Preceded by Alexander H. Bullock Succeeded by Harvey Jewell | Name James Stone | |
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James M. Stone was a U.S. labor reform advocate and politician who served as a member, and from 1866 to 1867, the Speaker of, the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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Newspaper publisher
In the early 1840s Stone published the Worcester based weekly newspaper the State Sentinel, later the State Sentinel and Reformer.
Labor reform advocate
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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