1823–1824 Massachusetts legislature

44th Massachusetts General Court
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Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Term	May 1823 (1823-05) – May 1824 (1824-05) [1]
Senate
Members	40 [2]
President	Nathaniel Silsbee
House
Speaker	William C. Jarvis
Sessions
1st May 28, 1823 (1823-05-28) – June 14, 1823 (1823-06-14) 2nd January 7, 1824 (1824-01-07) – February 21, 1824 (1824-02-21) [3]

The 44th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1823 and 1824 during the governorship of William Eustis. Nathaniel Silsbee served as president of the Senate and William C. Jarvis served as speaker of the House.[4][5]

Senators

• Benjamin Adams[1]
• Jonathan Allen [6]
• William Austin [7]
• Peter C. Brooks
• Joel Cranston
• Nathaniel P. Denny
• Braddock Dimmick
• Josiah J. Fiske
• James Fowler
• Stephen P. Gardner
• Benjamin Gorham
• James L. Hodges
• Elihu Hoyt
• Samuel Hubbard
• George Hull
• Nathaniel Jones [8]
• John Keyes
• Sherman Leland
• Thomas Longley
• Aaron Lummus
• John Mason
• John Mills
• Jethro Mitchell
• Nathan Noyes
• William W. Parrott
• Thomas H. Perkins
• John Prince [9]
• Joseph Richardson
• John Ruggles
• Nathaniel Silsbee
• Seth Sprague
• Oliver Starkweather
• Lewis Strong
• Joseph Strong, Jr.
• George Sullivan
• Levi Thaxter
• Aaron Tufts
• John Wade
• Moses Wingate
• Thomas L. Winthrop

Representatives

• William Phillips [1]

See also

• 18th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

References

1. "Civil Government of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1824 – via HathiTrust. For the political year commencing May, 1823, and ending May, 1824
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+.
5. "Massachusetts", National Intelligencer, Washington, DC, June 3, 1823
6. "Allen, Jonathan, 1766-1836", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
7. "Austin, William, 1778-1841", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
8. "Jones, Nathaniel", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
9. "Prince, John, Jr.", 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 1823)
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1823, hdl:2452/103868
• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1824, hdl:2452/819808 – via State Library of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1824, hdl:2452/103869