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List of Governors of Minnesota

This is a list of Governors for Minnesota:

Territorial Governors

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Alexander Ramsey	1849	1853	Whig
Willis Arnold Gorman	1853	1857	Democrat
Samuel Medary	1857	1858	Democrat

State Governors

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Lieutenant Governor(s)
Henry Hastings Sibley	1858	1860	Democrat	William Holcombe
Alexander Ramsey	1860	1863	Republican	Ignatius Donnelly Henry Adoniram Swift
Henry Adoniram Swift	1863	1864	Republican	—
Stephen Miller	1864	1866	Republican	Charles D. Sherwood
William Raine Marshall	1866	1870	Republican	Thomas H. Armstrong
Horace Austin	1870	1874	Republican	William H. Yale
Cushman Davis	1874	1876	Republican	Alphonso Barto
John Sargent Pillsbury	1876	1882	Republican	James B. Wakefield Charles A. Gilman
Lucius Frederick Hubbard	1882	1887	Republican	Charles A. Gilman
Andrew Ryan McGill	1887	1889	Republican	Albert E. Rice
William Rush Merriam	1889	1893	Republican	Albert E. Rice Gideon S. Ives
Knute Nelson	1893	1895	Republican	David Marston Clough
David Marston Clough	1895	1899	Republican	Frank A. Day
John Lind	1899	1901	Democratic	Lyndon Ambrose Smith
Samuel Rinnah Van Sant	1901	1905	Republican	Lyndon Ambrose Smith Ray W. Jones
John Albert Johnson	1905	1909	Democrat	Ray W. Jones Adolph Olson Eberhart
Adolph Olson Eberhart	1909	1915	Republican	Edward Everett Smith Samuel Y. Gordon Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist
Winfield Scott Hammond	1915	1915	Democrat	Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist
Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist	1915	1921	Republican	George H. Sullivan Thomas Frankson
Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus	1921	1925	Republican	Louis L. Collins
Theodore Christianson	1925	1931	Republican	William Ignatius Nolan Charles E. Adams
Floyd B. Olson	1931	1936	Farmer-Labor	Henry M. Arens Konrad K. Solberg Hjalmar Petersen
Hjalmar Petersen	1936	1937	Farmer-Labor	William B. Richardson (acting)
Elmer Austin Benson	1937	1939	Farmer-Labor	Gottfrid Lindsten
Harold Stassen	1939	1943	Republican	Clyde Elmer Anderson Edward John Thye
Edward John Thye	1943	1947	Republican	Archie H. Miller Clyde Elmer Anderson
Luther Wallace Youngdahl	1947	1951	Republican	Clyde Elmer Anderson
Clyde Elmer Anderson	1951	1955	Republican	Ancher Nelsen Donald O. Wright
Orville Freeman	1955	1961	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	Karl Rolvaag
Elmer Lee Andersen	1961	1963	Republican	Karl Rolvaag
Karl Rolvaag	1963	1967	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	Alexander McKenzie Keith
Harold R LeVander	1967	1971	Republican	James B. Goetz
Wendell Anderson	1971	1976	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	Rudy Perpich
Rudy Perpich	1976	1979	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	Alec G. Olson
Al Quie	1979	1983	Independent-Republican	Lou Wangberg
Rudy Perpich	1983	1991	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	Marlene Johnson
Arne Carlson	1991	1999	Independent-Republican/Republican	Joanell Dyrstad Joanne E. Benson
Jesse Ventura (James George Janos)	1999	2003	Reform/Independence	Mae Schunk
Tim Pawlenty	2003	present	Republican	Carol Molnau

See also

• Governor of Minnesota
• Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• List of Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota

References

• , accessed February 12, 2004.