XXXII.-LEGISLATURE OF CALIFORNIA.* SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, SACRAMENTO. MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.-The Constitution of California provides that the number of Members of the Assembly shall not exceed eighty, and that of the Senators shall not be less than one-third nor more than one-half of the Assembly. The term of the Senators is two years, one-half of which expire each year; of the Members of Assembly, one year. FIRST SESSION.-Organized Dec. 15, 1849, at San José, and adjourned, after a session of one hundred and twenty-nine days, on the 22d of April, 1850. Number of members: Senate, 16; Assembly, 36; total, 52. SECOND SESSION.—Organized at San José, January 6, 1851, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and sixteen days, on the 1st of May, 1851. Number of members: Senate, 16; Assembly, 36; total, 52. THIRD SESSION.-Organized at Vallejo, January 5, 1852; removed to Sacramento, January 12, 1852, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and twenty-one days, on the 4th of May, 1852. Number of members: Senate, 27; Assembly, 62; total, 89. FOURTH SESSION.-Organized at Vallejo, January 3, 1853; removed to Benicia, February 4, 1853, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and thirty-seven days, on the 19th of May, 1853. Number of members: Senate, 27: Assembly, 63; total, 90. FIFTH SESSION.-Organized at Benicia, January 2, 1854; removed to Sacramento February 25th, 1854, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and thirty-four days, on the 15th of May, 1854. Number of members: Senate, 34; Assembly, 80; total, 114. SIXTH SESSION.-Organized at Sacramento, January 1, 1855, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and twenty-seven days, on the 7th of May, 1855. Number of members: Senate, 33; Assembly, 80; total, 113. SEVENTH SESSION.-Organized at Sacramento, January 7, 1856, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and six days, on the 21st of April, 1856. Number of members: Senate, 33; Assembly, 80; total, 113. EIGHTH SESSION.-Organized at Sacramento, January 5, 1857, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and thirteen days, on the 30th of April, 1857. Number of members: Senate, 33; Assembly, 80; total, 113. NINTH SESSION.-Organized at Sacramento, January 4th, 1858, and adjourned after a session of one hundred and twelve days, on the 26th of April, 1858. Number of members: Senate, 35; Assembly, 80; total, 115. * For Officers of the State Legislature, etc., see pp. 82-88. See Constitution of the State, Art. IV, p. 69. + The first Senatorial District was represented in the Senate of 1854 by two members: making the number of Senators of that session one more than is provided for by the apportionment of 1853. 1. OFFICERS OF THE LEGISLATURE Of the State of California, from the Organization of the State Government, December 1849, to 1858. pro tem B. F. Keene... ...J. Y. Lind. Secretary Assis't J. H. Stewart.. 64 1855. 1856. 1857. 1858. S. Purdy. R. M. Anderson R. M. Anderson J. Walkup. E.O.FHastings(d R. Biven.. T. Ward.. J. T. Ewing.... Enrol'g Cl'k H. St. Clair....J. H. Gardner.. A. E. Waite....J. C. Shipman.. J. C. Shipman. Engross'g" J. C. Tucker...J. P.Van Hagen W. Miller. J. H. Webster.. L. Bartlett.. S'gt-at-Arms W. H. Harvey..J. T. Knox..... J. W. Ross..... A. Hunter......J. W. Hawkins. Door-Keeper E. C. Dowdigan G. C. Newman, J. McGlenchy..J. McGlenchy..J. McGlenchy.. (a) Resigned April 10, 1850. (b) Elected Jan. 9, 1851, to fill vacancy created by the accession of Lieut. Governor John McDougal to the office of Governor. (c) Removed March 22, 1855, and C. Dickinson elected to vacancy. (d) Vice Dickinson elected Secretary. Clerk Speaker.. C. S. Fairfax...W. W. Stowe...J. T. Farley. E. T. Beatty.... N. E.Whitesides 2. MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, From the first Session, 1849, to 1858. Bidwell, J.. San Francisco San José District. Foster, S. C. (19).. Frye, Gardner, J. H. (20) Sierra.. 53... '50... 58... Garter, E. S. Clara & Alameda 57-58 '50 Klamath, Sis'you, etc '58 Broderick, D. C. (5) San Francisco. '50-'52 Gregory, D. 'S.. Bryan, C. H. (6).. Burch, J. C. (7). Burnett, W. C. Burton, E. F. Bynum, S. Carpenter, G. J. '55-'56 Hall, G. D. (22). Napa, Solano & Yolo. '56-57 Hart, A. S... Coffroth, J. W. (10) Tuolumne.. Cooke, M. E. Cosby, J. D. Coulter, J. Sonoma District Trinity and Klamath '56-57 '54-55 Crabb, H. A. (12). . S. Joaq'n & Con. Cos'a '53-254 Sacramento District. '50... S. M. Keene, B. F. (28).. Kendall, T... Ketcham, L. N.. Keyser, P. W. Kurtz, D. B... Leake, C. A. (29). Lent, W. M.. '52-53 Lewis, J. E. N.. W. T.. '58... Lind, J. Y. Lippincott, B. S. (30) San Joaquin District '50... Tuolumne. '51. C. E... Yuba '52-'53 Livermore, H. G... El Dorado. '50...Lott, C. F. Butte Denver, J. W. (14). Trinity and Klamath '52-53 Estell, J. M. (16).. Napa and Solano.. Ferguson, W. Í. Sacramento "" W. T. (18) Sierra.. ... " 51... '55-'56 54 '52-53 53-254 San Francisco.. '54-55 '56-'58 Lyons, W. H. (31)..Nevada. (1) Contested by A. H. Stout; resigned April 28, 1851. appointed Secretary of State, Feb'y 1853; elected to Congress, October, 1854. (2) Appointed Judge Supreme Court; resigned (15) Member of Assembly, 1855; appointed Sec Mandeville, J. W.. Tuolumne.. '55-57 Soulé, F. May, W. B... Trinity and Klamath '54-55 Soule, S. Meloney, A. R. (5) Con. Costa & S. Joa'in '57-58 Tilford, F. 57-58 Tuttle, C. A.. Mesick, R. S.. Miller, J.. Yuba Moore, E. J. San Francisco.. Norman, W. B. Pacheco, R. Peck, E. T. Phelps, T. G. (7)... Post, G. B. (8). S. Francisco & S.Ma'o '58... Walkup, J.. Ralston, J. H..... Sacramento Rogers, G. H. (9). Tuolumne & Stanisl's Rust, P. C. Sawyer, E. D. Scellen, J. D... Shaw, W. J. Smith, S. B... Yuba and Sutter.. .Sierra... San Francisco.. Sutter. Snyder, J. R..... San Francisco.. '54-55 Waite, E. G. '50... Walsh, J.. 52-53 Walton, J. '52-53 Warner, J. J. '50-'52 Westmoreland, C.. Placer 255-56 Williams, L. S. (15) Trinity and Klamath '53... 55-56 F.A(16) San Francisco.. '50-'51 57... |