The seventh Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 3, 1865. The half of the 21 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented odd-numbered districts were elected during the General Election of November 3, 1863, 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 8, 1864.
Sessions The legislature met in a regular session from January 3, 1865 to March 3, 1865. There were no special sessions of the 7th Minnesota Legislature.
Party summary Senate Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) Total Vacant Democratic Republican End of previous Legislature 4 17 21 0 Begin 4 17 21 0 Latest voting share Beginning of the next Legislature 6 15 21 0
House of Representatives Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) Total Vacant Democratic Republican Union Dem. End of previous Legislature 11 27 4 42 0 Begin 10 32 0 42 0 Latest voting share Beginning of the next Legislature 13 29 0 42 0
Leadership Senate Lieutenant Governor Charles D. Sherwood (R-Elkhorn)
House of Representatives Speaker of the House Thomas Henry Armstrong (R-High Forest)
Members Senate Name District City Party Baxter, Luthor Loren 18 Shakopee Democratic Cameron, Daniel 13 La Crescent Republican Daniels, John V. 12 Rochester Republican George, G. D. 06 Rockford Republican Langley, Dudley F. 07 Hastings Republican Lowell, Benjamin A. 16 Wilton Republican McKusick, John 02 Stillwater Republican Miller, Luke 14 Chatfield Republican Morrison, Dorilus 05 Minneapolis Republican Nicols, John 21 Saint Paul Republican Norton, Daniel Sheldon 11 Winona Republican Nutting, Levi 08 Faribault Republican Pillsbury, John Sargent 04 Saint Anthony Republican Porter, John J. 17 Mankato Democratic Rice, Edmund 01 Saint Paul Democratic Shillock, Daniel G. 20 New Ulm Republican Smith, Melville C. 10 Lake City Republican Sprague, Benjamin D. 15 Lansing Republican Swift, Henry Adoniram 19 Saint Peter Republican Thatcher, Joseph A. 09 Zumbrota Republican Wilson, Joseph P. 03 Saint Cloud Democratic
House of Representatives Name District City Party Aldrich, Cyrus 05 Minneapolis Republican Armstrong, Thomas Henry 12 High Forest Republican Beatty, Hamilton 19 Dryden Democratic Bullis, A. H. 08 Warsaw Republican Chalfant, William 14 Carimona Republican Colvill, Jr., William J. 09 Red Wing Democratic Cornell, Francis R.E. 05 Minneapolis Republican Crane, Royal 15 Mantorville Republican Crooker, Josiah B. 16 Owatonna Republican Davis, Charles F. 06 Kingston Republican Downer, John B. 10 Wabasha Republican Evans, Louis A. 03 Saint Cloud Democratic Gibbs, John La Porte 16 Geneva Republican Gilfillan, Charles Duncan 01 Saint Paul Republican Gilman, John M. 21 Saint Paul Democratic Goodrich, Frederick N. 13 Money Creek Republican Griswold, Charles 11 Saint Charles Republican Guiteau, Kendrick N. 07 West Saint Paul Democratic Harrington, L. C. 17 Mankato Republican Hewson, Stephen 04 Oxford Republican Hill, Henry 06 Glencoe Republican Huntoon, Lucius A. 02 Lakeland Republican Jay, Stephen H. 18 Saint Lawrence Republican Kiester, Jacob A. 20 Blue Earth City Republican Locke, J. B. 09 Minneola Republican Patten, William H. 17 Le Sueur Republican Peckham, John A. 01 Saint Paul Democratic Poehler, Henry 19 Henderson Democratic Renz, F. A. 06 Chaska Republican Rigby, W. T. 03 Clearwater Democratic Rogers, Luther Z. 17 Waterville Republican Shandrew, F. E. 11 Winona Republican Smith, Ansel 02 Franconia Republican Stark, Lars Johan 02 Centre City Republican Stowell, F. M. 04 Anoka Republican Taylor, Charles 08 Northfield Republican Taylor, Oscar 03 Saint Cloud Democratic Teachout, William 12 Little Valley Republican Tew, Henry W. 07 Northfield Democratic Tuthill, Charles D. 15 Ashland Republican West, Elijah F. 14 Newburg Republican Whittemore, Reuben 14 Rushford Republican
References
Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 7, Senate) Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 7, House) Journal of the Senate of the Seventh Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota Journal of the House of Representatives of the Seventh Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota