8th Minnesota Legislature

Eighth Minnesota Legislature
Eighth Minnesota Legislature
Overview
Legislative body	Minnesota Legislature
Jurisdiction	Minnesota, United States
Term	January 1, 1866 – January 7, 1867
Website	www.leg.state.mn.us
Minnesota State Senate
Members	21 Senators
Lieutenant Governor	Thomas Henry Armstrong
Party control	Republican Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members	42 Representatives
Speaker	James Beach Wakefield
Party control	Republican Party

The eighth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 2, 1866. The half of the 21 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented even-numbered districts were elected during the General Election of November 8, 1864, 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 7, 1865.

Sessions[]

The legislature met in a regular session from January 2, 1866 to March 2, 1866. There were no special sessions of the 8th 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	6	15	21	0
Latest voting share	29%	71%

Beginning of the next Legislature	5	17	22	0

House of Representatives[]

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

	Democratic	Republican	Unknown
End of previous Legislature	10	32	0	42	0

Begin	13	29	0	42	0
Latest voting share	31%	69%	0%

Beginning of the next Legislature	7	39	1	47	0

Leadership[]

Senate[]

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

House of Representatives[]

Speaker of the House: James Beach Wakefield (R-Blue Earth City)^[4]

Members[]

Senate[]

Name	District	City	Party
	18	Shakopee	Democratic
	19	Saint Peter	Republican
	13	Caledonia	Democratic
	17	Kasota	Democratic
Cole, Gordon E.	08	Faribault	Republican
	12	Rochester	Republican
	06	Rockford	Republican
	07	Hastings	Republican
	15	Mantorville	Republican
	16	Wilton	Republican
McKusick, John	02	Stillwater	Republican
	14	Chatfield	Republican
Murray, William Pitt	01	Saint Paul	Democratic
Otis, George Lamartine	02	Saint Paul	Democratic
	05	Minneapolis	Republican
Pillsbury, John Sargent	04	Saint Anthony	Republican
	10	Lake City	Republican
	03	Torah	Democratic
	20	New Ulm	Republican
	11	Winona	Republican
	09	Zumbrota	Republican

House of Representatives[]

Name	District	City	Party
	08	Dundas	Unknown
	16	Albert Lea	Republican
	03	Saint Cloud	Unknown
	01	Saint Paul	Republican
	09	Red Wing	Republican
	10	Elgin	Unknown
Buck, Daniel	17	Mankato	Democratic
	11		Republican
	14	Carimona	Republican
	16	Owatonna	Republican
	04	Saint Anthony	Unknown
	09	Pine Island	Unknown
	02	Sunrise	Unknown
Farmer, John Quincy	14	Spring Valley	Republican
	15	Hamilton	Republican
	05	Eden Prairie	Republican
	06	Chaska	Democratic
	06	Hutchinson	Republican
	12	Pleasant Grove	Republican
	04	Elk River	Unknown
	14	Lenora	Republican
	19	Redwood Falls	Republican
Howe, Jonas H.	05	South Plymouth	Republican
	18	Saint Lawrence	Republican
	15	Austin	Republican
	06	Greenleaf	Republican
	07	Waterford	Democratic
	17	Elysian	Democratic
	02	Stillwater	Republican
	03	Saint Cloud	Democratic
	03	Saint Cloud	Unknown
	01	Saint Paul	Unknown
	12	Rochester	Republican
	08	Morristown	Republican
	19	Henderson	Unknown
	13	Brownsville	Republican
	07	West Saint Paul	Unknown
	17	Garden City	Unknown
	21	Saint Paul	Unknown
Wakefield, James Beach	20	Blue Earth City	Republican
	02	Cottage Grove	Republican
	11	Winona	Republican

References[]

^ "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 4 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 4 November 2017.
^ "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

Preceded by Seventh Minnesota Legislature	Eighth Minnesota Legislature 1866	Succeeded by Ninth Minnesota Legislature

[sessions-1] "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 4 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 4 November 2017.

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

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