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1756-May and October: Elisha Brown, Nicholas Brown, Henry Harris, George Brown.
1757-May: William Smith, Christopher Harris, Daniel Jenckes, James Olney. October: Stephen Hopkins, Elisha Brown, Daniel Jenckes, John Andrews.
1758-May: Obadiah Brown, Charles Olney, William Smith, Brazillai Richmond. October: Obadiah Brown, Charles Olney, Christopher Harris, Brazillai Richmond.
1759-May: Isaiah Hawkins, Daniel Jenckes, Obadiah Brown, John Bass. October: Joseph Turpin, Daniel Jenckes, Gideon Comstock, Isaiah Hawkins.
1760-May: Daniel Jenckes, Joseph Turpin, Isaiah Hawkins, Stephen Rawson. October: Daniel Jenckes, Abraham Smith, Isaiah Hawkins, Stephen Rawson.
1761-May and October: Daniel Jenckes, George Jackson, Samuel Chace, Charles Olney.
1762-May: Daniel Jenckes, Joseph Nash, Joseph Olney, Jr., George Jackson. October: Daniel Jenckes. George Jackson, James Angell, Esek Hopkins.
1763-May: Same as October preceding. October: Daniel Jenckes, James Angell, Benjamin Man, Esek Hopkins.
1764-May: Daniel Jenckes, Moses Brown, Jacob Whitman, Esek Hopkins. October: Daniel Jenckes, Moses Brown, Jacob Whitman, John Cole.
1765-May: Daniel Jenckes, Moses Brown, Jacob Whitman, Charles Olney. October: Daniel Jenckes, Moses Brown, John Cole, Samuel Nightingale.
1766-May: Daniel Jenckes, Moses Brown, John Cole, George Jackson. October: Daniel Jenckes, Moses Brown, John Cole. Samuel Nightingale.
1767-May: Daniel Jenckes, Moses Brown, John Cole, Thomas
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Greene. October: Daniel Jenckes, Moses Brown, Thomas Greene, James Angell.
1768-May: Daniel Jenckes, Moses Brown, George Jackson, Charles Keene. October: Thomas Greene, Moses Brown, George Jackson, Charles Keene.
1769-May: Daniel Jenckes, Moses Brown, Benoni Pearce, Job Smith. October: Daniel Jenckes, Moses Brown, Benjamin Man, Job Smith.
1770-May and October: Daniel Jenckes, Moses Brown, Benjamin Man, Stephen Hopkins.
1771-May: same as 1770. October: Stephen Hopkins, Moses Brown, Benjamin Man, John Jenckes.
1772 -- May and October: Stephen Hopkins, Thomas Greene, Ben- jamin Man, John Jenckes.
1773-May: Stephen Hopkins, Benjamin Man, John Jenckes, John Smith. October: Stephen Hopkins, John Jenckes, John Smith, John Mathewson.
1774-May: Same as October, 1773. October: Stephen Hopkins, John Jenckes, John Smith, John Mathewson.
1775-May and October: Same as October, 1774.
1776-May: Jonathan Arnold, John Brown, John Smith, Amos Atwell. October: Jonathan Arnold, John Brown, John Smith, John Mathewson.
1777-May: Jonathan Arnold, John Brown, John Smith, William Rhodes. October: Stephen Hopkins, John Updike, Jabez Bowen, Theodore Foster.
1778-May: John Updike, Elihu Robinson, Theodore Foster, Paul Allen. October: John Brown, Theodore Foster, Welcome Arnold, . Thomas Greene.
1779-May: John Brown, Theodore Foster, Welcome Arnold, Da- vid Howell. October: Theodore Foster, Welcome Arnold, David Howell, John I. Clarke.
1780 -- May: Welcome Arnold, David Howell, Darius Sessions, Be- noni Pearce. October: Welcome Arnold, Charles Keene, Joseph Brown, Theodore Foster.
1781-May and October: Same as October, 1780.
1782-May: Welcome Arnold, John Smith, John Brown, William Barton. October: Welcome Arnold, John Smith, John Brown, Paul Allen.
1783-May: John Smith, John Brown, Paul Allen, Thomas Jen- kins. October: John Smith, John Brown, Paul Allen, Ebenezer Thompson.
1784-May: Joseph Nightingale, Paul Allen, Ebenezer Thompson, John Jenckes. October: Joseph Nightingale, John Jenckes, Paul Allen, Charles Keene.
