LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

FIRST APPORTIONMENT.

On July 7, 1849, Gov. Alex. Ramsey, by proclamation, fixed the following council districts for the Territory, which had not then been divided into counties;

No. 1. The St. Croix precinct of St. Croix county, and the settlements on the west bank of the Mississippi south of Crow village to the Iowa line. 2. The Stillwater precinct of the county of St. Croix. 3. The St. Paul precinct (except Little Canada settlement). 4. Marine Mills, Falls of St. Croix, Rush Lake, Rice River and Snake River precincts, of St. Croix county and La Pointe county. 5. The Falls of St. Anthony precinct and the Little Canada settlement. 6. The Sauk Rapids and Crow Wing precincts, of St. Croix county, and all settlements west of the Mississippi and north of the Osakis river, and a line thence west to the British line. 7. The country and settlements west of the Mississippi not included in districts 1 and 6.

Total: Council, 9 members; house, 18 members.

FIRST LEGISLATURE.-1849. Assembled September 3; adjourned November 1. COUNCIL.-David Olmsted, of Long Prairie, President.

1. James S. Norris. 2. Samuel Burkleo. 3. William H. Forbes, James McC. Boal. 4. David B. Loomis. 5. John Rollins. 6. David Olmsted, William R. Sturges. 7. Martin McLeod.

HOUSE.-Joseph W. Furber, of Washington County, Speaker.

1. Joseph W. Furber, James Wells. 2. M. S. Wilkinson, Sylvanus Trask Mahlon Black. 3. Benj. W. Brunson, Henry Jackson, John J. Dewey, Parsons K. Johnson. 4. Henry F. Setzer. 5. William R. Marshall, William Dugas. 6. Jeremiah Russell, Allen Morrison, Lorenzo A. Babcock, Thomas A. Holmes. 7. Alexis Bailly, Gideon H. Pond.

SECOND LEGISLATURE.-1851. Assembled January 1; adjourned March 31.
COUNCIL.-David B. Loomis, of Washington county, President.

1. James S. Norris. 2. Samuel Burkleo. 3. William H. Forbes, James McC. Boal. 4. David B. Loomis. 5. John Rollins. 6. David Olmsted, William R. Sturges. 7. Martin McLeod.

HOUSE.-Michael E. Ames, of Washington county, Speaker.

1. John A. Ford, James Wells. 2. Michael E. Ames, Sylvanus Trask, Jesse Taylor. 3. Benj. W. Brunson, J. C. Ramsey, Edmund Rice, H. L. Tilden. 4. John D. Ludden. 5. John W. North, E. Patch. 6. David Gilman, S. B. Olmsted, W. W. Warren, D. T. Sloan. 7. B. H. Randall, Alex. Faribault.

APPORTIONMENT OF 1851.

The Territory, having been divided into counties, it was apportioned by the second legislature into council districts, as follows: 1. Washington, Itasca and Chisago counties. 2. Precincts of St. Paul and Little Canada. 3. Precincts of St. Anthony Falls. 4. Counties of Wabasha and Washington and precincts of St. Paul and Little Canada jointly (Wabasha county to be one representative district). 5. Benton and Cass counties. 6. Dakota county. 7. Pembina county.

THIRD LEGISLATURE.-1852. Assembled January 7; adjourned March 6.
COUNCIL.-William H. Forbes, of Ramsey county, President.

1. Elam Greeley, David B. Loomis. 2. George W. Farrington, William H. Forbes. 3. William L. Larned. 4. Lorenzo A. Babcock. 5. Sylvanus B. Lowry. 6. Martin McLeod. 7. Norman W. Kittson.

HOUSE.-John D. Ludden, of Washington county, Speaker.

1. Martin Leavitt, Mahlon Black, Jesse Taylor, John D. Ludden. 2. Charles S. Cave, W. P. Murray, Samuel J. Findley, Jeremiah W. Selby, Joseph E. Fullerton. 3. Sumner W. Farnham, John H. Murphy. 4. Fordyce S. Richards. 5. James Beatty, David Day. 6. James McC. Boal, Benj. H. Randall. 7. Joseph Rolette, Antoine Gingras.

FOURTH LEGISLATURE.-1853. Assembled January 5; adjourned March 5.
COUNCIL.-Martin McLeod, of Lac qui Parle, President.

