Samuel Rinnah Van Sant was an American politician who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives and as the 15th Governor of Minnesota.
The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the U.S. state of Minnesota's legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate,the state's upper house,to craft and pass legislation,which is then subject to approval by the governor of Minnesota.
Charles Arnette Towne was an American lawyer and politician who served in both houses of Congress. He represented Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897 and in the U.S. Senate from 1900 to 1901. He also represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1905 to 1907. He was the last Democrat senator from Minnesota,before the state's Democratic Party merged with the Farmer-Labor Party to form the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.
Irvine Luther Lenroot was an American attorney,jurist,and Republican Party politician from Wisconsin. He served as Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1903 to 1907 and represented the state in the United States Congress from 1909 to 1927,first in the United States House of Representatives until 1918,and then in the United States Senate. After he lost the Republican nomination in 1926,Herbert Hoover nominated him to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
James Beach Wakefield was a United States Congressman from Minnesota. He was also Senator and 8th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.
John Edward Kelley was a newspaperman and a politician from South Dakota who served one term in the United States House of Representatives.
Loren Fletcher was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
John La Porte Gibbs was a Minnesota legislator,two-time Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.
George Bradley was an American politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He represented District 7,which at that time included portions of Scott County just southwest of the Twin Cities.
Fred C. Norton was a Minnesota politician,a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party,a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives,and a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
David M. Jennings was an American politician from the state of Minnesota. A member of the Republican Party,he served as Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives,and the superintendent of Eastern Carver County School District 112,based in Chaska.
John Quincy Farmer was a Minnesota politician,jurist,and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He first served in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1866,and was elected speaker one year later,serving in the position until he left the house in 1868. He later served in the Minnesota Senate from 1871 to 1872,and was a judge for Minnesota's 10th judicial district from 1880 to 1893.
William Edwin Lee was a Minnesota politician and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He first served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1885 to 1889,and was sent back to the body from 1893 to 1895. He was elected Speaker during his second tenure in office.
John D. Jones (1849–1914) was a Minnesota politician and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
Arthur Newman Dare was a Minnesota Republican politician and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. The publisher of the Star News in Elk River,Minnesota,Dare was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1894. Dare served three terms,becoming speaker in 1899.
Michael John "M.J." Dowling was a Minnesota Republican politician and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
Henry Rines was a Minnesota Republican politician,Minnesota State Treasurer,and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Rines,a newspaper publisher,emigrated as a child from Orsa,Sweden. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1906. He served as speaker from 1913 to 1915,as a part of a faction of progressive Republicans. He was elected as State Treasurer in 1916,a position he held for two terms.
Ralph J. Parker was a Minnesota politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
Edwin J. Chilgren was an American newspaper publisher. He served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and was Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
The 1st Minnesota Legislature first convened on December 2,1857. The 37 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 80 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of October 13,1857. Although the Constitution of the State of Minnesota,which had been adopted by the voters at the 1857 general election,was not ratified by the United States Senate until May 11,1858,this was the first legislature of the State of Minnesota to convene in conformity with the state constitution.
