1803–1804 Massachusetts legislature

State law making body in Massachusetts USA February 2025 January 2025 24th Massachusetts General Court Seal of the General Court of Massachusetts (variant).svg 150px Seal of the General Court of Massachusetts Massachusetts General Court 1803 05 25 1804 05 30 23rd 25th Senate 40 Federalist President David Cobb House Federalist Speaker Harrison Gray Otis The 24th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1803 and 1804 during the governorship of Caleb Strong. David Cobb served as president of the Senate and Harrison Gray Otis served as speaker of the House. https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/340/mode/2up 2009 Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts Manual for the Use of the General Court Organization of the Legislature Since 1780 340+ 3 Composition by party Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section below. +Overview of Senate membership by party Party(shading shows control)TotalVacantDemocratic-Republican (DR)Federalist (F)Begin (May 25, 1803)1326391May 25, 1803 Vacany David Tilden (DR) was elected by the House and Senate to fill the vacany left by John Codman (F), who died before the start of term.Massachusetts 1803 State Senate, Suffolk County, Special A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/7h149q145 January 16, 20231426400May 27, 1803 GC Elected to the Massachusetts Governor's Council at the start of term.Massachusetts 1803 Governor's Council A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/ms35t889d January 16, 2023 1420346Latest voting share14 34 2 yes20 34 2 yes  Leadership Senate Presiding President: David Cobb (F) House of Representatives Presiding Speaker: Harrison G. Otis (F) Members Senate The 40 seats are apportioned to each county or counties, based upon population size, to be elected at-large. Civil Government in Massachusetts 2452/121950 Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1804 1804 For the political year, commencing May, 1803, and ending May, 1804 false center Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Cumberland Dukes and Nantucket Essex Hampshire Hancock, Lincoln and Washington Kennebec Middlesex Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester York Barnstable Democratic-RepublicanAt-large. John Dillingham (DR) Berkshire Democratic-RepublicanAt-large. John Bacon (DR) Democratic-RepublicanAt-large. Barnabas Bidwell (DR) Bristol FederalistAt-large. Stephen Bullock (F) (until May 27, 1803) GC FederalistAt-large. Alden Spooner (F) Cumberland Democratic-RepublicanAt-large. John Cushing (DR) FederalistAt-large. Woodbury Storer (F) Dukes and Nantucket Democratic-RepublicanAt-large. Isaac Coffin (DR) Essex FederalistAt-large. Elias H. Derby (F) FederalistAt-large. John Heard (F) FederalistAt-large. Nathaniel Marsh (F) (until May 27, 1803) GC FederalistAt-large. Benjamin Pickman (F) FederalistAt-large. Enoch Titcomb (F) FederalistAt-large. Dudley A. Tyng (F) Hampshire FederalistAt-large. Samuel Fowler (F) FederalistAt-large. John Hastings (F) (until May 27, 1803) GC FederalistAt-large. John Hooker (F) FederalistAt-large. Ezra Starkweather (F) Hancock, Lincoln and Washington FederalistAt-large. Alexander Campbell (F) (until May 27, 1803) GC FederalistAt-large. David Cobb (F) Kennebeck Democratic-RepublicanAt-large. John Chandler (DR) Middlesex Democratic-RepublicanAt-large. William Hildreth (DR) Democratic-RepublicanAt-large. Aaron Hill (DR) Democratic-RepublicanAt-large. William Hull (DR) Democratic-RepublicanAt-large. Jonathan Maynard (DR) Norfolk Democratic-RepublicanAt-large. John Ellis (DR) Democratic-RepublicanAt-large. John Howe (DR) Plymouth FederalistAt-large. Beza Hayward (F) FederalistAt-large. Isaac Thompson (F) Suffolk FederalistAt-large. John C. Jones (F) FederalistAt-large. Jonathan Mason (F) Democratic-RepublicanAt-large. David Tilden (DR) Vacany FederalistAt-large. William Tudor (F) FederalistAt-large. Oliver Wendell (F) (until May 27, 1803) GC Worcester FederalistAt-large. Daniel Bigelow (F) FederalistAt-large. Elijah Brigham (F) FederalistAt-large. Thomas Hale (F) FederalistAt-large. Salem Towne (F) (until May 27, 1803) GC York FederalistAt-large. Simon Frye (F) Democratic-RepublicanAt-large. John Woodman (DR) thumb|175px|President of the SenateDavid Cobb (F) Unanimously elected by the Senate https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/1544bp58m A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 January 18, 2023 Massachusetts 1803 Senate President House of Representatives Missing political party information for several