Twenty-First Legislature, 1861-1862


Session Details

Start Date: 1/2/1861
End Date: 12/31/1862
Elect Date: 11/6/1860
Sworn in Date: 1/2/1861

House Leadership


Speaker
Dexter Mussey

Speaker Pro Tempore
William Howell
Sullivan Cutcheon

Senate Leadership


President Pro Tempore
Byron Stout
Joseph Williams
Henry Backus

House Committees


Agriculture and Manufactures
Chauncey Goodrich
Lysander Woodward
Israel Hodges
John Hadley
James Childs

Asylum for Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Jonathan Woodman
Francis Rankin
Eden Henderson
Ira Davis
Henry Foote

Asylum for Insane
Edwin Stewart
Silas Fallass
Richard Crego
George Blakeslee
Horace Bunce

Banks and Incorporations
Gilbert Read
Eugene Pringle
Thomas Gilbert
Charles Gregory
James Fowle

Education
John Tibbits
Benjamin Hill
Albertus Green
Sullivan Cutcheon
William Brownell

Elections
Nathan Smith
Daniel Piper
Andrew Leetch
Homer Hurd
Sloan Cooley

Engrossment and Enrollment
William Wheeler
John Strong
Thomas Moore
Albertus Green
Lorenzo Alexander

Federal Relations
Appleton Stevens
William Howell
Noah Green
James Childs
Ezra Adams

Geological Survey
Sullivan Kelsey
James Fowle
Robert Cox
Sullivan Cutcheon
Lorenzo Alexander

Harbors
Thomas Wilson
Alexander Toll
Edward Shanahan
Alonzo Persons
John Hood

Indian Affairs
William Taylor
Alexander Toll
George Hemingway

Internal Improvements
John Strong
Alonzo Sessions
George Peters
William Cook
George Beamer

Judiciary
Gilbert Pratt
Eugene Pringle
Thomas Lockwood
William Howell
Marcus Atwood

Militia
William Phelps
Alexander Davis
Chauncey Davis

Mines and Minerals
Cameron Stoddard
Ira Davis
Columbus Douglas

Printing
Cerrel Wade
Francis Rankin
Daniel Piper
Gilbert Pratt
William Chase

Public Lands
John Waterbury
Jens Peterson
Benjamin Hill
Chauncey Davis
Columbus Douglas

Reform School
Gilbert Read
Hulbert Shank
William Chapoton

Roads and Bridges
Charles Wright
Cameron Stoddard
John Hood
Noah Green
Martin Follett

Rules and Joint Rules
John Waterbury
Thomas Ramsdell
Sullivan Kelsey
William Cook
Milo Baker

State Affairs
William Wheeler
Jacob Kanouse
Alexander Morrison
William Brownell
Horace Bunce

State Library
Edwin Winans
Franklin Wallin
Leonard Miller

State Prison
Hulbert Shank
John Hadley
John Haire

Supplies and Expenditures
William Phelps
James Joy
Marcus Atwood

Towns and Counties
John Wilson
William Taylor
William Stevens
Martin Follett
Sloan Cooley

Ways and Means
Charles Wetherby
Alonzo Sessions
James Joy
Thomas Gilbert
Emerson Choate

Senate Committees


Agriculture
Osmond Tower
Stephen Brown
Ira Butterfield

Asylum for Insane
Nathan Webb
Elijah Lacey
Joel Carpenter

Asylums for Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Daniel Wilder
John Near
George French

Claims
Gilman Jones
George French
William Baker

Division of Towns and Counties
John Owen
Charles DeLand
Ezra Hazen

Enrolled Bills
Gilman Jones
William Baker
Henry Briggs

Expiring Laws
John McDermid
William Adair
Stephen Brown

Federal Relations
Nathan Webb
John Ingersoll
Joseph Williams

Finance
Byron Stout
Charles DeLand
Henry Baldwin

Incorporations
Joseph Williams
Henry Baldwin

Internal Improvements
Thomas Lane
Samuel Mulholland
Joel Carpenter

Judiciary
Randolph Strickland
Solomon Withey
Henry Backus

Manufactures
Daniel Wilder
John McDermid
William Adair

Militia
Osmond Tower
John Galloway
Stephen Brown

Mines and Minerals
John Near
Joseph Coulter
John Galloway

Printing
John Ingersoll
Elijah Lacey
Charles DeLand

Privileges and Elections
Osmond Tower
Darius Monroe
Stephen Brown

Public Instruction
Nathan Webb
Solomon Withey
Ira Butterfield

Public Lands
Byron Stout
Daniel Wilder
Ezra Hazen

Reform School
Thomas Lane
Elbridge Gale
John Galloway

Roads and Bridges
John Owen
Daniel Wilder
Nelson Green

State Affairs
Byron Stout
Joseph Williams
Henry Backus

State Library
John Ingersoll

State Prison
Samuel Mulholland
John Near
Elbridge Gale

Supplies and Expenditures
Darius Monroe
Elbridge Gale
Norman Bailey