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.
Leadership and organization
John McDonell was president of the council, Edmund A. Brush secretary, and James T. Allen sergeant-at-arms.
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. The council apportioned the seats as follows in an 1831 act:
+MembersDistrictCountyNamePartyPolitical parties were in flux early in the Second Party System. Affiliations for each individual are more general indicators of their politics, but they may not have had a declared allegiance during the Territorial Council. The Whig Party was only just beginning to form during the latter part of this Council.Notes1WayneJohn McDonellDemocraticCharles MoranDemocraticJoseph TorreyDemocratic2Macomb St. ClairAlfred Ashley 3OaklandCharles C. HascallDemocraticRoger Sprague4WashtenawJames KingsleyDemocraticGeorge RenwickWhig5Lenawee MonroeDaniel S. BaconDemocraticLaurent DurocherDemocratic6Cass Kalamazoo
St. JosephCalvin BritainDemocratic7Brown Chippewa
Crawford
Iowa
MichilimackinacHenry DodgeDemocraticDid not appear at either session.Morgan L. MartinDemocratic
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