1838 Massachusetts legislature

59th Massachusetts General Court
← 58th 60th →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Senate
Members	40
President	Myron Lawrence
House
Members	480 [1]
Speaker	Robert Charles Winthrop
Sessions
1st January 3, 1838 (1838-01-03) – April 25, 1838 (1838-04-25) [2]

The 59th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1838 during the governorship of Edward Everett. Myron Lawrence served as president of the Senate and Robert Charles Winthrop served as speaker of the House.[3]

The governor spoke to the members on January 9, 1838.[4]

"In February 1838, Angelina Grimké became the first woman in U.S. history to address the members of an American legislative body when she spoke to the members of the Massachusetts Legislature. Her subject was the demand for the immediate end of the slave trade in Washington, D.C."[5]

In 1838, temperance activists pushed the Massachusetts legislature to pass a law restricting the sale of alcohol in quantities less than fifteen gallons.[6]

Senators

• Daniel Adams III [7]
• James C. Alvord
• George Ashmun
• Reuben Boies Jr.
• Nathan Brooks
• Stephen B. Brown
• Barker Burnell
• James G. Carter
• Linus Child
• William Clark Jr.
• Samuel Dorr
• Lilly Eaton
• John Eddy
• Stephen Fairbanks
• Levi Farwell
• Lester Filley
• Thomas French
• Samuel G. Goodrich
• Nathan Gurney
• William Hancock
• Samuel Hubbard
• Charles Hudson
• Charles Kimball
• Daniel P. King
• Thomas Kinnicutt
• Samuel Lane
• Myron Lawrence
• Artemas Lee
• Charles Marston
• Lemuel May
• Joseph Meigs
• Thomas Motley
• Warwick Palfray Jr.
• Stuart J. Park
• Josiah Quincy Jr.
• Joseph L. Richardson
• John A. Shaw
• Jeremiah Spofford
• Samuel B. Walcutt
• Charles H. Warren

Representatives

• Ivers J. Austin [7]

See also

• 25th 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. Address Of His Excellency Edward Everett, To The Two Branches Of The Legislature, On The Organization Of The Government, For The Political Year Commencing January 3, 1838, hdl:2452/749957
5. "(1838) Angelina Grimke, 'Address to the Massachusetts Legislature'", Blackpast.org, retrieved June 8, 2020
6. S.N. Dickinson, Boston Almanac for the Year 1840, Thomas Groom, hdl:2027/njp.32101056187550
7. "Civil Government of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1838. hdl:2027/umn.319510022331886 – via HathiTrust.

External links

• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1838, hdl:2452/738684
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1838, hdl:2452/103883