James M. Stone

James M. Stone
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office
1866[1]–1867[1]
Preceded byAlexander H. Bullock
Succeeded byHarvey Jewell
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office
1850 [1] – 1852[1]
Personal details
Born
James Munroe Stone

(1817-08-13)August 13, 1817
Westford, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 19, 1880(1880-12-19) (aged 63)
Boston, Massachusetts
ResidenceCharlestown, Massachusetts

James Munroe Stone (August 13, 1817 – December 19, 1880) was an American labor reform advocate[1] and politician who served as a member, and from 1866 to 1867, the Speaker of, the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[1][2]

In the early 1840s Stone published the Worcester based weekly newspaper the State Sentinel,[3] later the State Sentinel and Reformer.[1][3]

Stone was a major advocate of labor reform in Massachusetts, he worked for years to pass the Ten Hour work day legislation in Massachusetts.[1]

Massachusetts House of Representatives
Preceded by Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
1866 — 1867
Succeeded by
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Persons, Charles E. (1911). Susan M. Kingsbury, Phd. (ed.). Studies in Economic Relations of Women, Volume II. Boston, Massachusetts: Women's Educational and Industrial Union. Dept. of Research. p. 61.
  2. ^ "Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". 1867.
  3. ^ a b Wall, Caleb Arnold (1877). Reminiscences of Worcester from the Earliest Period, Historical and Genealogical: With Notices of Early Settlers and Prominent Citizens, and Descriptions of Old Landmarks and Ancient Dwellings. Worcester, Massachusetts: Caleb Arnold Wall. pp. 318–319.