Twelfth Legislature, 1847


Session Details

Start Date: 1/4/1847
End Date: 3/17/1847
Elect Date: 11/2/1846
Sworn in Date: 1/4/1847

House Leadership


Speaker
George Peck

Speaker Pro Tempore
James Glenn

Senate Leadership


President Pro Tempore
Charles Bush

House Committees


Agriculture and Manufactures
Aaron Truesdell
James Shaw
James McFarlan

Banks and Incorporations
William Upton
David Johnson
Justus Goodwin
Richard Barker
Alexander Bell

Claims
Albert Miller
Darius Pierce
Henry Fralick
Enos Goodrich
Alexander Arzeno

Education
Charles OMalley
Loss Jones
Elijah Clark
Lintsford Coates
Henry Goodyear

Elections
George Renwick
David Johnson
Justus Goodwin
Calvin Britain
Nathaniel Brooks

Engrossment and Enrollment
John Turner
Layman Price
Peter Makley

Federal Relations
John Pierce
Benjamin Knight
Henry Hollister
Daniel Deming
Thomas Faxon

Harbors
George Throop
Charles Taylor
Horace Mower
David Johnson
Calvin Britain

Indian Affairs
Thomas McGraw
James McFarlan
Philotus Haydon

Internal Improvements
Sylvester Walker
Layman Price
Patrick Marantette
Daniel Harrington
Ira Jennings

Judiciary
Henry Taylor
George Throop
David Noble
David Johnson
Alexander Bell

Militia
James Glenn
Alfred Goodell
Nathaniel Brooks

Organization of Towns and Counties
Sullivan Kelsey
Silas Harris
Oliver Davison

Printing
Zachariah VanDuser
Sylvester Walker
Horace Mower
Daniel Harrington
Oliver Davison

Public Lands
Charles Taylor
James Glenn
George Ferrington
Harvey Chubb
Lewis Darrah

Roads and Bridges
Jesse Seeley
Charles Hebard
Daniel Kinne

State Affairs
David Noble
Justus Goodwin
Ebenezer Eaton
Nathaniel Brooks
Alexander Bell

State Library
Henry Taylor
Joseph Kilborn
Jonathan Culver

State Prison
Alfred Pond
David Johnson
Alvarado Brown

Supplies and Expenditures
Sylvester Walker
Evert Dyckman
Ebenezer Eaton

Ways and Means
James Glenn
Justus Goodwin
James Edmunds
Calvin Britain
John Adam

Senate Committees


Agriculture
Charles Bush
Samuel Denton
Oel Rix

Claims
Rix Robinson
Loren Maynard
Henry Lathrop

Division of Towns and Counties
Ephraim Danforth
John Schwarz
Oel Rix

Elections
Ephraim Danforth
George Coe
Robert Eldredge

Enrolled Bills
Andrew Parsons
Rufus Kibbee
Andrew McReynolds

Expiring Laws
Jerome Fitzgerald
Robert Eldredge
Andrew McReynolds

Finance
William Fenton
Samuel Denton
Jefferson Thurber

Incorporations
John Allen
Rufus Kibbee
Andrew McReynolds

Internal Improvement
Rix Robinson
Charles Bush
Jefferson Thurber

Judiciary
George Coe
Sanford Green
Robert Eldredge

Manufactures
Isaac Toll
Henry Lathrop
Charles Bush

Militia
Isaac Toll
John Schwarz
Andrew McReynolds

Printing
Loren Maynard
Nathaniel Balch
Oel Rix

Public Instruction
Elijah Witherbee
Nathaniel Balch
John Cook

Public Lands
Elijah Witherbee
Rix Robinson
Ephraim Danforth

Roads and Bridges
Loren Maynard
Andrew Parsons
John Allen

State Affairs
Ephraim Danforth
Nathaniel Balch
William Fenton
Samuel Denton
Andrew McReynolds

State Library
Elijah Witherbee
Jerome Fitzgerald
John Allen

State Prison
Rufus Kibbee
John Cook
Oel Rix