1851 Massachusetts legislature

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Overview

Legislative body

Members

Members

396 ^[1]

Speaker

Nathaniel Prentice Banks

Sessions

1st	January 2, 1851 (1851-01-02) – May 24, 1851 (1851-05-24) ^[2]

Henry Wilson, Senate president.

Nathaniel Banks, House speaker.

Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1851.

The 72nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1851 during the governorship of George S. Boutwell. Henry Wilson served as president of the Senate and Nathaniel Prentice Banks served as speaker of the House.^[3]

Senators

George Austin ^[4]
William Barney
Z. D. Bassett
Erasmus D. Beach
Edw. B. Bigelow
John Boynton
Richard P. Brown
Jos. T. Buckingham
Edward Cazneau
Robert S. Daniells
Alex. De Witt
Lyman W. Dean
John Earle
John W. Graves
Whiting Griswold
Wm. A. Hawley
Stephen Hilliard
Francis Howe
Charles Hubbard
William Hyde
Edw. L. Keyes
Edmund Kimball
Geo. H Kuhn
Alvah Morrison
David Moseley
Moses Newell
Frederic Robinson
Charles T. Russell
Daniel Saunders, Jr.
David Sears
Benjamin Seaver
J. M. Usher
Samuel Warner, Jr.
Asa G. Welch
Luke Wellington
Giles H. Whitney
John H. Wilkins
Henry Wilson
Moses Wood
Wm. H. Wood

Representatives

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References

^ "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
^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
^ "Civil Government of Massachusetts". Massachusetts State Record, New England Register, and Year Book of General Information, 1851. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081766713 – via HathiTrust.

External links

Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1851, hdl:2452/685898
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1851, hdl:2452/92933

Massachusetts General Courts by year convened

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25 (1804)

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31 (1810)
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47 (1826)
48 (1827)
49 (1828)
50 (1829)

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53 (1832)
54 (1833)
55 (1834)
56 (1835)
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69 (1848)
70 (1849)
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72 (1851)
73 (1852)
74 (1853)
75 (1854)

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78 (1857)
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81 (1860)
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83 (1862)
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94 (1873)
95 (1874)
96 (1875)
97 (1876)
98 (1877)
99 (1878)
100 (1879)

101 (1880)
102 (1881)
103 (1882)
104 (1883)
105 (1884)
106 (1885)
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108 (1887)
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117 (1896)
118 (1897)
119 (1898)
120 (1899)
121 (1900)
122 (1901)
123 (1902)
124 (1903)
125 (1904)

126 (1905)
127 (1906)
128 (1907)
129 (1908)
130 (1909)
131 (1910)
132 (1911)
133 (1912)
134 (1913)
135 (1914)
136 (1915)
137 (1916)
138 (1917)
139 (1918)
140 (1919)
141 (1920)
142 (1921)
143 (1923)
144 (1925)
145 (1927)
146 (1929)
147 (1931)
148 (1933)
149 (1935)
150 (1937)

151 (1939)
152 (1941)
153 (1943)
154 (1945)
155 (1947)
156 (1949)
157 (1951)
158 (1953)
159 (1955)
160 (1957)
161 (1959)
162 (1961)
163 (1963)
164 (1965)
165 (1967)
166 (1969)
167 (1971)
168 (1973)
169 (1975)
170 (1977)
171 (1979)
172 (1981)
173 (1983)
174 (1985)
175 (1987)

176 (1989)
177 (1991)
178 (1993)
179 (1995)
180 (1997)
181 (1999)
182 (2001)
183 (2003)
184 (2005)
185 (2007)
186 (2009)
187 (2011)
188 (2013)
189 (2015)
190 (2017)
191 (2019)
192 (2021)
193 (2023)
194 (2025)

Commons

Districts of the Massachusetts General Court

Senate

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden
Bristol and Norfolk
Bristol and Plymouth: 1st, 2nd
Cape and Islands
Essex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Essex and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd
Hampden
Hampden and Hampshire: 1st, 2nd
Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
Middlesex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Middlesex and Norfolk: 1st, 2nd
Middlesex and Suffolk
Middlesex and Worcester
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth
Norfolk and Plymouth
Norfolk and Suffolk
Plymouth and Barnstable
Plymouth and Bristol: 1st, 2nd
Plymouth and Norfolk
Suffolk: 1st, 2nd
Suffolk and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd
Worcester: 1st, 2nd
Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex
Worcester and Middlesex
Worcester and Norfolk
Obsolete districts

House

Barnstable	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Berkshire	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Bristol	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th
Cape and Islands	Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
Essex	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
Franklin	1st, 2nd
Hampden	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Hampshire	1st, 2nd, 3rd
Middlesex	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th
Norfolk	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
Plymouth	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Suffolk	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
Worcester	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
Defunct districts	Former districts

Commons

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