List of United States senators from Minnesota

Minnesota was admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858. As of July 7, 2009, Minnesota has had 40 senators serve in the US Senate.

Class I[change | change source]

Senator	Party	Took office	Left office	Reason	Notes
Henry Mower Rice	Democratic	May 11, 1858	March 4, 1863	Retired
Alexander Ramsey	Republican	March 4, 1863	March 4, 1875		Secretary of War (1879–1881) Governor of Minnesota (1860–1863) Governor of Minnesota Territory (1849–1853)
Samuel J. R. McMillan	Republican	March 4, 1875	March 4, 1887	Retired	Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1874–1875)
Cushman K. Davis	Republican	March 4, 1887	November 27, 1900	Died	Governor of Minnesota (1874–1875)
Charles A. Towne	Democratic	December 5, 1900	January 23, 1901	Successor qualified
Moses E. Clapp	Republican	January 23, 1901	March 4, 1917	Lost renomination	Minnesota Attorney General (1887–1893)
Frank B. Kellogg	Republican	March 4, 1917	March 4, 1923	Lost re-election	U.S. Secretary of State (1925–1929) Ambassador to Great Britain (1923–1925) Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1929)
Henrik Shipstead	Farmer-Labor	March 4, 1923	January 3, 1947	Lost renomination
Henrik Shipstead	Republican	March 4, 1923	January 3, 1947	Lost renomination
Edward John Thye	Republican	January 3, 1947	January 3, 1959	Lost re-election	Governor of Minnesota (1943–1947) Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota (1943)
Eugene McCarthy	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1959	January 3, 1971	Retired
Hubert Humphrey	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1971	January 13, 1978	Died	Vice President of the United States (1965–1969) Deputy President pro tempore (1977–1978) Majority Whip (1961–1964) Also served in Minnesota's class II seat
Muriel Humphrey	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 25, 1978	November 7, 1978	Successor qualified
David Durenberger	Republican	November 7, 1978	January 3, 1995	Retired	Censured (1990)
Rod Grams	Republican	January 3, 1995	January 3, 2001	Lost re-election
Mark Dayton	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 3, 2001	January 3, 2007	Retired
Amy Klobuchar	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 3, 2007	Incumbent

Class II[change | change source]

Senator	Party	Took office	Left office	Reason	Notes
James Shields	Democratic	May 11, 1858	March 4, 1859	Lost re-election	Also a senator from Illinois and Missouri
Morton S. Wilkinson	Republican	March 4, 1859	March 4, 1865	Lost re-election
Daniel S. Norton	Republican	March 4, 1865	July 13, 1870	Died
William Windom	Republican	July 15, 1870	January 22, 1871	Successor qualified	Secretary of the Treasury (1881; 1889–1891)
Ozora P. Stearns	Republican	January 23, 1871	March 4, 1871	Retired
William Windom	Republican	March 4, 1871	March 7, 1881	Resigned	Secretary of the Treasury (1881; 1889–1891)
Alonzo J. Edgerton	Republican	March 12, 1881	October 30, 1881	Successor qualified
William Windom	Republican	November 15, 1881	March 4, 1883	Lost re-election	Secretary of the Treasury (1881; 1889–1891)
Dwight M. Sabin	Republican	March 4, 1883	March 4, 1889	Lost renomination
William D. Washburn	Republican	March 4, 1889	March 4, 1895	Lost re-election
Knute Nelson	Republican	March 4, 1895	April 28, 1923	Died	Governor of Minnesota (1893–1895)
Magnus Johnson	Farmer-Labor	July 16, 1923	March 4, 1925	Lost re-election
Thomas D. Schall	Republican	March 4, 1925	December 22, 1935	Died
Elmer A. Benson	Farmer-Labor	March 27, 1935	November 3, 1936	Retired	Governor of Minnesota (1937–1939)
Guy V. Howard	Republican	November 4, 1936	January 3, 1937	Retired
Ernest Lundeen	Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1937	August 31, 1940	Died
Joseph H. Ball	Republican	October 14, 1940	November 3, 1942	Successor qualified
Arthur E. Nelson	Republican	November 18, 1942	January 3, 1943	Retired
Joseph H. Ball	Republican	January 3, 1943	January 3, 1949	Lost re-election
Hubert Humphrey	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1949	December 29, 1964	Resigned	Vice President of the United States (1965–1969) Deputy President pro tempore (1977–1978) Majority Whip (1961–1964) Also served in Minnesota's class I seat
Walter Mondale	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	December 30, 1964	December 30, 1976	Resigned	Vice President of the United States (1977–1981) Ambassador to Japan (1993–1996) Minnesota Attorney General (1960–1964)
Wendell Anderson	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	December 30, 1976	December 29, 1978	Resigned	Governor of Minnesota (1971–1976)
Rudy Boschwitz	Republican	December 30, 1978	January 3, 1991	Lost re-election
Paul Wellstone	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1991	October 25, 2002	Died
Dean Barkley	Independence	November 12, 2002	January 3, 2003	Interim appointment
Norm Coleman	Republican	January 3, 2003	January 3, 2009	Lost re-election
The seat was vacant January 3 2009 - July 7, 2009 because of the result of the election was disputed ^[1]
Al Franken	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	July 7, 2009	January 2, 2018	Resigned
Tina Smith	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 3, 2018