The 117th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1896 during the governorship of Roger Wolcott. George P. Lawrence served as president of the Senate and George von Lengerke Meyer served as speaker of the House.

Notable legislation included "An Act to Provide for the Security and Preservation of the So-called Bulfinch Portion of the State House."

Senators image name date of birth district Horace H. Atherton October 23, 1847 Albert F. Barker October 24, 1859 Lewis H. Bartlett April 2, 1854 Percival Blodgett July 18, 1841 Edward S. Bradford December 1, 1842 George J. Burns July 14, 1855 William A. Chase May 31, 1845 William H. Cook January 7, 1843 Joseph J. Corbett December 24, 1863 Frederick W. Dallinger October 2, 1871 Francis W. Darling December 16, 1852 James H. Derbyshire June 11, 1855 Noble W. Everett February 20, 1827 George A. Galloupe October 28, 1850 Clarke Partridge Harding June 20, 1853 Isaac P. Hutchinson February 26, 1860 Richard William Irwin February 18, 1857 Erastus Jones September 11, 1825 George P. Lawrence May 19, 1859 Martin Lomasney December 3, 1859 Joseph B. Maccabe November 19, 1857 Dana Malone October 8, 1857 William Henry McMorrow March 23, 1871 Joel D. Miller October 10, 1837 William A. Morse July 27, 1863 Joseph O. Neill January 31, 1838 James P. Niles September 30, 1849 Fisher H. Pearson November 29, 1866 George W. Perkins July 1, 1842 John Jacob Prevaux March 16, 1857 John Quinn Jr. December 16, 1859 George A. Reed September 10, 1842 Alfred Seelye Roe June 8, 1844 George P. Sanger September 6, 1852 Rufus Albertson Soule 1839 Louis C. Southard April 1, 1854 Charles F. Sprague June 10, 1857 Richard Sullivan February 24, 1856 Arthur Holbrook Wellman October 30, 1855 John Loring Woodfall September 15, 1847

