1803–1804 Massachusetts legislature

24th Massachusetts General Court
24th Massachusetts General Court
	Seal of the General Court of Massachusetts
Overview
Legislative body	Massachusetts General Court
Term	May 25, 1803 – May 30, 1804
Senate
Members	40
President	David Cobb
Party control	Federalist
House
Speaker	Harrison Gray Otis
Party control	Federalist

The 24th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1803 and 1804 during the governorship of Caleb Strong. David Cobb served as president of the Senate and Harrison Gray Otis served as speaker of the House.^[1]

Composition by party

Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Changes in membership" section below.

Overview of Senate membership by party
	Party (shading shows control)		Total	Vacant

	Democratic- Republican (DR)	Federalist (F)
Begin (May 25, 1803)	13	26	39	1
May 25, 1803 ^[a]	14	26	40	0
May 27, 1803 ^[b]	14	20	34	6
Latest voting share	41.18%	58.82%

Leadership

Senate

Presiding

President: David Cobb (F)

House of Representatives

Presiding

Speaker: Harrison Gray Otis (F)

Members

Senate

The 40 seats are apportioned to each county or counties, based upon population size, to be elected at-large. ^[4]

Barnstable

▌At-large. John Dillingham (DR)

Berkshire

▌At-large. John Bacon (DR)

▌At-large. Barnabas Bidwell (DR)

Bristol

▌At-large. Stephen Bullock (F) (until May 27, 1803) ^[b]

▌At-large. Alden Spooner (F)

Cumberland

▌At-large. John Cushing (DR)

▌At-large. Woodbury Storer (F)

Dukes and Nantucket

▌At-large. Isaac Coffin (DR)

Essex

▌At-large. Elias H. Derby (F)

▌At-large. John Heard (F)

▌At-large. Nathaniel Marsh (F) (until May 27, 1803) ^[b]

▌At-large. Benjamin Pickman (F)

▌At-large. Enoch Titcomb (F)

▌At-large. Dudley A. Tyng (F)

Hampshire

▌At-large. Samuel Fowler (F)

▌At-large. John Hastings (F) (until May 27, 1803) ^[b]

▌At-large. John Hooker (F)

▌At-large. Ezra Starkweather (F)

Hancock, Lincoln and Washington

▌At-large. Alexander Campbell (F) (until May 27, 1803) ^[b]

▌At-large. David Cobb (F)

Kennebeck

▌At-large. John Chandler (DR)

Middlesex

▌At-large. William Hildreth (DR)

▌At-large. Aaron Hill (DR)

▌At-large. William Hull (DR)

▌At-large. Jonathan Maynard (DR)

Norfolk

▌At-large. John Ellis (DR)

▌At-large. John Howe (DR)

Plymouth

▌At-large. Beza Hayward (F)

▌At-large. Isaac Thompson (F)

Suffolk

▌At-large. John C. Jones (F)

▌At-large. Jonathan Mason (F)

▌At-large. David Tilden (DR) ^[a]

▌At-large. William Tudor (F)

▌At-large. Oliver Wendell (F) (until May 27, 1803) ^[b]

Worcester

▌At-large. Daniel Bigelow (F)

▌At-large. Elijah Brigham (F)

▌At-large. Thomas Hale (F)

▌At-large. Salem Towne (F) (until May 27, 1803) ^[b]

York

▌At-large. Simon Frye (F)

▌At-large. John Woodman (DR)

House of Representatives

Notes

^ ^a ^b David Tilden (DR) was elected by the House and Senate to fill the vacany left by John Codman (F), who died before the start of term. ^[2]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Elected to the Massachusetts Governor's Council at the start of term. ^[3]

References

^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
^ "Massachusetts 1803 State Senate, Suffolk County, Special". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
^ "Massachusetts 1803 Governor's Council". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
^ "Civil Government in Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1804. hdl:2452/121950. For the political year, commencing May, 1803, and ending May, 1804

External links

"Massachusetts", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, American Antiquarian Society, 2007 – via Tufts University. (Includes data for state senate and house elections in 1803)
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1803, hdl:2452/103848
Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1804, hdl:2452/819126 – via State Library of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1804, hdl:2452/103849

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[Vacany-3] David Tilden (DR) was elected by the House and Senate to fill the vacany left by John Codman (F), who died before the start of term. ^[2]

[GC-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Elected to the Massachusetts Governor's Council at the start of term. ^[3]

[1] "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.

[2] "Massachusetts 1803 State Senate, Suffolk County, Special". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Retrieved January 16, 2023.

[4] "Massachusetts 1803 Governor's Council". A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825. Retrieved January 16, 2023.

[Register-6] "Civil Government in Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1804. hdl:2452/121950. For the political year, commencing May, 1803, and ending May, 1804

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Composition by party

Leadership

Senate

Presiding

House of Representatives

Presiding

Members

Senate

Dukes and Nantucket

Hancock, Lincoln and Washington

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

References

External links