List of governors of Minnesota

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The governor of Minnesota is the head of government of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Minnesota's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws.

There have been 41 governors of the state; one, Rudy Perpich, served non-consecutive terms. Minnesota Territory had three governors appointed by the president of the United States; the first, Alexander Ramsey, would later be state governor.

The current governor is Tim Walz, a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, who took office on January 7, 2019.

List of governors

Minnesota Territory

Minnesota Territory was organized on March 3, 1849.[1]

Governors of Minnesota Territory
No. Governor Term in office[lower-alpha 1] Appointed by
1 Alexander Ramsey - Brady-Handy.jpg Alexander Ramsey
(1815–1903)
[2][3][4]
June 1, 1849[lower-alpha 2]

April 1, 1853
(successor appointed)
Zachary Taylor
2 WillisGorman.jpg Willis A. Gorman
(1816–1876)
[11][12]
April 1, 1853[lower-alpha 3]

March 13, 1857
(successor appointed)
Franklin Pierce
3 SamuelMedary.jpg Samuel Medary
(1801–1864)
[15][16]
March 13, 1857[lower-alpha 4]

May 24, 1858
(statehood)
James Buchanan

State of Minnesota

Minnesota was admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858.[19]

The Minnesota Constitution of 1858 created the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, elected separately to two-year terms; these were lengthened to four years starting in 1963. As of 1974, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected on the same ticket.[20]

Governors of the State of Minnesota
No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor[lower-alpha 5]
1 HHSibley-official.jpg   Henry Hastings Sibley
(1811–1891)
[21][22][23]
May 24, 1858[24]

January 2, 1860
(did not run)
Democratic[25] 1857   William Holcombe
2 75px Alexander Ramsey
(1815–1903)
[2][3][26][4]
January 2, 1860[27]

July 10, 1863
(resigned)[lower-alpha 6]
Republican[28] 1859 Ignatius L. Donnelly
1861 Henry Adoniram Swift
3 75px Henry Adoniram Swift
(1823–1869)
[29][30][31]
July 10, 1863[32]

January 13, 1864
(did not run)[29]
Republican[33] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
Vacant
4 75px Stephen Miller
(1816–1881)
[34][35][36]
January 13, 1864[lower-alpha 7]

January 8, 1866
(did not run)[34]
Republican[33] 1863 Charles D. Sherwood
5 75px William Rainey Marshall
(1825–1896)
[38][39][40]
January 8, 1866[41]

January 7, 1870
(did not run)
Republican[33] 1865 Thomas H. Armstrong
1867
6 75px Horace Austin
(1831–1905)
[42][43][44]
January 7, 1870[45]

January 9, 1874
(did not run)
Republican[33] 1869 William H. Yale
1871
7 75px Cushman Kellogg Davis
(1838–1900)
[46][47][48]
January 9, 1874[49]

January 7, 1876
(did not run)
Republican[33] 1873 Alphonso Barto
8 JohnSPills.jpg John S. Pillsbury
(1827–1901)
[50][51][52]
January 7, 1876[53]

January 9, 1882
(did not run)
Republican[33] 1875 James Wakefield
1877
1879 Charles A. Gilman
9 75px Lucius Frederick Hubbard
(1836–1913)
[54][55][56]
January 9, 1882[57]

January 5, 1887
(did not run)
Republican[33] 1881
1883
10 AndrewMcgill.jpg Andrew Ryan McGill
(1840–1905)
[58][59][60]
January 5, 1887[61]

January 9, 1889
(lost nomination)[58]
Republican[33] 1886 Albert E. Rice
11 WilliamMerriam.jpg William Rush Merriam
(1849–1931)
[62][63][64]
January 9, 1889[65]

January 4, 1893
(did not run)
Republican[33] 1888
1890 Gideon S. Ives
12 Knute Nelson portrait 1895.jpg Knute Nelson
(1843–1923)
[66][67][68]
January 4, 1893[69]

January 31, 1895
(resigned)[lower-alpha 8]
Republican[33] 1892 David Marston Clough
1894
13 DavidClough.jpg David Marston Clough
(1846–1924)
[70][71][72]
January 31, 1895[73]

January 2, 1899
(did not run)
Republican[33] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
Vacant
1896 John L. Gibbs
14 75px John Lind
(1854–1930)
[74][75][76]
January 2, 1899[77]

January 7, 1901
(lost election)
Democratic[lower-alpha 9] 1898 Lyndon A. Smith[lower-alpha 10]
15 SRVanSant-official.jpg Samuel Rinnah Van Sant
(1844–1936)
[79][80][81]
January 7, 1901[82]

January 4, 1905
(did not run)[79]
Republican[33] 1900
1902 Ray W. Jones[lower-alpha 10]
16 75px John Albert Johnson
(1861–1909)
[83][84][85]
January 4, 1905[86]

September 21, 1909
(died in office)
Democratic[33] 1904
1906 Adolph Olson Eberhart[lower-alpha 10]
1908
17 AOEberhart-official.jpg Adolph Olson Eberhart
(1870–1944)
[87][88][89]
September 21, 1909[90]

January 6, 1915
(lost nomination)[lower-alpha 11]
Republican[33] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
Vacant
1910 Samuel Y. Gordon
1912 Joseph A. A. Burnquist[lower-alpha 10]
18 WinfieldSHammond.jpg Winfield Scott Hammond
(1863–1915)
[92][93][94]
January 6, 1915[95]

