Joseph Travis Rosser (J. Travis Rosser, J. Traverse Rosser) was an American politician. From

Mankato, Minnesota Mankato ( ) is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the state of Minnesota. The population was 44,488 according to the 2020 census, making it the 21st-largest city in Minnesota, and the 5th-largest outside of the Minnea ...

, Rosser served as the Secretary of the

Minnesota Territory The Territory of Minnesota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1849, until May 11, 1858, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Minnesota and west ...

from 1853 to 1857. Rosser was from

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an ...

, a lawyer, and slaveholder. He was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention of 1860 from

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...

.'Lawyers and Courts of Minnesota Prior To and During Its Territorial Period, Judge Charles E. Flandrau (An address at the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Historical Society, January 13, 1896), pg. 97

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