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Massachusetts: State House of Representatives, 1850s

Members of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1850-59 (may be incomplete!)

Blank district: George S. Boutwell 1842-50 Henry L. Dawes 1848-50 Elisha H. Allen 1849-50 Nathaniel P. Banks 1849-52 William Claflin 1849-52 Richard Frothingham 1849-50 Caleb Cushing 1850 Samuel Hoar 1850 Jonas Elijah Howe 1850 Edward Griffin Parker 1850 Nathaniel B. Borden 1851 Charles Endicott 1851 Samuel Hooper 1851-53 Frederick O. Prince 1851-53 Jacob Sleeper 1851-52 Tappan Wentworth 1851 James S. Whitney 1851 Daniel W. Gooch 1852 George F. Hoar 1852 Samuel C. Pomeroy 1852-53 Benjamin F. Butler 1853 Waldo Colburn 1853-54 William Gaston 1853-56 James Warren Sever 1853 Charles A. Stevens 1853 Eli Thayer 1853-54 James S. Whitney 1854 Charles Hale 1856-60 James Warren Sever 1856 Phineas J. Stone 1856 Eliphalet Trask 1856-57 Shubael P. Adams 1857 Goldsmith Fox Bailey 1857 James H. Duncan 1857 Charles Endicott 1857-58 John A. Goodwin 1857-61 John A. Andrew 1858 Fitz J. Babson 1858-60 George Merrick Brooks 1858 Benjamin W. Harris 1858 Marcus Morton 1858 Amasa Norcross 1858-59 Charles W. Upham 1859-60 Tappan Wentworth 1859-60
New Bedford: William W. Crapo 1857

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

Members of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives: Events and Candidates of the 1850's (may be incomplete!)

New Bedford:
- 1850 Nov 12: Obed Nye, elected; Richard A. Palmer, elected; Thomas Kempton, elected.
- 1851 Nov 10: Thomas Kempton, elected; George Howland, Jr., elected; George B. Richmond, elected; Cornelius Howland, elected; Abraham Gardner, elected.
- 1853 Nov 15: Willard Nye, elected; Tilson B. Denham, elected; Henry F. Thomas, elected; Nathaniel Gilbert, elected.
- 1854 Nov 13: Tilson B. Denham, elected; Edward Milliken, elected; George G. Gifford, elected; Caleb L. Ellis, elected; Asa R. Nye, elected.
- 1855 Nov 6: Edward Milliken, elected; Henry F. Thomas, elected; Daniel Homer, elected; John Hicks, elected; Nathaniel Gilbert, elected.
- 1856 Nov 5: George H. Dunbar, elected; Hattel Kelley, elected; William H. Allen, elected; William W. Crapo, elected; Thomas H. Soule, elected.
- 1857 Nov 2: William H. Allen, elected; Hattel Kelley, elected; Samuel Watson, elected.
- 1858 Nov 3: Alanson Borden, elected; Sabin B. Chamberlain, elected; Samuel Watson, elected; Nathan B. Gifford, elected; Augustus L. West, elected.
- 1859 Nov 9: Sabin B. Chamberlain, elected; Alanson Borden, elected; James Rider, elected; Nathan B. Gifford, elected; Richard A. Pierce, elected.

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