First Legislature,1835-1836
Session Details
Start Date: 11/2/1835
End Date: 7/26/1836
Elect Date: 10/5/1835
Sworn in Date: 11/2/1835
House Leadership
Speaker
Ezra Convis
Speaker Pro Tempore
Orin Howe
Senate Leadership
President Pro Tempore
John Barry
House Committees
Accounts and Claims
Charles Whipple
Johnson Niles
Origen Richardson
Edwin Lothrop
Rufus Mathews
Joseph Jackson
Townsend Gidley
Allen Hutchins
Cyren Burdick
Alanson Crossman
Hiram Dodge
Agriculture and Manufactures
Edwin Lothrop
Darius Mead
Rufus Mathews
John Ellenwood
Roswell Britton
Banks and Incorporations
Jacob Summers
Edwin Lothrop
Allen Hutchins
Elisha Ely
James Godfroy
George Brownell
Olmstead Hough
Education
Charles Whipple
Jacob Summers
John Heath
Cogswell Green
Roswell Britton
Alanson Crossman
Hiram Alden
Elections
Alexander Tackels
James Wheeler
Benjamin Sherman
John Strong
Isaac Monfore
George Howe
Alvin Hart
Enrollment
Origen Richardson
Allen Hutchins
Cogswell Green
Expenditures
Charles Whipple
Rufus Mathews
Hiram Dodge
Internal Improvements
Isaac Voorheis
Gardner Williams
James ODell
Benjamin Sherman
Darius Mead
Townsend Gidley
Elisha Ely
Joint Committee on the Library
Charles Whipple
Richard Morse
Joseph Jackson
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Charles Whipple
Johnson Niles
Allen Hutchins
Judiciary
Charles Whipple
Horace Noyes
Origen Richardson
Allen Hutchins
Alpheus Felch
Cogswell Green
Cyren Burdick
Militia
Isaac Ullman
Joseph Smith
George Howe
Hiram Higley
Alvin Hart
Hiram Dodge
John Brewer
Organization of Towns and Counties
Henry Levake
Lewis Miller
Cogswell Green
Printing
James Wheeler
Johnson Niles
Alpheus Felch
Jonathan Fay
Roswell Britton
Cyren Burdick
Hiram Alden
Roads and Bridges
Jonathan Davis
Olmstead Hough
Select Joint Committee in Relation to the Southern Boundary of the State
Charles Whipple
Origen Richardson
Allen Hutchins
Select Joint Committee on the Admission into the Union of Michigan
Charles Whipple
Origen Richardson
Joseph Jackson
Allen Hutchins
State Affairs
Origen Richardson
Joseph Smith
Darius Mead
Rufus Mathews
Joseph Jackson
Allen Hutchins
Cyren Burdick
Towns and Counties
Charles Hascall
Unfinished Business
Horace Noyes
Origen Richardson
Jacob Summers
Edwin Lothrop
Alpheus Felch
Cogswell Green
Hiram Alden
University and School Lands
Joseph Smith
Edwin Lothrop
Orin Howe
James Hill
John Ellenwood
George Ferrington
Francis Charter
Ways and Means
Peter VanEvery
Edwin Lothrop
Richard Morse
Rufus Mathews
Jonathan Fay
Ammon Brown
Elias Bradshaw
Senate Committees
Agriculture
Calvin Britain
Henry Rumsey
Olmstead Hough
Claims
John Clark
Conrad TenEyck
Charles Hascall
Elections
Horace Comstock
Edward Ellis
Charles Hascall
Enrolled Bills
Edward Ellis
John Barry
William Moody
Expenditures
Laurent Durocher
Silas Finch
John Clark
Expiring Laws
Horace Comstock
John Barry
William Moody
Finance
Calvin Britain
John McDonell
Olmstead Hough
Incorporations
Edward Ellis
Calvin Britain
Olmstead Hough
Indian Affairs
Horace Comstock
Silas Finch
Conrad TenEyck
Internal Improvements
Calvin Britain
Ebenezer Raynale
Henry Rumsey
Olmstead Hough
Joint Committee on the Library
Horace Comstock
Charles Hascall
Olmstead Hough
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Calvin Britain
John Clark
John McDonell
Judiciary
John Barry
John McDonell
William Moody
Literature
Horace Comstock
John McDonell
Henry Rumsey
Manufactures
John Clark
Conrad TenEyck
Ebenezer Raynale
Militia
Jonathan Davis
John Stockton
Charles Hascall
Printing
Edward Ellis
John McDonell
William Moody
Roads and Bridges
John Stockton
Select Committee on Abolition of Slavery
Horace Comstock
John Stockton
Olmstead Hough
Select Committee on the Election of Electors of President and Vice President
Ebenezer Raynale
John Stockton
Olmstead Hough
Select Joint Committee in Relation to the Southern Boundary of the State
John Clark
John Barry
John McDonell
Select Joint Committee on the Admission into the Union of Michigan
Horace Comstock
John McDonell
Charles Hascall
State Affairs
Jonathan Davis
William Moody
Charles Hascall
State Prisons
John Clark
John Barry
Olmstead Hough
Towns and Counties
Silas Finch
Calvin Britain