Eighteenth Legislature, 1855-1856
Session Details
Start Date: 1/3/1855
End Date: 12/31/1856
Elect Date: 11/8/1854
Sworn in Date: 1/3/1855
House Leadership
Speaker
Cyrus Lovell
Speaker Pro Tempore
Robert Beecher
Senate Leadership
President Pro Tempore
Alonzo Cressy
House Committees
Agriculture and Manufactures
Zael Ward
Henry Wells
Nathan Power
Smith Lapham
George Brown
Banks and Incorporations
James Strang
James Sanborn
Donald McIntyre
Flavius Littlejohn
Joseph Beebe
Education
Byron Stout
Andrew Parsons
Dexter Mussey
Donald McIntyre
Joseph Beebe
Elections
James Sutherland
Asa Moorman
Cyrus Luce
Abraham Middlesworth
Ferris Fitch
Federal Relations
Ezra Whitmore
Pliny Power
Asa Reynolds
Joseph Gilman
Charles Chapel
Harbors
William Gregory
Charles Miller
Robert Duncan
Franklin Brownell
Henry Atwood
Indian Affairs
James Strang
Daniel Montague
Henry Ashmun
Internal Improvement
James Tompkins
Francis SaintAubin
John Ross
Samuel Ives
Joseph Beebe
Judiciary
Henry Wells
Alexander Tiffany
Andrew Parsons
Donald McIntyre
Thomas Church
Militia
Charles Wilbur
George Kirkland
Arthur Edwards
Mines and Minerals
Abner Sherman
Henry Montague
Ethel Judd
Printing
Byron Stout
Uriel Enos
Ferris Fitch
Public Lands
James Sanborn
Homer Hurd
Hiram Hathaway
James DuPuy
Hiram Eddy
Roads and Bridges
Gideon King
Samuel Chamberlin
Rosekrans Divine
Rules and Joint Rules
Jeremiah Williams
Charles Noble
Charles Cady
Thomas Church
Jonathan Barclay
State Affairs
Morgan Smith
George Lovell
Flavius Littlejohn
Daniel Hixon
John Divine
State Library
George Lovell
John Lomison
Talman Hall
Rodney Paine
State Prison
Charles Shier
John Mills
Chester Chatfield
Supplies and Expenditures
Asa Moorman
Thomas Church
Robert Beecher
Towns and Counties
Jacob Wendell
Jonathan White
Timothy Pettit
Philander Ewell
Daniel Dunakin
Ways and Means
Henry Wells
Stillman Ralph
Talman Hall
Charles Chapel
Robert Beecher
Senate Committees
Agriculture
Nathaniel Ladd
William Montgomery
William Pattison
Claims
Omar Conger
Willard Arms
Alfred Boss
Division of Towns and Counties
Wilder Foster
Reuben Goodrich
Ebenezer Brown
Enrolled Bills
Ambrose Upson
Austin Blair
William Brockway
Expiring Laws
Louis Wilson
Reuben Goodrich
Omar Conger
Federal Relations
Rodney Paine
James Sullivan
Erastus Hussey
Finance
Erastus Hussey
George Jerome
Charles Bush
Incorporations
Louis Wilson
James Sullivan
Henry Boies
Internal Improvement
William Pattison
Alonzo Cressy
Wilder Foster
Judiciary
Ambrose Upson
George Jerome
Henry Goodyear
Manufactures
Rodney Paine
Cortez Hooker
Jefferson Beckwith
Militia
Roswell Rexford
Lyman Fitch
Willard Arms
Mines and Minerals
Ambrose Upson
Lyman Fitch
Alfred Boss
Printing
Charles Tripp
Henry Alvord
Ebenezer Brown
Privileges and Elections
Charles Upson
Mordecai Hopkins
Perley Bills
Public Instruction
Alonzo Cressy
Austin Blair
William Brockway
Public Lands
George Jerome
Reuben Goodrich
Perley Bills
Roads and Bridges
Buckminster Wight
Charles Tripp
Henry Boies
State Affairs
Louis Wilson
Henry Alvord
Austin Blair
State Library
Nathaniel Ladd
Charles Bush
State Prison
Roswell Rexford
Erastus Hussey
Mordecai Hopkins