1867 Massachusetts legislature

88th
Massachusetts General Court
88th; Massachusetts General Court
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Election	November 6, 1866
Senate
Members	40
President	Joseph Adams Pond
Party control	Republican (40)
House
Members	240
Speaker	James M. Stone
Party control	Republican; (230 R, 10 D)
Sessions
1st
1st	January 2, 1867 – June 1, 1867

The 88th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1867 during the governorship of Republican Alexander Bullock.^[3] Joseph Adams Pond served as president of the Senate and James M. Stone served as speaker of the House.^[4]^[5]

"In 1867 the Republican power in the Legislature was total in the Senate, 40 Republicans out of forty seats. In the House the numbers rose to 230 Republicans as against but 10 Democrats."^[6]

Senators

Henry Alexander Jr.^[7]
A. O. Allen
George S. Ball
Edwin L. Barney
S. G. Bowdlear
S. W. Bowerman
George O. Brastow
S. Angier Chace
F. W. Choate
Sumner Crosby
Moses A. Dow
George P. Elliott
Charles Endicott
Frank B. Fay
Erasmus Gould
Martin Griffin
Luther Hill
Charles M. Howe
John H. Lockey
A. M. McPhail Jr.
Joshua N. Marshall
E. C Monk
R. M. Morse Jr.
John G. Mudge
Charles J. Noyes
Benjamin C. Perkins
J. A. Pond
L. W. Pond
B. F. Pratt
William L. Reed
Everett Robinson
George L. Sawin
Edmund H. Sawyer
Hinsdale Smith
Chester Snow
Christopher Stebbins
Albert W. Stevens
Caleb Swan
George H. Sweetser
Joseph Tucker

