The80th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of theMassachusetts Senate and theMassachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1859 during thegovernorship ofNathaniel Prentice Banks.Charles A. Phelps served aspresident of the Senate andCharles Hale served asspeaker of the House.^[3]

"In 1858 the Republicans took a firm grip on both branches of the Legislature electing 34 Senate members as against two Democrats and four other. The House went Republican by the widest margin ever with 314 Republicans and but three Democrats."^[1]

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• 36th United States Congress
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• Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1859.hdl:2452/40637.
• Wendell Phillips,No slave-hunting in the Old Bay State: an appeal to the people and legislature of Massachusetts – viaU.S. Library of Congress (speech delivered February 17, 1859)

• Massachusetts General Court,Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1859,hdl:2452/738678 – viaState Library of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1859,hdl:2452/92941

• Political history of Massachusetts
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• 1859 in Massachusetts

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