11th Minnesota Legislature

1869 legislative session February 2026 January 2025 Eleventh Minnesota Legislature File:1stMNstatecapitol-1860.jpg 200px Minnesota Legislature United States Minnesota 1869 01 05 1870 01 03 10th Minnesota Legislature 12th Minnesota Legislature www.leg.state.mn.us/ Minnesota State Senate 22 Senators Republican Party Lieutenant Governor Thomas Henry Armstrong Minnesota House of Representatives 47 Representatives Republican Party Speaker Chester D. Davidson The eleventh Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 5, 1869. The 11 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented odd-numbered districts were chosen in the General Election of November 5, 1867, while the 11 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented even-numbered districts, and the 47 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives, were chosen in the General Election of November 3, 1868. Sessions The legislature met in a regular session from January 5, 1869 to March 5, 1869. There were no special sessions of the 11th Minnesota Legislature.http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/sessions.aspx Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library 5 November 2017 Party summary Senate PartyDubin Michael J. Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures: A Year by Year Summary, 1796-2006 McFarland Revised 2007 Jefferson, North Carolina 102 https://books.google.com/books?id=wi9zBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA102 1476607761 (Shading indicates majority caucus) Total Vacant Democratic Republican End of previous Legislature 5 16 21 1 Begin 6 16 22 0 Latest voting share 6 22 0 16 22 0 Beginning of the next Legislature 8 14 22 0 House of Representatives Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) Total Vacant Democratic Republican End of previous Legislature 13 34 47 0 Begin 9 38 47 0 Latest voting share 9 47 0 38 47 0 Beginning of the next Legislature 18 29 47 0 Leadership Senate Lieutenant Governor Thomas Henry Armstrong (R-High Forest)http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/spres.aspx President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present Minnesota Legislative Reference Library 5 November 2017 House of Representatives Speaker of the House Chester D. Davidson (R-Minneapolis)http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/speakers.aspx Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present Minnesota Legislative Reference Library 5 November 2017 Members Senate Name District City Party Batchelder, George Washington 08 Faribault Republican Becker, George Loomis 01 Saint Paul Democratic Bergen, A. 14 Preston Republican Bristol, Warren Henry 09 Red Wing Republican Brown, Charles T. 19 Saint Peter Republican Castle, James Nathan 02 Stillwater Democratic Crooker, Josiah B. 16 Owatonna Republican Freeman, Everett P. 17 Mankato Republican Gilman, Charles Andrew 03 Saint Cloud Republican Griggs, Chauncey Wright 21 Chaska Democratic Harris, William E. 15 Hamilton Republican Henry, William 18 Belle Plaine Democratic King, Dana E. 06 Greenleaf Republican Leonard, Joseph A. 12 Rochester Republican Lochren, William 04 Saint Anthony Democratic Pettit, Curtis Hussey 05 Minneapolis Republican Potter, George F. 13 La Crescent Republican Prindle, W. W. 10 Wabasha Republican Sheardown, Samuel B.Sheardown was chosen, in a special election held prior to the beginning of the session, to complete the unexpired term of Senator Benjamin Franklin, who died in office on a date uncertain, sometime after the session for the 10th Legislature adjourned. Sheardown was sworn in and took his seat at the beginning of the 11th Legislature.https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14754 Sheardown, Samuel B. "S.B." Legislators Past & Present Minnesota Legislative Reference Library 7 November 2017 "sheardown_date_of_office" "nb" 11 Stockton Republican Smith, Edson R. 22 Le Sueur Republican Smith, Seagrave 07 Hastings Democratic Wakefield, James Beach 20 Blue Earth City Republican House of Representatives Name District City Party Aaker, Lars K. 09 Alexandria Republican Armstrong, Augustus L. 16 Albert Lea Republican Baxter, Luther Loren 21 Chaska Democratic Bohn, Conrad 11 Winona Republican Bryant, George W. 10 Elgin Republican Chewning, Reuben J. 07 Farmington Democratic Clark, Charles H. 05 Minneapolis Republican Davison, Chester D. 05 Minneapolis Republican Easton, Elijah 16 Owatonna Republican Egan, James J. 01 Saint Paul Democratic Everett, Ritten H. 22 Cleveland Republican Faber, Paul 01 Saint Paul Democratic Folsom, William Henry Carman 02 Taylors Falls Republican Fridley, Abram McCormick 04 Manomin Democratic Gilman, John M. 01 Saint Paul Democratic Grover, A. J. 09 Minneola Republican Hall, Albert R. 05 Dayton Republican Hammer, Evin D. 14 Pilot Mound Republican Haskell, Joseph 02 Afton Republican Hathaway, Roderic D. 12 Pleasant Grove Republican Hicks, William E. 03 Alexandria Republican Hobart, John 14 Rushford Republican Hollister, Edward 08 Warsaw Republican Hunt, Thomas J. 15 Ellington Republican Hunter, James W. 20 Jackson Republican Hyde, Sam Y.Legislators Past & Present notes that Hyde's middle initial is listed as V. in Toensing, but Y. in The Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1869 and 1871.https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13489 Hyde, Sam V. or Y. Legislators Past & Present Minnesota Legislative Reference Library 7 November 2017 The Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota and the Journal of the House of Representatives of the Thirteenth Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota both list Hyde as "S. Y. Hyde", creating a presumption that Hyde's middle initial was Y. "hyde_middle_initial" "nb" 11 Saint Charles Republican Johnson, Tosten 13 Spring Grove Republican Larson, B. S. 12 Byron Republican Lathrop, John 12 Rochester Republican MacDonald, John Louis 18 Shakopee Democratic McGrew, James G. 14 Chatfield Republican Meighen, William 14 Forestville Republican Patterson, W. W. 06 Winsted Republican Pile, D. 06 Glencoe Republican Pitcher, Orin O. 17 Mankato Republican Proper, Erastus K. 15 Mantorville Republican Rhodes, W. C. 17 Madelia Republican Robbers, Ludwig 03 Saint Cloud Democratic Rudolph, John C. 19 New Ulm Republican Sibbison, W. J. 08 Northfield Republican Smith, L.Legislators Past & Present notes that Smith's first initial is listed as "L. (R.?)" in Toensing, and both L. and R. in The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1869.https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14853 Smith, L. or R. Legislators Past & Present Minnesota Legislative Reference Library 7 November 2017 However, the Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota lists Smith as "L. Smith", creating a presumption that his first initial was L. "smith_first_initial" "nb" 07 Hastings Democratic Smith, Warren 16 Wilton Republican Stoever, John C. 19 Henderson Republican Thompson, Isaac 13 Houston Republican Tibbitts, Abner 10 Lake City Republican Vale, J. Q. A. 11 Homer Republican Webster, Charles C. 09 Red Wing Republican Notes References Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 11, Senate) Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 11, House) Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota Eleventh Minnesota Legislature Tenth Minnesota Legislature Twelfth Minnesota Legislature 1869 11th Category:1869 in Minnesota Category:1869 U.S. legislative sessions