1877 Massachusetts legislature explained

98th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Election:November 7, 1876
Before:97th
After:99th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:40
Control1:Republican
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:John B. D. Cogswell
Chamber2:House
Membership2:240
Control2:Republican
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:John Davis Long
Session1 End: [1]

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.[2]

Senators

ImageName [3] data-sort-type=date Date of birth DistrictParty
Charles Adams Jr.1810
Stephen Merrill Allen1819
George Sumner Barton1825
Selwyn Zadock BowmanMay 11, 1840
Amos Franklin BreedOctober 15, 1830
Elisha BrimhallMarch 25, 1825
Haydn BrownFebruary 16, 1819
Abraham Burbank Coffin1831
John Bear Doane CogswellJune 6, 1829
Samuel Dexter Crane1816
George Parkman Denny1826
Henry Clandins Ewing1844
Joseph Emery Fiske1839
Thomas Francis Fitzgerald1848
Michael Joseph Flatley1823
Harrison GarfieldJune 27, 1810
Lewis Newton Gilbert1836
Samuel Slocum Ginnodo1816
James John Howard Gregory1827
Tilly HaynesFebruary 13, 1828
Henry Bozyol Hill1823
Charles Jarvis Holmes1834
Charles HowesOctober 26, 1826
Francis JewettSeptember 19, 1820
Ensign Hosmer KelloggJuly 6, 1812
Ebenezer Bissell Lynde1823
Aaron C. Mayhew1812
John Farwell MoorsDecember 10, 1819
Joshua MorseFebruary 24, 1822
Caleb Rand1817
Charles Theodore RussellNovember 20, 1815
Amos Joseph Saunders1826
Luther Henry Sherman1838
John Sherburne SleeperSeptember 25, 1794
Frederick Mason Stone1825
Jackson Benjamin Swett1815
Byron Truell1834
Francis M. Weld1815
John Dwelle Whicher1825
Jonathan White1819

