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