The Massachusetts General Court is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is a bicameral body. The upper house is the Massachusetts Senate which is composed of 40 members. The lower body is Massachusetts House of Representatives, which has 120 members.
The General Court was established in 1691 when the Massachusetts Bay Colony got a new charter, and existed in its colonial form until the first Massachusetts state consitution was ratified in 1779.
The General Court meets in the state capital of Boston, Massachusetts.