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1785-May and October: John Jenckes, Paul Allen, Charles Keene, Jeremiah Olney.
1786-May: John Jenckes, John Brown, Charles Keene, Thomas Truman. October: John Jenckes, John Brown, Charles Keene, Ben- jamin Bourne.
1787-May: John Brown, Welcome Arnold, Benjamin Bourne, Joseph Nightingale. October: Welcome Arnold, Benjamin Bourne, Joseph Nightingale, Nathaniel Wheaton.
1788-May and October: John Jenckes, Jabez Bowen, William Barton, Amos Throop.
1789-May and October: John Jenckes, Jabez Bowen, Benjamin Bourne, Amasa. Gray.
1790-May: Jabez Bowen, Benjamin Bourne, Amasa Gray, Wel- come Arnold. October: Welcome Arnold, Amos Atwell, Robert Newell, Sylvanus Martin.
1791-May: Welcome Arnold, Amos Atwell, Samuel Nightingale, Sylvanus Martin. October: Welcome Arnold, Amos Atwell, Robert Newell, David Howell.
1792-May and October: Welcome Arnold, Charles Lippitt, Rob- ert Newell, Nicholas Easton.
1793-May: Welcome Arnold, Charles Lippitt, John Whipple, Nicholas Easton. October: Welcome Arnold, Charles Lippitt, John Smith, Nicholas Easton.
1794-May and October: Same as October, 1793.
1795-May: Same as October, 1793. October: Welcome Arnold, Charles Lippitt, John Smith, Richard Jackson, Jr.
1796-May and October: Same as October, 1795.
1797-May: Welcome Arnold, John Smith, Thomas P. Ives, James Burrill, Jr. October: Welcome Arnold, John Smith, Thomas P. Ives, William Rhodes.
1798-May: Welcome Arnold, John Smith, William Rhodes, Rich- ard Jackson, Jr. October: John Smith, William Rhodes, Richard Jackson, Jr., Moses Lippitt.
1799-May: John Smith, William Rhodes, Richard Jackson, Jr., Thomas P. Ives. October: John Smith, William Rhodes, Thomas P. Ives, David L. Barnes.
1800-May and October: Same as October, 1799.
1801-May: Same as October, 1799. October: Charles Lippitt, John Dorrance, Ephraim Bowen, Jr., John Carlile.
1802-May: Same as October, 1801. October, John Dorrance, Ephraim Bowen, Jr., John Carlile, George R. Burrill.
1803-May: Same as October, 1802. October, John Dorrance, Wil- liam Larned, Benjamin Hoppin, George R. Burrill.
1804-May: Same as October, 1803. October: Amos Throop, George R. Burrill, James B. Mason, Peter Grinnell.
1805-May and October: Same as October, 1804.
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1806-May and October: Same as October, 1804.
1807 -- May: Same as October, 1804. October: William Jones, James B. Mason, Richard Jackson, Jr., Samuel W. Bridgham.
1808-May: Same as October, 1807. October: William Jones, James B. Mason, Nicholas Brown, Samuel W. Bridgham.
1809-May and October: Same as October. 1808.
1810-May and October: Same as October, 1808.
1811-May and October: James B. Mason, Samuel W. Bridgham, Tristam Burges, Benjamin Hoppin.
1812-May and October: James B. Mason, Samuel W. Bridgham, Benjamin Hoppin, Peter Grinnell.
1813-May: Same as October, 1812. October: James B. Mason, James Burrill, Jr., Benjamin Hoppin, William Wilkinson.
1814 -- May and October: James Burrill, Jr., William Wilkinson, Nathaniel Searle, Jr., Ephraim Talbot.
1815-May: Same as October, 1814. October: James Burrill, Jr., William Wilkinson, Nathaniel Searle, Jr., Samuel G. Arnold.
1816-May: Same as October, 1815. October: William Wilkinson, Nathaniel Searle, Jr., Samuel G. Arnold, Stephen Waterman.
1817 -- May and October: Same as October, 1816.
1818-May: Same as October, 1816. October: Nicholas Brown, Nathaniel Searle, Jr., Samuel G. Arnold, Stephen Waterman.
1819-May: Same as October, 1818. October: Nicholas Brown, Nathaniel Searle, Jr., Stephen Waterman, Philip Allen.
1820-May and October: Same as October, 1819.
