title: 11th Minnesota Legislature
text: # 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 |
  