The 83rd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1862 during the governorship of John Albion Andrew. John Henry Clifford served as president of the Senate and Alexander Hamilton Bullock served as speaker of the House.

Senators

John J. Babson, 5th Essex John W. Bacon, 3rd Middlesex Lewis Bodman Ezra P. Brownell Orlo Burt John H. Clifford Joshua E. Crane Alvah Crocker Joseph Day Benjamin Dean Charles Dillingham (1821-1902) John C. Dodge Rufus B. Dodge Sr. of Charlton a teacher and surveyor, father of Rufus B. Dodge Walter Fessenden Ebenezer Gay Edwin B. George G. H. Gilbert Whiting Griswold E. O. Haven (Erastus Otis Haven), a teacher and professor who became the second president of the University of Michigan William R. Hill William F. Johnson R. H. Libby Charles Greely Loring, 3rd Suffolk James H. Mitchell William D. Northend (William Dummer Northend) (February 26, 1823-October 29, 1902), a lawyer politician, and author Thomas F. Plunkett Chester I. Reed Daniel S. Richardson Henry Smith Charles G. Stevens Stephen N. Stockwell William D. Swan (William Draper Swan) (November 17, 1809-November 2, 1864), school principal, bookseller, and author of school books James M. Thompson Christopher Tompkins John C. Tucker Alexander H. Twombly (Alexander Hamilton Twombly) (1804-1870), Hamilton McKown Twombly was his son Horace P. Wakefield (Horace Poole Wakefield), (1809-1883) a doctor, school superintendent, and abolitionist in Reading Jonathan Wales Milton B. Whitney Hartley Williams

Representatives

J. W. P. Abbot Nathan Adams O. W. Albee Horace Armsby Wm. H. Atwell Charles R. Atwood Seth J. Axtell Jacob Baker Samuel N. Baker Henry Baldwin Everett C. Banfield Ezekiel Bates Josiah Beard Charles Beck Zachariah L. Bicknell Dexter Blood Simeon Borden Sylvester S. Bowen George O. Brastow Joseph Breck Aza A. Breed Abel E. Bridge Francis Brooks Amos Brown Edward Brown James Brown Joseph Brown Nathan G. Brown Uriah T. Brownell James Bullard R. I. Burbank Albert Butler Calvin Butrick Cyrus Butterfield David Cain Henry Cartwright AVilliam H. Cary Peleg W. Chandler Tracy P. Cheever Christopher A. Church Charles F. Claflin James W. Clark Harrison D. Clement John D. Coggswell Harvey B. Coleman Thorley Collester Horace Cook Samuel Cook Gilman Corning Noah Cummings Albert Currier George Curtis John R. Cushman Eben Cutler Keyes Danforth Joseph D. Daniels Charles G. Davis Seymour B. Dewey Reuben DeWitt John H. Dike Cornelius Doherty John J. Doland George W. Donaldson William D. Earle Ebenezer Eaton George Eaton George P. Elliot Caleb L. Ellis Hiram Emery Farwell F Fay Alfred R. Field Charles H. Field Jonathan E Field John T. Fitch John Fletcher, Jr. John F. Flynn Edmund D. Foster George Foster Abram S. French Josiak B. French Zadock W. Gates Samuel H. Gibbens Robert Gibbs Nathaniel Gilbert Alonzo M. Giles James A. Gillis Delano A. Goddard Austin Gove Daniel G. Grafton Zachariah Graves Zebedee Green Erastus F Gunn Caleb Gushing Andrew J. Hadley Lucas W. Hannum James L. Hanson Hamlin R. Harding Samuel R. Hathaway Manson B. Haws Jared M. Heard Lorenzo D. Hervey George Heywood Samuel Higgins Paul Hill Luther Holland Jesse Holmes Benjamin Homer William P. Hood Anson Hooker Nathaniel Howard Sereno Howe Isaiah Jenkins Harvey Jewell James S. Jewett Amos Howe Johnson George N. Johnson Joseph P. Johnson Thomas H. Kelt John R. Kimball D. Webster King Ezra Kingman Lucius J. Knowles Artemas Lee George C. Lee Daniel G. Littlefield Ansel Lothrop H. Augustus Lothrop Henry O. Lothrop Oliver Loud Asa E. Lovell Henry Luscomb, Jr. Sewall G. Mack Henry B. Maglathlin Charles Manning Edgar Marchant J. F. B. Marshall Francis W. Mason William B. May Charles J. McCarthy Joseph McGregory John Meacom William T. Metcalf Augustus Moody Joseph Morrill Chas W. Morris Elias A. Morse Andrew J. Morton William Mulligan John L. Murphy Jonathan H. Nelson Stephen G. Newton W. H. Nichols Amasa Norcross William A. Northup Lewis R. Norton Benjamin Oliver Francis J. Parker Thomas Parsons Henry Peirce Ezra Penniman Noble M. Perkins Simeon Perkins Andrew J. Pickens Daniel J. Pickering Henry L. Pierce Charles B. Pool Moses Pool David Porter Henry Pratt Benjamin C. Putnam Daniel Putnam James W. Putnam Oliver Ramsdell Josiah M. Read Mathias Rice James Riley Samuel Roads William A. Robbins Austin J. Roberts William L. Rodman John S. E Rogers Hezekiah Root Patten Sargent John K. Sears Joshua M. Sears Charles C. Sewall Henry Shaw Edward F. Sherman Emery Sherman Elisha Smith Sylvanus Smith William H. Smith William L. Smith Otis W. Soule Zibeon Southard Samuel Souther Ebenezer Stanwood Theodore Stebbins Phineas Stedman Danforth S. Steel George F. Stetson Benjamin Stevens Hiram A. Stevens Moses T. Stevens Joseph P. Stickney Samuel W. Stickney Eliphalet Stone F. M. Stone Isaac N. Stone Moses Stone Phineas J. Stone Edward M. Taylor Seth Thayer Ephraim H. Thompson John C. Thompson Hudson Tolman Everett Torrey Charles M. Tyler John S. Tyler Seth H. Vinall Eugene Vosburgh Caleb Wait Charles T. Walcott Cornelius Walker Samuel L. Ward Stephen G. Wheatland Royal Whitaker Charles P. White Nelson D. White Samuel O. Whitmore Henry Wilder Cyrus Williams John D. Wilson Albert Winn Amos I. Withey Hapgood Wright

See also 37th United States Congress List of Massachusetts General Courts

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