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1555:47th (1931)
1550:46th (1929)
1545:45th (1927)
1540:44th (1925)
1535:43rd (1923)
1530:42nd (1921)
1525:41st (1919)
1520:40th (1917)
1515:39th (1915)
1510:38th (1913)
1505:37th (1911)
1500:36th (1909)
1495:35th (1907)
1490:34th (1905)
1485:33rd (1903)
1480:32nd (1901)
1475:31st (1899)
1470:30th (1897)
1465:29th (1895)
1460:28th (1893)
1455:27th (1891)
1450:26th (1889)
1445:25th (1887)
1440:24th (1885)
1435:23rd (1883)
1430:22nd (1881)
1425:21st (1879)
1420:20th (1878)
1415:19th (1877)
1410:18th (1876)
1405:17th (1875)
1400:16th (1874)
1395:15th (1873)
1390:14th (1872)
1385:13th (1871)
1380:12th (1870)
1375:11th (1869)
1370:10th (1868)
1264:Territorial
1167:10 November
1145:10 November
1120:10 November
1068:Democratic
1050:Republican
1032:Democratic
1014:Democratic
996:Democratic
960:Democratic
942:Democratic
924:Democratic
906:Democratic
902:Minneapolis
888:Democratic
870:Democratic
836:Democratic
818:Democratic
800:Democratic
778:Sauk Rapids
723:Democratic
705:Democratic
687:Democratic
669:Democratic
651:Democratic
633:Democratic
615:Democratic
597:Democratic
579:Democratic
1826:Categories
1365:9th (1867)
1360:8th (1866)
1355:7th (1865)
1350:6th (1864)
1345:5th (1863)
1340:4th (1862)
1335:3rd (1861)
1330:2nd (1859)
1325:1st (1857)
1312:8th (1857)
1307:7th (1856)
1302:6th (1855)
1297:5th (1854)
1292:4th (1853)
1287:3rd (1852)
1282:2nd (1851)
1277:1st (1849)
1100:References
1064:Stillwater
974:Stillwater
938:Saint Paul
920:Saint Paul
814:Saint Paul
796:Saint Paul
719:Saint Paul
701:Stillwater
647:Saint Paul
629:Stillwater
505:Leadership
387:Republican
382:Democratic
247:Republican
242:Democratic
97:1856-01-02
89:1855-01-03
740:District
575:Henderson
555:District
119:President
978:Unknown
852:Unknown
849:Unknown
782:Unknown
764:Unknown
593:Red Wing
396:Unknown
251:Unknown
193:Sessions
53:Overview
1010:Mendota
992:Pembina
866:Fridley
611:Pembina
545:Council
540:Members
401:End of
366:Vacant
256:End of
228:Vacant
210:Council
159:Speaker
150:Members
110:Members
95: (
87: (
44:→
31:←
746:Party
561:Party
431:Begin
363:Total
357:Party
283:Begin
225:Total
219:Party
183:sixth
1267:State
1206:1855
1075:Notes
1046:Hokah
743:City
737:Name
558:City
552:Name
306:100%
1811:List
1169:2016
1147:2016
1122:2016
466:22%
457:72%
392:Whig
181:The
82:Term
1060:01
1042:04
1024:03
1006:06
988:07
970:01
952:01
934:02
916:02
898:06
880:07
862:03
846:01
828:02
810:02
792:02
774:05
756:05
715:02
697:01
679:03
661:05
643:02
625:01
607:07
589:04
571:06
495:38
492:10
486:10
483:18
463:0%
460:6%
446:18
434:13
419:18
407:13
338:15
312:0%
309:0%
1828::
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1082:^
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489:0
449:0
443:4
440:0
437:1
422:0
416:0
413:5
410:0
341:0
335:4
332:2
329:9
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