2nd Minnesota Territorial Legislature

The second Minnesota Territorial Legislature first convened on January 1, 1851. The 9 members of the Minnesota Territorial Council were elected during the General Election of August 1, 1849, and the 18 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of September 2, 1850.

Second Minnesota Territorial Legislature
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Overview
Legislative bodyMinnesota Territorial Legislature
JurisdictionMinnesota Territory, United States
TermJanuary 1, 1851 (1851-01-01) – January 7, 1852 (1852-01-07)
Minnesota Territorial Council
Members9 Councillors
PresidentDavid B. Loomis
Party controlDemocratic Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members18 Representatives
SpeakerMichael E. Ames
Party controlDemocratic Party

Sessions

The territorial legislature met in a regular session from January 1, 1851 to March 31, 1851. There were no special sessions of the second territorial legislature.[1]

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

Council
Party[nb 1]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total Vacant
Democratic Whig
End of previous Legislature 6 3 9 0
Begin 6 3 9 0
Latest voting share 67% 33%
Beginning of the next Legislature 7 2 9 0

House of Representatives
Party[nb 1]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total Vacant
Democratic Whig Unknown
End of previous Legislature 12 4 2 18 0
Begin 8 3 7 18 0
March 29, 1851 5 2 4 11 7
Latest voting share 45% 18% 36%
Beginning of the next Legislature 10 3 5 18 0

Leadership
President of the Council
David B. Loomis (W-Marine)[2]
Speaker of the House
Michael E. Ames (D-Stillwater)[3]

Members

Council
Name District City Party
Boal, James McClellan 03 Mendota Whig
Burkleo, Samuel 02 Stillwater Whig[nb 2]
Forbes, William Henry 03 Saint Paul Democratic
Loomis, David B. 04 Marine Whig
Martin McLeod 07 Bloomington Democratic[nb 3]
Norris, James S. 01 Cottage Grove Democratic
Olmsted, David 06 Long Prairie Democratic
Rollins, John 05 Saint Anthony Falls Democratic
Sturgis, William R. 06 Elk River Democratic

House of Representatives
Name District City Party
Ames, Michael E. 02 Stillwater Democratic
Brunson, Benjamin Wetherill 03 Saint Paul Whig
Faribault, Alexander 07 Mendota Unknown
Ford, John A. 01 Woodbury Democratic
Gilman, David 06 Watab Democratic
Ludden, John Dwight 04 Marine Unknown
North, John Wesley 05 Saint Anthony Falls Whig
Olmstead, Samuel Baldwin 06 Belle Prairie Democratic
Patch, Edward M. 05 Saint Anthony Falls Unknown
Ramsey, Justus Cornelius 03 Saint Paul Whig
Randall, Benjamin H. 07 Fort Snelling Democratic
Rice, Edmund 03 Saint Paul Democratic
Sloan, David T. 06 Buckman Unknown
Taylor, Jesse 02 Stillwater Unknown
Tilden, Henry L. 03 Saint Paul Unknown
Trask, Sylvanus 02 Stillwater Democratic
Warren, William Whipple 06 Crow Wing Unknown
Wells, James 01 Lake City Democratic

Membership changes

House of Representatives
District Vacator Reason for change Successor Date successor
seated
01 John A. Ford
(D)		 Resigned on March 29, 1851, along with six other members of the House of Representatives, in protest of the 1851 reapportionment bill, arguing that the census count was incorrect.[6] Remained vacant
06 David Gilman
(D)		 Resigned on March 29, 1851, along with six other members of the House of Representatives, in protest of the 1851 reapportionment bill, arguing that the census count was incorrect.[7] Remained vacant
05 John W. North
(W)		 Resigned on March 29, 1851, along with six other members of the House of Representatives, in protest of the 1851 reapportionment bill, arguing that the census count was incorrect.[8] Remained vacant
05 Edward M. Patch
(?)		 Resigned on March 29, 1851, along with six other members of the House of Representatives, in protest of the 1851 reapportionment bill, arguing that the census count was incorrect.[9] Remained vacant
03 Edmund Rice
(D)		 Resigned on March 29, 1851, along with six other members of the House of Representatives, in protest of the 1851 reapportionment bill, arguing that the census count was incorrect.[10] Remained vacant
06 David T. Sloan
(?)		 Resigned on March 29, 1851, along with six other members of the House of Representatives, in protest of the 1851 reapportionment bill, arguing that the census count was incorrect.[11] Remained vacant
06 William Whipple Warren
(?)		 Resigned on March 29, 1851, along with six other members of the House of Representatives, in protest of the 1851 reapportionment bill, arguing that the census count was incorrect.[12] Remained vacant

Notes
  1. Known party affiliations taken from the members' profiles in Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
  2. Minnesota Legislators Past & Present does not provide information on Samuel Burkleo's party affiliation; however, Samuel Burkleo signed on to an open letter from the Whig members of the legislature published in The Minnesota Pioneer newspaper[4] which would imply that Burkleo was a Whig.
  3. Minnesota Legislators Past & Present does not provide information on Martin McLeod's party affiliation; however, it has been documented that McLeod was a close political ally of Democratic future-Governor Henry Hastings Sibley,[5] which fact would imply that McLeod was a Democrat.

References
  1. "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  2. "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  3. "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  4. "Circular of the Whig Members of the Legislature in Relation to the Disposition of the Public Printing". The Minnesota Pioneer. 13 February 1851. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  5. Davis, Jane Spector (1968). "Guide to a Microfilm Edition of The Henry Hastings Sibley Papers" (PDF). St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 15. Retrieved 15 November 2016. ... Three of Sibley's fur trade associates—Joseph R. Brown, William H. Forbes, and Martin McLeod—were now his political allies ...
  6. "Ford, John A." Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  7. "Gilman, David "Daniel"". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  8. "North, John Wesley". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  9. "Patch, Edward M." Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  10. "Rice, Edmund". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  11. "Sloan, David T. "D.T."". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  12. "Warren, William Whipple". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
Preceded by
First Minnesota Territorial Legislature		 Second Minnesota Territorial Legislature
1851		 Succeeded by
Third Minnesota Territorial Legislature
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