Twenty-Third Legislature, 1865-1866
Session Details
Start Date: 1/4/1865
End Date: 12/31/1866
Elect Date: 11/8/1864
Sworn in Date: 1/4/1865
House Leadership
Speaker
Gilbert Read
Speaker Pro Tempore
Augustus Griswold
Senate Leadership
President Pro Tempore
Charles Croswell
House Committees
Agriculture and Manufactures
George Thayer
William Osborn
George Luther
Harvey Haynes
Horace Cady
Asylum for Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Roland Newcomb
George McKay
Ezra Hazen
John Chipman
Evan Bonine
Asylum for Insane
Jonathan Woodman
Hiel Woodward
Edwin Stewart
George Thayer
Edward Morton
Banks and Incorporations
William White
Lucien Reed
Charles Mallary
Paul Gies
John Boies
Claims
Loren Treat
Education
Buel Williams
William Wells
William Smith
Henry Seymour
Myron Kenny
Elections
Richard Winsor
John Welch
William Wells
Charles Mickley
David Colwell
Engrossment and Enrollment
William Smith
Henry Look
John Landon
Albertus Green
Orville Fellows
Federal Relations
Edward Morton
Charles Mickley
Augustus Griswold
William Brockway
William Ball
Fisheries
Jacob Wendell
Moses Nowland
Victor Dusseau
William Taylor
Geological Survey
John Woodworth
John Lewis
Orrin Howard
Elias Haire
James Bayley
Harbors
Samuel Yawkey
Jacob Wendell
Charles Pitts
William Packard
Israel Carlton
Indian Affairs
Jacob Wendell
Abijah Dunlap
Israel Carlton
Internal Improvements
James VanVleet
Edwin Stewart
Charles Shier
Benjamin May
Leander Lapham
Joint Committee on Amendments to the Constitution
Titus Dort
John Boies
Judiciary
Andrew Maxwell
John Lewis
George Jones
Augustus Griswold
John Chipman
Military Affairs
Jonathan Woodman
James OGrady
Joseph Beach
Evan Bonine
Abram Allen
Mines and Minerals
Hiel Woodward
James OGrady
John McKernan
George Jones
John Boies
Printing
Albert Slocum
Peter Schars
Myron Kenny
William Laing
William Bond
Public Lands
Samuel Yawkey
Richard Winsor
John McKernan
Ezra Hazen
Abijah Dunlap
Reform School
John Swift
Henry Seymour
Moses Bartow
Roads and Bridges
Luther Smith
Robert Nixon
Lucius Keeler
Joshua Forbes
Orville Fellows
Rules and Joint Rules
Newton Woodruff
Squire Rowe
John Runyan
Darius Monroe
Victor Dusseau
Salines
Andrew Maxwell
Edward Jewell
Levi Camburn
Robert Aitkin
William Taylor
State Affairs
John Jenness
John Jones
Manly Howard
James Graham
James Cobb
State Library
Myron Tupper
Zimri Thomas
Roland Newcomb
State Prison
William Wilcox
Benjamin Horton
Delos Fisher
James Clements
James Cobb
Supplies and Expenditures
John Welch
Orrin Munger
Benjamin Horton
Towns and Counties
Baron Willits
William Utley
Rodolphus Sanderson
Titus Dort
William Ball
War Bounties
P. Warner
Nathaniel Phillips
Cyrus Miles
Delos Fisher
Alexander Copley
Ways and Means
William Wilcox
P. Warner
Richard Hawley
George Allen
Senate Committees
Agriculture
Richard Crego
Stephen Brown
James Childs
Asylum for Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Joseph Godfrey
John Crawford
Richard Crego
William Adair
Levi Aldrich
Stephen Brown
Claims
Westbrook Divine
Jonathan Wait
Division of Towns and Counties
Cyrus Luce
Westbrook Divine
Loren Treat
Enrolled Bills
Victory Collier
John Nevins
Elias Merrill
Expiring Laws
Andrew Howell
William Jay
Henry Perrin
Federal Relations
Charles Croswell
William Bancroft
Jonathan Wait
Finance
William Adair
Victory Collier
William Nims
Incorporations
Andrew Howell
Giles Hubbard
William Bancroft
Internal Improvements
Cyrus Luce
William Jay
Wilson Edsell
Joint Committee on Amendments to the Constitution
Wilson Edsell
Stephen Brown
Judiciary
Giles Hubbard
Charles Croswell
Hugh McCurdy
Manufactures
Nathaniel Langdon
Levi Aldrich
Elias Merrill
Military Affairs
Frederick Fowler
John Crawford
Warren Chapman
Mines and Minerals
John Forster
Frederick Fowler
Warren Chapman
Printing
William Bancroft
Jonathan Wait
John Nevins
Privileges and Elections
Cyrus Luce
Andrew Howell
Adam Minnis
Public Instruction
Wilson Edsell
James Walker
Hugh McCurdy
Public Lands
David Jerome
Alexander Davis
James Childs
Reform School
Andrew Howell
Wilson Edsell
Warren Chapman
Roads and Bridges
John Forster
James Walker
Milton Watkins
Saline Interests
David Jerome
William Nims
Salt Interests
Nathaniel Langdon
Select Committee on War Bounties
Cyrus Luce
Joseph Godfrey
Andrew Howell
David Jerome
Warren Chapman
State Affairs
John Forster
David Jerome
Stephen Brown
State Library
Alexander Davis
James Childs
Henry Perrin
State Prison
William Jay
Milton Watkins
Adam Minnis
Supplies and Expenditures
Joseph Godfrey
Richard Crego
Westbrook Divine