List of Massachusetts General Courts

The legislature of the U.S. state of Massachusetts is known as the General Court. It has a 40-member upper house (Massachusetts Senate) and a 160-member lower house (Massachusetts House of Representatives). Descended from the colonial legislature, the first Massachusetts General Court met in October 1780 and consisted of one-year elected terms for both houses. This was expanded to two-year terms starting with the 142nd General Court in January 1921.

Legislatures

1780-1899

Members of the Committee on Railroads, 1892
  • 1st Massachusetts General Court (1780–1781)[1]
  • 2nd Massachusetts General Court (1781–1782)
  • 3rd Massachusetts General Court (1782–1783)
  • 4th Massachusetts General Court (1783–1784)
  • 5th Massachusetts General Court (1784–1785)
  • 6th Massachusetts General Court (1785–1786)
  • 7th Massachusetts General Court (1786–1787)
  • 8th Massachusetts General Court (1787–1788)
  • 9th Massachusetts General Court (1788–1789)
  • 10th Massachusetts General Court (1789–1790)
  • 11th Massachusetts General Court (1790–1791)
  • 12th Massachusetts General Court (1791–1792)
  • 13th Massachusetts General Court (1792–1793)
  • 14th Massachusetts General Court (1793–1794)
  • 15th Massachusetts General Court (1794–1795)
  • 16th Massachusetts General Court (1795–1796)
  • 17th Massachusetts General Court (1796–1797)
  • 18th Massachusetts General Court (1797–1798)
  • 19th Massachusetts General Court (1798–1799)
  • 20th Massachusetts General Court (1799–1800)
  • 21st Massachusetts General Court (1800–1801)
  • 22nd Massachusetts General Court (1801–1802)
  • 23rd Massachusetts General Court (1802–1803)
  • 24th Massachusetts General Court (1803–1804)
  • 25th Massachusetts General Court (1804–1805)
  • 26th Massachusetts General Court (1805–1806)
  • 27th Massachusetts General Court (1806–1807)
  • 28th Massachusetts General Court (1807–1808)
  • 29th Massachusetts General Court (1808–1809)
  • 30th Massachusetts General Court (1809–1810)
  • 31st Massachusetts General Court (1810–1811)
  • 32nd Massachusetts General Court (1811–1812)
  • 33rd Massachusetts General Court (1812–1813)
  • 34th Massachusetts General Court (1813–1814)
  • 35th Massachusetts General Court (1814–1815)
  • 36th Massachusetts General Court (1815–1816)
  • 37th Massachusetts General Court (1816–1817)
  • 38th Massachusetts General Court (1817–1818)
  • 39th Massachusetts General Court (1818–1819)
  • 40th Massachusetts General Court (1819–1820)
  • 41st Massachusetts General Court (1820–1821)
  • 42nd Massachusetts General Court (1821–1822)
  • 43rd Massachusetts General Court (1822–1823)
  • 44th Massachusetts General Court (1823–1824)
  • 45th Massachusetts General Court (1824–1825)
  • 46th Massachusetts General Court (1825–1826)
  • 47th Massachusetts General Court (1826–1827)
  • 48th Massachusetts General Court (1827–1828)
  • 49th Massachusetts General Court (1828–1829)
  • 50th Massachusetts General Court (1829–1830)
  • 51st Massachusetts General Court (1830–1831)
