State County ND Archives History - Books .....Creation Of Dakota Territory And Statehood 1909 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nd/ndfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 August 1, 2009, 8:39 pm Book Title: History Of The Red River Valley CHAPTER III. CREATION OF DAKOTA TERRITORY—AND STATEHOOD. The admission of Minnesota in the Union in 1858 left out Pembina county, embracing the Red River valley, afterwards part of North Dakota, and which formerly belonged to Minnesota when it was a territory. Pembina had been for some years represented in the Minnesota territorial government, and the county of Big Sioux, embracing the Sioux Falls region, had been organized by the same authority. In 1849 there were in Pembina county 295 males and 342 females, as reported by Major Wood and Captain Pope, of the United States Army, who established the military post at Pembina at that time. In 1856 the Indian title to 25,000 square miles, embracing the Big Sioux country, having been extinguished, and that immense tract of land opened to settlement, there was a rush of settlers to that locality from 1857 on to 1862, from Minnesota and Iowa, principally. Election Notice. "At a mass convention of the people of Dakota territory, held in the town of Sioux Falls, in the county of Big Sioux, on Saturday, September 18, 1858, all portions of the territory being represented, it was resolved and ordered that an election should be held for members to compose a territorial legislature. "Dated at , this twentieth day of September, A. D., 1858." In accordance with the notice the election was held for members of the provisional legislature and delegate to congress. A. G. Fuller was chosen to fill the last named office. The legislature thus elected met at Sioux Falls in the winter of 1858-59 and organized by the choice of Henry Masters as president of the council and ex- officio governor, and S. J. Albright as speaker of the house. The session lasted but a few days. Governor Masters died a short time after this, and is said to have been the first white man to die in the valley. In the meantime the settlers in the southern part of the country called a convention to meet at Yankton, which assembled at the at that time uncompleted store of D. T. Bramble, November 8, 1858. Mr. Bramble was chosen chairman and M. K. Armstrong secretary of the meeting. Captain J. B. S. Todd, Obed Foote and Thomas Frek were appointed a committee to draft a set of resolutions. It was determined to memorialize congress for authority to organize as a territory, and for this purpose a committee consisting of Captain J. B. S. Todd, G. D. Fiske and J. M. Stone was appointed to draw up the petition. The next day a similar meeting was held at Vermillion, of which J. A. Denton was chairman and James McHenry secretary. Captain J. B. S. Todd was appointed by the people in mass meeting assembled, at both places, to carry their petition to Washington and lay before the congress of the nation the wishes of the people. In response to their desires a bill looking to the organization of the territory of Dakota was introduced in the senate, but no action was taken upon the matter at that session. In the fall of 1859 another attempt was made toward territorial organization, and another legislature chosen. J. P. Kidder was elected delegate to congress; S. J. Albright was elected governor, but was returned as a member of the legislature, of which body he was chosen speaker of the house; W. W. Brookings, elected president of the council, was declared ex-officio governor. Memorials to congress were again prepared and given to Mr. Kidder to lay before that body. On his arrival in Washington, and claiming admission to that congress as a delegate, it was denied him, he failing of securing his seat by but a few votes, however. At that time politics ran high and the strife between the parties was intense in this country, then just on the eve of the most stupendous civil war in the history of nations. Everything in our national council was more or less subservient to the main question, slavery, its extension or non-extension. The Eepublican members of congress insisted upon the insertion in the organic act instituting the new territory of Dakota, a clause prohibiting the introduction of slaves, as such, into the territory. That aroused the southern members, whose solid opposition nullified the wishes of the people of Dakota. Territorial Government Granted. The now thoroughly aroused settlers again made a strong effort to force recognition from the federal government. December 27, 1860, a representative convention assembled at Yankton to take action in the matter. On the 15th of January, 1861, a lengthy and earnest appeal to the government was adopted by this body, to which was appended the names of 578 citizens of the wished-for territory. Copies were forwarded to the seat of federal government at Washington and laid before both houses of congress. At the most stormy session of the national council, a bill organizing the territory of Dakota was introduced, and most of the members from the southern states having in the meantime withdrawn on the eve of rebellion, opposition to the bill ceased and it passed both houses. On the 2nd of March, 1861, President Buchanan signed the act, and the territory of Dakota at last entered upon its legal existence. The bill organizing the same was passed by the senate February 26, and the house March 1. Dakota at that time embraced an area of over 350,000 square miles, and included all of Montana, Wyoming, and part of Idaho. These were subsequently detached, the last change of boundaries being made in 1873 in readjusting the line between Dakota and Montana. Territorial Officers. No officers were appointed by the outgoing administration, but in May, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln commissioned William Jayne, of Illinois, first governor. About the same time the following territorial officers were appointed: John Hutchinson, of Minnesota, secretary; Philemon Bliss, of Ohio, chief justice; Lorenzo P. "Williston, of Pennsylvania, and Joseph L. "Williams, of Tennessee, associate justices; William E. Gleason, United States district attorney, William T. Shaffer, of Illinois, United States marshal; and George D. Hill, of Michigan, surveyor-general. W. A. Burleigh was appointed agent at the Yankton Indian reservation, and H. W. Gregory to that of Ponca. Governor Jayne was a resident of Springfield, Ill., at the time of his appointment, and was engaged in the practice of his profession, medicine. He enjoyed the intimate friendship of Abraham Lincoln, who esteemed him highly and thus sought to honor. Governor Jayne and his secretary arrived at Yankton, May 27, 1861, that having been designated as the territorial capital, and opened the executive office in a log cabin opposite Ash's tavern. The surveyor-general's office was located at first in Bramble's building. The first official act of the new governor was the appointment of agents to take a census of the new territory upon which to base the apportionment for representation in the general assembly, and the following were named: Andrew J. Harlan, for the district east of the Vermillion river and south of Sioux Falls; W. W. Brookings, for the Sioux Falls district; Obed Foote, for the Yankton district, which extended westerly from the Vermillion river to Yankton; George M. Pinney, for the Bon Homme district; J. D. Morse, for the country on the Missouri river north of the Niobrara river; and Henry D. Betts for the country of the Red River valley. These gentlemen made a report, according to one account, showing a population in what is now North Dakota, entire whites, 76; of mixed breeds, 514, making a total of 590. In what is now South Dakota the same authority gives as the population: Whites, 1,140; half-breeds, 46; or a population for the entire territory, excluding Indians, of 1,775. Other accounts place the whole number of people in the entire territory at that time at 2,879, and the commissioner of immigration, in his report for 1887, places it for the year 1860 at 4,837, basing his figures upon the census report of the general government for the year mentioned. On the 13th of July, following his installation into office, the governor made an apportionment of the territory into three judicial districts, as follows: All that part of the territory of Dakota lying east of the line between ranges 53 and 54 west of the fifth principal meridian, should be known as the first judicial district, and should be presided over by Hon. L. W. Williston; all that part of the territory lying between the line dividing ranges 53 and 54 and the line dividing ranges 57 and 58, was designated as the second district, and Hon. Philemon Bliss assigned to preside over its judicial functions. The third district was constituted of the west part of the territory and presided over by Judge Joseph L. Williams. By a proclamation dated July 29, 1861, the governor established legislative districts throughout the territory and apportioned the representation as follows: "All that portion of Dakota territory lying between the Missouri and Bix Sioux rivers, and bounded on the west by the range line dividing ranges 50 and 51 west and that portion of Dakota territory lying west of the Red River of the North, and including the settlement at and adjacent to Pembina and St. Joseph, shall comprise the first council district, and be entitled to two councilmen. "All that portion of Dakota territory bounded by the Vermillion river on the west and on the east by the line dividing ranges 50 and 51, shall compose the second council district, and be entitled to two councilmen. "All that portion of Dakota territory bounded by the Vermillion river on the east, on the west by the line dividing ranges 53 and 54 west, shall compose the third council district, and be entitled to one councilman. "All that portion of Dakota territory bounded on the east by the line dividing ranges 53 and 54, and on the west by the line dividing ranges 57 and 58 west, shall compose the fourth council district, and be entitled to two councilmen. "All that portion of Dakota territory bounded on the east by Choteau creek and on the west by a line west of and including that settlement known as the Hamilton settlement, and also that portion of Dakota situated between the Missouri and Niobrara rivers, shall compose the sixth council district and be entitled to one councilman. "All that portion of Dakota territory situated between the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers and bounded on the west by the line dividing ranges 50 and 51 west, and bounded on the north by the line dividing townships 94 and 95 north, shall compose the first representative district, and shall be entitled to two representatives. "All that portion of Dakota territory lying west of the Big Sioux river and bounded on the south by the line dividing townships 94 and 95, and on the west by the line dividing ranges 50 and 51, and on the north by a line drawn due east and west from the south end of Lake Preston, shall constitute the second representative district, and be entitled to one representative. "All that portion of Dakota territory lying on the Red River of the North, including the settlements at St. Joseph and Pembina, shall compose the third representative district, and be entitled to one representative. "All that portion of Dakota territory bounded by the Vermillion river on the west, and on the east by the line dividing ranges 50 and 51, shall compose the fourth representative district, and be entitled to two representatives. "All that portion of Dakota territory bounded by the Vermillion river on the east and on the west by the line dividing ranges 53 and 54, shall compose the fifth representative district, and be entitled to two representatives. "All that portion of Dakota territory bounded on the east by the line dividing ranges 53 and 54, and on the west by the line dividing ranges 57 and 58, shall compose the sixth representative district, and be entitled to two representatives. "All that portion of Dakota territory bounded on the east by the line dividing ranges 57 and 58 west, on the west by Choteau creek, shall compose the seventh representative district, and be entitled to two representatives. "All that portion of Dakota territory bounded on the east by Choteau creek, and on the west by a line drawn west of and to include the settlement known as the Hamilton settlement; and, also, that portion of Dakota territory situated between the Missouri and the Niobrara rivers, shall compose the eighth representative district and be entitled to one representative." In the same proclamation the new executive appointed the following polling places for the use of the citizens in the various parts of the territory. To