5th Michigan Territorial Council

The Fifth Michigan Territorial Council was a meeting of the legislative body governing Michigan Territory, known formally as the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan. The council met in Detroit in two regular sessions between May 1, 1832, and April 23, 1833, during the term of George B. Porter as territorial governor.[1]

5th Michigan Territorial Council
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The Territorial Courthouse in Detroit, later the State Capitol and then a school
Overview
Legislative bodyMichigan Territorial Council
JurisdictionMichigan Territory, United States
Meeting placeTerritorial Courthouse, Detroit
TermMay 1, 1832 (1832-05-01) – April 23, 1833 (1833-04-23)
Michigan Territorial Council
Members13 members
PresidentJohn McDonell
Sessions
1stMay 1, 1832 – June 29, 1832
2ndJanuary 1, 1833 – April 23, 1833

Leadership and organization

John McDonell was president of the council, Edmund A. Brush secretary, and James T. Allen sergeant-at-arms.[1]

Members

A January 1827 act of the United States Congress provided for the direct election of a 13-member legislative council by the people of the territory; the same act gave the council responsibility for determining the apportionment of seats.[2] The council apportioned the seats as follows in an 1828 act:[3]

... the county of Wayne shall form the first electoral district, and shall be entitled to elect three members ... the counties of Macomb and St. Clair shall compose the second district, and shall be entitled to elect one member ... the county of Oakland, and the country attached thereto, shall compose the third district, and shall be entitled to elect two members ... the county of Washtenaw, and the country attached thereto, shall compose the fourth district, and shall be entitled to elect two members ... the counties of Monroe and Lenawe, and the country attached to Lenawe, shall compose the fifth district, and shall be entitled to elect two members ... the counties of Cass, St. Joseph and Kalamazoo, and the country attached thereto, shall compose the sixth district, and be entitled to elect one member ... the counties of Chippewa, Michilimackinac, Brown, Crawford and Iowa shall compose the seventh district, and shall be entitled to elect two members of the legislative council.

Members[1]
District County Name Party Notes
1 Wayne John McDonell Democratic
Charles Moran Democratic
Joseph Torrey
2 Macomb

St. Clair

 Alfred Ashley
3 Oakland Charles C. Hascall Democratic
Roger Sprague
4 Washtenaw James Kingsley
George Renwick
5 Lenawee

Monroe

 Daniel S. Bacon
Laurent Durocher Democratic
6 Cass

Kalamazoo

St. Joseph

 Calvin Britain Democratic
7 Brown

Chippewa

Crawford

Iowa

Michilimackinac

 Henry Dodge Democratic Did not appear at either session.
Morgan L. Martin Democratic

Notes
  1. Michigan Manual 1907, p. 132.
  2. 4 Stat. 200
  3. State of Michigan 1871, p. 897.

References
  • Journal of the Legislative Council of Michigan: First Session—Fifth Council, Detroit: George L. Whitney, 1832, retrieved 2019-10-04 – via HathiTrust
  • Journal of the Legislative Council of Michigan: Second Session—Fifth Council, Detroit: George L. Whitney, 1833, retrieved 2019-10-04 – via HathiTrust
  • Michigan Manual (1907–1908 ed.), Lansing: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford, 1907, retrieved 2019-10-04
  • State of Michigan (1871), Laws of the Territory of Michigan, vol. 3, Lansing: W. S. George, retrieved 2019-01-01
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