1823 Michigan Territorial Council election

none September 2023 1823 Michigan Territorial Council election September 4, 1823 legislative 18 candidates, from which 9 members to be chosen by the president of the United States 1st Michigan Territorial Council no 1825 Michigan Territorial Council election 1825 The 1823 Michigan Territorial Council election was held in the Territory of Michigan to elect the members of the territory's newly-formed legislative council. Background Michigan Territorial Council#History Since its creation from part of Indiana Territory in 1805, the government of Michigan Territory had consisted of a governor, a secretary, and three judges; the governor and judges together formed the legislative branch of government. This was the first stage of territorial government outlined in the Northwest Ordinance.Finkelman Hershock Taylor 2006 17 An election called by Governor Cass in 1818 to decide whether to move to the second stage of government—an elected legislature—failed largely due to concerns over the cost that would be borne by the territory. Public discontent with the first stage government continued to mount, until in 1822 hundreds of residents petitioned Congress for reform.Finkelman Hershock Taylor 2006 24–26 An act of Congress on March 3, 1823, created a four-year term for the judges and transferred the powers of the territory to the governor and a legislative council of nine people serving terms of two years. Members of the council were to be appointed by the president of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate, from a slate of 18 people chosen in a general election.An Act to amend the ordinance and acts of Congress for the government of the territory of Michigan, and for other purposes, 3 769 (1823). Election The Act of March 3, 1823, specified that the 18 people should be chosen by the qualified electors of the territory at the next election of its delegate to Congress, following the same rules as that election. The date of that election had been set as the first Thursday in September of every odd-numbered year by a May 20, 1819, act of the governor and judges of the territory. The elections were to be held at the "seat of justice" in each county in the territory.Act of May 20, 1819 The next election following the Act of March 3, 1823, was on September 4, 1823. +Election results (top 18 of 123 vote-earners)Carter 1943 484–486RankCandidateCounty of ResidenceCarter 1943 415Votes by CountyTotal VotesBrownCrawfordMackinacMacombMonroeOaklandSt. ClairWayne1Abraham EdwardsWayne80821032881527640411852Stephen MackOakland80821092851736637211673William H. PuthuffMackinac7582138701061567836410694Wolcott LawrenceMonroe8227282111444109565John StocktonBrown826327381592688266Roger SpragueMacomb99252138352838077Robert Irwin Jr.Oakland3182110388173713549038Zephaniah W. BunceSt. Clair53826726550581867419Hubert LacroixMonroe5281127803633571110Joseph MillerMacomb578710611732862511Solomon SibleyWayne3027751566020261012William BrownWayne5919020731158713Ebenezer ReedWayne78219188392321557314Louis BaufetWayne45561923324657215Francois NavarreMonroe565519511723255617Benjamin F. StickneyMonroe28891293926555016Laurent DurocherMonroe34202112427854918Harry ConantMonroe268511038244503Totals (all 123 vote-earners)10241476140193450223014139110034 Territorial Governor Lewis Cass submitted the 18 names to John Quincy Adams, then the U.S. secretary of state, on October 30, 1823. Cass also included the vote totals and county of residence, saying, "So far as the President in the selection may think fit to be guided by the wish of the people, as expressed by their votes, or by an apportionment of the representatives among the different parts of the Territory, these data may be important".Carter 1943 414–415 In a letter to General Alexander Macomb in November 1823, Cass asked Macomb to meet with the secretary of state to express his desire that the top nine vote-earners be appointed. Cass feared that if that anyone else were appointed, he would be accused of having influenced the decision, a charge which he felt would be "seriously injurious". Macomb had a conversation with Adams about it on November 20 and forwarded Cass's letter to him the following day.Carter 1943 419 President James Monroe issued a commission on February 4, 1824, appointing the top nine vote-earners to the council, as Cass had suggested.Carter 1943 579 On April 15, Governor Cass issued a proclamation calling for the first Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan to convene in Detroit on June 1, 1824.Carter 1943 580 Notes References An Act to regulate the Election of a Delegate from the Territory of Michigan to the Congress of the United States of America May 20, 1819 Detroit Gazette 2–3 May 28, 1819 2 97 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=scjTk0LcRdsC&dat=18190528 Act of May 20, 1819 2019-10-15 Carter Clarence E. The Territorial Papers of the United States 11 Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 1943 https://books.google.com/books?id=BotHAQAAMAAJ 2019-10-15 Finkelman Paul Hershock Martin J. Taylor Clifford W. The History of Michigan Law Ohio University Press 2006 https://books.google.com/books?id=jjSD45-P2_YC 2019-10-14 Category:1823 Michigan Territory elections Category:Michigan Legislature elections Category:1823 state legislature elections in the United States