Minnesota Senate, District 4

American legislative district

The Minnesota Senate, District 4, includes most of Becker and Clay counties in the northwestern part of the state. It is currently represented by Rob Kupec of the DFL.

## List of senators

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Session  | Senator  | Party  | Term start  | Term end  | Home  | Location

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1st | Erastus N. Bates  | Rep  | December 2, 1857  | December 6, 1859  | Minneapolis  | Hennepin
Delano T. Smith
2nd | Riley Lucas Bartholomew  | December 7, 1859  | January 7, 1861  | Richfield
Jesse Bishop  | Non  | Minneapolis
3rd | David Heaton  | Rep  | January 8, 1861  | January 5, 1863  | St. Anthony | Anoka

Benton

Hennepin

Isanti

Manomin (defunct)

Mille Lacs

Sherburne

4th
5th
6th |  John Sargent Pillsbury | January 6, 1863  | January 4, 1869
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th |  William Lochren | Dem  | January 5, 1869  | January 2, 1871
12th
13th |  John Sargent Pillsbury | Rep  | January 3, 1871  | January 1, 1872
14th | Sherman Page  | January 5, 1874  | Austin | Mower
15th
N.K. Noble  | January 2, 1872
16th  | E.H. Wells  | Non  | January 6, 1874  | January 3, 1876  | Lansing
17th
18th  | Robert I. Smith  | Rep  | January 4, 1876  | January 7, 1878  | Austin
19th
20th  | George W. Clough  | January 8, 1878  | January 6, 1879
21st  | W.H. Officer  | Non  | January 7, 1879  | January 1, 1883
22nd
23rd  | W.P. Sergeant  | January 2, 1883  | January 3, 1887  | Albert Lea | Freeborn
24th
25th  | Marcellus Halvorson  | Rep  | January 4, 1887  | January 6, 1891  | Bancroft
26th
27th  | H.C. Nelson  | Alliance  | January 6, 1891  | January 7, 1895  | Hayward
28th
29th  | Thorvald V. Knatvold  | Rep  | January 8, 1895  | January 2, 1899  | Albert Lea
30th
31st  | Joseph Underleak | January 3, 1899  | January 2, 1903  | Chatfield | Olmstead
32nd
33rd  | Horace Witherstine  | Dem  | January 3, 1903  | January 2, 1911  | Rochester
34th
35th
36th
37th  | Alonzo Thomas Stebbins  | Rep  | January 3, 1911  | January 4, 1915
38th
39th  | James I. Vermilya  | Non  | January 5, 1915  | January 6, 1919  | Quincy
40th
41st  | Arthur C. Gooding | Rep  | January 7, 1919  | January 1, 1923  | Rochester
42nd
43rd  |  Allen J. Furlow | January 2, 1923  | April 22, 1925[1]
44th
Vacant  |  | April 22, 1925  | January 4, 1927  |
45th  |  William B. Richardson | Rep  | January 4, 1927  | September 19, 1945[2] | Rochester
46th
47th[3]
48th
49th
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
54th
55th  | Walter Burdick | Con  | January 7, 1947  | January 5, 1959
56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st  | Sandy Keith | Lib  | January 6, 1959  | January 7, 1963
62nd
63rd  | Harold G. Kreiger  | Con  | January 8, 1963  | January 4, 1971
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th  | Jerry Willet  | DFL  | January 5, 1971  | November 15, 1987[4] | Park Rapids | Becker

Clearwater

Hubbard

Mahnomen

69th | Beltrami

Cass

Hubbard

Itasca

Morrison

Wadena

70th
71st
72nd
73rd | Beltrami

Cass

Hubbard

74th
75th
Bob Decker  | Ind Rep  | November 16, 1987  | January 7, 1991  | Bemidji
76th
77th | Skip Finn | DFL  | January 8, 1991  | July 1, 1996[5] | Cass Lake | Beltrami

Cass

Hubbard

Itasca

Wadena

78th
79th
Vacant  |  | July 1, 1996  | January 7, 1997  |
80th | David Ten Eyck  | DFL  | January 7, 1997  | October 27, 1999[6] | East Gull Lake
81st
Vacant  |  | October 27, 1999  | December 12, 1999  |
Tony Kinkel  | DFL  | December 12, 1999  | January 6, 2003  | Park Rapids
82nd
83rd | Carrie Ruud | Rep  | January 7, 2003  | January 2, 2007  | Breezy Point | Beltrami

Cass

Crow Wing

Hubbard

Itasca

84th
85th | Mary Olson | DFL  | January 3, 2007  | January 3, 2011  | Bemidji
86th
87th | John Carlson | Rep  | January 4, 2011  | January 7, 2013
88th | Kent Eken | DFL  | January 8, 2013  | January 4, 2023  | Twin Valley | Becker

Clay

Norman

89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd | Rob Kupec | DFL  | January 4, 2023  | Incumbent  | Moorhead | Becker

Clay

## References

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"Our Campaigns".

1. ^ Elected to the U.S. House
2. ^ Died
3. ^ Concurrently Acting Lieutenant Governor from August 24, 1936 – January 1, 1937
4. ^ Resigned to become Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
5. ^ Resigned after he received 12 felony convictions
6. ^ Appointed to Ninth Judicial District for Crow Wing County

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