1918 Massachusetts legislature

139th
Massachusetts General Court
138th 140th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 6, 1917
Senate
Members40
PresidentHenry Gordon Wells
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerChanning H. Cox
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 2, 1918 (1918-01-02) – June 3, 1918 (1918-06-03) [3]
Henry Gordon Wells
Henry Gordon Wells, Senate president.
Channing H. Cox
Channing H. Cox, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1918.

The 139th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1918 during the governorship of Samuel W. McCall. Henry Gordon Wells served as president of the Senate and Channing H. Cox served as speaker of the House.[4]

  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+.