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== Composition by party ==
== Composition by party ==
: ''Resignations and new members are discussed in the [[#Changes in membership|"Changes in membership" section]] below.''

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=== Senate ===
=== Senate ===


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==Members==
==Members==
===Senate===
===Senate===
The 40 seats are apportioned to each county or counties, based upon population size, to be elected at-large. <ref name=Register>{{cite book |chapter= Civil Government of Massachusetts |chapter-url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002233190j&view=1up&seq=52 |title= Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1840 |via= [[HathiTrust]] }}</ref>
The 40 seats are apportioned to each county or counties, based upon population size, to be elected at-large.<ref name=Register>{{cite book |chapter= Civil Government of Massachusetts |chapter-url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002233190j&view=1up&seq=52 |title= Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1840 |via= [[HathiTrust]] }}</ref>
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==== [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable]] ====
==== [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable]] ====
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==== [[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden]] ====
==== [[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden]] ====
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}At-large. Matthew Ives, Jr. (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}At-large. Matthew Ives Jr. (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}At-large. Asa Lincoln (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}At-large. Asa Lincoln (D)


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: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. William Bowdoin (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. William Bowdoin (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. Timothy A. Phelps (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. Timothy A. Phelps (W)
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==== [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]] ====
==== [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]] ====
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}At-large. Thomas J. Greenwood (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}At-large. Thomas J. Greenwood (D)
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==== [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth]] ====
==== [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth]] ====
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. Seth Sprague, Jr. (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. Seth Sprague Jr. (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. Jared Whitman (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. Jared Whitman (W)


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: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. William J. Hubbard (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. William J. Hubbard (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. George Morey (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. George Morey (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. [[Josiah Quincy, Jr.]] (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. [[Josiah Quincy Jr.]] (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. James Savage (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. James Savage (W)


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: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}At-large. Nathaniel Wood (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}At-large. Nathaniel Wood (D)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. Samuel Wood (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}At-large. Samuel Wood (W)
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[[File:Daniel Putnam King (1801-1850).jpg|thumb|175px|{{center|'''[[President of the Massachusetts Senate|President of the Senate]]'''<br />[[Daniel P. King]] (W)}}]]
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===House of Representatives===
===House of Representatives===
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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.<ref>Chapter I, Section III, Article II of the Constitution of Massachusetts (1780)</ref> Only the townships that sent representatives are listed below.
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==== [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable]] ====
==== [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable]] ====
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: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Barnstable, Massachusetts|Barnstable]]. Thomas B. Lewis (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Barnstable, Massachusetts|Barnstable]]. Thomas B. Lewis (D)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Brewster, Massachusetts|Brewster]]. Josiah Foster (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Brewster, Massachusetts|Brewster]]. Josiah Foster (W)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Chatham, Massachusetts|Chatham]]. Samuel Doane (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Chatham, Massachusetts|Chatham]]. Henry Gorham (D)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Dennis, Massachusetts|Dennis]]. Seth Crowell (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Dennis, Massachusetts|Dennis]]. Samuel Rogers (W)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Eastham, Massachusetts|Eastham]]. Barnabas Freeman (D)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Falmouth, Massachusetts|Falmouth]]. Silas Jones (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Falmouth, Massachusetts|Falmouth]]. Elijah Swift (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Harwich, Massachusetts|Harwich]]. Cyrus Weeks (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Harwich, Massachusetts|Harwich]]. Richard Baker Jr. (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Orleans, Massachusetts|Orleans]]. Luther Snow (W)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Orleans, Massachusetts|Orleans]]. Nathaniel Freeman (D)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]]. John Atkins (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]]. David Cook II (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Sandwich, Massachusetts|Sandwich]]. Josiah Bacon (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Sandwich, Massachusetts|Sandwich]]. Benjamin Bourne (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Sandwich, Massachusetts|Sandwich]]. Charles Nye (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Truro, Massachusetts|Truro]]. Freeman Atkins (W)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Truro, Massachusetts|Truro]]. Jedediah Shed (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Wellfleet, Massachusetts|Wellfleet]]. Nathaniel P. Wiley (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Wellfleet, Massachusetts|Wellfleet]]. Solomon R. Hawes (D)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Yarmouth, Massachusetts|Yarmouth]]. Silvanus Crowell (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Yarmouth, Massachusetts|Yarmouth]]. Freeman Taylor (W)


