857 |
| Edward E. Willard | September 25, 1862 |
| Appleton P. Williams | January 28, 1867 |
| George F. Williams | April 28, 1856 |
| Francis O. Winslow | March 20, 1844 |
| Alva S. Wood | May 12, 1828 |