1. Elam Greeley, D. B. Loomis. 2. George W. Farrington, William H. Forbes. 3. William L. Larned. 4. L. A. Babcock. 5. S. B. Lowry. 6. Martin McLeod. 7. N. W. Kittson.

HOUSE.-David Day, of Long Prairie, Speaker.

1. N. Green Wilcox, John D. Ludden, Albert Stimson, Caleb Traux. 2. Wm. P. Murray, B. W. Lott, J. C. Ramsey, L. M. Oliver, Wm. Noot. 3. R. P. Russell, G. B. Dutton. 4. James Wells. 5. David Day, J. McKee. 6. A. E. Ames, B. H. Randall. 7. Joseph Rolette, Antoine Gingras.

FIFTH LEGISLATURE.-1854. Assembled January 4; adjourned March 4.
COUNCIL.-S. Baldwin Olmstead, of Belle Prairie, President.

1. John E. Mower. Albert Stimson. 2. Wm. P. Murray, Isaac Van Etten. 3. Charles T. Stearns. 4. Wm. Freeborn. 5. S. B. Olmstead. 6. Joseph R. Brown. 7. Norman W. Kittson.

HOUSE.-N. C. D. Taylor, of Chisago county, Speaker.

1. John Fisher, N. C. D. Taylor, Robert Watson, William McKusick. 2. Wm. Noot, Wm. A. Davis, Louis Bartlett, John H. Day, Levi Sloan. 3. Cephas Gardner, Henry S. Plummer. 4. O. M. Lord. 5. R. M. Richardson, Peter Roy. 6. Hezekiah Fletcher, Wm H. Nobles. 7. Joseph Rolette, Donald G. Morrison.

SIXTH LEGISLATURE.-1855. Assembled January 3; adjourned March 3.
COUNCIL.-Wm. P. Murray, of Ramsey county, President.

1. John E. Mower, Albert Stimson. 2. Wm. P. Murray, Isaac Van Etten. 3. Charles T. Stearns. 4. William Freeborn. 5. S. B. Olmstead. 6. Joseph R. Brown. 7. N. W. Kittson.

HOUSE.-James S. Norris, of Washington county, Speaker.

1. James B. Dixon, Wm. Willim, James S. Norris, Samuel M. Register. 2. Wm. A. Davis, D. F. Brawley, C. S. Cave, Reuben Haus, Joseph Lemay. 3. A. M. Fridley, Daniel Stanchfield. 4. Clark W. Thompson. 5. James Beatty, Fred Andros. 6. H. H. Sibley, D. M. Hanson. 7. Joseph Rolette, Charles Grant.

APPORTIONMENT OF 1855.

First Council District: Washington, Itasca and Chisago, Superior and Doty counties. 2. Precincts of St. Paul and Little Canada. 3. Precinct of the Falls of St. Anthony. 4. Goodhue, Dodge and Freeborn counties. 5. Benton, Cass, Todd, Stearns and Wright. 6. Dakota, Scott and Rice. 7. Pembina county. 8. Houston, Fillmore and Mower. 9. Winona, Olmsted and Wabasha. 10. Le Sueur, Steele, Faribault, Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Sibley, Pierce and Renville. 11. Hennepin (West), Carver and Davis.

Total: Council, 15 members; house, 38 members.

SEVENTH LEGISLATURE.-1856. Assembled January 2; adjourned March 1. COUNCIL.-John B. Brisbin, of Ramsey county, President.

1. J. D. Ludden, H. N. Setzer. 2. John B. Brisbin. 3. John Rollins. 4. Wm. Freeborn. 5. Lewis Stone. 6. H. G. Bailly, Samuel Dooley. 7. Joseph Rolette. 8. Clark W. Thompson, B. F. Tillotson. 9. St. A. D. Balcombe, W. D. Lowry. 10. C. E. Flandrau. 11. D. M. Hanson.

HOUSE.-Charles Gardner, of Westervelt, Speaker.

