# 9th Minnesota Legislature

The ninth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 8, 1867. The 22 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 47 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of November 6, 1866. The Minnesota Senate, at the time, was normally elected to staggered terms, but an increase in the number of members to be elected to both houses forced a new election of all members of the Legislature.

## Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 8, 1867 to March 8, 1867. There were no special sessions of the 9th 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 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 0 |
| Begin | 5 | 17 | 22 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 23% | 77% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0 |

### House of Representatives

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
| | Democratic | Republican | Unknown | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 13 | 29 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| Begin | 7 | 39 | 1 | 47 | 0 |
| January 18, 1867 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 15% | 85% | 0% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 13 | 34 | 0 | 47 | 0 |

## Leadership
### Senate
#### Lieutenant Governor

    Thomas Henry Armstrong (R-High Forest)

### House of Representatives
#### Speaker of the House

    John Q. Farmer (R-Spring Valley)

## Members
### Senate

| Name | District | City | Party |
| Armstrong, Augustus L. | 16 | Albert Lea | Republican |
| Armstrong, J. L. | 10 | Lake City | Republican |
| Baxter, Luther Loren | 18 | Shakopee | Democratic |
| Bristol, Warren Henry | 09 | Red Wing | Republican |
| Buck, Jr., Adam | 19 | Henderson | Republican |
| Butters, Reuben | 22 | Kasota | Democratic |
| Daniels, John V. | 12 | Rochester | Republican |
| Draper, N. C. | 07 | Hastings | Republican |
| Evans, Louis A. | 03 | Saint Cloud | Democratic |
| Folsom, William Henry Carman | 02 | Taylors Falls | Republican |
| Gordon, Hanford Lennox | 06 | Monticello | Republican |
| Griggs, Chauncey Wright | 21 | Chaska | Democratic |
| Lord, Samuel | 15 | Mantorville | Republican |
| Miller, Luke | 14 | Chatfield | Republican |
| Murray, William Pitt | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Perkins, Oscar F. | 08 | Faribault | Republican |
| Pillsbury, John Sargent | 04 | Saint Anthony | Republican |
| Porter, Jr., Lewis | 17 | Garden City | Republican |
| Temple, Daniel F. | 13 | Wilmington | Republican |
| Wakefield, James Beach | 20 | Blue Earth City | Republican |
| Whitney, J. C. | 05 | Minneapolis | Republican |
| Yale, William Hall | 11 | Winona | Republican |

### House of Representatives

| Name | District | City | Party |
| Aaker, Lars K. | 09 | Alexandria | Republican |
| Ames, Albert Alonzo | 05 | Minneapolis | Republican |
| Andrews, A. | 20 | Fairmont | Republican |
| Andrews, Burton S. | 13 | Caledonia | Republican |
| Ayres, Ebeneezer | 02 | Cottage Grove | Republican |
| Blodgett, H. F. | 04 | Anoka | Republican |
| Braden, William W. | 14 | Lenora | Republican |
| Brisbane, William | 16 | Wilton | Democratic |
| Brown, Charles T. | 19 | Saint Peter | Republican |
| Buck, W. W. | 11 | Sherwood | Republican |
| Colburn, Nathan Pierce | 14 | Preston | Republican |
| Davis, Cushman Kellogg | 01 | Saint Paul | Republican |
| Donaldson, James H. | 07 | Farmington | Republican |
| Dunnell, Mark Hill | 11 | Winona | Republican |
| Farmer, John Quincy | 14 | Spring Valley | Republican |
| Felch, Charles J. | 15 | Hamilton | Republican |
| Gould, Aaron | 05 | Eden Prairie | Republican |
| Hanft, Morris | 18 | Belle Plaine | Democratic |
| Hoepner, Henry | 03 | Unknown | Unknown |
| Howell, S. C. | 07 | Waterford | Republican |
| Jackman, Henry A. | 02 | Stillwater | Republican |
| Johnson, Jr., D. B. | 15 | Austin | Republican |
| Kemp, S. A. | 10 | Greenfield Township | Republican |
| Kennedy, E. H. | 13 | Houston | Republican |
| King, Dana E. | 06 | Greenleaf | Republican |
| Knapp, F. W. | 10 | Smithfield | Republican |
| Lewis, Eli F. | 21 | Watertown | Democratic |
| Lienau, Charles H. | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Maynard, Arba K. | 22 | Cleveland | Democratic |
| Miner, Nelson H. | 03 | Sauk Centre | Democratic |
| Mitchell, J. T. | 09 | Zumbrota | Republican |
| Oleson, Gulick | 14 | Rushford | Republican |
| Perry, B. F. | 12 | Rochester | Republican |
| Pope, Isaac | 08 | Morristown | Republican |
| Randall, J. K. | 12 | Eyota | Republican |
| Reed, John A. | 17 | Sterling | Republican |
| Rice, Edmund | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Richardson, Nathan | 03 | Little Falls | Republican |
| Savage, P. W. | 06 | Glencoe | Republican |
| Sawyer, Caleb | 12 | Elgin | Republican |
| Seboski, John | 05 | Dayton | Republican |
| Shillock, Daniel G. | 19 | New Ulm | Republican |
| Smith, Andrew C. | 11 | Stockton | Republican |
| Smith, James E. | 16 | Albert Lea | Republican |
| Twiford, Willis H. | 16 | Owatonna | Republican |
| Wheaton, Sr., Charles Augustus | 08 | Northfield | Republican |
| Wilson, R. B. | 09 | Northfield | Republican |
| Yates, Bowne | 17 | Madelia | Republican |

## Membership changes
### House of Representatives

| District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date successor seated |
| 03 | Henry Hoepner (?) | Although Hoepner was initially seated when the session began, the seat was contested by Richardson. On January 18, 1867 the House determined that Richardson was entitled to the seat. | Nathan Richardson (R) | January 18, 1867 |