17th Massachusetts General Court (1796–1797)
| 17th Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Meeting place | State House | ||||
| Term | May 1796 – May 1797 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40[1] | ||||
| President | Samuel Phillips Jr. | ||||
| House | |||||
| Speaker | Edward Robbins | ||||
Samuel Phillips, Senate president.
Edward Robbins, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1796-1797.
The 17th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate[2] and the Massachusetts House of Representatives[3][4] , met in 1796 and 1797 during the governorship of Samuel Adams. Samuel Phillips Jr. served as president of the Senate and Edward Robbins served as speaker of the House.[5]
Senators
| image | name | date of birth | District | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Wendell | Suffolk | |||
| Thomas Dawes | Suffolk | |||
| Benjamin Austin, jun. | Suffolk | |||
| William Eustis | June 10, 1753 | Suffolk | Democratic-Republican | |
| Samuel Holton | Essex | |||
| Azor Orne | July 22, 1731 | Essex | ||
| Samuel Phillips | Essex | |||
| Stephen Choate | Essex | |||
| Nathan Dane | December 29, 1752 | Essex | ||
| Eleazer Brooks | Middlesex | |||
| Ebenezer Bridge | Middlesex | |||
| Laommi Baldwin | Middlesex | |||
| Daniel Whitney | Middlesex | |||
| William Shepard | December 1, 1737 | Hampshire | ||
| John Hastings | Hampshire | |||
| David Sexton | Hampshire | |||
| Ebenezer Mattoon | August 19, 1755 | Hampshire | Federalist | |
| Thomas Dwight | October 29, 1758 | Hampshire | ||
| Nathaniel Wells | York | |||
| Simon Frye | York | |||
| Isaac Thompson | Plymouth | |||
| Beza Hayward | Plymouth | |||
| Elisha May | Bristol | |||
| Candidates | Bristol | |||
| Solomon Freeman | Barnstable | |||
| Peleg Coffin Jr. | November 3, 1756 | Dukes and Nantucket | ||
| Jonathan Warner | Worcester | |||
| Josiah Stearns | Worcester | |||
| Daniel Bigelow, Salem Town | Worcester | |||
| Candidates | Worcester | |||
| Stephen Longfellow | Cumberland | |||
| Candidates | Cumberland | |||
| Alexander Campbell | Lincoln, Washington and Hancock | |||
| Candidates | Lincoln, Washington and Hancock | |||
| Thompson J. Skinner | May 24, 1752 | Berkshire | Federalist | |
| John Bacon | April 5, 1738 | Berkshire | ||
| John Read | Norfolk | |||
| Ebenezer Thayer | August 21, 1746 | Norfolk | ||
| Seth Bullard | Norfolk | |||
| Oliver Woolcott, Esq. |
Representatives
| image | name | date of birth | County | Town | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Mason (politician) | September 12, 1756 | Suffolk | Boston | Federalist | |
| William Eustis | Suffolk | Boston | |||
| William Little | Suffolk | Boston | |||
| Joseph Russel, Esq. | Suffolk | Boston | |||
| John Codman | Suffolk | Boston | |||
| Harrison Gray Otis (politician) | October 8, 1765 | Suffolk | Boston | Federalist | |
| Samuel Cooper | Suffolk | Boston | |||
| Samuel Norton | Suffolk | Hingham | |||
| John Norris | Essex | Salem | |||
| John Treadwell | Essex | Salem | |||
| Elias H. Darby, jun. | Essex | Salem | |||
| Gideon Foster | Essex | Danvers | |||
| Nathan Wade | Essex | Ipswich | |||
| Josiah Little | Essex | Newbury | |||
| Enoch Titcomb, Jun. | Essex | Newburyport | |||
| Samuel Sewall | December 11, 1757 | Essex | Marblehead | Federalist | |
| Capt. James Robinson | Essex | Lynn and Lynnfield | |||
| Joshua Holt | Essex | Andover | |||
| Joseph Wood | Essex | Beverly | |||
| Asa Nelson | Essex | Rowley | |||
| Joshua Follansbe | Essex | Salisbury | |||
| Nathaniel Marsh | Essex | Haverhill | |||
| John Low | Essex | Gloucester | |||
| John Rowe | Essex | Gloucester | |||
| Salvenus Willes | Essex | Topsfield | |||
| Daniel Currier, Jun. | Essex | Amesbury | |||
| Peter Russell | Essex | Bradford | |||
| William Ross | Essex | Methuen | |||
