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Legislative Time Capsule - 51st Legislature (1939-1940)

Session Dates (All Sessions)

  Convened Adjourned Calendar Days Legislative Days - House Legislative Days - Senate
1939
1/3/1939 4/19/1939 107 76 76

Legislation (All Sessions)

  House - Bills Introduced Senate - Bills Introduced Laws Resolutions
1939 1623 1467 447   Search 28

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
1939 8 2 0   [0] 8 8

Leadership         

Speaker of the House Lawrence M. Hall, Sr.  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
House Majority Leader Roy Emery Dunn  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
House Minority Leader Unknown - See full list
President of the Senate This position was handled multiple ways historically - See full list
Senate Majority Leader Charles Noah Orr  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
Senate Minority Leader Unknown - See full list

Number of Seats

  • House: 131
  • Senate: 67

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)

Harold Stassen (Republican)