List of Massachusetts General Courts

The legislature of the U.S. state of Massachusetts is known as the General Court. It has a 40-member upper house (Massachusetts Senate) and a 160-member lower house (Massachusetts House of Representatives). Descended from the colonial legislature, the first Massachusetts General Court met in October 1780 and consisted of one-year elected terms for both houses. This was expanded to two-year terms starting with the 142nd General Court in January 1921.

Legislatures

1780–1899

Members of the Committee on Railroads, 1892

• 1st Massachusetts General Court (1780–1781)^[1]
• 2nd Massachusetts General Court (1781–1782)
• 3rd Massachusetts General Court (1782–1783)
• 4th Massachusetts General Court (1783–1784)
• 5th Massachusetts General Court (1784–1785)
• 6th Massachusetts General Court (1785–1786)
• 7th Massachusetts General Court (1786–1787)
• 8th Massachusetts General Court (1787–1788)
• 9th Massachusetts General Court (1788–1789)
• 10th Massachusetts General Court (1789–1790)
• 11th Massachusetts General Court (1790–1791)
• 12th Massachusetts General Court (1791–1792)
• 13th Massachusetts General Court (1792–1793)
• 14th Massachusetts General Court (1793–1794)
• 15th Massachusetts General Court (1794–1795)
• 16th Massachusetts General Court (1795–1796)
• 17th Massachusetts General Court (1796–1797)
• 18th Massachusetts General Court (1797–1798)
• 19th Massachusetts General Court (1798–1799)
• 20th Massachusetts General Court (1799–1800)
• 21st Massachusetts General Court (1800–1801)
• 22nd Massachusetts General Court (1801–1802)
• 23rd Massachusetts General Court (1802–1803)
• 24th Massachusetts General Court (1803–1804)
• 25th Massachusetts General Court (1804–1805)
• 26th Massachusetts General Court (1805–1806)
• 27th Massachusetts General Court (1806–1807)
• 28th Massachusetts General Court (1807–1808)
• 29th Massachusetts General Court (1808–1809)
• 30th Massachusetts General Court (1809–1810)
• 31st Massachusetts General Court (1810–1811)
• 32nd Massachusetts General Court (1811–1812)
• 33rd Massachusetts General Court (1812–1813)
• 34th Massachusetts General Court (1813–1814)
• 35th Massachusetts General Court (1814–1815)
• 36th Massachusetts General Court (1815–1816)
• 37th Massachusetts General Court (1816–1817)
• 38th Massachusetts General Court (1817–1818)
• 39th Massachusetts General Court (1818–1819)
• 40th Massachusetts General Court (1819–1820)
• 41st Massachusetts General Court (1820–1821)
• 42nd Massachusetts General Court (1821–1822)
• 43rd Massachusetts General Court (1822–1823)
• 44th Massachusetts General Court (1823–1824)
• 45th Massachusetts General Court (1824–1825)
• 46th Massachusetts General Court (1825–1826)
• 47th Massachusetts General Court (1826–1827)
• 48th Massachusetts General Court (1827–1828)
• 49th Massachusetts General Court (1828–1829)
• 50th Massachusetts General Court (1829–1830)
• 51st Massachusetts General Court (1830–1831)
• 52nd Massachusetts General Court (1831)
• 53rd Massachusetts General Court (1832)
• 54th Massachusetts General Court (1833)
• 55th Massachusetts General Court (1834)
• 56th Massachusetts General Court (1835)
• 57th Massachusetts General Court (1836)
• 58th Massachusetts General Court (1837)
• 59th Massachusetts General Court (1838)
• 60th Massachusetts General Court (1839)
• 61st Massachusetts General Court (1840)
• 62nd Massachusetts General Court (1841)
• 63rd Massachusetts General Court (1842)
• 64th Massachusetts General Court (1843)
• 65th Massachusetts General Court (1844)
• 66th Massachusetts General Court (1845)
• 67th Massachusetts General Court (1846)
• 68th Massachusetts General Court (1847)
• 69th Massachusetts General Court (1848)
• 70th Massachusetts General Court (1849)
• 71st Massachusetts General Court (1850)
• 72nd Massachusetts General Court (1851)
• 73rd Massachusetts General Court (1852)
• 74th Massachusetts General Court (1853)
• 75th Massachusetts General Court (1854)
• 76th Massachusetts General Court (1855)
• 77th Massachusetts General Court (1856)
• 78th Massachusetts General Court (1857)
• 79th Massachusetts General Court (1858)
• 80th Massachusetts General Court (1859)
• 81st Massachusetts General Court (1860)
• 82nd Massachusetts General Court (1861)
• 83rd Massachusetts General Court (1862)
• 84th Massachusetts General Court (1863)
• 85th Massachusetts General Court (1864)
• 86th Massachusetts General Court (1865)
• 87th Massachusetts General Court (1866)
• 88th Massachusetts General Court (1867)
• 89th Massachusetts General Court (1868)
• 90th Massachusetts General Court (1869)
• 91st Massachusetts General Court (1870)
• 92nd Massachusetts General Court (1871)
• 93rd Massachusetts General Court (1872)
• 94th Massachusetts General Court (1873)
• 95th Massachusetts General Court (1874)
• 96th Massachusetts General Court (1875)
• 97th Massachusetts General Court (1876)
• 98th Massachusetts General Court (1877)
• 99th Massachusetts General Court (1878)
• 100th Massachusetts General Court (1879)
• 101st Massachusetts General Court (1880)
• 102nd Massachusetts General Court (1881)
• 103rd Massachusetts General Court (1882)
• 104th Massachusetts General Court (1883)
• 105th Massachusetts General Court (1884)
• 106th Massachusetts General Court (1885)
• 107th Massachusetts General Court (1886)
• 108th Massachusetts General Court (1887)
• 109th Massachusetts General Court (1888)
• 110th Massachusetts General Court (1889)
• 111th Massachusetts General Court (1890)
• 112th Massachusetts General Court (1891)
• 113th Massachusetts General Court (1892)
• 114th Massachusetts General Court (1893)
• 115th Massachusetts General Court (1894)
• 116th Massachusetts General Court (1895)
• 117th Massachusetts General Court (1896)
• 118th Massachusetts General Court (1897)
• 119th Massachusetts General Court (1898)
• 120th Massachusetts General Court (1899)

