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Legislature Opens as Wells and Cox Lead New Session
Senator James F. Cavanagh named Senate leader and William H. Sullivan elected House speaker. Cox wins in a straight party vote as Democrats highlight a tense caucus amid seating and committee reshuffles.
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James F. Cavanagh
Everett
Wells
Senate
William Kennard
Somerville
House
William H. Sullivan
Ward 19
Roxbury
Democrats
Cox
Salem
Sheehan
Holyoke
Tetler
Representative Waterman
Williamstown
Leverett W. Spring
Williams College
Republican House
Cavanagh
Committee On
Judiciary
Gordon W. Gordon
Springfield
Clarence W. Hobbs
Worcester
Nathan Tufts
Waltham
Charles W. Eldredge
James P. Timilty
Boston
Sanford Bates
Dorchester
William A. L. Bazeley
Ezra W. Clark
Brockton
Martin Hays
Charles Eldredge
McLane
Fall River
Washburn
Federal Relations
Committee On Rules
Bliss
Malden
Jewett
Lowell
Kennard
Chamberlin
Smith
Collins
Amesbury
Butler
Lawrence
Rowley
Brookline
J. L. Donovan
W. H. Sullivan
Sherburne
Warner
Taunton
Democratic House
Thomas Joyce
Michael A. O'Leary
Democratic State Committee
O'Leary
State Democracy