Viewing Legislature Category (10) found:C. L. Hall, "Memoirs of the State Officers and of the Nineteenth Legislature of Minnesota" (1877).In February 1877 C. L. Hall published a 60 page pamphlet of biographical sketches of officers of the Minnesota state government during the 19th Legislature. These include officers in the executive branch as well as members of the House of Representatives and Senate. ... Joel Michael, "How the Senate Lost its Stagger: The Story of an Attorney GeneralThe Minnesota Senate is one of only 11 state senates with four-year, unstaggered terms. As a result, no senate seats are on the ballot in two out of five general elections. That practice is contrary to the constitutional framers' intent; they thought they were providing for staggered senate terms.... Lynn Haines, "The Minnesota Legislature of 1909."A hallmark of the Progressive Era was "muckraker journalism" -- investigative magazine articles and books that revealed the corruption of certain aspects of American life, especially business and government. Lincoln Steffens' "The Shame of Minneapolis" (1903), posted elsewhere on this website, is... Lynn Haines, "The Minnesota Legislature of 1911.""The Minnesota Legislature of 1911" is the title of Lynn Haines' book-length exposé published that year. As in his study of the 1909 Legislature, he closely examines how special interests control the legislature and prevent reform bills from being enacted. He writes:
Carl J. Buell, "The Minnesota Legislature of 1913."In 1914 Carl J. Buell published a 112 page study of the 1913 Minnesota Legislature. It was the third in a series of muckraking books on the state legislature. The first two were written by Lynn Haines and covered -- or uncovered -- the 1909 and 1911 legislatures. They were sensations.
Carl J. Buell, "The Minnesota Legislature of 1915."Carl Buell's "The Minnesota Legislature of 1915" was the fourth in a series of eight books that closely examined how the state legislature actually functioned in its 1909, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921 and 1923 sessions. The authors of these books--Lynn Haines wrote the first two and Carl Buel... Carl J. Buell, "The Minnesota Legislature of 1917."Carl J. Buell's "The Minnesota Legislature of 1917" is the fifth in a series of eight books that closely examined how the state legislature actually functioned in its 1909, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921 and 1923 sessions. The complete text is posted here. ... Carl J. Buell, "The Minnesota Legislature of 1919."Carl J. Buell's "The Minnesota Legislature of 1919" is the sixth in a series of eight books that closely examined how the state legislature actually functioned in its 1909, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921 and 1923 sessions. The complete text is posted here. ... Rome Roberts, "The Minnesota Merry-Go-Round" (1935).A link to Rome Roberts's colorful diary of the 49th Minnesota Legislature that met in 1935 is posted here. ... "A Quick Summary of the Minnesota Legislature for 1939.""Statehouse Review for 1939," a summary of the work of the 51st Minnesota Legislature, was published by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Bureau. It is posted here. ... |