1900–2000

Massachusetts politicians in the mid-1980s: house speaker George Keverian at podium. Back row: senate president William M. Bulger, state representative John McDonough, mayor Raymond L. Flynn, two unidentified men, state representative William Galvin, governor Michael S. Dukakis

• 121st Massachusetts General Court (1900)
• 122nd Massachusetts General Court (1901)
• 123rd Massachusetts General Court (1902)
• 124th Massachusetts General Court (1903)
• 125th Massachusetts General Court (1904)
• 126th Massachusetts General Court (1905)
• 127th Massachusetts General Court (1906)
• 128th Massachusetts General Court (1907)
• 129th Massachusetts General Court (1908)
• 130th Massachusetts General Court (1909)
• 131st Massachusetts General Court (1910)
• 132nd Massachusetts General Court (1911)
• 133rd Massachusetts General Court (1912)
• 134th Massachusetts General Court (1913)
• 135th Massachusetts General Court (1914)
• 136th Massachusetts General Court (1915)
• 137th Massachusetts General Court (1916)
• 138th Massachusetts General Court (1917)
• 139th Massachusetts General Court (1918)
• 140th Massachusetts General Court (1919)
• 141st Massachusetts General Court (1920)
• 142nd Massachusetts General Court (1921–1922)
• 143rd Massachusetts General Court (1923–1924)
• 144th Massachusetts General Court (1925–1926)
• 145th Massachusetts General Court (1927–1928)
• 146th Massachusetts General Court (1929–1930)
• 147th Massachusetts General Court (1931–1932)
• 148th Massachusetts General Court (1933–1934)
• 149th Massachusetts General Court (1935–1936)
• 150th Massachusetts General Court (1937–1938)
• 151st Massachusetts General Court (1939)^[2]
• 152nd Massachusetts General Court (1941–1942)^[2]
• 153rd Massachusetts General Court (1943–1944)^[2]
• 154th Massachusetts General Court (1945–1946)
• 155th Massachusetts General Court (1947–1948)
• 156th Massachusetts General Court (1949–1950)
• 157th Massachusetts General Court (1951–1952)
• 158th Massachusetts General Court (1953–1954)
• 159th Massachusetts General Court (1955–1956)
• 160th Massachusetts General Court (1957–1958)
• 161st Massachusetts General Court (1959–1960)
• 162nd Massachusetts General Court (1961–1962)
• 163rd Massachusetts General Court (1963–1964)
• 164th Massachusetts General Court (1965–1966)
• 165th Massachusetts General Court (1967–1968)
• 166th Massachusetts General Court (1969–1970)
• 167th Massachusetts General Court (1971–1972)
• 168th Massachusetts General Court (1973–1974)
• 169th Massachusetts General Court (1975–1976)
• 170th Massachusetts General Court (1977–1978)
• 171st Massachusetts General Court (1979–1980)
• 172nd Massachusetts General Court (1981–1982)
• 173rd Massachusetts General Court (1983–1984)
• 174th Massachusetts General Court (1985–1986)
• 175th Massachusetts General Court (1987–1988)
• 176th Massachusetts General Court (1989–1990)
• 177th Massachusetts General Court (1991–1992)
• 178th Massachusetts General Court (1993–1994)
• 179th Massachusetts General Court (1995–1996)
• 180th Massachusetts General Court (1997–1998)
• 181st Massachusetts General Court (1999–2000)

2001–current

• 182nd Massachusetts General Court (2001–2002)
• 183rd Massachusetts General Court (2003–2004)
• 184th Massachusetts General Court (2005–2006)
• 185th Massachusetts General Court (2007–2008)
• 186th Massachusetts General Court (2009–2010)
• 187th Massachusetts General Court (2011–2012)
• 188th Massachusetts General Court (2013–2014)
• 189th Massachusetts General Court (2015–2016)
• 190th Massachusetts General Court (2017–2018)
• 191st Massachusetts General Court (2019–2020)
• 192nd Massachusetts General Court (2021–2022)
• 193rd Massachusetts General Court (2023–2024)
• 194th Massachusetts General Court (2025–2026)

See also

• List of Massachusetts Senate delegations
• List of presidents of the Massachusetts Senate
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
• List of speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Old State House (Boston) building in which the legislature met until 1798
• Massachusetts State House, built in 1798
• List of governors of Massachusetts
• Historical outline of Massachusetts
• Lists of United States state legislative sessions