ST. PAUL — Eighteen Minnesota House members who declined paychecks during last month’s state government shutdown got their full salaries retroactively, the House payroll office said Monday.

Eleven Democrats and seven Republicans received shutdown pay averaging $1,600 after the 20-day closure, which threw 22,000 state employees out of work, interrupted services ranging from camping in state parks to driver’s license exams and shut down road projects and some social services. State employees were eligible for unemployment at a fraction of their normal pay.

Lawmakers were entitled to salaries when government closed for much of July, but about a third of the Legislature’s 201 members, including District 27A Rep. Rich Murray of Albert Lea, told the payroll offices they didn’t want to be paid. The Legislature continued operating during the shutdown, even though the Capitol and State Office Building were closed to the public.

“We didn’t get our job done, and I didn’t think it was fair that we get paid when others weren’t,” Murray said. “It’s just plain and simple. We should have had that work done in May.”

Until Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton gave up his call for higher income taxes two weeks into the shutdown, leading to a deal with Republican legislative leaders, there was little activity on the legislative calendar. Lawmakers continued constituent work and some held public meetings in their districts.

After the shutdown ended, the 18 House members took the option of receiving back pay. Another 32 state representatives followed through on a shutdown pay cut averaging $1,600, representing the amount they would have earned during the shutdown.

Murray said his pay from during the shutdown will come off of his Sept. 1 paycheck.

The remaining 84 House members were paid normally during the shutdown.

Fourteen senators who declined shutdown pay didn’t have the option of getting it retroactively.

“I worked the entire time. I actually worked overtime,” said Rep. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, who said he deferred his paycheck until after the shutdown “out of respect for the process and others that were being laid off during that time.”

Drazkowski estimated that he put in 12- to 15-hour days during the shutdown, even though he didn’t serve on any of the working groups hammering out specific budget details after Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton reached a budget deal two weeks into the shutdown.

Rep. Ryan Winkler, DFL-Golden Valley, was critical of Republican House leaders who took shutdown pay — before he got a full retroactive paycheck for July.

Winkler said Monday he missed a deadline for paperwork to follow through on the pay cut and would seek a 50 percent cut in his next House paycheck.

“It was an oversight that I didn’t follow up afterward,” Winkler said.

He added: “My plan was to basically treat myself the same way that state employees were treated. I should not have taken all of it.”

A spokeswoman for House Democrats said two members on the retroactive pay list, Reps. Denise Dittrich and Mindy Greiling, donated at least a portion of their shutdown pay.

State employees laid off during the shutdown weren’t eligible for back pay under agreements between their unions and the state government. Minnesota Management and Budget spokesman John Pollard said the budget enacted last month didn’t give state workers back pay, and any such move would require legislative approval.

Unemployment for laid-off state workers was 50 percent or less of their normal pay.

A spokeswoman for the second-largest state employee union, the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, called the back pay “reprehensible.”

“They can’t work together to solve the problems facing Minnesota,” said MAPE spokeswoman Leslie Sandberg. “They shut down our government, they put 23,000 public employees — they laid them off and they’re not getting back pay. And yet in the summertime when no one’s looking they’re taking back pay.”

Below are the Minnesota House lawmakers who took shutdown pay retroactively and those who took a shutdown pay cut.

Took shutdown pay retroactively:

Rep. Paul Anderson, R-Starbuck

Rep. Joe Atkins, DFL-Inver Grove Heights

Rep. Roger Crawford, R-Mora

Rep. Denise Dittrich, DFL-Champlin

Rep. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa

Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington

Rep. Mindy Greiling, DFL-Roseville

Rep. Sheldon Johnson, DFL-St. Paul

Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis

Rep. Carolyn Laine, DFL-Columbia Heights

Rep. Jenifer Loon, R-Eden Prairie

Rep. Terry Morrow, DFL-St. Peter

Rep. Joe Mullery, DFL-Minneapolis

Rep. Kim Norton, DFL-Rochester

Rep. Peggy Scott, R-Andover

Rep. Linda Slocum, DFL-Richfield

Rep. Chris Swedzinski, R-Ghent

Took no pay for the 20 days of shutdown:

Rep. Tom Anzelc, DFL-Balsam Township

Rep. John Benson, DFL-Minnetonka

Rep. Kurt Bills, R-Rosemount

Rep. Kathy Byrnaert, DFL-Mankato

Rep. Lyn Carlson, DFL-Crystal

Rep. Tony Cornish, R-Good Thunder

Rep. Connie Doepke, R-Orono

Rep. Keith Downey, R-Edina

Rep. Sondra Erickson, R-Princeton

Rep. Andrew Falk, DFL-Murdock

Rep. Steve Gottwalt, R-St. Cloud(asterisk)

Rep. David Hancock, R-Bemidji

Rep. Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park

Rep. Debra Kiel, R-Crookston

Rep. Kate Knuth, DFL-New Brighton

Rep. Ann Lenczewski, DFL-Bloomington

Rep. Tina Liebling, DFL-Rochester(asterisk)

Rep. Diane Loeffler, DFL-Minneapolis

Rep. Kathy Lohmer, R-Lake Elmo

Rep. Tim Mahoney, DFL-St. Paul

Rep. Pat Mazorol, R-Bloomington

Rep. Carolyn McElfatrick, R-Deer River

Rep. Carol McFarlane, R-White Bear Lake

Rep. Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul

Rep. Mary Murphy, DFL-Hermantown

Rep. Richard Murray, R-Albert Lea

Rep. Michael Paymar, DFL-St. Paul

Rep. Bev Scalze, DFL-Little Canada

Rep. Steve Simon, DFL-St. Louis Park

House Minority Leader Paul Thissen, DFL-Minneapolis

Rep. John Ward, DFL-Brainerd

Rep. Doug Wardlow, R-Eagan

(asterisk)Gottwalt and Liebling weren’t on the original list of House members declining shutdown pay, but the House payroll office said they will have future paychecks reduced a corresponding amount.

Taking 50 percent pay for the shutdown:

Rep. Ryan Winkler, DFL-Golden Valley