 frederick huntington gillett (; october 16, 1851 â july 31, 1935) was an american politician who served in the massachusetts state government and both houses of the u.s. congress between 1879 and 1931, including six years as speaker of the house. ==life and career== frederick h. gillett was born in westfield, massachusetts, to edward bates gillett (1817â1899) and lucy fowler gillett (1830â1916). he graduated from amherst college in 1874 and harvard law school in 1877. he entered the practice of law in springfield in 1877. he was the assistant attorney general of massachusetts from 1879 to 1882. for two one-year terms he was a member of the massachusetts house of representatives. he was elected to the fifty-third united states congress in 1892. a republican, gillett served in the united states house of representatives from 1893 to 1925. on january 24, 1914, he introduced legislation to initiate the adoption of an anti-polygamy amendment to the u.s. constitution.{{cite book|last=iversen |first=joan smyth|title=the antipolygamy controversy in u.s. w
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