Term of state legislature in Minnesota, US
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] House of Representatives [ edit ] Leadership [ edit ] Lieutenant Governor Thomas Henry Armstrong (R-High Forest)[3] House of Representatives [ edit ] Speaker of the House James Beach Wakefield (R-Blue Earth City)[4] Members [ edit ] Name District City Party Baxter, Luther Loren 18 Shakopee Democratic Brown, Charles T. 19 Saint Peter Republican Buell, David L. 13 Caledonia Democratic Butters, Reuben 17 Kasota Democratic Cole, Gordon E. 08 Faribault Republican Daniels, John V. 12 Rochester Republican George, G. D. 06 Rockford Republican Langley, Dudley F. 07 Hastings Republican Lord, Samuel 15 Mantorville Republican Lowell, Benjamin A. 16 Wilton Republican McKusick, John 02 Stillwater Republican Miller, Luke 14 Chatfield Republican Murray, William Pitt 01 Saint Paul Democratic Otis, George Lamartine 02 Saint Paul Democratic Pettit, Curtis Hussey 05 Minneapolis Republican Pillsbury, John Sargent 04 Saint Anthony Republican Randolph, N. F. 10 Lake City Republican Richardson, Reuben M. 03 Torah Democratic Shillock, Daniel G. 20 New Ulm Republican Simpson, Thomas 11 Winona Republican Thacher, Joseph A. 09 Zumbrota Republican
House of Representatives [ edit ] Name District City Party Archibald, J. S. 08 Dundas Unknown Armstrong, Augustus L. 16 Albert Lea Republican Barnes, Nathan F. 03 Saint Cloud Unknown Branch, William 01 Saint Paul Republican Bristol, Warren Henry 09 Red Wing Republican Brown, William 10 Elgin Unknown Buck, Daniel 17 Mankato Democratic Buck, W. W. 11 Sherwood Republican Chalfant, William 14 Carimona Republican Crooker, Josiah B. 16 Owatonna Republican Cutter, E. W. 04 Saint Anthony Unknown Dickey, Sylvester 09 Pine Island Unknown Ellison, Smith 02 Sunrise Unknown Farmer, John Quincy 14 Spring Valley Republican Felch, Charles J. 15 Hamilton Republican Gould, Aaron 05 Eden Prairie Republican Griggs, Chauncey Wright 06 Chaska Democratic Harrington, Lewis 06 Hutchinson Republican Hathaway, Roderic D. 12 Pleasant Grove Republican Hayden, A. R. 04 Elk River Unknown Hobart, John 14 Lenora Republican Honner, J. S.G. 19 Redwood Falls Republican Howe, Jonas H. 05 South Plymouth Republican Jay, Stephen H. 18 Saint Lawrence Republican Johnson, Jr., D. B. 15 Austin Republican King, Dana E. 06 Greenleaf Republican Masters, Robert C. 07 Waterford Democratic Maynard, Arba K. 17 Elysian Democratic Mitchell, John B. H. 02 Stillwater Republican Moore, William S. 03 Saint Cloud Democratic Overbeck, Bernard 03 Saint Cloud Unknown Paine, Parker 01 Saint Paul Unknown Perry, B. F. 12 Rochester Republican Pope, Isaac 08 Morristown Republican Russell, Thomas 19 Henderson Unknown Schaller, J. P. 13 Brownsville Republican Smith, J. D. 07 West Saint Paul Unknown Thompson, James G. 17 Garden City Unknown Trott, Herman 21 Saint Paul Unknown Wakefield, James Beach 20 Blue Earth City Republican Watson, Robert 02 Cottage Grove Republican Youmans, Earl S. 11 Winona Republican
References [ edit ] Preceded by Eighth Minnesota Legislature 1866 Succeeded by