3rd Michigan Territorial Council

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3rd Michigan Territorial Council
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Overview
Legislative body Michigan Territorial Council
Jurisdiction Michigan Territory, United States
Meeting place Detroit
TermMay 5, 1828 (1828-05-05) – November 5, 1829 (1829-11-05)
Michigan Territorial Council
Members13 members
President Abraham Edwards
Sessions
1stMay 5, 1828 – July 3, 1828
2ndSeptember 7, 1829 – November 5, 1829

The Third 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 5, 1828, and November 5, 1829, 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, Samuel Satterlee, and Seneca Allen clerks; and William Meldrum sergeant-at-arms. [1]

Members

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. [2] On April 13, the council passed an act requiring the executive of the territory to determine the apportionment of seats based on a census. [3] Governor Cass issued a proclamation on September 3, 1827, setting out the results: [4]

... the counties of Crawford, Brown, Michilimackinac, and Chippewa form one district, which district is entitled to elect two members ... the counties of St. Clair and Macomb form one district, which district is entitled to elect one member ... the county of Oakland forms one district, which district is entitled to elect two members ... the county of Wayne forms one district, which district is entitled to elect four members ... the county of Washtenaw forms one district, which district is entitled to elect one member ... the counties of Monroe and Lenawe form one district, which district is entitled to elect three members of the legislative council.

Members [1]
DistrictNamePartyNotes
Brown

Chippewa

Crawford

Michilimackinac

Robert Irwin Jr. Seated May 18, 1828.
Henry R. Schoolcraft Seated May 18, 1828.
Lenawee

Monroe

Laurent Durocher Democratic
Wolcott Lawrence
Charles Noble
Macomb

St. Clair

John Stockton
Oakland Thomas J. Drake
Stephen V. R. Trowbridge
Washtenaw Henry Rumsey
Wayne William Brown
Henry Connor
Abraham Edwards
John McDonell Democratic

Notes

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