1878 Massachusetts legislature

The 99th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1878 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][5]

99th
Massachusetts General Court
98th 100th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 6, 1877
Senate
Members40
PresidentJohn B. D. Cogswell
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJohn Davis Long
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 2, 1878 (1878-01-02) – May 17, 1878 (1878-05-17)[3]
John B. D. Cogswell
John Cogswell, Senate president.
John Davis Long
John Long, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1878.

Senators

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ImageName[6]Date of birth[7]DistrictParty
James Cochran Abbott1825
Charles Adams1810
Henry Francis Barker1838
George Sumner Barton1825
Joseph Sampson Beal1814
Robert Roberts BishopMarch 13, 1834
Amos Franklin BreedOctober 15, 1830
Frederic Perry Brown1840
Alvah Augustus Burrage1823
Horace John Canfield1834
George Washington Cate1834
Abraham Burbank Coffin1831
John Bear Doane CogswellJune 6, 1829
Ezra Davol1838
Marcellus Day1833
Frederick David ElySeptember 24, 1838
Henry Clandins Ewing1844
Michael Joseph Flatley1823
Charles Lefevre Gardner1839
Lewis Newton Gilbert1836
Thomas Gogin1824
James John Howard Gregory1827
Benjamin Franklin Hayes
Henry Bozyol Hill1823
William Allen Hodges1834
Charles Jarvis Holmes1834
Hosea Morrill Knowlton1847
William Knowlton1809
Ebenezer Bissell Lynde1823
Charles Henry Merriam1822
Albert PalmerJanuary 17, 1831
Allan Rogers1832
Joseph Samuel RopesFebruary 6, 1818
Charles Theodore RussellNovember 20, 1815
Amos Joseph Saunders1826
Luther Henry Sherman1838
Jackson Benjamin Swett1815
Byron Truell1834
James White1828
Jonathan White1819
Henry Winn1837

