# 10th Minnesota Legislature

The 10th Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 7, 1868. The 11 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented even-numbered districts were chosen in the general election of November 6, 1866, while the 11 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented odd-numbered districts, and the 47 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives, were chosen in the general election of November 5, 1867.

## Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 7, 1868 to March 6, 1868. There were no special sessions of the 10th 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 | 17 | 22 | 0 |
| Begin | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0 |
| February 7, 1868 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 0 |
| December 31, 1868 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 1 |
| Latest voting share | 24% | 76% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 6 | 16 | 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 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 0 |
| Begin | 13 | 34 | 47 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 28% | 72% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 9 | 38 | 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 |
| Becker, George Loomis | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Bristol, Warren Henry | 09 | Red Wing | Republican |
| Brown, Charles T. | 19 | Saint Peter | Republican |
| Buell, David L. | 13 | Caledonia | Democratic |
| Butters, Reuben | 22 | Kasota | Democratic |
| Daniels, John V. | 12 | Rochester | Republican |
| Folsom, William Henry Carman | 02 | Taylors Falls | Republican |
| Franklin, Benjamin | 11 | Winona | Democratic |
| Freeman, Everett P. | 17 | Mankato | Republican |
| Gilman, Charles Andrew | 03 | Saint Cloud | Republican |
| Gordon, Hanford Lennox | 06 | Monticello | Republican |
| Griggs, Chauncey Wright | 21 | Chaska | Democratic |
| Harris, William E. | 15 | Hamilton | Republican |
| Miller, Luke | 14 | Chatfield | Republican |
| Perkins, Oscar F. | 08 | Faribault | Republican |
| Pettit, Curtis Hussey | 05 | Minneapolis | Republican |
| Pillsbury, John Sargent | 04 | Saint Anthony | Republican |
| Potter, George F. | 13 | La Crescent | Republican |
| Smith, Seagrave | 07 | Hastings | Democratic |
| Wakefield, James Beach | 20 | Blue Earth City | Republican |

### House of Representatives

| Name | District | City | Party |
| Ames, Jesse | 08 | Northfield | Republican |
| Ball, John | 11 | Winona | Democratic |
| Braden, William W. | 14 | Lenora | Republican |
| Bryant, George W. | 10 | Elgin | Republican |
| Buck, Jr., Adam | 19 | Henderson | Republican |
| Chewning, Reuben J. | 07 | Farmington | Democratic |
| Clark, Charles H. | 05 | Minneapolis | Republican |
| Colton, A. B. | 20 | Winnebago City | Republican |
| Comstock, E. G. | 09 | Ayr | Republican |
| Davison, Chester D. | 05 | Minneapolis | Republican |
| Doyle, Dennis | 22 | Kilkenny | Democratic |
| Dresbach, George B. | 11 | Dresbach | Democratic |
| Eaton, Samuel W. | 12 | Rochester | Republican |
| Erb, Christian | 08 | Cannon City | Republican |
| Farmer, John Quincy | 14 | Spring Valley | Republican |
| Finseth, Knut K. | 09 | Kenyon | Republican |
| Foster, Robert | 07 | Pine Bend | Democratic |
| Furber, Joseph Warren | 02 | Cottage Grove | Republican |
| Harrington, Lewis | 06 | Hutchinson | Republican |
| Hechtman, John H. | 05 | Osseo | Republican |
| Henry, William | 18 | Belle Plaine | Democratic |
| Hill, H. W. | 11 | Saint Charles | Democratic |
| Jones, DeWitt C. | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Kinyon, William Ryan | 16 | Owatonna | Republican |
| LaDow, George A. | 16 | Wilton | Democratic |
| Lewis, Isaac I. | 21 | Watertown | Democratic |
| Lienau, Charles H. | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Lowell, William | 02 | Marine | Republican |
| Meighen, William | 14 | Forestville | Republican |
| Miner, Nelson H. | 03 | Sauk Centre | Democratic |
| Murray, William Pitt | 01 | Saint Paul | Democratic |
| Pettijohn, J. G.D. | 03 | Glenwood | Republican |
| Pingrey, J. F. | 09 | Red Wing | Republican |
| Pitcher, Orin O. | 17 | Mankato | Republican |
| Proper, Erastus K. | 15 | Mantorville | Republican |
| Reed, John A. | 17 | Sterling | Republican |
| Ross, Samuel | 04 | Princeton | Republican |
| Rudolph, John C. | 19 | New Ulm | Republican |
| Salisbury, Jonathan Burnett | 06 | Kingston | Republican |
| Sawyer, Caleb | 12 | Elgin | Republican |
| Schaller, J. P. | 13 | Brownsville | Republican |
| Seeley, Francis W. | 10 | Lake City | Republican |
| Shaw, D. A. | 15 | Wasioja | Republican |
| Smith, James E. | 16 | Albert Lea | Republican |
| Stewart, Charles N. | 12 | Stewartville | Republican |
| Thompson, Isaac | 13 | Houston | Republican |
| Walker, Hiram | 14 | Rushford | Republican |

## Membership changes
### Senate

| District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date successor seated |
| 13 | David L. Buell (D) | Although Buell was initially seated when the session began, the seat was contested by Potter. On February 7, 1868, the Senate determined that Potter was entitled to the seat. | George F. Potter (R) | February 7, 1868 |
| 11 | Benjamin Franklin (D) | Died in office on a date uncertain, sometime during 1868. | Remained vacant until next legislature | Remained vacant until next legislature |