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A list of governors from the state of Minnesota.[1][2]
Territorial Governors of Minnesota[edit]
Name |
Party |
Years
|
Alexander Ramsey
|
Whig
|
1849-1853
|
Willis Arnold Gorman
|
Democrat
|
1853-1857
|
Samuel Medary
|
Democrat
|
1857-1858
|
State Governors of Minnesota[edit]
Name |
Party |
Years
|
Henry H. Sibley
|
Democrat
|
1858-1860
|
Alexander Ramsey
|
Republican
|
1860-1863
|
Henry A. Swift
|
Republican
|
1863-1864
|
Stephen Miller
|
Republican
|
1864-1866
|
William R. Marshall
|
Republican
|
1866-1870
|
Horace Austin
|
Republican
|
1870-1874
|
Cushman K. Davis
|
Republican
|
1874-1876
|
John S. Pillsbury
|
Republican
|
1876-1882
|
Lucius F. Hubbard
|
Republican
|
1882-1887
|
Andrew R. McGill
|
Republican
|
1887-1889
|
William R. Merriam
|
Republican
|
1889-1893
|
Knute Nelson
|
Republican
|
1893-1895
|
David M. Clough
|
Republican
|
1895-1899
|
John Lind
|
Populist Democrat/Silver Republican
|
1899-1901
|
Samuel R. Van Sant
|
Republican
|
1901-1905
|
John A. Johnson
|
Democrat
|
1905-1909
|
Adolph O. Eberhart
|
Republican
|
1909-1915
|
Winfield S. Hammond
|
Democrat
|
1915
|
J. A. A. Burnquist
|
Republican
|
1915-1921
|
J. A. O. Preus
|
Republican
|
1921-1925
|
Theodore Christienson
|
Republican
|
1925-1931
|
Floyd B. Olson
|
Farmer-Labor
|
1931-1936
|
Hjalmar Petersen
|
Farmer-Labor
|
1936-1937
|
Elmer A. Benson
|
Farmer-Labor
|
1937-1939
|
Harold Stassen
|
Republican
|
1939-1943
|
Edward J. Thye
|
Republican
|
1943-1947
|
Luther W. Youngdahl
|
Republican
|
1947-1951
|
C. Elmer Anderson
|
Republican
|
1951-1955
|
Orville L. Freeman
|
Democrat/Farmer-Labor
|
1955-1961
|
Elmer L. Andersen
|
Republican
|
1961-1963
|
Karl F. Rolvaag
|
Democrat/Farmer-Labor
|
1963-1967
|
Harold LeVander
|
Republican
|
1967-1971
|
Wendell R. Anderson
|
Democrat/Farmer-Labor
|
1971-1976
|
Rudy Perpich
|
Democrat/Farmer-Labor
|
1976-1979, 1983-1991
|
Al Quie
|
Republican
|
1979-1983
|
Arne H. Carlson
|
Republican
|
1991-1999
|
Jesse Ventura
|
Independent
|
1999-2003
|
Tim Pawlenty
|
Republican
|
2003-2011
|
Mark Dayton
|
Democrat
|
2011–present
|
- ↑ http://www.theus50.com/minnesota/governors.php
- ↑ http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-Minnesota-Governors