220:, 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.
201:, 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
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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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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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Did not appear at session; elected
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1836 Meeting of the legislative body governing
Michigan Territory
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150:Seventh Michigan Territorial Council
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40:1st Wisconsin Territorial Assembly
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962:Michigan Territory Rump Council
22:7th Michigan Territorial Council
292:Militia: Slaughter, Smith, Teas
216:replaced him as secretary with
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62:Michigan Territorial Council
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591:Cyclopedia of Michigan 1900
295:Schools: Knapp, Smith, Teas
255:Leadership and organization
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259:On January 2, 1836,
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199:Michigan Legislature
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1300:54th (1919)
1295:53rd (1917)
1290:52nd (1915)
1285:51st (1913)
1280:50th (1911)
1275:49th (1909)
1270:48th (1907)
1265:47th (1905)
1260:46th (1903)
1255:45th (1901)
1250:44th (1899)
1245:43rd (1897)
1240:42nd (1895)
1235:41st (1893)
1230:40th (1891)
1225:39th (1889)
1220:38th (1887)
1215:37th (1885)
1210:36th (1883)
1205:35th (1882)
1200:34th (1881)
1195:33rd (1880)
1190:32nd (1879)
1185:31st (1878)
1180:30th (1877)
1175:29th (1876)
1170:28th (1875)
1165:27th (1874)
1160:26th (1873)
1155:25th (1872)
1150:24th (1871)
1145:23rd (1870)
1140:22nd (1869)
1135:21st (1868)
1130:20th (1867)
1125:19th (1866)
1120:18th (1865)
1115:17th (1864)
1110:16th (1863)
1105:15th (1862)
1100:14th (1861)
1095:13th (1860)
1090:12th (1859)
1085:11th (1858)
1080:10th (1857)
985:(1836–1848)
488:John Parker
1575:Categories
1075:9th (1856)
1070:8th (1855)
1065:7th (1854)
1060:6th (1853)
1055:5th (1852)
1050:4th (1851)
1045:3rd (1850)
1040:2nd (1849)
1035:1st (1848)
782:2019-10-01
765:2019-01-01
748:2018-11-05
733:References
504:Des Moines
476:Allen Hill
234:adjourned
184:Background
160:governing
111:13 members
93:1836-01-15
85:1836-01-01
369:John Lawe
341:Milwaukee
316:District
207:Green Bay
116:President
451:Crawford
311:Members
263:(son of
236:sine die
170:Michigan
126:Sessions
53:Overview
471:Dubuque
319:County
303:Members
224:Session
108:Members
91: (
83: (
44:→
31:←
964:(1836)
328:Notes
325:Party
247:; the
907:102nd
902:101st
897:100th
534:Notes
525:Dem.
513:Dem.
492:Dem.
460:Dem.
440:Dem.
416:Whig
395:Dem.
361:Whig
337:Brown
322:Name
912:List
407:Iowa
148:The
78:Term
893:...
889:2nd
884:1st
861:6th
856:5th
851:4th
846:3rd
841:2nd
836:1st
135:1st
35:6th
1577::
610:^
583:^
556:^
500:5
467:4
447:3
403:2
333:1
188:A
946:e
939:t
932:v
812:e
805:t
798:v
547:(
95:)
87:)
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