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