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The 63rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1842 during the governorship of John Davis. Josiah Quincy Jr. served as president of the Senate and Thomas H. Kinnicutt served as speaker of the House.

Senators

• Amos Abbott
• Josiah G. Abbott
• James Allen
• Thomas Bradley
• Bowen Buckman
• Reuben Champion
• Robert Cross
• Seth Crowell
• Solomon Davis
• Alexander DeWitt
• Edward Dickenson
• Allen W. Dodge
• Melatiah Everett
• Francis B. Fay
• James Fuller
• Johnson Gardner
• Amory Holman
• Foster Hooper
• Appleton Howe
• William J. Hubbard
• Ephraim Merriam
• John Mills
• Jesse Perkins
• Sampson Perkins
• Thos. F. Plunkett
• Josiah Quincy, Jr.
• Jeffrey Richardson
• James M. Robbins
• Frederick Robinson
• Richard S. Rogers
• John Safford
• Seth Sprague, Jr.
• Increase Sumner
• John P. Tarbell
• Emory Washburn
• John B. Wells
• Noah Wells
• James White
• Samuel Williston
• Samuel Wood

Representatives

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• Charles Francis Adams
• Geo. T. Bigelow
• Luther Blodgett
• Friend H. Burt

See also

• 27th 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. S. N. Dickinson, Boston Almanac for the Year 1843, Boston: Thomas Groom, hdl:2027/njp.32101056187527
4. "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
5. "Civil Government of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for 1842. hdl:2027/umn.31951002233192f – via HathiTrust.
6. S.N. Dickinson, "Government of Massachusetts", Boston Almanac for the Year 1842, Thomas Groom, hdl:2027/njp.32101056187535, Representatives of Boston

External links

• Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1842, hdl:2452/725160
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1842, hdl:2452/92924

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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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