| 61st Massachusetts General Court | |
| Before: | 60th (1839) |
| After: | 62nd (1841) |
| Chamber1: | Senate |
| Membership1: | 40 |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | President |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Daniel P. King |
| Chamber2: | House |
| Membership2: | 521 |
| Chamber2 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Chamber2 Leader1: | Robert Charles Winthrop |
| Session1 End: | [1] |
The 61st Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1840 during the governorship of Marcus Morton. Daniel P. King served as president of the Senate and Robert Charles Winthrop served as speaker of the House.[2]
On January 22, 1840, the governor gave a speech.
| Begin (January 1, 1840) | +Overview of Senate membership by party | Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic (D) | Whig (W) | ||||||
| Begin (January 1, 1840) | 19 | 21 | 40 | 0 | |||
| Latest voting share | |||||||
The 40 seats are apportioned to each county or counties, based upon population size, to be elected at-large.[3]
At-large. Charles Marsten (W)
At-large. Russell Brown (D)
At-large. Increase Sumner (D)
At-large. Foster Hooper (D)
At-large. Horatio Pratt (D)
At-large. Seth Whitmarsh (D)
At-large. George B. Upton (W)
At-large. Amos Abbott (W)
At-large. David Choate (W)
At-large. Daniel P. King (W)
At-large. Samuel Lane (W)
At-large. Josiah Little (W)
At-large. John S. Williams (W)
At-large. George T. Davies (W)
At-large. Matthew Ives, Jr. (D)
At-large. Asa Lincoln (D)
At-large. William Bowdoin (W)
At-large. Timothy A. Phelps (W)
At-large. Thomas J. Greenwood (D)
At-large. Joseph W. Mansur (D)
At-large. Leonard M. Parker (D)
At-large. James Russell (D)
At-large. Sidney Willard (W)
At-large. Lucas Pond (D)
At-large. Bradford L. Wales (D)
At-large. Benjamin P. Williams (D)
At-large. Seth Sprague, Jr. (W)
At-large. Jared Whitman (W)
At-large. Edmund Dwight (D)
At-large. Isaac Harris (W)
At-large. William J. Hubbard (W)
At-large. George Morey (W)
At-large. Josiah Quincy, Jr. (W)
At-large. James Savage (W)
At-large. Benjamin Estabrook (D)
At-large. Charles C. P. Hastings (W)
At-large. Jedediah Marcy (D)
At-large. Charles Sibley (D)
At-large. Nathaniel Wood (D)
At-large. Samuel Wood (W)
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.[4] Only the townships that sent representatives are listed below.
Barnstable. Daniel Basset (D)
Barnstable. Nathaniel Hinckley (D)
Barnstable. Thomas B. Lewis (D)
Brewster. Josiah Foster (W)
Chatham. Samuel Doane (D)
Chatham. Henry Gorham (D)
Dennis. Seth Crowell (W)
Dennis. Samuel Rogers (W)
Eastham. Barnabas Freeman (D)
Falmouth. Silas Jones (W)
Falmouth. Elijah Swift (W)
Harwich. Cyrus Weeks (W)
Harwich. Richard Baker, Jr. (W)
Orleans. Luther Snow (W)
Orleans. Nathaniel Freeman (D)
Provincetown. John Atkins (W)
Provincetown. David Cook II (W)
Sandwich. Josiah Bacon (W)
Sandwich. Benjamin Bourne (W)
Sandwich. Charles Nye (W)
Truro. Freeman Atkins (W)
Truro. Jedediah Shed (D)
