1877 Massachusetts legislature

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.[4]

98th
Massachusetts General Court
←97th 99th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 7, 1876
Senate
Members40
PresidentJohn B. D. Cogswell
Party controlRepublican[1]
House
Members240
SpeakerJohn Davis Long
Party controlRepublican[2]
Sessions
1stJanuary 3, 1877 (1877-01-03) – May 17, 1877 (1877-05-17) [3]
John Cogswell, Senate president.
John Long, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1877.

Senators
  • Charles Adams Jr. [5]
  • Stephen M. Allen
  • George S. Barton
  • Selwyn Z. Bowman
  • Amos F. Breed
  • Elisha Brimhall
  • Haydn Brown
  • Abraham B. Coffin
  • J. B. D. Cogswell
  • Samuel D. Crane
  • George P. Denny
  • Henry C. Ewing
  • Joseph E. Fiske
  • Thomas F. Fitz Gerald
  • M. J. Flatley
  • Harrison Garfield
  • Lewis N. Gilbert
  • Samuel S. Ginnodo
  • James J. H. Gregory
  • Tilly Haynes
  • Henry B. Hill
  • Charles J. Holmes
  • Charles Howes
  • Francis Jewett
  • Ensign H. Kellogg
  • Ebenezer B. Lynde
  • Aaron C. Mayhew
  • John F. Moors
  • Joshua Morse
  • Caleb Rand
  • Chas. Theo Russell
  • Amos J. Saunders
  • Luther H. Sherman
  • John S. Sleeper
  • F. M. Stone
  • Jackson B. Swett
  • Byron Truell
  • Francis M. Weld
  • John D. Whicher
  • Jonathan White

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. Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1877. hdl:2452/40655.

Further reading
  • "Massachusetts". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1877. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1889. (includes description of legislature)
  • Philip M. Teigen (2007). "Legislating Fear and the Public Health in Gilded Age Massachusetts". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 62. JSTOR 24632331. (related to hydrophobia)
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