==== [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] ====
==== [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]] ====
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Adams, Massachusetts|Adams]]. Snell Babbit (W)

: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Adams, Massachusetts|Adams]]. Lorenzo Rice (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Adams, Massachusetts|Adams]]. Ezra D. Whitaker (W)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Alford, Massachusetts|Alford]]. Elijah K. Williams (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Cheshire, Massachusetts|Cheshire]]. Noah Y. Bushnell (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Dalton, Massachusetts|Dalton]]. John Chamberlain (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Egremont, Massachusetts|Egremont]]. Rich P. Brown (D)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Great Barrington, Massachusetts|Great Barrington]]. Perley D. Whitmore (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Great Barrington, Massachusetts|Great Barrington]]. Philip Barnes (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Hinsdale, Massachusetts|Hinsdale]]. William Hinsdale (W)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Lanesborough, Massachusetts|Lanesborough]]. Asahel Buck Jr. (D)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Lee, Massachusetts|Lee]]. Eli Bradley (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Lee, Massachusetts|Lee]]. Leonard Church (W)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Lenox, Massachusetts|Lenox]]. Henry H. Cook (D)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[New Ashford, Massachusetts|New Ashford]]. Phineas Harmon (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[New Marlborough, Massachusetts|New Marlborough]]. George Smith (W)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Otis, Massachusetts|Otis]]. Curtis Hunt (D)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Peru, Massachusetts|Peru]]. Edward T. Nash (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Pittsfield, Massachusetts|Pittsfield]]. James Francis (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Pittsfield, Massachusetts|Pittsfield]]. Jabez Peck (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Pittsfield, Massachusetts|Pittsfield]]. Comfort B. Platt (W)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Richmond, Massachusetts|Richmond]]. Seneca Pettee (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Sandisfield, Massachusetts|Sandisfield]]. David Belden (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Savoy, Massachusetts|Savoy]]. Philip Pierce (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Sheffield, Massachusetts|Sheffield]]. Orrin Curtis (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Sheffield, Massachusetts|Sheffield]]. Moses Forbes (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Stockbridge, Massachusetts|Stockbridge]]. John M. Cooper (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Stockbridge, Massachusetts|Stockbridge]]. Charles Webster (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Tyringham, Massachusetts|Tyringham]]. Amos Langdon Jr. (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Washington, Massachusetts|Washington]]. John S. Noble (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Williamstown, Massachusetts|Williamstown]]. James Corbin (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Williamstown, Massachusetts|Williamstown]]. Henry Johnson (D)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Windsor, Massachusetts|Windsor]]. Moses Ford (D)


==== [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol]] ====
==== [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol]] ====
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==== [[Hampshire County, Massachusetts|Hampshire]] ====
==== [[Hampshire County, Massachusetts|Hampshire]] ====
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==== [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]] ====
==== [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]] ====


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==== [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]] ====
==== [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk]] ====
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Amos Binney (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. George T. Bigelow (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. John Boles (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Noah Brooks (W)
: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. William C. Brown (D)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Francis Brown (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. George T. Curtis (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. George Darracott (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Isaac P. Davis (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Thomas A. Davis (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Daniel Denny (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Franklin Dexter (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Frederic Emerson (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. David Francis (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. John Gardner (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. James W. Gates (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. John C. Gray (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Samuel Greele (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. John Green Jr. (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Ozias Goodwin (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Frederick Gould (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Nathan Gurney (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Samuel W. Hall (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. James Harris (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Eliphalet P. Hartshorn (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. John P. Healy (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Robert Hooper Jr. (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Cranston Howe (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Thomas Hunting (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Robert Keith (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. William Lawrence (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Ezekiel W. Leach (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Benson Leavitt (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Joseph Lewis (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Theophilus R. Marvin (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Nahum Mitchell (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Francis J. Oliver (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. William W. Parrott (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Theophilus Parsons (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Thomas Patten (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. George W. Phillips (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Lewis G. Pray (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Samuel Quincy (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. John Raynor (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Joseph W. Revere (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Jeffrey Richardson (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Daniel Safford (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. J. Thomas Stevenson (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Woodbridge Strong (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Josiah Vinton Jr. (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Thomas B. Wales (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. John B. Wells (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. James M. Whiton (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. William Willett (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Horatio M. Willis (W)
: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. Robert C. Winthrop (W)


