10th Minnesota Legislature

1868 legislative session

Tenth Minnesota Legislature

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Overview
Legislative body| Minnesota Legislature
Jurisdiction| Minnesota, United States
Term| January 7, 1868 (1868-01-07) – January 4, 1869 (1869-01-04)
Website| www.leg.state.mn.us
Minnesota State Senate
Members| 22 Senators
Lieutenant Governor| Thomas Henry Armstrong
Party control| Republican Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members| 47 Representatives
Speaker| John Q. Farmer
Party control| Republican Party

The 10th Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 7, 1868. The 11 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented even-numbered districts were chosen in the general election of November 6, 1866, 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 5, 1867.

## Sessions

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The legislature met in a regular session from January 7, 1868 to March 6, 1868. There were no special sessions of the 10th Minnesota Legislature.[1]

## Party summary

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### Senate

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| Party[2]

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| Total  | Vacant

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Democratic | Republican
End of previous Legislature | 5  | 17  | 22  | 0
Begin  | 7  | 15  | 22  | 0
February 7, 1868  | 6  | 16
December 31, 1868  | 5  | 21  | 1
Latest voting share  | 24%  | 76%  |
Beginning of the next Legislature | 6  | 16  | 22  | 0

### House of Representatives

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| Party[2]

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| Total  | Vacant

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Democratic | Republican
End of previous Legislature | 7  | 40  | 47  | 0
Begin  | 13  | 34  | 47  | 0
Latest voting share  | 28%  | 72%  |
Beginning of the next Legislature | 9  | 38  | 47  | 0

## Leadership

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### Senate

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Lieutenant Governor
Thomas Henry Armstrong (R-High Forest)[3]

### House of Representatives

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Speaker of the House
John Q. Farmer (R-Spring Valley)[4]

## Members

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### Senate

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Name  | District  | City  | Party

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Armstrong, Augustus L. | 16  | Albert Lea | Republican
Armstrong, J. L. | 10  | Lake City | Republican
Baxter, Luther Loren | 18  | Shakopee | Democratic
Becker, George Loomis | 01  | Saint Paul | Democratic
Bristol, Warren Henry | 09  | Red Wing | Republican
Brown, Charles T. | 19  | Saint Peter | Republican
Buell, David L. | 13  | Caledonia | Democratic
Butters, Reuben | 22  | Kasota | Democratic
Daniels, John V. | 12  | Rochester | Republican
Folsom, William Henry Carman | 02  | Taylors Falls | Republican
Franklin, Benjamin | 11  | Winona | Democratic
Freeman, Everett P. | 17  | Mankato | Republican
Gilman, Charles Andrew | 03  | Saint Cloud | Republican
Gordon, Hanford Lennox | 06  | Monticello | Republican
Griggs, Chauncey Wright | 21  | Chaska | Democratic
Harris, William E. | 15  | Hamilton | Republican
Miller, Luke | 14  | Chatfield | Republican
Perkins, Oscar F. | 08  | Faribault | Republican
Pettit, Curtis Hussey | 05  | Minneapolis | Republican
Pillsbury, John Sargent | 04  | Saint Anthony | Republican
Potter, George F. | 13  | La Crescent | Republican
Smith, Seagrave | 07  | Hastings | Democratic
Wakefield, James Beach | 20  | Blue Earth City | Republican

### House of Representatives

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Name  | District  | City  | Party

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Ames, Jesse | 08  | Northfield | Republican
Ball, John | 11  | Winona | Democratic
Braden, William W. | 14  | Lenora | Republican
Bryant, George W. | 10  | Elgin | Republican
Buck, Jr., Adam | 19  | Henderson | Republican
Chewning, Reuben J. | 07  | Farmington | Democratic
Clark, Charles H. | 05  | Minneapolis | Republican
Colton, A. B. | 20  | Winnebago City | Republican
Comstock, E. G. | 09  | Ayr | Republican
Davison, Chester D. | 05  | Minneapolis | Republican
Doyle, Dennis | 22  | Kilkenny | Democratic
Dresbach, George B. | 11  | Dresbach | Democratic
Eaton, Samuel W. | 12  | Rochester | Republican
Erb, Christian | 08  | Cannon City | Republican
Farmer, John Quincy | 14  | Spring Valley | Republican
Finseth, Knut K. | 09  | Kenyon | Republican
Foster, Robert | 07  | Pine Bend | Democratic
Furber, Joseph Warren | 02  | Cottage Grove | Republican
Harrington, Lewis | 06  | Hutchinson | Republican
Hechtman, John H. | 05  | Osseo | Republican
Henry, William | 18  | Belle Plaine | Democratic
Hill, H. W. | 11  | Saint Charles | Democratic
Jones, DeWitt C. | 01  | Saint Paul | Democratic
Kinyon, William Ryan | 16  | Owatonna | Republican
LaDow, George A. | 16  | Wilton | Democratic
Lewis, Isaac I. | 21  | Watertown | Democratic
Lienau, Charles H. | 01  | Saint Paul | Democratic
Lowell, William | 02  | Marine | Republican
Meighen, William | 14  | Forestville | Republican
Miner, Nelson H. | 03  | Sauk Centre | Democratic
Murray, William Pitt | 01  | Saint Paul | Democratic
Pettijohn, J. G.D. | 03  | Glenwood | Republican
Pingrey, J. F. | 09  | Red Wing | Republican
Pitcher, Orin O. | 17  | Mankato | Republican
Proper, Erastus K. | 15  | Mantorville | Republican
Reed, John A. | 17  | Sterling | Republican
Ross, Samuel  | 04  | Princeton | Republican
Rudolph, John C. | 19  | New Ulm | Republican
Salisbury, Jonathan Burnett | 06  | Kingston | Republican
Sawyer, Caleb | 12  | Elgin | Republican
Schaller, J. P. | 13  | Brownsville | Republican
Seeley, Francis W. | 10  | Lake City | Republican
Shaw, D. A. | 15  | Wasioja | Republican
Smith, James E. | 16  | Albert Lea | Republican
Stewart, Charles N. | 12  | Stewartville | Republican
Thompson, Isaac | 13  | Houston | Republican
Walker, Hiram | 14  | Rushford | Republican

## Membership changes

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### Senate

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District  | Vacated by  | Reason for change  | Successor  | Date successor
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13  | David L. Buell
(D)  | Although Buell was initially seated when the session began, the seat was contested by Potter. On February 7, 1868, the Senate determined that Potter was entitled to the seat.[5] | George F. Potter
(R)  | February 7, 1868[6]
11  | Benjamin Franklin
(D)  | Died in office on a date uncertain, sometime during 1868.[7] | Remained vacant until next legislature

## References

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1. ^ "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
4. ^ "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
5. ^ "Buell, David L. "D.L."". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
6. ^ "Potter, George F. "Geo. F."". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
7. ^ "Franklin, Benjamin". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 6, 2017.

* Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 10, Senate)
* Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 10, House)
* Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota

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Ninth Minnesota Legislature

|  Tenth Minnesota Legislature
1868  | Succeeded by

Eleventh Minnesota Legislature

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