1808–1809 Massachusetts legislature

The 29th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1808 and 1809 during the governorship of Levi Lincoln Sr. Harrison Gray Otis served as president of the Senate and Timothy Bigelow served as speaker of the House.[3] In 1808, the state legislature elected James Lloyd as the Class 1 United States Senator from Massachusetts to succeed John Quincy Adams following his resignation on June 8, 1808.

29th
Massachusetts General Court
←28th 30th→
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
TermMay 1808 (1808-05) – May 1809 (1809-05) [1]
Senate
Members40 [2]
PresidentHarrison Gray Otis
House
SpeakerTimothy Bigelow

Senators
  • Eli P. Ashmun[1]
  • Amos Bond
  • Elijah Brigham
  • Peter C. Brooks
  • Joseph S. Buckminster
  • Timothy Childs
  • Samuel Dana
  • Joseph Dimmick
  • Azariah Eggleston
  • Ebenezer Fisher
  • Barzillai Gannett
  • William Gray [4]
  • Thomas Hale [5]
  • John Heard
  • Aaron Hill [6]
  • John How
  • Gorham G. Hussey
  • Jonas Kendall
  • William King [7]
  • Samuel Lathrop
  • Joseph Leland
  • Lothrop Lewis
  • Theodore Lincoln
  • James Lloyd, Jr.[8]
  • Hugh McLellan
  • Ammi R. Mitchell
  • Nathaniel Morton Jr.
  • Harrison G. Otis
  • David Perry [9]
  • John Phillips[10]
  • John Phillips, Jr.[11]
  • Samuel Putnam
  • William Spooner
  • Seth Sprague
  • Ezra Starkweather
  • Nathaniel Thurston
  • Enoch Titcomb
  • Salem Towne
  • J. L. Tuttle
  • Nathan Willis
  • John Woodman

Representatives

See also

References
  1. "Civil Government in Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1809 – via HathiTrust. For the political year commencing May, 1808, and ending May, 1809
  2. "Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  3. "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
  4. "Gray, William, 1750-1825", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
  5. "Hale, Thomas", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
  6. "Hill, Aaron", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
  7. "King, William, 1768-1852", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
  8. "Lloyd, James, Jr., 1769-1831", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
  9. "Perry, David", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
  10. "Philips, John, 1770-1823", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
  11. "Phillips, John, Jr.", A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1788-1825, retrieved June 22, 2020
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