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4th Minnesota Legislature

{{Short description|1862 legislative session}}

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

{{Infobox legislative session

| name = Fourth 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|1862|01|07}}

| term_end = {{End date|1863|01|06}}

| before = 3rd Minnesota Legislature

| after = 5th Minnesota Legislature

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

| chamber1 = Minnesota State Senate

| membership1 = 21 Senators

| control1 = Republican Party

| chamber1_leader1_type = Lieutenant Governor

| chamber1_leader1 = Ignatius L. Donnelly

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| chamber2 = Minnesota House of Representatives

| membership2 = 42 Representatives

| control2 = Republican Party

| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker

| chamber2_leader1 = Jared Benson

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The fourth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 7, 1862. The half of the 21 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented even-numbered districts were elected during the General Election of November 6, 1860, 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 October 8, 1861.

Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 7, 1862 to March 7, 1862. A special session of the legislature was convened from September 9, 1862 to September 29, 1862 in response to the Dakota War of 1862, to consider such matters as suffrage for military personnel, the organization and equipment of the militia, and regulations concerning the sale of alcoholic beverages to Native Americans.{{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|access-date=14 November 2016}}

Party summary

:Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.

= 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

| 2

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 14

! 16

| 5

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

| 5

| rowspan="3" {{party shading/Republican}} | 16

! 21

| 0

style="font-size:80%" | February 22, 1862{{#tag:ref|The exact date on which Sylvanus Lowry ceased to be a member of the Senate is uncertain. In lieu of a precise date, Minnesota Legislators Past & Present lists February 22, 1862—the last date on which Lowry's name is listed in the Minnesota Journal of the Senate.|name="lowry_end_date"|group="nb"}}

| 4

! 20

| 1

style="font-size:80%" | September 10, 1862

| 5

! 21

| 0

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

| 5

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 16

! 21

| 0

= House of Representatives =

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

! rowspan=3 |

! colspan=3 | 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)}}" |

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

Democratic

! Republican

! Union Dem.

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

| 2

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 38

| 0

! 40

| 2

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

| 10

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 30

| 2

! 42

| 0

Latest voting share

! {{percentage|10|42|0}}

! {{percentage|30|42|0}}

! {{percentage|2|42|0}}

! colspan=2 |

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

| 12

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 29

| 1

! 42

| 0

Leadership

= Senate =

;Lieutenant Governor

:Ignatius L. Donnelly (R-Nininger){{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|access-date=14 November 2016}}

= House of Representatives =

;Speaker of the House

:Jared Benson (R-Anoka){{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|access-date=14 November 2016}}

Members

= Senate =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Name

! District

! City

! Party

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Baldwin, Rufus J.

| 05

| Minneapolis

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Bennett, Samuel

| 06

| Monticello

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Clark, Joseph H.

| 15

| Claremont

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Cleveland, Guy K.

| 20

| Winnebago City

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Cook, Michael

| 08

| Faribault

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Dane, Nathan

| 17

| Ottawa

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Daniels, John V.

| 12

| Rochester

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Duffy, Thomas J.

| 18

| Shakopee

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Heaton, David

| 04

| Saint Anthony

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Irvine, John R.

| 21

| Saint Paul

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Lowry, Sylvanus B.

| 03

| Saint Cloud

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| McClure, Charles

| 09

| Red Wing

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Miller, Luke

| 14

| Chatfield

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Moore, William S.

| 03

| Saint Cloud

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Nash, Charles W.

| 07

| Hastings

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Reiner, Joel K.

| 02

| Marine

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Richards, Linus

| 10

| Reads Landing

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Sargeant, M. Wheeler

| 11

| Winona

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| See, Charles H.

| 13

| Brownsville

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Smith, James K.

| 01

| Saint Paul

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Swift, Henry Adoniram

| 19

| Saint Peter

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Webber, Alfred B.

| 16

| Albert Lea

| Republican

= House of Representatives =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Name

! District

! City

! Party

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Aaker, Lars K.

| 09

| Alexandria

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Aiken, Samuel

| 13

| Spring Grove

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Allen, John H.

| 04

| Princeton

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Bailey, Philo C.

| 13

| Waseca

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Benson, Jared

| 04

| Anoka

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Bostwick, S. W.

| 15

| Frankford

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Buck, Adam

| 19

| Henderson

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Burt, William H.

| 02

| Stillwater

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Butler, A. H.

| 14

| Newburg

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Carver, Henry L.

| 01

| Saint Paul

| Union Dem.

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Chamberlain, George C.

| 07

| Lewiston

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Clossen, Caleb

| 08

| Cannon City

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Cornell, Francis R.E.

| 05

| Minneapolis

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Couper, John C.

| 07

| Lewiston

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Ford, Orville D.

| 10

| Mazeppa

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Gross, Nicholas

| 21

| Saint Paul

| Union Dem.

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Harris, Thomas

| 12

| Chatfield

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Johnson, F.

| 12

| Quincy

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Kempfer, Bernard O.

| 20

| Madelia

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Kennedy, R. M.

| 06

| Young America

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Kennedy, Vincent P.

| 06

| Greenleaf

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Magoon, Henry C.

| 16

| Owatonna

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| McGrew, John

| 14

| Chatfield

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| McMullen, Nathan M.D.

| 18

| Shakopee

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Past, John Comly

| 05

| Industriana

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Perry, T. M.

| 17

| Cleveland

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Peterson, Peter

| 14

| Rushford

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Porter, John J.

| 17

| Mankato

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Richardson, Reuben M.

| 03

| Torah

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Rogers, Henry C.

| 15

| Mower City

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Rohr, Philip

| 01

| Saint Paul

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Roy, Peter

| 03

| Little Falls

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Severance, Martin J.

| 19

| Henderson

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Sheardown, Samuel B.

| 11

| Stockton

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Stevens, John Harrington

| 06

| Glencoe

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Thacher, Joseph A.

| 09

| Zumbrota

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Thomas, H. L.

| 02

| Afton

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Weld, E. B.

| 11

| Worth

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Whipple, John

| 03

| Duluth

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Whiting, Erastus D.

| 02

| Taylors Falls

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Wiswell, James A.

| 17

| Garden City

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Woodruff, George S.

| 08

| Faribault

| Republican

Membership changes

= Senate =

class="wikitable sortable"
style="vertical-align:bottom;"

! District

! Vacated by

! Reason for change

! Successor

! Date successor
seated

03

| nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Sylvanus Lowry
(D)

| Left office under unknown circumstances on date uncertain.{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13707|title=Lowry, Sylvanus B. "S.B."|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=14 November 2016}}

| nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | William S. Moore
(D)

| September 10, 1862{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14021|title=Moore, William S. "W.S."|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=14 November 2016}}

Notes

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&q=&gender=&sess=4&body=Senate Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 4, Senate)]
  • [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&q=&gender=&sess=4&body=House Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 4, House)]

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{{Succession box

| title = Fourth Minnesota Legislature

| before = Third Minnesota Legislature

| after = Fifth Minnesota Legislature

| years = 1862

}}

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