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First Minnesota Territorial Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body	Minnesota Territorial Legislature
Jurisdiction	Minnesota Territory, United States
Term	September 3, 1849 (1849-09-03) – January 1, 1851 (1851-01-01)
Minnesota Territorial Council
Members	9 Councillors
President	David Olmsted
Party control	Democratic Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members	18 Representatives
Speaker	Joseph W. Furber
Party control	Democratic Party

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

House of Representatives

Leadership

President of the Council

David Olmsted (D-Long Prairie)

Speaker of the House

Joseph W. Furber (W-Cottage Grove)

Members

Council

House of Representatives

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 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, 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 November 9, 2016.
2. "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
3. "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
4. "Circular of the Whig Members of the Legislature in Relation to the Disposition of the Public Printing". The Minnesota Pioneer. February 13, 1851. Retrieved May 2, 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 November 15, 2016. ... Three of Sibley's fur trade associates—Joseph R. Brown, William H. Forbes, and Martin McLeod—were now his political allies ...

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