quote his own words: "I do hereby establish in the aforesaid districts the following places for voting: "In the first representative district, at the dwelling house of Thomas Maloney, and do appoint as judges of election thereat William Matthews, James Somers and Thomas Maloney; and also at the hotel of Eli Wilson, in Elk Point, and do appoint as judges thereat Sherman Clyde, William Frisbie and K. P. Ronne. In the second representative district, at the house of William Amidon, and do appoint as judges G. P. Waldron, Barney Fowler and John Kelts. In the third representative district at the house of Charles Le May, in the town of Pembina, and do appoint as judges Charles Le May, James McFetridge and H. Donelson; and also at the house of Baptiste Shorette, in the town of St. Joseph, and do appoint as judges Baptiste Shorette, Charles Bottineau and Antoine Zangreau. "In the fourth representative district, at the house of James McHenry, and do appoint as judges A. J. Harlan, Ole Anderson and A. Eckles. In the fifth representative district, at the house of Bly Wood, and do appoint as judges Ole Olson, Bly Wood and Ole Bottolfson. In the sixth representative district, at the office of Todd & Frost, and do appoint as judges M. K. Armstrong, F. Chapel and J. S. Presho. In the seventh representative district, at Herrick's hotel, in Bon Homme, and do appoint as judges Daniel Gifford, George M. Pinney and George Falkenburg. And in the eighth district, at the house of F. D. Pease, and do appoint as judges J. V. Hamilton, Benjamin Estes and Joseph Ellis, and also at Gregory's store, and appoint as judges Charles Young, James Tufts and Thomas Small." About this time the various candidates for the position of delegate to congress began to come forward and make efforts to capture that office. Prominent among the settlers at that time was Captain John B. S. Todd, an ex-army officer and a relative of Mrs. Lincoln's, a man who was a leader in the movement toward organization, and filled a foremost place in the opinions of his friends and neighbors; he was the leading candidate. The opposition to him crystallized and settled upon A. J. Bell as their choice. Later Charles P. Booge, then in business at Sioux City, but who claimed a residence within the territory, announced himself as a candidate for the same office. The election, which was held Monday, September 16, 1881, resulted in the election of Mr. Todd, who received 397 votes. A. J. Bell received 78 votes and Charles P. Booge 110. The first territorial legislature, which was chosen at this election, met at Yankton, March 17, 1862, and continued in session until May 15, following. The membership was as follows: Council—John H. Shober, H. D. Betts, J. W. Boyle, D. T. Bramble, W. W. Brookings, A. Cole, Jacob Deuel, J. S. Gregory and Enos Stutsman. House—George M. Pinney, Moses K. Armstrong, Lyman Burgess, J. A. Jacobson, John C. McBride, Christopher Maloney, A. W. Puett, John Stanage, John L. Tiernan, Hugh S. Donaldson, Eeuben Wallace, George P. Waldron and B. E. Wood. On their organization the council chose the following officers: J. H. Shober, president; James Tufts, secretary; E. M. Bond, assistant secretary; W. E. Goodfellow, engrossing and enrolling clerk; S. W. Ingham, chaplain; Charles F. Picotte, sergeant-at-arms; E. B. Wixon, messenger, and W. W. Warford, fireman. The house, on organization, selected as their officers: George M. Pinney, speaker; J. E. Hanson, chief clerk; J. M. Allen, assistant clerk; D. Gifford, enrolling clerk; B. M. Smith, engrossing clerk; M. D. Metcalf, chaplain; James or M. H. Somers, sergeant-at-arms; A. B. Smith, messenger; and Ole Anderson, fireman. The second general election was held September 1, 1862, and in some parts of the territory considerable excitement prevailed. The board of canvassers gave the rival candidates for the position of delegate to congress, William Jayne and J. B. S. Todd, 237 and 221 votes respectively, they for some reason throwing out the vote of Bon Homme and Charles Mix counties. The Bed river valley apparently made no returns of this election. Governor Jayne was declared elected to congress, but a contest for the seat was instituted by Captain Todd before congress, and the latter, proving his case, was given the place. Captain Todd served in the capacity of delegate to the national house of representatives during the years 1861 and 1863. He was succeeded by W. F. Burleigh, whose term of service was from 1864 to 1869; S. L. Spink, 1869-71; Moses K. Armstrong, 1871-75; J. P. Kidder, 1875-79; G. G. Bennett, 1879-81; E. F. Pettigrew, 1881-83; J. B. Raymond, 1883-85; Oscar S. Gifford, 1885-88; and George A. Matthews, 1888-89, successively filled this high office. Dr. William Jayne, the first governor of Dakota territory, occupied the position of first magistrate for two years, being succeeded in 1863 by Newton Edmunds. In 1866 Andrew J. Faulk was appointed governor, and remained in that office until 1869, when he gave way for John A. Burbank. The latter's term of service was from 1869 to 1874. John L. Pennington, the next incumbent, served until 1878. His successor, William A. Howard, was appointed and qualified for the office. Governor Howard died April 10, 1880, while still in the gubernatorial chair, and Nehemiah G. Ordway, of New Hampshire, was appointed to fill the vacancy. The latter's term of service expired in 1884. Gilbert A. Pierce, the next appointee, filled the position from 1884 till 1887, when he, in turn, made way for his successor, Louis K. Church. In 1889 Arthur C. Mellette became governor of the territory by appointment, and was the first governor of the state of South Dakota by election. Of the secretaries of the territory of Dakota the first one appointed was John L. Hutchinson, who continued in office from 1861 until 1865; he was succeeded by S. L. Spink. The latter held the position until 1869. During the latter year Turney M. Wilkins was appointed and held the office until the following year, when George A. Batchelder was appointed to the place. Edwin S. McCook was appointed in 1872. He was assassinated by Peter P. Wintermute in September, 1873. The next to fill the position was Oscar Whitney, who held the same from the date of his predecessor's death until the appointment of his successor, George H. Hand, in 1874. The latter remained in office until 1883, when he was succeeded by J. M. Teller. In 1886 Michael McCormaek