Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives

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Active 1841
Active 1858

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Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from an equal number of single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms.

From the description of House of Representatives, Order, Massachusetts, 1776 January 22. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 189065354

From the guide to the Order, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1776 January 22, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The General Court was established in 1630 when the Massachusetts Bay Colony obtained a new charter.

From the description of Order, 22 January 1776. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 184740023

The lower house of the General Court consisted in the colonial period of deputies, first elected by freemen in 1634, sitting separately from 1644 to 1686 as the House of Deputies; in the intercharter period (from 1689), in the provincial period (1692-1780), and under the 1780 Constitution of elected representatives, regularly designated by 1705 as the House of Representatives. For further details see: Massachusetts. General Court. Agency history record.

NAME AUTHORITY NOTE. Series relating to the agencies described above can be found by searching the following access points for the time period stated: l644-l686--Massachusetts. General Court. House of Deputies; 1689-present--Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives.

From the description of Agency history record. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122357368

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