1821-May and October: Nicholas Brown, Nathaniel Searle, Jr., Philip Allen, Samuel Dexter.
1822 -May and October: Nicholas Brown, Nathaniel Searle, Jr., Stanford Sewell, Samuel Dexter.
1823-May: Edward Carrington, Samuel W. Bridgham, Stanford Newell, Samuel Dexter. October: Edward Carrington, Samuel W. Bridgham, Stanford Newell, Thomas Burgess.
1824-May: Same as October, 1823. October: Edward Carrington, Samuel W. Bridgham, Stanford Newell, Elisha Dyer.
1825-May and October: Same as October, 1824.
1826-May: Edward Carrington, Samuel W. Bridgham, Stanford Newell, Lemuel H. Arnold. October: Caleb Earle, Joseph L. Til- linghast, Stanford Newell, Lemuel H. Arnold.
1827-May: Same as October, 1826. October: Edward Carrington, Joseph L. Tillinghast, Zachariah Allen, Lemuel H. Arnold.
1828-May and October: Edward Carrington, Joseph L. Tilling- hast, Zachariah Allen, John Andrews.
1829-May and October: Edward Carrington, Joseph L. Tilling- hast, Peter Pratt, Lemuel H. Arnold.
1830-May and October: Joseph L. Tillinghast, Peter Pratt, Lem- uel H. Arnold, William Church.
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1831-May: Same as 1830. October: Joseph L. Tillinghast, Peter Pratt, William Pabodie, William Church.
1832-May: Joseph L. Tillinghast, Peter Pratt, William Pabodie, George Curtis. June: The same. October: Joseph L. Tillinghast, Peter Pratt, William Pabodie, John Whipple.
1833-January: Peter Pratt, John Whipple, Josiah Whitaker, Wil- liam Sheldon. June: Whipple, Whitaker, Sheldon. October: Pratt, Tillinghast, Whitaker, Sheldon.
1834-January: Same as October last. May: Joseph L. Tilling- hast, Josiah Whitaker, Benjamin Hoppin, Thomas W. Dorr. June: The same. October: Tillinghast, Hoppin, Dorr, James M. Warner.
1835 -- January, May and June: The same. October: Tillinghast, Dorr, Warner, George Curtis.
1836 -- January: Same as October last. May: Tillinghast, Dorr, Curtis, John L. Hughes. June: The same. October: Dorr, Curtis, Hughes, John H. Clark.
1837-January: Same as October last. May: Dorr, Curtis, Clark, James M. Warner. June: The same. October: Curtis, Clark, Warner, Charles C. Mowry.
1838-January: The same as October last. May: Curtis, Clark, Thomas J. Stead, John Whipple. June and October: The same.
1839-January: Same as last mentioned. May: Clark, Stead, Whipple, Charles Jackson. June and October: The same.
1840-January, May, June and October: Same as last mentioned.
1841-January: The same continued. May: Thomas J. Stead, Charles Jackson, Samuel Ames, Henry Anthony. June: The same. October: John H. Clark, Charles Jackson, Henry Anthony, Walter S. Burges.
1842-January: The same as October last. May: John H. Clarke, John Whipple, Stephen Branch, Samuel Ames. October: Stephen Branch, Samuel Ames, Edward Carrington, Thomas J. Stead.
1843-January and May: Branch, Ames, Carrington, Jacob T. Seagraves, Charles F. Tillinghast, Isaac Thurber, Oliver E. Taber, Rufus Waterman, William Sheldon, Daniel Field, James Y. Smith, John Whipple.
1844-(Under the constitution representatives were now elected in April, for a term of one year.) Eseck Aldrich, Samuel Ames, Stephen Branch, Jabez Gorham, Almon D. Hodges, Shubael Hutchins, James T. Rhodes, William Sheldon, James Y. Smith, Oliver E. Taber, Isaac Thurber, Rufus Waterman.
1845-Aldrich, Rhodes, Smith, Gorham, Sheldon, Clarke, Hutchins, John O. Waterman, George B. Holmes, William S. Patten, Isaac Thurber, William G. Goddard.
1846-Aldrich, Rhodes, Smith, Sheldon, Clarke, Hutchins, Water- man, Holmes, Patten, Thurber, Thomas Whitaker, Edward P. Knowles.