| Thomas Parley | Essex | Boxford | |||
| Aaron Hill | Middlesex | Cambridge | |||
| Amos Bond | Middlesex | Watertown | |||
| Richard Devens | Middlesex | Charlestown | |||
| John Walker | Middlesex | Woburn | |||
| Jonathan Fay | Middlesex | Concord | |||
| Jonathan Ward | Middlesex | Newton | |||
| Henry Putnam | Middlesex | Reading | |||
| Edward Barnes | Middlesex | Malborough | |||
| Jonathan Bowers | Middlesex | Billerica | |||
| Jonathan Maynard | Middlesex | Framingham | |||
| Joseph Simonds | Middlesex | Lexington | |||
| John Minor | Middlesex | Chelmsford | |||
| Daniel Whitney | Middlesex | Sherburne | |||
| Edward Wade | Middlesex | Malden | |||
| Artemas Ward | Middlesex | Weston | |||
| Ebenezer Hall | Middlesex | Medford | |||
| Gilbert Dench | Middlesex | Hopkinton | |||
| Abel Boynton | Middlesex | Westford | |||
| Abner Saunderson | Middlesex | Waltham | |||
| Charles Whitman | Middlesex | Stow and Boxbury | |||
| Timothy Bigelow | Middlesex | Groton | |||
| John Heald | Middlesex | Pepperell | |||
| Daniel Adams | Middlesex | Townsend | |||
| James Mellen | Middlesex | Groton | |||
| Jonas Brooks | Middlesex | Acton and Carlisle | |||
| Joseph Woodward | Middlesex | Tewksbury | |||
| Thomas Heard | Middlesex | East Sudbury | |||
| Moses Bliss | Hampshire | Springfield | |||
| Thomas Dwight | October 29, 1758 | Hampshire | Springfield | Federalist | |
| Justin Ely | Hampshire | West Springfield | |||
| Jonathan Smith, jun. | Hampshire | West Springfield | |||
| John Bliss | Hampshire | Wilbraham | |||
| Samuel Henshaw | Hampshire | North and East Hampton | |||
| Levi Shepard | Hampshire | Springfield | |||
| Zebina Montague | Hampshire | Amherst | |||
| Elijah Kent | Hampshire | Granby | |||
| William Bodman | Hampshire | Williamsburg | |||
| Seth Catlin | Hampshire | Deerfield | |||
| Joseph Hoar | Hampshire | Brimfield | |||
| Varney Pearce | Hampshire | New Salem | |||
| Abel Goodell | Hampshire | Monson | |||
| Charles Phelps | Hampshire | Hadley | |||
| David King | Hampshire | Palmer | |||
| Caleb Kinsley | Hampshire | Montague | |||
| Park Holland | Hampshire | Belchertown | |||
| Hugh M'Clallen | Hampshire | Colrain | |||
| David Fowler, jun. | Hampshire | Southwick | |||
| David Robinson | Hampshire | Granville | |||
| Enoch Bancraft | Hampshire | Granville | |||
| Lemuel Pomeroy | Hampshire | Southampton | |||
| Nathaniel Cheney | Hampshire | Warwick and Orange | |||
| Jed Smith | Hampshire | Blandford | |||
| John Powers | Hampshire | Shutesbury | |||
| Sylvester Judd | Hampshire | West Hampton | |||
| William Ward | Hampshire | Cummington and Plainfield | |||
| William Coleman | Hampshire | Greenfield and Gill | |||
| Edmund Longley | Hampshire | Hawley | |||
| Nathaniel Goodwin | Plymouth | Plymouth | |||
| Elijah Turner | Plymouth | Scituate | |||
| Judah Alden | Plymouth | Duxbury | |||
| Elisha Phillips | Plymouth | Marshfield | |||
| Daniel Snow | Plymouth | Bridgewater | |||
| Nathaniel Wilder | Plymouth | Middleboro | |||
| Ebenezer Washburn | Plymouth | Kingston | |||
| Aaron Hubbard | Plymouth | Abington | |||
| Benjamin Bass | Plymouth | Hanover | |||
| Ebenezer Crocker | Barnstable | Barnstable | |||
| Simeon Kingman | Barnstable | Eastham | |||
| Richard Sears | Barnstable | Chatham | |||
| Apollo Leonard | Bristol | Taunton | |||
| Stephen Bullock | October 10, 1735 | Bristol | Rehoboth | Federalist | |
| Christopher Mason | Bristol | Swansea | |||
| Seth Smith, jun | Bristol | Norton | |||
| Rufus Whitmarsh | Bristol | Dighton | |||
| Ephraim Winslow | Bristol | Freetown | |||
| Joseph Dean | Bristol | Raynham | |||
| Seth Spooner | Bristol | New Bedford | |||
| John Bowers | Bristol | Somerset | |||
| Esaias Preble | York | York | |||
| Mark Adams | York | Kittery | |||
| Jacob Wilds | York | Arundel | |||
