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    1781–1782 Massachusetts legislature

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    2nd
    Massachusetts General Court
    ←1st 3rd→
    Overview
    Legislative bodyGeneral Court
    Meeting placeState House (State Street)
    TermMay 1781 (1781-05) – May 1782 (1782-05) [1]
    Senate
    Members40 [2]
    PresidentJeremiah Powell, Samuel Adams
    House
    SpeakerCaleb Davis
    Samuel Adams
    Samuel Adams, Senate president.
    Caleb Davis
    Caleb Davis, House speaker.
    Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1781-1782.

    The 2nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1781 and 1782 during the governorship of John Hancock. Jeremiah Powell and Samuel Adams served as presidents of the Senate and Caleb Davis served as speaker of the House.[1]

    Senators

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    • Samuel Adams [3]
    • John Bacon
    • Samuel Baker
    • John Bliss
    • Ebenezer Bridge
    • Eleazer Brooks
    • Stephen Choate
    • Edward Cutts
    • Joseph Dorr
    • Thomas Durfee
    • Jabez Fisher
    • Solomon Freeman
    • Abraham Fuller
    • John Goodman
    • Jonathan Greenleaf
    • John Hastings
    • Joseph Hosner
    • Israel Nichols
    • Samuel Phillips Jr.
    • John Pitts
    • Jedediah Prebble
    • Thomas Rice
    • William Sever
    • Eph. Starkweather
    • Increase Sumner
    • Cotton Tufts
    • Charles Turner
    • Jonathan Warner
    • Aaron Wood
    • Jahleel Woodbridge

    Representatives

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    • Caleb Davis [3]
    • Samuel A. Otis
    • John Rowe

    See also

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    • List of Massachusetts General Courts

    References

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    1. ^ a b "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
    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. ^ a b "Register for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts", Pocket Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1782...Calculated for the Use of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, T. & J. Fleet, 1782, hdl:2452/121928
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    • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1781, hdl:2452/103826 – via State Library of Massachusetts
    • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1782, hdl:2452/103827


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