December 30, 1915
(died in office)
Democratic[33] 1914
19 JAABurnquist-official.jpg Joseph A. A. Burnquist
(1879–1961)
[96][97][98]
December 30, 1915[99]

January 5, 1921
(did not run)
Republican[33] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
Vacant
1916 Thomas Frankson
1918
20 JacobPreus.jpg J. A. O. Preus
(1883–1961)
[100][101][102]
January 5, 1921[103]

January 7, 1925
(did not run)
Republican[33] 1920 Louis L. Collins
1922
21 75px Theodore Christianson
(1883–1948)
[104][105][106]
January 7, 1925[107]

January 7, 1931
(did not run)
Republican[33] 1924 William I. Nolan
1926
1928 Charles Edward Adams
22 75px Floyd B. Olson
(1891–1936)
[108][109][110]
January 7, 1931[111]

August 22, 1936
(died in office)
Farmer-Labor[33] 1930 Henry M. Arens
1932 Konrad K. Solberg
1934 Hjalmar Petersen
23 75px Hjalmar Petersen
(1890–1968)
[112][113][114]
August 22, 1936[115]

January 4, 1937
(did not run)[112]
Farmer-Labor[33] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
Vacant
24 75px Elmer Austin Benson
(1895–1985)
[116][117][118]
January 4, 1937[119]

January 3, 1939
(lost election)
Farmer-Labor[33] 1936 Gottfrid Lindsten
25 HaroldStassenOfficialOil.jpg Harold Stassen
(1907–2001)
[120][121][122]
January 3, 1939[123]

April 27, 1943
(resigned)[lower-alpha 12]
Republican[33] 1938 C. Elmer Anderson
1940
1942 Edward John Thye
26 EdwardThye.jpg Edward John Thye
(1896–1969)
[124][125][126]
April 27, 1943[127]

January 8, 1947
(did not run)[lower-alpha 13]
Republican[33] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
Vacant
1944 C. Elmer Anderson
27 75px Luther Youngdahl
(1896–1978)
[128][129][130]
January 8, 1947[131]

September 27, 1951
(resigned)[lower-alpha 14]
Republican[33] 1946
1948
1950
28 75px C. Elmer Anderson
(1912–1998)
[132][133][134]
September 27, 1951[135]

January 5, 1955
(lost election)
Republican[33] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
Vacant
1952 Ancher Nelsen
Donald O. Wright
29 75px Orville Freeman
(1918–2003)
[136][137][138]
January 5, 1955[139]

January 4, 1961
(lost election)
Democratic-
Farmer-Labor
[33]
1954 Karl Rolvaag[lower-alpha 15]
1956
1958
30 75px Elmer L. Andersen
(1909–2004)
[140][141][142]
January 4, 1961[143]

March 25, 1963
(lost election)[lower-alpha 16]
Republican[33] 1960
31 75px Karl Rolvaag
(1913–1990)
[144][145][146]
March 25, 1963[147]

January 2, 1967
(lost election)
Democratic-
Farmer-Labor
[33]
1962 Sandy Keith
32 75px Harold LeVander
(1910–1992)
[148][149][150]
January 2, 1967[151]

January 4, 1971
(did not run)[148]
Republican[33] 1966 James B. Goetz
33 75px Wendell R. Anderson
(1933–2016)
[152][153][154]
January 4, 1971[155]

December 29, 1976
(resigned)[lower-alpha 17]
Democratic-
Farmer-Labor
[33]
1970 Rudy Perpich
1974
34 75px Rudy Perpich
(1928–1995)
[156][157][158]
December 29, 1976[159]

January 1, 1979
(lost election)
Democratic-
Farmer-Labor
[158]
Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
Alec G. Olson
35 Al Quie 1977 congressional photo.jpg Al Quie
(1923–2023)
[160][161]
January 1, 1979[162]

January 3, 1983
(did not run)
Independent-
Republican
[161]
1978 Lou Wangberg
36 75px Rudy Perpich
(1928–1995)
[156][157][158]
January 3, 1983[163]

January 7, 1991
(lost election)
Democratic-
Farmer-Labor
[158]
1982 Marlene Johnson
1986
37 75px Arne Carlson
(b. 1934)
[164][165]
January 7, 1991[166]

January 4, 1999
(did not run)
Independent-
Republican
[165]
1990 Joanell Dyrstad
1994 Joanne Benson
38 75px Jesse Ventura
(b. 1951)
[167][168]
January 4, 1999[169]

January 6, 2003
(did not run)
Reform/
Independence
[lower-alpha 18]
1998 Mae Schunk
39 Tim Pawlenty official photo.jpg Tim Pawlenty
(b. 1960)
[171][172]
January 6, 2003[173]

January 3, 2011
(did not run)
Republican[172] 2002 Carol Molnau
2006
40 75px Mark Dayton
(b. 1947)
[174][175]
January 3, 2011[176]

January 7, 2019
(did not run)
Democratic-
Farmer-Labor
[175]
2010 Yvonne Prettner Solon
2014 Tina Smith
(resigned January 2, 2018)
Michelle Fischbach[lower-alpha 10]
41 75px Tim Walz
(b. 1964)
[177]
January 7, 2019[178]

Incumbent[lower-alpha 19]
Democratic-
Farmer-Labor
[177]
2018 Peggy Flanagan
2022

See also

Notes

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