Twentieth Legislature, 1859-1860
Session Details
Start Date: 1/5/1859
End Date: 12/31/1860
Elect Date: 11/2/1858
Sworn in Date: 1/5/1859
House Leadership
Speaker
Henry Shaw
Speaker Pro Tempore
Charles Dickey
Senate Leadership
President Pro Tempore
Omar Conger
House Committees
Agriculture and Manufactures
John Wallace
Paul Gies
Augustus Glessner
Dorman Felt
Frederick Fowler
Asylum for Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Edward Thomson
John McDermott
Morgan Enos
John Brooks
Seneca Gage
Asylum for Insane
Daniel Wixson
Foster Pratt
Daniel Bushnell
Henry Buell
George Allen
Banks and Incorporations
Dexter Mussey
Peter Loomis
Theodore Campau
William Beeson
George Allen
Education
Alonzo Sessions
George Starkweather
Foster Pratt
Thomas Mitchell
John Greenfield
Elections
John Phelps
Almeron Newman
David Bush
Stephen Brown
Robert Thompson
Engrossment and Enrollment
Alfred Wilkerson
Walter Woolnough
Edwin Perry
Nathan Carr
Henry Buell
Federal Relations
Jabez Perkins
Fabius Miles
Thomas Lane
John Gilluly
William Dunbar
Geological Survey
William Richards
Thomas Mitchell
John Greenfield
David Daniels
Stephen Brown
Harbors
Samuel Mulholland
Harrison Kelly
James Dalton
Philo Beers
Benjamin Brown
House of Correction
Andrew Robison
John Phelps
Peter McKinley
Indian Affairs
Ebenezer Warner
Milton Watkins
Peter Sharpe
Edwin Reynolds
Internal Improvements
Milton Watkins
Sullivan Kelsey
Nathan Carr
William Brewster
Philip Frisbee
Judiciary
Dexter Mussey
David Daniels
Jacob Ferris
Alexander Buel
George Brown
Militia
Henry Raymond
John McDermott
George Allen
Mines and Minerals
Edwin Reynolds
John Greenfield
John Clark
Printing
Walter Woolnough
Andrew Robison
Orson Green
Morgan Enos
Daniel Bushnell
Public Lands
Daniel Wixson
George Wendell
James Monroe
John Brooks
Omar Conger
Roads and Bridges
George Thomas
Henry Raymond
Benjamin Grace
James Childs
Jacob Kore
Rules and Joint Rules
Paschal Richardson
Peter McKinley
Sullivan Kelsey
David Daniels
Charles Dickey
State Affairs
Edward Thomson
William Richards
George Newton
James McMahon
Uriah Beebe
State Library
Samuel Smith
Edwin Reynolds
Thomas Lane
State Prison
William Goodwin
John Driggs
Charles Carpenter
Supplies and Expenditures
Jabez Perkins
Henry Reeves
George Brown
Towns and Counties
James Baldwin
John Driggs
Richard Connor
Seneca Gage
Jacob Kore
Ways and Means
Thomas Mitchell
Orson Green
Charles Dickey
Silas Fallass
William Bancroft
Senate Committees
Agriculture
John Parker
George Meacham
Asahel Brown
Asylum for Insane
George Meacham
Omar Conger
Charles Gorham
Asylums for Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Rowland Trowbridge
James Hoyt
Ira Backus
Claims
Philotus Haydon
James Hoyt
Asahel Brown
Division of Towns and Counties
William Warner
Harvey Williams
Alexander Davis
Enrolled Bills
Osmond Tower
William Warner
Ebenezer Grosvenor
Expiring Laws
Alexander Davis
Franklin Muzzy
Thorton Brodhead
Federal Relations
Lewis Welch
Ira Backus
William Canfield
Finance
Rowland Trowbridge
Whitney Jones
Henry Pennoyer
House of Correction
Chester Yost
Rowland Trowbridge
Harvey Williams
Incorporations
Henry Barnes
Lewis Porter
Joel Carpenter
Internal Improvement
Harvey Williams
Internal Improvements
Comfort Tyler
Franklin Muzzy
Judiciary
Omar Conger
Alexander Davis
James Birney
Manufactures
Chester Yost
Philotus Haydon
Anthony Dudgeon
Militia
Lewis Porter
Anthony Dudgeon
Charles Gorham
Mines and Minerals
John Parker
James Hoyt
William Dickinson
Printing
Henry Barnes
Elihu Pond
William Mills
Privileges and Elections
Robert Crouse
James Birney
Joel Carpenter
Public Instruction
Gideon Perry
James Birney
William Canfield
Public Lands
Rowland Trowbridge
Joel Carpenter
Roads and Bridges
Lewis Welch
Henry Pennoyer
William Mills
State Affairs
Henry Barnes
Ebenezer Grosvenor
Whitney Jones
State Library
Elihu Pond
Thorton Brodhead
Ira Backus
State Prison
Lewis Porter
Osmond Tower
Robert Crouse
Supplies and Expenditures
Chester Yost
Gideon Perry
William Dickinson