List of governors of Minnesota
Appearance
The following is a list of governors of the State of Minnesota and Minnesota Territory, United States.
Territorial governors
[change | change source]No. | Governor | Term of office | Party | Place of birth | Appointed by | ||
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1 | Alexander Ramsey | June 1, 1849 – May 15, 1853 |
Whig | Pennsylvania | Zachary Taylor | ||
2 | Willis A. Gorman | May 15, 1853 – April 23, 1857 |
Democratic | Kentucky | Franklin Pierce | ||
3 | Samuel Medary | April 23, 1857 – May 24, 1858 |
Democratic | Pennsylvania | James Buchanan |
State governors
[change | change source]- Parties
Democratic Farmer-Labor Republican Reform/Independence
# | Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Date of birth | Place of birth | Date of death | Lieutenant governor(s) | Term | |
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1 | Henry H. Sibley | May 24, 1858 | January 2, 1860 | Democratic | February 20, 1811 | Michigan | February 18, 1891 | William Holcombe | 1 | |
2 | Alexander Ramsey | January 2, 1860 | July 10, 1863[1] | Republican | September 8, 1815 | Pennsylvania | April 22, 1903 | Ignatius L. Donnelly | 2 | |
Henry A. Swift[2] | 3 | |||||||||
3 | Henry A. Swift | July 10, 1863[2] | January 11, 1864 | March 23, 1823 | Ohio | February 25, 1869 | vacant | |||
4 | Stephen Miller | January 11, 1864 | January 8, 1866 | January 7, 1816 | Pennsylvania | August 18, 1881 | Charles D. Sherwood | 4 | ||
5 | William R. Marshall | January 8, 1866 | January 9, 1870 | October 17, 1825 | Missouri | January 8, 1896 | Thomas H. Armstrong | 5 | ||
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6 | Horace Austin | January 9, 1870 | January 7, 1874 | October 15, 1831 | Connecticut | November 2, 1905 | William H. Yale | 7 | ||
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7 | Cushman K. Davis | January 7, 1874 | January 7, 1876 | June 16, 1838 | New York | November 27, 1900 | Alphonso Barto | 9 | ||
8 | John S. Pillsbury | January 7, 1876 | January 10, 1882 | July 29, 1827 | New Hampshire | October 18, 1901 | James B. Wakefield | 10 | ||
11 | ||||||||||
Charles A. Gilman | 12 | |||||||||
9 | Lucius F. Hubbard | January 10, 1882 | January 5, 1887 | January 26, 1836 | New York | February 5, 1913 | 13 | |||
14 | ||||||||||
10 | Andrew R. McGill | January 5, 1887 | January 9, 1889 | February 19, 1840 | Pennsylvania | October 31, 1905 | Albert E. Rice | 15 | ||
11 | William R. Merriam | January 9, 1889 | January 9, 1893 | July 26, 1849 | New York | February 18, 1931 | 16 | |||
Gideon S. Ives | 17 | |||||||||
12 | Knute Nelson | January 9, 1893 | January 31, 1895[1] | February 2, 1843 | Norway | April 28, 1923 | David M. Clough | 18 | ||
13 | David M. Clough | January 31, 1895[2] | January 2, 1899 | December 27, 1846 | New Hampshire | August 28, 1924 | Frank A. Day | 19 | ||
John L. Gibbs | 20 | |||||||||
14 | John Lind | January 2, 1899 | January 7, 1901 | Democratic[3] | March 25, 1854 | Sweden | September 18, 1930 | Lyndon A. Smith | 21 | |
15 | Samuel R. Van Sant | January 7, 1901 | January 4, 1905 | Republican | May 11, 1844 | Illinois | October 3, 1936 | 22 | ||
Ray W. Jones | 23 | |||||||||
16 | John A. Johnson | January 4, 1905 | September 21, 1909[4] | Democratic | July 28, 1861 | Minnesota | September 21, 1909 | 24 | ||
Adolph O. Eberhart | 25 | |||||||||
17 | Adolph O. Eberhart | September 21, 1909[2] | January 5, 1915 | Republican | June 23, 1870 | Sweden | December 6, 1944 | Edward E. Smith[2] | 26 | |
Samuel Y. Gordon | 27 | |||||||||
J. A. A. Burnquist | 28 | |||||||||
18 | Winfield S. Hammond | January 5, 1915 | December 30, 1915[4] | Democratic | November 17, 1863 | Massachusetts | December 30, 1915 | 29 | ||
19 | J. A. A. Burnquist | December 30, 1915[2] | January 5, 1921 | Republican | July 21, 1879 | Iowa | January 12, 1961 | George H. Sullivan[2] | 29 | |
Thomas Frankson | 30 | |||||||||
31 | ||||||||||
20 | J. A. O. Preus | January 5, 1921 | January 6, 1925 | August 28, 1883 | Wisconsin | May 24, 1961 | Louis L. Collins | 32 | ||
33 | ||||||||||
