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7th Michigan Territorial Council

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231:, who also became acting governor. Horner issued a proclamation of his own on November 9, 1835, calling on the council to meet in Green Bay a month sooner, on December 1. Travel conditions made it difficult to make the trip to Green Bay on such short notice, and the newly-elected members apparently each spontaneously decided to ignore Horner's proclamation and instead meet on the previously-announced date of January 1, 1836. 212:, which was set to take over legislative power from the territorial council. In order to ensure that the remainder of the territory was not left without representative government during the transition period, at its final session before the convention, the council had authorized Territorial Secretary and Acting Governor 557:
The council styled itself as the Seventh Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, although the area over which it had jurisdiction was beginning to be called—unofficially—the territory of Wisconsin, and contemporary newspaper reports referred to it as the Legislative Council of Wisconsin.
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Nine of the 13 elected members of the council attended the session in Green Bay beginning January 1, which was sufficient to constitute a quorum. Acting Governor Horner did not travel to Green Bay for either his own December 1 meeting date or the January 1 date, but sent a letter on December 30
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The council debated whether it was worthwhile to appoint standing committees, given the absence of Acting Governor Horner; they elected to create the following committees in order to be prepared in case the governor did arrive:
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secretary, Thomas A. B. Boyd recording clerk, William B. Long enrolling clerk, Levi Sterling sergeant-at-arms, W. H. Bruce doorkeeper, and Charles Green and George W. Lawe messenger and assistant messenger, respectively.
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for the portion of Michigan Territory that makes up the modern state of Michigan. At the same election in which the constitution was ratified on October 5, 1835, voters elected the first members of the
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The apportionment of seats on the council among the counties of the "rump territory" was determined by Mason's August 25, 1835, proclamation, and the election of members took place on October 5, 1835.
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to apportion seats on the next council among the counties not covered by the new constitution. He did so in a proclamation on August 25, 1835, which called for the reconfigured council to meet in
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explaining his absence, which meant that the council could not take up any legislative business.
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Did not appear at session; elected October 5, resigned October 9, 1835
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1836 Meeting of the legislative body governing Michigan Territory
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Steam & Cinders: The Advent of Railroads in Wisconsin
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in January 1836, during the term of Acting Governor
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Horner, in 630: 628: 626: 624: 622: 223:Shortly after Mason's proclamation, President 949: 815: 8: 309:Territorial Affairs: Burnett, Edgerton, Teas 789:, The State Historical Society of Wisconsin 956: 942: 934: 822: 808: 800: 670: 586: 320: 142: 29: 278:) was elected president of the council, 718: 706: 694: 682: 658: 646: 634: 613: 574: 559: 550: 300:Judiciary: Burnett, Edgerton, Slaughter 294:Enrollment: Burnett, Edgerton, Vineyard 149:January 1, 1836 – January 15, 1836 260:1st Wisconsin Territorial Legislature 7: 297:Expenses: Edgerton, Knapp, Slaughter 161:Seventh Michigan Territorial Council 100: – January 15, 1836 51:1st Wisconsin Territorial Assembly 25: 973:Michigan Territory Rump Council 33:7th Michigan Territorial Council 303:Militia: Slaughter, Smith, Teas 227:replaced him as secretary with 183:and had already seated its new 1602:1836 U.S. legislative sessions 772:, Wisconsin Historical Society 1: 1592:Michigan legislative sessions 291:Claims: Lawe, Smith, Vineyard 839:Michigan Territorial Council 113:Michigan Territorial Council 73:Michigan Territorial Council 783:Schafer, Jack, ed. 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Index

Rump Council
6th
1st Wisconsin Territorial Assembly
Michigan Territorial Council
Michigan Territory
Michigan Territorial Council
William S. Hamilton
legislative body
Michigan Territory
John S. Horner
Michigan
state legislature
Wisconsin Territory
constitutional convention
state constitution
Michigan Legislature
Stevens T. Mason
Green Bay
Andrew Jackson
John S. Horner
adjourned sine die
Territory of Wisconsin
bicameral legislature
1st Wisconsin Territorial Legislature
William S. Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Albert Gallatin Ellis
Brown
Milwaukee
Benjamin Hyde Edgerton

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