1840 Massachusetts legislature
| 61st Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Daniel P. King | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 521 [1] | ||||
| Speaker | Robert Charles Winthrop | ||||
| Sessions | |||||
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Daniel King, Senate president.
Robert Winthrop, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1840.
The 61st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1840 during the governorship of Marcus Morton. Daniel P. King served as president of the Senate and Robert Charles Winthrop served as speaker of the House.[4]
On January 22, 1840, the governor gave a speech.[3]
Senators[]
- Amos Abbott[5][6]
- William Bowdoin
- Russell Brown
- David Choate
- George T. Davis
- Edmund Dwight
- Benjamin Estabrook
- Thos. J. Greenwood
- Isaac Harris
- Chas. C. P. Hastings
- Foster Hooper
- William J. Hubbard
- Matthew Ives, Jr.
- Daniel P. King
- Samuel Lane
- Asa Lincoln
- Josiah Little
- Joseph W. Mansur
- Jedediah Marcy
- Charles Marston
- George Morey
- Leonard M. Parker
- Timothy A. Phelps
- Lucas Pond
- Horatio Pratt
- Josiah Quincy, Jr.
- James Russell
- James Savage
- Charles Sibley
- Seth Sprague, Jr.
- Increase Sumner
- George B. Upton
- Bradford L. Wales
- Jared Whitman
- Seth Whitmarsh
- Sidney Willard
- Benjamin P. Williams
- John S. Williams
- Nathaniel Wood
- Samuel Wood
Representatives[]
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See also[]
- 26th United States Congress
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
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+.
- ^ Jump up to: a b S. N. Dickinson, Boston Almanac for the Year 1841, Boston: Thomas Groom
- ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
- ^ "Civil Government of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1840 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Rules and Orders to be Observed in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the Year 1840, Boston, hdl:2452/750653
- ^ Jump up to: a b S.N. Dickinson, "Government of Massachusetts: Representatives of Boston", Boston Almanac for the Year 1840, Boston: Thomas Groom
External links[]
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1840, hdl:2452/738674 – via State Library of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1840, hdl:2452/92922
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