Louis Adams Frothingham (July 13, 1871 – August 23, 1928) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.

Early life

Frothingham 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

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) and from

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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.

Political career

Frothingham was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and served as Speaker from 1904 to 1905. He was the Republican nominee in the

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after narrowly defeating former Judge

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. He lost the general election to Democrat

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48% to 39%. He served as the 41st

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1909–1911, but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1911. He was lecturer at Harvard. He then moved to

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and continued the practice of law. He was a delegate to the

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in 1916. On May 9, 1916, Frothingham married Mary Shreve Ames in North Easton, Massachusetts. Mary Shreve Ames was a member of the wealthy and prominent Ames family of Easton, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of

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the great niece of Congressman

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, and the first cousin, once removed of Oliver Ames who was Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Massachusetts. 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

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in 1919. He was overseer of Harvard University for eighteen years. 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

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on August 23, 1928. His interment was in Village Cemetery in North Easton.

References

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.

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