1837 Massachusetts legislature

58th
Massachusetts General Court
57th 59th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
Term1837 (1837) –
Senate
Members40 [1]
PresidentHorace Mann
House
Members635 [2]
SpeakerJulius Rockwell
Horace Mann
Horace Mann, Senate president.
Julius Rockwell
Julius Rockwell, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1837.

The 58th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1837 during the governorship of Edward Everett. Horace Mann served as president of the Senate and Julius Rockwell served as speaker of the House.[3]

Senators

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  • Daniel Adams III [4]
  • Charles Allen
  • Reuben Bacon
  • Francis Bowman
  • Harvey Chapin
  • Linus Child
  • Henry H. Childs
  • Abel Cushing
  • Samuel Dorr
  • Stephen Fairbanks
  • Joseph Fitch
  • Thomas French
  • Ethan A. Greenwood
  • Nathan Gurney
  • William Hancock
  • James H. Handy
  • Ephraim Hastings
  • Charles Hudson
  • David Joy
  • Charles Kimball
  • Abel Kingman
  • Myron Lawrence
  • William Livingston
  • Horace Mann
  • Charles Marston
  • Stephen Oliver
  • Warwick Palfray Jr.
  • Leonard M. Parker
  • Stephen Pope
  • Josiah Quincy Jr.
  • Charles Russell
  • Orren Sage
  • Jonathan Shove
  • Phineas Sprague
  • John Tenney
  • John B. Turner
  • William Ward
  • Seth Whitmarsh
  • Benjamin P. Williams
  • Henry Williams

Representatives

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
  4. ^ "Civil Government of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1837. hdl:2452/121983.
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