Ninth Legislature, 1844


Session Details

Start Date: 1/1/1844
End Date: 3/12/1844
Elect Date: 11/6/1843
Sworn in Date: 1/1/1844

House Leadership


Speaker
Edwin Lothrop

Speaker Pro Tempore
Dewitt Walker

Senate Leadership


President Pro Tempore
Edwin Cust

House Committees


Agriculture and Manufactures
James Videto
William Snell
Philotus Haydon

Banks and Incorporations
William Murphy
Daniel Ferguson
Elijah Hawley
John Blindbury
John Davis

Claims
Stephen Vickery
Robert Power
Anson Delamatter
Joseph Ames
Jonathan Berry

Education
James Sheldon
Caleb VanHusen
William McLeod
Ely Barnard
Jonathan Berry

Elections
Frederick Shurtz
Elbridge Knowlton
Ebenezer Fairfield
James Griffin
Henry Hall

Engrossment and Enrollment
Hiram Stone
William Pratt
Oel Rix
Thomas Mosher
Benjamin Knight

Federal Relations
Henry Walker
James Schoolcraft
William Murphy
Fidus Livermore
Ebenezer Fairfield

Internal Improvement
Thomas White
Stephen Vickery
Philo Tillson
Chauncy Joslin
Wales Adams

Judiciary
Hiram Stone
Norton Ramsdell
William McLeod
Oliver Miller
Augustus Baldwin

Militia
John Ruehle
Oel Rix
Harry Saunders

Organization of Towns and Counties
Robert Lamond
Joshua Leland
Augustus Baldwin

Printing
James Videto
Caleb VanHusen
Benjamin Knight
Nelson Dunham
Ely Barnard

Roads and Bridges
Frederick Shurtz
Micah Porter
Easton Chester

State Library
Oliver Miller
Pliny Power
Chauncy Joslin
Edwin Cust

State Prison
Charles Hebard
Fidus Livermore
Easton Chester

Supplies and Expenditures
James Schoolcraft
David Rowland
Abner Parmalee
Nelson Dunham
Joseph Ames

University, School, State and Salt Lands
Henry Walker
Micah Porter
Philip Runyan
Pliny Power
Moses Hall

Ways and Means
Dewitt Walker
Thomas Mosher
Pliny Power
Henry Hall

Senate Committees


Agriculture
Jonathan Shearer
Johnson Niles
Henry Compton

Claims
George Redfield
Jonathan Shearer
Jesse Turner

Division of Towns and Counties
Jefferson Thurber
Neil Gray
Alvin Hart

Enrolled Bills
Robert Wilson
William Moody
Michael Patterson

Expiring Laws
Jonathan Shearer
Lewis Starkey
Henry Compton

Finance
Jonathan Shearer
Michael Patterson
Edwin Cust

Incorporations
Robert Wilson
Sanford Green
Henry Compton

Internal Improvement
William Richmond
Lewis Starkey
Jefferson Thurber
William Howell
Johnson Niles

Judiciary
Abner Pratt
Sanford Green
William Howell

Manufactures
Lewis Starkey
Jesse Turner
Alvin Hart

Militia
Abner Pratt
William Richmond
William Howell

Printing
Abner Pratt
George Redfield
William Richmond

Privileges and Elections
Jefferson Thurber
Robert Wilson
Neil Gray

Public Instruction
Neil Gray
Alvin Hart
Edwin Cust

Public Lands
Abner Pratt
William Richmond
Sanford Green

Roads and Bridges
Jesse Turner
William Moody
Johnson Niles

State Affairs
Lewis Starkey
Johnson Niles
Michael Patterson

State Library
Jefferson Thurber
William Howell

State Prison
George Redfield
Lorenzo Mason
William Moody