1815–1816 Massachusetts legislature

The 36th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1815 and 1816 during the governorship of Caleb Strong. John Phillips served as president of the Senate and Timothy Bigelow served as speaker of the House.^[3]

36th Massachusetts General Court
← 35th 37th →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	May 1815 (1815-05) – May 1816 (1816-05) [1]
Senate
Members	40 [2]
President	John Phillips
House
Speaker	Timothy Bigelow

Senators

• Jacob Abbot ^[1]
• Benjamin Adams ^[4]
• Joseph Bemis
• James Campbell ^[5]
• Timothy Child
• Nehemiah Cleveland
• Thaddeus Coffin
• Samuel Crocker
• Oliver Crosby
• William Crosby
• James Ellis
• Solomon Freeman
• Timothy Fuller
• Joshua Gage
• John Hart
• Mark L. Hill
• Sam’l Hoar
• Silas Holman
• John Holmes ^[6]
• Nathaniel Hooper
• Stephen Hooper
• John Howe
• Jonathan Hunnewell
• Samuel Lathrop
• Lathrop Lewis
• William Moody
• Harrison G. Otis
• Elijah Paine
• Thomas H. Perkins
• John Phillips
• John Pickering
• Josiah Quincy
• William Read
• Moses Smith
• Ezra Starkweather
• Thomas Stephens ^[7]
• Richard Sullivan
• William P. Walker
• Thomas Weston
• Wilkes Wood

Representatives

• William Smith ^[1]

See also

• 14th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

References

1. "Civil Government in Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1816 – via HathiTrust. For the political year commencing May, 1815, and ending May, 1816
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+.
4. "Adams, Benjamin, 1764-1837", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
5. "Campbell, James", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
6. "Holmes, John, 1773-1843", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
7. "Stephens, Thomas", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020

External links

• "Massachusetts", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, American Antiquarian Society, 2007 – via Tufts University. (Includes data for state senate and house elections in 1815)
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1815, hdl:2452/103860
• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1816, hdl:2452/819807 – via State Library of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1816, hdl:2452/103861