1869 Massachusetts legislature
Appearance
90th Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | General Court | ||||
Term | January 6, 1869[1] | – June 24, 1869||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 40 | ||||
President | George O. Brastow | ||||
House | |||||
Members | 240 | ||||
Speaker | Harvey Jewell |
The 90th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1869 during the governorship of William Claflin. George O. Brastow and Robert Carter Pitman served as presidents of the Senate and Harvey Jewell served as speaker of the House.[2]
Notable events include the creation of a Joint Special Committee on Woman Suffrage.[3]
Senators
- Nathaniel E. Atwood [4]
- George O. Brastow
- George M. Buttrick
- Horace H Coolidge
- Samuel D. Crane
- Benjamin Dean
- Francis H. Dewey
- Edmund Dowse
- Alonzo M. Giles
- Whiting Griswold
- John B. Hathaway
- Francis A. Hobart
- Nathaniel J. Holden
- Estes Howe
- C. J. Ivittredge
- George A. King
- Richmond Kingman
- Lucius J. Knowles
- Charles R. Ladd
- John H. Lockey
- Charles Marsh
- Joshua N. Marshall
- Charles R. McLean
- George H. Monroe
- Ellis W. Morton
- Daniel Needham
- Julius A. Palmer
- Robert C. Pitman
- Richard Plumer
- Joseph G. Pollard
- Joseph G. Ray
- O. H. P. Smith
- George H. Sweetser
- George S. Taylor
- Edward A. Thomas
- J. Scott Todd
- Harrison Tweed
- Gershom B. Weston
- Charles A Wheelock
- Jonathan White
Representatives
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See also
References
- ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
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- ^ Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1869. hdl:2452/40647.
- ^ Kaitlin Connolly (March 4, 2013), "Massachusetts Legislators: John James Smith", State Library of Massachusetts blog
- ^ Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905
External links
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1869, hdl:2452/619058 – via State Library of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1869, hdl:2452/92951