Have you ever wondered how Coolidge, who didn’t drive, got to the State House to serve as a state rep, state senator, lieutenant governor and governor? There was no turnpike as we know it so one hundred years ago, he took the train.
When in Boston, Coolidge and some of the other Western Mass legislators stayed at the Adams House. The legislature was in formal session during the first half of the year giving Coolidge a chance to continue his law practice and see his family in Northampton summer and fall. This chart gives information on the sessions during Coolidge’s time in the senate.
Length of Massachusetts State Senate Sessions- 1912-1915
|
Year
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Dates
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Total Days
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Days Sitting
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|
|
|
|
|
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1912
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Jan 3 – June 13
|
163
|
113
|
|
1913
|
Jan 1 – June 20
|
171
|
120
|
|
1914
|
Jan 7 – July 7
|
182
|
127
|
|
1915
|
Jan 6 – June 4
|
150
|
104
|
|
Average
|
|
166.5
|
116
|
Data Source: Dalton, Wirkkala and Thomas. Leading the Way, A History of the Massachusetts General
Court, 1629-1980