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 II
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
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1904–1905
Preceded by	James J. Myers
Succeeded by	John N. Cole
Massachusetts House of Representatives 11th Suffolk District
Personal details
Born	(1871-07-13)July 13, 1871 Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Died	August 23, 1928(1928-08-23) (aged 57) North Haven, Maine
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Mary Shreve (Ames) Frothingham
Alma mater	Adams Academy Harvard University, 1893 Harvard Law School, 1896
Profession	Attorney
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	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.

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 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.

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 1905 Boston mayoral election after narrowly defeating former Judge Henry S. Dewey. He lost the general election to Democrat John F. Fitzgerald 48% to 39%.^[3][4] 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.

On May 9, 1916, Frothingham married Mary Shreve Ames in North Easton, Massachusetts.^[5] Mary Shreve Ames was a member of the wealthy and prominent Ames family of Easton, Massachusetts, she was the daughter 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.

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.

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.

• Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
• 125th Massachusetts General Court (1904)
• 126th Massachusetts General Court (1905)

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

• 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.

• Works by or about Louis A. Frothingham at the Internet Archive
• Frothingham election records at ourcampaigns.com