Second Legislature, 1837
Session Details
Start Date: 1/2/1837
End Date: 12/30/1837
Elect Date: 11/7/1836
Sworn in Date: 1/2/1837
House Leadership
Speaker
Charles Whipple
Speaker Pro Tempore
Hiram Alden
Senate Leadership
President Pro Tempore
Jonathan Davis
House Committees
Accounts
John Martin
Isaac Monfore
Robert Purdy
Pitts Phillips
William Munger
Asahel Finch
Kinsley Bingham
Agriculture and Manufactures
Joseph Smith
Caleb Herrington
Orin Howe
Haran Haskins
Jerry Cornell
Lemuel Colbath
Caleb Eldred
Banks and Incorporations
Silas McKeen
Oliver Kellogg
Edwin Lothrop
Asahel Finch
Ephraim Calkin
Robert Ward
Ammon Brown
Claims
Gilbert Shattuck
Martin Shellhouse
Thomas Lee
Thomas Farrington
Henry Foote
Jerry Cornell
Alonzo Cressy
Education
Warner Wing
Neal McGaffey
James Kingsley
Thomas Lee
George Ferrington
Alonzo Cressy
Hiram Alden
Elections
Joseph Smith
Martin Shellhouse
Nahum Thayer
Isaac Monfore
Silas McKeen
Elisha Ely
Orange Butler
Enrollment
George Wisner
Isaac Monfore
William Mosely
Edwin Lothrop
Alpheus Felch
Hiram Alden
William Burbank
Expenditures
Pitts Phillips
Orin Howe
Lemuel Colbath
Jesse Ballard
William Burke
Ammon Brown
William Burbank
Expiration of Laws etc
Job Smith
Neal McGaffey
William Munger
Henry Foote
Linus Gilbert
Jesse Ballard
William Burke
Indian Affairs
William Yerkes
Martin Shellhouse
George Wisner
William Mosely
Jonathan King
Thomas Lee
Henry Levake
Internal Improvements
Job Smith
Gilbert Shattuck
Oliver Kellogg
Thomas Farrington
Ephraim Calkin
Elisha Ely
John Almy
Judiciary
Warner Wing
Neal McGaffey
James Kingsley
Jonathan King
Alpheus Felch
Kinsley Bingham
Orange Butler
Library
Alpheus Felch
Robert Ward
Kinsley Bingham
Militia
Nahum Thayer
Warner Wing
John Martin
Caleb Herrington
Ezra Convis
Alonzo Cressy
John Almy
Organization of Towns and Counties
Joseph Smith
John Martin
Silas McKeen
Thomas Farrington
Linus Gilbert
Haran Haskins
Alonzo Cressy
Printing
Martin Shellhouse
George Wisner
William Mosely
Henry Foote
Orin Howe
George Ferrington
Robert Ward
Roads and Bridges
Martin Shellhouse
William Munger
Lemuel Colbath
Jesse Ballard
William Burke
John Almy
William Burbank
Olmstead Hough
Select Committee on the Canal around the Falls of St Marie
William Mosely
Jonathan King
Henry Levake
Elisha Ely
John Almy
Select Committee on the Geological Survey of the State
George Wisner
Neal McGaffey
Ezra Convis
Caleb Eldred
Alonzo Cressy
Select Committee on the River Raisin and Lake Erie Rail-road Co.
Oliver Kellogg
James Kingsley
Alpheus Felch
Haran Haskins
Ezra Convis
Caleb Eldred
Ephraim Calkin
Robert Ward
Kinsley Bingham
State Prisons
Gilbert Shattuck
Warner Wing
Neal McGaffey
Silas McKeen
Edwin Lothrop
Asahel Finch
Caleb Herrington
Unfinished Business
William Yerkes
Job Smith
Stillman Ralph
Alpheus Felch
Linus Gilbert
Haran Haskins
George Ferrington
University and School Lands
William Mosely
Stillman Ralph
Linus Gilbert
Caleb Herrington
George Ferrington
John Almy
Ways and Means
George Wisner
William Mosely
Robert Purdy
Stillman Ralph
Henry Levake
Ezra Convis
Caleb Eldred
Senate Committees
Agriculture
Henry Rumsey
Ebenezer Raynale
William Moore
Claims
Conrad TenEyck
John Clark
Jacob Summers
Elections
Edward Ellis
John McDonell
Horace Comstock
Enrolled Bills
Edward Ellis
Henry Rumsey
John Barry
Expenditures
Edward Ellis
John McDonell
George Cooper
Expiring Laws
Randolph Manning
Horace Comstock
John Barry
Finance
Olmstead Hough
Calvin Britain
John McDonell
Incorporations
Ebenezer Raynale
William Moore
Anthony McKey
Indian Affairs
Conrad TenEyck
Olmstead Hough
Jacob Summers
Internal Improvements
Calvin Britain
Henry Rumsey
Ebenezer Raynale
Judiciary
Randolph Manning
Horace Comstock
John Barry
Literature
Randolph Manning
Horace Comstock
George Cooper
Manufactures
Jonathan Davis
Calvin Britain
Henry Rumsey
Militia
Jonathan Davis
George Cooper
John Barry
Printing
Conrad TenEyck
Edward Ellis
Olmstead Hough
Roads and Bridges
Conrad TenEyck
John Clark
Select Committee on Abolishing Imprisonment for Debt
Olmstead Hough
John Clark
George Cooper
Select Committee on the River Raisin and Lake Erie Rail-road Co.
Randolph Manning
William Moore
John Barry
State Affairs
Calvin Britain
Randolph Manning
William Moore
State Prisons
Olmstead Hough
John Clark
George Cooper
Towns and Counties
William Moore
John McDonell
Anthony McKey