was appointed Mr. Teller's successor, and was succeeded, in 1889, by L. B. Richardson, who was the last to be appointed to that office. Presidential appointees who filled the important office of chief justice during territorial days were: Philemon Bliss, 1861-64; Ara Bartlett, 1865-69; George W. French, 1869-73; Peter C. Shannon, 1873-81; A. J. Edgerton, 1881-85, and Bartlett Tripp, 1885-89. Of those who acted as associate justices while the territory was in existence, the following is a list, with the date of their services. Many of them will be recognized as prominent members of the Dakota bar before and after their terms upon the bench, and others occupied more exalted positions. They were: S. P. Williston, 1861-65; J. S. Williams, 1861-64; Ara Bartlett, 1864-65; W. E. Gleason, 1865-66; J. P. Kidder, 1865-75; J. W. Boyle, 1864-69; W. W. Brookings, 1869-73; A. H. Barnes, 1873-81; G. G. Bennett, 1875-79; G. C. Moody, 1878-83; J. P. Kidder, 1878-83; C. S. Palmer, 1883-87; S. A. Hudson, 1881-85; William E. Church, 1883-86; Louis K. Church, 1885-87; Seward Smith, 1884; W. H. Francis, 1884-88; John E. Carland, 1887-89; William B. McConnell, 1885-88; Charles M. Thomas, 1886-89; James Spencer, 1887-89; Roderick Rose, 1888-89; L. W. Crofoot, 1888-89; Frank E. Aikens, 1889. Of these Judge J. P. Kidder died while in office in 1883, and was succeeded by C. S. Palmer, of Vermont. Of those who filled the important position of United States district attorney during the twenty-eight years of Dakota's territorial government the following is the roll, together with the years of their services: William E. Gleason, 1861-64; George H. Hand, 1866-69; Warren Coles, 1869-73; William Pond, 1873-77; Hugh J. Campbell, 1877-85; John E. Carland, 1885-88; William E. Purcell, 1888-89, and John Murphy, 1889. William Pond died while in office in 1877. During the same time the office of United States marshal was filled by the following parties: William F. Shaffer, 1861; G. M. Pinney, 1861-65; L. W. Litchfield, 1865-72; J. H. Burdick, 1872-77; J. B. Raymond, 1877-81; Harrison Allen, 1881-85, and Daniel Maratta, 1885-89. The office of commissioner of railroads of the territory was held successively by the following named: William M. Evens, chairman; Alexander Griggs and W. H. McVay, in 1886; Alexander Griggs, chairman, A. Boynton and N. T. Smith, in 1887; Judson LaMoure, chairman, John H. King and Harvey J. Rice. The latter were the last board prior to' the admission of Dakota to a place in the federal union as a state. The surveyor-generals during the same time were: George D. Hill, 1861-65; William Tripp, 1865-69; W. H. H. Beadle, 1869-73; William P. Dewey, 1873-77; Henry Experson, 1877-81; Cortez Fessenden, 1881-85; Maris Taylor, 1885-89, and B. H. Sullivan, 1889. The second legislature met at Yankton, December 1, 1862, and continued in service until January 9, 1863. Its membership was as follows: Council—Enos Stutsman, president; W. W. Brookings, Austin Cole, John W. Boyle, Jacob Deuel, D. T. Bramble, J. McFetridge, John H. Shober, J. Shaw Gregory and H. D. Betts. House—A. J. Harlan, the speaker, who resigned December 16, and was succeeded by Moses K. Armstrong; L. Bothun, J. Y. Buckman, H. S. Donaldson, M. H. Somers, Edward Gifford, J. A. Jaeobson, R. M. Johnson, G. P. Waldron, Knud Larson, F. D. Pease, A. W. Puett and N. J. Wallace. The third session of the territorial legislature was convened at the capital, December 7, 1863, and continued to transact public business until January 15, 1864. Its membership was made up of the following named: Council—Enos Stutsman, president; J. M. Stone, G. W. Kingsbury, J. 0. Taylor, M. M. Eich, John Mathers, Lasse Bothun, Hugh Compton, Franklin Taylor, D. P. Bradford, J. Shaw Gregory and John J. Thompson. House—A. W. Puett, speaker; L. Burgess, Ole Bottolfson, E. M. Bond, William Shriner, 0. L. Pratt, John Lawrence, Henry Brooks, L. A. Litchfield, W. W. Brookings, Knud Larson, Washington Reid, P. H. Risling, E. W. Wall, Jesse Wherry, Peter Keegan, N. G. Curtis, Asa Mattison, B. A. Hill, Duncan Ross and Albert Gore. The fourth legislature commenced its existence at Yankton, December 5, 1864, and remained in session until January 13, 1865. The following named were borne on its roll of membership: Council—Enos Stutsman, president; J. M. Stone, G. W. Kingsbury, J. O. Taylor, M. M. Rich, John Mathers, Lasse Bothun, Hugh Compton, Franklin Taylor, D. P. Bradford, J. Shaw Gregory and John J. Thompson. House—W. W. Brookings, speaker; L. Burgess, I. P. Burgman, A. Christy, B. W. Collar, Felicia Fallis, J. E. Hanson, Peter Keegan, George W. Kellogg, P. Lemonges, John Lawrence, M. M. Mattheinsen, Helge Matthews, Francis McCarthy, John W. Owens, G. W. Pratt, Washington Reid, John Rouse, William Shriner, George Stiekney, John W. Turney and E. W. Wall. The fifth session of the Dakota territorial legislature convened at Yankton December 4, 1865, and adjourned the 12th of the following month. It had as members: Council—George Stickney, president; M. K. Armstrong, Austin Cole, G. W. Kingsbury, Charles LaBreeche, Nathaniel Eoss, Enos Stutsman, 0. F. Stevens, John J. Thompson, John W. Turner, A. L. Van Osdel and Knud Weeks. House—G. B. Bigelow, speaker; T. C. Watson, E. C. Collins, William Walter, Michael Curry, Michael Eyan, James Whitehorn, H. J. Austin, Amos Hampton, Frank Taylor, James McHenry, Joseph Ellis, A. M. English, Jacob Brauch, H. C. Ash, S. C. Fargo, W. W. Brookings, Jonathan Brown, J. A. Lewis, Charles H. McCarthy, William Stevens, Edward Lent, George W. Kellogg and Charles Cooper. The sixth session convened December 4, 1866, and adjourned January 12, 1867. Its membership was as follows: Council—Moses K. Armstrong, president; Austin Cole, A. G. Fuller, G. W. Kingsbury, Charles LaBreeche, J. A. Lewis, D. M. Mills, Nathaniel Ross, O. F. Stevens, John J. Thompson, John W. Turner, A. L. Van Osdel and Knud Weeks. House—J. B. S. Todd, speaker; H. C. Ash, Horace J. Austin, D. T. Bramble, W. N. Collamer, Michael Curry, Hugh Fraley, Thomas Frick, I. T. Gore, William Gray, Hans Gunderson, M. U. Hoyt, Daniel Hodgden, Amon Hanson, E. M. Johnson, George W. Kellogg, Vincent LaBelle, Charles H. McCarthy, N. C. Stevens, William Stevens, John Trumbo, Franklin Taylor, Eli B. Wixon and Kirwin Wilson. The seventh legislature was convened December 2, 1867, and adjourned January 10, 1868. The following were the members: Council—Horace