| 59th Massachusetts General Court | |||||
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| Legislative body | General Court | ||||
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| Members | 40 | ||||
| President | Myron Lawrence | ||||
| House | |||||
| Members | 480[1] | ||||
| Speaker | Robert Charles Winthrop | ||||
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The59th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of theMassachusetts Senate and theMassachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1838 during thegovernorship ofEdward Everett.Myron Lawrence served aspresident of the Senate andRobert Charles Winthrop served asspeaker of the House.[3]
The governor spoke to the members on January 9, 1838.[4]
"In February 1838,Angelina Grimké became the first woman in U.S. history to address the members of an American legislative body when she spoke to the members of the Massachusetts Legislature. Her subject was the demand for the immediate end of theslave trade in Washington, D.C."[5]
In 1838,temperance activists pushed the Massachusetts legislature to pass a law restricting the sale of alcohol in quantities less than fifteen gallons.[6]
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