AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY 



Organized 1870 



The first meeting of the Society occurred December 20, 1870. The 

 organization then effected continued until February, 1872, when the second 

 meeting was held. Since that time there has been a meeting each year, as 

 shown below. The respective presidents were elected at the meeting, at 

 the place, and for the period shown opposite their names, but they presided 

 at the subsequent meeting. 



PRESIDENTS, TERMS OF SERVICE AND PLACES OF MEETING. 



1. William Clift 1870-1872. . . .New York, N.'Y. 



2. William Clift 1872-1873. . . .Albany, N. Y. 



3. William Clift 1873-1874. . . .New York, N. Y. 



4. Robert B. Roosevelt 1874-1875. . . .New York, N. Y. 



5. Robert B. Roosevelt 1875-1876. . . .New York, N. Y. 



6. Robert B. Roosevelt 1876-1877*. . .New York, N. Y. 



7. Robert B. Roosevelt 1877-1878. . . . New York, N. Y. 



8. Robert B. Roosevelt 1878-1879. . . .New York, N. Y. 



9. Robert B. Roosevelt 1879-1880. . . . New York, N. Y. 



10. Robert B. Roosevelt 1880-1881 .... New York, N. Y. 



11. Robert B. Roosevelt 1881-1882. .. .New York, N. Y. 



12. George Shepard Page 1882-1883. . . .New York, N. Y. 



13. James Benkard 1883-1884. . . .New York, N. Y. 



14. Theodore Lyman 1884-1885 Washington, D. C. 



15. Marshall McDonald 1885-1886 Washington, D. C. 



16. W. M. Hudson 1886-1887. .. .Chicago, 111. 



17. William L. May 1887-1888. . . .Washington, D. C. 



18. John H. Bissell 1888-1889. . . .Detroit, Mich. 



19. Eugene G. Blackford 1889-1890. . . .Philadelphia, Pa. 



20. Eugene G. Blackford 1890-1891. .. .Put-in-Bav, Ohio. 



21. James A. Henshali 1891-1892 Washington, D. C. 



22. Herschel Whitaker 1892-1893. . . .New York, N. Y. 



23. Henry C. Ford 1893-1894. .. .Chicago, 111. 



24. William L. May 1894-1895. . . . Philadelphia, Pa. 



25. L. D. Huntington 1895-1896. .. .New York, N. Y. 



26. Herschel Whitaker 1896-1897. . . . New York, N. Y. 



27. William L. May 1897-1898. . . .Detroit, Mich. 



28. George F. Peabody 1898-1899. . . . Omaha, Neb. 



29. John W. Titcomb 1899-1900. . . .Niagara Falls. N. Y. 



30. F. B. Dickerson 1900-1901.... Woods Hole, Mass. 



31. E. E. Bryant 1901-1902. . . .Milwaukee, Wis. 



32. George M. Bowers 1902-1903. . . . Put-in-Bay, Ohio. 



33. Frank N. Clark 1903-1904. . . .Woods Hole, Mass. 



34. Henry T. Root 1904-1905. . . .Atlantic City, N. J. 



35. C. D. Toslyn 1905-1906. . . .White Sulphur Spgs,W.Va. 



36. E. A. Birge 1906-1907. . . .Grand Rapids, Mich. 



37. Hugh M. Smith 1907-1908. . . .Erie, Pa. 



38. Tarleton H. Bean 1908-1909. . . .Washington, D. C. 



39. Seymour Bower 1909-1910. . . .Toledo, Ohio. 



40. William E. Meehan 1910-1911 .... New York, N. Y. 



41. S. F. Fullerton 191 1-1912. ... St. Louis, Mo. 



42. Charles H. Townsend 1912-1913. . . .Denver, Colo. 



43. Henry B. Ward 1913-1914. . . .Boston, Mass. 



44. Daniel B. Fearing 1914-1915. . . .Washington, D. C. 



45. Jacob Reighard 1915-1916 San Francisco, Cal. 



46. Geo. W. Field 1916-1917. . . .New Orleans, La. 



47. Henry O'Malley 1917-1918. .. .St. Paul, Minn. 



* A special meeting was held at the Centennial Grounds, Philadelphia, 

 Pa., October 6 and 7, 1876. 



