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    • Legislative Time Capsule - 58th Legislature (1953-1954)

    Session Dates (All Sessions)

      Convened Adjourned Calendar Days Legislative Days - House Legislative Days - Senate
    1953
    		1/6/1953 4/22/1953 107 77 79

    Legislation (All Sessions)

      House - Bills Introduced Senate - Bills Introduced Laws Resolutions
    1953 1940 1739 762   Search 2

    Other Information

    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
    1953 7 6 0   [0] 7 7

    Legislators

    All House Senate

    Leadership         

    Speaker of the House John A. Hartle  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
    House Majority Leader Roy Emery Dunn  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
    House Minority Leader Frederick Anthony Cina  (Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus)
    President of the Senate This position was handled multiple ways historically - See full list
    Senate Majority Leader Archie H. Miller  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
    Senate Minority Leader Boleslaw G. Novak  (Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus)

    Officers

    Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives George H. Leahy
    House Sergeant-at-Arms C. R. Bjornson
    Secretary of the Senate Herbert Y. Torrey
    Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Bert M. Lennon

    Election Results

    - Selected election results are available at this page.

    Party Control of the House of Representatives (All Sessions)

    Date Event Note Total Seats C/R/IR L/DFL Other Margin
    1/6/1953 Convenes [Total seats possible = 131] 131 85 46 0 39
    C=Conservative  R=Republican  IR=Independent Republican  L=Liberal  DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor

    Party Control of the Senate (All Sessions)

    Date Event Note Total Seats C/R/IR L/DFL Other Margin
    1/6/1953 Convenes [Total seats possible = 67] 67 52 15 0 37
    C=Conservative  R=Republican  IR=Independent Republican  L=Liberal  DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor

    House Committees

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    Senate Committees

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    Governor (Full List)

    C. Elmer Anderson (Republican)