2nd Michigan Territorial Council

The Second 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 November 2, 1826, and April 13, 1827, during the term of Lewis Cass as territorial governor.[1]

2nd Michigan Territorial Council
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Overview
Legislative bodyMichigan Territorial Council
JurisdictionMichigan Territory, United States
Meeting placeDetroit
TermNovember 2, 1826 (1826-11-02) – April 13, 1827 (1827-04-13)
Election1825 Michigan Territorial Council election
Michigan Territorial Council
Members13 members
PresidentAbraham Edwards
Sessions
1stNovember 2, 1826 – December 30, 1826
2ndJanuary 1, 1827 – April 13, 1827

Leadership and organization

Abraham Edwards was president of the council; John P. Sheldon, Edmund A. Brush, and Randall S. Rice clerks; and William Meldrum sergeant-at-arms.[1]

Members

A February 5, 1825, act of the United States Congress expanded the size of the council from 9 to 13 members. Members were appointed by the president of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate, from a list of 26 people chosen in a general election.[2] The council apportioned the 26 people, and thus the 13 seats,[3] among the territory's counties in an act on April 13, 1825.[4]

Members[1]
District Counties Name Party Notes
1 Wayne Henry Connor
Abraham Edwards
Robert A. Forsyth
John McDonell Democratic Seated November 16, 1826.
2 Monroe Laurent Durocher Democratic
Hubert Lacroix
Wolcott Lawrence
3 Oakland Sidney Dole
William F. Moseley Seated November 6, 1826.
4 Macomb William A. Burt
John Stockton
5 St. Clair Zephaniah W. Bunce Seated November 21, 1826.
6 Brown

Crawford

Michilimackinac

 Robert Irwin Jr. Seated November 10, 1826.

Notes
  1. Legislative Council 2017, p. 250.
  2. An Act in addition to an act, entitled "An act to amend the ordinance and acts of Congress for the government of the territory of Michigan," and for other purposes, 4 Stat. 80 (1825)
  3. The wording of the February 5, 1825, act does not explicitly say that the president must choose the 13 members according to the same apportionment as the 26 names he received, but that appears to be what happened, as each district had half as many members as people it nominated.
  4. An Act to provide for the election of members of the Legislative Council, approved April 13, 1825, State of Michigan 1874, pp. 259–260.

References
  • Journal of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan: First Session—Second Council, Monroe, Michigan: Edward D. Ellis, 1826, retrieved 2019-10-04 – via HathiTrust
  • Journal of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan: Second Session—Second Council, Monroe, Michigan: Edward D. Ellis, 1827, retrieved 2019-10-04 – via HathiTrust
  • Legislative Council, State of Michigan (2017), Michigan Manual (2017–2018 ed.), Lansing: Legislative Service Bureau, ISBN 1-878210-06-8, retrieved 2019-10-04
  • State of Michigan (1874), Laws of the Territory of Michigan, 2, Lansing: W. S. George, retrieved 2019-10-04
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