3rd Minnesota Territorial Legislature

The third Minnesota Territorial Legislature first convened on January 7, 1852. 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 14, 1851.

Third Minnesota Territorial Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body	Minnesota Territorial Legislature
Jurisdiction	Minnesota Territory, United States
Term	January 7, 1852 (1852-01-07) – January 5, 1853 (1853-01-05)
Minnesota Territorial Council
Members	9 Councillors
President	William Henry Forbes
Party control	Democratic Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members	18 Representatives
Speaker	John D. Ludden
Party control	Democratic Party

Sessions

The territorial legislature met in a regular session from January 7, 1852 to March 6, 1852. There were no special sessions of the third territorial legislature.^[1]

Party summary

Council

	Party[nb 1] (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total	Vacant
	Democratic	Whig
End of previous Legislature	6	3	9	0
Begin	7	2	9	0
Latest voting share	78%	22%
Beginning of the next Legislature	7	2	9	0

House of Representatives

	Party[nb 1] (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic	Whig	Unknown
End of previous Legislature	5	3	4	11	7
Begin	10	3	5	18	0
Latest voting share	56%	17%	28%
Beginning of the next Legislature	13	3	2	18	0

Leadership

President of the Council

William Henry Forbes (D-Saint Paul)^[2]

Speaker of the House

John D. Ludden (D-Marine)^[3]

Members

Council

Name	District	City	Party
Babcock, Lorenzo A.	04	Saint Paul	Whig
Farrington, George W.	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
Forbes, William Henry	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
Greeley, Elam	01	Stillwater	Democratic
Kittson, Norman Wolfred	07	Pembina	Democratic
Larned, William L.	03	Saint Anthony Falls	Democratic
Loomis, David B.	01	Marine	Whig
Lowry, Sylvanus B.	05	Watab	Democratic
McLeod, Martin	06	Bloomington	Democratic

House of Representatives

Name	District	City	Party
Beatty, James	05	Sauk Rapids	Unknown
Black, Mahlon	01	Stillwater	Democratic
Boal, James McClellan	06	Mendota	Whig
Cave, Charles S.	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
Day, David	05	Long Prairie	Whig
Farnham, Sumner W.	03	Saint Anthony Falls	Unknown
Findley, Samuel J.	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
Fullerton, Joseph E.	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
Gingras, Antoine Blanc	07	Saint Joseph	Democratic
Leavitt, Martin	01	Denmark	Unknown
Ludden, John Dwight	01	Marine	Democratic
Murphy, John H.	03	Saint Anthony	Whig
Murray, William Pitt	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
Randall, Benjamin H.	06	Fort Snelling	Democratic
Richards, Fordyce S.	04	Reads Landing	Unknown
Rolette, Joseph	07	Pembina	Democratic
Selby, Jeremiah W.	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
Taylor, Jesse	01	Stillwater	Unknown

Notes

1. Known party affiliations taken from the members' profiles in Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.