Frederick H. Gillett

Frederick Huntington Gillett (/dʒɨˈlɛt/; 1851–1935) was an American politician during the early 20th century. Frederick H. Gillett was born in Westfield, Massachusetts to Edward Bates Gillett (1817–1899) and Lucy Fowler Gillett (1830–1916). He graduated from Amherst College in 1874 and Harvard Law School in 1877. He began the practice of law in Springfield in 1877. He was the Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts from 1879 to 1882. For two terms he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, then was elected to the Fifty-third United States Congress in 1892.

Gillett sat in the United States House of Representatives from 1893 to 1925 as a Republican, and served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1919 to 1925. Gillett later served in the United States Senate from 1925 to 1931,

In 1915 Gillett married Christine Rice Hoar, the widow of his former colleague Rockwood Hoar.

To date, Gillett is the last Senator to be from the state's four westernmost counties.

He retired to California, and died in Springfield.

References

• Rockwood Hoar Papers
• Frederick H. Gillett at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Westfield Athenaeum Archives