Elisha Phelps (November 16, 1779 – April 6, 1847) was a United States representative from Connecticut . He was the son of Noah Phelps and father of John Smith Phelps who was a United States Representative from Missouri . He was born in Simsbury, Connecticut . In 1800, he was graduated from Yale College and from Litchfield Law School . He was admitted to the bar in 1803 and began practice in Simsbury.
9-807: Phelps was member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1807, 1812, and 1814-1818. He was elected as a Toleration Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821). He was again a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1821 and served as speaker. He served in the Connecticut Senate 1822-1824 and was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829). He declined to be
18-512: A candidate for renomination in 1828. After leaving Congress, he was Connecticut comptroller 1831-1837 and again a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1829 and 1835 and served as speaker in 1829. He was appointed a commissioner to revise and codify the state laws in 1835. In 1838 and 1839 , Phelps ran under a Conservative banner for Governor of Connecticut . His attempts were unsuccessful. Phelps died in Simsbury in 1847 and
27-408: Is Matthew Ritter of the 1st House District the includes part of Hartford . The Majority Leader is Jason Rojas of the 9th House District which includes part of East Hartford and part of Manchester . The Minority Leader is Republican Vincent Candelora of the 86th House District that includes part of Durham , part of East Haven , part of Guilford , and North Branford . Current members of
36-613: The U.S. state of Connecticut . The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits . The House convenes within the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford . The House of Representatives has its basis in the earliest incarnation of the General Assembly,
45-603: The "General Corte" established in 1636 whose membership was divided between six generally elected magistrates (the predecessor of the Connecticut Senate) and three-member "committees" representing each of the three towns of the Connecticut Colony ( Hartford , Wethersfield , and Windsor ). The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut , adopted in 1639, replaced the committees with deputies; each town would elect three or four deputies for six-month terms. Although
54-455: The full House through the passage of a House resolution. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker is also its chief leadership position and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders , are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the chamber. The current Speaker
63-412: The magistrates and deputies sat together, they voted separately and in 1645 it was decreed that a measure had to have the approval of both groups in order to pass. The Charter of 1662 reduced the number of deputies per town to no more than two, and also changed the title of the legislature to the General Assembly. It was in 1698 that the General Assembly divided itself into its current bicameral form, with
72-601: The twelve assistants (that replaced the magistrates) as the Council (which became the Senate in the 1818 constitution ) and the deputies as the House of Representatives, which began electing the Speaker to preside over it. The terms of representatives were raised to two years in 1884. The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of
81-701: Was buried in Hop Meadow Cemetery. His home, which he built in 1820, has been renamed the Amos Eno House , after a subsequent owner. It still stands in Simsbury and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Connecticut House of Representatives Minority The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly , the state legislature of
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