# 1889 Massachusetts legislature

The 110th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1889 during the governorship of Oliver Ames. Harris C. Hartwell served as president of the Senate and William Emerson Barrett served as speaker of the House.
When in session at the state house in Boston, a few of the legislators stayed overnight in Adams House, the American House, Hotel Brunswick, Norfolk House, Quincy House, Richwood House, or the United States Hotel.

## Senators

| Name | Date of birth |
| Edwin Baker | January 18, 1843 |
| Benjamin F. Campbell | September 12, 1834 |
| William Alfred Clark | 1852 |
| John Aloysius Collins | 1860 |
| Benjamin Franklin Cook | 1833 |
| Thomas Washburn Cook | September 15, 1837 |
| John Crawford Crosby | June 15, 1859 |
| William Nathaniel Davenport | November 3, 1856 |
| Edward Joseph Donovan | March 15, 1864 |
| James Donovan | May 28, 1859 |
| James Fisher Dwinell | July 23, 1825 |
| Alonzo Hathaway Evans | February 24, 1820 |
| Alfred Swift Fassett | December 5, 1848 |
| David Fisk | May 6, 1838 |
| George Washington Gibson | 1851 |
| Jubal Converse Gleason | 1837 |
| Daniel Gunn | 1850 |
| James H. Harlow | September 11, 1814 |
| Harris Cowdrey Hartwell | 1847 |
| Edward Jacob Hathorne | 1854 |
| Henry Joseph Hosmer | February 2, 1832 |
| Robert Howard | February 8, 1845 |
| Frank W. Howe | June 3, 1859 |
| Thomas F. Hunt | October 27, 1854 |
| Chester Ward Kingsley | 1824 |
| Austin Messinger | 1817 |
| Edwin Dickinson Metcalf | March 14, 1848 |
| Edward F. O'Sullivan | June 23, 1858 |
| Moses Poore Palmer | 1830 |
| Henry Langdon Parker | October 7, 1834 |
| James Davis Pike | 1829 |
| Edwin Lake Pilsbury | 1850 |
| Henry Harrison Sprague | August 1, 1841 |
| Charles E. Stevens | April 21, 1843 |
| James Trimble Stevens | 1835 |
| Charles Henry Symonds | 1857 |
| Enos Houghton Tucker | 1817 |
| David Walker | 1841 |
| Silas Mandeville Wheelock | 1818 |
| Levi Lincoln Whitney | 1838 |

