1849 Massachusetts legislature
| 70th Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Joseph M. Bell | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 263 [1] | ||||
| Speaker | Francis Crowninshield | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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The 70th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1849 during the governorship of George N. Briggs. Joseph M. Bell served as president of the Senate and Francis Crowninshield served as speaker of the House.[3]
Senators
- Chester Adams [4]
- E. D. Ammidown
- Daniel C. Baker
- Charles H. Balch
- Joseph Bell
- Jonathan Blake
- Joseph S. Borland
- John Brooks
- A. H. Bullock
- George Copeland
- George W. Crockett
- Charles Devens, Jr.
- James C. Doane
- William R. Easton
- Otis P. Ford
- Joel Giles
- John Z. Goodrich
- E. J. M. Hale
- Lewis Harding
- N. W. Hazen
- Hosea Ilsley
- William James
- John Jenkins
- John S. Keyes
- Aaron King
- Cyrus Kingman
- Cromwell Leonard
- Albert H. Nelson
- Edward Parsons
- William A. Phelps
- Jonathan Preston
- James Rider
- John Sargent
- David A. Simmons
- Hobart Spencer
- Ebenezer Torrey
- Philander Washburn
- Tappan Wentworth
- Paul Whitin
- E. M. Wright
Representatives
- Elisha H. Allen [4]
- John Boles
- Osmyn Brewster
- William Brigham
- Walter Bryent
- Henry G. Clark
- Nathaniel W. Coffin
- Charles Edward Cook
- William D. Coolidge
- F. B. Crowninshield
- Benjamin R. Curtis
- William Denton
- William Eaton
- James Fowle
- William Freeman
- John C. Gray
- John P. Healey
- Samuel H. Jenks
- Lewis Jones
- Sewall Kendall
- Samuel Leeds
- J. Lothrop Motley
- Samuel S. Perkins
- John L. Phillips
- Benj. P. Richardson
- Richard Robins
- Philo Sanford
- William Schouler
- Lemuel Shattuck
- Southworth Shaw
- Benjamin Smith
- Richard Soule Jr.
- Noah Sturtevant
- Thomas Tarbell
- John W. Warren Jr.
- Charles S. Cary
- Asa A. Abbott
- Paul Hildreth
- William H. Lovett
- Enoch Wood
- William Dodge Jr.
- William Wolcott
- Simon P. Burnham
- David Chard
- Joseph Friend
- Joseph Wait
- Stephen Story
- John Carroll Jr.
- Thomas Swasey
- John Tenney
- Jacob Atkinson
- Dennis Condry
- Ralph C. Huse
- Henry W. Kinsman
- John Proctor
- Eleazer M. Dalton
- Henry Russell
- Joshua Safford
- Augustus Story
- John D Symonds
- Charles W. Upham
- Joshua M. Pike Jr.
- Charles Herrick
- Amos Gould
See also
References
- ^ "Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
- ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
- ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
- ^ a b "State Government, 1849". Massachusetts State Record and Year Book of General Information, 1849. hdl:2027/chi.108279638 – via HathiTrust.
External links
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1849, hdl:2452/685897
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1849, hdl:2452/92931