1828–1829 Massachusetts legislature

The 50th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1829 during the governorship of Levi Lincoln Jr. Sherman Leland served as president of the Senate and William B. Calhoun served as speaker of the House.^[4]

50th Massachusetts General Court
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Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	May 1828 (1828-05) – May 1829 (1829-05) [1]
Senate
Members	40 [2]
President	Sherman Leland
House
Speaker	William B. Calhoun
Sessions
1st May 28, 1828 (1828-05-28) – June 12, 1828 (1828-06-12) 2nd January 7, 1829 (1829-01-07) – March 4, 1829 (1829-03-04) [3]

Sherman Leland, Senate president.

William Calhoun, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1829.

Senators

• John R. Adan ^[1]
• Robert F. Barnard
• Joseph Bowman
• Barker Burnell
• Edmund Cushing
• Joseph Davis
• Samuel F. Dickinson
• James H. Duncan
• Joseph Estabrook
• Luke Fiske
• James Fowler
• Thomas French
• Francis C. Gray
• Nathan Hale
• Elihu Hoyt
• William C. Jarvis
• John Keyes
• Samuel Lathrop
• Sherman Leland
• James Lewis, Jr.
• John W. Lincoln
• Thomas Longley
• Howard Lothrop
• Charles Mattoon
• John Merrill
• John A. Parker
• William W. Parrott
• Elisha Pope
• Josiah Robbins
• James Savage
• Amos Spaulding
• Joseph E. Sprague
• Seth Sprague, Jr.
• Lewis Strong
• William Thorndike
• Benjamin F. Varnum
• Christopher Webb
• Charles Wells
• Thomas Welsh, Jr.
• William Wood

Representatives

See also

• 20th United States Congress
• 21st United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

References

1. "Civil Government of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1829 – via Archive.org. For the political year, commencing May, 1828, and ending May, 1829
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. 1843 Senate Bill 0062. Statement of the Duration of Each Session of the Legislature Since May, 1823, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1843, hdl:2452/739202
4. "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.

External links

• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1828, hdl:2452/808564 – via State Library of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1828, hdl:2452/103873
• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1829, hdl:2452/808567
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1829, hdl:2452/103874