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2nd Minnesota Legislature

The second Minnesota Legislature first convened on December 7, 1859. The 37 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 80 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of October 11, 1859.

Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from December 7, 1859 to March 12, 1860. There were no special sessions of the second legislature.[1]

Party summary

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

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Lieutenant Governor
Until January 2, 1860 William Holcombe (D-Stillwater)[4]
Since January 2, 1860 Ignatius L. Donnelly (R-Nininger)[4]

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Amos Coggswell (R-Aurora)[5]

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

Membership changes

Senate

House of Representatives

Standing committees

Senate

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Notes

  1. ^ Alonzo J. Edgerton was a Republican during his service in the 19th and 20th Minnesota Legislatures,[6] as well as during his short service in the 47th United States Congress. However, the Minnesota Staats-Zeitung listed him as a Democrat in 1859,[3] he ran for Congress in 1860 as a Breckenridge Democrat and, during his service in the 2nd Minnesota Legislature, tended more often than not to vote with the Democrats on party-line votes,[7] indicating that he was a Democrat prior to 1861, and likely changed party affiliations in response to the secession of the Southern states and the American Civil War.

References

  1. ^ "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c "Legislatur von Minnesota. Zweite Sißung" (PDF). Minnesota Staats-Zeitung (in German). St. Paul, MN. 10 December 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Edgerton, Alonzo Jay "A.J."". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Journal of the Senate of the Second Legislature of the State of Minnesota". Newson, Moore, Foster & Company, Incidental Printers to Senate. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Bryant, Orlando? B." Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  9. ^ "O'Ferrall, Ignatius F. "I.F."". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Holley, Henry W. "H.W."". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Wells, Reuben". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Contested Election Petition" (PDF). Minnesota Journal of the House, December 8, 1859. Minnesota House of Representatives. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  13. ^ "Barton, Ara "Asa"". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  14. ^ "Newell, Stephen". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Waldhier, Michael". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  16. ^ "Bixler, Moses". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  17. ^ "Caskey, Henry". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  18. ^ "Hayes, Archibald M. "A.M."". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  19. ^ "Standing Committees". The Weekly Pioneer and Democrat. Vol. XI, no. 37. Saint Paul, MN. December 23, 1859. p. 5. ISSN 2694-4251. LCCN sn83016751. Retrieved December 25, 2020 – via the Library of Congress.
  20. ^ "Minnesota Legislature | Standing Committees". Weekly Minnesotian & Times. Vol. 9, no. 14. December 24, 1859. p. 4. ISSN 2694-4340. LCCN sn90059501. Retrieved December 25, 2020 – via the Library of Congress.