Prince, John S.
Democratic Constitutional Convention 1857 (District 2)
Party when first elected: Democratic
Counties Served:
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
??/??/1821
Birth Place:
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Date of Death:
??/??/1895
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Saint Paul
Occupation (when first elected):
None Listed
EDUCATION
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Territorial Democratic Constitutional Convention:
2nd Council District, Minnesota Territory;
07/13/1857 to 08/29/1857
[Elected]
Municipal Mayor:
St. Paul, Minnesota (City Mayor);
1860 to 1863
Municipal Mayor:
St. Paul, Minnesota (City Mayor);
1865 to 1867
County Board/Commissioner:
Ramsey County, Minnesota (County Commissioner);
1871 to 1872
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
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GENERAL NOTES
He was one of the members elected in the 1858 election to serve in the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 1858-1859 session. That session was never called. A note in the Legislative Manual for the State of Minnesota 1881 (p. 180) states that due to the protracted session of 1857-58 the winter of 1858-59 meeting of the legislature was unnecessary.
He was an unsuccessful Democartic Party candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 1860 election.
His party affiliation was identified as Democratic in the 1860 election. (A History of the City of Saint Paul and of the County of Ramsey, Minnesota, 1876)
These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.
No other information has been entered for this legislator.