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8th Minnesota Legislature

{{Short description|1866 legislative session}}

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

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| name = Eighth 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|1866|01|01}}

| term_end = {{End date|1867|01|07}}

| before = 7th Minnesota Legislature

| after = 9th 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 = Thomas Henry Armstrong

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| chamber2 = Minnesota House of Representatives

| membership2 = 42 Representatives

| control2 = Republican Party

| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker

| chamber2_leader1 = James Beach Wakefield

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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.{{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=4 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

| 4

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 17

! 21

| 0

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

| 6

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 15

! 21

| 0

Latest voting share

! {{percentage|6|21|0}}

! {{percentage|15|21|0}}

! colspan=2 |

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

| 5

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 17

! 22

| 0

= House of Representatives =

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style="vertical-align:bottom;"

! rowspan=3 |

! colspan=3 | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

! rowspan=3 | Total

! rowspan=3 | Vacant

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

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

| style="background-color:{{party color|Unknown}}" |

Democratic

! Republican

! Unknown

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

| 10

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 32

| 0

! 42

| 0

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

| 13

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 29

| 0

! 42

| 0

Latest voting share

! {{percentage|13|42|0}}

! {{percentage|29|42|0}}

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

! colspan=2 |

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

| 7

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 39

| 1

! 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|access-date=4 November 2017}}

= House of Representatives =

;Speaker of the House

:James Beach Wakefield (R-Blue Earth City){{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=4 November 2017}}

Members

= Senate =

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! Name

! District

! City

! Party

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Baxter, Luther Loren

| 18

| Shakopee

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Brown, Charles T.

| 19

| Saint Peter

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Buell, David L.

| 13

| Caledonia

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Butters, Reuben

| 17

| Kasota

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Cole, Gordon E.

| 08

| Faribault

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Daniels, John V.

| 12

| Rochester

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| George, G. D.

| 06

| Rockford

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Langley, Dudley F.

| 07

| Hastings

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Lord, Samuel

| 15

| Mantorville

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Lowell, Benjamin A.

| 16

| Wilton

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| McKusick, John

| 02

| Stillwater

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Miller, Luke

| 14

| Chatfield

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Murray, William Pitt

| 01

| Saint Paul

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Otis, George Lamartine

| 02

| Saint Paul

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Pettit, Curtis Hussey

| 05

| Minneapolis

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Pillsbury, John Sargent

| 04

| Saint Anthony

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Randolph, N. F.

| 10

| Lake City

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Richardson, Reuben M.

| 03

| Torah

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Shillock, Daniel G.

| 20

| New Ulm

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Simpson, Thomas

| 11

| Winona

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Thacher, Joseph A.

| 09

| Zumbrota

| Republican

= House of Representatives =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Name

! District

! City

! Party

{{Party shading/Unknown}}

| Archibald, J. S.

| 08

| Dundas

| Unknown

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Armstrong, Augustus L.

| 16

| Albert Lea

| Republican

{{Party shading/Unknown}}

| Barnes, Nathan F.

| 03

| Saint Cloud

| Unknown

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Branch, William

| 01

| Saint Paul

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Bristol, Warren Henry

| 09

| Red Wing

| Republican

{{Party shading/Unknown}}

| Brown, William

| 10

| Elgin

| Unknown

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Buck, Daniel

| 17

| Mankato

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Buck, W. W.

| 11

| Sherwood

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Chalfant, William

| 14

| Carimona

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Crooker, Josiah B.

| 16

| Owatonna

| Republican

{{Party shading/Unknown}}

| Cutter, E. W.

| 04

| Saint Anthony

| Unknown

{{Party shading/Unknown}}

| Dickey, Sylvester

| 09

| Pine Island

| Unknown

{{Party shading/Unknown}}

| Ellison, Smith

| 02

| Sunrise

| Unknown

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Farmer, John Quincy

| 14

| Spring Valley

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Felch, Charles J.

| 15

| Hamilton

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Gould, Aaron

| 05

| Eden Prairie

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Griggs, Chauncey Wright

| 06

| Chaska

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Harrington, Lewis

| 06

| Hutchinson

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Hathaway, Roderic D.

| 12

| Pleasant Grove

| Republican

{{Party shading/Unknown}}

| Hayden, A. R.

| 04

| Elk River

| Unknown

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Hobart, John

| 14

| Lenora

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Honner, J. S.G.

| 19

| Redwood Falls

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Howe, Jonas H.

| 05

| South Plymouth

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Jay, Stephen H.

| 18

| Saint Lawrence

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Johnson, Jr., D. B.

| 15

| Austin

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| King, Dana E.

| 06

| Greenleaf

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Masters, Robert C.

| 07

| Waterford

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Maynard, Arba K.

| 17

| Elysian

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Mitchell, John B. H.

| 02

| Stillwater

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Moore, William S.

| 03

| Saint Cloud

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Unknown}}

| Overbeck, Bernard

| 03

| Saint Cloud

| Unknown

{{Party shading/Unknown}}

| Paine, Parker

| 01

| Saint Paul

| Unknown

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Perry, B. F.

| 12

| Rochester

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Pope, Isaac

| 08

| Morristown

| Republican

{{Party shading/Unknown}}

| Russell, Thomas

| 19

| Henderson

| Unknown

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Schaller, J. P.

| 13

| Brownsville

| Republican

{{Party shading/Unknown}}

| Smith, J. D.

| 07

| West Saint Paul

| Unknown

{{Party shading/Unknown}}

| Thompson, James G.

| 17

| Garden City

| Unknown

{{Party shading/Unknown}}

| Trott, Herman

| 21

| Saint Paul

| Unknown

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Wakefield, James Beach

| 20

| Blue Earth City

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Watson, Robert

| 02

| Cottage Grove

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Youmans, Earl S.

| 11

| Winona

| Republican

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&q=&gender=&sess=8&body=Senate Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 8, Senate)]
  • [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&q=&gender=&sess=8&body=House Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 8, House)]
  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=pIVCAQAAMAAJ Journal of the Senate of the Eighth Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota]
  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=nstKAQAAMAAJ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighth Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota]

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{{Succession box

| title = Eighth Minnesota Legislature

| before = Seventh Minnesota Legislature

| after = Ninth Minnesota Legislature

| years = 1866

}}

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