J. Austin, president; W. W. Brookings, W. W. Benedict, Aaron Carpenter, E. J. Thomas, Hugh Fraley, R. E. Green, A. H. Hampton, George W. Kellogg, J. A. Lewis, Charles H. McIntyre, D. M. Mills and C. F. Rossteucher. House—Enos Stutsman, speaker; William Blair, William Brady, F. Bronson, Jacob Brauch, Jonathan Brown, Caleb Cummings, Michael Curry, F. J. DeWitt, Martin V. Farris, Felicia Fallas, I. T. Gore, Hans Gunderson, Amos Hanson, M. U. Hoyt, John L. Jolley, James Keegan, G. C. Moody, T. Nelson, Michael Ryan, Calvin G. Shaw, John J. Thompson, J. D. Tucker and Thomas C. Watson. The eighth legislature met in session at Yankton, December 7, 1868, and adjourned January 15 following. The roll of membership was as follows: Council—N. J. Wallace, president; Horace J. Austin, W. W. Benedict, W. W. Brookings, Aaron Carpenter, Hugh Fraley, R. R. Green, A. H. Hampton, George W. Kellogg, J. A. Lewis, Charles H. McIntyre, C. F. Rossteuscher and B. E. Wood. House—G. C. Moody, speaker; Alfred Abbott, C. D. Bradley G. G. Bennett, Calvin M. Brooks, Jacob Brauch, John Clementson,. N. G. Curtis, J. M. Eves, J. Shaw Gregory, J. T. Hewlett, O. T. Hagin, John L. Jolley, A. W. Jameson, Hiram Keith, James Keegan, Lewis Larson, Knud Larson, J. LaRoche, Joseph Moulin,. Charles Ricker, Enos Stutsman, M. H. Somers and R. T. Vinson. The ninth session of the territorial legislature was convened at Yankton, December 5, 1870. It continued until January 13, 1871. Its members were: Council—Emory Morris, president; M. K. Armstrong, Joseph Brauch, W. W. Cuppett, Hugh Fraley, Silas W. Kidder, Nelson Miner, Charles H. McIntyre, J. C. Kennedy, W. T. McKay, James M. Stone and John W. Turner. House—George H. Hand, speaker; Charles Allen, V. R. L. Barnes, F. J. Cross, C. P. Dow, A. P. Hammond, John Hancock,. William Holbrough, O. B. Iverson, H. A. Jerauld, James Keegan, J. LaRoche, Nelson Learned, A. J. Mills, E. Miner, Noah Wherry, R. Mostow, S. L. Parker, Amos F. Shaw, Philip Sherman, John C. Sinclair, Ole Sampson and E. W. Wall. The tenth legislature of the territory convened in regular session at Yankton, December 2, 1872, and adjourned January 10, 1873. The following named constituted the membership: Council—Alexander Hughes, president; D. T. Bramble, E. B. Crew, H. P. Cooley, J. Flick, John Lawrence, Nelson Miner, Joseph Mason, J. Gehon, Charles H. McIntyre, O. F. Stevens, Enos Stutsman and Henry Smith. House—A. J. Mills, speaker; Samuel Ashmore, Ole Bottolfson, John Becker, Jacob Brauch, Newton Clark, N. B. Campbell, Michael Glynn, William Hamilton, James Hyde, Cyrus Knapp, T. A. Kingsbury, Judson La Moure, E. A. Williams, Ephraim Miner, George Norbeck, Joseph Roberts, A. B. Wheelock, 0. C. Peterson, Jens Peterson, Silas Rohr, Martin Trygstadt, J. W. Turner, John Thompson, B. E. Wood and W. P. Lyman. The eleventh legislature convened at Yankton, December 7, 1874, and remained in session until January 15, 1875, when it adjourned. The members were: Council—John L. Jolley, president; A. J. Austin, Jacob Brauch, Philip Chandler, Benton Praley, W. G. Harlan, John Lawrence, A. McHench, M. Pace, N. W. Sheafe, O. P. Stevens, Clark S. West and E. A. Williams. House—G. C. Moody, speaker; H. O. Anderson, George Bosworth, Hector Bruce, J. L. Berry, L. Bothun, Michael Curry, Desire Chausse, J. M. Cleland, Patrick Hand, John H. Haas, Knud Larson, Joseph Zitka, H. N. Luce, W. T. McKay, Henry Reifsnyder, Amos F. Shaw, C. H. Stearns, Ira Ellis, L. Sampson, S. Sevenson, A. L. Van Osdel, M. M. Williams, Scott Wright, James M. Wohl and O. B. Larson. January 9, 1877, at Yankton, the twelfth legislature of the territory met in session and continued to transact the public business until February 17, following. As the country was rapidly filling up the number of members increased and the amount of business became of larger volume. This general assembly was composed of the following named gentlemen: Council—W. A. Burleigh, president; Henry S. Back, M. W. Bailey, William Duncan, Hans Gunderson, Judson LaMoure, Nelson Miner, A. J. Mills, Robert Wilson, R. F. Pettigrew, J. A. Potter, C. B. Valentine and J. A. Wallace. House—D. C. Hagle, speaker; J. M. Adams, A. L. Boe, H. A. Burke, J. Q. Burbank (who was awarded the seat held by D. M. Kelleher, during the session), W. H. H. Beadle, T. S. Clarkson, G. S. S. Codington, W. F. Durham, A. G. Hopkins, M. O. Hexom, E. Hackett, D. M. Inman, Erick Iverson, Charles Maywold, F. M. Ziebach, Hans Myron, John Shellberg, John Falde, D, Stewart, Asa Sargent, John Tucker, Franklin Taylor, John Thompson, C. H. Van Tassel and S. Soderstrom. The thirteenth legislature held its session at Yankton, from January 14, 1879, until February following. The roll of members was as follows: Council—George H. Walsh, president; William M. Cuppert, M. H. Day, Ira Ellis, Newton Edmunds, W. L. Kuykendall, Nelson Miner, Robert Macnider, R. F. Pettigrew, S. G. Roberts, Silas Rohr, C. B. Valentine and H. B. Wynn. House—John R. Jackson, speaker; Alfred Brown, J. Q. Burbank, P. N. Cross, D. W. Flick, A. B. Tockler, John R. Gamble, Ansley Gray, Hans Gunderson, P. J. Hoyer, Ole A. Helvig, O. I. Hoseboe, A. Hoyt, S. A. Johnson, John Langness, A. Manksch, J. M. Peterson, Nathaniel Whitfield, Michael Shely, A. Simonson, James H. Stephens, D. Stewart, Martin M. Trygstadt, E. C. Walton, J. F. Webber and Canute Weeks. The fourteenth legislature held its session from January 11 to March, 1881, at Yankton, with the following list of members: Council—George H. Walsh, president; M. H. Day, Ira W. Fisher, John R. Gamble, John L. Jolley, J. A. J. Martin, J. O'B. Scobey, Amos F. Shaw, J. F. Wallace, John Walsh, G. W. Wiggin and John R. Wilson. House—J. A. Harding, speaker; James Baynes, F. J. Cross, G. H. Dickey, L. B. French, C. B. Kennedy, P. Landman, J. H. Miller, Knud Nomland, V. P. Thielman, A. Thome, P. Warner, S. A. Boyles, W. H. Donaldson, E. Ellefson, John D. Hale, D. M. Inman, Judson LaMoure, S. McBratney, I. Moore, S. Rohr, D. Thompson, A. L. Van Osdel and E. P. Wells. On the organization of Dakota as a territory in 1861, Yankton was designated as the territorial capital and the seat of the executive and legislative branches of the government. There the legislature had up to this time held their sessions, but the fifteenth general assembly which met at Yankton, January 9, 1883, and remained convened until March 9, following, was the last to do so. The members of this general assembly were the following: