Charles Gordon Atherton was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from 1837 to 1843. He was elected to the United States Senate from 1843 to 1849 and then again in 1853. He was a Democrat.
John Joseph Douglass was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Martin Michael Lomasney was an American Democratic politician from Boston,Massachusetts.
William Sarsfield McNary was an American Democratic politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Boston,Massachusetts and exercised tremendous influence over the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
Samuel Lincoln was an Englishman and progenitor of many notable United States political figures,including his 4th great-grandson,President Abraham Lincoln,Maine governor Enoch Lincoln,and Levi Lincoln Sr. and Levi Lincoln Jr.,both of whom served as Massachusetts Representatives,Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Because of Samuel Lincoln's descendants,his fortuitous arrival in the Massachusetts Bay Colony,and the fact that his ancestry is known for several generations,he is considered the father of the most prominent branch of Lincolns in the United States.
Albert Enoch Pillsbury was a Boston lawyer who served in both houses of the Massachusetts legislature,president of the Massachusetts State Senate,and as the Attorney General of Massachusetts from 1891 to 1894. In addition to being a member of the National Negro Committee,the precursor to the NAACP,Pillsbury was a member of the Boston Committee to Advance the Cause of the Negro,which in 1911 became a branch of the NAACP. It was Pillsbury who drafted the bylaws of the NAACP. In 1913,he resigned his membership in the American Bar Association when that organization rejected the membership of William H. Lewis,a black assistant U.S. attorney and supporter of Booker T. Washington. In 1913,Pillsbury was awarded an honorary LL.D. degree from Howard University. It was there he delivered his speech illuminating,defending and praising President Lincoln's role in ending slavery that became a small book,Lincoln and Slavery.
Jacob Bitzer was an American businessman,real estate agent,and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
James E. Tolman was an American lawyer,and politician who served as the mayor of Gloucester,Massachusetts and as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Norfolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Norfolk County and Plymouth County. Democrat James Murphy of Weymouth has represented the district since 2001. Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election are Paul Rotondo and incumbent James Murphy.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Plymouth district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Plymouth County. Republican Susan Williams Gifford of Wareham has represented the district since 2003.
The 115th Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met in 1894 during the governorship of Frederic T. Greenhalge. William M. Butler served as president of the Senate and George von Lengerke Meyer served as speaker of the House.
The 91st Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met in 1870 during the governorship of Republican William Claflin. Horace H. Coolidge served as president of the Senate and Harvey Jewell served as speaker of the House.
The 114th Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met in 1893 during the governorship of William E. Russell. Alfred S. Pinkerton served as president of the Senate and William Emerson Barrett served as speaker of the House.
The 120th Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met in 1899 during the governorship of Roger Wolcott. George Edwin Smith served as president of the Senate and John L. Bates served as speaker of the House.
The 113th Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met in 1892 during the governorship of William E. Russell. Alfred S. Pinkerton served as president of the Senate and William Emerson Barrett served as speaker of the House.
The Old Colony Street Railway Company was a horse-drawn and electric streetcar railroad operated on the streets of Boston,Massachusetts and communities south of the city. Founded in 1881 as the Brockton Street Railway Company,via lease and merger it became a primary mass transit provider for southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Its immediate successor was the Bay State Street Railway,and its modern successor is the state-run Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).
Theodore Parker Unitarian Universalist Church is a historic church building at 1859 Centre Street in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston,Massachusetts. Built in 1900 to a design by West Roxbury native Henry M. Seaver,it is a locally significant example of Normanesque architecture,and is adorned by stained glass windows created by Louis Comfort Tiffany and his firm. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. The congregation it houses was founded in 1712,and is named for the influential Transcendentalist and abolitionist Theodore Parker,who was the congregation's minister in the 1840s.
Horace Hale Atherton was an American politician from Saugus,Massachusetts,who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives after being elected to the 109th Massachusetts General Court in 1887. He represented the twentieth Essex district,and went on to also serve in the 110th Massachusetts General Court. He subsequently was a member of the Massachusetts Senate for two terms. He was a member of the Executive Council of 1898.
Adelbert S. Atherton was an American politician from Chicopee,Massachusetts,who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives after being elected to the 125th Massachusetts General Court in 1903. Prior to being a state legislator for the second district,he was initially a farmer,then an auctioneer;and finally a merchant,and owner of a general store.
Ebenezer Atherton Hunt was an American politician from Weymouth,Massachusetts,who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,after being elected to the 94th Massachusetts General Court in 1872. He represented the eighth district of Norfolk County,Massachusetts. He was elected to the Massachusetts Senate for two terms,representing Norfolk and Plymouth counties,serving in the 96th Massachusetts General Court,and the 97th Massachusetts General Court.