members January 2023 The members of the House of Representatives are apportioned by incorporated township and therefore the number of representatives in the House of Representatives can vary. Every incorporated township that has at least 150 ratable polls (taxable persons) is given one representative and for every additional 225 ratable polls, another representative is given. Townships can choose not to send a representative to the House each session, therefore the total number of filled seats can fluctuate year-to-year.Chapter I, Section III, Article II of the Constitution of Massachusetts (1780) false center Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Cumberland Dukes Essex Hampshire Hancock Kennebec Lincoln Middlesex Nantucket Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Washington Worcester York Barnstable Democratic-RepublicanBarnstable. Isaiah L. Green (DR) NoneBrewster. Isaac Clark NoneChatham. Richard Sears NoneFalmouth. David Nye NoneHarwich. Ebenezer Broadbrook NoneOrleans. Richard Sparrow NoneSandwich. William Bodfish NoneYarmouth. Elisha Doane Berkshire NoneAdams. Abraham Howland NoneCheshire. Jonathan Richardson FederalistLanesborough. Gideon Wheeler (F) NoneLenox. Elijah Northrup Democratic-RepublicanPeru.Originally incorporated as Partridgefield Cyrus Stowell (DR) NonePittsfield. Joshua Danforth NoneRichmond. Noah Roseter NoneSandisfield. John Picket NoneStockbridge. Jonathan Patten NoneTyringham. Adonijah Bidwell Democratic-RepublicanWest Stockbridge. Enoch W. Thayer (DR) NoneWilliamstown. William Young NoneWindsor. Amos Holbrook Bristol NoneAttleborough. Ebenezer Tyler NoneBerkley. Apollos Tobey NoneDartmouth. Holder Slocum NoneDighton. George Walker NoneEaston. Abiel Mitchell Democratic-RepublicanFreetown. Nathaniel Morton Jr. (DR) NoneNew Bedford. Benjamin Church Jr. FederalistNorton. Laban Wheaton (F) NoneRaynham. William A. Leonard NoneRehoboth. Frederick Down NoneSomerset. Francis Borland NoneSwansea.Originally incorporated as Swanzey Christopher Mason NoneTaunton. Jones Godfrey NoneWestport. Abner Brownell Cumberland NoneBrunswick. John Durlap NoneCape Elizabeth. Mark Dyer NoneFalmouth. Archelaus Lewis FederalistGorham. Lothrop Lewis (F) NoneHarpswell. Benjamin Dunning NoneBrunswick. John Durlap FederalistHebron. Samuel Paris (F) NoneLewiston. John Herrick NoneLivermore. Cyrus Hamlin NoneNew Gloucester. Joseph E. Foxcraft Democratic-RepublicanNorth Yarmouth. James Prince (DR) NoneParis. Josiah Bisco NonePortland. William Symmes NonePortland. Joseph Titcomb NoneScarborough. Joseph Emerson NoneWindham. Peter T. Smith Dukes NoneEdgartown. William Mayhew NoneTisbury. Benjamin Allen Essex NoneAmesbury. Christopher Sargent Democratic-RepublicanAndover. Thomas Kitteridge (DR) FederalistBeverly. Israel Thorndike (F) NoneBeverly. Joseph Wood NoneBoxford. Thomas Perley FederalistBradford. Nathanial Thurston (F) NoneDanvers. Gideon Foster NoneDanvers. Samuel Page Democratic-RepublicanGloucester. Daniel Rogers Jr. (DR) NoneHamilton. Robert Dodge Democratic-RepublicanHaverhill. Francis Carr (DR) NoneIpswich. Jonathan Cogswell NoneIpswich. Joseph Swazey NoneIpswich. Nathaniel Wade NoneLynn. Abner Cheever Democratic-RepublicanMarblehead. Richard James (DR) Democratic-RepublicanMarblehead. Nathan B. Martin (DR) Democratic-RepublicanMarblehead. Joshua Prentiss (DR) Democratic-RepublicanMarblehead. John Prince (DR) NoneMethuen. William Russ NoneNewbury. Josiah Little NoneNewburyport. Thomas Carter FederalistNewburyport. Thomas M. Clark (F) FederalistNewburyport. Mark Fitz (F) NoneNewburyport. Nicholas Johnson NoneNewburyport. Jonathan Marsh FederalistNewburyport. Jeremiah Nelson (F) NoneRowley. Moody Spafford Democratic-RepublicanSalem. John Hathorne (DR) Democratic-RepublicanSalem. Joseph Sprague (DR) Democratic-RepublicanSalem. Jonathan Waldo (DR) NoneSalisbury. Jonathan Webster NoneWenham. Samuel Blanchard Hancock NoneBelfast. Jonathan Wilson NoneCastine. Oliver Mann NoneFrankfort. Abner Bicknell NoneHampden. Martin Kinsley NoneOrrington. Oliver Leonard NonePenobscot. Jeremiah Wardwell NoneVinalhaven. William Vinal Kennebec NoneAugusta. Samuel Howard NoneHallowell. Nathaniel Perley NonePittston. Samuel Oakman NoneWinthrop. Nathaniel Banks Middlesex NoneActon. Asa Perlin NoneBillerica. James Abbot Democratic-RepublicanCambridge. Jonathan L. Austin (DR) Democratic-RepublicanCharlestown. Matthew Bridge (DR) Democratic-RepublicanCharlestown. Thomas Harris (DR) NoneConcord. Joseph Chandler NoneDracut. Israel Hildreth NoneFramingham. Jonathan Maynard Democratic-RepublicanGroton. Samuel Dana (DR) NoneHolliston. Ephraim