5th Minnesota Territorial Legislature
# 5th Minnesota Territorial Legislature

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.

## 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.

## Party summary

### Council

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Whig | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Begin | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 100% | 0% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |

### House of Representatives

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Republican | Whig | Unknown | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Begin | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 72% | 0% | 28% | 0% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 |

## Leadership

### President of the Council

    Samuel Baldwin Olmstead (D-Belle Prairie)

### Speaker of the House

    Nathan C. D. Taylor (D-Taylors Falls)

## Members

### Council

| Name | District | City | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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

| Name | District | City | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bartlett, Louis | 02 | Unknown | Democratic |
| Davis, William A. | 02 | Belle Plaine | Democratic |
| Day, John H. | 02 | Unknown | Whig |
| Fisher, John | 01 | Stillwater | Democratic |
| Fletcher, Hezekiah | 06 | Unknown | Democratic |
| Gardner, Cephas | 03 | Saint Anthony | Democratic |
| Lord, Orville M. | 04 | Minnesota City | Democratic |
| McKusick, William | 01 | Stillwater | Whig |
| Morrison, Donald G. | 07 | Unknown | Democratic |
| 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 |
