1853 Massachusetts legislature
| 74th Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Charles Henry Warren | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 288 [1] | ||||
| Speaker | George Bliss | ||||
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The 74th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1853 during the governorship of John H. Clifford. Charles Henry Warren served as president of the Senate and George Bliss served as speaker of the House.[3]
Senators
[edit]- Alfred A. Abbott [4]
- Benjamin Adams
- Willard Blackinton
- Osmyn Brewster
- Francis Brinley
- Thomas G. Cary
- John J. Clarke
- Horace Collamore
- Charles E. Cook
- Henry H. Cook
- James B. Crocker
- Allen Cummings
- Samuel Davenport
- George Dwight
- John Earle
- Winthrop E. Faulkner
- Sullivan Fay
- Calvin Fisher, Jr.
- Edward B. Gillett
- Horace Henderson
- N. S. How
- George Howland, Jr.
- Ensign H. Kellogg
- J. S. C. Knowlton
- John W. Loud
- Micajah Lunt
- Benjamin Manter
- Elisha Murdock
- Samuel D. Parker
- Sanford B. Perry
- Ivers Phillips
- Caleb W. Prouty
- Henry Russell
- Joseph Smith
- Noah L. Strong
- Charles Thurber
- Freeman Walker
- Charles H. Warren
- George W. Warren
- Cyrus Weeks
- Thomas Wright
Representatives
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See also
[edit]- Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853
- 33rd United States Congress
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
References
[edit]- ^ "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+.
- ^ "Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Civil Government, 1853". Massachusetts Register, 1853 – via Archive.org.
Further reading
[edit]- Michel Brunet (1952). "The Secret Ballot Issue in Massachusetts Politics from 1851 to 1853". New England Quarterly. 25. JSTOR 362282.
External links
[edit]- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1853, hdl:2452/725161 – via State Library of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1853, hdl:2452/92935
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