1877 Massachusetts legislature

The 98th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1877 during the governorship of Alexander H. Rice. John B. D. Cogswell served as president of the Senate and John Davis Long served as speaker of the House.[4]

98th
Massachusetts General Court
97th 99th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 7, 1876
Senate
Members40
PresidentJohn B. D. Cogswell
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJohn Davis Long
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 3, 1877 (1877-01-03) – May 17, 1877 (1877-05-17) [3]
John B. D. Cogswell
John Cogswell, Senate president.
John Davis Long
John Long, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1877.

Senators edit

Image Name [5] Date of birth [6] District Party
 
Charles Adams Jr. 1810
 
Stephen Merrill Allen 1819
 
George Sumner Barton 1825
 
Selwyn Zadock Bowman May 11, 1840
 
Amos Franklin Breed October 15, 1830
Elisha Brimhall March 25, 1825
Haydn Brown February 16, 1819
 
Abraham Burbank Coffin 1831
 
John Bear Doane Cogswell June 6, 1829
 
Samuel Dexter Crane 1816
George Parkman Denny 1826
 
Henry Clandins Ewing 1844
 
Joseph Emery Fiske 1839
 
Thomas Francis Fitzgerald 1848
 
Michael Joseph Flatley 1823
Harrison Garfield June 27, 1810
 
Lewis Newton Gilbert 1836
 
Samuel Slocum Ginnodo 1816
 
James John Howard Gregory 1827
Tilly Haynes February 13, 1828
 
Henry Bozyol Hill 1823
 
Charles Jarvis Holmes 1834
Charles Howes October 26, 1826
Francis Jewett September 19, 1820
 
