James M. Stone Explained

James M. Stone
Office:	Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Term Start:	1866
Term End:	1867
Predecessor:	Alexander H. Bullock
Office2:	Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Office3:	Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Term Start3:	1850
Term End3:	1852
Birth Name:	James Munroe Stone
Birth Date:	13 August 1817
Birth Place:	Westford, Massachusetts
Death Place:	Boston, Massachusetts
Residence:	Charlestown, Massachusetts

James Munroe Stone (August 13, 1817 – December 19, 1880) was an American labor reform advocate and politician who served as a member, and from 1866 to 1867, the Speaker of, the Massachusetts House of Representatives.^{[1] [2]}

In the early 1840s Stone published the Worcester based weekly newspaper the State Sentinel,^[3] later the State Sentinel and Reformer.^{[1] [3]}

Stone was a major advocate of labor reform in Massachusetts, he worked for years to pass the Ten Hour work day legislation in Massachusetts.^[1]

See also

• 88th Massachusetts General Court (1867)

Notes and References

1. Book: Persons, Charles E. . 1911. Susan M. Kingsbury, Phd. . Studies in Economic Relations of Women, Volume II . 61 . Women's Educational and Industrial Union. Dept. of Research. Boston, Massachusetts.
2. Web site: Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1867.
3. Book: Wall, Caleb Arnold . 1877. Reminiscences of Worcester from the Earliest Period, Historical and Genealogical: With Notices of Early Settlers and Prominent Citizens, and Descriptions of Old Landmarks and Ancient Dwellings . 318–319. Caleb Arnold Wall. Worcester, Massachusetts.