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2nd Minnesota Territorial Legislature

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Members
  
9 Councillors

Party control
  
Democratic Party

President
  
David B. Loomis

Members
  
18 Representatives

Jurisdiction
  
Minnesota Territory, United States

Term
  
January 1, 1851 (1851-01-01) – January 7, 1852 (1852-01-07)

The second Minnesota Territorial Legislature first convened on January 1, 1851. The 9 members of the Minnesota Territorial Council were elected during the General Election of August 1, 1849, and the 18 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of September 2, 1850.

Contents

Sessions

The territorial legislature met in a regular session from January 1, 1851 to March 31, 1851. There were no special sessions of the second territorial legislature.

Party summary

Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.

Leadership

President of the Council
David B. Loomis (W-Marine)
Speaker of the House
Michael E. Ames (D-Stillwater)

References

2nd Minnesota Territorial Legislature Wikipedia