Title: Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
Headings: Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present
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Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present
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Party codes (see also notes at end of historical data): C=Conservative
L=Liberal
R=Republican
DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor
IR=Independent Republican
Ind.=Independent

iR=independent Republican
Compiled from: Minnesota legislative manuals and other sources, including  previous library compilations and several histories of Minnesota. In 1913, Minnesota legislators began to be elected on nonpartisan ballots (1913 Minn. Laws Chap. 389). Legislators ran and caucused as "Liberals" or "Conservatives" (roughly equivalent in most years to Democratic-Farmer-Labor  and Republican, respectively. A 1973 Law change brought back party designation elections beginning with the House in 1974 and the Senate in 1976 (1973 Minn. Laws Chapter 3 section 1; first numbered Minnesota Statute 202.03; renumbered Minnesota Statute 204B.36, subdivision 2). Between November 15, 1975 and September 23, 1995, Minnesota Republicans ran under the party name Independent Republican.