24th Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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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]
Party (shading shows control)
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Total | Vacant | ||
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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% |
SenatePresiding
House of RepresentativesPresiding
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The 40 seats are apportioned to each county or counties, based upon population size, to be elected at-large. [4]
Barnstable
Berkshire
Bristol
Cumberland
Dukes and Nantucket
Essex
Hampshire
Hancock, Lincoln and Washington
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Kennebeck
Middlesex
Norfolk
Plymouth
Suffolk
Worcester
York
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This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: Missing political party information for several members.(January 2023) |
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]
Barnstable
Berkshire
Bristol
Cumberland
DukesEssex
Hancock |
Kennebec
Middlesex
Nantucket
Norfolk
Plymouth
Suffolk
Washington
York |
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Committee [4] | Senate Members | House Members |
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Committee on Accounts | ▌Isaac Thompson (F) ▌Thomas Hale (F) |
▌Samuel Porter (F) ▌Stephen Monroe ▌Bezaleel Taft (F) |
Committee on Applications for New Trials | ▌Barnabas Bidwell (DR) ▌John Hooker (F) |
▌William Ely (F) ▌William Symmes ▌Enoch W. Thayer (DR) |
Committee on Applications for incorporation of Towns and Districts | ▌Beza Hayward (F) ▌Elijah Brigham (F) |
▌Lothrop Lewis (F) ▌Mark Langdon Hill (DR) ▌Josiah Little |
Committee on Applications for incorporation of Turnpikes, Bridges and Canals | ▌John Bacon (DR) ▌Alden Spooner (F) |
▌Jonathan Smith (F) ▌Joseph Kendall ▌Lothrop Lewis (F) |
Committee on Applications for incorporation of Parishes | ▌Enoch Titcomb (F) ▌Jonathan Maynard (DR) |
▌Hugh MacLellan (DR) ▌Nathaniel Webster ▌Timothy Jackson (F) |
Committee on Applications for incorporation of Fisheries | ▌Aaron Hill (DR) ▌John Cushing (DR) |
▌Joseph Titcomb ▌Moody Spafford ▌Aaron Hobart |
County | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation |
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Suffolk | Vacant | Incumbent John Codman (F) died before the beginning of this General Court. The House and Senate elected a replacement. [a] |
David Tilden (DR) | May 25, 1803 |
For the political year, commencing May, 1803, and ending May, 1804