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10th Minnesota Legislature

{{Short description|1868 legislative session}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

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| name = Tenth Minnesota Legislature

| image = File:1stMNstatecapitol-1860.jpg

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| body = Minnesota Legislature

| country = United States

| state = Minnesota

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| term_start = {{Start date|1868|01|07}}

| term_end = {{End date|1869|01|04}}

| before = 9th Minnesota Legislature

| after = 11th Minnesota Legislature

| website = {{URL|www.leg.state.mn.us/}}

| chamber1 = Minnesota State Senate

| membership1 = 22 Senators

| control1 = Republican Party

| chamber1_leader1_type = Lieutenant Governor

| chamber1_leader1 = Thomas Henry Armstrong

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| chamber2 = Minnesota House of Representatives

| membership2 = 47 Representatives

| control2 = Republican Party

| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker

| chamber2_leader1 = John Q. Farmer

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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

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/sessions.aspx|title=Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present.|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=5 November 2017}}

Party summary

= Senate =

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
style="vertical-align:bottom;"

! rowspan=3 |

! colspan=2 | Party{{cite book|last=Dubin|first=Michael J.|title=Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures: A Year by Year Summary, 1796-2006|publisher=McFarland|edition=Revised|date=2007|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|pages=102|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wi9zBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA102|isbn=1476607761}}

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

! rowspan=3 | Total

! rowspan=3 | Vacant

style="height:5px"

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

Democratic

! Republican

style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature

| 5

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 17

! 22

| 0

colspan=5 |
style="font-size:80%" | Begin

| 7

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 15

! rowspan=2 | 22

| rowspan=2 | 0

style="font-size:80%" | February 7, 1868

| 6

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Republican}} | 16

style="font-size:80%" | December 31, 1868

| 5

! 21

| 1

Latest voting share

! {{percentage|5|21|0}}

! {{percentage|16|21|0}}

! colspan=2 |

colspan=5 |
style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature

| 6

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 16

! 22

| 0

= House of Representatives =

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
style="vertical-align:bottom;"

! rowspan=3 |

! colspan=2 | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

! rowspan=3 | Total

! rowspan=3 | Vacant

style="height:5px"

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

Democratic

! Republican

style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature

| 7

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 40

! 47

| 0

colspan=6 |
style="font-size:80%" | Begin

| 13

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 34

! 47

| 0

Latest voting share

! {{percentage|13|47|0}}

! {{percentage|34|47|0}}

! colspan=2 |

colspan=6 |
style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature

| 9

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 38

! 47

| 0

Leadership

= Senate =

;Lieutenant Governor

:Thomas Henry Armstrong (R-High Forest){{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/spres.aspx|title=President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=5 November 2017}}

= House of Representatives =

;Speaker of the House

:John Q. Farmer (R-Spring Valley){{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/speakers.aspx|title=Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=5 November 2017}}

Members

= Senate =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Name

! District

! City

! Party

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Armstrong, Augustus L.

| 16

| Albert Lea

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Armstrong, J. L.

| 10

| Lake City

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Baxter, Luther Loren

| 18

| Shakopee

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Becker, George Loomis

| 01

| Saint Paul

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Bristol, Warren Henry

| 09

| Red Wing

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Brown, Charles T.

| 19

| Saint Peter

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Buell, David L.

| 13

| Caledonia

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Butters, Reuben

| 22

| Kasota

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Daniels, John V.

| 12

| Rochester

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Folsom, William Henry Carman

| 02

| Taylors Falls

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Franklin, Benjamin

| 11

| Winona

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Freeman, Everett P.

| 17

| Mankato

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Gilman, Charles Andrew

| 03

| Saint Cloud

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Gordon, Hanford Lennox

| 06

| Monticello

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Griggs, Chauncey Wright

| 21

| Chaska

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Harris, William E.

| 15

| Hamilton

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Miller, Luke

| 14

| Chatfield

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Perkins, Oscar F.

