5th Minnesota Territorial Legislature

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Fifth Minnesota Territorial Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body Minnesota Territorial Legislature
Jurisdiction Minnesota Territory, United States
TermJanuary 4, 1854 (1854-01-04) – January 3, 1855 (1855-01-03)
Minnesota Territorial Council
Members9 Councillors
President Samuel Baldwin Olmstead
Party control Democratic Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members18 Representatives
Speaker Nathan C. D. Taylor
Party control Democratic Party

The fifth Minnesota Territorial Legislature first convened on January 4, 1854. 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 October 12, 1853.

Contents

Sessions

The territorial legislature met in a regular session from January 4, 1854 to March 4, 1854. There were no special sessions of the fifth territorial legislature. [1]

Party summary

Council

Party [nb 1]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
TotalVacant
Democratic Whig
End of previous Legislature 7290
Begin9090
Latest voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature 9090

House of Representatives

Party [nb 1]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
TotalVacant
Democratic Republican Whig Unknown
End of previous Legislature 13032180
Begin13050180
Latest voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature 13104180

Leadership

President of the Council
Samuel Baldwin Olmstead (D-Belle Prairie) [2]
Speaker of the House
Nathan C. D. Taylor (D-Taylors Falls) [3]

Members

Council

NameDistrictCityParty
Brown, Joseph Renshaw 06 Henderson Democratic
Freeborn, William 04 Red Wing Democratic
Kittson, Norman Wolfred 07 Pembina Democratic
Mower, John E. 01 Stillwater Democratic
Murray, William Pitt 02 Saint Paul Democratic
Olmstead, Samuel Baldwin 05 Belle Prairie Democratic
Stearns, Charles Thomas 03 Saint Anthony Democratic
Stimson, Albert 01 Stillwater Democratic
Van Etten, Isaac 02 Saint Paul Democratic

House of Representatives

NameDistrictCityParty
Bartlett, Louis 02UnknownDemocratic
Davis, William A. 02 Belle Plaine Democratic
Day, John H. 02UnknownWhig
Fisher, John 01 Stillwater Democratic
Fletcher, Hezekiah 06UnknownDemocratic
Gardner, Cephas 03 Saint Anthony Democratic
Lord, Orville M. 04 Minnesota City Democratic
McKusick, William 01 Stillwater Whig
Morrison, Donald G. 07UnknownDemocratic
Nobles, William H. 06 Saint Paul Whig
Noot, William 02 Saint Paul Democratic
Plummer, Henry S. 03 Saint Anthony Whig
Richardson, Reuben M. 05 Sauk Rapids Democratic
Rolette, Joseph 07 Pembina Democratic
Roy, Peter 05 Belle Plaine Democratic
Sloan, Levi 02 Saint Paul Democratic
Taylor, Nathan C. D. 01 Taylors Falls Democratic
Watson, Robert 01 Cottage Grove Whig

Notes

  1. 1 2 Known party affiliations taken from the members' profiles in Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.

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References

  1. "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  2. "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  3. "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
Preceded by Fifth Minnesota Territorial Legislature
1854
Succeeded by