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    • Legislative Time Capsule - 57th Legislature (1951-1952)

    Session Dates (All Sessions)

      Convened Adjourned Calendar Days Legislative Days - House Legislative Days - Senate
    1951
    		1/2/1951 4/19/1951 108 75 77
    1951 1st Special Session
    To pass necessary major legislation not passed during regular session. Matters considered: Appropriations.         		4/24/1951 4/24/1951 1 1 1

    Legislation (All Sessions)

      House - Bills Introduced Senate - Bills Introduced Laws Resolutions
    1951 1751 1545 725   Search 12
    1951 1st Special Session 4 0 4   Search 0

    Vetoes (All Sessions)

      Full Bills Vetoed
    (including pockets)    		 Pocket Vetoes Bills with Line Item Vetoes [# of lines vetoed] TOTAL
    Full Bills Vetoed + Lines Vetoed    		 TOTAL
    Full Bills Vetoed + Bills with Lines Vetoed
    1951 10 3 0   [0] 10 10
    1951 1st Special Session 0 0 0   [0] 0 0

    Legislators

    All House Senate

    Leadership         

    Speaker of the House John A. Hartle  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
    House Majority Leader Roy Emery Dunn  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
    House Minority Leader Frederick Anthony Cina  (Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus)
    President of the Senate This position was handled multiple ways historically - See full list
    Senate Majority Leader Archie H. Miller  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
    Senate Minority Leader Boleslaw G. Novak  (Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus)

    Officers

    Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives George H. Leahy
    House Sergeant-at-Arms C. R. Bjornson
    Secretary of the Senate Herbert Y. Torrey
    Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Bert M. Lennon

    Election Results

    - Selected election results are available at this page.

    Party Control of the House of Representatives (All Sessions)

    Date Event Note Total Seats C/R/IR L/DFL Other Margin
    1/2/1951 Convenes [Total seats possible = 131] 131 87 44 0 43
    C=Conservative  R=Republican  IR=Independent Republican  L=Liberal  DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor

    Party Control of the Senate (All Sessions)

    Date Event Note Total Seats C/R/IR L/DFL Other Margin
    1/2/1951 Convenes [Total seats possible = 67] 67 51 16 0 35
    C=Conservative  R=Republican  IR=Independent Republican  L=Liberal  DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor

    House Committees

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