Historical Record
Previous Governors of Minnesota
Governors who previously held office in Minnesota, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesTim WalzDemocrat2019–2027
Mark DaytonDemocrat2011–2019
Tim PawlentyRepublican2003–2011
Jesse VenturaIndependent1999–2003
Arne CarlsonRepublican1991–1999
Rudy PerpichDemocrat1983–1991
Al QuieRepublican1979–1983
Rudy PerpichDemocrat1976–1979
Wendell R. AndersonDemocrat1971–1976
Harold LeVanderRepublican1967–1971
Karl RolvaagDemocrat1963–1967
Elmer L. AndersenRepublican1961–1963
Orville FreemanDemocrat1955–1961
C. Elmer AndersonRepublican1951–1955
Luther YoungdahlRepublican1947–1951
Edward John ThyeRepublican1943–1947
Harold StassenRepublican1939–1943
Elmer Austin BensonIndependent1937–1939
Hjalmar PetersenIndependent1936–1937
Floyd B. OlsonIndependent1931–1936
Theodore ChristiansonRepublican1925–1931
J. A. O. PreusRepublican1921–1925
Joseph A. A. BurnquistRepublican1915–1921
Winfield Scott HammondDemocrat1915–1915
Adolph Olson EberhartRepublican1909–1915
John Albert JohnsonDemocrat1905–1909
Samuel Rinnah Van SantRepublican1901–1905
John LindDemocrat1899–1901
David Marston CloughRepublican1895–1899
Knute NelsonRepublican1893–1895
William Rush MerriamRepublican1889–1893
Andrew Ryan McGillRepublican1887–1889
Lucius Frederick HubbardRepublican1882–1887
John S. PillsburyRepublican1876–1882
Cushman K. DavisRepublican1874–1876
Horace AustinRepublican1870–1874
William Rainey MarshallRepublican1866–1870
Stephen MillerRepublican1864–1866
Henry Adoniram SwiftRepublican1863–1864
Alexander RamseyRepublican1860–1863
Henry Hastings SibleyDemocrat1858–1860
Samuel MedaryIndependent1857–1858
Willis A. GormanIndependent1853–1857
Alexander RamseyIndependent1849–1853