Fourth Legislature, 1839


Session Details

Start Date: 1/7/1839
End Date: 4/20/1839
Elect Date: 11/5/1838
Sworn in Date: 1/7/1839

House Leadership


Speaker
Kinsley Bingham

Speaker Pro Tempore
Isaac Wixom

Senate Leadership


President Pro Tempore
Benjamin Kercheval

House Committees


Accounts
James Newton
Elijah Seeley
Isaac Grovier
Azel Hooker
Jeremiah Clark
Louis Beaufait
David Brown

Agriculture
James Newton
Joseph Patterson
John Lowry
Ira Jennings
Laurent Durocher
Ammos Davis
Samuel Axford

Banks
Isaac Wixom
Norman Little
Thomas Fitzgerald
George Gibbs
Andrew Hammond
Noble Finney
Daniel Bacon

Claims
Alexander Tackels
Isaac Wixom
John Near
Jonathan King
Andrew Hammond
Jesse Decker
Benjamin Copeland

Education
George Gibbs
Andrew Hammond
Azel Hooker
Ebenezer Eaton
Samuel Chapin
John Adam
Lewis Allen

Elections
Timothy Sheldon
Frederick Shurtz
Alexander Tackels
True Tucker
Isaac Wixom
Joseph Patterson
Stephen Mead

Enrollment
Davis Smith
David Stout
Jonathan King
George Gibbs
David Brown
Samuel Chapin
John Adam

Expenditures
Jared Pond
Titus Dort
Benjamin Copeland
Samuel Chapin
Jonathan Chase
Lewis Allen
Samuel Axford

Indian Affairs
Alexander Tackels
John Near
Henry Levake
Azel Hooker
Ebenezer Eaton
Artemas Allen

Internal Improvements
Norman Little
John Livermore
Thomas Fitzgerald
Justus Goodwin
Noble Finney
Henry Acker
Artemas Allen

Joint Committee on Supplies
Samuel Chapin
Jonathan Chase
Lewis Allen

Judiciary
True Tucker
Caleb Ormsby
Thomas Fitzgerald
George Gibbs
Noble Finney
Daniel Bacon
John Adam

Library
Andrew Mack
Justus Goodwin
Daniel Bacon

Manufactures
Harry Saunders
Stephen Mead
Robert McKee
George Meacham
Isaac Grovier
Nathaniel Howland
Jeremiah Clark

Militia
Davis Smith
George Renwick
Andrew Mack
Norman Little
Jonathan King
Nathaniel Howland
Louis Beaufait

Organization of Towns and Counties
Caleb Ormsby
Elijah Seeley
Robert McKee
John Near
Ira Jennings
Titus Dort
Henry Acker

Printing
Frederick Shurtz
True Tucker
Harry Saunders
John Livermore
John Lowry
Nathaniel Howland
Laurent Durocher

Roads and Bridges
Joseph Patterson
George Renwick
Stephen Mead
Henry Levake
Ammos Davis
Louis Beaufait
Samuel Axford

Special Committee on Abolition of Slavery
George Renwick
Azel Hooker
David Brown
Artemas Allen
Samuel Axford

Special Committee on Disputed Ground
David Stout
Norman Little
Ira Jennings
Laurent Durocher
John Adam

Special Committee on State Loan...
David Stout
George Renwick
John Near
John Livermore
Justus Goodwin
Andrew Hammond
Daniel Bacon

Special Committee on Taxes etc.
Isaac Wixom
Harry Saunders
Jeremiah Clark
Jonathan Chase
Lewis Allen

State Prison
Timothy Sheldon
Davis Smith
James Newton
Justus Goodwin
Ira Jennings
Jesse Decker
Benjamin Copeland

Unfinished Business
David Stout
Jared Pond
Titus Dort
Ebenezer Eaton
Jeremiah Clark
Henry Acker
Artemas Allen

University and School Lands
Caleb Ormsby
Robert McKee
George Meacham
Justus Goodwin
Noble Finney
Ammos Davis
Jonathan Chase

Ways and Means
Jared Pond
George Renwick
Elijah Seeley
Andrew Mack
Daniel Bacon
Jonathan Chase
Lewis Allen

Senate Committees


Agriculture
Stephen Trowbridge
Jacob Summers
Townsend Gidley

Claims
James Gordon
Sands McCamly
Elijah Cook

Elections
James Gordon
Sands McCamly
Vincent Bradford

Enrolled Bills
Ebenezer Harrington
Olney Hawkins
Elijah Cook

Expiring Laws
Ebenezer Harrington
Olney Hawkins
Vincent Bradford

Finance
Warner Wing
Elijah Cook
Norman Curtis
Thomas Drake
Townsend Gidley

Incorporations
Stephen Trowbridge
Olney Hawkins
Elijah Cook

Internal Improvement
James Kingsley
Vincent Bradford
Thomas Drake

Joint Committee on Supplies
Stephen Trowbridge
Thomas Drake

Judiciary
Jonathan King
James Gordon
Ebenezer Harrington

Literature
William Greenly
James Kingsley
Vincent Bradford

Manufactures
Sands McCamly
Norman Curtis
Samuel Etheridge

Militia
Benjamin Kercheval
Jacob Summers
Elijah Cook

Printing
Ebenezer Harrington
Benjamin Kercheval
Thomas Drake

Roads and Bridges
Jacob Summers
Norman Curtis
Samuel Etheridge

State Affairs
William Woodbridge
William Greenly
Samuel Etheridge

State Library
Stephen Trowbridge
Benjamin Kercheval
Jacob Summers

State Prison
Benjamin Kercheval
Elijah Cook
Townsend Gidley

Towns and Counties
Elijah Cook
Thomas Drake
Samuel Etheridge