| 08

| Faribault

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Pettit, Curtis Hussey

| 05

| Minneapolis

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Pillsbury, John Sargent

| 04

| Saint Anthony

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Potter, George F.

| 13

| La Crescent

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Smith, Seagrave

| 07

| Hastings

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Wakefield, James Beach

| 20

| Blue Earth City

| Republican

= House of Representatives =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Name

! District

! City

! Party

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Ames, Jesse

| 08

| Northfield

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Ball, John

| 11

| Winona

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Braden, William W.

| 14

| Lenora

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Bryant, George W.

| 10

| Elgin

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Buck, Jr., Adam

| 19

| Henderson

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Chewning, Reuben J.

| 07

| Farmington

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Clark, Charles H.

| 05

| Minneapolis

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Colton, A. B.

| 20

| Winnebago City

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Comstock, E. G.

| 09

| Ayr

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Davison, Chester D.

| 05

| Minneapolis

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Doyle, Dennis

| 22

| Kilkenny

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Dresbach, George B.

| 11

| Dresbach

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Eaton, Samuel W.

| 12

| Rochester

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Erb, Christian

| 08

| Cannon City

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Farmer, John Quincy

| 14

| Spring Valley

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Finseth, Knut K.

| 09

| Kenyon

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Foster, Robert

| 07

| Pine Bend

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Furber, Joseph Warren

| 02

| Cottage Grove

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Harrington, Lewis

| 06

| Hutchinson

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Hechtman, John H.

| 05

| Osseo

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Henry, William

| 18

| Belle Plaine

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Hill, H. W.

| 11

| Saint Charles

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Jones, DeWitt C.

| 01

| Saint Paul

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Kinyon, William Ryan

| 16

| Owatonna

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| LaDow, George A.

| 16

| Wilton

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Lewis, Isaac I.

| 21

| Watertown

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Lienau, Charles H.

| 01

| Saint Paul

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Lowell, William

| 02

| Marine

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Meighen, William

| 14

| Forestville

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Miner, Nelson H.

| 03

| Sauk Centre

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Murray, William Pitt

| 01

| Saint Paul

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Pettijohn, J. G.D.

| 03

| Glenwood

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Pingrey, J. F.

| 09

| Red Wing

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Pitcher, Orin O.

| 17

| Mankato

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Proper, Erastus K.

| 15

| Mantorville

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Reed, John A.

| 17

| Sterling

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Ross, Samuel

| 04

| Princeton

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Rudolph, John C.

| 19

| New Ulm

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Salisbury, Jonathan Burnett

| 06

| Kingston

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Sawyer, Caleb

| 12

| Elgin

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Schaller, J. P.

| 13

| Brownsville

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Seeley, Francis W.

| 10

| Lake City

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Shaw, D. A.

| 15

| Wasioja

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Smith, James E.

| 16

| Albert Lea

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Stewart, Charles N.

| 12

| Stewartville

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Thompson, Isaac

| 13

| Houston

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Walker, Hiram

| 14

| Rushford

| Republican

Membership changes

= Senate =

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! District

! Vacated by

! Reason for change

! Successor

! Date successor
seated

13

| nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11478|title=Buell, David L. "D.L."|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=6 November 2017}}

| nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | George F. Potter
(R)

| February 7, 1868{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14410|title=Potter, George F. "Geo. F."|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=6 November 2017}}

11

| nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Benjamin Franklin
(D)

| Died in office on a date uncertain, sometime during 1868.{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12883|title=Franklin, Benjamin|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=6 November 2017}}

| colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next legislature

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&q=&gender=&sess=10&body=Senate Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 10, Senate)]
  • [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&q=&gender=&sess=10&body=House Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 10, House)]
  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=3MtKAQAAMAAJ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota]

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| title = Tenth Minnesota Legislature

| before = Ninth Minnesota Legislature

| after = Eleventh Minnesota Legislature

| years = 1868

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