Last Updated on April 23, 2022 by Team FinderWheel
Are you looking for the Governors of Minnesota? Here is the list of all the Governors of Minnesota from beginning to present with their tenure and respective political party name.
Minnesota Governors List
Here is a list of governors of the US state of Governors of Minnesota by Party Name and Tenure Periods.
Sr. No. | Governor Name |
Term Start | Term End | Party |
1 | Henry H. Sibley | 24 May 1858 | 2 January 1860 | Democratic |
2 | Alexander Ramsey | 2 January 1860 | 10 July 1863 | Republican |
3 | Henry A. Swift | 10 July 1863 | 11 January 1864 | Republican |
4 | Stephen Miller | 11 January 1864 | 8 January 1866 | Republican |
5 | William R. Marshall | 8 January 1866 | 9 January 1870 | Republican |
6 | Horace Austin | 9 January 1870 | 7 January 1874 | Republican |
7 | Cushman K. Davis | 7 January 1874 | 7 January 1876 | Republican |
8 | John S. Pillsbury | 7 January 1876 | 10 January 1882 | Republican |
9 | Lucius F. Hubbard | 10 January 1882 | 5 January 1887 | Republican |
10 | Andrew R. McGill | 5 January 1887 | 9 January 1889 | Republican |
11 | William R. Merriam | 9 January 1889 | 9 January 1893 | Republican |
12 | Knute Nelson | 9 January 1893 | 31 January 1895 | Republican |
13 | David M. Clough | 31 January 1895 | 2 January 1899 | Republican |
14 | John Lind | 2 January 1899 | 07-Jan-01 | Democratic |
15 | Samuel R. Van Sant | 07-Jan-01 | 04-Jan-05 | Republican |
16 | John A. Johnson | 04-Jan-05 | 21-Sep-09 | Democratic |
17 | Adolph O. Eberhart | 21-Sep-09 | 05-Jan-15 | Republican |
18 | Winfield S. Hammond | 05-Jan-15 | 30-Dec-15 | Democratic |
19 | J. A. A. Burnquist | 30-Dec-15 | 05-Jan-21 | Republican |
20 | J. A. O. Preus | 05-Jan-21 | 06-Jan-25 | Republican |
21 | Theodore Christianson | 06-Jan-25 | 06-Jan-31 | Republican |
22 | Floyd B. Olson | 06-Jan-31 | 22-Aug-36 | Farmer-Labor |
23 | Hjalmar Petersen | 22-Aug-36 | 04-Jan-37 | Farmer-Labor |
24 | Elmer A. Benson | 04-Jan-37 | 02-Jan-39 | Farmer-Labor |
25 | Harold E. Stassen | 02-Jan-39 | 27-Apr-43 | Republican |
26 | Edward J. Thye | 27-Apr-43 | 08-Jan-47 | Republican |
27 | Luther W. Youngdahl | 08-Jan-47 | 27-Sep-51 | Republican |
28 | C. Elmer Anderson | 27-Sep-51 | 05-Jan-55 | Republican |
29 | Orville L. Freeman | 05-Jan-55 | 02-Jan-61 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
30 | Elmer L. Andersen | 02-Jan-61 | 25-Mar-63 | Republican |
31 | Karl F. Rolvaag | 25-Mar-63 | 02-Jan-67 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
32 | Harold LeVander | 02-Jan-67 | 04-Jan-71 | Republican |
33 | Wendell R. Anderson | 04-Jan-71 | 29-Dec-76 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
34 | Rudy Perpich | 29-Dec-76 | 04-Jan-79 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
35 | Al Quie | 04-Jan-79 | 03-Jan-83 | Independent-Republican |
36 | Rudy Perpich | 03-Jan-83 | 07-Jan-91 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
37 | Arne H. Carlson | 07-Jan-91 | 04-Jan-99 | Independent-Republican/ Republican |
38 | Jesse Ventura (James Janos)[8] | 04-Jan-99 | 06-Jan-03 | Reform/Independence |
39 | Tim Pawlenty | 06-Jan-03 | 03-Jan-11 | Republican |
40 | Mark Dayton | 03-Jan-11 | 07-Jan-19 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
41 | Tim Walz | 07-Jan-19 | Incumbent | Democratic |
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US States Governors List
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