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.
Party summary Senate Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) Total Vacant Democratic Republican End of previous Legislature 5 16 21 1 Begin 6 16 22 0 Latest voting share 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 Beginning of the next Legislature 18 29 47 0
Leadership Senate Lieutenant Governor Thomas Henry Armstrong (R-High Forest)
House of Representatives Speaker of the House Chester D. Davidson (R-Minneapolis)
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. 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. 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. 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
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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