5th Michigan Territorial Council

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5th Michigan Territorial Council
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The Territorial Courthouse in Detroit, later the State Capitol and then a school
Overview
Legislative body Michigan Territorial Council
Jurisdiction Michigan Territory, United States
Meeting place Territorial Courthouse, Detroit
TermMay 1, 1832 (1832-05-01) – April 23, 1833 (1833-04-23)
Michigan Territorial Council
Members13 members
President John McDonell
Sessions
1stMay 1, 1832 – June 29, 1832
2ndJanuary 1, 1833 – April 23, 1833
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Districts of the Fifth Territorial Council

The Fifth 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 1, 1832, and April 23, 1833, during the term of George B. Porter as territorial governor. [1]

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Leadership and organization

John McDonell was president of the council, Edmund A. Brush secretary, and James T. Allen 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] The council apportioned the seats as follows in an 1831 act: [3]

... the county of Wayne shall form the first electoral district, and shall be entitled to elect three members ... the counties of Macomb and St. Clair shall compose the second district, and shall be entitled to elect one member ... the county of Oakland, and the country attached thereto, shall compose the third district, and shall be entitled to elect two members ... the county of Washtenaw, and the country attached thereto, shall compose the fourth district, and shall be entitled to elect two members ... the counties of Monroe and Lenawe, and the country attached to Lenawe, shall compose the fifth district, and shall be entitled to elect two members ... the counties of Cass, St. Joseph and Kalamazoo, and the country attached thereto, shall compose the sixth district, and be entitled to elect one member ... the counties of Chippewa, Michilimackinac, Brown, Crawford and Iowa shall compose the seventh district, and shall be entitled to elect two members of the legislative council.

Members [1]
DistrictCountyNameParty [4] Notes
1 Wayne John McDonell Democratic
Charles Moran Democratic [5]
Joseph Torrey Democratic [5]
2 Macomb

St. Clair

Alfred Ashley
3 Oakland Charles C. Hascall Democratic [5]
Roger Sprague
4 Washtenaw James Kingsley Democratic [5]
George Renwick Whig [5]
5 Lenawee

Monroe

Daniel S. Bacon Democratic [5]
Laurent Durocher Democratic
6 Cass

Kalamazoo

St. Joseph

Calvin Britain Democratic [5]
7 Brown

Chippewa

Crawford

Iowa

Michilimackinac

Henry Dodge DemocraticDid not appear at either session.
Morgan L. Martin Democratic

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Michigan Manual 1907, p. 132.
  2. ↑ 4  Stat.   200
  3. ↑ State of Michigan 1871, p. 897.
  4. ↑ Political parties were in flux early in the Second Party System. Affiliations for each individual are more general indicators of their politics, but they may not have had a declared allegiance during the Territorial Council. The Whig Party was only just beginning to form during the latter part of this Council.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Michigan Historical Commission 1924.

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