8th Minnesota Territorial Legislature

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Eighth Minnesota Territorial Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body Minnesota Territorial Legislature
Jurisdiction Minnesota Territory, United States
TermJanuary 7, 1857 (1857-01-07) – December 2, 1857 (1857-12-02)
Minnesota Territorial Council
Members15 Councillors
President John B. Brisbin
Party control Democratic Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members38 Representatives
Speaker Joseph W. Furber
Party control Republican Party

The 8th Minnesota Territorial Legislature first convened on January 7, 1857. The 15 members of the Minnesota Territorial Council were elected during the General Election of October 9, 1855, and the 38 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of October 14, 1856. The 8th territorial legislature was the final territorial legislature held before the Territory of Minnesota was dissolved and Minnesota was admitted as a state.

Contents

Sessions

The territorial legislature met in a regular session from January 7, 1857 to March 7, 1857. A special session was convened from April 27, 1857 to May 25, 1857 to consider various matters which had not been acted upon during the regular session, including numerous incorporations, as well as to provide for the payment of the expenses of the constitutional convention which convened to draft the Constitution of the State of Minnesota roughly two weeks after the special session adjourned. [1]

Party summary

Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.

Council

Party [nb 1]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
TotalVacant
Democratic Republican Unknown
End of previous Legislature 624123
Begin654150
Latest voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature 20170370

House of Representatives

Party [nb 1]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
TotalVacant
Democratic Republican Unknown
End of previous Legislature 19119380
Begin18200380
January 22, 1857 [nb 2] 1939
March 7, 1857 [nb 3] 19381
April 27, 185720390
Latest voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature 43370800

Leadership

President of the Council
John B. Brisbin (D-Saint Paul) [4]
Speaker of the House
Joseph W. Furber (R-Cottage Grove) [5]

Members

Council

NameDistrictCityParty
Bailly, Henry G. 06 Hastings Democratic
Balcombe, St. Andre Durand 09 Winona Republican
Bassett, Joel B. 11 Minneapolis Republican
Brisbin, John B. 02 Saint Paul Democratic
Dooley, Samuel 06 Louisville Unknown
Freeborn, William 04 Red Wing Democratic
Humphrey, Philander P. 10 Oshawa [6] Republican
Lowry, William D. 09 Rochester Unknown
Ludden, John Dwight 01 Taylors Falls Democratic
Rolette, Joseph 07 Pembina Democratic
Setzer, Henry N. 01 Stillwater Democratic
Stone, Lewis 05 Royalton Unknown
Thompson, Clark W. 08 Hokah Republican
Tillotson, Benjamin F. 08 Richland Unknown
Wales, William W. 03 Saint Anthony Republican

House of Representatives

NameDistrictCityParty
Abbe, Samuel B. 05 Saint Paul Democratic
Adams, Charles Powell 06 Hastings Democratic
Baasen, Francis 10 New Ulm Democratic
Barrows, Eli B. 09 Pleasant Grove Democratic
Berry, John McDonogh 08 Faribault Republican
Black, Mahlon 01 Stillwater Democratic
Branch, William 02 Saint Paul Republican
Brown, Joseph Renshaw 10 Henderson Democratic
Brown, Luther M. 06 Shakopee Republican
Case, Dana F. 08 Houston Republican
Chamblin, Allen T. 02 Saint Paul Democratic
Chase, Jonathan N. 03 Saint Anthony Republican
Costello, William 02 Saint Paul Democratic
Foster, Alonzo P. 09 Plainview Republican
Furber, Joseph Warren 01 Cottage Grove Republican
Gere, William B. 08 Chatfield Democratic
Grant, Charles 07 Saint Joseph Democratic
Greeley, Elam 01 Stillwater Democratic
Hayden, Wentworth 11 Champlin Republican
Hechtman, Henry 03 Minneapolis Republican
Howell, Warren J. 08 Canton Republican
Jewett, Charles 06 Warsaw Republican
Keith, Asa 11 Richfield Republican
King, Ephraim L. 09 Winona Republican
Kingsbury, William W. 05 Endion Democratic
McVey, John J. 06 Marshan Democratic
Murray, William Pitt 02 Saint Paul Democratic
Noble, Morgan L. 06UnknownRepublican
Payne, Nelson 04UnknownDemocratic
Plumer, John P. 11 Brooklyn Republican
Ramsey, Justus Cornelius 02 Saint Paul Republican
Smith, Delano T. 11 Minneapolis Republican
Stannard, Lucius K. 01 Taylors Falls Republican
Sweeney, William Wilson 04 Red Wing Democratic
Thomas, Ozro A. 10 Clinton Falls Republican
Thompson, Martin G. 08 Brownsville Republican
Troll, John M. 11 Chaska Republican
Whitlock, Friend J. 06 Belle Plaine Democratic
Wilkie, John B. 07 Pembina Democratic
Wilson, John L. 05 Saint Cloud Democratic

Membership changes

House of Representatives

DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate successor
seated
06 Morgan Noble
(R)		Resigned on a date uncertain. [3] Charles Jewett
(R)		April 27, 1857 [7]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Known party affiliations taken from the members' profiles in Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
  2. ↑ On January 22, 1857, Joseph R. Brown was admitted as a member of the House. He appears to have been admitted as an additional member, as both of the other members from his district (Francis Baasen and Ozro A. Thomas) continue to appear in the journal as members after the date on which J.R. Brown was sworn in. [2]
  3. ↑ The date of Morgan L. Noble's resignation is uncertain. Minnesota Legislators Past & Present lists the date of the end of the regular session. [3]

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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. ↑ "Journal of the House of Representatives of the Territory of Minnesota, During the Eighth Session of the Legislative Assembly, Begun and Held at St. Paul, Wednesday, Jan, 7th, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Seven". Territorial Printer. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Noble, Morgan". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Philander P. Humphrey, Minnesota Legislators Past and Present
  7. ↑ "Jewett, Charles". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
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