4th Michigan Territorial Council | |
Body: | Michigan Territorial Council |
Country: | United States |
State: | Michigan Territory |
Meeting Place: | Detroit |
Before: | 3rd Michigan Territorial Council |
After: | 5th Michigan Territorial Council |
Chamber1: | Michigan Territorial Council |
Membership1: | 13 members |
Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | President |
Chamber1 Leader1: | Abraham Edwards |
Session1 Type: | 1st |
Session1 Start: | May 11, 1830 |
Session1 End: | July 31, 1830 |
Session2 Type: | 2nd |
Session2 Start: | January 4, 1831 |
Session2 End: | March 4, 1831 |
The Fourth Michigan Territorial Council was a meeting of the legislative body governing Michigan Territory, known formally as the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan. The council met in Detroit in two regular sessions between May 11, 1830, and March 4, 1831, during the terms of Lewis Cass and George B. Porter as territorial governor.
Abraham Edwards was president of the council, Edmund A. Brush secretary, and William Meldrum sergeant-at-arms.
A January 1827 act of the United States Congress provided for the direct election of a 13-member legislative council by the people of the territory; the same act gave the council responsibility for determining the apportionment of seats.The council apportioned the seats as follows in an 1828 act:
1 | Wayne | William Bartow | |||
William Brown | |||||
William A. Fletcher | |||||
John McDonell | Democratic | ||||
2 | LenaweeMonroe | Laurent Durocher | Democratic | ||
Abraham Edwards | |||||
Wolcott Lawrence | |||||
3 | MacombSt. Clair | John Stockton | |||
4 | Oakland | Thomas J. Drake | |||
Daniel LeRoy | |||||
5 | Washtenaw | James Kingsley | |||
6 | BrownChippewa | Robert Irwin Jr. | Did not appear at second session. | ||
Henry R. Schoolcraft |
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