List of Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota
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This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the U.S. state of Minnesota.
In 1886 elections were moved from odd years to even years. Beginning with the 1962 election, the term of Lieutenant Governor increased from two to four years. Prior to the 1974 election, Governors and Lieutenant Governors were elected on separate ballots. Marlene Johnson, elected in 1982 as the running mate of Rudy Perpich, was Minnesota's first woman Lieutenant Governor. All of her successors in that office have also been women.
- 1858-1860 William Holcombe Democratic
- 1860-1863 Ignatius Donnelly Republican
- 1863-1863 Henry Adoniram Swift Republican
- 1864-1866 Charles D. Sherwood Republican
- 1866-1870 Thomas H. Armstrong Republican
- 1870-1874 William H. Yale Republican
- 1874-1876 Alphonso Barto Republican
- 1876-1880 James Wakefield Republican
- 1880-1887 Charles A. Gilman Republican
- 1887-1891 Albert E. Rice Republican
- 1891-1893 Gideon S. Ives Republican
- 1893-1895 David Marston Clough Republican
- 1895-1897 Frank A. Day Republican
- 1897-1899 John L. Gibbs Republican
- 1899-1903 Lyndon Ambrose Smith Republican
- 1903-1907 Ray W. Jones Republican
- 1907-1909 Adolph Olson Eberhart Republican
- 1909-1911 Edward Everett Smith Republican
- 1911-1913 Samuel Y. Gordon Republican
- 1913-1915 Joseph A. A. Burnquist Republican
- 1916-1917 George H. Sullivan Republican
- 1917-1921 Thomas Frankson Republican
- 1921-1925 Louis L. Collins Republican
- 1925-1929 William I. Nolan Republican
- 1929-1931 Charles E. Adams Republican
- 1931-1933 Henry M. Arens Farmer Labor
- 1933-1935 Konrad K. Solberg Farmer Labor
- 1935-1936 Hjalmar Petersen Farmer Labor
- 1936-1937 William B. Richardson Republican1
- 1937-1939 Gottfrid Lindsten Farmer Labor
- 1939-1943 C. Elmer Anderson Republican
- 1943-1943 Edward John Thye Republican
- 1943-1945 Archie H. Miller Republican
- 1945-1951 C. Elmer Anderson Republican
- 1953-1953 Ancher Nelsen Republican
- 1954-1955 Donald O. Wright Republican2
- 1955-1963 Karl Rolvaag Democratic Farmer Labor
- 1963-1967 Alexander M. Keith Democratic Farmer Labor
- 1967-1971 James B. Goetz Republican
- 1971-1976 Rudy Perpich Democratic Farmer Labor
- 1976-1979 Alec G. Olson Democratic Farmer Labor3
- 1979-1983 Lou Wangberg Independent Republican
- 1983-1991 Marlene Johnson Democratic Farmer Labor
- 1991-1995 Joanell Dyrstad Independent Republican
- 1995-1999 Joanne Benson IR/Republican
- 1999-2003 Mae Schunk Reform/Independence
- 2003-____ Carol Molnau Republican
2 Wright was president pro tem of the Minnesota Senate and assumed the office of lieutenant governor in 1954 after lieutenant governor Ancher Nelsen resigned to become administrator of the Rural Electric Administration.
3 As president of the Minnesota Senate, Olson assumed office of lieutenant governor when Rudy Perpich then lieutenant governor became governor on the resignation of Wendell Anderson, who had appointed himself to the U.S. Senate on resignation of Walter Mondale who had been elected Vice President.
See also
References
- [Minnesota Lieutenant Governors 1858-] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.
- [MHS.org's list]
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