1880 Massachusetts legislature

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.[4]

101st
Massachusetts General Court
100th 102nd
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 4, 1879
Senate
Members40
PresidentRobert R. Bishop
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerCharles J. Noyes
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 7, 1880 (1880-01-07) – April 24, 1880 (1880-04-24) [3]
Robert R. Bishop
Robert Bishop, Senate president.
Charles J. Noyes
Charles Noyes, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1880.

Senators

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Image Name [5] Date of birth [6] District Party
 
William Abbott 1834 2nd Worcester
Samuel N. Aldrich February 3, 1839 4th Middlesex
 
Oliver Ames February 4, 1831 1st Bristol
 
Stephen Francis Blaney 1844 2nd Essex
Charles J. Brooks July 6, 1844 8th Suffolk
 
Elisha S. Converse July 28, 1820 1st Middlesex
Charles T. Crocker March 2, 1833 5th Worcester
 
George Glover Crocker December 15, 1843 4th Suffolk
Warren Currier July 20, 1830 4th Essex
 
James William Dwyer 1845 North Berkshire
Anson D. Fessenden February 18, 1839 5th Middlesex
Ebenezer T. Fogg October 30, 1826 1st Plymouth
 
Jonas Harrod French November 4, 1829 3rd Essex
 
Henry William Fuller June 30, 1839 7th Suffolk
 
Emerson Gaylord September 2, 1817 2nd Hampden
Harmon Hall July 18, 1818 1st Essex
Alpheus Harding January 12, 1818 4th Worcester
 
Eben Hutchinson 1841 1st Suffolk
 
Marcus Perrin Knowlton February 3, 1839 1st Hampden
Charles S. Lilley December 13, 1851 7th Middlesex
 
Asa Porter Morse 1818 3rd Middlesex
Stephen Osgood November 16, 1826 5th Essex
 
John Lord Otis 1827 Hampshire
 
James Paine Ray 1820 2nd Norfolk
Henry C. Rice August 22, 1827 1st Worcester
George B. Richmond November 9, 1821 3rd Bristol
 
Joseph Hubbard Root 1823 Franklin
Daniel Russell July 16, 1824 6th Middlesex
 
Elizur Smith January 5, 1812 South Berkshire
 
Samuel Snow 1828 Cape
James W. Stockwell December 6, 1837 3rd Worcester
Andrew C. Stone May 16, 1839 6th Essex
 
William Taylor 1831 3rd Suffolk
 
Nathaniel Wales November 25, 1819 1st Norfolk
 
Alonzo Warren 1827 5th Suffolk
Thomas Webb October 24, 1819 2nd Bristol
Starkes Whiton April 11, 1829 2nd Plymouth
Calvin M. Winch November 26, 1832 6th Suffolk

Representatives

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image Name [5] Date of birth [6] District Party
 
