1877 Massachusetts legislature

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Massachusetts General Court

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| election = November 7, 1876

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| chamber1 = Senate

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| membership1 = 40

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| chamber1_leader1_type = President

| chamber1_leader1 = John B. D. Cogswell

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| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker

| chamber2_leader1 = John Davis Long

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| footer = Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1877.

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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.{{cite book |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/340/mode/2up |year= 2009 |location=Boston |publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts |title= Manual for the Use of the General Court |chapter=Organization of the Legislature Since 1780 |page=340+ }}

Senators

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! data-sort-type=date | Date of birth {{citation |work=Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |title= Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1877 |url= https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/795846/1877-Senate-01-Appendix%20.pdf |via=State Library of Massachusetts }}

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File:1878 Charles Adams b1810 senator Massachusetts.jpg

| Charles Adams Jr.

| 1810

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File:1875 Stephen Merrill Allen Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Stephen Merrill Allen

| 1819

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File:1878 George Sumner Barton senator Massachusetts.jpg

| George Sumner Barton

| 1825

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File:1875 Selwyn Zadock Bowman Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Selwyn Zadock Bowman

| May 11, 1840

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File:1876 Amos Franklin Breed Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Amos Franklin Breed

| October 15, 1830

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| Elisha Brimhall

| March 25, 1825

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| Haydn Brown

| February 16, 1819

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File:1878 Abraham Burbank Coffin senator Massachusetts.jpg

| Abraham Burbank Coffin

| 1831

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File:John Bear Doane Cogswell.png

| John Bear Doane Cogswell

| June 6, 1829

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File:1868 Samuel Dexter Crane senator Massachusetts.png

| Samuel Dexter Crane

| 1816

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| George Parkman Denny

| 1826

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File:1878 Henry Clandins Ewing senator Massachusetts.jpg

| Henry Clandins Ewing

| 1844

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File:1874 Joseph Emery Fiske Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Joseph Emery Fiske

| 1839

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File:1874 Thomas Francis Fitzgerald Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Thomas Francis Fitzgerald

| 1848

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File:1878 Michael Joseph Flatley senator Massachusetts.jpg

| Michael Joseph Flatley

| 1823

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| Harrison Garfield

| June 27, 1810

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File:1878 Lewis Newton Gilbert senator Massachusetts.jpg

| Lewis Newton Gilbert

| 1836

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File:1874 Samuel Slocum Ginnodo Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Samuel Slocum Ginnodo

| 1816

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File:1878 James John Howard Gregory senator Massachusetts.jpg

| James John Howard Gregory

| 1827

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| Tilly Haynes

| February 13, 1828

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File:1876 Henry Bozyol Hill Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Henry Bozyol Hill

| 1823

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File:1878 Charles Jarvis Holmes senator Massachusetts.jpg

| Charles Jarvis Holmes

| 1834

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| Charles Howes

| October 26, 1826

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| Francis Jewett

| September 19, 1820

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File:1876 Ensign Hosmer Kellogg Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Ensign Hosmer Kellogg

| July 6, 1812

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File:1878 Ebenezer Bissell Lynde senator Massachusetts.jpg

| Ebenezer Bissell Lynde

| 1823

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| Aaron C. Mayhew

| 1812

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File:1874 John Farwell Moors Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| John Farwell Moors

| December 10, 1819

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| Joshua Morse

| February 24, 1822

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File:1868 Caleb Rand Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Caleb Rand

| 1817

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File:1878 Charles Theodore Russell senator Massachusetts.jpg

| Charles Theodore Russell

| November 20, 1815

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File:1876 Amos Joseph Saunders Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Amos Joseph Saunders

| 1826

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File:1878 Luther Henry Sherman senator Massachusetts.jpg

| Luther Henry Sherman

| 1838

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| John Sherburne Sleeper

| September 25, 1794

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File:1876 Frederick Mason Stone Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Frederick Mason Stone

| 1825

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File:1876 Jackson Benjamin Swett Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Jackson Benjamin Swett

| 1815

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File:1876 Byron Truell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Byron Truell

| 1834

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| Francis M. Weld

| 1815

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File:1876 John Dwelle Whicher Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| John Dwelle Whicher

| 1825

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File:1878 Jonathan White senator Massachusetts.jpg

| Jonathan White

| 1819

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Representatives

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File:1877 Alfred Mark Adams Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Alfred Mark Adams

| 1835

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File:1877 Granville Stevens Allen Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Granville Stevens Allen

