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 



1872.... New York, N. Y. 



1873.... Albany, N. Y. 



1874.... New York, N. Y. 



1875 .... New York, N. Y. 



1876.... New York, N. Y. 



1877*... New York, N. Y. 



1878.... New York, N. Y. 



1879.... New York, N. Y. 



1880.... New York, N. Y. 



1881 .... New York, N. Y. 



1882.... New York, N. Y. 



1883.... New York, N. Y. 



1884.... New York, N. Y. 



1885.... Washington, D. C. 



1886.... Washington, D. C. 



1887.... Chicago, 111. 



1888.... Washington, D. C. 



1889.... Detroit. Mich. 



1890.... Philadelphia, Pa. 



1891.... Put-in Bay, Ohio. 



1892.... Washington, D. C. 



1893.... New York, N. Y. 



1894.... Chicago, 111. 



1895.... Philadelphia, Pa. 



1896.... New York, N. Y. 



1897.... New York, N. Y. 



1898.... Detroit, Mich. 



1899.... Omaha, Nebr. 



1900.... Niagara Falls, N. Y. 



1901 ... . . Woods Hole, Mass. 



1902.... Milwaukee, Wis. 



1903.... Put-in Bay, Ohio. 



1904.... Woods Hole. Mass. 



1905.... Atlantic City, N. J. 



1906. . . .White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. 



1907 Grand Rapids, Mich. 



1908.... Erie, Pa. 

 1909.... Washington, D. C. 

 1910.... Toledo, Ohio. 

 1911.... New York, N. Y. 

 1912.... St. Louis, Mo. 



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William Clift 1870 



William Clift 1872 



William Clift 1873 



Robert B. Roosevelt. .1874- 

 Robert B. Roosevelt. .1875- 

 Robert B. R'oosevelt. . 1876- 

 Robert B. Roosevelt. .1877- 

 Robert B. Roosevelt. .1878- 

 Robert B. Roosevelt. .1879- 

 Robert B. Roosevelt. .1880- 

 Robert B. Roosevelt. .1881- 

 George Shepard Page. 1882- 



James Benkard 1883- 



Theodore Lyman 1884- 



Marshall McDonald . . . 1885- 



W. M. Hudson 1886- 



William L. May 1887- 



John H. Bissell 1888- 



Eugene G. Blackford. . 1889- 

 Eugene G. Blackford. .1890- 



James A. Henshall 1891- 



Herschel Whitaker. .. .1892- 



Henry C. Ford 1893- 



William L. May 1894- 



L. D. Huntington 1895- 



Flerschel Whitaker ... .1896- 



William L. May 1897- 



George F. Peabody. . . .1898- 



John W. Titcomb 1899- 



F. B. Dickerson 1900- 



E. E. Bryant 1901- 



George M. Bowers. .. .1902- 



Frank N. Clark 1903- 



Henry T. Root 1904- 



C. D. Joslyn 1905- 



E. A. Binje 1906- 



Hugh M. Smith 1907- 



Tarleton PI. Bean 1908- 



Seymour Bower 1909- 



William E. Meehan. . . 1910- 

 S. F. Fullerton 1911- 



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

 Pa., October 6 and 7, 1876. 