Council—J. O'B. Scobey, president; F. N. Burdick, J. R. Jackson, F. M. Ziebach, F. J. Washabaugh, S. G. Roberts, H. J. Jerauld, William P. Dewey, E. H. McIntosh, G. H. Walsh, J. Nickeus and E. McCauley. House—E. A. Williams, speaker; Ira Ellis, M. C. Tychsen, John Thompson, W. B. Robinson, R. C. McAllister, F. P. Phillips, G. W. Sterling, W. A. Reinhart, E. M. Bowman, G. P. Harvey, D. M. Inman, H. VanWoert, J. B. Wynn, B. R. Wagner, John C. Pyatt, George Rice, W. H. Lamb, J. W. Nowlin, A. A. Choteau, 0. M. Towner, B. W. Benson, L. J. Allred and N. E. Nelson. This legislature had before them a bill authorizing the changing the seat of government of the territory to some more central and convenient point. This bill was passed by which was created a commission for the purpose of selecting and locating the new capital. This committee was composed of the following named gentlemen: Alexander McKenzie, Milo W. Scott, Burleigh F. Spaulding, Charles H. Myers, George A. Matthews, Alexander Hughes, Henry M. DeLong, John P. Belding and M. D. Thompson. The commission was convened in a session at the city of Fargo during the summer of 1883, to hear the different advantages of site as put forth by the various claimants for the capitalship. Excitement was rife, but after a long and patient hearing the board reached a conclusion, and June 2, 1883, located the future territorial capital at the, then, rising city of Bismarck. According to the act of the legislature passed at the last session, as above narrated, and the action of the committee then appointed, the sixteenth assembly was convened at Bismarck, January 13, 1885, and continued in session in that city until March 13 following. A list of its members is as follows: Council—J. H. Westover, president; A. C. Huetson, William Duncan, John E. Gamble, A. S. Jones, B. E. Wagner, A. M. Bowdle, E, F. Pettigrew, George E. Farmer, H. H. Natwick, C. H. Cameron, J. P. Day, A. B. Smedley, V. P. Kennedy, F. J. Washabaugh, S. P. Wells, Charles Richardson, J. Nickeus, C. D. Austin, D. H. Twomey, G. H. Walsh, John Flittie, Judson La-Moure and P. J. McLaughlin. House—George Rice, speaker; Ole Helvig, John Larson, Eli Dawson, Hans Myron, A. L. Van Osdel, Hugh Langan, J. P. Ward, J. H. Swanton, A. J. Parshall, Mark Ward, C. E. Huston, H. M. Clark, P. L. Eunkel, J. M. Bayard, H. W. Smith, W. H. Riddell, John Hobart, J. C. Southwick, V. V. Barnes, J. A. Pickler, J. T. Blakemore, G. W. Pierce, M. L. Miller, G. H. Johnson, M. T. DeWoody, E. Huntington, F. A. Eldredge, A. L. Sprague, E. W. Martin, H. M. Gregg, A. McCall, E. A. Williams, W. F. Steele, Henry W. Coe, J. Stevens, S. E. Stebbins, P. J. McCumber, H. S. Oliver, T. M. Pugh, E. T. Hutchinson, W. N. Roach, C. W. Morgan, J. W. Scott, D. Stewart, H. Stong, H. H. Ruger, P. McHugh. The seventeenth legislature, composed of the following named, was in session from January 11 until March 11, 1887: Council—George A. Mathews, president; Roger Allin, William T. Collins, John Cain, W. E. Dodge, E. W. Foster, Melvin Grigsby, Alexander Hughes, T. M. Martin, P. J. McCumber, C. H. Sheldon, E. G. Smith, J. S. Weiser, T. O. Bogart, A. W. Campbell, P. C. Donovan, E. C. Erickson, H. Galloway, G. A. Harstad, J. D. Lawler, C. D. Mead, E. T. Sheldon, F. J. Washabaugh and S. P. Wells. House—George G. Crose, speaker; Fred H. Adams, John Bidlake, J. W. Burnham, D. S. Dodds, Thomas M. Elliott, D. W. Ensign, J. H. Fletcher, F. Greene, A. A. Harkins, C. B. Hubbard, J. G. Jones, James M. Moore, T. F. Mentzer, C. I. Miltimore, John D. Patton, D. F. Royer, J. Schnaidt, F. M. Shook, D. Stewart, E. W. Terrill, J. V. White, Wilson Wise, L. O. Wyman, Frank R. Aikens, W. N. Berry, A. M. Cook, M. H. Cooper, John R, Dutch, John A. Ely, William H. Fellows, J. T. Gilbert, William Glendenning, W. J. Hawk, John Hobart, R. McDonell, F. A. Morris, H. J. Mallorey, J. H. Patton, A. J. Pruitt, W. R. Ruggles, D. W. Sprague, A. S. Steward, B. H. Sullivan, C. B. Williams, James P. Ward, E. A. Williams and John Woltzmuth. The eighteenth and last territorial legislature was convened at the capital, Bismarck, January 8, 1889, and remained in session until March 9. It enacted one hundred and twenty general laws, including thirty-four amendments and two repeals. Also nineteen joint resolutions and memorials. The membership rolls bore the following names: Council—Smith Stimmel, president; R. Allin, Irenus Atkinson, Peter Cameron, A. W. Campbell, M. H. Cooper, C. I. Crawford, Robert Dollard, E. C. Erickson, S. L. Glaspell, James Halley, G. A. Harstad, Alexander Hughes, Eobert Lowry, Hugh McDonald, John Miller, J. H. Patten, David W. Poindexter, Joseph C. Ryan, C. A. Soderberg, G. H. Walsh, F. J. Washabaugh, James A. "Woolheiser and A. L. Van Osdel. House—Hosmer H. Keith, speaker; F. H. Adams, Frank E. Aikens, Joseph Allen, C. H. Baldwin, E. L. Bennett, E. H. Bergman, B. F. Bixter, J. W. Burnham, A. D. Clark, J. B. Cook, T. A. Douglas, Thomas Elliott, J. H. Fletcher, J. M. Greene, A. J. Gronna, S. P. Howell, Harry F. Hunter, J. G. Jones, I. S. Lamp-man, W. S. Logan, Frank Lillibridge, H. J. Mallory, P. McHugh, Edwin McNeil, C. J. Miller, F. A. Morris, C. C. Newman, P. P. Palmer, A. L. Patridge, H. S. Parkin, John D. Patten, 0. C. Potter, D. M. Powell, M. M. Price, William Ramsdell, D. F. Royer, G. W. Eyan, H. H. Sheets, J. O. Smith, W. E. Swanston, C. J. Trude, John Turnbull, N. Upham, 0. E. Van Etten, J. B. Wellcome, D. E. Wellman, J. V. White. North Dakota as a State. The first legislature to meet at Bismarck, the capital of the territory of Dakota, was in 1885, from January 13 to March 13. The* last legislature of the territory assembled January 8, 1889, and adjourned on the 9th of March, 1889. "An act to provide for the division of Dakota into two states and to enable the people of North and South Dakota, Montana and Washington to form constitutions and state governments and to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states," came in under the omnibus bill of February 22, 1889, which embodies the several measures introduced for the admission of the northwest territories. Constitutional conventions were accordingly held at Sioux Falls and Bismarck, assembling July 4, 1887. The officials for North Dakota were as follows: President, F. B. Fancher, Jamestown; chief clerk, John G. Hamilton, Grand Forks; enrolling and engrossing clerk, C. C. Bowsfield, Ellendale. The roll of membership of this constitutional convention