| Thomas G. Thornton | York | Pepperrelboro | |||
| Simon Frye | York | Fryeburgh | |||
| Micajah Coffin | August 18, 1734 | Nantucket | Nantucket | ||
| Samuel Flagg | Worcester | Worcester | |||
| Levi Lincoln | Worcester | Worcester | |||
| John Sprague | Worcester | Lancaster | |||
| Benjamin Read | Worcester | Mendon | |||
| Thomas Hall, jun. | Worcester | Brookfield | |||
| Ebenezer Davis | Worcester | Charlton | |||
| Samuel Waters | Worcester | Sutton | |||
| William Henshaw | Worcester | Leicester | |||
| Benjamin Drury | Worcester | Spencer | |||
| Jonas How | Worcester | Rutland | |||
| Silas Hall | Worcester | New Braintree | |||
| Nathan Fisher | Worcester | Westboro | |||
| Isaac Davin | Worcester | Northboro | |||
| Josiah Stearns | Worcester | Lunenburg | |||
| Bazaleal Taft | Worcester | Uxbridge | |||
| Silas Holman | Worcester | Bolton and Berlin | |||
| Josiah Walker | Worcester | Sturbridge | |||
| Martin Kinsley | June 2, 1754 | Worcester | Hardwick | Democratic-Republican | |
| Thomas Gowing | Worcester | Leominster | |||
| John Dodds | Worcester | Holden | |||
| Aaron Marsh | Worcester | Douglas | |||
| Daniel Bigelow | Worcester | Petersham | |||
| Ebenezer Jones | Worcester | Westminster | |||
| Samuel Wilder | Worcester | Ashburnham | |||
| Samuel Prensiss | Worcester | Winchendon | |||
| John Chamberlain | Worcester | Dudley | |||
| Jack Black | Worcester | Barre | |||
| Samuel Jones | Worcester | Milford | |||
| Edward Raymond | Worcester | Sterling | |||
| Jonas Temple | Worcester | Boylston | |||
| Archelaus Lewis | Cumberland | Falmouth | |||
| Daniel Davis | Cumberland | Portland | |||
| Daniel Tucker | Cumberland | Portland | |||
| John Minott | Cumberland | Brunswick | |||
| William McCobb | Lincoln | Boothbay | |||
| Amos Stoddard | October 26, 1762 | Lincoln | Hollowell | ||
| John Hubbard | Lincoln | Winthrop and Readfield | |||
| Thomas Thurston | Lincoln | Warren | |||
| Samuel Brown | Lincoln | Thomastown | |||
| Francis Winter | Lincoln | Bath | |||
| Ebenezer Smith | Berkshire | New Marlboro | |||
| Giedon Wheeler | Berkshire | Lanesborough and New Ashford | |||
| John C. Williams | Berkshire | Pittsfield | |||
| Azaraiah Egleston | 25 Feb 1757 | Berkshire | Lenox | ||
| Ephraim Williams | Berkshire | Stockbridge | |||
| John Canfield | Berkshire | Sandisfield | |||
| Hugh Burghart | Berkshire | Richmond | |||
| Israel Jones | Berkshire | Adams | |||
| Josiah Hale | Berkshire | Lee | |||
| Phinehas Bruce | Washington | Machias | |||
| Ebenezer Seaver | July 5, 1763 | Norfolk | Roxbury | Democratic-Republican | |
| John How | Norfolk | Dorchester | |||
| James Swans | Norfolk | Dorchester | |||
| Edward L. Robbins | February 9, 1758 | Norfolk | Milton | Democratic-Republican | |
| Ebenezer Thayer | August 21, 1746 | Norfolk | Braintree | ||
| Nathaniel Bayley | Norfolk | Weymouth | |||
| Isaac Bullard | Norfolk | Dedham | |||
| William Aspinwall | May 23, 1743 | Norfolk | Brooklyn | ||
| John Baxter | Norfolk | Medfield and Dover | |||
| Frederick Pope | Norfolk | Stoughton | |||
| Joseph Hewins | Norfolk | Sharon | |||
| Eliakim Adams | Norfolk | Medway | |||
| Seth Bullard | Norfolk | Walpole | |||
| Silas Alden | Norfolk | Needham | |||
| Thomas Lathrop | Norfolk | Cohasset |
See also
References
- ^ "Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
- ^ The Recorder, Greenfield, Massachusetts, Thursday, May 19, 1796, p.3
- ^ The Recorder, Greenfield, Massachusetts, Thursday, June 16, 1796, p. 4
- ^ The Recorder, Greenfield, Massachusetts, Thursday, June 09, 1796, p. 2
- ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
External links
- "Massachusetts", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, American Antiquarian Society, 2007 – via Tufts University. (Includes data for state senate and house elections in 1796)