5th Minnesota Legislature

Term of state legislature in Minnesota, US

Fifth Minnesota Legislature

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Overview
Legislative body| Minnesota Legislature
Jurisdiction| Minnesota, United States
Term| January 6, 1863 (1863-01-06) – January 5, 1864 (1864-01-05)
Website| www.leg.state.mn.us
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

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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

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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  | 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

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| Party[2]

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| 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

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### Senate

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Lieutenant Governor
Ignatius L. Donnelly (R-Nininger)[3]

### House of Representatives

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Speaker of the House
Charles D. Sherwood (R-Elkhorn)[4]

## Members

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### Senate

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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

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Name  | District  | City  | Party

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Austin, Adin C. | 05  | Osseo | Republican
Bacon, Samuel P. | 15  | Le Roy | Democratic
Bentley, L. R. | 03  | Fort Abercrombie | Republican
Brisbin, John B. | 21  | Saint Paul | Democratic
Buell, David L. | 13  | Caledonia | Democratic
Butler, W. G. | 06  | Clearwater | Republican
Butters, Reuben | 17  | Kasota | Democratic
Campbell, Samuel L. | 10  | Wabasha | Union Dem.
Chalfant, William | 14  | Carimona | Republican
Chamberlain, George C. | 07  | Lewiston | Democratic
Croswell, H. J. G. | 04  | Elk River | Republican
Davis, Charles F. | 06  | Kingston | Republican
Furber, Samuel W. | 02  | Cottage Grove | Republican
Handerson, Zabina | 12  | Salem | Republican
Hayes, Oren T. | 07  | Hastings | Republican
Hilton, Addison | 09  | Kenyon | Republican
Huey, William | 19  | Traverse des Sioux | Republican
Kidder, Jefferson Parish | 01  | Saint Paul | Democratic
Lee, B. G. | 06  | Hutchinson | Republican
McGrath, Robert B. | 05  | Excelsior | Republican
Mitchell, John B. H. | 02  | Stillwater | Republican
Moulton, Justin P. | 12  | Marion | Republican
Murray, William Pitt | 01  | Saint Paul | Democratic
Porter, John J. | 17  | Mankato | Democratic
Ramer, Philip | 11  | New Boston | Republican
Richardson, Reuben M. | 03  | Torah | Democratic
Sherwood, Charles D. | 14  | Elkhorn | Republican
Sly, J. B. | 18  | Belle Plaine | Democratic
Smith, Ansel | 02  | Franconia | Republican
Sprague, Benjamin D. | 15  | Lansing | Republican
Taylor, Charles | 08  | Northfield | Republican
Tennant, W. | 19  | Henderson | Democratic
Thatcher, Joseph A. | 09  | Zumbrota | Republican
Waite, Henry Chester | 03  | Saint Cloud | Republican
Wakefield, James Beach | 14  | Blue Earth | Republican
Walker, Asa | 16  | Freeborn | Republican
Walker, Hiram | 09  | Rushford | Republican
Wiswell, James A. | 17  | Garden City | Democratic
Wood, Charles | 08  | Morristown | Republican
Woodbury, Dwight | 04  | Anoka | Republican
Woodruff, Philo | 16  | Swavesey | Republican
Youmans, Earl S. | 11  | Winona | Republican

## 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 23, 2016.
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 23, 2016.
4. ^ "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 23, 2016.

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Preceded by

Fourth Minnesota Legislature

|  Fifth Minnesota Legislature
1863  | Succeeded by

Sixth Minnesota Legislature

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