Twenty-Third Legislature, 1865-1866


Session Details

Start Date: 1/4/1865
End Date: 12/31/1866
Elect Date: 11/8/1864
Sworn in Date: 1/4/1865

House Leadership


Speaker
Gilbert Read

Speaker Pro Tempore
Augustus Griswold

Senate Leadership


President Pro Tempore
Charles Croswell

House Committees


Agriculture and Manufactures
George Thayer
William Osborn
George Luther
Harvey Haynes
Horace Cady

Asylum for Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Roland Newcomb
George McKay
Ezra Hazen
John Chipman
Evan Bonine

Asylum for Insane
Jonathan Woodman
Hiel Woodward
Edwin Stewart
George Thayer
Edward Morton

Banks and Incorporations
William White
Lucien Reed
Charles Mallary
Paul Gies
John Boies

Claims
Loren Treat

Education
Buel Williams
William Wells
William Smith
Henry Seymour
Myron Kenny

Elections
Richard Winsor
John Welch
William Wells
Charles Mickley
David Colwell

Engrossment and Enrollment
William Smith
Henry Look
John Landon
Albertus Green
Orville Fellows

Federal Relations
Edward Morton
Charles Mickley
Augustus Griswold
William Brockway
William Ball

Fisheries
Jacob Wendell
Moses Nowland
Victor Dusseau
William Taylor

Geological Survey
John Woodworth
John Lewis
Orrin Howard
Elias Haire
James Bayley

Harbors
Samuel Yawkey
Jacob Wendell
Charles Pitts
William Packard
Israel Carlton

Indian Affairs
Jacob Wendell
Abijah Dunlap
Israel Carlton

Internal Improvements
James VanVleet
Edwin Stewart
Charles Shier
Benjamin May
Leander Lapham

Joint Committee on Amendments to the Constitution
Titus Dort
John Boies

Judiciary
Andrew Maxwell
John Lewis
George Jones
Augustus Griswold
John Chipman

Military Affairs
Jonathan Woodman
James OGrady
Joseph Beach
Evan Bonine
Abram Allen

Mines and Minerals
Hiel Woodward
James OGrady
John McKernan
George Jones
John Boies

Printing
Albert Slocum
Peter Schars
Myron Kenny
William Laing
William Bond

Public Lands
Samuel Yawkey
Richard Winsor
John McKernan
Ezra Hazen
Abijah Dunlap

Reform School
John Swift
Henry Seymour
Moses Bartow

Roads and Bridges
Luther Smith
Robert Nixon
Lucius Keeler
Joshua Forbes
Orville Fellows

Rules and Joint Rules
Newton Woodruff
Squire Rowe
John Runyan
Darius Monroe
Victor Dusseau

Salines
Andrew Maxwell
Edward Jewell
Levi Camburn
Robert Aitkin
William Taylor

State Affairs
John Jenness
John Jones
Manly Howard
James Graham
James Cobb

State Library
Myron Tupper
Zimri Thomas
Roland Newcomb

State Prison
William Wilcox
Benjamin Horton
Delos Fisher
James Clements
James Cobb

Supplies and Expenditures
John Welch
Orrin Munger
Benjamin Horton

Towns and Counties
Baron Willits
William Utley
Rodolphus Sanderson
Titus Dort
William Ball

War Bounties
P. Warner
Nathaniel Phillips
Cyrus Miles
Delos Fisher
Alexander Copley

Ways and Means
William Wilcox
P. Warner
Richard Hawley
George Allen

Senate Committees


Agriculture
Richard Crego
Stephen Brown
James Childs

Asylum for Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Joseph Godfrey
John Crawford
Richard Crego
William Adair
Levi Aldrich
Stephen Brown

Claims
Westbrook Divine
Jonathan Wait

Division of Towns and Counties
Cyrus Luce
Westbrook Divine
Loren Treat

Enrolled Bills
Victory Collier
John Nevins
Elias Merrill

Expiring Laws
Andrew Howell
William Jay
Henry Perrin

Federal Relations
Charles Croswell
William Bancroft
Jonathan Wait

Finance
William Adair
Victory Collier
William Nims

Incorporations
Andrew Howell
Giles Hubbard
William Bancroft

Internal Improvements
Cyrus Luce
William Jay
Wilson Edsell

Joint Committee on Amendments to the Constitution
Wilson Edsell
Stephen Brown

Judiciary
Giles Hubbard
Charles Croswell
Hugh McCurdy

Manufactures
Nathaniel Langdon
Levi Aldrich
Elias Merrill

Military Affairs
Frederick Fowler
John Crawford
Warren Chapman

Mines and Minerals
John Forster
Frederick Fowler
Warren Chapman

Printing
William Bancroft
Jonathan Wait
John Nevins

Privileges and Elections
Cyrus Luce
Andrew Howell
Adam Minnis

Public Instruction
Wilson Edsell
James Walker
Hugh McCurdy

Public Lands
David Jerome
Alexander Davis
James Childs

Reform School
Andrew Howell
Wilson Edsell
Warren Chapman

Roads and Bridges
John Forster
James Walker
Milton Watkins

Saline Interests
David Jerome
William Nims

Salt Interests
Nathaniel Langdon

Select Committee on War Bounties
Cyrus Luce
Joseph Godfrey
Andrew Howell
David Jerome
Warren Chapman

State Affairs
John Forster
David Jerome
Stephen Brown

State Library
Alexander Davis
James Childs
Henry Perrin

State Prison
William Jay
Milton Watkins
Adam Minnis

Supplies and Expenditures
Joseph Godfrey
Richard Crego
Westbrook Divine