was the following, together with the county they represented: Roger Allin, of Walsh; John Magnus Almen, of Walsh; Albert Francis Appleton, of Pembina; Therow W. Bean, of Nelson; James Bell, of Walsh; Richard Bennett, of Grand Forks; Lorenzo D. Bartlett, of Dickey; David Bartlett, of Griggs; William D. Best, of Pembina; Charles V. Brown, of Wells; Andrew Blewett, of Stutsman; William Budge, of Grand Forks; Edgar W. Camp, of Stutsman; Eben Whitney Chaffee, of Cass; John Emmett Carland, of Burleigh; Charles Carothers, of Grand Forks; Horace M. Clark, of Eddy; William J. Clapp, of Cass; Joseph L. Colton, of Ward; James A. Douglas, of Walsh; Elmer E. Elliott, of Barnes; Frederick B. Fancher, of Stutsman; George H. Fay, of McIntosh; Alexander D. Flemington, of Dickey; James Bennett Gayton, of Emmons; Benjamin Rush Glick, of Cavalier; Enos Gray, of Cass; Alexander Griggs, of Grand Forks; Harvey Harris, of Burleigh; Arne P. Haugen, of Grand Forks; Marthinus F. Hegge, of Traill; Herbert L. Holmes, of Pembina; Albert W. Hoyt, of Morton; Martin N. Johnson, of Nelson; William S. Lauder, of Richland; Addison Leech, of Cass; Martin V. Linwell, of Grand Forks; Jacob Lowell, of Cass; Edward H. Lohnes, of Ramsey; Michael K. Marriman, of Walsh; J. H. Mathews, of Grand Forks; Olney G. Meecham, of Foster; John McBride, of Cavalier; Henry Foster Miller, of Cass; Samuel H. Moer, of La Moure; James D. McKenzie, of Sargent; Patrick McHuh, of Cavalier; Virgil B. Noble, of Bottineau; Knud J. Nomland, of Traill; James F. O'Brien, of Ramsey; Curtis P. Parsons, of Rolette; Albert Samuel Parsons, of Morton; Engebret M. Paulson, of Traill; Henry M. Peterson, of Cass; Robert M. Pollock, of Cass; John Powers, of Sargent; Joseph Powles, of Cavalier; William E. Purcell, of Richland; William Ray, of Stark; Robert B. Richardson, of Pembina; Alexander D. Robertson, of Walsh; Eugene Strong Rolfe, of Benson; William H. Rowe, of Dickey; Andrew Sandager, of Ransom; John Shuman, of Sargent; John W. Scott, of Barnes; John F. Selby, of Traill; Andrew Sloten, of Richland; Burleigh Folsom Spalding, of Cass; Reuben N. Stevens, of Ransom; Ezra Turner, of Bottineau; Elmer D. Wallace, of Steele; Abram Olin Whipple, of Ramsey; J. Wellwood, of Barnes; and Erastus A. Williams, of Burleigh. The meeting was called to order and the following named made officers of the convention: F. B. Fancher, president; J. G. Hamilton, chief clerk; C. C. Bowsfield, enrolling and engrossing clerk; Fred Palley, sergeant-at-arms; J. S. Weiser, watchman; E. W. Knight, messenger; George Kline, chaplain; and R. M. Tuttle, official stenographer. The convention was in session some six weeks, adjourning August 17, 1889, during which time they formed a constitution which was submitted to the voters of the new state for their ratification or rejection. The election for this purpose and for . the election of state officers took place upon October 1, 1889, and out of a total vote cast of 35,548, those in favor of the adoption of the constitution were 27,441, while those against it were 8,107. Official Vote for Governor. The following will show the official vote by counties for the office of governor, at this, the first state election: John Miller, Roach, Counties— Rep. Dem. Barnes 1,191 498 Burleigh 771 322 Benson 467 111 Bottineau 335 304 Billings 45 14 Cass 2,712 1,411 Cavalier 647 534 Dickey 1,087 506 Eddy 241 161 Emmons 391 78 Foster 235 131 Grand Forks 1,929 1,263 Griggs 346 205 Kidder 259 88 La Moure 594 235 Logan 77 13 Morton 680 335 McHenry 219 68 McLean 223 41 McIntosh 375 20 Mercer 70 15 Nelson 628 260 Oliver 28 48 Pembina 1,553 1,241 Pierce 181 46 Kiehland 1,199 771 Eansom 998 261 Ramsey 779 343 Rolette 250 238 Stark 432 182 Stutsman 818 603 Steele 546 92 Sargent 1,027 216 Traill 1,524 469 Towner 184 244 Walsh 1,842 1,100 Wells 186 152 Ward 296 114 Total 25,365 12,733 Majority 12,632 Proclamation of Admission. On November 2, 1889, President Harrison issued his proclamation reciting the different provisions in the act authorizing the formation of the state, and showing that the same had been ?duly complied with, concluding: "Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, president of the United States of America, do, in accordance with the act of congress aforesaid, declare and proclaim the fact that the conditions imposed by congress on the state of North Dakota to entitle that state to admission into the Union have been ratified and accepted, and that the admission of the said state into the Union is now complete. "In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this second day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fourteenth. "By the President, Benjamin Harrison. "James G. Blaine, "Secretary of State." Since admission the state of North Dakota has had the following state officers: Governors. (First state officers qualified November 4, 1889.) John Miller 1889-90 Andrew H. Burke 1891-92 (b) Eli C. D. Shortridge 1893-94 Roger Allin 1895-96 *Frank A. Briggs 1897-98 (a) Joseph M. Devine. .1898 Frederick B. Fancher 1899-00 Frank White 1901-02 Frank White 1903-04 E. Y. Sarles 1905-06 (b) John Burke 1907 *Died in office, July, 1898. (a) Served out unexpired term of Governor Briggs. Lieutenant Governors. Alfred M. Dickey 1889-90 Roger Allin 1891-92 (b) Elmer D. Wallace 1893-94 John H. Worst 1895-96 Joseph M. Devine 1897-98 Joseph M. Devine 1899-00 David Bartlett 1901-02 David Bartlett 1903-04 David Bartlett 1905-06 R. S. Lewis 1907 Secretaries of State. John Flittle 1889-92 Christian M. Dahl 1893-96 Fred Falley 1897-98 Fred Falley 1899-00 E.F.Porter 1901-02 E.F.Porter 1903-04 E. F. Porter 1905-06 Alfred Blaisdell 1907 Auditors. N. B. Hannum 1897-98 *John P. Bray 1889-92 (a) Archie Currie 1892 (b) A. W. Porter 1893-94 Frank A. Briggs 1895-96 A. N. Carlblom 1899-00 A. N. Carlblom 1901-02 H. L. Holmes 1903-04 H. L. Holmes 1905-06 H. L. Holmes 1907 *Resigned. (a) Appointed to fill vacancy, September 10, 1892. Treasurers. L. E. Booker 1889-92 (b) Knud J. Nomland 1893-94 George E. Nichols 1895-96 George E. Nichols 1897-98 D. W. Driscoll 1899-00 D. H. McMillan 1901-02 D. H. McMillan 1903-04 Albert Peterson 1905-06 Albert Peterson 1907 Attorney Generals. George F. Goodwin 1889-90 C. A. M. Spencer 1891-92 (b) W. H. Standish 1893-94 John F. Cowan 1895-96 John F. Cowan 1897-98 John F. Cowan 1899-00 O. D. Comstock 1901-02 C. N. Frich 1903-04 C. N. Frich 1905-06 T. F. McCue 1907 (b) Democrats. All