List of United States senators from Minnesota
Minnesota was admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858. As of July 7, 2009, Minnesota has had 40 senators serve in the US Senate.
Class I
Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Notes | |
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Henry Mower Rice | Democratic | May 11, 1858 | March 4, 1863 | Retired | ||
Alexander Ramsey | Republican | March 4, 1863 | March 4, 1875 | Secretary of War (1879–1881) Governor of Minnesota (1860–1863) Governor of Minnesota Territory (1849–1853) | ||
Samuel J. R. McMillan | Republican | March 4, 1875 | March 4, 1887 | Retired | Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1874–1875) | |
Cushman K. Davis | Republican | March 4, 1887 | November 27, 1900 | Died | Governor of Minnesota (1874–1875) | |
Charles A. Towne | Democratic | December 5, 1900 | January 23, 1901 | Successor qualified | ||
Moses E. Clapp | Republican | January 23, 1901 | March 4, 1917 | Lost renomination | Minnesota Attorney General (1887–1893) | |
Frank B. Kellogg | Republican | March 4, 1917 | March 4, 1923 | Lost re-election | U.S. Secretary of State (1925–1929) Ambassador to Great Britain (1923–1925) Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1929) | |
Henrik Shipstead | Farmer-Labor | March 4, 1923 | January 3, 1947 | Lost renomination | ||
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Edward John Thye | Republican | January 3, 1947 | January 3, 1959 | Lost re-election | Governor of Minnesota (1943–1947) Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota (1943) | |
Eugene McCarthy | Democratic- Farmer-Labor |
January 3, 1959 | January 3, 1971 | Retired | ||
Hubert Humphrey | Democratic- Farmer-Labor |
January 3, 1971 | January 13, 1978 | Died | Vice President of the United States (1965–1969) Deputy President pro tempore (1977–1978) Majority Whip (1961–1964) Also served in Minnesota's class II seat | |
Muriel Humphrey | Democratic- Farmer-Labor |
January 25, 1978 | November 7, 1978 | Successor qualified | ||
David Durenberger | Republican | November 7, 1978 | January 3, 1995 | Retired | Censured (1990) | |
Rod Grams | Republican | January 3, 1995 | January 3, 2001 | Lost re-election | ||
Mark Dayton | Democratic- Farmer-Labor |
January 3, 2001 | January 3, 2007 | Retired | ||
Amy Klobuchar | Democratic- Farmer-Labor |
January 3, 2007 | Incumbent |
Class II
Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Notes | |
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James Shields | Democratic | May 11, 1858 | March 4, 1859 | Lost re-election | Also a senator from Illinois and Missouri | |
Morton S. Wilkinson | Republican | March 4, 1859 | March 4, 1865 | Lost re-election | ||
Daniel S. Norton | Republican | March 4, 1865 | July 13, 1870 | Died | ||
William Windom | Republican | July 15, 1870 | January 22, 1871 | Successor qualified | Secretary of the Treasury (1881; 1889–1891) | |
Ozora P. Stearns | Republican | January 23, 1871 | March 4, 1871 | Retired | ||
William Windom | Republican | March 4, 1871 | March 7, 1881 | Resigned | Secretary of the Treasury (1881; 1889–1891) | |
Alonzo J. Edgerton | Republican | March 12, 1881 | October 30, 1881 | Successor qualified | ||
William Windom | Republican | November 15, 1881 | March 4, 1883 | Lost re-election | Secretary of the Treasury (1881; 1889–1891) | |
Dwight M. Sabin | Republican | March 4, 1883 | March 4, 1889 | Lost renomination | ||
William D. Washburn | Republican | March 4, 1889 | March 4, 1895 | Lost re-election | ||
Knute Nelson | Republican | March 4, 1895 | April 28, 1923 | Died | Governor of Minnesota (1893–1895) | |
Magnus Johnson | Farmer-Labor | July 16, 1923 | March 4, 1925 | Lost re-election | ||
Thomas D. Schall | Republican | March 4, 1925 | December 22, 1935 | Died | ||
Elmer A. Benson | Farmer-Labor | March 27, 1935 | November 3, 1936 | Retired | Governor of Minnesota (1937–1939) | |
Guy V. Howard | Republican | November 4, 1936 | January 3, 1937 | Retired | ||
Ernest Lundeen | Farmer-Labor | January 3, 1937 | August 31, 1940 | Died | ||
Joseph H. Ball | Republican | October 14, 1940 | November 3, 1942 | Successor qualified | ||
Arthur E. Nelson | Republican | November 18, 1942 | January 3, 1943 | Retired | ||
Joseph H. Ball | Republican | January 3, 1943 | January 3, 1949 | Lost re-election | ||
Hubert Humphrey | Democratic- Farmer-Labor |
January 3, 1949 | December 29, 1964 | Resigned | Vice President of the United States (1965–1969) Deputy President pro tempore (1977–1978) Majority Whip (1961–1964) Also served in Minnesota's class I seat | |
Walter Mondale | Democratic- Farmer-Labor |
December 30, 1964 | December 30, 1976 | Resigned | Vice President of the United States (1977–1981) Ambassador to Japan (1993–1996) Minnesota Attorney General (1960–1964) | |
Wendell Anderson | Democratic- Farmer-Labor |
December 30, 1976 | December 29, 1978 | Resigned | Governor of Minnesota (1971–1976) | |
Rudy Boschwitz | Republican | December 30, 1978 | January 3, 1991 | Lost re-election | ||
Paul Wellstone | Democratic- Farmer-Labor |
January 3, 1991 | October 25, 2002 | Died | ||
Dean Barkley | Independence | November 12, 2002 | January 3, 2003 | Interim appointment | ||
Norm Coleman | Republican | January 3, 2003 | January 3, 2009 | Lost re-election | ||
The seat was vacant January 3 2009 - July 7, 2009 because of the result of the election was disputed [1] | ||||||
Al Franken | Democratic- Farmer-Labor |
July 7, 2009 | January 2, 2018 | Resigned | ||
Tina Smith | Democratic- Farmer-Labor |
January 3, 2018 |
All living senators
- Rudy Boschwitz
- Dean Barkley
- Norm Coleman
- David Durenberger
- Mark Dayton
- Amy Klobuchar
- Al Franken