The 90th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1869 during the governorship of Republican William Claflin. George O. Brastow and Robert Carter Pitman served as presidents of the Senate and Harvey Jewell served as speaker of the House.
Notable events include the creation of a Joint Special Committee on Woman Suffrage.
Senators Image Name Date of birth District Party Nathaniel Ellis Atwood September 13, 1807 George Oliver Brastow 1811 George Marshall Buttrick 1822 Horace Hopkins Coolidge February 11, 1832 Samuel Dexter Crane 1816 Benjamin Dean August 22, 1824 Francis Henshaw Dewey 1821 Edmund Dowse 1813 Alonzo Madison Giles February 25, 1821 Whiting Griswold November 12, 1814 John Brown Hathaway 1809 Francis Allen Hobart 1833 Nathaniel Jay Holden 1827 Estes Howe 1814 George Augustus King 1834 Richmond Kingman 1821 Charles James Kittredge 1818 Lucius James Knowles 1819 Charles Rensselaer Ladd April 9, 1822 John Hyde Lockey 1822 Charles Marsh 1818 Joshua Newell Marshall 1830 Charles Rankin McLean 1824 George Harris Monroe 1826 Ellis Wesley Morton 1840 Daniel Needham 1822 Julius Auboyneau Palmer 1803 Robert Carter Pitman March 16, 1825 Richard Plumer 1813 Joseph Greeley Pollard 1833 Joseph Gorton Ray 1831 George Merrick Rice November 20, 1808 Oliver Hazard Perry Smith 1824 George H. Sweetser 1823 George Sylvester Taylor March 2, 1822 Edward Augustus Thomas 1829 Joseph Scott Todd 1828 Harrison Tweed 1806 Gershom Bradford Weston August 27, 1799 Charles Augustus Wheelock 1812 Jonathan White 1819
Representatives
See also 41st United States Congress List of Massachusetts General Courts
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Further reading (includes description of legislature)
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