| 1825

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File:1876 Stillman Boyd Allen Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Stillman Boyd Allen

| September 8, 1830

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File:1878 Job Kelly Anthony Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Job Kelly Anthony

| 1834

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File:Samuel Atherton %281815-1895%29.jpg

| Samuel Atherton

| January 26, 1815

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File:1876 Edwin Ayer Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Edwin Ayer

| 1827

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File:1876 John James Babson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| John James Babson

| 1809

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File:1877 Thomas McCrate Babson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Thomas McCrate Babson

| 1847

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File:1877 Orlando Sargent Baley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Orlando Sargent Baley

| 1818

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File:1878 Alonzo Bancroft Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Alonzo Bancroft

| 1820

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File:1878 Henry Francis Barker senator Massachusetts.jpg

| Henry Francis Barker

| 1838

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File:1878 Charles Ellis Barnes Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Charles Ellis Barnes

| 1840

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File:1876 James Edward Taylor Bartlett Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| James Edward Taylor Bartlett

| 1825

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File:1877 Perley Bartlett Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Perley Bartlett

| 1807

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File:1877 Henry Allen Barton Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Henry Allen Barton

| 1821

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File:1876 Benjamin Samuel Batchelor Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Benjamin Samuel Batchelor

| 1829

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File:1877 Daniel Johnson Bates Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Daniel Johnson Bates

| 1830

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File:1877 Crocker Hinckley Bearse Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Crocker Hinckley Bearse

| 1810

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File:1877 Charles David Bickford Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Charles David Bickford

| 1821

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File:1880 Abraham Orlando Bigelow Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Abraham Orlando Bigelow

| 1812

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File:1878 Francis William Bird Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Francis William Bird

| 1809

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File:1876 Warren Augustus Bird Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Warren Augustus Bird

| 1837

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File:1877 Stephen Henry Bodurtha Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Stephen Henry Bodurtha

| 1812

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File:1876 Francis Charles Bowen Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Francis Charles Bowen

| 1834

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File:JohnQABrackett.jpg

| John Quincy Adams Brackett

| June 8, 1842

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File:1877 George Bradford Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| George Bradford

| 1819

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File:1877 Warren Sylvester Bragg Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Warren Sylvester Bragg

| 1837

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File:1877 Pharcellus Bridges Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Pharcellus Dean Bridges

| December 21, 1846

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File:1877 John Henry Brown Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| John Henry Brown

| 1844

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File:1877 William Henry Harrison Bryant Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| William Henry Harrison Bryant

| 1826

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File:1876 Joseph Buckminster Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Joseph Buckminster

| 1821

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File:1878 Horace John Canfield senator Massachusetts.jpg

| Horace John Canfield

| 1834

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File:1878 Francis Carll Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Francis Carll

| 1825

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File:1878 Nahum Chapin Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Nahum Chapin

| 1820

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File:1878 Charles Henry Chase Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Charles Henry Chase

| 1835

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File:1876 Lafayette Clapp Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Lafayette Clapp

| 1824

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File:1878 Leonard Clark Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Leonard Clark

| 1821

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File:1877 Wilder P. Clark Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Wilder Philander Clark

| October 12, 1832

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File:1877 John Doggett Cobb Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| John Doggett Cobb

| 1840

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File:1877 Aaron Cogswell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Aaron Cogswell

| 1807

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File:1877 John Draper Cogswell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| John Draper Cogswell

| 1820

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File:1877 John Leonard Cole Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| John Leonard Cole

| 1839

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File:1877 George Nelson Cone Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| George Nelson Cone

| 1836

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File:1876 John Hawkins Cook Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| John Hawkins Cook

| 1841

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File:1878_William Henry Cook_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png

| William Henry Cook

| January 7, 1843

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File:1878 Israel Clark Cornish Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Israel Clark Cornish

| 1850

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File:1877 Samuel Emmons Crocker Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Samuel Emmons Crocker

| 1834

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File:1877 Edward Johnson Crossman Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Edward Johnson Crossman

| 1824

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File:1878 Thomas Cunningham Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Thomas Cunningham

| 1815

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File:1877_Daniel Jasper Curley_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png

| Daniel Jasper Curley

| April 2, 1841

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File:1876 George Fisher Daniels Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| George Fisher Daniels

| 1820

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File:1877 Charles Warren Davis Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Charles Warren Davis

| 1826

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File:1877 George Asa Dean Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| George Asa Dean

| 1835

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File:1877 Obed Delano Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Obed Delano

| 1814

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File:1878 Cornelius Desmond Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Cornelius Desmond