21 | Theodore Christianson | January 6, 1925 | January 6, 1931 | September 12, 1883 | Minnesota | December 9, 1948 | William I. Nolan | 34 | ||
35 | ||||||||||
Charles Edward Adams[2] | 36 | |||||||||
22 | Floyd B. Olson | January 6, 1931 | August 22, 1936[4] | Farmer-Labor | November 13, 1891 | Minnesota | August 22, 1936 | Henry M. Arens | 37 | |
Konrad K. Solberg | 38 | |||||||||
Hjalmar Petersen | 39 | |||||||||
23 | Hjalmar Petersen | August 22, 1936[2] | January 4, 1937 | January 2, 1890 | Denmark | March 29, 1968 | William B. Richardson (acting)[5] | |||
24 | Elmer A. Benson | January 4, 1937 | January 2, 1939 | September 22, 1895 | Minnesota | March 13, 1985 | Gottfrid T. Lindsten | 40 | ||
25 | Harold E. Stassen | January 2, 1939 | April 27, 1943[1] | Republican | April 13, 1907 | Minnesota | March 4, 2001 | C. Elmer Anderson | 41 | |
42 | ||||||||||
Edward J. Thye | 43 | |||||||||
26 | Edward J. Thye | April 27, 1943 | January 8, 1947 | April 26, 1896 | South Dakota | August 28, 1969 | Archie H. Miller | |||
C. Elmer Anderson | 44 | |||||||||
27 | Luther W. Youngdahl | January 8, 1947 | September 27, 1951[1] | May 29, 1896 | Minnesota | June 21, 1978 | 45 | |||
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28 | C. Elmer Anderson | September 27, 1951[2] | January 5, 1955 | March 16, 1912 | Minnesota | January 22, 1998 | vacant | |||
Ancher Nelsen | 48 | |||||||||
Donald O. Wright | ||||||||||
29 | Orville L. Freeman | January 5, 1955 | January 2, 1961 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | May 9, 1918 | Minnesota | February 20, 2003 | Karl F. Rolvaag | 49 | |
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30 | Elmer L. Andersen | January 2, 1961 | March 25, 1963[6] | Republican | June 17, 1909 | Illinois | November 15, 2004 | 52 | ||
31 | Karl F. Rolvaag | March 25, 1963[6] | January 2, 1967 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | July 18, 1913 | Minnesota | December 20, 1990 | Sandy Keith | 53 | |
32 | Harold LeVander | January 2, 1967 | January 4, 1971 | Republican | October 10, 1910 | Nebraska | March 30, 1992 | James B. Goetz | 54 | |
33 | Wendell R. Anderson | January 4, 1971 | December 29, 1976[1] | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | February 1, 1933 | Minnesota | July 17, 2016 | Rudy Perpich | 55 | |
56 | ||||||||||
34 | Rudy Perpich | December 29, 1976[2] | January 4, 1979 | June 27, 1928 | Minnesota | September 21, 1995 | Alec G. Olson[2] | |||
35 | Al Quie | January 4, 1979 | January 3, 1983 | Independent-Republican | September 18, 1923 | Minnesota | Lou Wangberg | 57 | ||
36 | Rudy Perpich | January 3, 1983 | January 7, 1991 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | June 27, 1928 | Minnesota | September 21, 1995 | Marlene Johnson | 58 | |
59 | ||||||||||
37 | Arne H. Carlson | January 7, 1991 | January 4, 1999 | Independent-Republican/ Republican |
September 24, 1934 | New York | Joanell M. Dyrstad | 60 | ||
Joanne Benson | 61 | |||||||||
38 | Jesse Ventura[7] | January 4, 1999 | January 6, 2003 | Reform/Independence | July 15, 1951 | Minnesota | Mae A. Schunk | 62 | ||
39 | Tim Pawlenty | January 6, 2003 | January 3, 2011 | Republican | November 27, 1960 | Minnesota | Carol Molnau | 63 | ||
64 | ||||||||||
40 | Mark Dayton | January 3, 2011 | January 7, 2019 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | January 26, 1947 | Minnesota | Yvonne Prettner Solon | 65 | ||
Tina Smith | 66 | |||||||||
Michelle Fischbach | ||||||||||
41 | Tim Walz | January 7, 2019 | Incumbent | April 6, 1964 | Nebraska | Peggy Flanagan | 67 |
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Resigned.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Succeeded to office following death or resignation of previous officeholder.
- ↑ Lind was also endorsed by the Populist Party and the Silver Republican Party.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Died in office of natural causes.
- ↑ Served as acting lieutenant governor and never took the oath of office.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A recount and subsequent litigation lasting 139 days delayed Karl Rolvaag's inauguration as governor.
- ↑ Ventura's birth and legal name is James George Janos.