1880 Massachusetts legislature explained

101st
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 4, 1879
Session1 End: [1]
Before:100th
After:102nd
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Robert R. Bishop
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Republican
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Charles J. Noyes

The 101st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1880 during the governorship of John Davis Long. Robert R. Bishop served as president of the Senate and Charles J. Noyes served as speaker of the House.[2]

Senators

ImageName [3] data-sort-type=date Date of birth DistrictParty
William Abbott18342nd Worcester
Samuel N. AldrichFebruary 3, 18394th Middlesex
Oliver AmesFebruary 4, 18311st Bristol
Stephen Francis Blaney18442nd Essex
Charles J. BrooksJuly 6, 18448th Suffolk
Elisha S. ConverseJuly 28, 18201st Middlesex
Charles T. CrockerMarch 2, 18335th Worcester
George Glover CrockerDecember 15, 18434th Suffolk
Warren CurrierJuly 20, 18304th Essex
James William Dwyer1845North Berkshire
Anson D. FessendenFebruary 18, 18395th Middlesex
Ebenezer T. FoggOctober 30, 18261st Plymouth
Jonas Harrod FrenchNovember 4, 18293rd Essex
Henry William FullerJune 30, 18397th Suffolk
Emerson GaylordSeptember 2, 18172nd Hampden
Harmon HallJuly 18, 18181st Essex
Alpheus HardingJanuary 12, 18184th Worcester
Eben Hutchinson18411st Suffolk
Marcus Perrin KnowltonFebruary 3, 18391st Hampden
Charles S. LilleyDecember 13, 18517th Middlesex
Asa Porter Morse18183rd Middlesex
Stephen OsgoodNovember 16, 18265th Essex
John Lord Otis1827Hampshire
James Paine Ray18202nd Norfolk
Henry C. RiceAugust 22, 18271st Worcester
George B. RichmondNovember 9, 18213rd Bristol
Joseph Hubbard Root1823Franklin
Daniel RussellJuly 16, 18246th Middlesex
Elizur SmithJanuary 5, 1812South Berkshire
Samuel Snow1828Cape
James W. StockwellDecember 6, 18373rd Worcester
Andrew C. StoneMay 16, 18396th Essex
William Taylor18313rd Suffolk
Nathaniel WalesNovember 25, 18191st Norfolk
Alonzo Warren18275th Suffolk
Thomas WebbOctober 24, 18192nd Bristol
Starkes WhitonApril 11, 18292nd Plymouth
Calvin M. WinchNovember 26, 18326th Suffolk

