Seventeenth Legislature, 1853-1854


Session Details

Start Date: 1/5/1853
End Date: 12/31/1854
Elect Date: 11/2/1852
Sworn in Date: 1/5/1853

House Leadership


Speaker
Daniel Quackenboss

Speaker Pro Tempore
Edward Morton

Senate Leadership


President Pro Tempore
George Griswold

House Committees


Agriculture and Manufactures
Salmon Haight
James Gleason
Samuel Canfield
George Fitzsimmons
Charles Sheldon

Banks and Incorporations
Malcomb McDougall
William Chittenden
Alfred Bates
Robert Worden
Nathan Parkhurst

Education
William Mitchell
Jeremiah OCallahan
Alexander Ewing
John Palmer
Orrin Poppleton

Elections
Horace Lathrop
Nelson Green
William Chittenden
William Arnold
Dewitt Shoemaker

Engrossment and Enrollment
William Gregory
William Marsh
Nicholas Gulick
Harrison Griswold
James Winters

Federal Relations
Charles Haze
Evan Bonine
Alvin Bailey
Ira Rider
Nathan Parkhurst

Harbors
George Jones
Charles Haze
William Irwin
Michael Hand

Indian Affairs
John Murphy
Eli Bristol
John Reno

Internal Improvements
William Burt
Jeremiah Thompson
Epaphroditus Ransom
Orrin Poppleton
Heman Ely

Judiciary
William Mitchell
Caleb Chapel
Henry Davis
Charles Ellsworth
Jabez Sutherland
Epaphroditus Ransom

Militia
John Frey
George Fitzsimmons
Oliver Adams

Mines and Minerals
James Strang
Alexander Toll
Abner Sherman

Printing
Edward Morton
Henry Miller
Charles Ingalls
Henry Davis
Amos Root

Public Lands
Bradley Hudson
Charles Ingalls
Henry Smith
Paschal Richardson
James Seymour

Roads and Bridges
Thomas Matthews
William Traver
Heman Ely

Rules and Joint Rules
Charles Miller
Charles Haze
Ferris Fitch
Peter Benedict
Robert Craven

State Affairs
Pleasant Norton
Sewell Goff
Ferris Fitch
George Lovell
James Seymour

State Library
Nicholas Gulick
John Gleason
John Renwick

State Prison
David McWhorter
Sewell Goff
Harrison Griswold

Supplies and Expenditures
Elbridge Gale
Alexander Toll
Nathan Parkhurst

Towns and Counties
Pleasant Norton
Charles Ellsworth
William Warner
James Winters
William Traver

Ways and Means
Edward Morton
Henry Miller
Hiram Jennison (Jenison)
Ira Rider
Amos Root

Senate Committees


Agriculture
Josiah Russell
James Hickock
Joseph Leonard

Claims
John Smith
Richard Kent
Henry Fralick

Division of Towns and Counties
Daniel Harrington
William McCauley
Royal Twombly

Education
John Smith
Edward Moore
Moses McNaughton

Enrolled Bills
John Smith
Enos Goodrich
Royal Twombly

Expiring Laws
Truman Lyon
Richard Kent
Alexander Arzeno

Federal Relations
Truman Lyon
Fitz Stevens
Israel Harris

Finance
William McCauley
Fielder Snow
Ransom Gardner

Incorporations
Enos Goodrich
Fielder Snow
Henry Fralick

Internal Improvement
Daniel Johnson
Edward Moore
Israel Harris

Judiciary
Amos Gould
Alexander Arzeno
George Griswold

Manufactures
Joseph Leonard
Seneca Newberry
Daniel Hixon

Militia
Daniel Johnson
Frederick Curtenius
Israel Harris

Mines and Minerals
John Smith
Luther Clarke
Alexander Stowell

Printing
Daniel Harrington
Nathan Pierce
George Griswold

Privileges and Elections
Truman Lyon
Henry Fralick
Seneca Newberry

Public Lands
Daniel Harrington
Amos Gould

Roads and Bridges
James Hickock
David Wright
Daniel Hixon

State Affairs
Richard Kent
Charles Dickey
Alexander Stowell

State Library
Luther Clarke
Fitz Stevens
Alexander Arzeno

State Prison
Daniel Johnson
Alfred Paddock
Henry Hall

Supplies and Expenditures
Jesse Beeson
Alexander Stowell
David Wright