The 139th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the
Massachusetts Senate and the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...
, met in 1918 during the
governorship of
Samuel W. McCall
Samuel Walker McCall (February 28, 1851 – November 4, 1923) was a Republican lawyer, politician, and writer from Massachusetts. He was for twenty years (1893–1913) a member of the United States House of Representatives, and the 47th Governo ...
.
Henry Gordon Wells served as
president
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of the Senate and
Channing H. Cox
Channing Harris Cox (October 28, 1879August 20, 1968) was an American Republican politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. He served as the 49th Governor of Massachusetts, from 1921 to 1925. He attended Dartmouth College and serv ...
served as
speaker
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of the House.
Senators
Representatives
See also
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1918 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1918 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1918.
Republican primary Governor Candidates
* Calvin Coolidge, incumbent Lieutenant Governor =Declined=
* Samuel W. McCall, incumbent Governor (to run for U.S. Senate)
Lieu ...
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65th United States Congress
The 65th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1917, to ...
*
List of Massachusetts General Courts
Images
1916 Massachusetts state senate district map.jpg, Map of districts of the Massachusetts state senate apportioned in 1916
References
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