List of Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota
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Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota
- 1858-1860 William Holcombe Dem
- 1860-1863 Ignatius Donnelly Dem
- 1863-1864 Henry Adoniram Swift Rep
- 1864-1866 Charles D. Sherwood Rep
- 1866-1870 Thomas H. Armstrong Rep
- 1870-1874 William H. Yale Rep
- 1874-1876 Alphonso Barto Rep
- 1876-1880 James B. Wakefield Rep
- 1880-1887 Charles A. Gilman Rep
- 1887-1891 Albert E. Rice Rep
- 1891-1893 Gideon S. Ives R
- 1893-1895 David Marston Clough Rep
- 1895-1897 Frank A. Day Rep
- 1897-1899 John L. Gibbs Rep
- 1899-1903 Lyndon Ambrose Smith Rep
- 1903-1907 Ray W. Jones Rep
- 1907-1909 Adolph Olson Eberhart Rep
- 1909-1911 Edward Everett Smith
- 1911-1913 Samuel Y. Gordon Rep
- 1913-1916 Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist Rep
- 1916-1917 George H. Sullivan Rep
- 1917-1921 Thomas Frankson Rep
- 1921-1925 Louis L. Collins
- 1925-1929 William Ignatius Nolan Rep
- 1929-1931 Charles E. Adams R
- 1931-1933 Henry M. Arens FL
- 1933-1935 Konrad K. Solberg
- 1935-1936 Hjalmar Petersen FL
- 1936-1937 William B. Richardson
Richardson was actually president pro tem of Minnesota Senate; became acting lieutenant governor when lieutenant governor Hjalmar Petersen became governor on the death of Floyd B. Olson, but Richardson was never sworn in.
- 1937-1939 Gottfrid Lindsten FL
- 1939-1943 Clyde Elmer Anderson R
- 1943-1943 Edward John Thye R
- 1943-1945 Archie H. Miller
- 1945-1953 Clyde Elmer Anderson R
- 1953-1954 Ancher Nelsen R
- 1954-1955 Donald O. Wright R
- 1955-1963 Karl Rolvaag DFL
- 1963-1967 Alexander McKenzie Keith DFL
- 1967-1971 James B. Goetz R
- 1971-1976 Rudy Perpich DFL
- 1976-1979 Alec G. Olson DFL
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)
- 1979-1983 Lou Wangberg IR
- 1983-1991 Marlene Johnson DFL
- 1991-1995 Joanell Dyrstad IR
- 1995-1999 Joanne E. Benson R
- 1999-2003 Mae Schunk Reform/IPM
- 2003-____ Carol Molnau R
See also
References
- Minnesota Lieutenant Governors 1858- (http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/mngov/ltgov.asp) Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.