1945–1946 Massachusetts legislature

The 154th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1945 and 1946 during the governorship of Maurice J. Tobin. Arthur W. Coolidge served as president of the Senate and Frederick Willis served as speaker of the House.[4]

154th
Massachusetts General Court
←153rd 155th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 7, 1944
Senate
Members40
PresidentArthur W. Coolidge (7th Middlesex district)
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerFrederick Willis (10th Essex)
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 3, 1945 (1945-01-03) – July 25, 1945 (1945-07-25)
2ndJanuary 2, 1946 (1946-01-02) – June 15, 1946 (1946-06-15)[3]
Arthur Coolidge, Senate president.
Frederick Willis, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1945.

Senators
  • John Albetski [5]
  • Benjamin Bowen
  • Richard Bowers
  • J. Elmer Callahan
  • Michael Condron
  • William Conley
  • Arthur Coolidge
  • Clifford Rudolph Cusson
  • Chester Dolan
  • Burton Faulkner
  • William Grant
  • Cornelius Haley
  • Thomas Johnston
  • Robert Lee
  • Stephen Loughlin
  • John Mackay
  • Charles Gardner Miles
  • Joseph Montminy
  • Joseph Leo Murphy
  • Donald William Nicholson
  • William Nolen
  • Willard Ormsbee
  • James Austin Peckham
  • Edward Peirce
  • Harris Sawyer Richardson
  • Edward Rowe
  • George Stanton
  • Charles F. Jeff Sullivan
  • Leo J. Sullivan
  • Charles Taylor
  • Sumner Gage Whittier

