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.
On January 22, 1840, the governor gave a speech.
Composition by party +Overview of Senate membership by party Party(shading shows control)TotalVacantDemocratic (D)Whig (W)Begin (January 1, 1840)1921400Latest voting share
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.
Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes and Nantucket Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Middlesex Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester
Barnstable At-large. Charles Marsten (W)
Berkshire At-large. Russell Brown (D) At-large. Increase Sumner (D)
Bristol At-large. Foster Hooper (D) At-large. Horatio Pratt (D) At-large. Seth Whitmarsh (D)
Dukes and Nantucket At-large. George B. Upton (W)
Essex At-large. Amos Abbott (W) At-large. David Choate (W) At-large. Daniel P. King (W) At-large. Samuel Lane (W) At-large. Josiah Little (W) At-large. John S. Williams (W)
Franklin At-large. George T. Davies (W)
Hampden At-large. Matthew Ives Jr. (D) At-large. Asa Lincoln (D)
Hampshire At-large. William Bowdoin (W) At-large. Timothy A. Phelps (W)
Middlesex At-large. Thomas J. Greenwood (D) At-large. Joseph W. Mansur (D) At-large. Leonard M. Parker (D) At-large. James Russell (D) At-large. Sidney Willard (W)
Norfolk At-large. Lucas Pond (D) At-large. Bradford L. Wales (D) At-large. Benjamin P. Williams (D)
Plymouth At-large. Seth Sprague Jr. (W) At-large. Jared Whitman (W)
Suffolk At-large. Edmund Dwight (D) At-large. Isaac Harris (W) At-large. William J. Hubbard (W) At-large. George Morey (W) At-large. Josiah Quincy Jr. (W) At-large. James Savage (W)
Worcester At-large. Benjamin Estabrook (D) At-large. Charles C. P. Hastings (W) At-large. Jedediah Marcy (D) At-large. Charles Sibley (D) At-large. Nathaniel Wood (D) At-large. Samuel Wood (W)
House of Representatives
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.
Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Hampden Middlesex Nantucket Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester
Barnstable Barnstable. Daniel Basset (D) Barnstable. Nathaniel Hinckley (D) Barnstable. Thomas B. Lewis (D) Brewster. Josiah Foster (W) Chatham. Samuel Doane (D) Chatham. Henry Gorham (D) Dennis. Seth Crowell (W) Dennis. Samuel Rogers (W) Eastham. Barnabas Freeman (D) Falmouth. Silas Jones (W) Falmouth. Elijah Swift (W) Harwich. Cyrus Weeks (W) Harwich. Richard Baker Jr. (W) Orleans. Luther Snow (W) Orleans. Nathaniel Freeman (D) Provincetown. John Atkins (W) Provincetown. David Cook II (W) Sandwich. Josiah Bacon (W) Sandwich. Benjamin Bourne (W) Sandwich. Charles Nye (W) Truro. Freeman Atkins (W) Truro. Jedediah Shed (D) Wellfleet. Nathaniel P. Wiley (D) Wellfleet. Solomon R. Hawes (D) Yarmouth. Silvanus Crowell (W) Yarmouth. Freeman Taylor (W)
Berkshire Adams. Snell Babbit (W) Adams. Lorenzo Rice (W) Adams. Ezra D. Whitaker (W) Alford. Elijah K. Williams (D) Cheshire. Noah Y. Bushnell (D) Dalton. John Chamberlain (D) Egremont. Rich P. Brown (D) Great Barrington. Perley D. Whitmore (W) Great Barrington. Philip Barnes (W) Hinsdale. William Hinsdale (W) Lanesborough. Asahel Buck Jr. (D) Lee. Eli Bradley (W) Lee. Leonard Church (W) Lenox. Henry H. Cook (D) New Ashford. Phineas Harmon (W) New Marlborough. George Smith (W) Otis. Curtis Hunt (D) Peru. Edward T. Nash (W) Pittsfield. James Francis (W) Pittsfield. Jabez Peck (W) Pittsfield. Comfort B. Platt (W) Richmond. Seneca Pettee (D) Sandisfield. David Belden (D) Savoy. Philip Pierce (D) Sheffield. Orrin Curtis (D) Sheffield. Moses Forbes (D) Stockbridge. John M. Cooper (D) Stockbridge. Charles Webster (D) Tyringham. Amos Langdon Jr. (D) Washington. John S. Noble (D) Williamstown. James Corbin (D) Williamstown. Henry Johnson (D) Windsor. Moses Ford (D)
Bristol
Dukes Chilmark. Daniel Flanders (D) Edgartown. David Davis (D) Edgartown. Elihu P. Norton (D) Tisbury. Bartlett Allen (D) Tisbury. Asa Johnson (D)
Essex
Franklin
Hampden
Hampshire
Middlesex
Nantucket Nantucket. George Bradburn (W) Nantucket. Jonathan C. Briggs (W) Nantucket. Benjamin Gardner (W) Nantucket. Samuel H. Jenks (W) Nantucket. William B. Mitchell (W) Nantucket. David Joy (W)
Norfolk
Plymouth
Suffolk Boston. Amos Binney (W) Boston. George T. Bigelow (W) Boston. John Boles (W) Boston. Noah Brooks (W) Boston. William C. Brown (D) Boston. Francis Brown (W) Boston. George T. Curtis (W) Boston. George Darracott (W) Boston. Isaac P. Davis (W) Boston. Thomas A. Davis (W) Boston. Daniel Denny (W) Boston. Franklin Dexter (W) Boston. Frederic Emerson (W) Boston. David Francis (W) Boston. John Gardner (W) Boston. James W. Gates (W) Boston. John C. Gray (W) Boston. Samuel Greele (W) Boston. John Green Jr. (W) Boston. Ozias Goodwin (W) Boston. Frederick Gould (W) Boston. Nathan Gurney (W) Boston. Samuel W. Hall (W) Boston. James Harris (W) Boston. Eliphalet P. Hartshorn (W) Boston. John P. Healy (W) Boston. Robert Hooper Jr. (W) Boston. Cranston Howe (W) Boston. Thomas Hunting (W) Boston. Robert Keith (W) Boston. William Lawrence (W) Boston. Ezekiel W. Leach (W) Boston. Benson Leavitt (W) Boston. Joseph Lewis (W) Boston. Theophilus R. Marvin (W) Boston. Nahum Mitchell (W) Boston. Francis J. Oliver (W) Boston. William W. Parrott (W) Boston. Theophilus Parsons (W) Boston. Thomas Patten (W) Boston. George W. Phillips (W) Boston. Lewis G. Pray (W) Boston. Samuel Quincy (W) Boston. John Raynor (W) Boston. Joseph W. Revere (W) Boston. Jeffrey Richardson (W) Boston. Daniel Safford (W) Boston. J. Thomas Stevenson (W) Boston. Woodbridge Strong (W) Boston. Josiah Vinton Jr. (W) Boston. Thomas B. Wales (W) Boston. John B. Wells (W) Boston. James M. Whiton (W) Boston. William Willett (W) Boston. Horatio M. Willis (W) Boston. Robert C. Winthrop (W)
Worcester
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
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