Composition
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ind | Democratic | Vacant | ||
End of previous legislature | 15 | 0 | 20 | 35 | 0 |
Begin | 22 | 1 | 12 | 35 | 0 |
Latest voting share | 62.9% | 2.9% | 34.3% |
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“Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.”
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