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, III. 



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 Bay, Ohio 



2L James A. Henshall 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. Peabodv 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 Bav, Ohio 



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



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



35. C. D. Joslyn _ 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 1911-1912 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. 



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

 Pa., October 6 and 7, 1876. 