## Representatives

| Name | Date of birth | District |
| Warren W. Adams | December 11, 1844 | |
| John Albree | March 14, 1829 | |
| Jared F. Alden | April 18, 1836 | |
| Thomas Alden | August 17, 1827 | |
| Montressor Tyler Allen | 1844 | |
| Richard B. Allen | January 25, 1859 | |
| Horace H. Atherton | October 23, 1847 | 20th |
| Ralph L. Atherton | June 30, 1842 | |
| Harrison Henry Atwood | August 26, 1863 | |
| George Ayres | August 26, 1833 | |
| Rollin Herbert Babbitt | 1840 | |
| Lewis M. Bancroft | December 31, 1851 | |
| Thomas E. Barker | March 13, 1839 | |
| Franklin O. Barnes | November 11, 1841 | |
| William Emerson Barrett | December 29, 1858 | |
| Richard M. Barry | June 5, 1863 | |
| Walter P. Beck | January 20, 1850 | |
| Charles H. Bennett | March 11, 1843 | |
| John O. Bennett | November 8, 1838 | |
| Francis T. Berry | August 18, 1849 | |
| Thomas W. Bicknell | September 6, 1834 | |
| Alden M. Bigelow | March 28, 1848 | |
| Charles Chauncey Bixby | 1824 | |
| George Bliss | November 20, 1844 | |
| Percival Blodgett | July 18, 1841 | |
| Andreas Blume | 1837 | |
| Nelson F. Bond | January 9, 1839 | |
| J. Dean Bonney | January 28, 1831 | |
| John Bennett Bottum | | |
| Joshua L. D. Bowerman | | |
| Robert H. Bowman | September 26, 1855 | |
| Peter Joseph Brady | October 29, 1861 | |
| Edward Winslow Brewer | 1858 | |
| Charles K. Brewster | June 11, 1843 | |
| Asa Olin Brooks | 1852 | |
| Horace Brooks | July 22, 1835 | |
| William Henry Brooks | January 11, 1831 | |
| Edward F. Brown | July 11, 1843 | |
| Orland J. Brown | February 2, 1848 | |
| John H. Burgess | November 25, 1852 | |
| James J. Burke | March 4, 1862 | |
| Charles Amos Call | 1839 | |
| Joseph Henry Cannell | 1836 | |
| George N. Carpenter | January 26, 1840 | |
| Peter Thomas Carroll | 1857 | |
| Charles Ernest Carter | June 1, 1850 | |
| Joseph Pike Cheney | 1843 | |
| Moses Davis Church | 1842 | |
| Horace E. Clayton | 1854 | |
| George L. Clemence | February 17, 1852 | |
| Nelson B. Conant | December 6, 1845 | |
| Thomas H. Connell | September 18, 1849 | |
| David Conwell | 1818 | |
| Louis A. Cook | May 4, 1847 | |
| John William Coveney | April 10, 1845 | |
| Robert Bruce Crane | 1845 | |
| James Martin Cronin | 1857 | |
| Joshua Crowell | 1841 | |
| John H. Crowley | August 20, 1858 | |
| Francis C. Curtis | March 13, 1836 | |
| Nahum Sawin Cutler | April 7, 1837 | |
| George W. Cutting | November 18, 1834 | |
| Frank William Dallinger | June 5, 1852 | |
| Luther Dame | March 3, 1826 | |
| Epes Davis | March 14, 1824 | |
| Joshua H. Davis | November 3, 1814 | |
| Thomas Haven Dearing | October 25, 1826 | |
| Jeremiah Desmond | May 2, 1853 | |
| Henry S. Dewey | 1856 | |
| Simeon Dodge, Jr. | February 23, 1840 | |
| William S. Douglas | April 5, 1836 | |
| Hugo A. Dubuque | November 3, 1854 | |
| Thomas H. Duggan | March 11, 1848 | |
| Lyman R. Eddy | March 21, 1837 | |
| John Edwards | December 23, 1852 | |
| George D. Eldredge | December 17, 1858 | |
| Albert R. Eldridge | September 10, 1850 | |
| Thomas George Farren | 1858 | |
| Myron J. Ferren | August 16, 1836 | |
| William F. Ferry | July 4, 1854 | |
| Charles N. Foote | December 14, 1848 | |
| Jacob Fottler | 1839 | |
| Henry Frost | 1832 | |
| Charles B. Gardiner | June 19, 1849 | |
| Michael J. Garvey | May 27, 1859 | |
| Theodore Giddings | December 5, 1837 | |
| John F. Gillespie | April 18, 1855 | |
| Gorham D. Gilman | May 29, 1822 | |
| Thomas K. Gilman | August 11, 1842 | |
| Edward B. Glasgow | | |
| William Gordon | 1825 | |
| John B. Gould | November 29, 1820 | |
| Samuel Levis Gracey | 1835 | |
| Charles Grant, Jr. | June 26, 1844 | |
| Robert S. Gray | September 28, 1847 | |
| Abner Greenwood | September 10, 1826 | |
| William M. Hale | June 26, 1820 | |
| Henry D. Hamilton | June 22, 1848 | |
| Charles H. Hanson | July 7, 1844 | |
| Z. Taylor Harrington | November 14, 1848 | |
| Robert O. Harris | November 8, 1854 | |
| James W. Harvey | April 10, 1844 | |
| Phineas W. Haseltine | May 15, 1846 | |
| Forbes P. Haskell | April 6, 1844 | |
| Elihu B. Hayes | April 26, 1848 | |
| Robert Henry | 1833 | |
| John E. Heslan | November 11, 1854 | |
| John Hildreth | October 18, 1851 | |
| William Southerland Hixon | 1848 | |
| John D. Holbrook | October 6, 1843 | |
| Langdon H. Holder | March 10, 1846 | |
| Frank E. Holman | August 8, 1853 | |
| John F. Howard | March 24, 1843 | |
| Herbert W. Howe | December 17, 1842 | |
| Charles Howes | December 14, 1833 | |
| Willard Howland | December 3, 1852 | |
| John F. Hutchinson | January 6, 1856 | |
| Henry H. Johnson | March 24, 1840 | |
| Jeremiah Joseph Keane | 1855 | |
