8th Minnesota Legislature

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Eighth Minnesota Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body Minnesota Legislature
Jurisdiction Minnesota, United States
TermJanuary 1, 1866 (1866-01-01) – January 7, 1867 (1867-01-07)
Website www.leg.state.mn.us
Minnesota State Senate
Members21 Senators
Lieutenant Governor Thomas Henry Armstrong
Party control Republican Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members42 Representatives
Speaker James Beach Wakefield
Party control Republican Party

The eighth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 2, 1866. The half of the 21 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented even-numbered districts were elected during the general election of November 8, 1864, while the 42 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives and the other half of the members of the Minnesota Senate were elected during the general election of November 7, 1865.

Contents

Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 2, 1866, to March 2, 1866. There were no special sessions of the 8th Minnesota Legislature. [1]

Party summary

Senate

Party [2]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
TotalVacant
Democratic Republican
End of previous Legislature 417210
Begin615210
Latest voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature 517220

House of Representatives

Party [2]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
TotalVacant
Democratic Republican Unknown
End of previous Legislature 10320420
Begin13290420
Latest voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature 7391470

Leadership

Senate

Lieutenant Governor
Thomas Henry Armstrong (R-High Forest) [3]

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
James Beach Wakefield (R-Blue Earth City) [4]

Members

Senate

NameDistrictCityParty
Baxter, Luther Loren 18 Shakopee Democratic
Brown, Charles T. 19 Saint Peter Republican
Buell, David L. 13 Caledonia Democratic
Butters, Reuben 17 Kasota Democratic
Cole, Gordon E. 08 Faribault Republican
Daniels, John V. 12 Rochester Republican
George, G. D. 06 Rockford Republican
Langley, Dudley F. 07 Hastings Republican
Lord, Samuel 15 Mantorville Republican
Lowell, Benjamin A. 16 Wilton Republican
McKusick, John 02 Stillwater Republican
Miller, Luke 14 Chatfield Republican
Murray, William Pitt 01 Saint Paul Democratic
Otis, George Lamartine 02 Saint Paul Democratic
Pettit, Curtis Hussey 05 Minneapolis Republican
Pillsbury, John Sargent 04 Saint Anthony Republican
Randolph, N. F. 10 Lake City Republican
Richardson, Reuben M. 03 Torah Democratic
Shillock, Daniel G. 20 New Ulm Republican
Simpson, Thomas 11 Winona Republican
Thacher, Joseph A. 09 Zumbrota Republican

House of Representatives

NameDistrictCityParty
Archibald, J. S. 08 Dundas Unknown
Armstrong, Augustus L. 16 Albert Lea Republican
Barnes, Nathan F. 03 Saint Cloud Unknown
Branch, William 01 Saint Paul Republican
Bristol, Warren Henry 09 Red Wing Republican
Brown, William 10 Elgin Unknown
Buck, Daniel 17 Mankato Democratic
Buck, W. W. 11 Sherwood Republican
Chalfant, William 14 Carimona Republican
Crooker, Josiah B. 16 Owatonna Republican
Cutter, E. W. 04 Saint Anthony Unknown
Dickey, Sylvester 09 Pine Island Unknown
Ellison, Smith 02 Sunrise Unknown
Farmer, John Quincy 14 Spring Valley Republican
Felch, Charles J. 15 Hamilton Republican
Gould, Aaron 05 Eden Prairie Republican
Griggs, Chauncey Wright 06 Chaska Democratic
Harrington, Lewis 06 Hutchinson Republican
Hathaway, Roderic D. 12 Pleasant Grove Republican
Hayden, A. R. 04 Elk River Unknown
Hobart, John 14 Lenora Republican
Honner, J. S.G. 19 Redwood Falls Republican
Howe, Jonas H. 05 South Plymouth Republican
Jay, Stephen H. 18 Saint Lawrence Republican
Johnson, Jr., D. B. 15 Austin Republican
King, Dana E. 06 Greenleaf Republican
Masters, Robert C. 07 Waterford Democratic
Maynard, Arba K. 17 Elysian Democratic
Mitchell, John B. H. 02 Stillwater Republican
Moore, William S. 03 Saint Cloud Democratic
Overbeck, Bernard 03 Saint Cloud Unknown
Paine, Parker 01 Saint Paul Unknown
Perry, B. F. 12 Rochester Republican
Pope, Isaac 08 Morristown Republican
Russell, Thomas 19 Henderson Unknown
Schaller, J. P. 13 Brownsville Republican
Smith, J. D. 07 West Saint Paul Unknown
Thompson, James G. 17 Garden City Unknown
Trott, Herman 21 Saint Paul Unknown
Wakefield, James Beach 20 Blue Earth City Republican
Watson, Robert 02 Cottage Grove Republican
Youmans, Earl S. 11 Winona Republican

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References

  1. "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 Dubin, Michael J. (2007). Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures: A Year by Year Summary, 1796-2006 (Revised ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 102. ISBN   1476607761.
  3. "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
Preceded by Eighth Minnesota Legislature
1866
Succeeded by