Wellfleet. Nathaniel P. Wiley (D)
Wellfleet. Solomon R. Hawes (D)
Yarmouth. Silvanus Crowell (W)
Yarmouth. Freeman Taylor (W)
Adams. Snell Babbit (W)
Adams. Lorenzo Rice (W)
Adams. Ezra D. Whitaker (W)
Alford. Elijah K. Williams (D)
Cheshire. Noah Y. Bushnell (D)
Dalton. John Chamberlain (D)
Egremont. Rich P. Brown (D)
Great Barrington. Perley D. Whitmore (W)
Great Barrington. Philip Barnes (W)
Hinsdale. William Hinsdale (W)
Lanesborough. Asahel Buck, Jr. (D)
Lee. Eli Bradley (W)
Lee. Leonard Church (W)
Lenox. Henry H. Cook (D)
New Ashford. Phineas Harmon (W)
New Marlborough. George Smith (W)
Otis. Curtis Hunt (D)
Peru. Edward T. Nash (W)
Pittsfield. James Francis (W)
Pittsfield. Jabez Peck (W)
Pittsfield. Comfort B. Platt (W)
Richmond. Seneca Pettee (D)
Sandisfield. David Belden (D)
Savoy. Philip Pierce (D)
Sheffield. Orrin Curtis (D)
Sheffield. Moses Forbes (D)
Stockbridge. John M. Cooper (D)
Stockbridge. Charles Webster (D)
Tyringham. Amos Langdon, Jr. (D)
Washington. John S. Noble (D)
Williamstown. James Corbin (D)
Williamstown. Henry Johnson (D)
Windsor. Moses Ford (D)
Chilmark. Daniel Flanders (D)
Edgartown. David Davis (D)
Edgartown. Elihu P. Norton (D)
Tisbury. Bartlett Allen (D)
Tisbury. Asa Johnson (D)
Nantucket. George Bradburn (W)
Nantucket. Jonathan C. Briggs (W)
Nantucket. Benjamin Gardner (W)
Nantucket. Samuel H. Jenks (W)
Nantucket. William B. Mitchell (W)
Nantucket. David Joy (W)
Boston. Amos Binney (W)
Boston. George T. Bigelow (W)
Boston. John Boles (W)
Boston. Noah Brooks (W)
Boston. William C. Brown (D)
Boston. Francis Brown (W)
Boston. George T. Curtis (W)
Boston. George Darracott (W)
Boston. Isaac P. Davis (W)
Boston. Thomas A. Davis (W)
Boston. Daniel Denny (W)
Boston. Franklin Dexter (W)
Boston. Frederic Emerson (W)
Boston. David Francis (W)
Boston. John Gardner (W)
Boston. James W. Gates (W)
Boston. John C. Gray (W)
Boston. Samuel Greele (W)
Boston. John Green, Jr. (W)
Boston. Ozias Goodwin (W)
Boston. Frederick Gould (W)
Boston. Nathan Gurney (W)
Boston. Samuel W. Hall (W)
Boston. James Harris (W)
Boston. Eliphalet P. Hartshorn (W)
Boston. John P. Healy (W)
Boston. Robert Hooper, Jr. (W)
Boston. Cranston Howe (W)
Boston. Thomas Hunting (W)
Boston. Robert Keith (W)
Boston. William Lawrence (W)
Boston. Ezekiel W. Leach (W)
Boston. Benson Leavitt (W)
Boston. Joseph Lewis (W)
Boston. Theophilus R. Marvin (W)
Boston. Nahum Mitchell (W)
Boston. Francis J. Oliver (W)
Boston. William W. Parrott (W)
Boston. Theophilus Parsons (W)
Boston. Thomas Patten (W)
Boston. George W. Phillips (W)
Boston. Lewis G. Pray (W)
Boston. Samuel Quincy (W)
Boston. John Raynor (W)
Boston. Joseph W. Revere (W)
Boston. Jeffrey Richardson (W)
Boston. Daniel Safford (W)
Boston. J. Thomas Stevenson (W)
Boston. Woodbridge Strong (W)
Boston. Josiah Vinton, Jr. (W)
Boston. Thomas B. Wales (W)
Boston. John B. Wells (W)
Boston. James M. Whiton (W)
Boston. William Willett (W)
Boston. Horatio M. Willis (W)
Boston. Robert C. Winthrop (W)