Ensign Hosmer Kellogg July 6, 1812
 
Ebenezer Bissell Lynde 1823
Aaron C. Mayhew 1812
 
John Farwell Moors December 10, 1819
Joshua Morse February 24, 1822
 
Caleb Rand 1817
 
Charles Theodore Russell November 20, 1815
 
Amos Joseph Saunders 1826
 
Luther Henry Sherman 1838
John Sherburne Sleeper September 25, 1794
 
Frederick Mason Stone 1825
 
Jackson Benjamin Swett 1815
 
Byron Truell 1834
Francis M. Weld 1815
 
John Dwelle Whicher 1825
 
Jonathan White 1819

Representatives edit

image Name [5] Date of birth [6] District Party
 
Alfred Mark Adams 1835
 
Granville Stevens Allen 1825
 
Stillman Boyd Allen September 8, 1830
 
Job Kelly Anthony 1834
 
Samuel Atherton January 26, 1815
 
Edwin Ayer 1827
 
John James Babson 1809
 
Thomas McCrate Babson 1847
 
Orlando Sargent Baley 1818
 
Alonzo Bancroft 1820
 
Henry Francis Barker 1838
 
Charles Ellis Barnes 1840
 
James Edward Taylor Bartlett 1825
 
Perley Bartlett 1807
 
Henry Allen Barton 1821
 
Benjamin Samuel Batchelor 1829
 
Daniel Johnson Bates 1830
 
Crocker Hinckley Bearse 1810
 
Charles David Bickford 1821
 
Abraham Orlando Bigelow 1812
 
Francis William Bird 1809
 
Warren Augustus Bird 1837
 
Stephen Henry Bodurtha 1812
 
Francis Charles Bowen 1834
 
John Quincy Adams Brackett June 8, 1842
 
George Bradford 1819
 
Warren Sylvester Bragg 1837
 
Pharcellus Dean Bridges December 21, 1846
 
John Henry Brown 1844
 
William Henry Harrison Bryant 1826
 
Joseph Buckminster 1821
 
Horace John Canfield 1834
 
Francis Carll 1825
 
Nahum Chapin 1820
 
Charles Henry Chase 1835
 
Lafayette Clapp 1824
 
Leonard Clark 1821
 
Wilder Philander Clark October 12, 1832
 
John Doggett Cobb 1840
 
Aaron Cogswell 1807
 
John Draper Cogswell 1820
 
John Leonard Cole 1839
 
George Nelson Cone 1836
 
John Hawkins Cook 1841
 
William Henry Cook January 7, 1843
 
Israel Clark Cornish 1850
 
Samuel Emmons Crocker 1834
 
Edward Johnson Crossman 1824
 
Thomas Cunningham 1815
 
Daniel Jasper Curley April 2, 1841
 
George Fisher Daniels 1820
 
Charles Warren Davis 1826
 
George Asa Dean 1835
 
Obed Delano 1814
 
Cornelius Desmond 1838
 
Justin Dewey 1836
 
Abiathar Doane 1820
 
Daniel Doherty 1838
 
William Capar Donald 1816
 
Francis Mattby Draper 1834
 
Jarvis Nelson Dunham 1828
 
Curtis Eddy May 18, 1838
 
Francis Sylvester Egleston 1821
 
Theodore Waterbury Ellis 1823
 
William Fuller Ellis 1820
 
William Irving Ellis 1829
 
Levi Emery 1817
 
John Barnard Fairbank 1839
 
Jackson Benjamin Farnum 1828
 
George Augustus Flagg 1845
 
James W. Fox 1849
 
Andrew Jackson Freeman 1819
 
Henry William Fuller June 30, 1839
 
Charles Frederick Gerry 1823
 
Onslow Gilmore 1832
 
William Segar Gleason 1809
 
Martin Thomas Glynn 1848
 
Frank Palmer Goulding 1837
 
James Benton Graham 1835
 
Franklin Gray 1824
 
Frank Shunk Gross 1836
 
Charles Hale June 7, 1831
 
Andrew Hall 1833
 
Charles Hallett 1825
 
Patrick Henry Hallinan 1852
 
Leander Moody Hannum 1837
 
Henry Martin Hartshorn 1828
 
Thomas Jones Hastings January 24, 1835
 
Frederick Hathaway 1810
 
Nathan Mortimer Hawkes 1843
 
George Frederic Hayden 1836
 
Milton Lewis Perry Heustis 1825
 
Samuel Richardson Heywood 1821
 
Clement Hugh Hill 1836
 
John Hillis 1847
 
Richard Holley January 30, 1829
 
William Carey Howard 1841
 
Caleb Burroughs Huse September 13, 1833
 
Charles Halstead Ingalls 1840
 
Edward John Jenkins 1854
 
George William Johnson 1827
 
Peter Rogers Johnson 1824
 
Joseph James Kelley 1842
 
Patrick Keyes 1830
 
Ensign Kimball 1818
 
William Bird Kimball 1833
 
William Hales Kinsman 1821
 
Hosea Morrill Knowlton 1847
 
Asa Stillman Lawrence 1820
 
Alfred Laws 1831
 
Henry Lee 1817
 
Chauncey Wheeler Lessey 1829
 
Thomas Lonergan 1827
 
John Davis Long October 27, 1838
 
Benjamin Starks Lovell 1845
 
John Dana Lovell 1818
 
