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Legislative Time Capsule - 47th Legislature (1931-1932)

Session Dates Legislation Session Resources Legislators Leadership Officers Election Results Committees Governor

Session Dates (All Sessions)

	Convened	Adjourned	Calendar Days	Legislative Days - House	Legislative Days - Senate
1931	1/6/1931	4/22/1931	107	78	71

Legislation (All Sessions)

	House - Bills Introduced	Senate - Bills Introduced	Laws	Resolutions
1931	1544	1372	420 Search	19

Session Resources

The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota Compiled for the Legislature of 1931

Legislators

All

House

Senate

Seating Chart - House

Seating Chart - Senate

Leadership

Speaker of the House

Oscar A. Swenson (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)

House Majority Leader

Willis I. Norton (Nonpartisan Election)

House Minority Leader

Unknown - See full list

President of the Senate

This position was handled multiple ways historically - See full list

Senate Majority Leader

Unknown - See full list

Senate Minority Leader

Unknown - See full list

Officers

Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives

John I. Levin

House Sergeant-at-Arms

John D Ross

Secretary of the Senate

George Howard Spaeth

Senate Sergeant-at-Arms

Fred Newton

Number of Seats

House: 131
Senate: 67

Election Results

- Selected election results are available at this page.

House Committees

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Agriculture and Horticulture Members
Aircraft and Airways Members
Appropriations Members
Banks and Banking Members
Board of Control and State Institutions Members
Cities of the First Class Members
Civil Administration Members
Commerce, Manufacture and Retail Trade Members
Corporations Members
Crime Prevention Members
Dairy Products and Live Stock Members
Drainage Members
Education Members
Elections Members
Engrossment and Enrollment Members
Game and Fish Members
General Legislation Members
Insurance Members
Judiciary Members
Labor Members
Markets and Marketing Members
Metropolitan Drainage Members
Military Affairs Members
Motor Vehicles and Motor Tax Laws Members
Municipal Affairs Members
Printing and Publishing Members
Public Buildings Members
Public Domain Members
Public Health and Hospitals Members
Public Highways Members
Public Welfare and Social Legislation Members
Railroads and State Motor Transportation Members
Reapportionment Members
Reforestation Members
Rules Members
Soldiers Home, State Bonus and Ex-Service Men Members
State and County Fairs Members
State Development and Immigration Members
State Parks Members
State Prison Members
Taxes and Tax Laws Members
Telephones and Telegraphs Members
Temperance Members
Towns and Counties Members
University and State Schools Members
Workmens Compensation Members

Senate Committees

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Governor (Full List)

Floyd Olson (Farmer-Labor)

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