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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Image Name[6] Date of birth[7] District Party
 
James Cochran Abbott 1825
 
Charles Adams 1810
 
Henry Francis Barker 1838
 
George Sumner Barton 1825
 
Joseph Sampson Beal 1814
 
Robert Roberts Bishop March 13, 1834
 
Amos Franklin Breed October 15, 1830
 
Frederic Perry Brown 1840
 
Alvah Augustus Burrage 1823
 
Horace John Canfield 1834
 
George Washington Cate 1834
 
Abraham Burbank Coffin 1831
 
John Bear Doane Cogswell June 6, 1829
 
Ezra Davol 1838
 
Marcellus Day 1833
 
Frederick David Ely September 24, 1838
 
Henry Clandins Ewing 1844
 
Michael Joseph Flatley 1823
 
Charles Lefevre Gardner 1839
 
Lewis Newton Gilbert 1836
 
Thomas Gogin 1824
 
James John Howard Gregory 1827
 
Benjamin Franklin Hayes
 
Henry Bozyol Hill 1823
 
William Allen Hodges 1834
 
Charles Jarvis Holmes 1834
 
Hosea Morrill Knowlton 1847
 
William Knowlton 1809
 
Ebenezer Bissell Lynde 1823
 
Charles Henry Merriam 1822
 
Albert Palmer January 17, 1831
 
Allan Rogers 1832
 
Joseph Samuel Ropes February 6, 1818
 
Charles Theodore Russell November 20, 1815
 
Amos Joseph Saunders 1826
 
Luther Henry Sherman 1838
 
Jackson Benjamin Swett 1815
 
Byron Truell 1834
 
James White 1828
 
Jonathan White 1819
 
Henry Winn 1837

Representatives

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image Name[6] Date of birth[7] District Party
 