Francis Low 1824
 
Lewis Gold Lowe 1828
 
Hale Sisson Luther 1830
 
James Mackintosh 1838
 
Pardon Macomber February 9, 1833
 
Hugh Ambrose Madden 1839
 
James Thomas Mahony 1843
 
Seth Mann 1817
 
William Marchant 1817
 
Isaac Burgess Martin 1825
 
Matthew James McCafferty 1829
 
George Brackett Melcher 1836
 
James Henry Mellen 1845
 
Francis Peabody Merriam 1818
 
Frederick Warren Merrill 1842
 
Simeon Merritt 1823
 
Alfred Miller 1815
 
William Haswell Montague 1824
 
Thomas Mooney 1840
 
Aaron Rathburn Morse 1839
 
Enoch Robinson Morse 1822
 
James Thomas Murphy 1842
 
Erastus Maltby Nash 1826
 
Dexter Newton 1823
 
James Hale Newton 1832
 
John Franklin Newton 1829
 
Nathaniel Avery Newton 1814
 
Charles Johnson Noyes August 7, 1841
 
Dennis O'Connor 1838
 
Cornelius O'Sullivan 1825
 
Weaver Osborn 1815
 
Charles Stuart Osgood 1839
 
Henry Bryant Osgood 1818
 
Edwin Patch 1820
 
Alonzo Penney September 23, 1835
 
Ephraim Augustus Perkins 1839
 
Baxter Edwards Perry April 26, 1826
 
John Charles Perry 1839
 
William Cowper Peters 1827
 
Darius Pierce 1836
 
Henry Pierce 1826
 
Albert Enoch Pillsbury August 19, 1849
 
Samuel Cloon Pitman 1811
 
Charles Greenwood Pope 1840
 
Charles Jones Prescott 1838
 
Dennis George Quirk 1836
 
Oliver James Rand 1820
 
David Randall 1818
 
Charles Everett Ranlett 1816
 
James Paine Ray 1820
 
William Arthur Read 1849
 
George Randall Reed 1832
 
Rice Munn Reynolds 1838
 
Charles Baker Rice 1829
 
Charles Warren Richards 1824
 
James Henry Richards 1839
 
Samuel Roads 1825
 
William Robinson 1835
 
John Austin Rogers 1828
 
Cyrus King Russell 1815
 
John Crockett Sanborn 1832
 
George Webster Sanderson 1830
 
Luther Haines Sargent 1842
 
Horace Mills Sessions 1828
 
Josephus Shaw 1832
 
Harrison Allen Sheldon 1830
 
Henry Shortle 1834
 
John Killbourne Clough Sleeper 1828
 
Solomon Sias Sleeper 1815
 
Dana Zenas Smith 1819
 
Iram Smith 1807
 
Peter Dove Smith 1842
 
Newell Snow 1816
 
Samuel Snow 1828
 
Mark Henry Spaulding 1827
 
Charles Stickney 1829
 
Eben Francis Stone August 3, 1822
 
Ezekiel Reed Studley 1831
 
Charles B. Swain
 
Noah Swett 1826
 
Lewis Northey Tappan June 15, 1831
 
Oliver Taylor 1826
 
Edward Flint Thayer 1835
 
Francis Nicholas Thayer 1846
 
Edward Isaiah Thomas 1833
 
Leonard Thompson 1817
 
Charles Frederick Thurston 1844
 
John Wilson Tilton 1844
 
Dexter Alley Tompkins 1827
 
William Ripley Tompkins 1826
 
Merritt Torrey 1825
 
William G. Train 1825
 
John Turner 1827
 
Augustus Sherman Tuttle 1824
 
Levi Clifford Wade 1843
 
Edwin Walden November 25, 1818
 
Joseph Walker 1825
 
James Lawrence Walsh 1843
 
Alonzo Warren 1827
 
Emory Washburn February 14, 1800
 
John Davis Washburn 1833
 
William Watts 1835
 
Lewis Taylor Webster 1832
 
Michael Francis Wells 1832
 
Samuel Hidden Wentworth
 
John Wilson Wheeler 1832
 
John Birtwistle Whitaker 1816
 
James White 1828
 
Sydney Franklin Whitehouse 1822
 
Charles Stimson Whitmore 1815
 
William Gunn Whitmore 1849
 
Edward Whitney 1815
 
William Ward Wilde 1821
 
Henry Hills Wilder 1824
 
George Andrew Wilson 1825
 
George Colburn Wilson 1809
 
Daniel Wing 1841
 
Henry Winn 1837
 
Thomas Winship 1826
 
Isaac Winslow 1827
 
Joseph Wiswell 1816
 
Henry Pickett Woodbury 1835
 
John Henry Wright 1843

See also edit

References edit

  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. 2009. p. 340+.
  5. ^ a b Court, Massachusetts General (1877). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40655.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1877" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading edit

External links edit

  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1877, hdl:2452/619066
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1877, hdl:2452/89613