Representatives

imageName data-sort-type=date Date of birth DistrictParty
Alfred Mark Adams1835
Granville Stevens Allen1825
Stillman Boyd AllenSeptember 8, 1830
Job Kelly Anthony1834
Samuel AthertonJanuary 26, 1815
Edwin Ayer1827
John James Babson1809
Thomas McCrate Babson1847
Orlando Sargent Baley1818
Alonzo Bancroft1820
Henry Francis Barker1838
Charles Ellis Barnes1840
James Edward Taylor Bartlett1825
Perley Bartlett1807
Henry Allen Barton1821
Benjamin Samuel Batchelor1829
Daniel Johnson Bates1830
Crocker Hinckley Bearse1810
Charles David Bickford1821
Abraham Orlando Bigelow1812
Francis William Bird1809
Warren Augustus Bird1837
Stephen Henry Bodurtha1812
Francis Charles Bowen1834
John Quincy Adams BrackettJune 8, 1842
George Bradford1819
Warren Sylvester Bragg1837
Pharcellus Dean BridgesDecember 21, 1846
John Henry Brown1844
William Henry Harrison Bryant1826
Joseph Buckminster1821
Horace John Canfield1834
Francis Carll1825
Nahum Chapin1820
Charles Henry Chase1835
Lafayette Clapp1824
Leonard Clark1821
Wilder Philander ClarkOctober 12, 1832
John Doggett Cobb1840
Aaron Cogswell1807
John Draper Cogswell1820
John Leonard Cole1839
George Nelson Cone1836
John Hawkins Cook1841
William Henry CookJanuary 7, 1843
Israel Clark Cornish1850
Samuel Emmons Crocker1834
Edward Johnson Crossman1824
Thomas Cunningham1815
Daniel Jasper CurleyApril 2, 1841
George Fisher Daniels1820
Charles Warren Davis1826
George Asa Dean1835
Obed Delano1814
Cornelius Desmond1838
Justin Dewey1836
Abiathar Doane1820
Daniel Doherty1838
William Capar Donald1816
Francis Mattby Draper1834
Jarvis Nelson Dunham1828
Curtis EddyMay 18, 1838
Francis Sylvester Egleston1821
Theodore Waterbury Ellis1823
William Fuller Ellis1820
William Irving Ellis1829
Levi Emery1817
John Barnard Fairbank1839
Jackson Benjamin Farnum1828
George Augustus Flagg1845
James W. Fox1849
Andrew Jackson Freeman1819
Henry William FullerJune 30, 1839
Charles Frederick Gerry1823
Onslow Gilmore1832
William Segar Gleason1809
Martin Thomas Glynn1848
Frank Palmer Goulding1837
James Benton Graham1835
Franklin Gray1824
Frank Shunk Gross1836
Charles HaleJune 7, 1831
Andrew Hall1833
Charles Hallett1825
Patrick Henry Hallinan1852
Leander Moody Hannum1837
Henry Martin Hartshorn1828
Thomas Jones HastingsJanuary 24, 1835
Frederick Hathaway1810
Nathan Mortimer Hawkes1843
George Frederic Hayden1836
Milton Lewis Perry Heustis1825
Samuel Richardson Heywood1821
Clement Hugh Hill1836
John Hillis1847
Richard HolleyJanuary 30, 1829
William Carey Howard1841
Caleb Burroughs HuseSeptember 13, 1833
Charles Halstead Ingalls1840
Edward John Jenkins1854
George William Johnson1827
Peter Rogers Johnson1824
Joseph James Kelley1842
Patrick Keyes1830
Ensign Kimball1818
William Bird Kimball1833
William Hales Kinsman1821
Hosea Morrill Knowlton1847
Asa Stillman Lawrence1820
Alfred Laws1831
Henry Lee1817
Chauncey Wheeler Lessey1829
Thomas Lonergan1827
John Davis LongOctober 27, 1838
Benjamin Starks Lovell1845
John Dana Lovell1818
Francis Low1824
Lewis Gold Lowe1828
Hale Sisson Luther1830
James Mackintosh1838
Pardon MacomberFebruary 9, 1833
Hugh Ambrose Madden1839
James Thomas Mahony1843
Seth Mann1817
William Marchant1817
Isaac Burgess Martin1825
Matthew James McCafferty1829
George Brackett Melcher1836
James Henry Mellen1845
Francis Peabody Merriam1818
Frederick Warren Merrill1842
Simeon Merritt1823
Alfred Miller1815
William Haswell Montague1824
Thomas Mooney1840
Aaron Rathburn Morse1839
Enoch Robinson Morse1822
James Thomas Murphy1842
Erastus Maltby Nash1826
Dexter Newton1823
James Hale Newton1832
John Franklin Newton1829
Nathaniel Avery Newton1814
Charles Johnson NoyesAugust 7, 1841
Dennis O'Connor1838
Cornelius O'Sullivan1825
Weaver Osborn1815
Charles Stuart Osgood1839
Henry Bryant Osgood1818
Edwin Patch1820
Alonzo PenneySeptember 23, 1835
Ephraim Augustus Perkins1839
Baxter Edwards PerryApril 26, 1826
John Charles Perry1839
William Cowper Peters1827
Darius Pierce1836
Henry Pierce1826
Albert Enoch PillsburyAugust 19, 1849
Samuel Cloon Pitman1811
Charles Greenwood Pope1840
Charles Jones Prescott1838
Dennis George Quirk1836
Oliver James Rand1820
David Randall1818
Charles Everett Ranlett1816
James Paine Ray1820
William Arthur Read1849
George Randall Reed1832
Rice Munn Reynolds1838
Charles Baker Rice1829
Charles Warren Richards1824
James Henry Richards1839
Samuel Roads1825
William Robinson1835
John Austin Rogers1828
Cyrus King Russell1815
John Crockett Sanborn1832
George Webster Sanderson1830
Luther Haines Sargent1842
Horace Mills Sessions1828
Josephus Shaw1832
Harrison Allen Sheldon1830
Henry Shortle1834
John Killbourne Clough Sleeper1828
Solomon Sias Sleeper1815
Dana Zenas Smith1819
Iram Smith1807
Peter Dove Smith1842
Newell Snow1816
Samuel Snow1828
Mark Henry Spaulding1827
Charles Stickney1829
Eben Francis StoneAugust 3, 1822
Ezekiel Reed Studley1831
Charles B. Swain
Noah Swett1826
Lewis Northey TappanJune 15, 1831
Oliver Taylor1826
Edward Flint Thayer1835
Francis Nicholas Thayer1846
Edward Isaiah Thomas1833
Leonard Thompson1817
Charles Frederick Thurston1844
John Wilson Tilton1844
Dexter Alley Tompkins1827
William Ripley Tompkins1826
Merritt Torrey1825
William G. Train1825
John Turner1827
Augustus Sherman Tuttle1824
Levi Clifford Wade1843
Edwin WaldenNovember 25, 1818
Joseph Walker1825
James Lawrence Walsh1843
Alonzo Warren1827
Emory WashburnFebruary 14, 1800
John Davis Washburn1833
William Watts1835
Lewis Taylor Webster1832
Michael Francis Wells1832
Samuel Hidden Wentworth
John Wilson Wheeler1832
John Birtwistle Whitaker1816
James White1828
Sydney Franklin Whitehouse1822
Charles Stimson Whitmore1815
William Gunn Whitmore1849
Edward Whitney1815
William Ward Wilde1821
Henry Hills Wilder1824
George Andrew Wilson1825
George Colburn Wilson1809
Daniel Wing1841
Henry Winn1837
Thomas Winship1826
Isaac Winslow1827
Joseph Wiswell1816
Henry Pickett Woodbury1835
John Henry Wright1843

See also

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 . 1877 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 2452/40655 . Court . Massachusetts General .