1879 Massachusetts legislature

The 100th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1879 during the governorship of Thomas Talbot. John B. D. Cogswell served as president of the Senate and Levi C. Wade served as speaker of the House.[4]

100th
Massachusetts General Court
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Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 5, 1878
Senate
Members40
PresidentJohn B. D. Cogswell
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerLevi C. Wade
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 1, 1879 (1879-01-01) – April 30, 1879 (1879-04-30) [3]
John Cogswell, Senate president.
Levi Wade, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1879.

Members earned a salary of $500 per year.[5]

Notable legislation included the "Act to Give Women the Right to Vote for Members of School Committees."[6]

Senators
  • Samuel N. Aldrich [7]
  • E. Dana Bancroft
  • Joseph S. Beal
  • Robert R. Bishop
  • Stephen M. Blaney
  • Alvah A. Burrage
  • George W. Cate
  • John B. D. Cogswell
  • Ezra Davol
  • Dallas J. Dean
  • Justin Dewey
  • Frederick D. Ely
  • Jacob Emerson
  • Jonas H. French
  • Charles L. Gardner
  • Alpheus Harding
  • Nathan M. Hawkes
  • Benjamin F. Hayes
  • Eben Hutchinson
  • Francis Jewett
  • H. M. Knowlton
  • William Knowlton
  • John B. Martin
  • Charles H. Merriara
  • Asa P. Morse
  • Eugene L. Norton
  • Weaver Osborn
  • Stephen Osgood
  • John L. Otis
  • Albert Palmer
  • Henry C. Rice
  • Joseph S. Ropes
  • Daniel Russell
  • James W. Stockwell
  • William Taylor
  • Nathaniel Wales
  • James White
  • Jonathan White
  • Henry Winn
  • A. C. Woodworth

Representatives

See also

References
  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. John F. Parker (1985), "Legislative Compensation (a 350 Year-Old Issue)", Legislative Life, Its Realities, Facts, Wit & Humor, New Legislators' Orientation, State House, Boston
  6. Kaitlin Connolly (September 24, 2012), "Women's Suffrage Movement in Massachusetts", State Library of Massachusetts blog
  7. Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1879. hdl:2452/40657.
  8. Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905

Further reading
  • "Massachusetts". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1879. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1886 – via HathiTrust. (includes description of legislature)
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