First Minnesota Territorial Legislature | |
Chamber1: | Minnesota Territorial Council |
Membership1: | 9 Councillors |
Chamber1 Image: | File:1stMNTerritorial breakdown.svg |
Chamber2: | Minnesota House of Representatives |
Membership2: | 18 Representatives |
Chamber2 Image: | 1MNTerritorialHouse.svg |
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.
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 (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Whig | |||||
Begin | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
Latest voting share | ||||||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Whig | Unknown | |||||
Begin | 12 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
Latest voting share | |||||||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 8 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 0 |
Name | District | City | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boal, James McClellan | 03 | St. Paul | Whig | |
Burkleo, Samuel | 02 | Stillwater | Whig | |
Forbes, William Henry | 03 | Saint Paul | Democratic | |
Loomis, David B. | 04 | Marine | Whig | |
Martin McLeod | 07 | Bloomington | Democratic | |
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 |
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 |