| 1838

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File:1877 Justin Dewey Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Justin Dewey

| 1836

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File:1878 Abiathar Doane Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Abiathar Doane

| 1820

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File:1878 Daniel Doherty Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Daniel Doherty

| 1838

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File:1877 William Capar Donald Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| William Capar Donald

| 1816

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File:1877 Francis Mattby Draper Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Francis Mattby Draper

| 1834

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File:1874 Jarvis Nelson Dunham Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Jarvis Nelson Dunham

| 1828

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File:1877_Curtis Eddy_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png

| Curtis Eddy

| May 18, 1838

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File:1877 Francis Sylvester Egleston Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Francis Sylvester Egleston

| 1821

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File:1877 Theodore Waterbury Ellis Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Theodore Waterbury Ellis

| 1823

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File:1877 William Fuller Ellis Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| William Fuller Ellis

| 1820

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File:1878 William Irving Ellis Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| William Irving Ellis

| 1829

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File:1878 Levi Emery Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Levi Emery

| 1817

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File:1878 John Barnard Fairbank Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| John Barnard Fairbank

| 1839

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File:1877 Jackson Benjamin Farnum Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Jackson Benjamin Farnum

| 1828

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File:1877 George Augustus Flagg Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| George Augustus Flagg

| 1845

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File:1877 James W Fox Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| James W. Fox

| 1849

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File:1868 Andrew Jackson Freeman Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Andrew Jackson Freeman

| 1819

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File:1876 Henry William Fuller Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Henry William Fuller

| June 30, 1839

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File:1880 Charles Frederick Gerry Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Charles Frederick Gerry

| 1823

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File:1876 Onslow Gilmore Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Onslow Gilmore

| 1832

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File:1877 William Segar Gleason Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| William Segar Gleason

| 1809

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File:1877 Martin Thomas Glynn Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Martin Thomas Glynn

| 1848

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File:1878 Frank Palmer Goulding Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Frank Palmer Goulding

| 1837

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File:1877 James Benton Graham Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| James Benton Graham

| 1835

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File:1877 Franklin Gray Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Franklin Gray

| 1824

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File:1877 Frank Shunk Gross Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Frank Shunk Gross

| 1836

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File:1876 Charles Hale Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Charles Hale

| June 7, 1831

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File:1876 Andrew Hall Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Andrew Hall

| 1833

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File:1877 Charles Hallett Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Charles Hallett

| 1825

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File:1877 Patrick Henry Hallinan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Patrick Henry Hallinan

| 1852

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File:1876 Leander Moody Hannum Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Leander Moody Hannum

| 1837

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File:1877 Henry Martin Hartshorn Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Henry Martin Hartshorn

| 1828

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File:1880 Thomas Jones Hastings Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Thomas Jones Hastings

| January 24, 1835

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File:1876 Frederick Hathaway Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Frederick Hathaway

| 1810

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File:1876 Nathan Mortimer Hawkes Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Nathan Mortimer Hawkes

| 1843

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File:1878 George Frederic Hayden Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| George Frederic Hayden

| 1836

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File:1877 Milton Lewis Perry Heustis Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Milton Lewis Perry Heustis

| 1825

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File:1876 Samuel Richardson Heywood Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Samuel Richardson Heywood

| 1821

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File:1878 Clement Hugh Hill Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Clement Hugh Hill

| 1836

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File:1877 John Hillis Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| John Hillis

| 1847

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File:1876 Richard Holley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Richard Holley

| January 30, 1829

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File:1877 William Carey Howard Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| William Carey Howard

| 1841

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File:1876 Caleb Burroughs Huse Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Caleb Burroughs Huse

| September 13, 1833

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File:1878 Charles Halstead Ingalls Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Charles Halstead Ingalls

| 1840

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File:1888 Edward John Jenkins senator Massachusetts.png

| Edward John Jenkins

| 1854

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File:1880 George William Johnson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| George William Johnson

| 1827

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File:1872 Peter Rogers Johnson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Peter Rogers Johnson

| 1824

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File:1878 Joseph James Kelley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Joseph James Kelley

| 1842

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File:1878 Patrick Keyes Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Patrick Keyes

| 1830

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File:1876 Ensign Kimball Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Ensign Kimball

| 1818

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File:1877 William Bird Kimball Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| William Bird Kimball

| 1833

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File:1877 William Hales Kinsman Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| William Hales Kinsman

| 1821

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File:1876 Hosea Morrill Knowlton Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Hosea Morrill Knowlton

| 1847

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File:1877 Asa Stillman Lawrence Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Asa Stillman Lawrence

