1854 Massachusetts legislature explained

75th
Massachusetts General Court
Body:General Court
Before:74th
After:76th
Chamber1:Senate
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Charles Edward Cook
Chamber2:House
Membership2:310
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Otis P. Lord
Session1 End: [1]

The 75th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1854 during the governorship of Emory Washburn. Charles Edward Cook served as president of the Senate and Otis P. Lord served as speaker of the House.[2] [3]

Notable legislation included incorporation of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company[4] and funding for a "project to build a railroad tunnel through Hoosac Mountain that cost state taxpayers more than $10 million and took 21 years to complete."[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge00mass2/page/348/mode/1up . 2009 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Manual for the Use of the General Court . Length of Legislative Sessions . 348+ .
  2. Book: https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge200506mass/page/338/mode/2up . 2005 . Boston . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Manual for the Use of the General Court . Organization of the Legislature Since 1780 . 338+ .
  3. Book: Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Massachusetts Register, 1854 .
  4. Book: Edward Everett Hale. The Story of Massachusetts . . 1891 . Boston. 327 .
  5. A Toast to the General Court . Robert David Sullivan . 2005 . 10 . 4 . .