1947–1948 Massachusetts legislature
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Massachusetts General Court
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| election = November 5, 1946
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| session1_start = {{Start date|1947|01|1}}
| session1_end = {{End date|1947|07|1}}
| session2_start = {{Start date|1948|01|7}}
| session2_end = {{End date|1948|06|19}}{{cite book |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/348/mode/1up |year= 2009 |location=Boston |publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts |title= Manual for the Use of the General Court |chapter=Length of Legislative Sessions |page=348+ }}
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| after = 156th
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| chamber1 = Senate
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| membership1 = 40
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| chamber1_leader1_type = President
| chamber1_leader1 = Donald W. Nicholson, Harris S. Richardson
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| chamber2_leader1 = Frederick Willis (10th Essex)
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The 155th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met from January 1, 1947, to June 18, 1948, during the governorship of Robert F. Bradford, in Boston.
State Senate
=Districts=
As established by Chapter 507 of the Acts of 1939. The state census of 1935 was the basis of the apportionment.
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- Berkshire District: Adams, Becket, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dalton, Florida, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, Lenox, New Ashford, North Adams, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Savoy, Stockbridge, Washington, West Stockbridge, Williamstown, Windsor
- First Bristol District: Acushnet, Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Plainville, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Swansea, Taunton
- Second Bristol District: Fall River, Somerset
- Third Bristol District: Dartmouth, Fairhaven, New Bedford, Westport
- Cape and Plymouth District: Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Carver, Chatham, Chilmark, Dennis, Duxbury, Eastham, Edgartown, Falmouth, Gay Head, Gosnold, Halifax, Hanson, Harwich, Kingston, Marion, Mashpee, Mattapoisett, Nantucket, Oak Bluffs, Orleans, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Provincetown, Rochester, Sandwich, Tisbury, Truro, Wareham, Wellfleet, West Tisbury, Whitman, Yarmouth
- First Essex District: Lynn, Nahant, Swampscott
- Second Essex District: Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Salem
- Third Essex District: Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Manchester, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, Peabody, Rockport, Rowley, Saugus, Topsfield, Wenham
- Fourth Essex District: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Merrimac, North Andover, North Reading, Salisbury, West Newbury
- Fifth Essex District: Lawrence, Methuen
- Franklin and Hampshire District: Amherst, Ashfield, Bernardston, Belchertown, Buckland, Charlemont, Chesterfield, Colrain, Conway, Cummington, Deerfield, Easthampton, Enfield*, Erving, Gill, Goshen, Granby, Greenfield, Greenwich*, Hadley, Hatfield, Hawley, Heath, Huntington, Leverett, Leyden, Ludlow, Middlefield, Monroe, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Pelham, Prescott*, Rowe, Shelburne, Shutesbury, South Hadley, Sunderland, Ware, Warwick, Wendell, Whately, Williamsburg, Worthington
- First Hampden District: Longmedaow, Springfield Wards 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Second Hampden District: Chicopee, Holyoke, Springfield Ward 1
- Hampden, Hampshire and Berkshire District: Agawam, Alford, Blandford, Chester, Egremont, Granville, Great Barrington, Lee, Monterey, Montgomery, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Russell, Sandisfield, Sheffield, Southwick, Springfield Ward 3, Tollan, Tyringham, Westfield, West Springfield
- First Middlesex District: Ashby, Ayer, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Littleton Wards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Lowell Ward 11, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Westford
- Second Middlesex District: Belmont, Cambridge Wards 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, Somerville Wards 6, 7
- Third Middlesex District: Cambridge Ward 3, Malden Ward 3, Medford Wards 1, 5, 7, Somerville Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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(*)Terminated. See Acts of 1927, chapter 321; Acts of 1938, chapter 240 and 455.
