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1816–1817 Massachusetts legislature

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37th
Massachusetts General Court
36th 38th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermMay 1816 (1816-05) – May 1817 (1817-05) [1]
Senate
Members40 [2]
PresidentJohn Phillips
House
SpeakerTimothy Bigelow

The 37th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1816 and 1817 during the governorship of John Brooks. John Phillips served as president of the Senate and Timothy Bigelow served as speaker of the House.[3]

Senators

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  • Israel Bartlett [1]
  • Joseph Bemis
  • Thomas H. Blood
  • James Campbell
  • Nehemiah Cleveland
  • Samuel Crocker
  • Oliver Crosby
  • James Ellis
  • Solomon Freeman
  • Timothy Fuller
  • Mark Harris
  • John Hart
  • Mark L. Hill
  • Samuel Hoar
  • Silas Holman
  • John Holmes
  • Stephen Hooper
  • John Howe
  • Levi Hubbard
  • Jonathan Hunewell
  • Caleb Hyde
  • Samuel Lathrop
  • William Moody
  • Harrison G. Otis
  • Elijah Paine
  • Isaac Parsons
  • Thomas H. Perkins
  • John Phillips
  • John Pickering
  • Dudley L. Pickman
  • Josiah Quincy
  • Ezra Starkweather
  • Richard Sullivan
  • Charles Turner Jr.
  • Daniel Waldo
  • Eben. T. Warren
  • Thomas Weston
  • John Whiting
  • Ephraim Williams
  • W. D. Williamson

Representatives

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Civil Government in Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1817. hdl:2452/121963. For the political year, commencing May, 1816, and ending May, 1817
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
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