1835 Massachusetts legislature

American state legislature

56th
Massachusetts General Court

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Overview
Legislative body| General Court
Senate
Members| 40
President| Benjamin T. Pickman, George Bliss
House
Members| 615 [1]
Speaker| Julius Rockwell
Sessions
| 1st| January 7, 1835 (1835-01-07) – April 8, 1835 (1835-04-08)

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2nd| September 2, 1835 (1835-09-02) – November 4, 1835 (1835-11-04)[2][3]

The 56th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1835 during the governorship of John Davis. Benjamin T. Pickman and George Bliss served as presidents of the Senate. Julius Rockwell served as speaker of the House.[4]

## Senators

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* Charles Allen[5]
* Nathaniel Austin
* Abel Bliss
* George Bliss
* Elihu Cutter
* Franklin Dexter
* William Ferson
* Waldo Flint
* John C. Gray
* Ephraim Hastings
* Isaac L. Hedge
* Chas. Hudson
* Samuel H. Jenks
* Jesse Kimball
* Myron Lawrence
* George Lunt
* Horace Mann
* Charles Marston
* Samuel Merrill
* Daniel Messenger
* Theron Metcalf
* Samuel Mixter
* Henry J. Oliver
* Benjamin T. Pickman
* William Porter, Jr.
* John P. Robinson
* Benjamin Rodman
* Chas. Russell
* Daniel Shattuck
* Henry Shaw
* John A. Shaw
* Jonathan Shove
* William A. F. Sproat
* J. C. Starkweather
* Allen Tillinghast
* George A. Tufts
* Elijah Vose
* Joseph G. Waters
* Sidney Willard
* Eliphalet Williams

## Representatives

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* Samuel Aspinwall [5]

## See also

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* 24th United States Congress
* List of Massachusetts General Courts

## References

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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. ^ 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. ^ a b "Civil Government of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1835. hdl:2027/umn.31951002233185c - via HathiTrust.

## External links

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* Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1835, hdl:2452/749494
* Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1835, hdl:2452/103880

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Massachusetts General Courts by year convened

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1 (1780)
2 (1781)
3 (1782)
4 (1783)
5 (1784)
6 (1785)
7 (1786)
8 (1787)
9 (1788)
10 (1789)
11 (1790)
12 (1791)
13 (1792)
14 (1793)
15 (1794)
16 (1795)
17 (1796)
18 (1797)
19 (1798)
20 (1799)
21 (1800)
22 (1801)
23 (1802)
24 (1803)
25 (1804)

26 (1805)
27 (1806)
28 (1807)
29 (1808)
30 (1809)
31 (1810)
32 (1811)
33 (1812)
34 (1813)
35 (1814)
36 (1815)
37 (1816)
38 (1817)
39 (1818)
40 (1819)
41 (1820)
42 (1821)
43 (1822)
44 (1823)
45 (1824)
46 (1825)
47 (1826)
48 (1827)
49 (1828)
50 (1829)

51 (1830)
52 (1831)
53 (1832)
54 (1833)
55 (1834)
56 (1835)
57 (1836)
58 (1837)
59 (1838)
60 (1839)
61 (1840)
62 (1841)
63 (1842)
64 (1843)
65 (1844)
66 (1845)
67 (1846)
68 (1847)
69 (1848)
70 (1849)
71 (1850)
72 (1851)
73 (1852)
74 (1853)
75 (1854)

76 (1855)
77 (1856)
78 (1857)
79 (1858)
80 (1859)
81 (1860)
82 (1861)
83 (1862)
84 (1863)
85 (1864)
86 (1865)
87 (1866)
88 (1867)
89 (1868)
90 (1869)
91 (1870)
92 (1871)
93 (1872)
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)
107 (1886)
108 (1887)
109 (1888)
110 (1889)
111 (1890)
112 (1891)
113 (1892)
114 (1893)
115 (1894)
116 (1895)
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)

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Commons

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Districts of the Massachusetts General Court

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* 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

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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

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Former districts

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Government of Massachusetts

Legislative|

* General Court
* Senate (Members, President)
* House of Representatives (Members, Speaker)

Executive|

* Governor (List)
* Lt. Governor
* Attorney General
* Auditor
* Secretary of the Commonwealth
* Treasurer and Receiver-General
* Office for Administration and Finance
* Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
* Department of Higher Education
* Emergency Management Agency
* Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
* Department of Environmental Protection
* Department of Revenue
* Office of Health and Human Services
* Office of Housing and Economic Development
* Office of Labor and Workforce Development
* Department of Mental Health
* Department of Public Health
* Office of Public Safety and Security
* Department of Public Utilities
* Department of Transportation
* Department of Youth Services

Judicial|

* Boston Municipal Court
* District Court
* Superior Court
* Land Court
* Juvenile Court
* Housing Court
* Massachusetts Probate and Family Court
* Appeals Court (Judges)
* Supreme Judicial Court
* Essex Probate and Family Court
* Middlesex Probate and Family Court

Independent agencies|

* Board of Library Commissioners
* Commission Against Discrimination
* Commission on the Status of Women
* Disabled Persons Protection Commission
* Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board
* Massachusetts District Attorneys
* Massachusetts Inspector General
* Office of Campaign and Political Finance
* Office of the Comptroller
* Massachusetts Sheriffs
* State Ethics Commission

Law|

* Constitution
* General Laws
* Code of Massachusetts Regulations
* Abortion
* Alcohol
* Cannabis
* Capital punishment
* Crime
* Elder law
* Gambling
* Gun laws
* LGBT rights
* Taxation

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