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State of Minnesota
Governors
List of Minnesota State Governors
| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
| Henry H. Sibley | May 24, 1858
Jan 2, 1860 | Democratic |
| Alexander Ramsey | Jan 2, 1860
Jul 10, 1863 | Republican |
| Henry A. Swift | Jul 10, 1863
Jan 11, 1864 | Republican |
| Stephen Miller | Jan 11, 1864
Jan 8, 1866 | Republican |
| William R. Marshall | Jan 8, 1866
Jan 9, 1870 | Republican |
| Horace Austin | Jan 9, 1870
Jan 7, 1874 | Republican |
| Cushman K. Davis | Jan 7, 1874
Jan 7, 1876 | Republican |
| John S. Pillsbury | Jan 7, 1876
Jan 10, 1882 | Republican |
| Lucius F. Hubbard | Jan 10, 1882
Jan 5, 1887 | Republican |
| Andrew R. McGill | Jan 5, 1887
Jan 9, 1889 | Republican |
| William R. Merriam | Jan 4, 1889
Jan 9, 1893 | Republican |
| Knute Nelson | Jan 4, 1893
Jan 31, 1895 | Republican |
| David M. Clough | Jan 31, 1895
Jan 2, 1899 | Republican |
| John Lind | Jan 2, 1899
Jan 7, 1901 | Democratic - Populist - Silver Republican |
| Samuel R. Van Sant | Jan 7, 1901
Jan 4, 1905 | Republican |
| John A. Johnson | Jan 4, 1905
Sep 21, 1909 | Democratic |
| Adolph O. Eberhart | Sep 21, 1909
Jan 5, 1915 | Republican |
| Winfield S. Hammond | Jan 5, 1915
Dec 30, 1915 | Democratic |
| J. A. A. Burnquist | Dec 30, 1915
Jan 5, 1921 | Republican |
| J. A. O. Preus | Jan 5, 1921
Jan 6, 1925 | Republican |
| Theodore Christianson | Jan 6, 1925
Jan 6, 1931 | Republican |
| Floyd B. Olson | Jan 6, 1931
Aug 22, 1936[4] | Farmer-Labor |
| Hjalmar Petersen | Aug 22, 1936
Jan 4, 1937 | Farmer-Labor |
| Elmer A. Benson | Jan 4, 1937
Jan 2, 1939 | Farmer-Labor |
| Harold E. Stassen | Jan 2, 1939
Apr 27, 1943 | Republican |
| Edward J. Thye | Apr 27, 1943
Jan 8, 1947 | Republican |
| Luther W. Youngdahl | Jan 8, 1947
Sep 27, 1951 | Republican |
| C. Elmer Anderson | Sep 27, 1951
Jan 2, 1955 | Republican |
| Orville L. Freeman | Jan 5, 1955
Jan 2, 1961 | Democratic - Farmer-Labor |
| Elmer L. Andersen | Jan 2, 1961
Mar 25, 1963 | Republican |
| Karl F. Rolvaag | Mar 25, 1963
Jan 2, 1967 | DFL |
| Harold LeVander | Jan 2, 1967
Jan 4, 1971 | Republican |
| Wendell R. Anderson | Jan 4, 1971
Dec 29, 1976 | DFL |
| Rudy Perpich | Jan 3, 1983
Jan 7, 1991 | DFL |
| Al Quie | Jan 4, 1979
Jan 3, 1983 | Independent - Republican |
| Arne H. Carlson | Jan 7, 1991
Jan 4, 1999 | Independent - Republican |
| James Janos(Jesse Ventura) | Jan 4, 1999
Jan 6, 2003 | Reform - Independence |
| Tim Pawlenty | Jan 6, 2003
Incumbent | Republican |
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