1852 Massachusetts legislature

The 73rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1852 during the governorship of George S. Boutwell. Henry Wilson served as president of the Senate and Nathaniel Prentice Banks served as speaker of the House.[3]

73rd
Massachusetts General Court
←72nd 74th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
Senate
Members40
PresidentHenry Wilson
House
Members402 [1]
SpeakerNathaniel Prentice Banks
Sessions
1stJanuary 7, 1852 (1852-01-07) – May 22, 1852 (1852-05-22) [2]
Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson, Senate president.
Nathaniel Prentice Banks
Nathaniel Banks, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1852.

Senators
  • George Austin [4]
  • William Barney
  • Zenas D. Bassett
  • Erasmus D. Beach
  • Edw. B. Bigelow
  • John Boynton
  • Richard P. Brown
  • Jos. T. Buckingham
  • Edward Cazneau
  • Robert S. Daniels
  • Alex. De Witt
  • Lyman W. Dean
  • John Earle
  • John W. Graves
  • Whiting Griswold
  • Wm. A. Hawley
  • Francis Howe
  • Charles Hubbard
  • William Hyde
  • Edw. L. Keyes
  • Edmund Kimball
  • Chauncey L. Knapp
  • Geo. H. Kuhn
  • Stephen Milliard
  • Alvah Morrison
  • David Mosely
  • Moses Newell
  • Frederick Robinson
  • Charles T. Russell
  • Daniel Saunders, Jr.
  • David Sears
  • Benjamin Seaver
  • William C. Taber
  • Albert Thorndike
  • James M. Usher
  • Samuel Warner, Jr.
  • Cyrus Washburn
  • Asa G. Welch
  • Luke Wellington
  • Giles H. Whitney
  • John H. Wilkins
  • Henry Wilson
  • Wm. H. Wood
  • Moses Wood

Representatives

See also

References
  1. "Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  2. "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  3. "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
  4. "Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register, 1852 – via Archive.org.

Further reading
  • Kevin Sweeney (1976). "Rum, Romanism, Representation, and Reform: Coalition Politics in Massachusetts, 1847-1853". Civil War History. 22. doi:10.1353/cwh.1976.0043.
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