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.
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The council debated whether it was worthwhile to appoint standing committees, given the absence of Acting
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secretary, Thomas A. B. Boyd recording clerk, William B. Long enrolling clerk, Levi
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October 5, 1835.
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161:Seventh Michigan Territorial Council
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51:1st Wisconsin Territorial Assembly
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33:7th Michigan Territorial Council
303:Militia: Slaughter, Smith, Teas
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73:Michigan Territorial Council
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602:Cyclopedia of Michigan 1900
306:Schools: Knapp, Smith, Teas
266:Leadership and organization
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1336:59th (1929)
1331:58th (1927)
1326:57th (1925)
1321:56th (1923)
1316:55th (1921)
1311:54th (1919)
1306:53rd (1917)
1301:52nd (1915)
1296:51st (1913)
1291:50th (1911)
1286:49th (1909)
1281:48th (1907)
1276:47th (1905)
1271:46th (1903)
1266:45th (1901)
1261:44th (1899)
1256:43rd (1897)
1251:42nd (1895)
1246:41st (1893)
1241:40th (1891)
1236:39th (1889)
1231:38th (1887)
1226:37th (1885)
1221:36th (1883)
1216:35th (1882)
1211:34th (1881)
1206:33rd (1880)
1201:32nd (1879)
1196:31st (1878)
1191:30th (1877)
1186:29th (1876)
1181:28th (1875)
1176:27th (1874)
1171:26th (1873)
1166:25th (1872)
1161:24th (1871)
1156:23rd (1870)
1151:22nd (1869)
1146:21st (1868)
1141:20th (1867)
1136:19th (1866)
1131:18th (1865)
1126:17th (1864)
1121:16th (1863)
1116:15th (1862)
1111:14th (1861)
1106:13th (1860)
1101:12th (1859)
1096:11th (1858)
1091:10th (1857)
996:(1836–1848)
499:John Parker
1586:Categories
1086:9th (1856)
1081:8th (1855)
1076:7th (1854)
1071:6th (1853)
1066:5th (1852)
1061:4th (1851)
1056:3rd (1850)
1051:2nd (1849)
1046:1st (1848)
793:2019-10-01
776:2019-01-01
759:2018-11-05
744:References
515:Des Moines
487:Allen Hill
245:adjourned
195:Background
171:governing
122:13 members
104:1836-01-15
96:1836-01-01
380:John Lawe
352:Milwaukee
327:District
218:Green Bay
127:President
462:Crawford
322:Members
274:(son of
247:sine die
181:Michigan
137:Sessions
64:Overview
482:Dubuque
330:County
314:Members
235:Session
119:Members
102: (
94: (
55:→
42:←
975:(1836)
339:Notes
336:Party
258:; the
918:102nd
913:101st
908:100th
545:Notes
536:Dem.
524:Dem.
503:Dem.
471:Dem.
451:Dem.
427:Whig
406:Dem.
372:Whig
348:Brown
333:Name
923:List
418:Iowa
159:The
89:Term
904:...
900:2nd
895:1st
872:6th
867:5th
862:4th
857:3rd
852:2nd
847:1st
146:1st
46:6th
1588::
621:^
594:^
567:^
511:5
478:4
458:3
414:2
344:1
199:A
957:e
950:t
943:v
823:e
816:t
809:v
558:(
106:)
98:)
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