IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER

TERRITORIAL OFFICIALS AND GOVERNORS OF IOWA

Auditors
Office created January 7, 1840

JESSE WILLIAMS, appointed 1840
WILLIAM M. GILBERT, appointed 1843, reappointed 1844
ROBERT M SECREST, appointed 1845

Treasurers
Office created January 24, 1839

THORNTON BAYLESS, appointed 1839
MORGAN RENO, appointed 1840

Superintendent of Public Instruction
Office created February 12, 1841; abolished March 9, 1842

WILLIAM REYNOLDS, appointed 1841

Judges of the Supreme Court

CHARLES MASON, chief justice 1838-1846
JOSEPH WILLIAMS, associate justice 1838-1846
THOMAS S. WILSON, associate justice 1838-1846
GEORGE S. HAMPTON, associate justice 1839-1946
THORNTON BAYLESS, clerk 1838-1839
EASTIN MORRIS, reporter 1843-1846

Delegates to Congress

WILLIAM W. CHAPMAN, 25th and 26th Congresses
FRANCIS GEHON*
AUGUSTUS C. DODGE, 27th 28th and 29th Congresses

Legislative Officers for the Territory of Iowa

Before Iowa was admitted as a state in 1846, the Senate of the territory was called the Legislative Council. The presiding officer was known as the president of the council. The Iowa Constitution, approved by a vote of the people in 1857, created the office of lieutenant governor and named him as the ex officio president of the Senate.

The 1838, 1839, and 1840 sessions were held at the territorial captial in Burlington. The 1841 through 1845 sessions were held in Iowa City. In 1855, the 5th General Assembly voted to change the location of the capitol to Des Moines.

Opening Month of Sessions	President of Legislative Council	Speaker of the House
November 1838	Jesse B. Browne	Wm. H. Wallace
November 1839	Stephen P. Hempstead	Edward Johnston
November 1840	M. Bainbridge	Thomas Cox
December 1841	J.W. Parker	Warren Lewis
December 1842	John D. Elbert	James M. Morgan
December 1843	Francis Springer and Thomas Cox	James. P. Carleton
December 1844	Francis Gehon	John Foley
December 1845	S. Clinton Hastings	Geo. W. McCleary

* Elected in 1839, but may have never acted as a delegate.