The council met in Detroit in two regular sessions between May 1, 1832, and April 23, 1833, during the term of George B. Porter as territorial governor.

[1] John McDonell was president of the council, Edmund A. Brush secretary, and James T. Allen sergeant-at-arms.

[1] A January 1827 act of the United States Congress provided for the direct election of a 13-member legislative council by the people of the territory; the same act gave the council responsibility for determining the apportionment of seats.

[2] The council apportioned the seats as follows in an 1828 act:[3] ... the county of Wayne shall form the first electoral district, and shall be entitled to elect three members ... the counties of Macomb and St. Clair shall compose the second district, and shall be entitled to elect one member ... the county of Oakland, and the country attached thereto, shall compose the third district, and shall be entitled to elect two members ... the county of Washtenaw, and the country attached thereto, shall compose the fourth district, and shall be entitled to elect two members ... the counties of Monroe and Lenawe, and the country attached to Lenawe, shall compose the fifth district, and shall be entitled to elect two members ... the counties of Cass, St. Joseph and Kalamazoo, and the country attached thereto, shall compose the sixth district, and be entitled to elect one member ... the counties of Chippewa, Michilimackinac, Brown, Crawford and Iowa shall compose the seventh district, and shall be entitled to elect two members of the legislative council.St.

Clair Monroe Kalamazoo St. Joseph Chippewa Crawford Iowa Michilimackinac