==== [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] ====
==== [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] ====
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: [[File:Robert Charles Winthrop - Brady-Handy (cropped).jpg|thumb|175px|{{center|'''[[List of Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]]'''<br />[[Robert Charles Winthrop]] (W)}}]]
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== 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==
==See also==
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[[Category:1840 U.S. legislative sessions|massachusetts]]
[[Category:1840 in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:1840 in Massachusetts]]


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61st
Massachusetts General Court
←60th (1839) 62nd (1841)→
Seal of the General Court of Massachusetts
Overview
Legislative bodyMassachusetts General Court
TermJanuary 1, 1840 (1840-01-01) – January 6, 1841 (1841-01-06)
Senate
Members40
PresidentDaniel P. King
Party controlWhig
House
Members521 [1]
SpeakerRobert Charles Winthrop
Party controlWhig
Sessions
1stJanuary 1, 1840 (1840-01-01) – March 24, 1840 (1840-03-24) [2][3]

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.[4]

On January 22, 1840, the governor gave a speech.[3]

Composition by party

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    Begin (January 1, 1840)
Overview of Senate membership by party
  Party
(shading shows control)
 Total Vacant
Democratic (D) Whig (W)
Begin (January 1, 1840) 19 21 40 0
Latest voting share 47.50% 52.50%  

Leadership

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Members

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Senate

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The 40 seats are apportioned to each county or counties, based upon population size, to be elected at-large.[5]

Barnstable

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▌At-large. Charles Marsten (W)

Berkshire

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▌At-large. Russell Brown (D)
▌At-large. Increase Sumner (D)

Bristol

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▌At-large. Foster Hooper (D)
▌At-large. Horatio Pratt (D)
▌At-large. Seth Whitmarsh (D)

Dukes and Nantucket

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▌At-large. George B. Upton (W)

Essex

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▌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

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▌At-large. George T. Davies (W)

Hampden

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▌At-large. Matthew Ives Jr. (D)
▌At-large. Asa Lincoln (D)

Hampshire

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▌At-large. William Bowdoin (W)
▌At-large. Timothy A. Phelps (W)

Middlesex

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▌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

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▌At-large. Lucas Pond (D)
▌At-large. Bradford L. Wales (D)
▌At-large. Benjamin P. Williams (D)

Plymouth

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▌At-large. Seth Sprague Jr. (W)
▌At-large. Jared Whitman (W)

Suffolk

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▌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

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▌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)
President of the Senate
Daniel P. King (W)

House of Representatives

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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.[6] Only the townships that sent representatives are listed below.

Barnstable

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▌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

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▌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

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Dukes

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▌Chilmark. Daniel Flanders (D)
▌Edgartown. David Davis (D)
▌Edgartown. Elihu P. Norton (D)
▌Tisbury. Bartlett Allen (D)
▌Tisbury. Asa Johnson (D)

Essex

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Franklin

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Hampden

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Hampshire

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Middlesex

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Nantucket

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▌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

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Plymouth

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Suffolk

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▌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

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Speaker of the House
Robert Charles Winthrop (W)

Officers and officials

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Congressional officers

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  • Sergeant-at-Arms to the Legislature: Benjamin Stevens
  • Messenger to Governor and Council: William Manning
  • Watchman to State-House: Edmund S. Brigham

Senate officers

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  • Chaplain: Rev. Daniel M. Lord
  • Clerk: Charles Calhoun
  • Assistant Clerk: W. P. Gregg
  • Doorkeeper to Senate: Milton Hall

House of Representatives officers

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  • 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

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References

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  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. ^ a b S. N. Dickinson, Boston Almanac for the Year 1841, Boston: Thomas Groom, hdl:2027/njp.32101056187543
  4. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
  5. ^ "Civil Government of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1840 – via HathiTrust.
  6. ^ Chapter I, Section III, Article II of the Constitution of Massachusetts (1780)
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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1840, hdl:2452/738674
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1840, hdl:2452/92922
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