| 1820

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File:1877 Alfred Laws Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Alfred Laws

| 1831

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File:1876 Henry Lee Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Henry Lee

| 1817

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File:1877 Chauncey Wheeler Lessey Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Chauncey Wheeler Lessey

| 1829

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File:1877 Thomas Lonergan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Thomas Lonergan

| 1827

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File:JDLong.jpg

| John Davis Long

| October 27, 1838

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File:1878 Benjamin Starks Lovell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Benjamin Starks Lovell

| 1845

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File:1878 John Dana Lovell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| John Dana Lovell

| 1818

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File:1877 Francis Low Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Francis Low

| 1824

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File:1877 Lewis Gold Lowe Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Lewis Gold Lowe

| 1828

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File:1877 Hale Sisson Luther Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Hale Sisson Luther

| 1830

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File:1876 James Mackintosh Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| James Mackintosh

| 1838

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File:1880 Pardon Macomber Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Pardon Macomber

| February 9, 1833

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File:1877 Hugh Ambrose Madden Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Hugh Ambrose Madden

| 1839

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File:1880 James Thomas Mahony Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| James Thomas Mahony

| 1843

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File:1876 Seth Mann Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Seth Mann

| 1817

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File:1877 William Marchant Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| William Marchant

| 1817

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File:1877 Isaac Burgess Martin Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Isaac Burgess Martin

| 1825

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File:1877 Matthew James McCafferty Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Matthew James McCafferty

| 1829

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File:1877 George Brackett Melcher Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| George Brackett Melcher

| 1836

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File:1877_James Henry Mellen_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png

| James Henry Mellen

| 1845

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File:1877 Francis Peabody Merriam Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Francis Peabody Merriam

| 1818

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File:1877 Frederick Warren Merrill Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Frederick Warren Merrill

| 1842

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File:1877 Simeon Merritt Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Simeon Merritt

| 1823

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File:1877 Alfred Miller Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Alfred Miller

| 1815

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File:1877 William Haswell Montague Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| William Haswell Montague

| 1824

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File:1876 Thomas Mooney Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Thomas Mooney

| 1840

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File:1877 Aaron Rathburn Morse Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Aaron Rathburn Morse

| 1839

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File:1877 Enoch Robinson Morse Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Enoch Robinson Morse

| 1822

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File:1877 James Thomas Murphy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| James Thomas Murphy

| 1842

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File:1877 Erastus Maltby Nash Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Erastus Maltby Nash

| 1826

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File:1877 Dexter Newton Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Dexter Newton

| 1823

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File:1877 James Hale Newton Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| James Hale Newton

| 1832

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File:1878 John Franklin Newton Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| John Franklin Newton

| 1829

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File:1877 Nathaniel Avery Newton Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Nathaniel Avery Newton

| 1814

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File:1880 Charles Johnson Noyes Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Charles Johnson Noyes

| August 7, 1841

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File:1877 Dennis OConnor Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Dennis O'Connor

| 1838

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File:1877 Cornelius OSullivan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Cornelius O'Sullivan

| 1825

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File:1876 Weaver Osborn Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Weaver Osborn

| 1815

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File:1876 Charles Stuart Osgood Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Charles Stuart Osgood

| 1839

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File:1877 Henry Bryant Osgood Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Henry Bryant Osgood

| 1818

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File:1877 Edwin Patch Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Edwin Patch

| 1820

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File:1877 Alonzo Penney Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Alonzo Penney

| September 23, 1835

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File:1877 Ephraim Augustus Perkins Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Ephraim Augustus Perkins

| 1839

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File:1877 Baxter Edwards Perry Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Baxter Edwards Perry

| April 26, 1826

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File:1877 John Charles Perry Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| John Charles Perry

| 1839

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File:1877 William Cowper Peters Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| William Cowper Peters

| 1827

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File:1877 Darius Pierce Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Darius Pierce

| 1836

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File:1877 Henry Pierce Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Henry Pierce

| 1826

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File:1876 Albert Enoch Pillsbury Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Albert Enoch Pillsbury

| August 19, 1849

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File:1877 Samuel Cloon Pitman Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Samuel Cloon Pitman

| 1811

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File:1876 Charles Greenwood Pope Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Charles Greenwood Pope

| 1840

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File:1878 Charles Jones Prescott Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Charles Jones Prescott

| 1838

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File:1877 Dennis George Quirk Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Dennis George Quirk

| 1836

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File:1878 Oliver James Rand Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Oliver James Rand

| 1820

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File:1878 David Randall Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| David Randall

