The seventy-seventh

Minnesota Legislature The Minnesota Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota consisting of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Senators are elected from 67 single-member districts. In order to account for decenn ...

first convened on January 8, 1991. The 67 members of the

Minnesota Senate The Minnesota Senate is the upper house of the Minnesota Legislature, Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. At 67 members, half as many as the Minnesota House of Representatives, it is the largest upper house of any State legislature (Unite ...

and the 134 members of the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ...

were elected during the General Election of November 6, 1990.

Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 8, 1991, to May 20, 1991. A continuation of the regular session was held between January 6, 1992, and April 16, 1992. There were no special sessions of the seventy-seventh Legislature.

Party summary

:''Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.''

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

;President of the Senate : Jerome M. Hughes (DFL-Maplewood) ;Senate Majority Leader :

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(DFL-Erskine) ;Senate Minority Leader : Duane Benson (IR-Lanesboro)

House of Representatives

;Speaker of the House :Until January 6, 1992 Robert Vanasek (DFL-New Prague) :After January 6, 1992 Dee Long (DFL-Minneapolis) ;House Majority Leader :Until July 11, 1991 Dee Long (DFL-Minneapolis) :After July 11, 1991 Alan Welle (DFL-Willmar) ;House Minority Leader :

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(IR-New Ulm)

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

Membership changes

Senate

House of Representatives

Notes

References

Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 77, Senate)

Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 77, House)
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