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 | |||||
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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 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
- A. 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[]
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See also[]
- 31st 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+.
- ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
- ^ "State Government, 1849". Massachusetts State Record and Year Book of General Information, 1849 – via HathiTrust.
External links[]
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1849, hdl:2452/685897 – via State Library of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1849, hdl:2452/92931
Categories:
- Political history of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts legislative sessions
- 1849 U.S. legislative sessions
- 1849 in Massachusetts
- Massachusetts government stubs