  • 52nd Massachusetts General Court (1831)
  • 53rd Massachusetts General Court (1832)
  • 54th Massachusetts General Court (1833)
  • 55th Massachusetts General Court (1834)
  • 56th Massachusetts General Court (1835)
  • 57th Massachusetts General Court (1836)
  • 58th Massachusetts General Court (1837)
  • 59th Massachusetts General Court (1838)
  • 60th Massachusetts General Court (1839)
  • 61st Massachusetts General Court (1840)
  • 62nd Massachusetts General Court (1841)
  • 63rd Massachusetts General Court (1842)
  • 64th Massachusetts General Court (1843)
  • 65th Massachusetts General Court (1844)
  • 66th Massachusetts General Court (1845)
  • 67th Massachusetts General Court (1846)
  • 68th Massachusetts General Court (1847)
  • 69th Massachusetts General Court (1848)
  • 70th Massachusetts General Court (1849)
  • 71st Massachusetts General Court (1850)
  • 72nd Massachusetts General Court (1851)
  • 73rd Massachusetts General Court (1852)
  • 74th Massachusetts General Court (1853)
  • 75th Massachusetts General Court (1854)
  • 76th Massachusetts General Court (1855)
  • 77th Massachusetts General Court (1856)
  • 78th Massachusetts General Court (1857)
  • 79th Massachusetts General Court (1858)
  • 80th Massachusetts General Court (1859)
  • 81st Massachusetts General Court (1860)
  • 82nd Massachusetts General Court (1861)
  • 83rd Massachusetts General Court (1862)
  • 84th Massachusetts General Court (1863)
  • 85th Massachusetts General Court (1864)
  • 86th Massachusetts General Court (1865)
  • 87th Massachusetts General Court (1866)
  • 88th Massachusetts General Court (1867)
  • 89th Massachusetts General Court (1868)
  • 90th Massachusetts General Court (1869)
  • 91st Massachusetts General Court (1870)
  • 92nd Massachusetts General Court (1871)
  • 93rd Massachusetts General Court (1872)
  • 94th Massachusetts General Court (1873)
  • 95th Massachusetts General Court (1874)
  • 96th Massachusetts General Court (1875)
  • 97th Massachusetts General Court (1876)
  • 98th Massachusetts General Court (1877)
  • 99th Massachusetts General Court (1878)
  • 100th Massachusetts General Court (1879)
  • 101st Massachusetts General Court (1880)
  • 102nd Massachusetts General Court (1881)
  • 103rd Massachusetts General Court (1882)
  • 104th Massachusetts General Court (1883)
  • 105th Massachusetts General Court (1884)
  • 106th Massachusetts General Court (1885)
  • 107th Massachusetts General Court (1886)
  • 108th Massachusetts General Court (1887)
  • 109th Massachusetts General Court (1888)
  • 110th Massachusetts General Court (1889)
  • 111th Massachusetts General Court (1890)
  • 112th Massachusetts General Court (1891)
  • 113th Massachusetts General Court (1892)
  • 114th Massachusetts General Court (1893)
  • 115th Massachusetts General Court (1894)
  • 116th Massachusetts General Court (1895)
  • 117th Massachusetts General Court (1896)
  • 118th Massachusetts General Court (1897)
  • 119th Massachusetts General Court (1898)
  • 120th Massachusetts General Court (1899)

