1st Minnesota Territorial Legislature
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The 1st Minnesota Territorial Legislature first convened on September 3, 1849. The 9 members of the Minnesota Territorial Council and the 18 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of August 1, 1849.
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| Legislative body | Minnesota Territorial Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Minnesota Territory, United States | ||||
| Term | September 3, 1849 – January 1, 1851 | ||||
| Minnesota Territorial Council | |||||
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| Members | 9 Councillors | ||||
| President | David Olmsted | ||||
| Party control | Democratic Party | ||||
| Minnesota House of Representatives | |||||
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| Members | 18 Representatives | ||||
| Speaker | Joseph W. Furber | ||||
| Party control | Democratic Party | ||||
Sessions
editThe territorial legislature met in a regular session from September 3, 1849, to November 1, 1849. There were no special sessions of the first territorial legislature.[1]
Party summary
editCouncil
edit| Party[nb 1] (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | Vacant | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Whig | |||
| Begin | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 67% | 33% | ||
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
House of Representatives
edit| Party[nb 1] (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | Vacant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Whig | Unknown | |||
| Begin | 12 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 67% | 22% | 11% | ||
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 8 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 0 |
Leadership
edit- President of the Council
- David Olmsted (D-Long Prairie)[2]
- Speaker of the House
- Joseph W. Furber (W-Cottage Grove)[3]
Members
editCouncil
edit| Name | District | City | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boal, James McClellan | 03 | St. Paul | Whig |
| Burkleo, Samuel | 02 | Stillwater | Whig[nb 2] |
| Forbes, William Henry | 03 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Loomis, David B. | 04 | Marine | Whig |
| Martin McLeod | 07 | Bloomington | Democratic[nb 3] |
| Norris, James S. | 01 | Cottage Grove | Democratic |
| Olmsted, David | 06 | Long Prairie | Democratic |
| Rollins, John | 05 | Saint Anthony Falls | Democratic |
| Sturgis, William R. | 06 | Elk River | Democratic |
House of Representatives
edit| Name | District | City | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock, Lorenzo A. | 06 | Sauk Rapids | Whig |
| Bailly, Alexis | 07 | Mendota | Democratic |
| Black, Mahlon | 02 | Stillwater | Democratic |
| Brunson, Benjamin Wetherill | 03 | Saint Paul | Whig |
| Dewey, John J. | 03 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Dugas, William | 05 | Little Canada | Democratic |
| Furber, Joseph Warren | 01 | Cottage Grove | Whig |
| Holmes, Thomas A. | 06 | Sauk Rapids | Democratic |
| Jackson, Henry | 03 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Johnson, Parsons King | 03 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Marshall, William Rainey | 05 | Saint Anthony Falls | Democratic |
| Morrison, Allan | 06 | Crow Wing | Democratic |
| Pond, Gideon H. | 07 | Oak Grove | Unknown |
| Russell, Jeremiah | 06 | Crow Wing | Unknown |
| Setzer, Henry N. | 04 | Stillwater | Democratic |
| Trask, Sylvanus | 02 | Stillwater | Democratic |
| Wells, James | 01 | Lake City | Democratic |
| Wilkinson, Morton Smith | 02 | Stillwater | Whig |
Notes
edit- ^ a b Known party affiliations taken from the members' profiles in Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
- ^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present does not provide information on Samuel Burkleo's party affiliation; however, Samuel Burkleo signed on to an open letter from the Whig members of the legislature published in The Minnesota Pioneer newspaper[4] which would imply that Burkleo was a Whig.
- ^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present does not provide information on Martin McLeod's party affiliation; however, it has been documented that McLeod was a close political ally of Democratic future-Governor Henry Hastings Sibley,[5] which fact would imply that McLeod was a Democrat.
References
edit- ^ "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ "Circular of the Whig Members of the Legislature in Relation to the Disposition of the Public Printing". The Minnesota Pioneer. 13 February 1851. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Davis, Jane Spector (1968). "Guide to a Microfilm Edition of The Henry Hastings Sibley Papers" (PDF). St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 15. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
... Three of Sibley's fur trade associates—Joseph R. Brown, William H. Forbes, and Martin McLeod—were now his political allies ...