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The 59th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1838 during the governorship of Edward Everett. Myron Lawrence served as president of the Senate and Robert Charles Winthrop served as speaker of the House.

The governor spoke to the members on January 9, 1838.

"In February 1838, Angelina Grimké became the first woman in U.S. history to address the members of an American legislative body when she spoke to the members of the Massachusetts Legislature. Her subject was the demand for the immediate end of the slave trade in Washington, D.C."

In 1838, temperance activists pushed the Massachusetts legislature to pass a law restricting the sale of alcohol in quantities less than fifteen gallons.

Senators

• Daniel Adams III
• James C. Alvord
• George Ashmun
• Reuben Boies Jr.
• Nathan Brooks
• Stephen B. Brown
• Barker Burnell
• James G. Carter
• Linus Child
• William Clark Jr.
• Samuel Dorr
• Lilly Eaton
• John Eddy
• Stephen Fairbanks
• Levi Farwell
• Lester Filley
• Thomas French
• Samuel G. Goodrich
• Nathan Gurney
• William Hancock
• Samuel Hubbard
• Charles Hudson
• Charles Kimball
• Daniel P. King
• Thomas Kinnicutt
• Samuel Lane
• Myron Lawrence
• Artemas Lee
• Charles Marston
• Lemuel May
• Joseph Meigs
• Thomas Motley
• Warwick Palfray Jr.
• Stuart J. Park
• Josiah Quincy Jr.
• Joseph L. Richardson
• John A. Shaw
• Jeremiah Spofford
• Samuel B. Walcutt
• Charles H. Warren

Representatives

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• Ivers J. Austin

See also

• 25th 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. Address Of His Excellency Edward Everett, To The Two Branches Of The Legislature, On The Organization Of The Government, For The Political Year Commencing January 3, 1838, hdl:2452/749957
5. "(1838) Angelina Grimke, 'Address to the Massachusetts Legislature'", Blackpast.org, retrieved June 8, 2020
6. S.N. Dickinson, Boston Almanac for the Year 1840, Thomas Groom, hdl:2027/njp.32101056187550
7. ^ "Civil Government of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1838. hdl:2027/umn.319510022331886 – via HathiTrust.

External links

• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1838, hdl:2452/738684
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1838, hdl:2452/103883

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Commons

v t e Districts of the Massachusetts General Court
Senate	Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden Bristol and Norfolk Bristol and Plymouth: 1st, 2nd Cape and Islands Essex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Essex and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd Hampden Hampden and Hampshire: 1st, 2nd Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester Middlesex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Middlesex and Norfolk: 1st, 2nd Middlesex and Suffolk Middlesex and Worcester Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth Norfolk and Plymouth Norfolk and Suffolk Plymouth and Barnstable Plymouth and Bristol: 1st, 2nd Plymouth and Norfolk Suffolk: 1st, 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd Worcester: 1st, 2nd Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex Worcester and Middlesex Worcester and Norfolk Obsolete districts
House	Barnstable 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Berkshire 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Bristol 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th Cape and Islands Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Essex   1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th Franklin 1st, 2nd Hampden 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Hampshire 1st, 2nd, 3rd Middlesex 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th Norfolk   1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th Plymouth 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Suffolk 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Worcester 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th Defunct districts   Former districts
Commons

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