1st Michigan Territorial Council

Legislature in Michigan Territory (1824–1825) February 2025 January 2025 1st Michigan Territorial Council 1823 Michigan Territorial Council election 200px Michigan Territorial Council United States Michigan Territory Detroit 1824 06 07 1825 04 21 Governor and judges of Michigan Territory 2nd Michigan Territorial Council Michigan Territorial Council 9 members President Abraham Edwards 1st June 7, 1824 August 5, 1824 2nd January 17, 1825 April 21, 1825 The First 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 June 7, 1824, and April 21, 1825, during the term of Lewis Cass as territorial governor.Legislative Council 2017 250 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). Leadership and organization Abraham Edwards was president of the council; John P. Sheldon, Edmund A. Brush, and George A. O'Keefe clerks; and Morris Jackson sergeant-at-arms.Legislative Council 2017 250 Members Per the act of March 3, 1823, the nine members of the council were appointed by President James Monroe, chosen from the top 18 vote-earners in a general election. In addition to the appointed members listed below, the slate of names sent to the president included Louis Baufet, William Brown, Harry Conant, Laurent Durocher, Francois Navarre, Ebenezer Reed, Solomon Sibley, and Benjamin F. Stickney.Carter 1943 487 +MembersLegislative Council 2017 250CountyNamePartyNotesBrownRobert Irwin Jr.MacombJoseph MillerNominated December 16, 1824, to replace William Puthuff (deceased); confirmed by Senate December 21.Carter 1943 573John StocktonMichilimackinacWilliam H. PuthuffDied July 17, 1824.Gilpin 2002 Legislation and CourtsMonroeHubert LacroixWolcott LawrenceOaklandStephen MackRoger SpragueSt. ClairZephaniah W. BunceWayneAbraham Edwards Notes References 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 2019-10-05 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 2019-10-01 Gilpin Alec The Territory of Michigan (1805-1837) Michigan State University Press 2002 https://books.google.com/books?id=-zDJDAAAQBAJ 2019-10-05 Journal of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan: First Session—First Council 1824 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112103329720 Detroit Sheldon and Reed Journal of the Council 1824 2019-10-05 HathiTrust Journal of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan: Second Session—First Council 1825 https://books.google.com/books?id=1GRMAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1 Detroit Sheldon and Reed Journal of the Council 1825 2019-10-14 Legislative Council, State of Michigan Michigan Manual 2017 https://archive.org/details/michiganmanual00mich 2017–2018 Lansing Legislative Service Bureau Legislative Council 2017 1-878210-06-8 2019-10-04 registration State of Michigan Laws of the Territory of Michigan 1874 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015071178845 2 Lansing W. S. George 2019-10-04 001 Category:1824 in Michigan Territory Category:1825 in Michigan Territory Michigan Michigan