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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts, (search)
to 1816 John BrooksFederal.1816 to 1823 William EustisDem.-Rep.1823 to Feb., 1825 Marcus MortonDem.-Rep.Feb. to July, 1825 Levi LincolnDemocrat.1825 to 1834 John DavisWhig.1834 to March, 1835 Samuel T. ArmstrongWhig.March, 1835. to 1836 Edward EverettWhig.1836 to 1840 Marcus MortonWhig.1840 to 1841 John DavisDemocrat.1841 to 1843 Marcus MortonWhig.1843 to 1844 George N. BriggsDemocrat.1844 to 1851 George S. BoutwellWhig.1851 to 1853 John H. CliffordDem. & F. S.1853 to 1854 Emory WashburnWhig.1854 to 1855 Henry J. GardnerRepublican.1855 to 1858 Nathaniel P. BanksRepublican.1858 to 1861 governors under the State Constitution— Continued. Name.Party.Term. John A. AndrewsRepublican.1861 to 1866 Alexander H. BullockRepublican.1866 to 1869 William ClaflinRepublican.1869 to 1872 William B. WashburnRepublican.1872 to May, 1874 Thomas TalbotRepublican.May to Dec., 1874 William GastonDemocrat.1875 to 1876 Alexander H. RiceRepublican.1876 to 1879 Thomas TalbotRepub
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washburn, Emory 1800-1877 (search)
Washburn, Emory 1800-1877 Jurist; born in Leicester, Mass., Feb. 14, 1800; graduated at Williams College in 1817; admitted to the bar in 1821; practised in Leicester, Mass., in 1821-28; settled in Worcester in the latter year and was there prominent in his profession for about thirty years; judge of the court of common pleas in 1844-48; elected governor of Massachusetts in 1853 and 1854; Professor of Law at Harvard University in 1856-76. He was the author of Judicial history of Massachusetts; History of Leicester; Treatise on the American law of real property; Treatise on the American law of Easements and Servitudes, etc. He died in Cambridge, Mass., March 18, 1877.