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Bailly, Henry G.

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Map of Hastings
Hastings, MN

Territorial Council 1856-57 (District 6); Democratic Constitutional Convention 1857 (District 6); Senate 1857-58 (District 3)

Party when first elected:  Democratic

Counties Served:  Dakota, Rice, Scott

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: ??/??/1829 (uncertain) Date of Death: ??/??/1865 (uncertain)
Birth Place: Minnesota Birth County:  Birth Country: United States
Other Names:
Alternate Spelling of Last Name:  Bailey
Gender:  Male Religion:  Not Reported Reported Minority:   Native American
City of Residence (when first elected):  Hastings

Occupation (when first elected):  Merchant

EDUCATION

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Territorial Democratic Constitutional Convention6th Council District, Minnesota TerritoryElected07/13/1857 to 08/29/1857

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Married
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
Alexis Bailly  - Father

GENERAL NOTES

The Minnesota Constitutional Debates, 1857, the United States Census, 1857, the Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1872, and the Journal of the Senate 1857-58, list his last name as Bailly; Toensing lists Bailey.

He was listed as being 28 years old in the 1857 Census so he must have been born around 1829.

His father was one-fourth Ottawa Indian. (The Life of Alexis Bailly, Minnesota Pioneer)

His mother, Lucy Faribault, "was the child of a French trader and a mixed-blood mother." (Gilman, Rhoda. Henry Hastings Sibley: Divided Heart. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 2004.)

Legislative Session: 1st (1857-1858)   Session Details term photo
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Body: Senate Elected: 10/13/1857 Term of Office: 12/2/1857 to 12/6/1859
District: 03 Residence: Hastings
Counties Represented: Dakota
Occupation: Gentleman
Party: Democratic Party Notes: His party affiliation was provided by Minnesota in Three Centuries.
Committees:
Enrollment (Chair)
Printing
Session Notes: He was sworn in on December 7, 1857 and subscribed to the oath of office on December 8, 1857. An 1858-59 session was not held due to the protracted session of 1857-58. (Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1872, p. 66) Thus, even though the first session was adjourned on August 12, 1858; the term end date for it is listed as the day before the second legislative session's start date.
Legislative Session: 8th Territorial (1857)   Session Details
Body: Territorial Council Elected: 10/9/1855 Term of Office: 1/2/1856 to 12/1/1857
District: 06 Residence: Hastings
Counties Represented: Dakota, Rice, Scott
Occupation: Merchant
Party: Democratic
Committees:
Agricultural and Manufactures
Public Buildings (Chair)
Legislative Session: 7th Territorial (1856)   Session Details
Body: Territorial Council Elected: 10/9/1855 Term of Office: 1/2/1856 to 12/1/1857
District: 06 Residence: Hastings
Counties Represented: Dakota, Rice, Scott
Occupation: Merchant
Party: Democratic
Committees:
Agriculture and Manufactures

OTHER INFORMATION

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Henry G. Bailey of Hastings, member of the First State Legislature (ca. 1858) From the Minnesota Historical Society's Visual Resources Database



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