Minnesota Territorial Senate

GPTKB entity

Properties (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Legislative body
gptkbp:composedOf senators
gptkbp:dissolved 1858
gptkbp:district created for representation
gptkbp:electionYear popular vote
gptkbp:established 1849
gptkbp:governedBy citizens_of_Minnesota_Territory
gptkbp:historical_significance transition to statehood
gptkbp:historicalContext cultural influences
economic development
social issues
land disputes
territorial expansion
political dynamics
settlement patterns
migration trends
legislative challenges
pre-statehood governance
Native_American_relations
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Minnesota Territorial Senate
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:U.S._Congress
gptkbp:legislation Education Act
Homestead Act
Statehood Act
Territorial laws
Banking Act
Railroad Act
Public Health Act
Judiciary Act
Militia Act
Taxation Act
Charitable Institutions Act
Territorial Road Act
Agricultural_College_Act
gptkbp:meets gptkb:Saint_Paul
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 13
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Minnesota_Territory
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Minnesota_Territory
gptkbp:president gptkb:Henry_H._Sibley
gptkb:John_S._Pillsbury
gptkbp:related_to Minnesota_history
gptkbp:responsibleFor creating laws for the territory
gptkbp:servedIn upper house
gptkbp:session 1849
1857
annual
winter and summer
gptkbp:succeededBy gptkb:Minnesota_State_Senate
gptkbp:voterTurnout majority rule
gptkbp:works_with gptkb:Minnesota_Territorial_House_of_Representatives