5th Minnesota Territorial Legislature

The fifth Minnesota Territorial Legislature first convened on January 4, 1854. 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 12, 1853.

Fifth Minnesota Territorial Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body	Minnesota Territorial Legislature
Jurisdiction	Minnesota Territory, United States
Term	January 4, 1854 (1854-01-04) – January 3, 1855 (1855-01-03)
Minnesota Territorial Council
Members	9 Councillors
President	Samuel Baldwin Olmstead
Party control	Democratic Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members	18 Representatives
Speaker	Nathan C. D. Taylor
Party control	Democratic Party

Sessions

The territorial legislature met in a regular session from January 4, 1854 to March 4, 1854. There were no special sessions of the fifth 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	9	0	9	0
Latest voting share	100%	0%
Beginning of the next Legislature	9	0	9	0

House of Representatives

	Party[nb 1] (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total	Vacant
	Democratic	Republican	Whig	Unknown
End of previous Legislature	13	0	3	2	18	0
Begin	13	0	5	0	18	0
Latest voting share	72%	0%	28%	0%
Beginning of the next Legislature	13	1	0	4	18	0

Leadership

President of the Council

Samuel Baldwin Olmstead (D-Belle Prairie)^[2]

Speaker of the House

Nathan C. D. Taylor (D-Taylors Falls)^[3]

Members

Council

Name	District	City	Party
Brown, Joseph Renshaw	06	Henderson	Democratic
Freeborn, William	04	Red Wing	Democratic
Kittson, Norman Wolfred	07	Pembina	Democratic
Mower, John E.	01	Stillwater	Democratic
Murray, William Pitt	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
Olmstead, Samuel Baldwin	05	Belle Prairie	Democratic
Stearns, Charles Thomas	03	Saint Anthony	Democratic
Stimson, Albert	01	Stillwater	Democratic
Van Etten, Isaac	02	Saint Paul	Democratic

House of Representatives

Name	District	City	Party
Bartlett, Louis	02	Unknown	Democratic
Davis, William A.	02	Belle Plaine	Democratic
Day, John H.	02	Unknown	Whig
Fisher, John	01	Stillwater	Democratic
Fletcher, Hezekiah	06	Unknown	Democratic
Gardner, Cephas	03	Saint Anthony	Democratic
Lord, Orville M.	04	Minnesota City	Democratic
McKusick, William	01	Stillwater	Whig
Morrison, Donald G.	07	Unknown	Democratic
Nobles, William H.	06	Saint Paul	Whig
Noot, William	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
Plummer, Henry S.	03	Saint Anthony	Whig
Richardson, Reuben M.	05	Sauk Rapids	Democratic
Rolette, Joseph	07	Pembina	Democratic
Roy, Peter	05	Belle Plaine	Democratic
Sloan, Levi	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
Taylor, Nathan C. D.	01	Taylors Falls	Democratic
Watson, Robert	01	Cottage Grove	Whig

Notes

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