1. James S. Norris, Abraham Van Vorhes, Henry A. Jackman, N. C. D. Taylor. 2. William H. Nobles, B. W. Lott, F. Knauft, Ross Wilkinson, Reuben Haus. 3. Sumner W. Farnham, C. W. La Boutillier. 4. Charles Gardner, J. B. Hubbell. 5. John L. Wilson, William Sturgis. 6. M. T. Murphy, O. C. Gibbs, John C. Ide, J. T. Galbraith, John M. Holland. 7. R. Carlisle Burdick, Charles Grant. 8. W. B. Gere, Samuel Hull, William F. Dunbar, William B. Covel, Martin G. Thompson. 9. John H. Hartenbauer, Cornelius F. Buck, James Kirkman. 10. Parsons K. Johnson, Aurelius F. de La Vergne, George A. McLeod. 11. James F. Bradley, Thos. W. Pierce, Arva Cleveland, Thomas B. Hunt, Francis Thorndike.

*EIGHTH LEGISLATURE.-1857. Assembled January 7; adjourned March 7. COUNCIL.-John B. Brisbin, of Ramsey county, President.

1. John D. Ludden, H. N. Setzer. 2. John B. Brisbin. 3. W. W. Wales. 4. William Freeborn. 5. Lewis Stone. 6. Samuel Dooley, H. G. Bailly. 7. Joseph Rolette. 8. B. F. Tillotson, C. W. Thompson. 9. St. A. D. Balcombe, W. D. Lowry. 10. P. P. Humphrey. 11. Joel B. Bassett.

HOUSE.-Joseph W. Furber, of Washington county, Speaker.

1. L. K. Stannard, Mahlon Black, Joseph W. Furber, Elam Greeley. 2. William Branch, A. T. Chamblin, Wm. P. Murray, Wm. Costello, J. C. Ramsey. 3. Jonathan Chase, Henry Hechtman. 4. Nelson Payne, W. W. Sweeney. 5. Samuel B. Abbe, W. W. Kingsbury, John L. Wilson. 6. C. P. Adams, J. J. McVey, L. M. Brown, F. J. Whitlock, Morgan L. Noble. 7. Charles Grant, John B. Wilkie. 8. William B. Gere, D. F. Case, W. J. Howell, John M. Berry, M. G. Thompson, 9. Eli B. Barrows, Ephraim L. King, Alonzo P. Foster. 10. Joseph R. Brown, Francis Baasen, O. A. Thomas. 11. John M. Troll, Asa Keith, J. P. Plummer, W. Hayden, Delano T. Smith.

*Eighth Legislature. Extra session assembled April 27, adjourned May 23. At the extra session of 1857, Charles Jewett was admitted, rice Noble, resigned.

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

Under the enabling act of Congress, approved March 3, 1857, a constitutional convention of one hundred and eight members (each council district to elect two for each councilman and representative it was entitled to) was authorized to meet at the capitol on the second Monday in July, to frame a state constitution, and submit it to the people of the territory. The election was held on the first Monday in June. On July 13th the delegates met, but a disagreement arising in the organization, the Republican members organized one body, and the Democratic members organized separately. Each of these bodies claiming to be the legal constitutional convention, proceeded with the work of forming an instru ment to be submitted to the people. After some days an understanding was effected between them, and, by means of committees of conference, the same constitution was framed and adopted by both bodies. On being submitted to the people, October 13th, it was ratified.

REPUBLICAN WING.-Assembled July 13; dissolved August 29. 59 Members. St. A. D. Balcombe, President; L. A. Babcock, Secretary.

1. P. A. Cederstam, W. H. C. Folsom. 2. L. K. Stannard, Charles F. Lowe. 3. S. W. Putnam, D. M. Hall, D. A. Secombe, P. Winell, L. C. Walker, J. H. Murphy. 4. Charles McClure, Aaron C. Hudson, George Watson, Frank Mantor, Joseph Peckham. 5. Fred Ayer. 6. John W. North, Thomas Bolles, Oscar F. Perkins, Thomas Foster, Thomas J. Galbraith, D. D. Dickinson. 8. Alanson B. Vaughn, C. W. Thompson, John A. Anderson, Charles A. Coe, N. P. Colburn, James A. McCann, H. A. Billings, Charles Hanson, H. W. Holley, John Cleghorn, A. H. Butler, Robert Lyle, Boyd Phelps. 9. St. A. D. Balcombe, Wm. H. Mills, Charles Garrish, Simlow Harding, Nathan B. Robbins, W. J. Duly, Samuel A. Kemp, Thomas Wilson, David L. King, Benjamin C. Baldwin. 10. Amos Coggswell, Lewis McCune, Edwin Page Davis. 11. Cyrus Aldrich, Wentworth Hayden, R. L. Bartholomew, W. F. Russell, Henry Eschlie, Charles B. Sheldon, David Morgan, E. N. Bates, Albert W. Combs, T. D. Smith, B. E. Messer.

