1840 Massachusetts legislature

State legislature February 2025 January 2025 61stMassachusetts General Court Seal of the General Court of Massachusetts (variant).svg 150px Seal of the General Court of Massachusetts Massachusetts General Court 1840 01 01 1841 01 06 60th (1839) 62nd (1841) Senate 40 Whig President Daniel P. King House 521 Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives Mass.gov June 6, 2020 Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library https://www.mass.gov/service-details/resources-on-massachusetts-political-figures-in-the-state-library https://web.archive.org/web/20200606064043/https://www.mass.gov/doc/composition-of-the-massachusetts-state-house-of-representatives-0/download Whig Speaker Robert Charles Winthrop 1840 01 1 1840 03 24 https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/348/mode/1up 2009 Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts Manual for the Use of the General Court Length of Legislative Sessions 348+ The 61st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1840 during the governorship of Marcus Morton. Daniel P. King served as president of the Senate and Robert Charles Winthrop 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+ On January 22, 1840, the governor gave a speech.Boston Almanac for the Year 1841 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101056187543 Thomas Groom Boston S. N. Dickinson 2027/njp.32101056187543 Composition by party +Overview of Senate membership by party Party(shading shows control)TotalVacantDemocratic (D)Whig (W)Begin (January 1, 1840)1921400Latest voting share19 40 2 yes21 40 2 yes  Leadership Senate Presiding President: Daniel P. King (W) House of Representatives Presiding Speaker: Robert Charles Winthrop (W) Members Senate The 40 seats are apportioned to each county or counties, based upon population size, to be elected at-large. Civil Government of Massachusetts https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002233190j&view=1up&seq=52 Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1840 HathiTrust false center Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes and Nantucket Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Middlesex Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester 3 Barnstable Whig Party (US)At-large. Charles Marsten (W) Berkshire Democratic Party (US)At-large. Russell Brown (D) Democratic Party (US)At-large. Increase Sumner (D) Bristol Democratic Party (US)At-large. Foster Hooper (D) Democratic Party (US)At-large. Horatio Pratt (D) Democratic Party (US)At-large. Seth Whitmarsh (D) Dukes and Nantucket Whig Party (US)At-large. George B. Upton (W) Essex Whig Party (US)At-large. Amos Abbott (W) Whig Party (US)At-large. David Choate (W) Whig Party (US)At-large. Daniel P. King (W) Whig Party (US)At-large. Samuel Lane (W) Whig Party (US)At-large. Josiah Little (W) Whig Party (US)At-large. John S. Williams (W) Franklin Whig Party (US)At-large. George T. Davies (W) Hampden Democratic Party (US)At-large. Matthew Ives Jr. (D) Democratic Party (US)At-large. Asa Lincoln (D) Hampshire Whig Party (US)At-large. William Bowdoin (W) Whig Party (US)At-large. Timothy A. Phelps (W) Middlesex Democratic Party (US)At-large. Thomas J. Greenwood (D) Democratic Party (US)At-large. Joseph W. Mansur (D) Democratic Party (US)At-large. Leonard M. Parker (D) Democratic Party (US)At-large. James Russell (D) Whig Party (US)At-large. Sidney Willard (W) Norfolk Democratic Party (US)At-large. Lucas Pond (D) Democratic Party (US)At-large. Bradford L. Wales (D) Democratic Party (US)At-large. Benjamin P. Williams (D) Plymouth Whig Party (US)At-large. Seth Sprague Jr. (W) Whig Party (US)At-large. Jared Whitman (W) Suffolk Democratic Party (US)At-large. Edmund Dwight (D) Whig Party (US)At-large. Isaac Harris (W) Whig Party (US)At-large. William J. Hubbard (W) Whig Party (US)At-large. George Morey (W) Whig Party (US)At-large. Josiah Quincy Jr. (W) Whig Party (US)At-large. James Savage (W) Worcester Democratic Party (US)At-large. Benjamin Estabrook (D) Whig Party (US)At-large. Charles C. P. Hastings (W) Democratic Party (US)At-large. Jedediah Marcy (D) Democratic Party (US)At-large. Charles Sibley (D) Democratic Party (US)At-large. Nathaniel Wood (D) Whig Party (US)At-large. Samuel Wood (W) thumb|175px|President of the SenateDaniel P. King (W) House of Representatives June 2020 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) Only the townships that sent representatives are listed below. false center Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Hampden Middlesex Nantucket Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester 3 Barnstable Democratic Party (US)Barnstable. Daniel Basset (D) Democratic Party (US)Barnstable. Nathaniel Hinckley (D) Democratic Party (US)Barnstable. Thomas B. Lewis (D) Whig Party (US)Brewster. Josiah Foster (W) Democratic Party (US)Chatham. Samuel Doane (D) Democratic Party (US)Chatham. Henry Gorham (D) Whig Party (US)Dennis. Seth Crowell (W) Whig Party (US)Dennis. Samuel Rogers (W) Democratic Party (US)Eastham. Barnabas Freeman (D) Whig Party (US)Falmouth. Silas Jones (W) Whig Party (US)Falmouth. Elijah Swift (W) Whig Party (US)Harwich. Cyrus Weeks (W) Whig Party (US)Harwich. Richard Baker Jr. (W) Whig Party (US)Orleans. Luther Snow (W) Democratic Party (US)Orleans. Nathaniel Freeman (D) Whig Party (US)Provincetown. John Atkins (W) Whig Party (US)Provincetown. David Cook II (W) Whig Party (US)Sandwich. Josiah Bacon (W) Whig Party (US)Sandwich. Benjamin Bourne (W) Whig Party (US)Sandwich. Charles Nye (W) Whig Party (US)Truro. Freeman Atkins (W) Democratic Party (US)Truro. Jedediah Shed (D) Democratic Party (US)Wellfleet. Nathaniel P. Wiley (D) Democratic Party (US)Wellfleet. Solomon R. Hawes (D) Whig Party (US)Yarmouth. Silvanus Crowell (W) Whig Party (US)Yarmouth. Freeman Taylor (W) Berkshire Whig Party (US)Adams. Snell Babbit (W) Whig Party (US)Adams. Lorenzo Rice (W) Whig Party (US)Adams. Ezra D. Whitaker (W) Democratic Party (US)Alford. Elijah K. Williams (D) Democratic Party (US)Cheshire. Noah Y. Bushnell (D) Democratic Party (US)Dalton. John Chamberlain (D) Democratic Party (US)Egremont. Rich P. Brown (D) Whig Party (US)Great Barrington. Perley D. Whitmore (W) Whig Party (US)Great Barrington. Philip Barnes (W) Whig Party (US)Hinsdale. William Hinsdale (W) Democratic Party (US)Lanesborough. Asahel Buck Jr. (D) Whig Party (US)Lee. Eli Bradley (W) Whig Party (US)Lee. Leonard Church (W) Democratic Party (US)Lenox. Henry H. Cook (D) Whig Party (US)New Ashford. Phineas Harmon (W) Whig Party (US)New Marlborough. George Smith (W) Democratic Party (US)Otis. Curtis Hunt (D) Whig Party (US)Peru. Edward T. Nash (W) Whig Party (US)Pittsfield. James Francis (W) Whig Party (US)Pittsfield. Jabez Peck (W) Whig Party (US)Pittsfield. Comfort B. Platt (W) Democratic Party (US)Richmond. Seneca Pettee (D) Democratic Party (US)Sandisfield. David Belden (D) Democratic Party (US)Savoy. Philip Pierce (D) Democratic Party (US)Sheffield. Orrin Curtis (D) Democratic Party (US)Sheffield. Moses Forbes (D) Democratic Party (US)Stockbridge. John M. Cooper (D) Democratic Party (US)Stockbridge. Charles Webster (D) Democratic Party (US)Tyringham. Amos Langdon Jr. (D) Democratic Party (US)Washington. John S. Noble (D) Democratic Party (US)Williamstown. James Corbin (D) Democratic Party (US)Williamstown. Henry Johnson (D) Democratic Party (US)Windsor. Moses Ford (D) Bristol Dukes Democratic Party (US)Chilmark. Daniel Flanders (D) Democratic Party (US)Edgartown. David Davis (D) Democratic Party (US)Edgartown. Elihu P. Norton (D) Democratic Party (US)Tisbury. Bartlett Allen (D) Democratic Party (US)Tisbury. Asa Johnson (D) Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Middlesex Nantucket Whig Party (US)Nantucket. George Bradburn (W) Whig Party (US)Nantucket. Jonathan C. Briggs (W) Whig Party (US)Nantucket. Benjamin Gardner (W) Whig Party (US)Nantucket. Samuel H. Jenks (W) Whig Party (US)Nantucket. William B. Mitchell (W) Whig Party (US)Nantucket. David Joy (W) Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Whig Party (US)Boston. Amos Binney (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. George T. Bigelow (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. John Boles (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Noah Brooks (W) Democratic Party (US)Boston. William C. Brown (D) Whig Party (US)Boston. Francis Brown (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. George T. Curtis (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. George Darracott (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Isaac P. Davis (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Thomas A. Davis (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Daniel Denny (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Franklin Dexter (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Frederic Emerson (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. David Francis (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. John Gardner (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. James W. Gates (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. John C. Gray (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Samuel Greele (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. John Green Jr. (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Ozias Goodwin (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Frederick Gould (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Nathan Gurney (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Samuel W. Hall (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. James Harris (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Eliphalet P. Hartshorn (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. John P. Healy (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Robert Hooper Jr. (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Cranston Howe (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Thomas Hunting (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Robert Keith (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. William Lawrence (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Ezekiel W. Leach (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Benson Leavitt (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Joseph Lewis (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Theophilus R. Marvin (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Nahum Mitchell (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Francis J. Oliver (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. William W. Parrott (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Theophilus Parsons (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Thomas Patten (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. George W. Phillips (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Lewis G. Pray (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Samuel Quincy (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. John Raynor (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Joseph W. Revere (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Jeffrey Richardson (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Daniel Safford (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. J. Thomas Stevenson (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Woodbridge Strong (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Josiah Vinton Jr. (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Thomas B. Wales (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. John B. Wells (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. James M. Whiton (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. William Willett (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Horatio M. Willis (W) Whig Party (US)Boston. Robert C. Winthrop (W) Worcester thumb|175px|Speaker of the HouseRobert Charles Winthrop (W) Officers and officials Congressional officers Sergeant-at-Arms to the Legislature: Benjamin Stevens Messenger to Governor and Council: William Manning Watchman to State-House: Edmund S. Brigham Senate officers Chaplain: Rev. Daniel M. Lord Clerk: Charles Calhoun Assistant Clerk: W. P. Gregg Doorkeeper to Senate: Milton Hall House of Representatives officers Chaplain: Rev. Joy H. Fairchild Chaplain: Rev. Benjamin Whittemore Clerk: Luther S. Cushing Doorkeeper to the House of Representatives: Elijah W. Cutting Doorkeeper to the House of Representatives: David Murphey Doorkeeper to the House of Representatives: Alexis Pool See also 26th United States Congress List of Massachusetts General Courts References 2 External links 2452/738674 Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1840 Massachusetts General Court 2452/92922 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1840 Category:Political history of Massachusetts 1840 massachusetts Category:1840 in Massachusetts