Representatives image name date of birth district Walter Adams May 15, 1848 Albert E. Addis May 4, 1864 Daniel W. Allen June 17, 1827 S. Augustus Allen February 14, 1855 Frederick Atherton May 8, 1865 Henry C. Attwill March 11, 1872 Waldo E. Austin August 31, 1839 Charles O. Bailey January 24, 1863 George W. Bailey March 20, 1848 Horace P. Bailey March 3, 1840 Theophilus B. Baker May 16, 1830 Solon Bancroft June 22, 1839 Harding R. Barber December 20, 1839 Franklin O. Barnes November 11, 1841 Daniel J. Barry August 27, 1859 Myron S. Barton December 24, 1837 John L. Bates September 18, 1859 Horace S. Bean September 17, 1867 William Beggs August 7, 1844 Charles E. Bennett May 8, 1861 George B. Bird February 15, 1867 Avander N. Blood September 4, 1839 Charles P. Bond July 24, 1855 Samuel S. Bourne December 9, 1850 Harvey L. Boutwell April 5, 1860 Walter L. Bouve October 28, 1849 Henry J. Boyd May 9, 1831 Manassah Edward Bradley August 15, 1863 J. Dwight Brady December 15, 1859 Charles Donnell Brown June 5, 1862 Daniel Brown December 26, 1842 George A. Brown November 24, 1854 Joseph G. Brown January 19, 1825 Aaron R. Bunting August 26, 1833 T. Preston Burt July 20, 1844 A. Webster Butler August 22, 1858 Ernest W. Calkins December 25, 1855 Patrick J. Carroll May 11, 1865 Daniel C. Casey August 10, 1867 Frank Chandler February 20, 1852 George F. Chase December 11, 1851 Albert Clarke October 13, 1840 Arthur L. Coburn June 18, 1860 James A. Cochran June 27, 1847 George F. Coleman April 10, 1863 James W. Coleman March 17, 1855 Walter S. V. Cooke August 12, 1851 Edward A. Cowee July 23, 1857 Ellery B. Crane November 12, 1836 James F. Creed December 4, 1869 Charles C. Crocker August 21, 1831 Harvey Crocker September 11, 1847 Edward S. Crockett July 22, 1869 Nelson P. Cummings April 27, 1847 Daniel J. Curley April 2, 1841 Nathan R. Davis August 18, 1828 William W. Davis August 8, 1862 Cornelius R. Day December 29, 1847 Thomas M. Denham February 2, 1840 Robert F. Denvir September 8, 1840 David T. Dickinson August 13, 1867 Thomas Donahue August 20, 1853 Jeremiah F. Donovan May 10, 1856 Timothy J. Donovan April 7, 1867 James M. Douglass February 24, 1839 Harry R. Dow February 12, 1862 Charles H. Dowse September 12, 1853 Daniel M. Driscoll January 2, 1861 James Driscoll August 14, 1856 William P. Driscoll May 1, 1857 Levi A. Drury August 9, 1847 George N. Dyer December 17, 1850 Benjamin F. Estes August 28, 1836 George S. Evans September 12, 1841 Wilson H. Fairbank April 3, 1836 Daniel B. Fenn May 31, 1836 Wellington Fillmore October 18, 1850 James H. Flint June 25, 1852 Silas W. Flint September 4, 1843 Joseph J. Flynn May 1, 1862 E. Knowlton Fogg October 24, 1837 John Malcolm Forbes 1847 William E. Ford July 20, 1823 Otis Foss October 4, 1838 Frank W. Francis September 16, 1857 George F. Fuller March 8, 1842 Jefferson C. Gallison August 8, 1841 James A. Gallivan October 22, 1866 John J. Gardner February 23, 1853 John Dennis Hammond Gauss January 4, 1861 Samuel Wesley George April 26, 1862 Charles A. Grant October 15, 1848 Joshua S. Gray August 16, 1840 William Halliday June 13, 1853 Lloyd F. Hammond March 1, 1860 Frederic Hanson May 2, 1835 Edward H. Harding April 17, 1854 Benjamin C. Harvey September 4, 1847 Albert L. Harwood September 10, 1847 William R. Hayden May 7, 1820 William Henry Irving Hayes June 21, 1848 Thomas F. Hoban December 20, 1860 Joshua B. Holden March 5, 1850 J. Edward Hollis 1840 E. Clarence Holt January 13, 1850 Seba A. Holton August 30, 1847 Charles E. Hosmer May 25, 1837 Walter F. Howard September 20, 1855 Roger S. Howe November 20, 1849 Henry D. Humphrey June 20, 1861 Caleb Burroughs Huse September 13, 1833 John W. Johnson June 14, 1856 George R. Jones February 8, 1862 Frank W. Kaan September 11, 1861 George H. Kearn January 6, 1839 James Keenan March 4, 1850 Thomas F. Keenan March 11, 1854 John A. Keliher November 6, 1866 George H. Kelton September 20, 1861 Thomas W. Kenefick September 17, 1855 Patrick J. Kennedy March 20, 1862 Charles W. King