1807–1808 Massachusetts legislature

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28th
Massachusetts General Court
27th 29th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermMay 1807 (1807-05) – May 1808 (1808-05) [1]
Senate
Members40 [2]
PresidentSamuel Dana
House
SpeakerPerez Morton

The 28th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1807 and 1808 during the governorship of James Sullivan. Samuel Dana served as president of the Senate and Perez Morton served as speaker of the House.[3]

Senators[edit]

  • George Bliss [1]
  • Elijah Brigham
  • Peter C. Brooks
  • Timothy Childs
  • Isaac Coffin
  • Samuel Dana
  • Azariah Eggleston
  • Ebenezer Fisher
  • James Freeman
  • Barzillai Gannet
  • Christopher Gore
  • William Gray
  • Thomas Hale
  • John Hastings
  • John Heard
  • William Hildreth
  • Aaron Hill
  • John Howe
  • Levi Hubbard
  • Jonas Kendall
  • William King
  • Jonathan Maynard
  • Hugh McLellan
  • James Means
  • Nathaniel Morton Jr.
  • Harrison Gray Otis
  • David Perry
  • John Phillips Jr.
  • John Phillips
  • William Spooner
  • Seth Sprague
  • Ezra Starkweather
  • Joseph Storer
  • Israel Thorndike
  • Nathaniel Thurston
  • Enoch Titcomb
  • Salem Towne
  • George Ulmer
  • Nathan Willis
  • John Woodman

Representatives[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Civil Government in Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1808. hdl:2027/hvd.hn43gl – via HathiTrust. For the political year, commencing May, 1807, and ending May, 1808
  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. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.

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