advertised for a servant in which he specified that he sought a Protestant and 'no Irish need apply". Field won the election by a larger majority; however, Dean again challenged the result charging irregularities with the count. This time, Walbridge was seated and served out his term. He declined to run for another term of office in 1880. Field was appointed by Governor John Davis Long to the bench of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on February 21, 1881. He was promoted by Governor John Quincy Adams Brackett to the position of Chief Justice on September 4, 1890 and served until his death in Boston on July 15, 1899. He was succeeded by Oliver Wendell Holmes. His interment was in Forest Hills Cemetery in West Roxbury. References External links Massachusetts state court judges Massachusetts lawyers Burials in Massachusetts Chief Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Harvard Law School alumni Dartmouth College alumni Boston School Committee members 1833 births 1899 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American judges 19th-century American lawyers