Louis A. Frothingham

Louis Adams Frothingham
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 14th district
In office March 4, 1921 – August 23, 1928
Preceded by	Richard Olney
Succeeded by	Richard B. Wigglesworth
41st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office 1909–1912
Governor	Eben Sumner Draper Eugene Foss
Preceded by	Eben Sumner Draper
Succeeded by	Robert Luce
Massachusetts House of Representatives 11th Suffolk District
Speaker Massachusetts House of Representatives
Personal details
Born	July 13, 1871 Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
Died	August 23, 1928 (aged 57) North Haven, Maine, United States
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Mary Shreve Ames
Alma mater	Adams Academy, Harvard University, 1893; Harvard Law School, 1896
Profession	Attorney
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	Battery A of the Massachusetts Field Artillery,[1] Massachusetts National Guard Massachusetts Naval Brigade, Auxiliary Naval Force United States Marine Corps United States Army
Years of service	April 25, 1895 – April 25, 1898[2] May 1898 – January 1899
Rank	Private,[1] Ensign, Second Lieutenant, Major
Battles/wars	Spanish–American War, World War I

Louis Adams Frothingham (July 13, 1871 – August 23, 1928) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Jamaica Plain on July 13, 1871. He attended the public schools and Adams Academy. He graduated from Harvard University in 1893 (where he was a member of the Porcellian) and from Harvard Law School in 1896. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston. He served as second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps in the Spanish–American War.

He was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and served as Speaker. He served as the 41st Lieutenant Governor 1909–1911, but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1911. He was lecturer at Harvard. He then moved to North Easton and continued the practice of law. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1916. Frothingham served as a major in the United States Army during World War I. He was a member of the commission to visit the soldiers and sailors from Massachusetts in France. He served as first vice commander of the Massachusetts branch of the American Legion in 1919. He was overseer of Harvard University for eighteen years.

Marriage

On May 9, 1916, Frothingham married Mary Shreve Ames in North Easton, Massachusetts.^[3] Mary Shreve Ames was a member of the wealthy and prominent Ames family of Easton, Massachusetts, she was the sister of Frederick Lothrop Ames the great niece of Congressman Oakes Ames, and the first cousin, once removed of Oliver Ames who was Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Massachusetts.

Election to Congress

Frothingham was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1921, until his death on board the yacht Winsome in North Haven, Maine on August 23, 1928. His interment was in Village Cemetery in North Easton.

See also

Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

References

• United States Congress. "Louis A. Frothingham (id: F000395)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Bibliography

• Who's Who in State Politics, 1911 Practical Politics (1911) pp. 6–7.
• Sherburne, John H. Battery A: Field Artillery M. V. M., 1895–1905, (1908) pp. 14, 18, 184–185.
• Bridgman, Arthur Milnor. A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators (1901) p. 179.

Footnotes

1. Sherburne, John H. (1908), Battery A: Field Artillery M. V. M., 1895–1905, Boston, MA: Battery A: Field Artillery M. V. M., pp. 14, 18
2. Sherburne, John H. (1908), Battery A: Field Artillery M. V. M., 1895–1905, Boston, MA: Battery A: Field Artillery M. V. M., pp. 184–185
3. Castle, William Richards (September 1916), The Harvard Graduates' Magazine XXV (XCVII), Boston, MA: The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association, pp. 184–185

External links

• Works by or about Louis A. Frothingham at Internet Archive