1900-2000

Massachusetts politicians in the mid-1980s: house speaker George Keverian at podium. Back row: senate president William M. Bulger, state representative John McDonough, mayor Raymond L. Flynn, two unidentified men, state representative William Galvin, governor Michael S. Dukakis
  • 121st Massachusetts General Court (1900)
  • 122nd Massachusetts General Court (1901)
  • 123rd Massachusetts General Court (1902)
  • 124th Massachusetts General Court (1903)
  • 125th Massachusetts General Court (1904)
  • 126th Massachusetts General Court (1905)
  • 127th Massachusetts General Court (1906)
  • 128th Massachusetts General Court (1907)
  • 129th Massachusetts General Court (1908)
  • 130th Massachusetts General Court (1909)
  • 131st Massachusetts General Court (1910)
  • 132nd Massachusetts General Court (1911)
  • 133rd Massachusetts General Court (1912)
  • 134th Massachusetts General Court (1913)
  • 135th Massachusetts General Court (1914)
  • 136th Massachusetts General Court (1915)
  • 137th Massachusetts General Court (1916)
  • 138th Massachusetts General Court (1917)
  • 139th Massachusetts General Court (1918)
  • 140th Massachusetts General Court (1919)
  • 141st Massachusetts General Court (1920)
  • 142nd Massachusetts General Court (1921–1922)
  • 143rd Massachusetts General Court (1923–1924)
  • 144th Massachusetts General Court (1925–1926)
  • 145th Massachusetts General Court (1927–1928)
  • 146th Massachusetts General Court (1929–1930)
  • 147th Massachusetts General Court (1931–1932)
  • 148th Massachusetts General Court (1933–1934)
  • 149th Massachusetts General Court (1935–1936)
  • 150th Massachusetts General Court (1937–1938)
  • 151st Massachusetts General Court (1939)[2]
  • 152nd Massachusetts General Court (1941–1942)[2]
  • 153rd Massachusetts General Court (1943–1944)[2]
  • 154th Massachusetts General Court (1945–1946)
  • 155th Massachusetts General Court (1947–1948)
  • 156th Massachusetts General Court (1949–1950)
  • 157th Massachusetts General Court (1951–1952)
  • 158th Massachusetts General Court (1953–1954)
  • 159th Massachusetts General Court (1955–1956)
  • 160th Massachusetts General Court (1957–1958)
  • 161st Massachusetts General Court (1959–1960)
  • 162nd Massachusetts General Court (1961–1962)
  • 163rd Massachusetts General Court (1963–1964)
  • 164th Massachusetts General Court (1965–1966)
  • 165th Massachusetts General Court (1967–1968)
  • 166th Massachusetts General Court (1969–1970)
  • 167th Massachusetts General Court (1971–1972)
  • 168th Massachusetts General Court (1973–1974)
  • 169th Massachusetts General Court (1975–1976)
  • 170th Massachusetts General Court (1977–1978)
  • 171st Massachusetts General Court (1979–1980)
  • 172nd Massachusetts General Court (1981–1982)
  • 173rd Massachusetts General Court (1983–1984)
  • 174th Massachusetts General Court (1985–1986)
  • 175th Massachusetts General Court (1987–1988)
  • 176th Massachusetts General Court (1989–1990)
  • 177th Massachusetts General Court (1991–1992)
  • 178th Massachusetts General Court (1993–1994)
  • 179th Massachusetts General Court (1995–1996)
  • 180th Massachusetts General Court (1997–1998)
  • 181st Massachusetts General Court (1999–2000)

2001-current

  • 182nd Massachusetts General Court (2001–2002)
  • 183rd Massachusetts General Court (2003–2004)
  • 184th Massachusetts General Court (2005–2006)
  • 185th Massachusetts General Court (2007–2008)
  • 186th Massachusetts General Court (2009–2010)
  • 187th Massachusetts General Court (2011–2012)
  • 188th Massachusetts General Court (2013–2014)
  • 189th Massachusetts General Court (2015–2016)
  • 190th Massachusetts General Court (2017–2018)
  • 191st Massachusetts General Court (2019–2020)
  • 192nd Massachusetts General Court (2021–2022)

See also

References

  1. ^ Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives (PDF), Mass.gov, retrieved April 8, 2020
  2. ^ a b c Kaitlin Connolly (January 5, 2016), "Short-Lived Biennial Legislative Session System in Massachusetts", State Library of Massachusetts blog

Further reading

  • Charles Jacob Babbitt; State Library of Massachusetts (1912). "Massachusetts". Hand-list of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws...United States and Its Possessions and of the Several States. p. 175+.
  • Arthur Darling (1925). Political Changes in Massachusetts, 1824–1848. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. OCLC 1593840.
  • Ronald Formisano (1983). The Transformation of Political Culture: Massachusetts Parties, 1790s–1840s. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195035094. OCLC 18429354.
  • Cornelius Dalton (1984). Leading the Way: a History of the Massachusetts General Court, 1629-1980. Boston: Massachusetts Secretary of State. ISBN 0961391502.
  • Evan Horowitz (August 1, 2014), "It's August. Why are Mass. legislators done for the year?", Boston Globe

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Massachusetts General Court.
  • "Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, 1715-1922". Sec.state.ma.us. Massachusetts Archives Division.
  • "Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" – via State Library of Massachusetts. (digitized published directories)
  • "Massachusetts General Court". Ballotpedia.org.
  • "Massachusetts Resources: Statutes & Legislation". Research Guides: U.S. States. Georgetown University Law Library.
  • "Session Laws: Massachusetts". HeinOnline. New York: William S. Hein & Co., Inc. (subscription required)
  • "search: Massachusetts General Court". Digital Commonwealth: Massachusetts Collections Online. (bibliographic catalog of works related to the General Court)
  • Index to reports of the Massachusetts Legislative Research Council: 1900-1988, 1988-1994
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