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1829–1830 Massachusetts legislature
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50thMassachusetts General Court General Court 1829 05 1830 05 49th 51st Senate 40 Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate 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/20200606063917/https://www.mass.gov/doc/composition-of-the-massachusetts-state-senate-0/download President Samuel Lathrop House Speaker William B. Calhoun 1829 05 27 1829 06 12 1830 01 6 1830 03 13 1843 Senate Bill 0062. Statement of the Duration of Each Session of the Legislature Since May, 1823 2452/739202 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1843
The 50th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1829 and 1830 during the governorship of Levi Lincoln Jr. Samuel Lathrop served as president of the Senate and William B. Calhoun 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+
William B. Calhoun as House Speaker, Was most notable for passing legislation like the town planning act (Resolves 1829, c 50) requiring detailed town surveys and maps for state submission and reflecting early state efforts in mapping and infrastructure.
Levi Lincoln Jr. (1782-1868) was a prominent Massachusetts lawyer and politician, serving as the state's 13th governor for a record nine consecutive years (1825-1834 He was leading the formation of the National Republican Party with Daniel Webster and overseeing significant state development like the Blackstone Canal, while also serving in the U.S. Congress.
Senators
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Daniel Baxter
Barker Burnell
Rufus Choate
Pliny Cutler
Philo Dickinson
James H. Duncan
James Fowler
Thomas French
Thomas I. Goodwin
Nathan Hale
Jacob Hall
William S. Hastings
Charles I. Holmes
Elihu Hoyt
Samuel Lathrop
Sherman Leland
James Lewis
John W. Lincoln
Howard Lothrop
Sylvester Maxwell
Samuel M. McKay
John Merrill
Samuel Mixter
John A. Parker
John Pickering
Elisha Pope
Amos Spaulding
Seth Sprague, Jr.
William Thorndike
Charles Train
Benjamin F. Varnum
Lovell Walker
Oliver Warner
Christopher Webb
Charles Wells
David Wilder
Francis Winship
William Wood
Representatives
June 2020
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See also
21st United States Congress
List of Massachusetts General Courts
References
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External links
2452/808567 Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1829 Massachusetts General Court
2452/103874 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1829
2452/819811 Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1830 Massachusetts General Court
2452/103875 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1830
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