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1923–1924 Massachusetts legislature

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Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ95633191 ↗
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The 143rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1923 and 1924 during the governorship of Channing H. Cox. Frank G. Allen served as president of the Senate and Benjamin Loring Young served as speaker of the House.

Senators

Representatives

See also

1924 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

68th United States Congress

List of Massachusetts General Courts

References

Further reading

Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections (1922), Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1923, hdl:2452/43514

Court, Massachusetts General (1923). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40700.

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