1st Minnesota Territorial Legislature

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.

First Minnesota Territorial Legislature
5th Wisconsin Territorial Assembly 2nd
Overview
Legislative bodyMinnesota Territorial Legislature
JurisdictionMinnesota Territory, United States
TermSeptember 3, 1849 (1849-09-03) – January 1, 1851 (1851-01-01)
Minnesota Territorial Council
Members9 Councillors
PresidentDavid Olmsted
Party controlDemocratic Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members18 Representatives
SpeakerJoseph W. Furber
Party controlDemocratic Party

Sessions

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The 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

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Council

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Party[nb 1]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
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

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Party[nb 1]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
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

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President of the Council
David Olmsted (D-Long Prairie)[2]
Speaker of the House
Joseph W. Furber (W-Cottage Grove)[3]

Members

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Council

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b Known party affiliations taken from the members' profiles in Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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

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  1. ^ "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  2. ^ "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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 ...
Preceded by
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First Minnesota Territorial Legislature
1849
Succeeded by