title: 5th Minnesota Legislature
text: # 5th Minnesota Legislature
  
  The fifth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 6, 1863. The half of the 21 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented odd-numbered districts were elected during the General Election of October 8, 1861, 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 4, 1862.
  
  ## Sessions
  
  The legislature met in a regular session from January 6, 1863 to March 6, 1863. There were no special sessions of the 5th 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 | 0 |
  | Begin | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0 |
  | Latest voting share | 24% | 76% | | |
  | Beginning of the next Legislature | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0 |
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  | | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Republican | Union Dem. | Total | Vacant |
  | End of previous Legislature | 10 | 30 | 2 | 40 | 2 |
  | Begin | 12 | 29 | 1 | 42 | 0 |
  | Latest voting share | 29% | 69% | 2% | | |
  | Beginning of the next Legislature | 11 | 27 | 4 | 42 | 0 |
  
  ## Leadership
  
  ### Senate
  
  **Lieutenant Governor**
  
  
      Ignatius L. Donnelly (R-Nininger)
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  **Speaker of the House**
  
  
      Charles D. Sherwood (R-Elkhorn)
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Senate
  
  | Name | District | City | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Baldwin, Rufus J. | 05 | Minneapolis | Republican |
  | Berry, John McDonogh | 08 | Faribault | Republican |
  | Clark, Joseph H. | 15 | Claremont | Republican |
  | Dailey, Mervin A. | 16 | Owatonna | Republican |
  | Dane, Nathan | 17 | Ottawa | Democratic |
  | Daniels, John V. | 12 | Rochester | Republican |
  | Heaton, David | 04 | Saint Anthony | Republican |
  | Irvine, John R. | 21 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
  | Lincoln, Isaac | 18 | Shakopee | Democratic |
  | McClure, Charles | 09 | Red Wing | Republican |
  | McKusick, John | 02 | Stillwater | Republican |
  | Miller, Luke | 14 | Chatfield | Republican |
  | Moore, William S. | 03 | Saint Cloud | Democratic |
  | Nash, Charles W. | 07 | Hastings | Democratic |
  | Ottman, R. | 10 | Lake City | Republican |
  | Sargeant, M. Wheeler | 11 | Winona | Republican |
  | See, Charles H. | 13 | Brownsville | Republican |
  | Shillock, Daniel G. | 20 | New Ulm | Republican |
  | Smith, James K. | 01 | Saint Paul | Republican |
  | Swift, Henry Adoniram | 19 | Saint Peter | Republican |
  | Warner, Charles A. | 06 | Chaska | Republican |
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  | Name | District | City | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Austin, Adin C. | 05 | Osseo | Republican |
  | Bacon, Samuel P. | 15 | Le Roy | Democratic |
  | Bentley, L. R. | 03 | Fort Abercrombie | Republican |
  | Brisbin, John B. | 21 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
  | Buell, David L. | 13 | Caledonia | Democratic |
  | Butler, W. G. | 06 | Clearwater | Republican |
  | Butters, Reuben | 17 | Kasota | Democratic |
  | Campbell, Samuel L. | 10 | Wabasha | Union Dem. |
  | Chalfant, William | 14 | Carimona | Republican |
  | Chamberlain, George C. | 07 | Lewiston | Democratic |
  | Croswell, H. J. G. | 04 | Elk River | Republican |
  | Davis, Charles F. | 06 | Kingston | Republican |
  | Furber, Samuel W. | 02 | Cottage Grove | Republican |
  | Handerson, Zabina | 12 | Salem | Republican |
  | Hayes, Oren T. | 07 | Hastings | Republican |
  | Hilton, Addison | 09 | Kenyon | Republican |
  | Huey, William | 19 | Traverse des Sioux | Republican |
  | Kidder, Jefferson Parish | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
  | Lee, B. G. | 06 | Hutchinson | Republican |
  | McGrath, Robert B. | 05 | Excelsior | Republican |
  | Mitchell, John B. H. | 02 | Stillwater | Republican |
  | Moulton, Justin P. | 12 | Marion | Republican |
  | Murray, William Pitt | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
  | Porter, John J. | 17 | Mankato | Democratic |
  | Ramer, Philip | 11 | New Boston | Republican |
  | Richardson, Reuben M. | 03 | Torah | Democratic |
  | Sherwood, Charles D. | 14 | Elkhorn | Republican |
  | Sly, J. B. | 18 | Belle Plaine | Democratic |
  | Smith, Ansel | 02 | Franconia | Republican |
  | Sprague, Benjamin D. | 15 | Lansing | Republican |
  | Taylor, Charles | 08 | Northfield | Republican |
  | Tennant, W. | 19 | Henderson | Democratic |
  | Thatcher, Joseph A. | 09 | Zumbrota | Republican |
  | Waite, Henry Chester | 03 | Saint Cloud | Republican |
  | Wakefield, James Beach | 14 | Blue Earth | Republican |
  | Walker, Asa | 16 | Freeborn | Republican |
  | Walker, Hiram | 09 | Rushford | Republican |
  | Wiswell, James A. | 17 | Garden City | Democratic |
  | Wood, Charles | 08 | Morristown | Republican |
  | Woodbury, Dwight | 04 | Anoka | Republican |
  | Woodruff, Philo | 16 | Swavesey | Republican |
  | Youmans, Earl S. | 11 | Winona | Republican |
  