1st Minnesota Territorial Legislature

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| body = Minnesota Territorial Legislature

| country = United States

| state = Minnesota Territory

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| term_start = {{Start date|1849|09|03}}

| term_end = {{End date|1851|01|01}}

| before = 5th Wisconsin Territorial Assembly

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| chamber1 = Minnesota Territorial Council

| membership1 = 9 Councillors

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| control1 = Democratic Party

| chamber1_leader1_type = President

| chamber1_leader1 = David Olmsted

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| membership2 = 18 Representatives

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| control2 = Democratic Party

| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker

| chamber2_leader1 = Joseph W. Furber

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/sessions.aspx|title=Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present.|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=9 November 2016}}

Party summary

= Council =

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style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! rowspan=3 \| ! colspan=2 \| Party{{#tag:ref\|Known party affiliations taken from the members' profiles in [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present].\|name="affiliations"\|group="nb"}} (Shading indicates majority caucus) ! rowspan=3 \| Total ! rowspan=3 \| Vacant
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Democratic ! Whig
style="font-size:80%" \| Begin \| {{party shading/Democratic}} \| 6 \| 3 ! 9 \| 0
Latest voting share ! {{percentage\|6\|9\|0}} ! {{percentage\|3\|9\|0}} ! colspan=2 \|
colspan=5 \|
style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"\| Beginning of the next Legislature \| {{party shading/Democratic}} \| 6 \| 3 ! 9 \| 0

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! rowspan=3 |

! colspan=2 | Party{{#tag:ref|Known party affiliations taken from the members' profiles in [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present].|name="affiliations"|group="nb"}}

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

! rowspan=3 | Total

! rowspan=3 | Vacant

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| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

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Democratic

! Whig

style="font-size:80%" | Begin

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6

| 3

! 9

| 0

Latest voting share

! {{percentage|6|9|0}}

! {{percentage|3|9|0}}

! colspan=2 |

colspan=5 |

style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6

| 3

! 9

| 0

= House of Representatives =

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! rowspan=3 \| ! colspan=3 \| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) ! rowspan=3 \| Total ! rowspan=3 \| Vacant
style="height:5px" \| style="background-color:{{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}}" \| \| style="background-color:{{party color\|Whig Party (United States)}}" \| \| style="background-color:{{party color\|Unknown Party (United States)}}" \|
Democratic ! Whig ! Unknown
style="font-size:80%" \| Begin \| {{party shading/Democratic}} \| 12 \| 4 \| 2 ! 18 \| 0
Latest voting share ! {{percentage\|12\|18\|0}} ! {{percentage\|4\|18\|0}} ! {{percentage\|2\|18\|0}} ! colspan=2 \|
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style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"\| Beginning of the next Legislature \| {{party shading/Democratic}}\|8 \| 3 \| 7 ! 18 \| 0

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style="vertical-align:bottom;"

! rowspan=3 |

! colspan=3 | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

! rowspan=3 | Total

! rowspan=3 | Vacant

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| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

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Democratic

! Whig

! Unknown

style="font-size:80%" | Begin

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 12

| 4

| 2

! 18

| 0

Latest voting share

! {{percentage|12|18|0}}

! {{percentage|4|18|0}}

! {{percentage|2|18|0}}

! colspan=2 |

colspan=6 |

style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|8

| 3

| 7

! 18

| 0

Leadership

;President of the Council

:David Olmsted (D-Long Prairie){{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/spres.aspx|title=President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=9 November 2016}}

;Speaker of the House

:Joseph W. Furber (W-Cottage Grove){{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/speakers.aspx|title=Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=9 November 2016}}

Members

= Council =

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! Name

! District

! City

! Party

| Boal, James McClellan

| 03

| St. Paul

| Whig

| Burkleo, Samuel

| 02

| Stillwater

| Whig{{#tag:ref|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{{Cite news|date=13 February 1851|title=Circular of the Whig Members of the Legislature in Relation to the Disposition of the Public Printing|work=The Minnesota Pioneer|url=https://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/lccn/sn83025241/1851-02-13/ed-1/seq-1|access-date=2 May 2020}} which would imply that Burkleo was a Whig.|name="burkleo_party"|group="nb"}}

| Forbes, William Henry

| 03

| Saint Paul

| Democratic

| Loomis, David B.

| 04

| Marine

| Whig

| Martin McLeod

| 07

| Bloomington

| Democratic{{#tag:ref|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,{{cite web |url=http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/m0164.pdf |title=Guide to a Microfilm Edition of The Henry Hastings Sibley Papers |last=Davis |first=Jane Spector |year=1968 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |location=St. Paul |page=15 |access-date=15 November 2016 |

quote=... Three of Sibley's fur trade associates—Joseph R. Brown, William H. Forbes, and Martin McLeod—were now his political allies ... }} which fact would imply that McLeod was a Democrat.|name="mcleod_party"|group="nb"}}

| 01

| Democratic

| 06

| Democratic

| 05

| Saint Anthony Falls

| Democratic

| Sturgis, William R.

| 06

| Elk River

| Democratic

= House of Representatives =

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! 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

| Whig

| 03

| Democratic

| 05

| Democratic

| Furber, Joseph Warren

| 01

| Whig

| 06

| Democratic

| 03

| Democratic

| Johnson, Parsons King

| 03

| Saint Paul

| Democratic

| Marshall, William Rainey

| 05

| Saint Anthony Falls

| Democratic

| 06

| Democratic

| 07

| Unknown

| 06

| Unknown

| 04

| Democratic

| 02

| Democratic

| 01

| Democratic

| Wilkinson, Morton Smith

| 02

| Stillwater

| Whig

Notes

References

[https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&q=&gender=&sess=0.1&body=Senate Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 0.1, Senate)]
[https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&q=&gender=&sess=0.1&body=House Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 0.1, House)]

{{Succession box

| title = First Minnesota Territorial Legislature

| before = None

| after = Second Minnesota Territorial Legislature

| years = 1849

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