Name
Governorship
Party
Alexander Ramsey 1849-1853 Whig William Arnold Gorman 1853-1857 Democrat Samuel Medary 1857-1858 Democrat State Governors
Henry Sibley 1858-1860 Democrat Alexander Ramsey 1860-1863 Republican Henry Swift 1863-1864 Republican Stephen Miller 1864-1866 Republican William Raine Marshall 1866-1870 Republican Horace Austin 1870-1874 Republican Cushman Davis 1874-1876 Republican John S. Pillsbury 1876-1882 Republican Lucius Frederick Hubbard 1882-1887 Republican Andrew Ryan McGill 1887-1889 Republican William Rush Merriam 1889-1893 Republican Knute Nelson 1893-1895 Republican David Marston Clough 1895-1899 Republican John Lind 1899-1901 Democrat Samuel R. Van Sant 1901-1905 Republican John Albert Johnson 1905-1909 Democrat Adolph Olson Eberhart 1909-1915 Republican Winfield Scott Hammond 1915-1915 Democrat Joseph A. A. Burnquist 1915-1921 Republican Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus 1921-1925 Republican Theodore Christianson 1925-1931 Republican Floyd B. Olson 1931-1936 Farmer-Labor Hjalmar Petersen 1936-1937 Farmer-Labor Elmer Austin Benson 1937-1939 Farmer-Labor Harold Stassen 1939-1943 Republican Edward John Thye 1943-1947 Republican Luther Youngdahl 1947-1951 Republican C. Elmer Anderson 1951-1955 Republican Orville Freeman 1955-1961 Democratic-Farmer-Labor Elmer L. Andersen 1961-1963 Republican Karl Rolvaag 1963-1967 Democratic-Farmer-Labor Harold LeVander 1967-1971 Republican Wendell Anderson 1971-1976 Democratic-Farmer-Labor Rudy Perpich 1976-1979 Democratic-Farmer-Labor Al Quie 1979-1983 Independent-Republican Rudy Perpich 1983-1991 Democratic-Farmer-Labor Arne Carlson 1991-1999 Ind. Republican-Republican Jesse Ventura [James Janos] 1999-2003 Reform/Independence Tim Pawlenty 2003-current Republican
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