The 52nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1831 during the governorship of Levi Lincoln Jr. Leverett Saltonstall served as president of the Senate and William B. Calhoun served as speaker of the House.[4]
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| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
| Term | May 1831 – January 1832[1] | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 40 [2] | ||||
| President | Leverett Saltonstall | ||||
| House | |||||
| Speaker | William B. Calhoun | ||||
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Leverett Saltonstall I, Senate president.
William Calhoun, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1831.
Notable legislation included "a law to transfer state elections to the fall so as to coincide with national elections."[5][6]
Senators edit
- Samuel C. Allen[1]
- John Bailey
- George Blake
- Ebenezer Bradbury
- Nathan Brooks
- Russell Brown
- Nathan C. Brownell
- Rufus Bullock
- Barker Burnell
- Chauncey Clarke
- Robert Cross
- Joseph Cummings
- Wilbur Curtis
- Ebenezer Daggett
- John Doane
- James Draper
- John Endicott
- Alexander H. Everett
- Otis Everett
- Enos Foote
- Samuel French
- William S. Hastings
- Elihu Hoyt
- William Johnson Jr.
- John W. Lincoln
- Solomon Lincoln Jr.
- James C. Merrill
- Stephen C. Phillips
- Benjamin T. Pickman
- Daniel Richardson
- Leverett Saltonstall
- Asahel Stearns
- William Thorndike
- Charles Train
- Samuel A. Turner
- Christopher Webb
- Charles Wells
- David Wilder
- Francis Winship
- John Wyles
Representatives edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Civil Government of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1832. hdl:2027/hvd.hx6bqj – via HathiTrust.
Commencing May, 1831, and ending January, 1832
- ^ "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
- ^ 1843 Senate Bill 0062. Statement of the Duration of Each Session of the Legislature Since May, 1823, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1843, hdl:2452/739202
- ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
- ^ Arthur Darling (1925). Political Changes in Massachusetts, 1824–1848. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. OCLC 1593840.
- ^ "1831 Chap. 0066. An Act In Addition To ' An Act For Regulating Elections.'", Massachusetts Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/111822,
June 23, 1831
External links edit
- Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1831, hdl:2452/785539
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1831, hdl:2452/103876
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