DEMOCRATIC WING.-Assembled July 13; dissolved August 29. 53 Members. H. H. Sibley, President; J. J. Noah, Secretary.

1. William Holcombe, James S. Norris, Henry N. Setzer, Gold T. Curtis, Charles G. Leonard, Newington Gilbert, Chas. E. Butler, R. H. Sanderson. 2. George L. Becker, Moses Sherburne, D. A. J. Baker, Lafayette Emmett, William P. Murray, W. A. Gorman, Wm. H. Taylor, John S. Prince, Patrick Nash, Wm. B. McGrorty, Paul Faber, Michael E. Ames. 3. B. B. Meeker, Wm. M. Lashells, C. A. Tuttle, C. L. Chase. 4. Edwin C. Stacy. 5. Daniel Gilman, H. C. Wait, J. C. Shepley, William Sturgis, J. W. Tenvoorde, W. W. Kingsbury, R. H. Barrett. 6. Henry H. Sibley, Robert Kennedy, Daniel J. Burns, Frank Warner, William A. Davis, Joseph Burwell, Henry G. Bailey, Andrew Keegan. 7. James McFetridge, J. P. Wilson, J. Jerome, Xavier Cantell, Joseph Rolette, Louis Vasseur. 8. James C. Day. 10. Joseph R. Brown, C. E. Flandrau, Francis Baasen, William B. McMahan, J. H. Swan. 11. Alfred E. Ames.

MINNESOTA STATE GOVERNMENT.

ROSTER OF OFFICERS SINCE ORGANIZATION OF STATE.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

GOVERNORS.

Henry H. Sibley: May 24, 1858, to January 2, 1860.
Alexander Ramsey: January 2, 1860, to July 10, 1863.
Henry A. Swift: July 10, 1863, to January 11, 1864.
Stephen Miller: January 11, 1864, to January 8, 1866.
William R. Marshall: January 8, 1866, to January 9, 1870.
Horace Austin: January 9, 1870, to January 7, 1874.
Cushman K. Davis: January 7, 1874, to January 7, 1876.
John S. Pillsbury: January 7, 1876, to January 10, 1882.
Lucius F. Hubbard: January 10, 1882, to January 5, 1887.
A. R. McGill: January 5, 1887, to January 9, 1889.
William R. Merriam: January 9, 1889, to January 4, 1893.
Knute Nelson: January 4, 1893, to January 31, 1895.
David M. Clough: January 31, 1895, to January 2, 1899.
John Lind, January 2, 1899, to January, 1901.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS.

William Holcomb: May 24, 1858, to January 2, 1860.
Ignatius Donnelly: January 2, 1860, to July 10, 1863.
Charles D. Sherwood: January 11, 1864, to January 8, 1866.
Thomas H. Armstrong: January 8, 1866, to January 7, 1870.
William H. Yale: January 7, 1870, to January 9, 1874.
Alphonso Barto: January 9, 1874, to January 7, 1876.
James B. Wakefield: January 7, 1876, to January 10, 1880.
C. A. Gilman: January 10, 1880, to January 4, 1887.
A. E. Rice: January 4, 1887, to January 5, 1891.
G. S. Ives: January 5, 1891, to January 3, 1893.
D. M. Clough: January 3, 1893, to January 31, 1895.
Frank A. Day: January, 1895, to January 5, 1897.
John L. Gibbs: January 5, 1897, to January 3, 1899,
Lyndon A. Smith, January 3, 1899, to January, 1901.