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1847-Samuel Ames, Robert Angell, Ezra Bourn, James C. Hidden, Shubael Hutchins, Israel G. Manchester, George S. Rathbone, James T. Rhodes, William S. Patten, William Sheldon, Vincent Carr, Jabez Gorham.
1848 -- Robert Angell, Jabez Gorham, Henry L. Bowen, William R. Watson, Samuel Ames, James T. Rhodes, Shubael Hutchins, George S. Rathbone, James C. Hidden, Edward H. Hazard, William Sheldon, Israel G. Manchester, Stephen Branch.
1849 --- Robert Angell, Jabez Gorham, Henry Anthony. Tulley D. Bowen, Samtiel Ames, Allen C. Mathewson, Shubael Hutchins, George S. Rathbone, James C. Hidden, Edward H. Hazard, William Sheldon, William A. Howard.
1850-Leonard Blodget, Jabez Gorham, Henry Anthony, Tulley D. Bowen, Samttel Ames, Allen C. Mathewson, Shubael Hutchins, George S. Rathbone, James C. Hidden, Edward H. Hazard, William Sheldon, William A. Howard.
1851-Leonard Blodget, Stephen T. Olney, William H. Potter, Henry Anthony, A. C. Mathewson, James T. Rhodes, George S. Rath- bone, Amos C. Barstow, Daniel E. Carpenter, Samuel Curry, Thomas J. Stead, Christopher C. Potter.
1852-Leonard Blodget, Cyril Babcock, Henry Anthony, Seth Padelford, George W. Hall, Americus V. Potter, George S. Rathbone, Amos C. Barstow, Ezra Bourn, Daniel E. Carpenter, Zelotes W. Holden, Christopher C. Potter.
1853-Edward S. Lyon, Henry J. Angell, Americus V. Potter, Samuel True, Clarke Steere, Henry J. Burroughs, Nathaniel A. Eddy, Daniel Remington, Benjamin F. Thurston, William E. Peck, Benja- min B. Knight, Thomas Pierce, Jr.
1854 Horatio N. Slater, Josiah Seagrave, Jr., Thomas A. Jenckes, Samuel W. Peckham, Menzies Sweet, John Gorham, 2d, Joseph Car- penter, Oliver Johnson, William Tallman, Charles Ackerman. John A. Darling, Eli Aylesworth.
1855-Josiah Seagrave, Jr., Welcome Angell, Thomas A. Jenckes, Samuel B. Wheaton, Suchet Mauran, Josiah Simmons, Albert G. Sprague, Oliver Johnson, Walter R. Danforth, Charles H. Parkhurst, Joseph F. Gilmore, Theodore D. Cook.
1856-Welcome Angell, Charles Anthony, Jesse Brown, Jr., George L. Clarke, Joseph F. Gilmore, Thomas A. Jenckes, John P. Knowles, Charles H. Parkhurst, Josiah Seagrave, Jr., Josiah Simmons, Henry B. Thurston, Samuel B. Wheaton.
1857 -- Samttel B. Wheaton, Welcome Angell, Charles Anthony, Jesse Brown, George L. Clarke, Preston Bennett, Alexander Farnum, Albert C. Greene, Oliver Johnson, Ansel E. Bradley, Daniel Paine, Robert W. Potter.
1858-Dexter Thurber, Frederick Miller, Albert C. Greene, S. B. Wheaton, Wingate Hayes, William Sanford, Charles Anthony, Rob-
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ert W. Potter, Preston Bennett, Joseph F. Gilmore, George L. Clarke, Ansel E. Bradley.
1859-Edward P. Knowles, George B. Peck, Wingate Hayes, William Sanford, Philip Case, Charles F. Brownell, Henry A. Hidden, Robert Manchester, Benjamin M. Jackson, Samuel Lincoln, Benjamin T. Eames, Richard Sanders.
1860-Daniel Angell, David S. Carr, George B. Holmes, Robert Manchester, Jr., A. C. Mathewson, William Sanford, William C. Snow, Martin C. Stokes, Orray Taft, Luther C. Warren, George F. Wilson, Cæsar A. Updike.
1861-David S. Carr, John N. Francis, George B. Holmes, A. C. Mathewson, Edwin Metcalf, William C. Snow, Orray Taft, Nicholas Van Slyck, William Viall, Luther C. Warner, George F. Wilson.