John Ware Adams 1836
 
Charles Hastings Allen 1828
 
John Forrester Andrew 1850
 
Newell Sylvanus Atwood 1834
 
George Norval Bacon 1835
 
George Warren Bail 1832
 
Stephen Powers Bailey 1818
 
John Israel Baker 1812
 
Samuel Dwight Bardwell 1819
 
Samuel Augustus Bartholomew 1824
 
Philander Bates 1842
 
Ebenezer Beckford 1833
 
Lucius Beebe 1810
 
James William Bennett 1833
 
George Albert Berry 1837
 
John Frank Berry 1840
 
Abraham Orlando Bigelow 1812
 
Francis Bigelow 1840
 
John Winthrop Bigelow 1832
 
Lewis Bigelow 1808
 
William Blanchard 1821
 
George Henry Bond 1840
 
Samuel Wells Bowerman 1830
 
Benjamin Franklin Boyden 1846
 
John Quincy Adams Brackett June 8, 1842
 
Martin Luther Bradford 1821
 
Henry Harding Brigham 1814
 
George Bruce Brown 1830
 
William Austin Brown 1820
 
William Blanchard Brown 1821
 
William Wilson Brown 1848
 
James McKellar Bugbee 1837
 
Sidney Augustus Bull 1847
 
John Coburn Burley 1837
 
George Lathe Burt 1829
 
Joseph Burt 1821
 
John Haskell Butler 1841
 
Dexter Butterfield March 15, 1842
 
Hobart M. Cable
 
Peter Cannon 1825
 
Nathan Dexter Canterbury 1837
 
William Henry Carberry February 22, 1851
 
James Albert Carruth 1839
 
Lewis L. Carter 1822
 
Joseph Henry Churchill 1820
 
Frank Allen Clapp 1849
 
John Milton Cochran 1849
 
Amos Coffin
 
Lewis Coleman 1817
 
Elias Pike Collins 1829
 
Louis Atwood Cook 1847
 
John Cornell 1830
 
Isaac Newton Crosby 1824
 
Jeremiah John Crowley 1850
 
Eli Culley 1840
 
Edwin James Cushing 1842
 
Henry Putney Danforth 1845
 
Keyes Danforth 1822
 
James Franklin Davenport 1832
 
Person Davis 1819
 
Joshua Dean 1830
 
John Henry Dee May 13, 1842
 
John Delaney 1815
 
John Francis Dever 1858
 
Clinton Henry Dodge 1835
 
James Joseph Doherty 1848
 
Daniel Francis Dolan 1847
 
Elbridge Curtis Donnell 1839
 
James Thompson Drew 1813
 
George Wells Eddy 1837
 
George Dyer Eldridge 1848
 
James Madison Evans 1837
 
Walter Hamlet Faunce 1832
 
Charles Henry Ferson 1819
 
George Batchelder Fiske 1834
 
Stephen Flanders 1835
 
George Louis Flint 1852
 
William Abraham Foss 1838
 
Jesse Harding Freeman 1826
 
Edwin Gage 1830
 
William Howard Gale 1831
 
John Henry Galligan 1851
 
Francis Gardner 1828
 
Charles Frederick Gerry 1823
 
James Ellis Gifford 1832
 
Rufus Babcock Gifford 1827
 
George Dodge Glover 1823
 
Robert Goulding 1825
 
Bryan Harding 1842
 
Calvin Lyon Hartshorn 1832
 
Thomas Jones Hastings January 24, 1835
 
Thomas Bly Hathaway December 5, 1825
 
Edward Daniel Hayden 1833
 
Thomas Wentworth Higginson December 22, 1823
 
Hamilton Andrews Hill 1827
 
Henry Hobbs 1827
 
Joseph Field Holbrook 1841
 
Horace Marshall Holmes 1830
 
Edwin Jackson Horton 1837
 
Nathaniel Augustus Horton 1830
 
Russell Spaulding Horton 1825
 
Charles Henry Howland 1826
 
Andrew Jackson Huntress 1826
 
Daniel Bowman Ingalls 1829
 
William Hutchins Ingraham 1817
 
Martin Van Buren Jefferson 1833
 
James Leonard Jenney 1833
 
George William Johnson 1827
 
Joseph Prosper Johnson 1813
 
Edward Dorr Griffin Jones 1824
 
Thomas Brooks Jones 1839
 
Benjamin Adams Jourdan July 20, 1832
 
John Joyce 1837
 
Albert Keith 1823
 
Simon Kelley 1846
 
Lorrin Porter Keyes 1838
 
James Langford 1847
 
Daniel Warren Lawrence 1830
 
James Madison Lawton 1813
 
Marcus Leonard 1846
 
Arthur Lincoln 1842
 
Clark Lincoln 1821
 
George Brigham Livermore 1836
 
Henry Cabot Lodge 1850
 
Dwight B. Look 1820
 
Daniel Bolles Lord 1821
 
Marcus Morton Loud 1839
 
Pardon Macomber February 9, 1833
 
James Pollock Magee
 
Patrick Francis Mahoney 1847
 
James Thomas Mahony 1843
 
Thomas Main 1807
 
George Sampson Marshall 1833
 
Hugh Maxwell 1836
 
James William McDonald May 15, 1857
 
