First Legislature,1835-1836


Session Details

Start Date: 11/2/1835
End Date: 7/26/1836
Elect Date: 10/5/1835
Sworn in Date: 11/2/1835

House Leadership


Speaker
Ezra Convis

Speaker Pro Tempore
Orin Howe

Senate Leadership


President Pro Tempore
John Barry

House Committees


Accounts and Claims
Charles Whipple
Johnson Niles
Origen Richardson
Edwin Lothrop
Rufus Mathews
Joseph Jackson
Townsend Gidley
Allen Hutchins
Cyren Burdick
Alanson Crossman
Hiram Dodge

Agriculture and Manufactures
Edwin Lothrop
Darius Mead
Rufus Mathews
John Ellenwood
Roswell Britton

Banks and Incorporations
Jacob Summers
Edwin Lothrop
Allen Hutchins
Elisha Ely
James Godfroy
George Brownell
Olmstead Hough

Education
Charles Whipple
Jacob Summers
John Heath
Cogswell Green
Roswell Britton
Alanson Crossman
Hiram Alden

Elections
Alexander Tackels
James Wheeler
Benjamin Sherman
John Strong
Isaac Monfore
George Howe
Alvin Hart

Enrollment
Origen Richardson
Allen Hutchins
Cogswell Green

Expenditures
Charles Whipple
Rufus Mathews
Hiram Dodge

Internal Improvements
Isaac Voorheis
Gardner Williams
James ODell
Benjamin Sherman
Darius Mead
Townsend Gidley
Elisha Ely

Joint Committee on the Library
Charles Whipple
Richard Morse
Joseph Jackson

Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Charles Whipple
Johnson Niles
Allen Hutchins

Judiciary
Charles Whipple
Horace Noyes
Origen Richardson
Allen Hutchins
Alpheus Felch
Cogswell Green
Cyren Burdick

Militia
Isaac Ullman
Joseph Smith
George Howe
Hiram Higley
Alvin Hart
Hiram Dodge
John Brewer

Organization of Towns and Counties
Henry Levake
Lewis Miller
Cogswell Green

Printing
James Wheeler
Johnson Niles
Alpheus Felch
Jonathan Fay
Roswell Britton
Cyren Burdick
Hiram Alden

Roads and Bridges
Jonathan Davis
Olmstead Hough

Select Joint Committee in Relation to the Southern Boundary of the State
Charles Whipple
Origen Richardson
Allen Hutchins

Select Joint Committee on the Admission into the Union of Michigan
Charles Whipple
Origen Richardson
Joseph Jackson
Allen Hutchins

State Affairs
Origen Richardson
Joseph Smith
Darius Mead
Rufus Mathews
Joseph Jackson
Allen Hutchins
Cyren Burdick

Towns and Counties
Charles Hascall

Unfinished Business
Horace Noyes
Origen Richardson
Jacob Summers
Edwin Lothrop
Alpheus Felch
Cogswell Green
Hiram Alden

University and School Lands
Joseph Smith
Edwin Lothrop
Orin Howe
James Hill
John Ellenwood
George Ferrington
Francis Charter

Ways and Means
Peter VanEvery
Edwin Lothrop
Richard Morse
Rufus Mathews
Jonathan Fay
Ammon Brown
Elias Bradshaw

Senate Committees


Agriculture
Calvin Britain
Henry Rumsey
Olmstead Hough

Claims
John Clark
Conrad TenEyck
Charles Hascall

Elections
Horace Comstock
Edward Ellis
Charles Hascall

Enrolled Bills
Edward Ellis
John Barry
William Moody

Expenditures
Laurent Durocher
Silas Finch
John Clark

Expiring Laws
Horace Comstock
John Barry
William Moody

Finance
Calvin Britain
John McDonell
Olmstead Hough

Incorporations
Edward Ellis
Calvin Britain
Olmstead Hough

Indian Affairs
Horace Comstock
Silas Finch
Conrad TenEyck

Internal Improvements
Calvin Britain
Ebenezer Raynale
Henry Rumsey
Olmstead Hough

Joint Committee on the Library
Horace Comstock
Charles Hascall
Olmstead Hough

Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Calvin Britain
John Clark
John McDonell

Judiciary
John Barry
John McDonell
William Moody

Literature
Horace Comstock
John McDonell
Henry Rumsey

Manufactures
John Clark
Conrad TenEyck
Ebenezer Raynale

Militia
Jonathan Davis
John Stockton
Charles Hascall

Printing
Edward Ellis
John McDonell
William Moody

Roads and Bridges
John Stockton

Select Committee on Abolition of Slavery
Horace Comstock
John Stockton
Olmstead Hough

Select Committee on the Election of Electors of President and Vice President
Ebenezer Raynale
John Stockton
Olmstead Hough

Select Joint Committee in Relation to the Southern Boundary of the State
John Clark
John Barry
John McDonell

Select Joint Committee on the Admission into the Union of Michigan
Horace Comstock
John McDonell
Charles Hascall

State Affairs
Jonathan Davis
William Moody
Charles Hascall

State Prisons
John Clark
John Barry
Olmstead Hough

Towns and Counties
Silas Finch
Calvin Britain