1st Minnesota Territorial Legislature

Minnesota legislative session February 2026 January 2025 First Minnesota Territorial Legislature Minnesota Territorial Legislature United States Minnesota Territory 1849 09 03 1851 01 01 5th Wisconsin Territorial Assembly 2nd Minnesota Territorial Council 9 Councillors File:1stMNTerritorial breakdown.svg Democratic Party President David Olmsted Minnesota House of Representatives 18 Representatives 1MNTerritorialHouse.svg Democratic Party Speaker Joseph W. Furber 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.https://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/sessions.aspx Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library 9 November 2016 Party summary Council PartyKnown party affiliations taken from the members' profiles in Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. "affiliations" "nb" (Shading indicates majority caucus) Total Vacant Democratic Whig Begin 6 3 9 0 Latest voting share 6 9 0 3 9 0 Beginning of the next Legislature 6 3 9 0 House of Representatives Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) Total Vacant Democratic Whig Unknown Begin 12 4 2 18 0 Latest voting share 12 18 0 4 18 0 2 18 0 Beginning of the next Legislature8 3 7 18 0 Leadership President of the Council David Olmsted (D-Long Prairie)https://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/spres.aspx President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present Minnesota Legislative Reference Library 9 November 2016 Speaker of the House Joseph W. Furber (W-Cottage Grove)https://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/speakers.aspx Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present Minnesota Legislative Reference Library 9 November 2016 Members Council Name District City Party Boal, James McClellan 03 St. Paul Whig Burkleo, Samuel 02 Stillwater WhigMinnesota 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 newspaper13 February 1851 Circular of the Whig Members of the Legislature in Relation to the Disposition of the Public Printing The Minnesota Pioneer https://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/lccn/sn83025241/1851-02-13/ed-1/seq-1 2 May 2020 which would imply that Burkleo was a Whig. "burkleo_party" "nb" Forbes, William Henry 03 Saint Paul Democratic Loomis, David B. 04 Marine Whig Martin McLeod 07 Bloomington DemocraticMinnesota 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,http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/m0164.pdf Guide to a Microfilm Edition of The Henry Hastings Sibley Papers Davis Jane Spector 1968 Minnesota Historical Society St. Paul 15 15 November 2016 ... Three of Sibley's fur trade associates—Joseph R. Brown, William H. Forbes, and Martin McLeod—were now his political allies ... which fact would imply that McLeod was a Democrat. "mcleod_party" "nb" 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 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 References Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 0.1, Senate) Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 0.1, House) First Minnesota Territorial Legislature None Second Minnesota Territorial Legislature 1849 00.1st Category:1840s in Minnesota Territory