| 1818

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| Charles Everett Ranlett

| 1816

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| James Paine Ray

| 1820

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| William Arthur Read

| 1849

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| George Randall Reed

| 1832

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| Rice Munn Reynolds

| 1838

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| Charles Baker Rice

| 1829

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| Charles Warren Richards

| 1824

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| James Henry Richards

| 1839

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| Samuel Roads

| 1825

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| William Robinson

| 1835

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| John Austin Rogers

| 1828

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| Cyrus King Russell

| 1815

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| John Crockett Sanborn

| 1832

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File:1877 George Webster Sanderson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| George Webster Sanderson

| 1830

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| Luther Haines Sargent

| 1842

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| Horace Mills Sessions

| 1828

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| Josephus Shaw

| 1832

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| Harrison Allen Sheldon

| 1830

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| Henry Shortle

| 1834

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| John Killbourne Clough Sleeper

| 1828

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| Solomon Sias Sleeper

| 1815

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| Dana Zenas Smith

| 1819

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| Iram Smith

| 1807

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| Peter Dove Smith

| 1842

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| Newell Snow

| 1816

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File:1876 Samuel Snow Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Samuel Snow

| 1828

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File:1877 Mark Henry Spaulding Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Mark Henry Spaulding

| 1827

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File:1877 Charles Stickney Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Charles Stickney

| 1829

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| Eben Francis Stone

| August 3, 1822

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| Ezekiel Reed Studley

| 1831

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| Charles B. Swain

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| Noah Swett

| 1826

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| Lewis Northey Tappan

| June 15, 1831

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| Oliver Taylor

| 1826

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| Edward Flint Thayer

| 1835

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| Francis Nicholas Thayer

| 1846

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| Edward Isaiah Thomas

| 1833

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| Leonard Thompson

| 1817

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| Charles Frederick Thurston

| 1844

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| John Wilson Tilton

| 1844

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| Dexter Alley Tompkins

| 1827

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| William Ripley Tompkins

| 1826

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| Merritt Torrey

| 1825

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| William G. Train

| 1825

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| John Turner

| 1827

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| Augustus Sherman Tuttle

| 1824

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| Levi Clifford Wade

| 1843

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| Edwin Walden

| November 25, 1818

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| Joseph Walker

| 1825

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| James Lawrence Walsh

| 1843

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| Alonzo Warren

| 1827

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| Emory Washburn

| February 14, 1800

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| John Davis Washburn

| 1833

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| William Watts

| 1835

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File:1877 Lewis Taylor Webster Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Lewis Taylor Webster

| 1832

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| Michael Francis Wells

| 1832

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| Samuel Hidden Wentworth

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| John Wilson Wheeler

| 1832

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| John Birtwistle Whitaker

| 1816

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File:1876 James White Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| James White

| 1828

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| Sydney Franklin Whitehouse

| 1822

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File:1878 Charles Stimson Whitmore Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Charles Stimson Whitmore

| 1815

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File:1877 William Gunn Whitmore Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| William Gunn Whitmore

| 1849

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File:1876 Edward Whitney Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Edward Whitney

| 1815

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File:1877 William Ward Wilde Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| William Ward Wilde

| 1821

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| Henry Hills Wilder

| 1824

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File:1878 George Andrew Wilson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| George Andrew Wilson

| 1825

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File:1876 George Colburn Wilson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| George Colburn Wilson

| 1809

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File:1876 Daniel Wing Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Daniel Wing

| 1841

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File:1878 Henry Winn senator Massachusetts.jpg

| Henry Winn

| 1837

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| Thomas Winship

| 1826

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File:1876 Isaac Winslow Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Isaac Winslow

| 1827

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File:1878 Joseph Wiswell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Joseph Wiswell

| 1816

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File:1877 Henry Pickett Woodbury Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| Henry Pickett Woodbury

| 1835

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| John Henry Wright

| 1843

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See also

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book |title=Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1877 |chapter= Massachusetts |chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/appletonsannualc18newyuoft/page/481/mode/1up |publisher=D. Appleton and Company |location=New York |year=1889 }} (includes description of legislature)
  • {{cite journal |title=Legislating Fear and the Public Health in Gilded Age Massachusetts |author=Philip M. Teigen |journal= Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences |volume= 62 |year=2007 |issue=2 |pages=141–170 |doi=10.1093/jhmas/jrl016 |jstor=24632331 |pmid=16980330 |doi-access=free }} (related to hydrophobia)