1st Minnesota Territorial Legislature

Minnesota legislative session

First Minnesota Territorial Legislature

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Overview
Legislative body| Minnesota Territorial Legislature
Jurisdiction| Minnesota Territory, United States
Term| September 3, 1849 (1849-09-03) – January 1, 1851 (1851-01-01)
Minnesota Territorial Council

Members| 9 Councillors
President| David Olmsted
Party control| Democratic Party
Minnesota House of Representatives

Members| 18 Representatives
Speaker| Joseph W. Furber
Party control| Democratic Party

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.

## 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

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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

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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

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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

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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 November 9, 2016.
2. ^ "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
3. ^ "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
4. ^ "Circular of the Whig Members of the Legislature in Relation to the Disposition of the Public Printing". The Minnesota Pioneer. February 13, 1851. Retrieved May 2, 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 November 15, 2016. "... Three of Sibley's fur trade associates—Joseph R. Brown, William H. Forbes, and Martin McLeod—were now his political allies ..."

* Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 0.1, Senate)
* Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 0.1, House)

Preceded by

None

|  First Minnesota Territorial Legislature
1849  | Succeeded by

Second Minnesota Territorial Legislature

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