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74th Massachusetts General Court (1853)
The 74th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1853 during the Governor of Massachusetts, governorship of John H. Clifford. Charles Henry Warren served as President of the Massachusetts Senate, president of the Senate and George Bliss (Massachusetts politician), George Bliss served as List of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, speaker of the House. Senators Representatives See also * Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853 * 33rd United States Congress * List of Massachusetts General Courts References Further reading * External links * * Political history of Massachusetts Massachusetts legislative sessions 1853 U.S. legislative sessions, massachusetts 1853 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 of the 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 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 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 in Boston. The current President of the Senate is Karen Spilka, and the Speaker of the House is Ronald Mariano. Since 1959, Democrats have controlled both houses of the Massachusetts General Court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
