4th Minnesota Territorial Legislature

The fourth Minnesota Territorial Legislature first convened on January 5, 1853. The 9 members of the Minnesota Territorial Council were elected during the General Election of October 14, 1851, and the 18 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of October 12, 1852.

Fourth Minnesota Territorial Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body	Minnesota Territorial Legislature
Jurisdiction	Minnesota Territory, United States
Term	January 5, 1853 (1853-01-05) – January 4, 1854 (1854-01-04)
Minnesota Territorial Council
Members	9 Councillors
President	Martin McLeod
Party control	Democratic Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members	18 Representatives
Speaker	David Day
Party control	Democratic Party

Sessions

The territorial legislature met in a regular session from January 5, 1853, to March 5, 1853. There were no special sessions of the fourth territorial legislature.^[1]

Party summary

Council

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

House of Representatives

	Party[nb 1] (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic	Whig	Unknown
End of previous Legislature	10	3	5	18	0
Begin	13	3	2	18	0
Latest voting share	72%	17%	11%
Beginning of the next Legislature	13	5	0	18	0

Leadership

President of the Council

Martin McLeod (D-Bloomington)^[2]

Speaker of the House

David Day (W-Long Prairie)^[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
Ames, Alfred Elisha	06	Saint Anthony	Democratic
Day, David	05	Long Prairie	Whig
Dutton, George Brintnall	03	Saint Anthony	Unknown
Gingras, Antoine Blanc	07	Saint Joseph	Democratic
Lott, Bushrod Washington	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
Ludden, John Dwight	01	Marine	Democratic
McKee, J.	05	Unknown	Unknown
Murray, William Pitt	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
Noot, William	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
Oliver, Louis M.	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
Ramsey, Justus Cornelius	02	Saint Paul	Whig
Randall, Benjamin H.	06	Fort Snelling	Democratic
Rolette, Joseph	07	Pembina	Democratic
Russell, Roswell P.	03	Saint Anthony	Democratic
Stimson, Albert	01	Stillwater	Democratic
Truax, Caleb	01	Point Douglas	Democratic
Wells, James	04	Lake City	Democratic
Wilcox, N. Green	01	Stillwater	Whig

Notes

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