Springfield, William Stowe, Feb. 25, 1818 Westfield, Clerk,

1854 Duxbury,

Stephen N. Gifford, July 21, 1815 Pembroke, Ass't Clerk, 1855 Boston, Daniel Foster, Dec. 5, 1817 Hanover, N. H. Chaplain, 1857 Boston, Benj. Stevens, April 16, 1790 Boston, Serg. at Arms 1835 Boston, Alexis Poole, Aug. 3, 1806 Charlestown, Doorkeeper, 1838 Gloucester, Henry Oakes, Nov. 15, 1815 Gloucester, Messenger,

1856 Dorchester, Gus. E. Haynes, Mar. 13, 1813 Dorchester, Messenger,

1857 Hingham, Issachar Fuller, April 19, 1793 Middleborough, Messenger, 1843 Dorchester, Wm. Sayward, Feb. 12, 1815 Gloucester, Postmaster,

1852 Boston, Jos. P. Dexter, Jr. Nov. 30, 1835 Boston,

Page,

1852 Amasa H. Tolman, June 24, 1841 Roxbury, Page, 1855 Wm. S. Stoddard, April 7, 1815 Boston, Watchman, 1840 Wm. H. Wilson, Dec. 11, 1809 Portland, Me. Ass't Watch. 1847 James N. Tolman, Feb. 9, 1815 Boston, Ass't Watch. 1852

6

RECAPITULATION

OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1857.

Whole No. of Senators, 40—Representatives, 355—Total, 395.

Farmers and Horticulturist,
Merchants,
Lawyers,
Shoe Manufacturers,
Manufacturers,
Clergymen,
Physicians and Housewrights, 12

each,
Teachers,
Master Mariners,
Lumber Dealers and Clerks, 6 each,
Editors and Shipwrights, 5 each,
Blacksmiths, Druggists and Pub-

lishers, 4 each,
Bakers, Carriage Makers, Paper

Makers, Sail Makers, Grain Deal

ers, 3 each, Cabinet Makers, Chair Makers,

Clothiers, Civil Engineers, Con
veyancers, Gentlemen, Ship Join-
ers, Printers, Tin Plate Workers,

Machinists, 2 each,
Auctioneer, Axe Maker, Augur and

Bitt Maker, Butcher, Broker, Bal-
ance Maker, Book Binder, Book
Keeper, Book Seller, Calico Print-

15

66

12
Members born in Massachusetts,

New Hampshire,
66 Maine,

Connecticut,
Vermont,
Rhode Island,

New York,
20

New Brunswick,

Isle of Jersey, 66 Scotland,

TABLE, Showing the Commencement and Termination of the Sessions of the

Legislature during the last Twenty-Five Years.

1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857,

66

80 days. 86 92 92 -102 -107 -113 99 84 72 58 80 74 85 -100 -111 -127 -120 -122 -146 137 -142 -116

-138 -158

66

66

3 1 7 6 5 3 2 1

April

16 26 16 26 10 2 3 24 22

May

66

56

25
April 29
May 21
June 6

66

66

There was an Extra Session of 62 days, in 1835, to act upon the Revised Statutes, another in 1842, of 9 days, and another in 1848, of 3 days.