5th Minnesota Legislature
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Fifth Minnesota Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Minnesota Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | Minnesota, United States | ||||
Term | January 6, 1863 | – January 5, 1864||||
Website | www | ||||
Minnesota State Senate | |||||
Members | 21 Senators | ||||
Lieutenant Governor | Ignatius L. Donnelly | ||||
Party control | Republican Party | ||||
Minnesota House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 42 Representatives | ||||
Speaker | Charles D. Sherwood | ||||
Party control | Republican Party |
The fifth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 6, 1863. The half of the 21 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented odd-numbered districts were elected during the General Election of October 8, 1861, 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 4, 1862.
Sessions
[edit]The legislature met in a regular session from January 6, 1863 to March 6, 1863. There were no special sessions of the 5th Minnesota Legislature.[1]
Party summary
[edit]Senate
[edit]Party[2] (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | Vacant | ||
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Democratic | Republican | |||
End of previous Legislature | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0 |
Begin | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0 |
Latest voting share | 24% | 76% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0 |
House of Representatives
[edit]Party[2] (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | Vacant | |||
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Democratic | Republican | Union Dem. | |||
End of previous Legislature | 10 | 30 | 2 | 40 | 2 |
Begin | 12 | 29 | 1 | 42 | 0 |
Latest voting share | 29% | 69% | 2% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 11 | 27 | 4 | 42 | 0 |
Leadership
[edit]Senate
[edit]- Lieutenant Governor
- Ignatius L. Donnelly (R-Nininger)[3]
House of Representatives
[edit]- Speaker of the House
- Charles D. Sherwood (R-Elkhorn)[4]
Members
[edit]Senate
[edit]Name | District | City | Party |
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Baldwin, Rufus J. | 05 | Minneapolis | Republican |
Berry, John McDonogh | 08 | Faribault | Republican |
Clark, Joseph H. | 15 | Claremont | Republican |
Dailey, Mervin A. | 16 | Owatonna | Republican |
Dane, Nathan | 17 | Ottawa | Democratic |
Daniels, John V. | 12 | Rochester | Republican |
Heaton, David | 04 | Saint Anthony | Republican |
Irvine, John R. | 21 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
Lincoln, Isaac | 18 | Shakopee | Democratic |
McClure, Charles | 09 | Red Wing | Republican |
McKusick, John | 02 | Stillwater | Republican |
Miller, Luke | 14 | Chatfield | Republican |
Moore, William S. | 03 | Saint Cloud | Democratic |
Nash, Charles W. | 07 | Hastings | Democratic |
Ottman, R. | 10 | Lake City | Republican |
Sargeant, M. Wheeler | 11 | Winona | Republican |
See, Charles H. | 13 | Brownsville | Republican |
Shillock, Daniel G. | 20 | New Ulm | Republican |
Smith, James K. | 01 | Saint Paul | Republican |
Swift, Henry Adoniram | 19 | Saint Peter | Republican |
Warner, Charles A. | 06 | Chaska | Republican |
House of Representatives
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 23 November 2016.