September 8, 1861 David T. King January 19, 1864 Francis M. Kingman May 25, 1837 Franz H. Krebs, Jr 1868 James H. Leary November 28, 1868 Michael J. Leary November 16, 1869 Charles F. Light August 1, 1860 Warren J. Livermore January 5, 1835 Walter E. Lord January 22, 1856 Francis Cabot Lowell January 7, 1855 Jeremiah E. Mahoney November 8, 1864 Forrest C. Manchester September 11, 1859 William H. Marden May 30, 1843 Arthur A. Maxwell January 24, 1858 Will W. Mayhew January 15, 1857 Benjamin W. Mayo April 17, 1836 Samuel N. Mayo May 24, 1839 Jeremiah Justin McCarthy March 29, 1852 George M. McClain March 9, 1842 John E. McClellan September 5, 1847 James S. McKenna January 11, 1864 James F. Melaven November 19, 1858 George H. Mellen October 7, 1850 James H. Mellen November 7, 1845 George von Lengerke Meyer June 24, 1858 Charles E. Mills December 28, 1847 Samuel H. Mitchell November 2, 1854 Charles D. Monroe January 15, 1856 Eugene Michael Moriarty April 15, 1849 James J. Myers November 20, 1842 Thaddeus H. Newcomb March 15, 1826 Henry C. Newell March 9, 1843 Luther Nickerson July 9, 1829 Edward O. Northway December 12, 1867 Joseph J. Norton November 19, 1870 John J. O'Connor April 13, 1871 John M. O'Hara July 2, 1865 Frank J. O'Toole October 13, 1867 John B. Packard February 22, 1837 Clarence H. Parker October 31, 1849 Herbert C. Parsons January 15, 1862 Frank A. Patch July 23, 1844 John H. Ponce November 1, 1857 Burrill Porter February 22, 1832 George W. Porter January 30, 1844 George E. Putnam February 9, 1851 Nicolas M. Quint July 18, 1838 Charles I. Quirk August 15, 1871 Charles W. Ray August 16, 1847 William Louis Reed April 5, 1866 Michael J. Reidy August 8, 1870 George M. Rice October 20, 1843 Clinton Q. Richmond December 17, 1859 Francis R. Richmond April 20, 1851 Thomas Riley December 22, 1843 Ernest W. Roberts November 22, 1858 J. Henry Robinson February 9, 1831 Atherton W. Rogers August 10, 1848 George A. Roper July 25, 1849 Samuel Ross February 2, 1865 Daniel D. Rourke July 16, 1869 Fred H. Rourke May 23, 1867 George G. Russell November 4, 1845 Howard K. Sanderson July 10, 1865 Charles F. Sargent August 31, 1858 Tristram T. Savory September 19, 1834 William P. Searls June 3, 1851 Chester Wells Severence February 27, 1831 Charles S. Shattuck June 5, 1840 David B. Shaw August 20, 1870 John F. Sheehan September 2, 1861 William Shepherd September 17, 1837 P. Howard Shirley August 15, 1857 David F. Slade November 5, 1855 John O. Slocum March 13, 1842 Albert C. Smith March 14, 1845 Charles W. Smith March 6, 1846 Henry R. Smith October 7, 1842 Amasa E. Southworth May 19, 1844 Cyrus Spaulding April 17, 1835 Albert T. Sprague June 18, 1843 Thomas E. St. John March 2, 1831 Fred D. Stanley October 17, 1863 Arlin V. Stevens June 15, 1854 Edward A. Stevens December 9, 1841 Elmer A. Stevens January 15, 1862 Ezra A. Stevens March 12, 1827 Joseph W. Stocker April 6, 1824 Willmore B. Stone June 24, 1853 George D. Storrs September 19, 1866 Arthur D. Story October 11, 1854 Cornelius F. Sullivan June 15, 1865 George J. Tarr February 1, 1832 James Thompson May 18, 1848 Henry Thrasher May 29, 1837 John Rogers Thurston September 4, 1831 Charles W. Tilton April 6, 1836 William Tolman June 2, 1858 Frank M. Trafton January 4, 1858 John E. Tuttle November 3, 1835 Charles Henry Utley November 27, 1857 Henry M. Van Deusen September 29, 1850 Henry R. Van Rensselaer December 12, 1855 George Albert Wales March 26, 1858 William W. Waterman December 4, 1831 Jackson Webster March 14, 1849 Clarence P. Weston August 23, 1845 George W. Weymouth August 25, 1850 Mark O. Wheaton November 22, 1833 George L. Whitcomb March 18, 1855 Edward E. Willard September 25, 1862 Edward H. Wilson September 26, 1848 George G. Withington July 31, 1831 John A. Woodbury August 22, 1836 Joseph W. Woodman January 25, 1847 Charles L. Young May 23, 1850 Willie C. Young May 28, 1848

See also 54th United States Congress List of Massachusetts General Courts

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