Fourth Legislature, 1839


Session Details

Start Date: 1/7/1839
End Date: 4/20/1839
Elect Date: 11/5/1838
Sworn in Date: 1/7/1839

House Leadership

Speaker

Kinsley Bingham

Speaker Pro Tempore

Isaac Wixom

Senate Leadership

President Pro Tempore

Benjamin Kercheval

House Committees

Accounts

James Newton
Elijah Seeley
Isaac Grovier
Azel Hooker
Jeremiah Clark
Louis Beaufait
David Brown

Agriculture

James Newton
Joseph Patterson
John Lowry
Ira Jennings
Laurent Durocher
Ammos Davis
Samuel Axford

Banks

Isaac Wixom
Norman Little
Thomas Fitzgerald
George Gibbs
Andrew Hammond
Noble Finney
Daniel Bacon

Claims

Alexander Tackels
Isaac Wixom
John Near
Jonathan King
Andrew Hammond
Jesse Decker
Benjamin Copeland

Education

George Gibbs
Andrew Hammond
Azel Hooker
Ebenezer Eaton
Samuel Chapin
John Adam
Lewis Allen

Elections

Timothy Sheldon
Frederick Shurtz
Alexander Tackels
True Tucker
Isaac Wixom
Joseph Patterson
Stephen Mead

Enrollment

Davis Smith
David Stout
Jonathan King
George Gibbs
David Brown
Samuel Chapin
John Adam

Expenditures

Jared Pond
Titus Dort
Benjamin Copeland
Samuel Chapin
Jonathan Chase
Lewis Allen
Samuel Axford

Indian Affairs

Alexander Tackels
John Near
Henry Levake
Azel Hooker
Ebenezer Eaton
Artemas Allen

Internal Improvements

Norman Little
John Livermore
Thomas Fitzgerald
Justus Goodwin
Noble Finney
Henry Acker
Artemas Allen

Joint Committee on Supplies

Samuel Chapin
Jonathan Chase
Lewis Allen

Judiciary

True Tucker
Caleb Ormsby
Thomas Fitzgerald
George Gibbs
Noble Finney
Daniel Bacon
John Adam

Library

Andrew Mack
Justus Goodwin
Daniel Bacon

Manufactures

Harry Saunders
Stephen Mead
Robert McKee
George Meacham
Isaac Grovier
Nathaniel Howland
Jeremiah Clark

Militia

Davis Smith
George Renwick
Andrew Mack
Norman Little
Jonathan King
Nathaniel Howland
Louis Beaufait

Organization of Towns and Counties

Caleb Ormsby
Elijah Seeley
Robert McKee
John Near
Ira Jennings
Titus Dort
Henry Acker

Printing

Frederick Shurtz
True Tucker
Harry Saunders
John Livermore
John Lowry
Nathaniel Howland
Laurent Durocher

Roads and Bridges

Joseph Patterson
George Renwick
Stephen Mead
Henry Levake
Ammos Davis
Louis Beaufait
Samuel Axford

Special Committee on Abolition of Slavery

George Renwick
Azel Hooker
David Brown
Artemas Allen
Samuel Axford

Special Committee on Disputed Ground

David Stout
Norman Little
Ira Jennings
Laurent Durocher
John Adam

Special Committee on State Loan...

David Stout
George Renwick
John Near
John Livermore
Justus Goodwin
Andrew Hammond
Daniel Bacon

Special Committee on Taxes etc.

Isaac Wixom
Harry Saunders
Jeremiah Clark
Jonathan Chase
Lewis Allen

State Prison

Timothy Sheldon
Davis Smith
James Newton
Justus Goodwin
Ira Jennings
Jesse Decker
Benjamin Copeland

Unfinished Business

David Stout
Jared Pond
Titus Dort
Ebenezer Eaton
Jeremiah Clark
Henry Acker
Artemas Allen

University and School Lands

Caleb Ormsby
Robert McKee
George Meacham
Justus Goodwin
Noble Finney
Ammos Davis
Jonathan Chase

Ways and Means

Jared Pond
George Renwick
Elijah Seeley
Andrew Mack
Daniel Bacon
Jonathan Chase
Lewis Allen

Senate Committees

Agriculture

Stephen Trowbridge
Jacob Summers
Townsend Gidley

Claims

James Gordon
Sands McCamly
Elijah Cook

Elections

James Gordon
Sands McCamly
Vincent Bradford

Enrolled Bills

Ebenezer Harrington
Olney Hawkins
Elijah Cook

Expiring Laws

Ebenezer Harrington
Olney Hawkins
Vincent Bradford

Finance

Warner Wing
Elijah Cook
Norman Curtis
Thomas Drake
Townsend Gidley

Incorporations

Stephen Trowbridge
Olney Hawkins
Elijah Cook

Internal Improvement

James Kingsley
Vincent Bradford
Thomas Drake

Joint Committee on Supplies

Stephen Trowbridge
Thomas Drake

Judiciary

Jonathan King
James Gordon
Ebenezer Harrington

Literature

William Greenly
James Kingsley
Vincent Bradford

Manufactures

Sands McCamly
Norman Curtis
Samuel Etheridge

Militia

Benjamin Kercheval
Jacob Summers
Elijah Cook

Printing

Ebenezer Harrington
Benjamin Kercheval
Thomas Drake

Roads and Bridges

Jacob Summers
Norman Curtis
Samuel Etheridge

State Affairs

William Woodbridge
William Greenly
Samuel Etheridge

State Library

Stephen Trowbridge
Benjamin Kercheval
Jacob Summers

State Prison

Benjamin Kercheval
Elijah Cook
Townsend Gidley

Towns and Counties

Elijah Cook
Thomas Drake
Samuel Etheridge