1808–1809 Massachusetts legislature

American state legislature February 2025 January 2025 29th Massachusetts General Court General Court Massachusetts State House, Boston 1808 Massachusetts elections 1808 05 1809 05 28th 30th Senate 40Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate Mass.gov 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/20200606063917/https://www.mass.gov/doc/composition-of-the-massachusetts-state-senate-0/download June 6, 2020 President Harrison Gray Otis House Speaker Timothy Bigelow The 29th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in Boston from May 1808 to May 1809 during the governorship of Levi Lincoln Sr..Civil Government in Massachusetts https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002233161q&view=1up&seq=36 Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1809 HathiTrust For the political year commencing May, 1808, and ending May, 1809 Harrison Gray Otis served as president of the Senate and Timothy Bigelow served as speaker of the House.Organization of the Legislature Since 1780 https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/340/mode/2up Manual for the Use of the General Court Commonwealth of Massachusetts Boston 2009 340 The legislative session occurred during a period of political conflict in Massachusetts over the embargo policies enacted under President Thomas Jefferson. Federalists in Massachusetts strongly opposed the Embargo Act of 1807, arguing that it severely harmed New England shipping and maritime commerce.Morison Samuel Eliot The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783–1860 Houghton Mifflin Boston 1921 151–156 Although Governor Lincoln was affiliated with the Democratic-Republican Party, the General Court remained largely controlled by Federalists.Banner James M. Jr. To the Hartford Convention: The Federalists and the Origins of Party Politics in Massachusetts, 1789–1815 Alfred A. Knopf New York 1970 258–265 During the session, the legislature elected James Lloyd as the Class 1 United States senator from Massachusetts following the resignation of John Quincy Adams. Adams had become politically isolated after supporting aspects of Jefferson's foreign policy and the embargo policy opposed by many Massachusetts Federalists.Bemis Samuel Flagg John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy Alfred A. Knopf New York 1949 253–258 Political composition The General Court during the 1808–1809 legislative session was dominated by the Federalist Party. Massachusetts remained one of the principal centers of Federalist political influence in the early nineteenth century, especially among merchants and commercial interests in Boston and the coastal towns.Banner James M. Jr. To the Hartford Convention: The Federalists and the Origins of Party Politics in Massachusetts, 1789–1815 Alfred A. Knopf New York 1970 1–15 Debate during the session reflected wider national disagreements over trade restrictions, maritime commerce, and relations with Great Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars.Morison Samuel Eliot The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783–1860 Houghton Mifflin Boston 1921 151–160 Major events One of the most significant political developments associated with the 29th General Court was the election of James Lloyd to the United States Senate in 1808. Lloyd succeeded John Quincy Adams, who resigned after losing support among Massachusetts Federalists because of his independent political positions.Bemis Samuel Flagg John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy Alfred A. Knopf New York 1949 255–258 The legislature also addressed matters relating to taxation, militia organization, transportation infrastructure, and commercial regulation during a period of economic uncertainty caused by declining maritime trade.2452/103853 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 18082452/103854 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1809 Senators 15em width: 600px; Eli P. Ashmun Civil Government in Massachusetts https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002233161q&view=1up&seq=36 Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1809 HathiTrust For the political year commencing May, 1808, and ending May, 1809 Amos Bond Elijah Brigham Peter C. Brooks Joseph S. Buckminster Timothy Childs Samuel Dana Joseph Dimmick Azariah Eggleston Ebenezer Fisher Barzillai Gannett William Gray https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/GW0055 Gray, William, 1750-1825 A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825 June 22, 2020 Thomas Hale https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/HT0058 Hale, Thomas A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825 June 22, 2020 John Heard Aaron Hill https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/HA0051 Hill, Aaron A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825 June 22, 2020 John How Gorham G. Hussey Jonas Kendall William King https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/KW0033 King, William, 1768-1852 A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825 June 22, 2020 Samuel Lathrop Joseph Leland Lothrop Lewis Theodore Lincoln James Lloyd, Jr. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/LJ0107 Lloyd, James, Jr., 1769-1831 A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825 June 22, 2020 Hugh McLellan Ammi R. Mitchell Nathaniel Morton Jr. Harrison G. Otis David Perry https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/PD0040 Perry, David A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825 June 22, 2020 John Phillipshttps://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/PJ0215 Philips, John, 1770-1823 A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825 June 22, 2020 John Phillips, Jr.https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/PJ0613 Phillips, John, Jr. A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825 June 22, 2020 Samuel Putnam William Spooner Seth Sprague Ezra Starkweather Nathaniel Thurston Enoch Titcomb Salem Towne J. L. Tuttle Nathan Willis John Woodman Representatives June 2020 15em width: 600px; Christopher Gore Benjamin Bussey See also 10th United States Congress 11th United States Congress 1808 United States Senate election in Massachusetts List of Massachusetts General Courts 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 . (Includes data for state senate and house elections in 1808) 2452/819130 Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1808 Massachusetts General Court State Library of Massachusetts 2452/103853 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1808 2452/819699 Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1809 Massachusetts General Court 2452/103854 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1809 Sedition! Treason! Believing that to excite the indignation of the Electors of the state of New-York ... Read, fellow-citizens, and reflect on this picture of federalism! Library of Congress loc.pnp/cph.3b10034 L000378 James Lloyd Category:Political history of Massachusetts Category:Massachusetts legislative sessions massachusetts Category:1808 in Massachusetts massachusetts Category:1809 in Massachusetts