=Senators=
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! Portrait ! data-sort-type=date | Date of birth ! Party ! Hometown ! Notes |
| colspan="2" | Berkshire
| File:1939_Michael_Condron_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | Michael H. Condron | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| rowspan="3" | Bristol
|First | File:1945_Willard_Ormsbee_senator_Massachusetts.jpg | Willard A. Ormsbee | |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Aeronautics; chairman, Mercantile Affairs |
| Second
| File:1945_William_White_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | William Emmet White | June 1, 1900 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| Third
| File:1945_Edward_Peirce_senator_Massachusetts.jpg | March 7, 1895 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| colspan="2" | Cape and Plymouth
| File:Donald_W._Nicholson_%28Massachusetts_Congressman%29.jpg | August 11, 1888 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |President of the Senate; chairman, Rules |
| rowspan="5" | Essex
|First | File:1935_Charles_Hogan_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | April 12, 1897 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |Lynn | |
| Second
| File:1945_J_Elmer_Callahan_senator_Massachusetts.jpg | J. Elmer Callahan | |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Constitutional Law |
| Third
| File:1945_Cornelius_Haley_senator_Massachusetts.jpg | Cornelius F. Haley | July 15, 1875 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, State Administration |
| Fourth
| | January 3, 1910 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Agriculture |
| Fifth
| File:1918_Michael_Flanagan_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | Michael A. Flanagan | February 21, 1890 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| colspan="2" | Franklin and Hampshire
| File:1939_Ralph_Mahar_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | Ralph Collins Mahar | January 4, 1912 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Education; chairman, Public Health |
| rowspan="2" | Hampden
|First | File:1935_Ralph_Clampit_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | Ralph Vester Clampit | March 28, 1896 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Military Affairs and Public Safety |
| Second
| File:1945_William_Nolen_senator_Massachusetts.jpg | William E. Nolen | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| colspan="2" | Hampden, Hampshire and Berkshire
| File:1939_Ralph_Lerche_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | Ralph Lerche | August 19, 1899 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Cities; chairman, Water Supply |
| rowspan="7" | Middlesex
|First | File:1949_William_Geary_Massachusetts_state_senator.png | William C. Geary | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| Second
| File:1945_Edward_Rowe_senator_Massachusetts.jpg | March 17, 1902 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Legal Affairs; chairman, Taxation |
| Third
| File:1945_Burton_Faulkner_senator_Massachusetts.jpg | Burton F. Faulkner | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| Fourth
| July 4, 1911 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Civil Service; chairman, Departmental Rules and Regulations |
| Fifth
| File:1939_Richard_Furbush_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | January 4, 1904 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Conservation; chairman, Power and Light |
| Sixth
| File:1945_Harris_Sawyer_Richardson_senator_Massachusetts.jpg | January 10, 1887 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Ways and Means |
| Seventh
| File:1945_George_Evans_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | George Jelly Evans | February 4, 1909 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Labor and Industries; chairman, Pensions |
| colspan="2" | Middlesex and Norfolk
| File:1935_Charles_Olson_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | Charles William Olson | August 24, 1889 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Public Lands; chairman, Public Welfare |
| colspan="2" | Middlesex and Suffolk
| File:1955_Richard_Henry_Lee_Massachusetts_state_senator.png | Richard Henry Lee | December 20, 1901 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Public Service |
| rowspan="2" | Norfolk
|First | File:1935_John_Mackay_senator_Massachusetts.png | John D. Mackay | April 7, 1872 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Judiciary |
| Second
| File:1935 Mason Sears Massachusetts House of Representatives.png | December 29, 1899 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Election Laws |
| colspan="2" | Norfolk and Plymouth
| File:1935_Newland_Holmes_senator_Massachusetts.png | August 30, 1891 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Bills in the Third Reading; chairman, Counties |
| colspan="2" | Norfolk and Suffolk
| File:1935_Philip_Bowker_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | Philip Griggs Bowker | April 17, 1899 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Metropolitan Affairs |
| colspan="2" | Plymouth
| File:1935_Charles_Miles_senator_Massachusetts.png | Charles Gardner Miles | December 2, 1879 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Engrossed Bills; chairman, Municipal Finance |
| rowspan="7" | Suffolk
|First | File:1939_Joseph_Melley_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | March 1, 1902 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| Second
| File:1959_Michael_LoPresti_Massachusetts_state_senator.png | Michael LoPresti | June 25, 1908 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| Third
| File:1935_Charles_Innes_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | June 1, 1901 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Insurance |
| Fourth
| File:1939_John_Powers_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | November 10, 1910 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| Fifth
| September 20, 1907 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |Minority Floor Leader |
| Sixth
| File:1951_Charles_Taylor_Massachusetts_state_senator.png | Charles I. Taylor | November 25, 1899 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| Seventh
| File:1945_Joseph_Leo_Murphy_senator_Massachusetts.jpg | January 25, 1907 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| rowspan="4" | Worcester
|First | File:1939_William_Daniel_Fleming_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | William Daniel Fleming | April 14, 1907 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| Second
| File:1945_Harry_McAllister_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | Harry P. McAllister | April 25, 1880 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Banks and Banking |
| Third
| File:1945_George_Stanton_senator_Massachusetts.jpg | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | |
| Fourth
| File:1947_Joseph_Virostek_Massachusetts_state_senator.png | Joseph Simon Virostek | |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Towns; chairman, Transportation |
| colspan="2" | Worcester and Hampden
| File:1945_Edward_Staves_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png | Edward William Staves | May 9, 1887 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |Chairman, Highways and Motor Vehicles |
=Employees=
- Irving N. Hayden, Clerk of the Senate
- Thomas A. Chadwick, Assistant Clerk of the Senate
- William F. Dillon, Clerical Assistant to Clerk of the Senate
- Frederick May Elliot, Chaplain of the Senate
- William F. Furbush, Secretary to the President of the Senate and Clerk of the Senate Committee on Rules
- Fernald Hutchins, Counsel to the Senate
- Thomas R. Bateman, Assistant Counsel to the Senate
- Royal B. Patriquin, Assistant to Counsel of the Senate
Representatives
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{citation |hdl= 2452/43438 |title= Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1946) |publisher=Secretary of the Commonwealth |year=1947 }}
- {{cite book |year=1947 |location=Boston |publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts |title= Manual for the Use of the General Court |hdl= 2452/40788 |last1=Court |first1=Massachusetts General }}
External links
- {{citation |hdl= 2452/219469 |title= Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1947 |author= Massachusetts General Court }}
- {{citation |hdl= 2452/219470 |title= Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1948 |author= Massachusetts }}
- {{citation |hdl = 2452/55996 |title = Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1947 }}
- {{citation |hdl = 2452/55997 |title = Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1948 }}
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