Patrick Francis McGaragle 1845
 
James Aloysius McGeough 1853
 
Patrick Michael McGlynn 1853
 
John McSorley 1832
 
Andrew Nelson Medbery 1827
 
Christopher Columbus Merritt September 29, 1830
 
Edwin Dickinson Metcalf March 14, 1848
 
Eben Colbraith Milliken 1843
 
Alfred Cushing Monroe 1841
 
Eugene Michael Moriarty April 15, 1849
 
Daniel Tilton Morrison 1820
 
Robert McNeil Morse 1837
 
John Dennis Mulchinock 1855
 
Jeremiah Henry Mullane August 15, 1852
 
Norman Carmi Munson 1820
 
J. Allston Newhall 1847
 
Leander Warren Newton 1838
 
Joseph John Nichols 1850
 
Erastus Nickerson 1821
 
Charles Johnson Noyes August 7, 1841
 
Increase Eldredge Noyes 1834
 
James H. Nugent 1831
 
John O'Donnell 1853
 
Joseph Henry O'Neil March 23, 1853
 
Henry Paddack April 2, 1838
 
George Winter Park 1834
 
Charles Oscar Parmenter 1833
 
John Wesley Peabody 1837
 
Edward Pease 1838
 
Walter Barber Peck 1838
 
William Gaylord Peck 1841
 
Henry Moses Phillips 1845
 
John James Pickman January 9, 1850
 
Francis Plunkett 1840
 
Edward Payson Poor 1829
 
Edwin Bartlett Pratt 1832
 
Lyman Knight Putney 1833
 
James Lawrence Quigley 1848
 
John Dennis Reed 1827
 
George Willard Rice 1836
 
Joseph Marcus Rice 1827
 
Stephen Rich 1834
 
Richard Roach 1833
 
Charles Robinson 1829
 
Horace Tyler Rockwell 1838
 
Thomas Pitkin Root 1824
 
Isaac Rosnosky November 6, 1846
 
George Thomas Sampson 1819
 
William Sanders 1843
 
William Henry Sargent 1836
 
Augustus Elwin Scott 1838
 
Charles Edwin Seagrave 1825
 
Dwight Loomis Shaw 1822
 
James Shead 1818
 
Seth Carroll Shepard 1815
 
John Henry Sherburne 1845
 
Jonathan Edward Shipman 1832
 
Henry Almy Slocum 1825
 
William Smeath 1834
 
Charles Whipple Smith 1846
 
Hinsdale Smith 1819
 
Zenas Elmer Smith 1821
 
Arthur John Clark Sowdon 1835
 
James Harvey Sparrow 1825
 
Robert Lyman Spear 1839
 
George Morrison Starbird 1833
 
Eben Francis Stone August 3, 1822
 
Augustus Whittemore Stover 1834
 
Charles Francis Swift 1825
 
Joseph Russell Taber 1821
 
Robert Tarr 1832
 
Levi Taylor 1824
 
Michael John Teahan 1840
 
John Randolph Thayer 1845
 
Samuel Proctor Thayer 1853
 
Silas Foster Thayer 1822
 
Edward Isaiah Thomas 1833
 
William Tinker 1823
 
William Ripley Tompkins 1826
 
William Eaton Topliff 1826
 
William Henry Tozer 1835
 
Edward Trask 1843
 
Arthur Webster Tufts 1828
 
Joseph Augustine Tufts 1835
 
Samuel Burns Valpey 1829
 
Merritt Van Deusen 1820
 
Leavitt R.J. Varnum 1847
 
Chester Kingsley Waite 1825
 
Jonathan Wales 1849
 
Joseph Henry Walker 1829
 
William James Wallace 1833
 
Horace Everett Ware 1845
 
John Flavel Warner
 
Lewis Henry Warner 1845
 
Nathan Warren 1838
 
William Cullen Warren 1822
 
Alonzo Carter Webber 1827
 
Edwin R. Webster 1831
 
John Gerrish Webster 1811
 
Henry Jackson Wells 1823
 
Charles Augustus Wentworth 1830
 
Howard Alphonso Wheeler 1848
 
Joseph Dudley Wilde 1829
 
Hiram Williams 1824
 
Henry Franklin Wing 1825

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. ^ a b Court, Massachusetts General (1880). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40658.
  6. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1880" (PDF), Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts

Further reading

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  • "Massachusetts". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1880. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1883. (includes description of legislature)
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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1880, hdl:2452/619069
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1880, hdl:2452/89616