Governors of Minnesota

A list of governors from the state of Minnesota.[1][2]

## Territorial Governors of Minnesota[edit]

Name |  Party  |  Years

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Alexander Ramsey  |  Whig  |  1849-1853
Willis Arnold Gorman  |  Democrat  |  1853-1857
Samuel Medary  |  Democrat  |  1857-1858

## State Governors of Minnesota[edit]

Name |  Party  |  Years

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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

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ http://www.theus50.com/minnesota/governors.php
2. ↑ http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-Minnesota-Governors

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