Ninth Legislature, 1844


Session Details

Start Date: 1/1/1844
End Date: 3/12/1844
Elect Date: 11/6/1843
Sworn in Date: 1/1/1844

House Leadership

Speaker

Edwin Lothrop

Speaker Pro Tempore

Dewitt Walker

Senate Leadership

President Pro Tempore

Edwin Cust

House Committees

Agriculture and Manufactures

James Videto
William Snell
Philotus Haydon

Banks and Incorporations

William Murphy
Daniel Ferguson
Elijah Hawley
John Blindbury
John Davis

Claims

Stephen Vickery
Robert Power
Anson Delamatter
Joseph Ames
Jonathan Berry

Education

James Sheldon
Caleb VanHusen
William McLeod
Ely Barnard
Jonathan Berry

Elections

Frederick Shurtz
Elbridge Knowlton
Ebenezer Fairfield
James Griffin
Henry Hall

Engrossment and Enrollment

Hiram Stone
William Pratt
Oel Rix
Thomas Mosher
Benjamin Knight

Federal Relations

Henry Walker
James Schoolcraft
William Murphy
Fidus Livermore
Ebenezer Fairfield

Internal Improvement

Thomas White
Stephen Vickery
Philo Tillson
Chauncy Joslin
Wales Adams

Judiciary

Hiram Stone
Norton Ramsdell
William McLeod
Oliver Miller
Augustus Baldwin

Militia

John Ruehle
Oel Rix
Harry Saunders

Organization of Towns and Counties

Robert Lamond
Joshua Leland
Augustus Baldwin

Printing

James Videto
Caleb VanHusen
Benjamin Knight
Nelson Dunham
Ely Barnard

Roads and Bridges

Frederick Shurtz
Micah Porter
Easton Chester

State Library

Oliver Miller
Pliny Power
Chauncy Joslin
Edwin Cust

State Prison

Charles Hebard
Fidus Livermore
Easton Chester

Supplies and Expenditures

James Schoolcraft
David Rowland
Abner Parmalee
Nelson Dunham
Joseph Ames

University, School, State and Salt Lands

Henry Walker
Micah Porter
Philip Runyan
Pliny Power
Moses Hall

Ways and Means

Dewitt Walker
Thomas Mosher
Pliny Power
Henry Hall

Senate Committees

Agriculture

Jonathan Shearer
Johnson Niles
Henry Compton

Claims

George Redfield
Jonathan Shearer
Jesse Turner

Division of Towns and Counties

Jefferson Thurber
Neil Gray
Alvin Hart

Enrolled Bills

Robert Wilson
William Moody
Michael Patterson

Expiring Laws

Jonathan Shearer
Lewis Starkey
Henry Compton

Finance

Jonathan Shearer
Michael Patterson
Edwin Cust

Incorporations

Robert Wilson
Sanford Green
Henry Compton

Internal Improvement

William Richmond
Lewis Starkey
Jefferson Thurber
William Howell
Johnson Niles

Judiciary

Abner Pratt
Sanford Green
William Howell

Manufactures

Lewis Starkey
Jesse Turner
Alvin Hart

Militia

Abner Pratt
William Richmond
William Howell

Printing

Abner Pratt
George Redfield
William Richmond

Privileges and Elections

Jefferson Thurber
Robert Wilson
Neil Gray

Public Instruction

Neil Gray
Alvin Hart
Edwin Cust

Public Lands

Abner Pratt
William Richmond
Sanford Green

Roads and Bridges

Jesse Turner
William Moody
Johnson Niles

State Affairs

Lewis Starkey
Johnson Niles
Michael Patterson

State Library

Jefferson Thurber
William Howell

State Prison

George Redfield
Lorenzo Mason
William Moody