Twenty-First Legislature, 1861-1862
Session Details
Start Date: 1/2/1861
End Date: 12/31/1862
Elect Date: 11/6/1860
Sworn in Date: 1/2/1861
House Leadership
Speaker
Dexter Mussey
Speaker Pro Tempore
William Howell
Sullivan Cutcheon
Senate Leadership
President Pro Tempore
Byron Stout
Joseph Williams
Henry Backus
House Committees
Agriculture and Manufactures
Chauncey Goodrich
Lysander Woodward
Israel Hodges
John Hadley
James Childs
Asylum for Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Jonathan Woodman
Francis Rankin
Eden Henderson
Ira Davis
Henry Foote
Asylum for Insane
Edwin Stewart
Silas Fallass
Richard Crego
George Blakeslee
Horace Bunce
Banks and Incorporations
Gilbert Read
Eugene Pringle
Thomas Gilbert
Charles Gregory
James Fowle
Education
John Tibbits
Benjamin Hill
Albertus Green
Sullivan Cutcheon
William Brownell
Elections
Nathan Smith
Daniel Piper
Andrew Leetch
Homer Hurd
Sloan Cooley
Engrossment and Enrollment
William Wheeler
John Strong
Thomas Moore
Albertus Green
Lorenzo Alexander
Federal Relations
Appleton Stevens
William Howell
Noah Green
James Childs
Ezra Adams
Geological Survey
Sullivan Kelsey
James Fowle
Robert Cox
Sullivan Cutcheon
Lorenzo Alexander
Harbors
Thomas Wilson
Alexander Toll
Edward Shanahan
Alonzo Persons
John Hood
Indian Affairs
William Taylor
Alexander Toll
George Hemingway
Internal Improvements
John Strong
Alonzo Sessions
George Peters
William Cook
George Beamer
Judiciary
Gilbert Pratt
Eugene Pringle
Thomas Lockwood
William Howell
Marcus Atwood
Militia
William Phelps
Alexander Davis
Chauncey Davis
Mines and Minerals
Cameron Stoddard
Ira Davis
Columbus Douglas
Printing
Cerrel Wade
Francis Rankin
Daniel Piper
Gilbert Pratt
William Chase
Public Lands
John Waterbury
Jens Peterson
Benjamin Hill
Chauncey Davis
Columbus Douglas
Reform School
Gilbert Read
Hulbert Shank
William Chapoton
Roads and Bridges
Charles Wright
Cameron Stoddard
John Hood
Noah Green
Martin Follett
Rules and Joint Rules
John Waterbury
Thomas Ramsdell
Sullivan Kelsey
William Cook
Milo Baker
State Affairs
William Wheeler
Jacob Kanouse
Alexander Morrison
William Brownell
Horace Bunce
State Library
Edwin Winans
Franklin Wallin
Leonard Miller
State Prison
Hulbert Shank
John Hadley
John Haire
Supplies and Expenditures
William Phelps
James Joy
Marcus Atwood
Towns and Counties
John Wilson
William Taylor
William Stevens
Martin Follett
Sloan Cooley
Ways and Means
Charles Wetherby
Alonzo Sessions
James Joy
Thomas Gilbert
Emerson Choate
Senate Committees
Agriculture
Osmond Tower
Stephen Brown
Ira Butterfield
Asylum for Insane
Nathan Webb
Elijah Lacey
Joel Carpenter
Asylums for Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Daniel Wilder
John Near
George French
Claims
Gilman Jones
George French
William Baker
Division of Towns and Counties
John Owen
Charles DeLand
Ezra Hazen
Enrolled Bills
Gilman Jones
William Baker
Henry Briggs
Expiring Laws
John McDermid
William Adair
Stephen Brown
Federal Relations
Nathan Webb
John Ingersoll
Joseph Williams
Finance
Byron Stout
Charles DeLand
Henry Baldwin
Incorporations
Joseph Williams
Henry Baldwin
Internal Improvements
Thomas Lane
Samuel Mulholland
Joel Carpenter
Judiciary
Randolph Strickland
Solomon Withey
Henry Backus
Manufactures
Daniel Wilder
John McDermid
William Adair
Militia
Osmond Tower
John Galloway
Stephen Brown
Mines and Minerals
John Near
Joseph Coulter
John Galloway
Printing
John Ingersoll
Elijah Lacey
Charles DeLand
Privileges and Elections
Osmond Tower
Darius Monroe
Stephen Brown
Public Instruction
Nathan Webb
Solomon Withey
Ira Butterfield
Public Lands
Byron Stout
Daniel Wilder
Ezra Hazen
Reform School
Thomas Lane
Elbridge Gale
John Galloway
Roads and Bridges
John Owen
Daniel Wilder
Nelson Green
State Affairs
Byron Stout
Joseph Williams
Henry Backus
State Library
John Ingersoll
State Prison
Samuel Mulholland
John Near
Elbridge Gale
Supplies and Expenditures
Darius Monroe
Elbridge Gale
Norman Bailey