2nd Michigan Territorial Council

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Overview
Legislative body Michigan Territorial Council
Jurisdiction Michigan Territory, United States
Meeting place Detroit
TermNovember 2, 1826 (1826-11-02) – April 13, 1827 (1827-04-13)
Election 1825 Michigan Territorial Council election
Michigan Territorial Council
Members13 members
President Abraham Edwards
Sessions
1stNovember 2, 1826 – December 30, 1826
2ndJanuary 1, 1827 – April 13, 1827

The Second 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 November 2, 1826, and April 13, 1827, during the term of Lewis Cass as territorial governor. [1]

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Leadership and organization

Abraham Edwards was president of the council; John P. Sheldon, Edmund A. Brush, and Randall S. Rice clerks; and William Meldrum sergeant-at-arms. [1]

Members

A February 5, 1825, act of the United States Congress expanded the size of the council from 9 to 13 members. Members were appointed by the president of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate, from a list of 26 people chosen in a general election. [2] The council apportioned the 26 people, and thus the 13 seats, [3] among the territory's counties in an act on April 13, 1825. [4]

Members [1]
DistrictCountiesNamePartyNotes
1 Wayne Henry Connor
Abraham Edwards
Robert A. Forsyth
John McDonell DemocraticSeated November 16, 1826.
2 Monroe Laurent Durocher Democratic
Hubert Lacroix
Wolcott Lawrence
3 Oakland Sidney Dole
William F. Moseley Seated November 6, 1826.
4 Macomb William A. Burt
John Stockton
5 St. Clair Zephaniah W. Bunce Seated November 21, 1826.
6 Brown

Crawford

Michilimackinac

Robert Irwin Jr. Seated November 10, 1826.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Legislative Council 2017, p. 250.
  2. An Act in addition to an act, entitled "An act to amend the ordinance and acts of Congress for the government of the territory of Michigan," and for other purposes, 4  Stat.   80 (1825)
  3. The wording of the February 5, 1825, act does not explicitly say that the president must choose the 13 members according to the same apportionment as the 26 names he received, but that appears to be what happened, as each district had half as many members as people it nominated.
  4. An Act to provide for the election of members of the Legislative Council, approved April 13, 1825, State of Michigan 1874 , pp. 259–260.

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