6th Minnesota Legislature

{{Short description|1864 legislative session}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox legislative session | name = Sixth Minnesota Legislature | image = File:1stMNstatecapitol-1860.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = | body = Minnesota Legislature | country = United States | state = Minnesota | meeting_place = | election = | government = | term_start = {{Start date|1864|01|05}} | term_end = {{End date|1865|01|03}} | before = 5th Minnesota Legislature | after = 7th Minnesota Legislature | website = {{URL|www.leg.state.mn.us/}} | chamber1 = Minnesota State Senate | membership1 = 21 Senators | control1 = Republican Party | chamber1_leader1_type = Lieutenant Governor | chamber1_leader1 = Charles D. Sherwood | chamber1_leader2_type = | chamber1_leader2 = | chamber1_leader3_type = | chamber1_leader3 = | chamber1_leader4_type = | chamber1_leader4 = | chamber1_leader5_type = | chamber1_leader5 = | chamber2 = Minnesota House of Representatives | membership2 = 42 Representatives | control2 = Republican Party | chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker | chamber2_leader1 = Jared Benson | chamber2_leader2_type = | chamber2_leader2 = | chamber2_leader3_type = | chamber2_leader3 = | chamber2_leader4_type = | chamber2_leader4 = | chamber2_leader5_type = | chamber2_leader5 = | session1_start = | session1_end = }} The '''sixth Minnesota Legislature''' first convened on January 5, 1864. The half of the 21 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented even-numbered districts were elected during the General Election of November 4, 1862, 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 3, 1863.

== Sessions == The legislature met in a '''regular session''' from January 5, 1864 to March 4, 1864. There were no special sessions of the 6th Minnesota Legislature.<ref name="sessions">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/sessions.aspx|title=Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present.|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref>

== Party summary == === Senate === {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=2 | Party<ref name="party">{{cite book|last=Dubin|first=Michael J.|title=Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures: A Year by Year Summary, 1796-2006|publisher=McFarland|edition=Revised|date=2007|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|pages=102|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wi9zBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA102|isbn=1476607761}}</ref> <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div> ! rowspan=3 | Total ! rowspan=3 | Vacant |- style="height:5px" | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | |- ! Democratic ! Republican |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature | 5 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 16 ! 21 | 0 |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="font-size:80%" | Begin | 4 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 17 ! 21 | 0 |- ! Latest voting share ! {{percentage|4|21|0}} ! {{percentage|17|21|0}} ! colspan=2 | |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature | 4 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 17 ! 21 | 0 |}

=== House of Representatives === {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=3 | Party<ref name="party"/> <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div> ! rowspan=3 | Total ! rowspan=3 | Vacant |- style="height:5px" | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | |- ! Democratic ! Republican ! Union Dem. |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature | 12 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 29 | 1 ! 40 | 2 |- | colspan=6 | |- ! style="font-size:80%" | Begin | 11 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 27 | 4 ! 42 | 0 |- ! Latest voting share ! {{percentage|11|42|0}} ! {{percentage|27|42|0}} ! {{percentage|4|42|0}} ! colspan=2 | |- | colspan=6 | |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature | 10 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 32 | 0 ! 42 | 0 |}

== Leadership == === Senate === ;Lieutenant Governor :Charles D. Sherwood (R-Elkhorn)<ref name="spres">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/spres.aspx|title=President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref>

=== House of Representatives === ;Speaker of the House :Jared Benson (R-Anoka)<ref name="speaker">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/speakers.aspx|title=Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=24 November 2016}}</ref>

== Members == === Senate === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Name ! District ! City ! Party |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Berry, John McDonogh | 08 | Faribault | Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Cameron, Daniel | 13 | La Crescent | Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Daniels, John V. | 12 | Rochester | Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Langley, Dudley F. | 07 | Hastings | Republican |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Lincoln, Isaac | 18 | Shakopee | Democratic |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | McKusick, John | 02 | Stillwater | Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Miller, Luke | 14 | Chatfield | Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Morrison, Dorilus | 05 | Minneapolis | Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Nicols, John | 21 | Saint Paul | Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Norton, Daniel Sheldon | 11 | Winona | Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Ottman, R. | 10 | Lake City | Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Pillsbury, John Sargent | 04 | Saint Anthony | Republican |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Porter, John J. | 17 | Mankato | Democratic |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Rice, Edmund | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Shillock, Daniel G. | 20 | New Ulm | Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Sprague, Benjamin D. | 15 | Lansing | Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Stevens, F. J. | 16 | Meriden | Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Swift, Henry Adoniram | 19 | Saint Peter | Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Thatcher, Joseph A. | 09 | Zumbrota | Republican |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Warner, Charles A. | 06 | Chaska | Republican |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Wilson, Joseph P. | 03 | Saint Cloud | Democratic |}

=== House of Representatives === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Name ! District ! City ! Party

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Ackley, J. F. | 07 | Lakeville | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Armstrong, Thomas Henry | 12 | High Forest | Republican

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Barlow, Augustus | 15 | Wasioja | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Benson, Jared | 04 | Anoka | Republican

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Bullis, A. H. | 08 | Warsaw | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Butler, W. G. | 06 | Clearwater | Republican

|-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Butters, Reuben | 17 | Kasota | Democratic

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Coffin, Samuel | 19 | Nicollet | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Coleman, John A. | 05 | Tamarack | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Conniff, Thomas H. | 13 | Caledonia | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Crane, Royal | 15 | Mantorville | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Dixon, Thomas P. | 11 | Saratoga | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Ferrin, Jonathan | 04 | Sauk Rapids | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Fitz, Rudolph H. | 01 | Saint Paul | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Foster, Major J. | 14 | Forestville | Democratic

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Gates, J. M. | 09 | Roscoe | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Gibbs, John La Porte | 16 | Geneva | Republican

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Graham, Gilbert | 05 | Richfield | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Grannis, Sidney Smith | 09 | Red Wing | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Guiteau, Kendrick N. | 07 | West Saint Paul | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Henry, R. R. | 02 | Point Douglas | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Hill, Henry | 06 | Glencoe | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Huey, William | 19 | Traverse des Sioux | Republican

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Hunt, S. A. | 14 | Spring Valley | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Johnson, Hugh | 18 | Cedar Lake | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kidder, Jefferson Parish | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic

|-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Kiefer, Andrew Robert | 21 | Saint Paul | Republican

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Latimer, Jacob A. | 20 | Winnebago City | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Letford, John S. | 06 | Carver | Republican

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | McKay, John J. | 10 | Plainview | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Meagher, John L. | 17 | Marysburg | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Moulton, Justin P. | 12 | Marion | Republican

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Nourse, A. N. | 08 | Northfield | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Richardson, Reuben M. | 03 | Torah | Democratic

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Rigby, W. T. | 03 | Clearwater | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Ruffee, C. A. | 03 | Crow Wing | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Smith, Ansel | 02 | Franconia | Republican

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Soule, Jesse H. | 02 | Stillwater | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Unknown}} | Whittemore, Reuben | 14 | Rushford | Unknown

|-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Wiswell, James A. | 17 | Garden City | Democratic

|-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Woodruff, Philo | 16 | Swavesey | Republican

|-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Youmans, Earl S. | 11 | Winona | Republican |}

== References == {{Reflist}} * [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&q=&gender=&sess=6&body=Senate Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 6, Senate)] * [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&q=&gender=&sess=6&body=House Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 6, House)] {{S-start}} {{Succession box | title = Sixth Minnesota Legislature | before = Fifth Minnesota Legislature | after = Seventh Minnesota Legislature | years = 1864 }} {{S-end}}

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