1862-Lyman Pierce, Cæsar A. Updike, James H. Parsons, Moses B. Lockwood, William Viall, George W. Hall, William Hicks, L. C. Warner, Nicholas Van Slyck, George B. Holmes, Alfred W. Fisk, David S. Carr.
1863-Thomas Durfee, C. A. Updike, George L. Clark, M. B. Lock- wood, Benjamin N. Lapham, William B. Greene, George W. Hall, Augustus Woodbury, William H. Reynolds, Josiah A. Barker, Lycur- gus Sayles, George W. Payton.
1864-Benjamin G. Pabodie, Charles W. Holbrook, William Bin- ney, John H. Clarke, George W. Hall, Alexander Farnum, William H. Reynolds, Ephraim S. Jackson, George W. Payton, Joseph F. Gil- more, Benjamin F. Thurston, William Sheldon.
1865-Joseph A. Barker, Stephen Crary, Oliver F. Dutcher, Ben- jamin B. Knight, John P. Knowles, George B. Peck, Thomas A. Richardson, Lycurgus Sayles, Josiah Simmons, Pardon M. Stone, Henry A. Webb.
1866-Benjamin B. Adams, James B. Ames, Eli Aylesworth, Oren A. Ballou, William Binney, George M. Carpenter, Israel H. Day, John A Gardner, Jabez C. Knight, Benjamin G. Pabodie, Richard Sanders, Nelson Viall.
1867-Benjamin B. Adams, Eli Aylesworth, Amos C. Barstow, Francis Colwell, Jr., George M. Carpenter, Israel H. Day, Charles H. Perkins, Esek A. Jillson, George W. Hall, John A. Gardner, Benjamin G. Pabodie, Richard Sanders.
1868-Oren A. Ballou, Benjamin T. Eames, George L. Clarke, George W. Hall, Horatio Rogers, Amos C. Barstow, Lycurgus Sayles, William H. Reynolds, George F. Spicer, Esek A. Jillson, Julius Baker, Charles H. Perkins.
1869 -- Jesse Metcalf, Lucius C. Ashley, George T. Spicer, George W. Lewis, Daniel E. Day, Julius Baker, Benjamin T. Eames, Robert R. Knowles, William Knowles, Charles H. Perkins, Henry T. Grant, David S. Harris.
1870-Jesse Metcalf, Benjamin F. Thurston, Lucius C. Ashley,
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George T. Spicer, Amos C. Barstow, George W. Lewis, Henry C. Clark, Daniel E. Day, Julius Baker, Jonathan L. Spencer, Cyrus Harris, Frederick M. Ballou.
1871-Edward C. Ames, Julius Baker, David Ballou, Lodowick Brayton, Stephen A. Cook, Jr., Henry T. Grant, William H. Hopkins, George W. Lewis, Daniel T. Lyman, William D. Pierce, Francis M. Smith, Stephen Waterman.
1872-Edward C. Ames, Julius Baker, Lodowick Brayton, Stephen A. Cook, Jr., Daniel E. Day, William W. Douglass, Allen Greene, William H. Hopkins, Charles A. Nichols, George H. Slade.
1873-Hiram B. Aylesworth, Isaac S. Battey, Stephen A. Cook, Jr., Daniel E. Day, George W. Hall, William H. Hopkins, Harrison G. Macomber, Edwin Metcalf, William H. Reynolds, George H. Slade, Jonathan L. Spencer, Alexander B. Springer.
1874-William Warner Hoppin, Horatio Rogers, John H. Stiness, Augustus Woodbury, Francis A. Daniels, Daniel E. Day, Amos W. Snow, George L. Claflin, A. B. Springer, H. G. Macomber, Isaac H. Southwick, Jonathan L. Spencer.
1875-George L. Clarke, Henry J. Spooner, Horatio Rogers, Isaac M. Potter, Nelson W. Aldrich, Jerothmul B. Barnaby, Edmund S. Hopkins, Thomas Davis, George H. Pettis, N. Van Slyck, Allen Greene, William H. Reynolds.
1876-Allen Greene, Henry W. Gardner, Henry J. Spooner, James WV. Blackwood, Isaac M. Potter, Henry H. Ormsbee, Gorham P. Pom- roy, Nelson W. Aldrich, Harvey E. Wellman, Edmund S. Hopkins, George H. Pettis, Joseph F. Brown.