Representatives

Rufus Adams ^[7]
P. Emory Aldrich
James G. Allen
Titus Amadon
Joseph L. Andrews
Samuel Atherton
Edward Avery
Edwin H. Ball
Frederick K. Ballou
John V. Barker
Lemuel Le Baron
Joseph Barrows
Andrew J. Bartholemew
Alvin G. Bartlett
Porter G. Barton
J. H. Batchelder
De Witt C. Bates
Jacob Bates
Francis J. Baxter
David M. Bean
Joseph Bedortha
John C. Bigelow
Francis W. Bird
Albert Blood
John Botume, Jr
L. H. Bowker
Addison Boyden
David Boynton
Joseph S. Bradley
John Branning
Silas N. Brooks
George A. Brown
Oliver H. P. Brown
William B. Brown
Ezra P. Brownell
Charles Bryant
Dexter Bullard
Alvah A. Burrage
Amos Buswell
Abel H. Calkins
Zacheus Candee
John Carruthers
Addison Center
Jonas A. Champney
Heman B. Chase
Isaac K. Chipman
Elijah H. Chisholm
Andrew J. Clark
William S. Clark
Henry M. Clarke
Timothy F. Clary
James H. Codding
Isaac H. Coe
Aury G. Coes
Michael D. Collins
Luther Conant
George A. Converse
Horace H. Coolidge
Benjamin A. Corbin
George D. Crittenden
John A. Daly
Richard H. Dana, Jr
Anson Daniels
Benjamin H. Davis
David Davis
Charles Demond
Jeremy B. Dennett
Charles Dickerman
Nathaniel H. Dill
Henry Diman
George B. Dodge
Charles H. Drew
Lewis J. Dudley
Elisha M. Dunham
Sebastian S. Dunn
Charles B. Emerson
B. C. English
Constantine C. Esty
William J. R. Evans
Thomas J. Fay
Richard J. Fennelly
George E. Fisher
Edmund Flinn
James A. Fox
Jonathan C. French
Walter Gale
Noah M. Gaylord
George L. Gill
Wesley A. Gove
William E. Gowing
Benjamin Hale
Samuel Hall
William T. Hall
Lyman S. Hapgood
Hamlin R. Harding
Alpheus Harding, Jr
Daniel L. Harris
Abraham G. Hart
Alfred S. Hartwell
John B. Hathaway
George P. Hawkes
Frederick Hebard
George Heywood
Enoch V. B. Holcomb
Addison H. Holland
Egbert Hollister
George F. Homer
Anson P. Hooker
John C. Houghton
Sereno Howe
John A. Hughes
Harvey Jewell
Andrew F. Jewett
Berijah H. Kagwin
George W. Keed
Moses Kimball
Rufus Kimball
Dexter S. King
Solomon D. King
Emory W. Lane
William H. Lapham
James H. Leland
John Livermore
Joshua C. Longley
George B. Loring
J. Q. A. Lothrop
Gorham P. Low
Uriah Macoy
Hugh A. Madden
John F. Manahan
James F. Mansfield
John S. March
George Marston
Knott V. Martin
David H. Mason
J. Wilder May
John McClellan
Henry Mclntire
John E. Merrill
Alfred Miller
John Miller
Charles Lewis Mitchell^[8]
James S. Montague
Ira L. Moore
Daniel Needham
John S. Needham
Thomas G. Nichols
Rufus S. Owen
Calvin A. Packard
Charles J. Paine
Augustus Parker
Isaac Parsons
Warren Partridge
Edwin Patch
George R. Peckham
Benjamin F. Peirce
George H. Peirson
Jesse S. Pendegrast
Edward Y. Perry
Joseph A. Perry
James Pierce
Avery Plumer
Joseph G. Pollard
Joseph S. Potter
J. Winsor Pratt
Noah Prince
James H. Putnam
Simeon Putnam
John W. Raymond
Erastus M. Reed
James B. Reed
Austin Rice
Edmund Rice
Elias Richards
Henry E. Rockwell
Charles E. Rogers
Edward H. Rogers
George F. Rowland
Alpheus A. Russegue
Addison A. Sawyer
Ezra Sawyer
Charles C. Sewell
Georoje Sheldon
Edward F. Sherman
Hiram S. Shurtleff
Samuel Small
Charles E. Smith
Oliver W. Smith
William C. Spaulding
Walter S. Sprague
George W. Stacy
Joseph C. Stacy
William A. Stearns
Daniel B. Stedman
Francis Stevens
J. Warren Stevens
Levi Stockbridge
Eben F. Stone
James M. Stone
Joshua C. Stone
Charles A. Stott
Ebenezer Swan
Edward Taylor
Jonathan C. Taylor
Solomon Thacher
David Thayer
Shepard Thayer
William W. Thayer
Newell A. Thompson
Hubbard W. Tilton
Edward Tisdale
J. Scott Todd
Richard Tolman
Samuel J. Tuttle
William E. Underwood
George Vose
William H. Waitt
Edwin Garrison Walker^[8]
Noah Wallace
Eben N. Wardwell
Anson K. Warner
John T. Warner
Samuel Warren
Thomas W. Wason
Henfy S. Wheeler
J. Murray Whitcomb
Rufus A. White
Milton Whitney
Nathan S. Williams
Clement Willis
Thomas Wilson
Nahum Witherbee
Andrew C. Wood
Lyman Woodward
George W. Woodwell
Albert J. Wright
Edwin Wright
Winsor Wright
Wm. H. P. Wright
Franklin Wyman

References

^ ^a ^b Cornelius Dalton; John Wirkkala; Anne Thomas (1984). "Political Complexion of the General Court 1867-1980". Leading the Way: a History of the Massachusetts General Court, 1629-1980. Boston: Massachusetts Secretary of State. p. 441+. ISBN 0961391502.
^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1867, 1867 – via Google Books
^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
^ "Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register, 1867. 1852 – via Archive.org.
^ John F. Parker (1985), "Evolution of Massachusetts Party Government (1630s-1980s)", Legislative Life, Its Realities, Facts, Wit & Humor, New Legislators' Orientation, State House, Boston
^ ^a ^b ^c Court, Massachusetts General (1867). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40645.
^ ^a ^b Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905

External links

Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1867, hdl:2452/619056
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1867, hdl:2452/92949

[Dalton1984-1] Cornelius Dalton; John Wirkkala; Anne Thomas (1984). "Political Complexion of the General Court 1867-1980". Leading the Way: a History of the Massachusetts General Court, 1629-1980. Boston: Massachusetts Secretary of State. p. 441+. ISBN 0961391502.

[2] "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.

[3] Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1867, 1867 – via Google Books

[4] "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.

[Register-5] "Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register, 1867. 1852 – via Archive.org.

[Parker1985-6] John F. Parker (1985), "Evolution of Massachusetts Party Government (1630s-1980s)", Legislative Life, Its Realities, Facts, Wit & Humor, New Legislators' Orientation, State House, Boston

[Manual-7] Court, Massachusetts General (1867). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40645.

[black2010-8] Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905

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