others republicans. Superintendents of Public Instruction. *William Mitchell 1889-90 *W. J. Clapp 1890 John Ogden 1891-92 (b) Laura J. Eisenhuth 1893-94 Emma B. Bates 1895-96 John G. Halland 1897-98 John G. Halland 1899-00 Joseph M. Devine 1901-02 W. L. Stockwell 1903-04 W. L. Stockwell 1905-06 W. L. Stockwell 1907 *William Mitchell died March 10, 1890, and W. J. Clapp was appointed to fill the unexpired term. Commissioners of Agriculture and Labor. H. T. Helgeson 1889-92 (b) *Nelsbn Williams 1893-94 A. H. Laughlin 1895-96 H. U. Thomas 1897-98 H. U. Thomas 1899-00 R. J. Turner 1901-02 R. J. Turner 1903-04 W. C. Gilbreath 1905-06 W. C. Gilbreath 1907 *Appointed; Adams, who was elected, failed to qualify. Commissioners of Insurance. A. L. Carey 1889-92 (b) James Cudhie 1893-94 Fred B. Fancher 1895-96 Fred B. Fancher 1897-98 George W. Harrison 1899-00 Ferdinand Leutz 1901-02 Ferdinand Leutz 1903-04 E. C. Cooper 1905-06 E. C. Cooper 1907 Commissioners of Railroads. George S. Montgomery 1889-90 T. S. Underbill 1889-90 David Bartlett 1889-90 George H. Walsh 1891-92 George Harmon 1891-92 Andrew Slotten 1891-92 (b) Peter Cameron 1893-94 (b) Ben Stevens 1893-94 (b) Nels P. Rasmussen 1893-94 John W. Currie 1895-96 John Wamberg 1895-96 George H. Keyes 1895-96 George H. Keyes 1897-98 L. L. Walton 1897-98 J. R. Gibson 1897-98 John Simons 1899-00 L. L. Walton 1899-00 Henry Erickson 1899-00 J. F. Shea 1901-02 J. F. Youngblood 1901-02 C. J. Lord 1901-02 J. F. Shea 1903-04 C. J. Lord 1903-04 A. Schatz 1903-04 C. S. Deisem 1905-06 Erick Stafne 1905-06 John Christianson 1905-06 C. S. Deisem 1907 Erick Stafne 1907 Simon Westby 1907 (b) Democrats. All others republicans. Judges of Supreme Court. At the first state election, October, 1889, Guy C. H. Corliss, Alfred Wallin and Joseph M. Bartholomew, were elected judges of the supreme court for terms, respectively, three, five and seven years, and by lot it was determined that Judge Corliss should serve the three years term, Judge Bartholomew for five years and Judge Wallin for seven years. Each served and others have been elected as follows: Guy C. H. Corliss, of Grand Forks, for the term of six years commencing December, 1893. J. M. Bartholomew, of LaMoure, for the term of six years commencing December, 1895. Alfred Wallin, of Fargo, for the term of six years commencing December, 1897. N. C. Young, of Fargo, for the term of six years commencing December, 1898. Re-elected for the term of six years commencing December, 1904. Resigned, 1906. Guy C. H. Corliss resigned 1898 and N. C. Young was appointed to fill the unexpired term, and then elected in 1898. (b) David Morgan, of Devils Lake, for the term of six years commencing December, 1900. Re-elected in 1906. John M. Cochrane, of Grand Forks, for the term of six years commencing December, 1902. Died July 20, 1904. Edward Engerud, of Fargo, was appointed to fill unexpired term. Edward Engerud, of Fargo, for the term of six years commencing December, 1904. Resigned, 1907. John Knauf, Jamestown, appointed to succeed N. C. Young, resigned. Served until December 15, 1906. (b) C. J. Fisk, Grand Forks, elected 1906, to fill unexpired term of N. C. Young. B. F. Spalding, Fargo, appointed 1907, to fill unexpired term of Edward Engerud. Judges of District Courts. Terms expire First District—(b) Charles F. Templeton 1896 First District—(b) Charles J. Fisk* 1908 First District—(b) Charles F. Templeton** 1908 Second District—(b) David E. Morgan 1900 Second District—John Cowan 1908 Third District—(b) Wm. B. McConnell 1896 Third District—Charles A. Pollock 1908 Fourth District—W. S. Lauder 1906 Fourth District—Frank P. Allen 1908 Fifth District—(b) Roderick Rose 1896 Fifth District—S. L. Glaspell 1906 Fifth District—Edward T. Burke 1908 Sixth District—W. H. Winchester 1908 Seventh District—Q. E. Sauter 1900 Seventh District—W. J. Kneeshaw 1908 Eighth District—L. J. Palda 1904 Eighth District—E. B. Goss 1908 (b) Democrats. All others republicans. *Appointed judge supreme court, 1906. **Appointed to fill vacancy by election of C. J. Fisk to supreme court. First Session of the Legislative Assembly Since Statehood. Convened November 19, 1889, and adjourned March 18, 1900. The membership was as follows: Senate. Lieutenant Governor Alfred Dickey, President. C. C. Bowsfield, Secretary. Members. Judson LaMoure, H. J. Rowe, *A. F. Appleton, *H. R. Hartman, Roger Allin, Andrew Slotten, *James H. Bell, Andrew Helgeson, J. E. Stevens, Andrew Sandager, *M. L. McCormack, Samuel A. Fisher, George B. Winship, J. O. Smith, W. H. Robinson, D. S. Dodds, John E. Haggart, *John McBride, *R. D. Cowan, E. L. Yeager, W. E. Swanston, F. G. Barlow, Bailey Fuller, H. S. Deisem, *M. E. Randall, J. H. Worst, C. B. Little, Anton Svensrud, E. H. Belyea, George Harmon, N. C. Lawrence. *Democrats. All others republicans. House. David B. Wellman, Speaker. J. G. Hamilton, Chief Clerk. Members. John H. Watt, R. B. Richardson, *H. L. Norton, John Stadleman, John H. McCullough, A. N. Foss, John Montgomery, A. O. Haugerud, Alex. Thomson, Franklin Estabrook, Nels Tangberg, George H. Walsh, *L. F. Zimmer, A. P. Haugen, Ole T. Gronli, Roderick J. Johnson, *O. T. Jahr, J. F. Selby, H. H. Strom, E. S. Tyler, F. J. Thompson, Eli D. McIntyre, N. B. Pinkham, John O. Bye, H. D. Court, Frank J. Langer, W. W. Beard, R. H. Hankinson, R. N. Ink, A. O. Heglie, E. W. Bowen, W. S. Buchanan, R. N. Stevens, J. L. Green, Duncan McDonald, C. J. Christianson, W. H. H. Roney, Chris. Balkan, Ole E. Olsgard, *W. H. Murphy, *F. R. Renaud, James Brittin, G. E. Ingebretsen, D. P. Thomas, James McCormick, C. A. Currier, D. B. Wellman, Luther L. Walters, George Lutz, John Milsted, L. A. Ueland, W. B. Allen, A. T. Cole, George W. Lilly, W. L. Belden, E. A. Williams, George W. Rawlings, James Reed, A. C. Nedrud, A. W. Hoyt, P. B. Wickham, C. C. Moore, *Democrats. All others republicans. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY PAST AND PRESENT Including an Account of the Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages of the Valley from the Time of Their First Settlement and Formation BY VARIOUS WRITERS IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME I ILLUSTRATED HERALD PRINTING COMPANY GRAND FORKS C. F. COOPER & COMPANY CHICAGO 1909 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nd/state/history/1909/historyo/creation42nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ndfiles/ File size: 55.1 Kb