CHAPTER XXVI. OFFICERS AND POPULATION. List of Men Who Have Represented Goodhue County at St. Paul Since Territorial Days — List of County Officers — Men From This County Who Have Occupied Positions of Higher Trust and" Honor — Population of the County by Nationality, and Occupation, With List of Growth Since the Earliest Census. On -July 17. 1849, Alexander Ramsey, by proclamation, fixed 1 lie council districts for the Territory of Minnesota, which had not then been divided into counties. The St. Croix precinct of St. Croix county, and the settlements on the west bank of the Mis- sissippi, south of Crow village to the Iowa line, was constituted the First district. This included Goodhue county. 1849 — The First Legislature assembled September 3, and adjourned November 1. The Pirsl district was represented by James S. Norris, of Cottage Grove, in the counil; John A. Furber of Cottage Grove, and James Wells in the house. Wells was from Goodhue county. 1851 — The Second Legislature assembled January 1, and adjourned March 31. The First district was represented by •lames S. Norris in the council; John A. Ford, of Red Rock, and •lames Wells in the house. 1852 — The Third Legislature. By the apportionment of 1851, the territory having been divided into counties, the counties of Wabasha and Washington, and precincts of St. Paul and Little Canada, constituted the Fourth district. This included Goodhue county. The legislature assembled January 3, and adjourned- March 6. The Fourth district was represented by Lorenzo A. Babcock, of St. Paul in the council, and Fordyce Richards, a Lake Pepin trader, in the house. 1853 — The Fourth Legislature assembled January 5, and adjourned March 5. The Fourth district was represented by. L. A. Babcock in the council, and James Wells in the house. 1854 — The Fifth Legislature assembled January 4, and adjourned March 4. The Fourth district was represented by AVilliam Freeborn in the council, and 0. M. Lord in the house. 478