Representatives

imageName data-sort-type=date Date of birth DistrictParty
John Ware Adams1836
Charles Hastings Allen1828
John Forrester Andrew1850
Newell Sylvanus Atwood1834
George Norval Bacon1835
George Warren Bail1832
Stephen Powers Bailey1818
John Israel Baker1812
Samuel Dwight Bardwell1819
Samuel Augustus Bartholomew1824
Philander Bates1842
Ebenezer Beckford1833
Lucius Beebe1810
James William Bennett1833
George Albert Berry1837
John Frank Berry1840
Abraham Orlando Bigelow1812
Francis Bigelow1840
John Winthrop Bigelow1832
Lewis Bigelow1808
William Blanchard1821
George Henry Bond1840
Samuel Wells Bowerman1830
Benjamin Franklin Boyden1846
John Quincy Adams BrackettJune 8, 1842
Martin Luther Bradford1821
Henry Harding Brigham1814
George Bruce Brown1830
William Austin Brown1820
William Blanchard Brown1821
William Wilson Brown1848
James McKellar Bugbee1837
Sidney Augustus Bull1847
John Coburn Burley1837
George Lathe Burt1829
Joseph Burt1821
John Haskell Butler1841
Dexter ButterfieldMarch 15, 1842
Hobart M. Cable
Peter Cannon1825
Nathan Dexter Canterbury1837
William Henry CarberryFebruary 22, 1851
James Albert Carruth1839
Lewis L. Carter1822
Joseph Henry Churchill1820
Frank Allen Clapp1849
John Milton Cochran1849
Amos Coffin
Lewis Coleman1817
Elias Pike Collins1829
Louis Atwood Cook1847
John Cornell1830
Isaac Newton Crosby1824
Jeremiah John Crowley1850
Eli Culley1840
Edwin James Cushing1842
Henry Putney Danforth1845
Keyes Danforth1822
James Franklin Davenport1832
Person Davis1819
Joshua Dean1830
John Henry DeeMay 13, 1842
John Delaney1815
John Francis Dever1858
Clinton Henry Dodge1835
James Joseph Doherty1848
Daniel Francis Dolan1847
Elbridge Curtis Donnell1839
James Thompson Drew1813
George Wells Eddy1837
George Dyer Eldridge1848
James Madison Evans1837
Walter Hamlet Faunce1832
Charles Henry Ferson1819
George Batchelder Fiske1834
Stephen Flanders1835
George Louis Flint1852
William Abraham Foss1838
Jesse Harding Freeman1826
Edwin Gage1830
William Howard Gale1831
John Henry Galligan1851
Francis Gardner1828
Charles Frederick Gerry1823
James Ellis Gifford1832
Rufus Babcock Gifford1827
George Dodge Glover1823
Robert Goulding1825
Bryan Harding1842
Calvin Lyon Hartshorn1832
Thomas Jones HastingsJanuary 24, 1835
Thomas Bly HathawayDecember 5, 1825
Edward Daniel Hayden1833
Thomas Wentworth HigginsonDecember 22, 1823
Hamilton Andrews Hill1827
Henry Hobbs1827
Joseph Field Holbrook1841
Horace Marshall Holmes1830
Edwin Jackson Horton1837
Nathaniel Augustus Horton1830
Russell Spaulding Horton1825
Charles Henry Howland1826
Andrew Jackson Huntress1826
Daniel Bowman Ingalls1829
William Hutchins Ingraham1817
Martin Van Buren Jefferson1833
James Leonard Jenney1833
George William Johnson1827
Joseph Prosper Johnson1813
Edward Dorr Griffin Jones1824
Thomas Brooks Jones1839
Benjamin Adams JourdanJuly 20, 1832
John Joyce1837
Albert Keith1823
Simon Kelley1846
Lorrin Porter Keyes1838
James Langford1847
Daniel Warren Lawrence1830
James Madison Lawton1813
Marcus Leonard1846
Arthur Lincoln1842
Clark Lincoln1821
George Brigham Livermore1836
Henry Cabot Lodge1850
Dwight B. Look1820
Daniel Bolles Lord1821
Marcus Morton Loud1839
Pardon MacomberFebruary 9, 1833
James Pollock Magee
Patrick Francis Mahoney1847
James Thomas Mahony1843
Thomas Main1807
George Sampson Marshall1833
Hugh Maxwell1836
James William McDonaldMay 15, 1857
Patrick Francis McGaragle1845
James Aloysius McGeough1853
Patrick Michael McGlynn1853
John McSorley1832
Andrew Nelson Medbery1827
Christopher Columbus MerrittSeptember 29, 1830
Edwin Dickinson MetcalfMarch 14, 1848
Eben Colbraith Milliken1843
Alfred Cushing Monroe1841
Eugene Michael MoriartyApril 15, 1849
Daniel Tilton Morrison1820
Robert McNeil Morse1837
John Dennis Mulchinock1855
Jeremiah Henry MullaneAugust 15, 1852
Norman Carmi Munson1820
J. Allston Newhall1847
Leander Warren Newton1838
Joseph John Nichols1850
Erastus Nickerson1821
Charles Johnson NoyesAugust 7, 1841
Increase Eldredge Noyes1834
James H. Nugent1831
John O'Donnell1853
Joseph Henry O'NeilMarch 23, 1853
Henry PaddackApril 2, 1838
George Winter Park1834
Charles Oscar Parmenter1833
John Wesley Peabody1837
Edward Pease1838
Walter Barber Peck1838
William Gaylord Peck1841
Henry Moses Phillips1845
John James PickmanJanuary 9, 1850
Francis Plunkett1840
Edward Payson Poor1829
Edwin Bartlett Pratt1832
Lyman Knight Putney1833
James Lawrence Quigley1848
John Dennis Reed1827
George Willard Rice1836
Joseph Marcus Rice1827
Stephen Rich1834
Richard Roach1833
Charles Robinson1829
Horace Tyler Rockwell1838
Thomas Pitkin Root1824
Isaac RosnoskyNovember 6, 1846
George Thomas Sampson1819
William Sanders1843
William Henry Sargent1836
Augustus Elwin Scott1838
Charles Edwin Seagrave1825
Dwight Loomis Shaw1822
James Shead1818
Seth Carroll Shepard1815
John Henry Sherburne1845
Jonathan Edward Shipman1832
Henry Almy Slocum1825
William Smeath1834
Charles Whipple Smith1846
Hinsdale Smith1819
Zenas Elmer Smith1821
Arthur John Clark Sowdon1835
James Harvey Sparrow1825
Robert Lyman Spear1839
George Morrison Starbird1833
Eben Francis StoneAugust 3, 1822
Augustus Whittemore Stover1834
Charles Francis Swift1825
Joseph Russell Taber1821
Robert Tarr1832
Levi Taylor1824
Michael John Teahan1840
John Randolph Thayer1845
Samuel Proctor Thayer1853
Silas Foster Thayer1822
Edward Isaiah Thomas1833
William Tinker1823
William Ripley Tompkins1826
William Eaton Topliff1826
William Henry Tozer1835
Edward Trask1843
Arthur Webster Tufts1828
Joseph Augustine Tufts1835
Samuel Burns Valpey1829
Merritt Van Deusen1820
Leavitt R.J. Varnum1847
Chester Kingsley Waite1825
Jonathan Wales1849
Joseph Henry Walker1829
William James Wallace1833
Horace Everett Ware1845
John Flavel Warner
Lewis Henry Warner1845
Nathan Warren1838
William Cullen Warren1822
Alonzo Carter Webber1827
Edwin R. Webster1831
John Gerrish Webster1811
Henry Jackson Wells1823
Charles Augustus Wentworth1830
Howard Alphonso Wheeler1848
Joseph Dudley Wilde1829
Hiram Williams1824
Henry Franklin Wing1825

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/348/mode/1up . 2009 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Manual for the Use of the General Court . Length of Legislative Sessions . 348+ .
  2. Book: https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/340/mode/2up . 2009 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Manual for the Use of the General Court . Organization of the Legislature Since 1780 . 340+ .
  3. Book: Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1880 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 2452/40658 . Court . Massachusetts General .