James M. Stone

James M. Stone
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1866–1867
Preceded byAlexander Bullock
Succeeded byHarvey Jewell
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1850–1852
Personal details
BornJames Munroe Stone
(1817-08-13)August 13, 1817
Westford, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedDecember 19, 1880(1880-12-19) (aged 63)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

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

In the early 1840s Stone published the Worcester-based weekly newspaper the State Sentinel, later the State Sentinel and Reformer.

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 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.