SECRETARIES OF STATE.
Francis Baasen: May 24, 1858, to January 2, 1860.
James H. Baker: January 2, 1860, to November 17, 1862.
David Blakeley: November 17, 1862, to January 8, 1866.
Henry C. Rogers: January 8, 1866, to January 7, 1870.
Hans Mattson: January 7, 1870, to January 5, 1872.
S. P. Jennison: January 5, 1872, to January 7, 1876.
John S. Irgens: January 7, 1876, to January 10, 1880.
Fred Von Baumbach: January 10, 1880, to January 4, 1887.
Hans Mattson: January 4, 1887, to January 5, 1891.
Frederick P. Brown: January 5, 1891, to January 7, 1895.
Albert Berg: January 7, 1895, to January, 1901.

TREASURERS.

George W. Armstrong: May 24, 1858, to January 1, 1860.
Charles Scheffer: January 1, 1860, to January 10, 1868.
Emil Munch: January 10, 1868, to January 5, 1872.
William Seeger: January 5, 1872, to February 7, 1873.
Edwin W. Dyke: February 7, 1873, to January 7, 1876.
William Pfaender: January 7, 1876, to January 10, 1880.
Charles Kittelson: January 10, 1880, to January 5, 1887.
Joseph Bobleter: January 5, 1887, to January 7, 1895.
August T. Koerner: January 7, 1895, to January, 1901.

AUDITORS.

W. F. Dunbar: May 24, 1858, to January, 1, 1861.
Charles Mcllrath: January 1, 1861, to January 13, 1873.
O. P. Whitcomb: January 13, 1873, to January 10, 1882.
W. W. Braden: January 10, 1882, to January 5, 1891.
Adolph Biermann: January 5, 1891, to January 7, 1895.
Robert C. Dunn: January 7, 1895, to January, 1903.

DEPUTY STATE AUDITORS.

M. D. Kenyon: April 21, 1885, to February 29, 1888.
H. G. Griswold: March 9, 1888, to January 5, 1891.
E. E. Biermann: January 5, 1891, to August, 1893.
George M. Giltinan: August, 1893, to January 7, 1895.
Samuel G. Iverson: January 7, 1895, to January, 1903.

ATTORNEYS GENERAL.

Charles H. Berry: May 24, 1858, to January 2, 1860.
Gordon E. Cole: January 4, 1860, to January 8, 1866.
William Colville: January 8, 1866, to January 10, 1868.
F. R. E. Cornell: January 10, 1868, to January 18, 1874.
George P. Wilson: January 9, 1874, to January 10, 1880.
Charles M. Start: January 10, 1880, to March 11, 1881.
W. J. Hahn: March 11, 1881, to January 5, 1887.
Moses E. Clapp: January 5, 1887, to January 2, 1893.
H. W. Childs: January 2, 1893, to January 2, 1899.
W. B. Douglas: January 2, 1899, to January, 1901.

RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.

APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR,

A. J. Edgerton: January 10, 1872, to January, 1876.
W. R. Marshall: March 14, 1874, to January, 1876.
J. J. Randall: March 14, 1874, to January, 1876.

ELECTED.

Wm. R. Marshall: January 6, 1876, to January 10, 1882.
J. H. Baker: January 10, 1882, to April 14, 1885.

APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

J. H. Baker: April 14, 1885, to January, 1887.
S. S. Murdock: April 14, 1885, to January, 1887.
Geo. L. Becker: April 14, 1885, to January, 1901.
Horace Austin: January 12, 1887, to January, 1889.
John L. Gibbs: January 12, 1887, to January, 1891.
John P. Williams: January 22, 1889, to January 26, 1893.
Wm. M. Liggett: January 22, 1891, to November, 1896.

Ira B. Mills: January 26, 1893, to January, 1900.

Nathan Kingsley: November 13, 1896, to November 26, 1898.
P. M. Ringdal: January 5, 1899, to January, 1902.

SUPERINTENDENTS OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

Edward D. Neill: March, 1860, to July, 1861.

B. F. Crary: July, 1861, to July, 1862.

The secretary of state, ex-officio, superintendent from 1862 to 1867

M. H. Dunnell: April 1, 1867, to August, 1870.

H. B. Wilson: August 1, 1870, to April, 1875.

David Burt: April 3, 1875, to September 1, 1881.

D. L. Kiehle: September 1, 1881, to September 1, 1893.

W. W. Pendergast: September 1, 1893, to January 21, 1899.

John H. Lewis: January 21, 1899, to January, 1901.

† Resigned.