Minnesota Legislature

The Library’s primary location will be 3238 Minnesota Senate Building until January 12, 2027. Visit us there or contact us at 651-296-8338 or library@lrl.mn.gov.

Legislative Time Capsule - 29th Legislature (1895-1896)

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
1895	1/8/1895	4/23/1895	106	N/A	N/A

Legislation (All Sessions)

	House - Bills Introduced	Senate - Bills Introduced	Laws	Resolutions
1895	886	746	410 Search	15

Session Resources

The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota Compiled for the Legislature of 1895

Legislators

All

House

Senate

Seating Chart - House

Seating Chart - Senate

Leadership

Speaker of the House

Samuel Rinnah Van Sant (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

Michael John Dowling

House Sergeant-at-Arms

J. M. Bayer

Secretary of the Senate

Samuel A. Langum

Senate Sergeant-at-Arms

Stiles M. West

Number of Seats

House: 114
Senate: 54

Election Results

- Selected election results are available at this page.

House Committees

Show/Hide

Senate Committees

Show/Hide

Governor (Full List)

D.M. Clough (Republican)

Legislator Record

Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, 321 State Capitol, Saint Paul, MN 55155