1877-Nicholas A. Fenner, Andrew Comstock, Edwin R. Holden, Harvey E. Wellman, John F. Tobey, Charles E. Carpenter, Charles Sidney Smith, Allen Greene, H. J. Spooner, Frederick Fuller, Joseph Brown, Charles E. Paine.
1878-Stillman White, Abraham Payne, Henry J. Spooner, Charles E. Paine, James E. Chace, Charles S. Smith, Andrew Winsor, Nicholas A. Fenner, Andrew Comstock, Walter R. Stiness, Charles E. Car- penter, George H. Burnham.
1879-Abraham Paine, Stillman White, Charles S. Smith, Benja- min T. Eames, George H. Burnham, H. J. Spooner, James E. Chace, Andrew Winsor, Amos M. Bowen, Israel B. Mason, W. R. Stiness, Walter B. Vincent.
1880-Stillman White, Royal C. Taft, John F. Tobey, Benjamin T. Eames, Charles Anthony, Gilbert F. Robbins, Amos M. Bowen, Israel B. Mason, Charles E. Giles, H. J. Spooner, W. B. Vincent, Benjamin N. Lapham.
1881-Stillman White, Elisha Dyer, Jr., H. J. Spooner, Charles S. Smith, Charles E. Giles, Fitz James Rice, Gilbert F. Robbins, Israel B. Mason, Walter B. Vincent, Charles Anthony, John F. Tobey, Royal C. Taft.
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1882-John C. B. Woods, Joseph F. Brown, Daniel R. Ballou, Israel B. Mason, Charles E. Paine, Amos M. Bowen, Elisha Dyer, Jr., James H. Tower, Gilbert F. Robbins, Royal C. Taft, Stillman White, Fitz James Rice.
1883-William A. Harris, John C. B. Woods, Charles E. Paine, Frederick M. Ballou, Clifton A. Hall, I. B. Mason, James H. Tower, Daniel R. Ballou, Royal C. Taft, Dutee Wilcox, Amos M. Bowen, Obadiah Brown.
1884-Edward M. Babbitt, Augustus S. Miller, Charles E. Paine, Charles E. Gorman, Charles E. Carpenter, Isaac Hahn, Amos M. Bowen, John C. B. Woods, William A. Harris, John A. Carty, Obadiah Brown, Charles A. Hopkins.
1885-James W. Blackwood, Obadiah Brown, William A. Harris, George J. West, Henry P. Richmond, Charles A. Hopkins, William S. Hayward, Daniel R. Ballou, David F. Thorpe, John C. B. Woods, Amos M. Bowen, William H. Wood.
1886-William S. Hayward, William A. Harris, John C. B. Woods, George J. West, Henry P. Richmond, William H. Wood, James W. Blackwood, John W. Tillinghast, Charles A. Hopkins, Francis W. Miner, William H. Covell, George L. Pierce.
1887 -- Frank A. Rhodes, Lorin M. Cook, Joseph G. Matthews, William B. Blanding, William H. Mulvey, William K. Potter, Thomas F. Pierce, George T. Brown, Clarence A. Aldrich, Charles F. Gorman, Joseph H. Banks, Thomas Davis.
1888-William H. Barney, Amos C. Barstow, Jr., John M. Buffin- ton, Albert O. Coates, J. A. Jenkins, Israel B. Mason, Charles F. Nichols, Charles H. Perkins, Benjamin W. Persons, Edwin D. Pierce, James M. Scott, Stillman White.
1889-John M. Brennan, Lorin M. Cook, Thomas Davis, Hiram Howard, James T. Kennedy, John F. Lonsdale, William K. Potter, Jesse H. Metcalf, William H. Mulvey, Thomas F. Peirce, John E. Potter.
The senators representing this city in the state legislature since the constitution took effect have been as follows: Albert C. Greene, 1843-4; Samuel Dexter, 1845-6; Richard W. Green, 1847; Stephen Branch, 1848-50; Albert C. Greene, 1851; William W. Hoppin, 1852; Thomas P. Shepard, 1853; Benjamin T. Eames, 1854-6; Thomas A. Jenckes, 1857-8; Samuel Curry, 1859-60; Edward D. Pierce, 1861; Benjamin F. Thurston, 1862; Benjamin T. Eames, 1863: Charles Hart, 1864; Thomas Durfee, 1865; Samuel Curry, 1866 7; Benjamin F. Thurston, 1868; George L. Clarke, 1869; Charles Hart, 1870; Samuel Curry, 1871-3; Edwin Metcalf, 1874; Francis Colwell, 1875; Benjamin N. Lapham, 1876; Thomas Davis, 1877; John F. Tobey, 1878-9; Elisha C. Mowry, 1880; Thomas A. Doyle, 1881-June 13th, 1882; John F. Tobey (from June 13th), 1882; Benjamin N. Lapham, 1883; Benjamin T. Eames, 1884; Stephen A. Cooke, Jr., 1885-6; Oscar Lapham, 1887; Charles Sydney Smith, 1888; George T. Brown, 1889.
