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Twelfth Minnesota Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body	Minnesota Legislature
Jurisdiction	Minnesota, United States
Term	January 4, 1870 (1870-01-04) – January 2, 1871 (1871-01-02)
Website	www.leg.state.mn.us
Minnesota State Senate
Members	22 Senators
Lieutenant Governor	William H. Yale
Party control	Republican Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members	47 Representatives
Speaker	John L. Merriam
Party control	Republican Party

The twelfth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 4, 1870. The 11 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented even-numbered districts were chosen in the General Election of November 3, 1868, while the 11 members of the Minnesota Senate who represented odd-numbered districts, and the 47 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives, were chosen in the General Election of November 2, 1869.

Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 4, 1870 to March 4, 1870. There were no special sessions of the 12th Minnesota Legislature.

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Lieutenant Governor

William H. Yale (R-Winona)

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House

John L. Merriam (R-Saint Paul)

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

Notes

1. The newspaper Minnesota Staats-Zeitung listed a Democrat by the name of L. E. Pierce as having won the 1869 election in the 15th district, alongside George Mansfield Cameron. However, Legislators Past & Present and the Journal of the House of Representatives of the Twelfth Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota both list Brown as having been seated when the 12th Legislature convened.

References

1. "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
2. ^ "Legislatur für 1870". Minnesota Staats-Zeitung (in German). Saint Paul. November 18, 1869. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
3. "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
4. "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
5. "Brown, Hosmer A. "H.A."". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 8, 2017.

• Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 12, Senate)
• Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 12, House)
• Journal of the Senate of the Twelfth Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota
• Journal of the House of Representatives of the Twelfth Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota

• Minnesota legislative sessions
• 1870s in Minnesota