11th Minnesota Legislature
# 11th Minnesota Legislature

The eleventh Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 5, 1869. The 11 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented odd-numbered districts were chosen in the General Election of November 5, 1867, while the 11 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented even-numbered districts, and the 47 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives, were chosen in the General Election of November 3, 1868.

## Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 5, 1869 to March 5, 1869. There were no special sessions of the 11th Minnesota Legislature.

## Party summary

### Senate

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Republican | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 5 | 16 | 21 | 1 |
| Begin | 6 | 16 | 22 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 27% | 73% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 8 | 14 | 22 | 0 |

### House of Representatives

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Republican | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 13 | 34 | 47 | 0 |
| Begin | 9 | 38 | 47 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 19% | 81% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 18 | 29 | 47 | 0 |

## Leadership

### Senate

**Lieutenant Governor**


    Thomas Henry Armstrong (R-High Forest)

### House of Representatives

**Speaker of the House**


    Chester D. Davidson (R-Minneapolis)

## Members

### Senate

| Name | District | City | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Batchelder, George Washington | 08 | Faribault | Republican |
| Becker, George Loomis | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Bergen, A. | 14 | Preston | Republican |
| Bristol, Warren Henry | 09 | Red Wing | Republican |
| Brown, Charles T. | 19 | Saint Peter | Republican |
| Castle, James Nathan | 02 | Stillwater | Democratic |
| Crooker, Josiah B. | 16 | Owatonna | Republican |
| Freeman, Everett P. | 17 | Mankato | Republican |
| Gilman, Charles Andrew | 03 | Saint Cloud | Republican |
| Griggs, Chauncey Wright | 21 | Chaska | Democratic |
| Harris, William E. | 15 | Hamilton | Republican |
| Henry, William | 18 | Belle Plaine | Democratic |
| King, Dana E. | 06 | Greenleaf | Republican |
| Leonard, Joseph A. | 12 | Rochester | Republican |
| Lochren, William | 04 | Saint Anthony | Democratic |
| Pettit, Curtis Hussey | 05 | Minneapolis | Republican |
| Potter, George F. | 13 | La Crescent | Republican |
| Prindle, W. W. | 10 | Wabasha | Republican |
| Sheardown, Samuel B. | 11 | Stockton | Republican |
| Smith, Edson R. | 22 | Le Sueur | Republican |
| Smith, Seagrave | 07 | Hastings | Democratic |
| Wakefield, James Beach | 20 | Blue Earth City | Republican |

### House of Representatives

| Name | District | City | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Aaker, Lars K. | 09 | Alexandria | Republican |
| Armstrong, Augustus L. | 16 | Albert Lea | Republican |
| Baxter, Luther Loren | 21 | Chaska | Democratic |
| Bohn, Conrad | 11 | Winona | Republican |
| Bryant, George W. | 10 | Elgin | Republican |
| Chewning, Reuben J. | 07 | Farmington | Democratic |
| Clark, Charles H. | 05 | Minneapolis | Republican |
| Davison, Chester D. | 05 | Minneapolis | Republican |
| Easton, Elijah | 16 | Owatonna | Republican |
| Egan, James J. | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Everett, Ritten H. | 22 | Cleveland | Republican |
| Faber, Paul | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Folsom, William Henry Carman | 02 | Taylors Falls | Republican |
| Fridley, Abram McCormick | 04 | Manomin | Democratic |
| Gilman, John M. | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Grover, A. J. | 09 | Minneola | Republican |
| Hall, Albert R. | 05 | Dayton | Republican |
| Hammer, Evin D. | 14 | Pilot Mound | Republican |
| Haskell, Joseph | 02 | Afton | Republican |
| Hathaway, Roderic D. | 12 | Pleasant Grove | Republican |
| Hicks, William E. | 03 | Alexandria | Republican |
| Hobart, John | 14 | Rushford | Republican |
| Hollister, Edward | 08 | Warsaw | Republican |
| Hunt, Thomas J. | 15 | Ellington | Republican |
| Hunter, James W. | 20 | Jackson | Republican |
| Hyde, Sam Y. | 11 | Saint Charles | Republican |
| Johnson, Tosten | 13 | Spring Grove | Republican |
| Larson, B. S. | 12 | Byron | Republican |
| Lathrop, John | 12 | Rochester | Republican |
| MacDonald, John Louis | 18 | Shakopee | Democratic |
| McGrew, James G. | 14 | Chatfield | Republican |
| Meighen, William | 14 | Forestville | Republican |
| Patterson, W. W. | 06 | Winsted | Republican |
| Pile, D. | 06 | Glencoe | Republican |
| Pitcher, Orin O. | 17 | Mankato | Republican |
| Proper, Erastus K. | 15 | Mantorville | Republican |
| Rhodes, W. C. | 17 | Madelia | Republican |
| Robbers, Ludwig | 03 | Saint Cloud | Democratic |
| Rudolph, John C. | 19 | New Ulm | Republican |
| Sibbison, W. J. | 08 | Northfield | Republican |
| Smith, L. | 07 | Hastings | Democratic |
| Smith, Warren | 16 | Wilton | Republican |
| Stoever, John C. | 19 | Henderson | Republican |
| Thompson, Isaac | 13 | Houston | Republican |
| Tibbitts, Abner | 10 | Lake City | Republican |
| Vale, J. Q. A. | 11 | Homer | Republican |
| Webster, Charles C. | 09 | Red Wing | Republican |
