Territorial Council of Wisconsin Territory

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The Territorial Council of Wisconsin Territory was the upper legislative body of the pre-statehood territorial government that helped shape the laws and political framework later inherited by the state of Wisconsin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
territorial upper legislative chamber
appliesToJurisdiction Upper Midwest frontier region in the 1830s and 1840s
Wisconsin Territory
parts of present-day Iowa
parts of present-day Minnesota
parts of present-day North Dakota
parts of present-day South Dakota
present-day Wisconsin
authorizedBy Act of the United States Congress creating Wisconsin Territory
country United States of America
dissolved 1848
followed legislative councils of earlier U.S. territories
followedBy Wisconsin State Senate
hasHistoricalSignificance precursor to Wisconsin’s state-level legislature
hasJurisdictionOver territorial civil law
territorial criminal law
territorial infrastructure policy
territorial local government organization
territorial taxation
hasLowerHouse Territorial House of Representatives of Wisconsin Territory
hasMemberType territorial councilor
hasRole upper house of the territorial legislature
helpedShape legal framework of the future State of Wisconsin
political institutions of Wisconsin
inception 1836
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalForm territorial legislature chamber
legislativeBodyFor Wisconsin Territory
legislativePeriod pre-statehood era of Wisconsin
legislativeProcess bicameral
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Wisconsin Territory
meetsIn Belmont, Wisconsin Territory
linked to: Belmont, Wisconsin

Burlington, Iowa Territory
Madison, Wisconsin Territory
numberOfChambersInLegislature 2
partOf American territorial governance system
Government of Wisconsin Territory
Legislature of Wisconsin Territory
pre-statehood government of Wisconsin
reasonForDissolution admission of Wisconsin as a U.S. state
seatOfGovernment Madison, Wisconsin Territory
selectionMethod election by eligible territorial voters
subordinateTo Governor of Wisconsin Territory
United States Congress

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Wisconsin State Senate precededBy Territorial Council of Wisconsin Territory
Wisconsin Territory legislativeBody Wisconsin Territorial Legislature
linked to: Territorial Council of Wisconsin Territory
Territorial Council of Wisconsin Territory partOf Legislature of Wisconsin Territory
linked to: Territorial Council of Wisconsin Territory