1st Minnesota Territorial Legislature
# 1st Minnesota Territorial Legislature

The 1st Minnesota Territorial Legislature first convened on September 3, 1849. 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 August 1, 1849.

## Sessions

The territorial legislature met in a regular session from September 3, 1849, to November 1, 1849. There were no special sessions of the first territorial legislature.

## Party summary

### Council

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Whig | Total | Vacant |
| Begin | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 67% | 33% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 |

### House of Representatives

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Whig | Unknown | Total | Vacant |
| Begin | 12 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 67% | 22% | 11% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 8 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 0 |

## Leadership

### President of the Council

    David Olmsted (D-Long Prairie)

### Speaker of the House

    Joseph W. Furber (W-Cottage Grove)

## Members

### Council

| Name | District | City | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Boal, James McClellan | 03 | St. Paul | Whig |
| Burkleo, Samuel | 02 | Stillwater | Whig |
| Forbes, William Henry | 03 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Loomis, David B. | 04 | Marine | Whig |
| Martin McLeod | 07 | Bloomington | Democratic |
| 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Babcock, Lorenzo A. | 06 | Sauk Rapids | Whig |
| Bailly, Alexis | 07 | Mendota | Democratic |
| Black, Mahlon | 02 | Stillwater | Democratic |
| Brunson, Benjamin Wetherill | 03 | Saint Paul | Whig |
| Dewey, John J. | 03 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Dugas, William | 05 | Little Canada | Democratic |
| Furber, Joseph Warren | 01 | Cottage Grove | Whig |
| Holmes, Thomas A. | 06 | Sauk Rapids | Democratic |
| Jackson, Henry | 03 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Johnson, Parsons King | 03 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Marshall, William Rainey | 05 | Saint Anthony Falls | Democratic |
| Morrison, Allan | 06 | Crow Wing | Democratic |
| Pond, Gideon H. | 07 | Oak Grove | Unknown |
| Russell, Jeremiah | 06 | Crow Wing | Unknown |
| Setzer, Henry N. | 04 | Stillwater | Democratic |
| Trask, Sylvanus | 02 | Stillwater | Democratic |
| Wells, James | 01 | Lake City | Democratic |
| Wilkinson, Morton Smith | 02 | Stillwater | Whig |