Representatives

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imageName[6]Date of birth[7]DistrictParty
Charles Phelps Aldrich1832
Charles Hastings Allen1828
James Howe Ames1842
Israel Warren Andrews1820
Job Kelly Anthony1834
George Minott Baker1826
John Israel Baker1812
Alonzo Bancroft1820
Charles Ellis Barnes1840
Sidney Barnes1831
George Varnum Barrett1839
Elisha Parks Bartholomew1847
James Edward Taylor Bartlett1825
Theodore Dwight Beach1821
Melvin Beal1832
George C. BelcherAugust 26, 1844
Myron Wallace Bent1849
Joseph Billings1842
Francis William Bird1809
William Blanchard1821
William Bradford Bliss1834
Matthew Bolles1807
Henry Clay Bonney1841
John Quincy Adams BrackettJune 8, 1842
George Otis Brigham1822
William Allen Brooks1835
Luther Julius Brown1827
Martin Wait Burnett1815
Charles Webster Bush1834
Charles Ruthven Byram1844
William Henry CarberryFebruary 22, 1851
Francis Carll1825
Lewis Carroll1845
Charles Allen Case1846
Alvin B. ChamberlainDecember 16, 1842
Nahum Chapin1820
Charles Henry Chase1835
Leonard Clark1821
Benjamin Clough1819
Philander Cobb1818
Hiram Boardman Coffin1836
Samuel CoffinOctober 9, 1827
George Franklin Colburn1830
Elisha S. ConverseJuly 28, 1820
William Henry CookJanuary 7, 1843
Hiram Nathaniel Cooke1834
John Cornell1830
Israel Clark Cornish1850
George Albert Cowdrey1848
John W. CummingsAugust 25, 1855
Thomas Cunningham1815
John Warren Curtice1839
Jason Langdon Curtis1824
Orson Ballou Curtis1825
Levi Lincoln Cushing1825
Anthony Charles Daly1853
Charles Augustine Davis1847
Robert Lewis Davis1822
Cornelius Desmond1838
Abiathar Doane1820
Freeman Doane1819
Daniel Doherty1838
Jarvis Nelson Dunham1828
Edward Rutledge Eager1830
William Irving Ellis1829
Levi Emery1817
James Webster Emory1826
Noble W. EverettFebruary 20, 1827
John Barnard Fairbank1839
Lucius FieldAugust 15, 1840
Ralph Adams Field1837
Isaiah Fish1811
Charles Fisher1829
John Thomas Flood1845
Gardner French1811
John Henry Galligan1851
Nelson Gardner1815
Francis Gargan1847
Edwin Gilbert1820
Freeman L. Gilman1830
Jacob Taylor Glines1817
Frank Palmer Goulding1837
Thomas Robinson Greene1806
Edwin Blaisdell Hale1839
Noah Leonard Hardy1828
John Williams Hart1826
Edward Howard Haskell1845
Thomas Jones HastingsJanuary 24, 1835
Rawson Hathaway1828
Thomas Bly HathawayDecember 5, 1825
Nathan Mortimer Hawkes1843
Alanson Knox Hawks1828
George Frederic Hayden1836
James Hildreth1839
Clement Hugh Hill1836
Hamilton Andrews Hill1827
John Henry Hooper1833
Asa Frederic Howe1845
Simon Herbert Howe1835
William Howe1814
Thomas Prince Howes1817
John Humphrey1826
Eben Hutchinson1841
Henry Dwight Hyde1838
Charles Halstead Ingalls1840
John Jackson1822
Charles Volbert Jaeger1846
Edward John Jenkins1854
Andrew Jackson Jennings1849
Henry Augustus Johnson1818
Augustine Jones1835
Joseph James Kelley1842
Jarvis Plato Kelly1833
Patrick Keyes1830
Ensign Kimball1818
William Sterling King1818
Marcus Perrin KnowltonFebruary 3, 1839
Frank Daniel Leary1854
Edwin Forrest Leighton1839
James Foster Leonard1837
John Arnold Lewis1833
George Caleb Lincoln1821
James Lovering Locke1832
Andrew Lovell1813
Benjamin Starks Lovell1845
John Dana Lovell1818
George W. Lowther[8]1822
Pardon MacomberFebruary 9, 1833
William Penn Macomber1832
John Mahon1832
James Thomas Mahony1843
William Manning1823
Frederic A. Marden1843
John Marlor1845
Edwin Wilson Marsh1821
George Sampson Marshall1833
Samuel Stukey McGibbons1826
Patrick Michael McGlynn1853
Ebenezer Martin McPherson1836
James Henry Mellen1845
Artemas Merriam
Amos Washington Merritt1833
Phillips Moore1835
Albert Moors1828
Elbridge Gerry Morton1841
Frederick Pierce Moseley1826
Patrick Francis Murphy1860
John Franklin Newton1829
Richard Elliott Nickerson1830
Joseph Gilbert Noble1837
Eugene L. NortonMarch 26, 1825
Charles Johnson Noyes1841
Chauncey Orman Noyes1840
James H. Nugent1831
Joseph Henry O'NeilMarch 23, 1853
William Clift Oakman1809
Charles Stuart Osgood1839
John Lord Otis1827
Henry Brett Packard1823
Henry PaddackApril 2, 1838
Calvin PaigeMay 20, 1848
Lucius R. Paige1802
Joseph Sumner Parmenter1827
David Allen Partridge1833
William Gaylord Peck1841
James Phillip Peirce1835
Josiah Perry1832
Benjamin Ashton Phillips1838
James Davis Pike1829
Albert Enoch PillsburyAugust 19, 1849
Timothy Dimmick Potter1840
Henry Webster Powers1837
Charles Jones Prescott1838
George Price1806
Henry Wheatland Putnam1843
William Pynchon1820
Oliver James Rand1820
David Randall1818
Charles Everett Ranlett1816
William Arthur Read1849
William ReedOctober 3, 1820
William Reed Jr.December 2, 1842
George Willard Rice1836
James Henry Richards1839
Jesper Richardson1821
John Wesley Ricker1824
Michael Rinn1847
William Robinson1835
Solomon Nash Russell1822
Baalis Sanford1833
Edmund Pillsbury Sargent1823
Lucius Manlius Sargent1836
John Bernard Shea1851
Henry Shortle1834
Matthew Smith1814
William Augustus Somerset Smyth1824
Rufus Albertson Soule1839
Pliny Fisk Spaulding1821
Timothy Gridley Spaulding1851
Leander Sprague1824
Stephen Abbott Stackpole1819
Henry Salmon Stiles1818
Eben Francis StoneAugust 3, 1822
William James Stuart1828
Ezekiel Reed Studley1831
Van Rensselaer Swift1813
Zadok Arnold Taft1817
Edward Isaiah Thomas1833
Leonard Thompson1817
Charles Frederick Thurston1844
John Wilson Tilton1844
Payson Elliott Tucker1834
Thomas J. Tucker
John Turner1827
Horace Underwood1828
Levi Clifford Wade1843
Alexander Wadsworth1806
Abijah Tyler Wales1833
James Lawrence Walsh1843
Solon Walton1830
Alonzo Warren1827
John Davis Washburn1833
Abel Webster1818
Edwin R. Webster1831
Samuel Hidden Wentworth
Daniel Nathaniel White1830
Newton White1813
Joseph Whitehead1823
Sydney Franklin Whitehouse1822
Charles Stimson Whitmore1815
William Howe Wiggin1823
Henry Munson Wilcox1843
Henry Hills Wilder1824
Sydney Wilder1813
George Andrew Wilson1825
John WinnJuly 3, 1828
Joseph Wiswell1816
Charles Henry Wonson1843
Solon Wood1834
John Henry Wright1843
Oliver Brown Wyman1826

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register, 1878. 1874. p. 15+ – via Archive.org.
  6. ^ a b Court, Massachusetts General (1878). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40656.
  7. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1878" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  8. ^ Massachusetts, State Library of; Court, Massachusetts General (2010), Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, hdl:2452/48905

Further reading

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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1878, hdl:2452/619067
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1878, hdl:2452/89614