Representatives
  • Wilfred Achin [5]
  • Richard Allen
  • John Armstrong
  • Charles Artesani
  • Edward Ashworth
  • John Asiaf
  • Joseph Aspero
  • Josiah Babcock
  • Earle Bagley
  • Charles Barrett
  • George Barrus
  • William Barry
  • Michael Batal
  • Norman Baxter
  • Raymond Beach
  • C. Ray Bennett
  • G. Leo Bessette
  • Rodolphe Bessette
  • Albert Bigelow
  • Fred Blake
  • Stanley Borsa
  • Everett Bowker
  • Clarence Brown
  • Frank Brown
  • John Brown
  • Russell Brown
  • William Brown
  • Archie Bruce
  • Harland Burke
  • Edward Butterworth
  • Fannie Buzzell
  • Bartholomew Callery
  • Colin Cameron
  • Robert Campbell
  • Matthew Capeless
  • Edmund Capodilupo
  • Enrico Cappucci
  • Ernest Carman
  • John Carroll
  • Daniel Casey
  • William Casey
  • James Catusi
  • Perlie Chase
  • David Cleary
  • Thomas Francis Coady
  • J. Everett Collins
  • Joseph Conley
  • Robert Connolly
  • Michael Conway
  • Florence Cook
  • Charles Cooke
  • George Cousens
  • Earl Crockett
  • Patrick Cronin
  • Walter Cuffe
  • Adin Custance
  • Leslie Bradley Cutler
  • Lawrence Davis
  • George Dean
  • Ernest DeRoy
  • Cornelius Desmond
  • Burt Dewar
  • Logan Dickie
  • Vincent Dignam
  • Jacinto Diniz
  • Edmond Donlan
  • Joseph Dooley
  • Anthony Doyle
  • Charles Driscoll
  • Howard Driscoll
  • Henry Duggan
  • Ernest Dullea
  • Clifton Dwelly
  • Louis Elliot
  • Henry Ellis
  • Charles Endicott
  • Thomas Enright
  • Sven Erickson
  • George Evans
  • John Fausey
  • Michael Feeney
  • Charles Ferguson
  • Joseph Ferriter
  • Peter Fitzgerald
  • John Flaherty
  • William Fleming
  • Norman Folsom
  • John Foster
  • George Fuller
  • John Gallant
  • Charles Gibbons
  • Avery Gilkerson
  • Dennis Glynn
  • Hollis Gott
  • Thomas Gray
  • George Greene
  • Francis Gregory
  • Frederick Haigis
  • James Hannon
  • Fred Harrington
  • Joseph Harrington
  • Frederick Harvey
  • William Hays
  • Henry Higgins
  • Ralph Hill
  • Charles Holman
  • Frank Horton
  • J. Philip Howard
  • I. Grafton Howes
  • Orison Hull
  • Richard Hull
  • Nathaniel Hurwitz
  • Edward Hutchinson
  • Fred Hutchinson
  • Henderson Inches
  • Harvey Iris
  • William Jenness
  • Adolph Johnson
  • Ernest Johnson
  • Peter Jordan
  • Walter Kane
  • Charles Kaplan
  • Clarence Karelitz
  • Alfred Keith
  • Francis Kelley
  • Richard Kelly
  • Fred Lamson
  • George Lanigan
  • Laurence Law
  • Francis Lindstrom
  • Louis Lobel
  • Burton Loring
  • Jeremiah Lucey
  • William Lunney
  • Arthur Mahan
  • Philip Markley
  • George Martin
  • Francis Matera
  • Thomas Matthews
  • Harry McAllister
  • Edward McCarthy
  • Frank McCarthy
  • Michael McCarthy
  • Paul McCarthy
  • Elmer McCulloch
  • James McDevitt
  • Patrick McDonough
  • Joseph McEvoy
  • Timothy McInerney
  • Samuel McLeod
  • Philip McMorrow
  • Joseph Milano
  • Charles Miller
  • Timothy Moriarty
  • Lester Morley
  • Edward Mulligan
  • Robert Murphy
  • Cornelius Murray
  • Henry Murray
  • George Norton
  • James O'Brien
  • William 'OBrien
  • Louis O'Keefe
  • Frank Oliveira
  • George O'Shea
  • John Padden
  • Eben Parsons
  • Clark Partridge
  • Oscar Perkins
  • Herman Peterson
  • Frederick Pierce
  • George Porter
  • Harvey Pothier
  • John Powers
  • William Ramsdell
  • Stuart Rand
  • George Rawson
  • Thomas Reilly
  • John Riordan
  • Joseph Roach
  • Albert Roberts
  • William Rowan
  • Francis Ryan
  • E. Guy Sawyer
  • Gerald Scally
  • Alyce Louise Schlapp
  • William Sears
  • A. John Serino
  • Henry Shattuck
  • Arthur Sheehan
  • Charles Shepard
  • Carl Sheridan
  • Robert Sisson
  • Michael Skerry
  • Charles Skladzien
  • Roy Smith
  • Margaret Spear
  • Edward Staves
  • George Stetson
  • Daniel Sullivan
  • James Sullivan
  • Jeremiah Sullivan
  • Maurice Sullivan
  • Patrick Sullivan
  • Eugene Sweeney
  • Joseph Sweeney
  • Joseph Sylvia
  • Edmond Talbot
  • John Taylor
  • Robert Taylor
  • Clarence Telford
  • Nathaniel Tilden
  • Harold Tivey
  • Harold Tompkins
  • John Toomey
  • William Troy
  • Talbot Tweedy
  • Earle Tyler
  • John Valentine
  • John Vaughan
  • Arthur Verney
  • James Violette
  • William Wall
  • George Walsh
  • John Webster
  • Norman Wellen
  • William White
  • John Whittemore
  • John Wickes
  • Frederick Willis
  • Henry Winslow
  • Stanislaus Wondolowski
  • Albert Wood
  • Clarence Wood
  • Arthur Young
  • Arthur Youngman
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See also

References
  1. "Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  2. "Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  3. "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  4. "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005. p. 338+.
  5. Irving N. Hayden and Lawrence R Grove. 1945-1946 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Further reading
  • Election Statistics: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1944), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1945, hdl:2452/43436
  • Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945. hdl:2452/40787.
  • "Political Pot Starts Boiling as Legislature Opens Today", Daily Boston Globe, January 2, 1946
  • "At the State House", Daily Boston Globe, January 4, 1946
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