CHAPTER XII.
PROVIDENCE CITY-POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND MILI- TARY ORGANIZATIONS.
The Police Department .- Early Constables .- A Night Watch Established .- Varions Orders and Regulations Governing Them .- Special Watchmen Authorized .- Regu- lations Concerning Late Hours .- Volunteer Watch Established .- Marine Watch Established .- Smoking Segars in the Streets at Night Prohibited .- The Force Increased .- The Watch at the Organization of the City .- Incendiarism Prevailing Calls for Increase of Watch .- First Appointment of Day Police Force in 1851 .- Police Stations Established .- Present Police System Organized .- Uniforms First Provided in 1866 .- Present Composition and Condition .- Beginnings of the Fire Department .- Early Fire Engines .- Firewards and Volunteer Firemen .- Fire En- gine Companies Organized .- A Paid Department Organized .- Tests of Capacity and Power .- New Companies Organized .- Steam Fire Engines Introduced .- Manual Force Reduced .- Fire Alarm Telegraph .- Introduction of Pawtuxet Water. -Hose Companies Organized .- Chemical Engines Introduced .- The Present De- partment .- Buildings Occupied by It .- Important Fires .- Military History of Providence .- Early Trainings .- The United Train of Artillery .- The Light Dra- goons .- The First Light Infantry .- The Infantry Armory .- The Marine Corps .- Veteran Associations .- The Mechanics' Rifles .- Slocum Light Guards .- Providence Horse Guards .- First Battalion of Cavalry .- Burnside National Guards .- The Meagher Guards .- The Wolfe Tone Guards .- The Emmet Guards.
I N the earliest history of the town a town sergeant and four con- stables were chosen yearly to preserve the peace and maintain the simple laws of the time. They were engaged in other occu- pations as a means of livelihood, and devoted only such time to their official duties as they could spare aside from the hours demanded by their calling. The constables received no salary, but were paid small fees for the serving of writs and orders of the town council and per- forming the several duties of like officers in small towns. The town sergeant received as pay for his services a tribute from each of tlie freemen of the town, as shown by the quaintly worded records in the middle of the 17th century: " It is voted by ye Towne yt ye ser- geant yt shall yearely be chosen in this Towne shall be payd by each freedman in ye said Towne, one shilling in merchantable pay per yeare and if any doo neglect or refuse to pay as aforesaid, ye ser- geant making his returne to ye towne of ye names of ye defective persons, ye Towne doo engage to cause ye said defective persons to pay ye aforesaid sumn to ye sergeant, any order to the contrary heard of notwithstanding."
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As the town grew the need of better protection was felt, and in May, 1775, a night watch was established. It consisted of four men, who traveled each night in pairs, the pairs watching in rotation. The records do not give any further information concerning the watch, but it did not prove permanent. In December, 1796, another night watch was established, consisting of six men, who began their rounds at 10 o'clock each night, and patrolled until "bell ringing." or sunrise in the morning. Each man who watched was allowed one dollar per night. The appointment of the watch was placed under the direction of the town council, which was authorized to make such regulations as were necessary. A committee, consisting of James Arnold, Ebenezer Thompson and William Rhodes, was appointed to build a watch house, and under their supervision a structure twelve feet square and seven feet high was erected on the town's land, near the market house. At each successive town meeting the watch was continued by the citizens, but to meet the expense the town was com- pelled to borrow money. In January, 1797, a committee, consisting of J. WV. Corlis, Thomas P. Ives and Amos B. Atwell, was appointed to consider the expediency of maintaining the night watch and to report the most eligible method of doing so. They decided that a night watch was necessary to secure the safety of the lives and prop- erty of the people, and that a direct tax on the property of the citi- zens should be levied, as a more just, equitable and certain method of obtaining a good and sufficient watch than by demanding personal service by the citizens in rotation.
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