title: 1st Minnesota Territorial Legislature
text: # 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 |
  