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Legislative Time Capsule - 26th Legislature (1889-1890)

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
1889	1/8/1889	4/23/1889	106	N/A	N/A

Legislation (All Sessions)

	House - Bills Introduced	Senate - Bills Introduced	Laws	Resolutions
1889	1329	662	875 Search	6

Session Resources

The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota [1889]

Legislators

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House

Senate

Leadership

Speaker of the House

Charles Hinman Graves (Republican)

House Majority Leader

Unknown - See full list

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

C. P. Carpenter

House Sergeant-at-Arms

C. A. Baxter

Secretary of the Senate

O. L. Cutter

Senate Sergeant-at-Arms

Clark Chambers

Number of Seats

House: 103
Senate: 47

Election Results

- Selected election results are available at this page.

House Committees

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Senate Committees

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Governor (Full List)

William Merriam (Republican)

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