| Thomas J. Keliher | October 13, 1858 | |
| Horace G. Kemp | August 19, 1849 | |
| David B. Kempton | April 25, 1818 | |
| Patrick Joseph Kennedy | January 14, 1858 | |
| John White Kimball | February 27, 1828 | |
| Henry Albert Kimball | May 3, 1842 | |
| Rufus Kimball | March 13, 1829 | |
| Francis W. Kittredge | June 4, 1843 | |
| James Lally | 1862 | |
| Hiram B. Lane | August 17, 1824 | |
| Andrew Berkley Lattimore | August 4, 1852 | |
| William W. Leach | February 22, 1856 | |
| Edward Joseph Leary | May 27, 1860 | |
| James D. Lincoln | 1823 | |
| Stephen S. Littlefield | August 8, 1848 | |
| Clarence Parker Lovell | 1848 | |
| John Macfarlane | June 11, 1841 | |
| James Pope Martin | 1827 | |
| Samuel Walker McCall | February 28, 1851 | |
| Thomas McCooey | 1851 | |
| Peter J. McDonald | May 3, 1860 | |
| John H. McDonough | March 29, 1857 | |
| John James McDonough | March 15, 1857 | |
| Thomas O. McEnaney | October 23, 1857 | |
| Michael Joseph McEttrick | June 22, 1848 | |
| Daniel McLaughlin | 1847 | |
| William S. McNary | March 29, 1863 | |
| Albert Mead | April 23, 1830 | |
| Robert F. Means | August 22, 1838 | |
| James H. Mellen | November 7, 1845 | |
| Noah F. Mendall | May 2, 1836 | |
| John Flint Merrill | January 16, 1849 | |
| Albert E. Miller | 1834 | |
| Henry S. Milton | September 28, 1855 | |
| William Henry Monahan | 1857 | |
| Michael J. Moore | September 23, 1863 | |
| Frank Morison | March 18, 1844 | |
| I. Porter Morse | April 10, 1861 | |
| William H. Murphy | December 18, 1855 | |
| Albert H. Newhall | December 25, 1834 | |
| Edward M. Nichols | August 22, 1848 | |
| William H. Nichols | October 6, 1846 | |
| Joseph Nolan | April 27, 1860 | |
| John Henry Norcross | October 20, 1841 | |
| John William O'Mealey | 1861 | |
| John William O'Neil | 1859 | |
| Henry P. Oakman | June 27, 1831 | |
| John B. Packard | February 22, 1837 | |
| Frank E. Paige | March 22, 1859 | |
| Oren B. Parks | December 28, 1846 | |
| Joseph A. Patridge | January 3, 1830 | |
| George Arthur Perkins | 1856 | |
| Charles Perry | May 31, 1840 | |
| Charles Quincy Pierce | 1841 | |
| John N. Pierce | December 8, 1833 | |
| Baxter P. Pike | February 22, 1845 | |
| Omer Pillsbury | November 15, 1853 | |
| Alfred Stamm Pinkerton | March 19, 1856 | |
| John Wallace Plaisted | 1828 | |
| Charles French Porter | January 16, 1836 | |
| Lurin J. Potter | June 6, 1846 | |
| Harvey Hunter Pratt | 1860 | |
| William Henry Preble | 1856 | |
| John Jacob Prevaux | March 16, 1857 | |
| Ellis B. Purrington | January 31, 1831 | |
| Charles C. Putnam | May 28, 1844 | |
| Francis Winnie Qua | 1845 | |
| Dennis Joseph Quinn | 1861 | |
| Francis Henry Raymond | February 19, 1836 | |
| George A. Reed | September 10, 1842 | |
| James Henry Richards | 1839 | |
| Albert E. Richmond | September 23, 1819 | |
| Thomas Riley | December 22, 1843 | |
| John B. Ripley | July 8, 1849 | |
| William R. Rowell | March 19, 1844 | |
| Charles Parks Rugg | 1827 | |
| Irving Levi Russell | 1852 | |
| Stillman Russell | December 11, 1836 | |
| Chester Franklin Sanger | 1858 | |
| George P. Sanger | September 6, 1852 | |
| Edward Payson Shaw | September 1, 1841 | |
| Charles H. Shepard | October 19, 1842 | |
| George A. Shepard | December 23, 1820 | |
| Everett F. Sherman | 1826 | |
| George Wing Slocum | 1818 | |
| Winfield Scott Slocum | 1848 | |
| Anthony Smalley | March 15, 1836 | |
| Henry O. Smith | September 15, 1839 | |
| Thomas Snow | March 16, 1854 | |
| William D. Sohier | October 22, 1858 | |
| Charles Edward Spring | 1841 | |
| William B. Sprout | 1859 | |
| John H. Stafford | November 16, 1841 | |
| Stephen Stanley | June 11, 1842 | |
| George C. Stearns | February 12, 1854 | |
| Daniel Philmore Stimpson | 1818 | |
| Martin L. Stover | October 22, 1837 | |
| Edward Sullivan | August 14, 1844 | |
| John H. Sullivan | June 24, 1850 | |
| Michael F. Sullivan | September 21, 1859 | |
| George N. Swallow | January 2, 1854 | |
| Edgar Sidney Taft | June 30, 1853 | |
| Rufus Albert Thayer | 1839 | |
| Albert Cranston Thompson | 1843 | |
| Isaac Brownell Tompkins | August 17, 1826 | |
| Peletiah R. Tripp | August 15, 1842 | |
| Henry Edward Turner | May 4, 1842 | |
| Abijah Tyler Wales | 1833 | |
| Jacob Otis Wardwell | March 14, 1857 | |
| William Leonard White | 1843 | |
| Charles M. Wilcox | August 13, 1861 | |
| John H. Wilkins | October 14, 1832 | |
| Charles Thomas Witt | July 18, 1848 | |
| Samuel Wood | February 13, 1831 | |
| Charles Francis Woodward | November 19, 1852 | |
| Ira A. Worth | October 23, 1828 | |
| William A. Wyckoff | April 30, 1838 | |
| Ferdinand Adolphus Wyman | 1850 | |