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
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
Council
House of Representatives
Leadership
- President of the Council
- David Olmsted (D-Long Prairie)[2]
- Speaker of the House
- Joseph W. Furber (W-Cottage Grove)[3]
Members
Council
House of Representatives
| 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
- ^ 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
- ^ "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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 ...