Charles Phelps Aldrich 1832
 
Charles Hastings Allen 1828
 
James Howe Ames 1842
 
Israel Warren Andrews 1820
 
Job Kelly Anthony 1834
 
George Minott Baker 1826
 
John Israel Baker 1812
 
Alonzo Bancroft 1820
 
Charles Ellis Barnes 1840
 
Sidney Barnes 1831
 
George Varnum Barrett 1839
 
Elisha Parks Bartholomew 1847
 
James Edward Taylor Bartlett 1825
 
Theodore Dwight Beach 1821
 
Melvin Beal 1832
 
George C. Belcher August 26, 1844
 
Myron Wallace Bent 1849
 
Joseph Billings 1842
 
Francis William Bird 1809
 
William Blanchard 1821
 
William Bradford Bliss 1834
 
Matthew Bolles 1807
 
Henry Clay Bonney 1841
 
John Quincy Adams Brackett June 8, 1842
 
George Otis Brigham 1822
 
William Allen Brooks 1835
 
Luther Julius Brown 1827
 
Martin Wait Burnett 1815
 
Charles Webster Bush 1834
 
Charles Ruthven Byram 1844
 
William Henry Carberry February 22, 1851
 
Francis Carll 1825
 
Lewis Carroll 1845
 
Charles Allen Case 1846
 
Alvin B. Chamberlain December 16, 1842
 
Nahum Chapin 1820
 
Charles Henry Chase 1835
 
Leonard Clark 1821
 
Benjamin Clough 1819
 
Philander Cobb 1818
 
Hiram Boardman Coffin 1836
 
Samuel Coffin October 9, 1827
 
George Franklin Colburn 1830
 
Elisha S. Converse July 28, 1820
 
William Henry Cook January 7, 1843
 
Hiram Nathaniel Cooke 1834
 
John Cornell 1830
 
Israel Clark Cornish 1850
 
George Albert Cowdrey 1848
 
John W. Cummings August 25, 1855
 
Thomas Cunningham 1815
 
John Warren Curtice 1839
 
Jason Langdon Curtis 1824
 
Orson Ballou Curtis 1825
 
Levi Lincoln Cushing 1825
 
Anthony Charles Daly 1853
 
Charles Augustine Davis 1847
 
Robert Lewis Davis 1822
 
Cornelius Desmond 1838
 
Abiathar Doane 1820
 
Freeman Doane 1819
 
Daniel Doherty 1838
 
Jarvis Nelson Dunham 1828
 
Edward Rutledge Eager 1830
 
William Irving Ellis 1829
 
Levi Emery 1817
 
James Webster Emory 1826
 
Noble W. Everett February 20, 1827
 
John Barnard Fairbank 1839
 
Lucius Field August 15, 1840
 
Ralph Adams Field 1837
 
Isaiah Fish 1811
 
Charles Fisher 1829
 
John Thomas Flood 1845
 
Gardner French 1811
 
John Henry Galligan 1851
 
Nelson Gardner 1815
 
Francis Gargan 1847
 
Edwin Gilbert 1820
 
Freeman L. Gilman 1830
 
Jacob Taylor Glines 1817
 
Frank Palmer Goulding 1837
 
Thomas Robinson Greene 1806
 
Edwin Blaisdell Hale 1839
 
Noah Leonard Hardy 1828
 
John Williams Hart 1826
 
Edward Howard Haskell 1845
 
Thomas Jones Hastings January 24, 1835
 
Rawson Hathaway 1828
 
Thomas Bly Hathaway December 5, 1825
 
Nathan Mortimer Hawkes 1843
 
Alanson Knox Hawks 1828
 
George Frederic Hayden 1836
 
James Hildreth 1839
 
Clement Hugh Hill 1836
 
Hamilton Andrews Hill 1827
 
John Henry Hooper 1833
 
Asa Frederic Howe 1845
 
Simon Herbert Howe 1835
 
William Howe 1814
 
Thomas Prince Howes 1817
 
John Humphrey 1826
 
Eben Hutchinson 1841
 
Henry Dwight Hyde 1838
 
Charles Halstead Ingalls 1840
 
John Jackson 1822
 
Charles Volbert Jaeger 1846
 
Edward John Jenkins 1854
 
Andrew Jackson Jennings 1849
 
Henry Augustus Johnson 1818
 
Augustine Jones 1835
 
Joseph James Kelley 1842
 
Jarvis Plato Kelly 1833
 
Patrick Keyes 1830
 
Ensign Kimball 1818
 
William Sterling King 1818
 
Marcus Perrin Knowlton February 3, 1839
 
Frank Daniel Leary 1854
 
Edwin Forrest Leighton 1839
 
James Foster Leonard 1837
 
John Arnold Lewis 1833
 
George Caleb Lincoln 1821
 
James Lovering Locke 1832
 
Andrew Lovell 1813
 
Benjamin Starks Lovell 1845
 
John Dana Lovell 1818
 
George W. Lowther[8] 1822
 
Pardon Macomber February 9, 1833
 
William Penn Macomber 1832
 
John Mahon 1832
 
James Thomas Mahony 1843
 
William Manning 1823
 
Frederic A. Marden 1843
 
John Marlor 1845
 
Edwin Wilson Marsh 1821
 
George Sampson Marshall 1833
 
Samuel Stukey McGibbons 1826
 
Patrick Michael McGlynn 1853
 
Ebenezer Martin McPherson 1836
 
James Henry Mellen 1845
 
Artemas Merriam
 
Amos Washington Merritt 1833
 
Phillips Moore 1835
 
Albert Moors 1828
 
Elbridge Gerry Morton 1841
 
Frederick Pierce Moseley 1826
 
Patrick Francis Murphy 1860
 
John Franklin Newton 1829
 
Richard Elliott Nickerson 1830
 
Joseph Gilbert Noble 1837
 
Eugene L. Norton March 26, 1825
 
Charles Johnson Noyes 1841
 
Chauncey Orman Noyes 1840
 
James H. Nugent 1831
 
Joseph Henry O'Neil March 23, 1853
 
William Clift Oakman 1809
 
Charles Stuart Osgood 1839
 
John Lord Otis 1827
 
Henry Brett Packard 1823
 
Henry Paddack April 2, 1838
 
Calvin Paige May 20, 1848
 
Lucius R. Paige 1802
 
Joseph Sumner Parmenter 1827
 
David Allen Partridge 1833
 
William Gaylord Peck 1841
 
James Phillip Peirce 1835
 
Josiah Perry 1832
 
Benjamin Ashton Phillips 1838
 
James Davis Pike 1829
 
Albert Enoch Pillsbury August 19, 1849
 
Timothy Dimmick Potter 1840
 
Henry Webster Powers 1837
 
Charles Jones Prescott 1838
 
George Price 1806
 
Henry Wheatland Putnam 1843
 
William Pynchon 1820
 
Oliver James Rand 1820
 
David Randall 1818
 
Charles Everett Ranlett 1816
 
William Arthur Read 1849
 
William Reed October 3, 1820
 
William Reed Jr. December 2, 1842
 
George Willard Rice 1836
 
James Henry Richards 1839
 
Jesper Richardson 1821
 
John Wesley Ricker 1824
 
Michael Rinn 1847
 
William Robinson 1835
 
Solomon Nash Russell 1822
 
Baalis Sanford 1833
 
Edmund Pillsbury Sargent 1823
 
Lucius Manlius Sargent 1836
 
John Bernard Shea 1851
 
Henry Shortle 1834
 
Matthew Smith 1814
 
William Augustus Somerset Smyth 1824
 
Rufus Albertson Soule 1839
 
Pliny Fisk Spaulding 1821
 
Timothy Gridley Spaulding 1851
 
Leander Sprague 1824
 
Stephen Abbott Stackpole 1819
 
Henry Salmon Stiles 1818
 
Eben Francis Stone August 3, 1822
 
William James Stuart 1828
 
Ezekiel Reed Studley 1831
 
Van Rensselaer Swift 1813
 
Zadok Arnold Taft 1817
 
Edward Isaiah Thomas 1833
 
Leonard Thompson 1817
 
Charles Frederick Thurston 1844
 
John Wilson Tilton 1844
 
Payson Elliott Tucker 1834
 
Thomas J. Tucker
 
John Turner 1827
 
Horace Underwood 1828
 
Levi Clifford Wade 1843
 
Alexander Wadsworth 1806
 
Abijah Tyler Wales 1833
 
James Lawrence Walsh 1843
 
Solon Walton 1830
 
Alonzo Warren 1827
 
John Davis Washburn 1833
 
Abel Webster 1818
 
Edwin R. Webster 1831
 
Samuel Hidden Wentworth
 
Daniel Nathaniel White 1830
 
Newton White 1813
 
Joseph Whitehead 1823
 
Sydney Franklin Whitehouse 1822
 
Charles Stimson Whitmore 1815
 
William Howe Wiggin 1823
 
Henry Munson Wilcox 1843
 
Henry Hills Wilder 1824
 
Sydney Wilder 1813
 
George Andrew Wilson 1825
 
John Winn July 3, 1828
 
Joseph Wiswell 1816
 
Charles Henry Wonson 1843
 
Solon Wood 1834
 
John Henry Wright 1843
 
Oliver Brown Wyman 1826

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