Twelfth Minnesota Legislature
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Overview
Legislative bodyMinnesota Legislature
JurisdictionMinnesota, United States
TermJanuary 4, 1870 (1870-01-04) – January 2, 1871 (1871-01-02)
Websitewww.leg.state.mn.us
Minnesota State Senate
Members22 Senators
Lieutenant GovernorWilliam H. Yale
Party controlRepublican Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members47 Representatives
SpeakerJohn L. Merriam
Party controlRepublican Party

The twelfth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 4, 1870. The 11 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented even-numbered districts were chosen in the General Election of November 3, 1868, while the 11 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented odd-numbered districts, and the 47 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives, were chosen in the General Election of November 2, 1869.

Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 4, 1870 to March 4, 1870. There were no special sessions of the 12th Minnesota Legislature.[1]

Party summary

Senate

Party [2]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total Vacant
Dem. Ind. Rep.
End of previous Legislature 6 0 16 22 0
Begin 8 0 14 22 0
Latest voting share 36% 0% 64%
Beginning of the next Legislature 8 2 12 22 0

House of Representatives

Party[2]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total Vacant
Dem. Ind. Rep.
End of previous Legislature 9 0 38 47 0
Begin 18 0 29 47 0
Latest voting share 38% 0% 62%
Beginning of the next Legislature 12 2 33 47 0

Leadership

Senate

Lieutenant Governor
William H. Yale (R-Winona)[3]

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
John L. Merriam (R-Saint Paul)[4]

Members

Senate

Name District City Party[2]
Batchelder, George Washington 08 Faribault Republican
Baxter, Luther Loren 21 Chaska Democratic
Becker, George Loomis 01 Saint Paul Democratic
Buck, Cornelius F. 11 Winona Democratic
Buell, David L. 13 Caledonia Democratic
Castle, James Nathan 02 Stillwater Democratic
Chewning, Reuben J. 07 Farmington Democratic
Crooker, Josiah B. 16 Owatonna Republican
Henry, William 18 Belle Plaine Democratic
Hill, Charles 09 Pine Island Republican
Jackson, W. S. 10 Wabasha Republican
King, Dana E. 06 Greenleaf Republican
Latimer, Jacob A. 20 Winnebago City Republican
Leonard, Joseph A. 12 Rochester Republican
Lochren, William 04 Saint Anthony Democratic
Lord, Samuel 15 Mantorville Republican
Pettit, Curtis H. 05 Minneapolis Republican
Pfaender, William 19 New Ulm Republican
Smith, Benjamin F. 17 Castle Garden Republican
Smith, Edson R. 22 Le Sueur Republican
Sprague, Benjamin D. 14 Rushford Republican
Waite, Henry Chester 03 Saint Cloud Republican

House of Representatives

Name District City Party[2]
Abbott, B. 06 Harrison Republican
Barton, William 14 Lenora Republican
Bratrud, Ole C. 14 Preston Republican
Brown, Hosmer A.[nb 1] 15 Mower City Republican
John Bullen 11 Elba Democratic
Cameron, Sr., George Mansfield 15 Austin Democratic
Canfield, S. G. 14 Canfield Democratic
Close, William 08 Dodge City Republican
Cool, John M. 11 Saint Charles Democratic
Couplin, William L. 19 Saint Peter Republican
Crandall, R. 17 Shelbyville Republican
Cullen, J. K. 21 Watertown Democratic
Densmore, Sr., Orin 09 Red Wing Republican
Drought, Henry 08 Dundas Republican
Faber, Paul 01 Saint Paul Democratic
Flannegan, John H. 07 Hastings Democratic
Fowler, Andrew J. 10 Lake City Democratic
Fridley, Abram McCormick 04 Becker Democratic
Gage, John 10 Minneiska Republican
Gilman, John M. 01 Saint Paul Democratic
Graham, S. W. 12 Eyota Republican
Hall, Albert R. 05 Dayton Republican
Jones, William 07 Hastings Democratic
Larson, B. S. 12 Byron Republican
Lowell, William 02 Marine Republican
MacDonald, John Louis 18 Shakopee Democratic
Meagher, John F. 17 Mankato Democratic
Merriam, John L. 01 Saint Paul Republican
Miller, John 09 Wastedo Republican
Norris, James S. 02 Cottage Grove Democratic
Pfaar, John A. 22 Le Sueur Democratic
Potter, William E. 13 La Crescent Republican
Pound, Joseph H. 05 Richfield Democratic
Reed, Axel Hayford 06 Glencoe Republican
Rice, E. A. 05 Minneapolis Republican
Ruliffson, H. W. 16 Cooleyville Republican
Scanlan, M. 14 Lanesboro Democratic
Shanks, Michael E.L. 20 Fairmont Republican
Slocum, Giles 09 Cannon Falls Republican
Stewart, Charles N. 12 Stewartville Republican
Swift, P. H. 19 Beaver Falls Republican
Thorson, Isaac 03 Gilchrist Republican
Vance, Nathan 13 Money Creek Republican
Waterman, Chauncey N. 11 Winona Republican
Wedge, Albert Clark 16 Albert Lea Republican
Wilson, John L. 03 Saint Cloud Democratic
Young, William C. 16 Waseca Republican

Notes

  1. ^ The newspaper Minnesota Staats-Zeitung listed a Democrat by the name of L. E. Pierce as having won the 1869 election in the 15th district, alongside George Mansfield Cameron.[2] However, Legislators Past & Present and the Journal of the House of Representatives of the Twelfth Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota both list Brown as having been seated when the 12th Legislature convened.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Legislatur für 1870". Minnesota Staats-Zeitung (in German). Saint Paul. 1869-11-18. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  3. ^ "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Brown, Hosmer A. "H.A."". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
Preceded byEleventh Minnesota Legislature Twelfth Minnesota Legislature 1870 Succeeded byThirteenth Minnesota Legislature
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