87th Massachusetts General Court (1866)

The 87th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1866 during the governorship of Alexander H. Bullock. Joseph Adams Pond served as president of the Senate and James M. Stone served as speaker of the House.[3]

87th
Massachusetts General Court
←86th 88th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 7, 1865
Senate
Members40 [1]
PresidentJoseph Adams Pond
House
Members240 [1]
SpeakerJames M. Stone
Sessions
1stJanuary 3, 1866 (1866-01-03) – May 30, 1866 (1866-05-30) [2]

Notable legislation included the Factory Inspection Act which aimed to improve workplace safety.[4]

Senators
  • J. W. P. Abbott [1]
  • Charles Adams Jr.
  • Henry Alexander Jr.
  • George S. Ball
  • Edwin L. Barney
  • George O. Brastow
  • William Brigham
  • Paul A Chadbourne
  • F. W. Choate
  • Alvah Crocker
  • Ebenezer Davis
  • James Easton II
  • Charles Endicott
  • George Foster
  • George F. Gavitt
  • Daniel B. Gillett
  • John Hill
  • James Howard
  • Yorick G. Hurd
  • Jacob Ide Jr.
  • Thomas Kneil
  • Alden Leland
  • Elishia Monk
  • Robert M. Morse Jr.
  • E. R. Mudge
  • Reuben Nickerson
  • Benjamin C. Perkins
  • Joseph A. Pond
  • Lucius W. Pond
  • William L. Reed
  • Everett Robinson
  • Eneas Smyth
  • Moses D. Southwick
  • S. B. Stebbins
  • Hiram A. Stevens
  • Levi Stockbridge
  • Edward S. Tobey
  • Joseph Tucker
  • Tappan Wentworth
  • William F. Wilder

Representatives

See also

References
  1. Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1866. hdl:2452/40644.
  2. "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  3. "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
  4. Robert David Sullivan (2005). "A Toast to the General Court". CommonWealth Magazine. 10 (4).

Further reading
  • "Massachusetts". American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1866. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1867. (includes description of legislature)
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