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
|
Dates
|
Total
Days
|
Days
Sitting
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1912
|
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