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72nd Massachusetts General Court (1851)
The 72nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1851 during the Governor of Massachusetts, governorship of George S. Boutwell. Henry Wilson served as President of the Massachusetts Senate, president of the Senate and Nathaniel Prentice Banks served as List of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, speaker of the House. Senators Representatives See also * 32nd United States Congress * List of Massachusetts General Courts References Further reading * External links * * Political history of Massachusetts Massachusetts legislative sessions 1851 U.S. legislative sessions, massachusetts 1851 in Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts General Court
The Massachusetts General Court (formally styled the General Court of Massachusetts) is the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the Massachusetts, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name "General Court" is a hold-over from the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when the colonial assembly, in addition to making laws, sat as a judicial Appellate court, court of appeals. Before the adoption of the state constitution in 1780, it was called the ''Great and General Court'', but the official title was shortened by John Adams, author of the Massachusetts Constitution, state constitution. It is a bicameral body. The upper house is the Massachusetts Senate which is composed of 40 members. The lower body, the Massachusetts House of Representatives, has 160 members. (Until 1978, it had 240 members.) It meets in the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill, Boston, Beacon Hill in Boston. The 2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature, current President of the Senat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