Littlefield NoneHopkinton. Timothy Sheppard NoneLexington. Isaac Hastings Democratic-RepublicanLincoln. Samuel Hoar (DR) NoneMalden. Jonathan Oakes NoneMalborough. John Loring NoneMedford. Nathaniel Hall FederalistNewton. Timothy Jackson (F) NoneReading. James Bancroft NoneSherburne. Daniel Whitney NoneSudbury. Jonathan Rice NoneWatertown. Jonas White NoneWestford. Jonathan Carver NoneWeston. John Slack FederalistWoburn. Loammi Baldwin (F) Nantucket Democratic-RepublicanNantucket. Micajah Coffin (DR) Norfolk NoneBellingham. Laban Bates NoneBrookline.Originally incorporated as Brooklyn Stephen Sharp NoneCanton. Joseph Bemis NoneCohasset. Thomas Lothrop NoneDedham. Ebenezer Fisher Democratic-RepublicanDorchester. Perez Morton (DR) NoneFranklin. John Boyd NoneMedfield. John Baxter NoneMedway. John Ellis NoneMilton. David Tucker NoneNeedham. Jonathan Kingsbery NoneRandolph. Joseph White NoneRoxbury. Crowell Hatch NoneRoxbury. Joseph Heath NoneRoxbury. Willian Brewer NoneStoughton. Lemuel Gay NoneWalpole. William Bacon NoneWeymouth. James Lovell NoneWrentham. Nathan Comstock Plymouth NoneAbington. Aaron Hobart NoneBridgewater. Daniel Snow NoneDuxbury. Seth Sprague NoneHanover. Albert Smith NoneHingham. Nathan Rice NoneKingston. Seth Drew NoneMarshfield. Elisha Phillips NoneMiddleborough. John Tinkham NonePembroke. Nathaniel Smith NonePlymouth. John D. Dunbar NoneRochester. Elisha Ruggles Democratic-RepublicanScituate. Charles Turner Jr. (DR) Suffolk FederalistBoston. William Brown (F) FederalistBoston. Jonathan Hunnewell (F) FederalistBoston. John Lowell (F) FederalistBoston. Harrison G. Otis (F) FederalistBoston. Samuel Parkman (F) FederalistBoston. John Phillips (F) FederalistBoston. William Smith (F) Washington No representatives sent York NoneArundel. Thomas Perkins III FederalistBerwick. John Lord (F) NoneBiddeford. Nathaniel Webster NoneKittery. Mark Adams NoneLyman. John Low NoneSaco.Saco Originally incorporated as Pepperelborough Samuel Scammon NoneSaco.Saco Thomas G. Thornton NoneWaterborough. James Carlisle FederalistWells. Nathaniel Wells (F) NoneYork. Samuel Darby thumb|175px|Speaker of the HouseHarrison G. Otis (F)Speaker Vote https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/z890rt872 A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 January 18, 2023 Massachusetts 1803 Speaker of the HouseFederalistHarrison G. Otis (F): 124Democratic-RepublicanPerez Morton (DR): 73FederalistHenry Knox (F): 2FederalistJohn Lowell (F): 1 Committees Standing Committees Committee Senate Members House Members Committee on Accounts FederalistIsaac Thompson (F)FederalistThomas Hale (F) FederalistSamuel Porter (F)NoneStephen MonroeFederalistBezaleel Taft (F) Committee on Applications for New Trials Democratic-RepublicanBarnabas Bidwell (DR)FederalistJohn Hooker (F) FederalistWilliam Ely (F)NoneWilliam SymmesDemocratic-RepublicanEnoch W. Thayer (DR) Committee on Applications for incorporation of Towns and Districts FederalistBeza Hayward (F)FederalistElijah Brigham (F) FederalistLothrop Lewis (F)Democratic-RepublicanMark Langdon Hill (DR)NoneJosiah Little Committee on Applications for incorporation of Turnpikes, Bridges and Canals Democratic-RepublicanJohn Bacon (DR)FederalistAlden Spooner (F) FederalistJonathan Smith (F)NoneJoseph KendallFederalistLothrop Lewis (F) Committee on Applications for incorporation of Parishes FederalistEnoch Titcomb (F)Democratic-RepublicanJonathan Maynard (DR) Democratic-RepublicanHugh MacLellan (DR)NoneNathaniel WebsterFederalistTimothy Jackson (F) Committee on Applications for incorporation of Fisheries Democratic-RepublicanAaron Hill (DR)Democratic-RepublicanJohn Cushing (DR) NoneJoseph TitcombNoneMoody SpaffordNoneAaron Hobart Changes in membership Senate +CountyVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's formal installationSuffolk Vacant Incumbent John Codman (F) died before the beginning of this General Court.The House and Senate elected a replacement. Vacany David Tilden (DR) May 25, 1803 Officers and officials Senate officers Chaplain: Rev. William Emerson Clerk: Wendell Davis House of Representatives officers Chaplian: Rev. Thomas Baldwin Clerk: Nicholas Tillinghast See also 8th United States Congress List of Massachusetts General Courts Notes lower-alpha References 2 External links https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON064&f%5Bstate_name_sim%5D%5B%5D=Massachusetts A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825 Massachusetts American Antiquarian Society 2007 Tufts University . 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