1851 Massachusetts legislature

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]

72nd
Massachusetts General Court
←71st 73rd→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
Senate
Members40
PresidentHenry Wilson
House
Members396 [1]
SpeakerNathaniel Prentice Banks
Sessions
1stJanuary 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.

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

See also

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. "Civil Government of Massachusetts". Massachusetts State Record, New England Register, and Year Book of General Information, 1851 – via HathiTrust.

Further reading
  • Michel Brunet (1952). "The Secret Ballot Issue in Massachusetts Politics from 1851 to 1853". New England Quarterly. 25. JSTOR 362282.
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