Minnesota Territory

Territory of Minnesota
Organized incorporated territory of the United States
Location of Minnesota Territory within the U.S. including U.S. state boundaries
Capital	St. Paul
Government
• Type	Organized incorporated territory
Governor
• 1849–1853	Alexander Ramsey
• 1853–1857	Willis A. Gorman
• 1857–1858	Samuel Medary
Legislature	Minnesota Territorial Legislature
History
• Split from Iowa and Wisconsin territories	3 March 1849
• Statehood	11 May 1858
Preceded by Succeeded by Iowa Territory Wisconsin Territory Minnesota Unorganized territory

The Territory of Minnesota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1849,^[1] until May 11, 1858, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Minnesota and the western portion became unorganized territory and shortly after was reorganized as part of the Dakota Territory.