1857 Massachusetts legislature

78th Massachusetts General Court
← 77th 79th →
Overview
Legislative body	General Court
Senate
Members	40
President	Charles Wentworth Upham
House
Members	357 [1]
Speaker	Charles A. Phelps
Sessions
1st January 7, 1857 (1857-01-07) – May 30, 1857 (1857-05-30) + extra session[2]

The 78th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1857 during the governorship of Henry Gardner. Charles Wentworth Upham served as president of the Senate and Charles A. Phelps served as speaker of the House.^[3]

There were 395 men in the combined house and senate, with the following occupations:

"farmers and horticulturists, 77; merchants, 65; lawyers, 33; shoe manufacturers, 31; manufacturers, 29; clergymen, 13; physicians and housewrights, 12 each, 24; teachers, 10; master mariners, 9; lumber dealers and clerks, 6 each, 12; editors and shipwrights, 5 each, 10; blacksmiths, druggists and publishers, 4 each, 12; bakers, carriage makers, paper makers, sail makers, and grain dealers, 3 each, 16; cabinet makers, chair makers, clothiers, civil engineers, conveyancers, gentlemen, ship joiners, printers, tin plate workers, machinists, 2 each; 20; auctioneer, axe maker, auger and bitt maker, butcher, broker, balance maker, book-binder, book-keeper, book-seller, calico printer, dentist, engineer, forwarding agent, gilder, iron founder, hotel keeper, leather and hides, land surveyor, law student, reporter, provision dealer, manufacturer of cotton, silk and safes, real estate dealer, pianoforte maker, friction match, shuttle maker, bonnet maker, tanner, ship builder, tailor, mechanic, ship chandler, painter, 1 each, 35."^[4]

Senators

• O. W. Albee ^[5][6]
• Oliver Ames Jr.
• John W. Atwood
• John Batehelder
• Gad O. Bliss
• Arthur P. Bonney
• William S. Brakenridge
• Robert I. Burbank
• Asaph Churchill
• Benjamin C. Clark
• John Cowdin
• Constantiue C. Esty
• Matthew D. Field
• Hugh W. Greene
• Benj. W. Harris
• Gideon Haynes
• J. F. Hitchcock
• George F. Hoar
• Caleb D. Hunking
• John M. Merrick
• George W. Messinger
• Jacob Mitchell
• William Mixter
• Eben S. Poor
• Henry B. Rogers
• Henry L. Sabin
• Ezekiel R. Sawin
• John H. Shaw
• Eben F. Stone
• Charles F. Swift
• Velorous Taft
• William Taylor
• John N. Turner
• Charles W. Upham
• James M. Usher
• Oliver Warner
• Aza. B. Wheeler
• Joseph White
• Ohio Whitney Jr.
• Jeremiah S. Young

Representatives

• Thaddeus Allen ^[6]

See also

• 35th United States Congress
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

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. "The General Court", Boston Atlas, February 18, 1857
5. "Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Civil Government, 1857". Massachusetts Register, 1857. 1852 – via Archive.org.
6. Rules and Orders of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, 1857, hdl:2452/787681

External links

• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1857, hdl:2452/738677
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1857, hdl:2452/92939