Sixteenth Legislature, 1851-1852


Session Details

Start Date: 2/5/1851
End Date: 12/31/1852
Elect Date: 11/5/1850
Sworn in Date: 2/5/1851

House Leadership


Speaker
Jefferson Thurber

Speaker Pro Tempore
Calvin Britain

Senate Leadership


President Pro Tempore
Michael Shoemaker

House Committees


Agriculture and Manufactures
William Warner
Freeman Watkins
Jonathan Shearer
James Patterson
Joseph Fenton

Banks and Incorporations
Jonathan Wait
Noah Hart
Jerome Eaton
Daniel Case
Eleazar Barnes

Claims
Freeman Watkins
John Yocum
Ralph Fowler
Alanson Calkins
Augustus Childs

Education
John Irvine
Thomas Ferry
Morgan Fitch
Lewis Covert
Charles Beecher

Elections
P. Warner
James Smith
Alexander Moore
Roland Root
William Clyburn

Engrossment and Enrollment
Solomon Lawrence
Sardis Hubbell
Horatio Hall
Salmon Hall
Thomas Gray

Federal Relations
Alfred Gulley
Noah Hart
George Crane
David Clark
John Balcombe

Harbors
Hiram Voorhies
Aaron Truesdell
Joseph Minne
John Crossman
John Butterfield

Indian Affairs
Henry Moore
George Martin
Sanford Corbin

Internal Improvement
Jonathan Wait
George Sherwood
Benjamin Hyde
George Crane
Spalding Case

Judiciary
William Montgomery
Benjamin Hyde
John Irvine
Noah Hart
Thomas Church

Militia
James Patterson
Levi Eaton
John Crossman

Mines and Minerals
P. Warner
Calvin Wheeler
John Bacon

Printing
George Sherwood
Aaron Truesdell
John Turner
Levi Eaton
Charles Gregory

Public Lands
William Warner
David Shook
Oka Town
Melancthon Hicks
Darius Clark
Barnabas Case

Roads and Bridges
Joseph Minne
George Martin
Elias Baldwin

State Affairs
Benjamin Hyde
Thomas Ferry
Barney Earl
George Chandler
Eleazar Barnes

State Library
John Yocum
Jared Sexton
Spalding Case

State Prison
Ebenezer Kimberly
Sardis Hubbell
Jerome Eaton

Supplies and Expenditures
Hiram Voorhies
John Bacon

Towns and Counties
Ezra Stetson
John Hitchings
Salmon Hall
Charles Gregory
Henry Darling

Ways and Means
Nathan Pierce
Jared Sexton
Jarvis Marvin
Ralph Fowler
Calvin Britain

Senate Committees


Agriculture
Philotus Haydon
George Thomas
Titus Dort

Claims
Noah Beach
Nelson Isbell
Henry Mead

Division of Towns and Counties
Charles Dickey
Noah Beach
Alfred French

Enrolled Bills
David Sturgis
John LeRoy
Henry Kibbee

Expiring Laws
Henry Riley
Henry Mead
Joseph Copeland

Federal Relations
Elijah Roberts
George Danforth
Andrew Harvie

Finance
Henry Riley
Michael Shoemaker
Isaac Christiancy

Incorporations
Michael Shoemaker
Isaac Christiancy
Joseph Copeland

Internal Improvement
Henry Riley
Philotus Haydon
Samuel Axford

Judiciary
George Danforth
Henry Mead
Andrew Harvie

Manufactures
George Thomas
Nelson Isbell
Titus Dort

Militia
John Bowne
Charles Dickey
Alfred French

Mines and Minerals
Elijah Roberts
Barnabas Case
Andrew Harvie

Printing
Noah Beach
Barnabas Case
John Barber

Privileges and Elections
John Bowne
Elijah Roberts
Alfred French

Public Instruction
John LeRoy
John Barber
Joseph Copeland

Public Lands
David Sturgis
Samuel Axford

Roads and Bridges
Samuel Axford
Nelson Isbell
Henry Kibbee

State Affairs
Philotus Haydon
Michael Shoemaker
Titus Dort

State Library
John Bowne
George Thomas
John LeRoy

State Prison
Charles Dickey
George Danforth
Isaac Christiancy

Supplies and Expenditures
David Sturgis
John Barber
Henry Kibbee