1856 Massachusetts legislature

The 77th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1856 during the governorship of Henry Gardner. Elihu C. Baker served as president of the Senate and Charles A. Phelps served as speaker of the House.^[3]

77th Massachusetts General Court
← 76th 78th →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Senate
Members	40
President	Elihu C. Baker
House
Members	329 [1]
Speaker	Charles A. Phelps
Sessions
1st January 1, 1856 (1856-01-01) – June 6, 1856 (1856-06-06) [2]

Topics discussed included banks, bridges, fisheries, hospitals, prisons, railroads, schools, and other matters.^[4]

Senators

• Elihu C. Baker ^[5]
• David H. Bartlett
• John Batchelder
• Amos Bates
• Sylvester Baxter
• Almon Brainard
• William S. Brakenridge
• Benjamin H. Brown
• Hiram C. Brown
• Ephraim W. Bull
• John A. Buttrick
• Augustus C. Carey
• James E. Carpenter
• Joseph E. Dawley
• Francis H. Dewey
• Jabez Fisher
• William Hall
• Alfred Kenrick
• Nathan King
• Benning Leavitt
• Artemas Lee
• Abiel S. Lewis
• Benjamin F. Mills
• Abel B. Munroe
• George Odiorne
• Ben Osgood
• Bradford K. Peirce
• Samuel S. Perkins
• Zabina L. Raymond
• John Rogers
• John H. Shaw
• William Sutton
• Velorous Taft
• William Taylor
• George M. Thacher
• Salem Towne
• Oliver Warner
• Daniel Warren
• George W. Warren
• Benjamin F. White

Representatives

See also

• 34th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

References

1. "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
2. "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
3. "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
4. "Index", Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1856, hdl:2452/795782, ISSN 0094-6664
5. "Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register, 1856 – via Archive.org.

External links

• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1856, hdl:2452/685899 – via State Library of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1856, hdl:2452/92938