7th Minnesota Legislature

Seventh Minnesota Legislature
Seventh Minnesota Legislature
Overview
Legislative body	Minnesota Legislature
Jurisdiction	Minnesota, United States
Term	January 3, 1865 – January 1, 1866
Website	www.leg.state.mn.us
Minnesota State Senate
Members	21 Senators
Lieutenant Governor	Charles D. Sherwood
Party control	Republican Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members	42 Representatives
Speaker	Thomas Henry Armstrong
Party control	Republican Party

The seventh Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 3, 1865. The half of the 21 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented odd-numbered districts were elected during the General Election of November 3, 1863, 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 8, 1864.

Sessions[]

The legislature met in a regular session from January 3, 1865 to March 3, 1865. There were no special sessions of the 7th Minnesota Legislature.^[1]

Party summary[]

Senate[]

	Party^[2] (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total	Vacant

	Democratic	Republican
End of previous Legislature	4	17	21	0

Begin	4	17	21	0
Latest voting share	19%	81%

Beginning of the next Legislature	6	15	21	0

House of Representatives[]

	Party^[2] (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic	Republican	Union Dem.
End of previous Legislature	11	27	4	42	0

Begin	10	32	0	42	0
Latest voting share	24%	76%	0%

Beginning of the next Legislature	13	29	0	42	0

Leadership[]

Senate[]

Lieutenant Governor: Charles D. Sherwood (R-Elkhorn)^[3]

House of Representatives[]

Speaker of the House: Thomas Henry Armstrong (R-High Forest)^[4]

Members[]

Senate[]

Name	District	City	Party
	18	Shakopee	Democratic
	13	La Crescent	Republican
	12	Rochester	Republican
	06	Rockford	Republican
	07	Hastings	Republican
	16	Wilton	Republican
McKusick, John	02	Stillwater	Republican
	14	Chatfield	Republican
Morrison, Dorilus	05	Minneapolis	Republican
	21	Saint Paul	Republican
Norton, Daniel Sheldon	11	Winona	Republican
	08	Faribault	Republican
Pillsbury, John Sargent	04	Saint Anthony	Republican
	17	Mankato	Democratic
Rice, Edmund	01	Saint Paul	Democratic
	20	New Ulm	Republican
	10	Lake City	Republican
	15	Lansing	Republican
Swift, Henry Adoniram	19	Saint Peter	Republican
	09	Zumbrota	Republican
	03	Saint Cloud	Democratic

House of Representatives[]

Name	District	City	Party
Aldrich, Cyrus	05	Minneapolis	Republican
Armstrong, Thomas Henry	12	High Forest	Republican
	19	Dryden	Democratic
	08	Warsaw	Republican
	14	Carimona	Republican
Colvill, Jr., William J.	09	Red Wing	Democratic
Cornell, Francis R.E.	05	Minneapolis	Republican
	15	Mantorville	Republican
	16	Owatonna	Republican
	06	Kingston	Republican
	10	Wabasha	Republican
	03	Saint Cloud	Democratic
Gibbs, John La Porte	16	Geneva	Republican
Gilfillan, Charles Duncan	01	Saint Paul	Republican
Gilman, John M.	21	Saint Paul	Democratic
	13	Money Creek	Republican
	11	Saint Charles	Republican
	07	West Saint Paul	Democratic
	17	Mankato	Republican
	04	Oxford	Republican
	06	Glencoe	Republican
	02	Lakeland	Republican
	18	Saint Lawrence	Republican
	20	Blue Earth City	Republican
	09	Minneola	Republican
	17	Le Sueur	Republican
	01	Saint Paul	Democratic
Poehler, Henry	19	Henderson	Democratic
	06	Chaska	Republican
	03	Clearwater	Democratic
	17	Waterville	Republican
	11	Winona	Republican
	02	Franconia	Republican
Stark, Lars Johan	02	Centre City	Republican
	04	Anoka	Republican
	08	Northfield	Republican
	03	Saint Cloud	Democratic
	12		Republican
	07	Northfield	Democratic
	15	Ashland	Republican
	14	Newburg	Republican
	14	Rushford	Republican

References[]

^ "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
^ ^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.
^ "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
^ "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

Preceded by Sixth Minnesota Legislature	Seventh Minnesota Legislature 1865	Succeeded by Eighth Minnesota Legislature

[sessions-1] "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

[party-2] 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.

[spres-3] "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

[speaker-4] "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

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