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unusual facts about General Court


General Court

Cortes Generales, the national parliament of Spain (directly translated as "General Court(s)", though more commonly left untranslated in English-language texts)


Bean's Grant, New Hampshire

In 1851, the New Hampshire General Court authorized the governor and council to appoint a land commissioner to sell the public lands, and James Willey of Conway was appointed to that office.

Livermore Falls, Maine

It would be granted by the General Court of Massachusetts in 1771 as Port Royal, awarded to heirs of veterans who served in the campaign against Port Royal in Jamaica.

Seal of Plymouth County, Massachusetts

The County of Plymouth was established on the second day of June in 1685 by the General Court of Plymouth Colony, then sitting at Plymouth.


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Charles Memorial Hamilton

During the American Civil War, Hamilton entered the Union Army as a private in 1861 and served in Company A, Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves; appointed judge advocate of the general court-martial and general pass officer for the Army of the Potomac; served on the staff of the Military Governor of Washington, D.C., until transferred to Marianna, Florida in 1865.

Court of Assistants

Another example is the Honourable Artillery Company which has an Annual General Court open to all members.

Fairfield Swamp Fight

The Hartford General Court dispatched Captain Israel Stoughton and his troops numbering some 120 soldiers to southern Connecticut, with the goal of ending the Pequot War and the capture of Sassacus, the Pequot chief sachem.

Morrison I. Swift

In 1911 he submitted bills to the General Court of Massachusetts on subjects as varied as the control of pine forests and regulation of prostitution.

Order of the Founders and Patriots of America

The 117th general court, in 2013, was convened in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Otis family

Samuel Allyne Otis (1740-1814), Speaker of the Massachusetts General Court; Representative to the Second Continental Congress; First Secretary of the United States Senate; Son of James Otis, Sr. and father of Harrison Gray Otis.

Supreme Court of Ukraine

The General Court consisted of 15 judges that were elected by the Central Council of Ukraine on proposition of the General Secretariat of Ukraine.