Minnesota is a state in the Midwestern United States. The state has been governed by 44 governors, as of January 2019. Minnesota was admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, and became the 32nd US State. Welcome to this blog post where we will go through each one of these governors and their accomplishments!
List of governors of Minnesota
| S.no. | Governor | Term start | Term-end | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry H. Sibley | 24 May 1858 | 2 January 1860 | Democratic |
| 2 | Alexander Ramsey | 2 January 1860 | 10 July 1863 | Republican |
| 3 | Henry A. Swift | 10 July 1863 | 11 January 1864 | Republican |
| 4 | Stephen Miller | 11 January 1864 | 8 January 1866 | Republican |
| 5 | William R. Marshall | 8 January 1866 | 9 January 1870 | Republican |
| 6 | Horace Austin | 9 January 1870 | 7 January 1874 | Republican |
| 7 | Cushman K. Davis | 7 January 1874 | 7 January 1876 | Republican |
| 8 | John S. Pillsbury | 7 January 1876 | 10 January 1882 | Republican |
| 9 | Lucius F. Hubbard | 10 January 1882 | 5 January 1887 | Republican |
| 10 | Andrew R. McGill | 5 January 1887 | 9 January 1889 | Republican |
| 11 | William R. Merriam | 9 January 1889 | 9 January 1893 | Republican |
| 12 | Knute Nelson | 9 January 1893 | 31 January 1895 | Republican |
| 13 | David M. Clough | 31 January 1895 | 2 January 1899 | Republican |
| 14 | John Lind | 2 January 1899 | 7 January 1901 | Democratic |
| 15 | Samuel R. Van Sant | 7 January 1901 | 4 January 1905 | Republican |
| 16 | John A. Johnson | 4 January 1905 | 21 September 1909 | Democratic |
| 17 | Adolph O. Eberhart | 21 September 1909 | 5 January 1915 | Republican |
| 18 | Winfield S. Hammond | 5 January 1915 | 30 December 1915 | Democratic |
| 19 | J. A. A. Burnquist | 30 December 1915 | 5 January 1921 | Republican |
| 20 | J. A. O. Preus | 5 January 1921 | 6 January 1925 | Republican |
| 21 | Theodore Christianson | 6 January 1925 | 6 January 1931 | Republican |
| 22 | Floyd B. Olson | 6 January 1931 | 22 August 1936 | Farmer-Labor |
| 23 | Hjalmar Petersen | 22 August 1936 | 4 January 1937 | Farmer-Labor |
| 24 | Elmer A. Benson | 4 January 1937 | 2 January 1939 | Farmer-Labor |
| 25 | Harold E. Stassen | 2 January 1939 | 27 April 1943 | Republican |
| 26 | Edward J. Thye | 27 April 1943 | 8 January 1947 | Republican |
| 27 | Luther W. Youngdahl | 8 January 1947 | 27 September 1951 | Republican |
| 28 | C. Elmer Anderson | 27 September 1951 | 5 January 1955 | Republican |
| 29 | Orville L. Freeman | 5 January 1955 | 2 January 1961 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 30 | Elmer L. Andersen | 2 January 1961 | 25 March 1963 | Republican |
| 31 | Karl F. Rolvaag | 25 March 1963 | 2 January 1967 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 32 | Harold LeVander | 2 January 1967 | 4 January 1971 | Republican |
| 33 | Wendell R. Anderson | 4 January 1971 | 29 December 1976 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 34 | Rudy Perpich | 29 December 1976 | 4 January 1979 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 35 | Al Quie | 4 January 1979 | 3 January 1983 | Independent-Republican |
| 36 | Rudy Perpich | 3 January 1983 | 7 January 1991 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 37 | Arne H. Carlson | 7 January 1991 | 4 January 1999 | Independent-Republican/ Republican |
| 38 | Jesse Ventura (James Janos)[8] | 4 January 1999 | 6 January 2003 | Reform/Independence |
| 39 | Tim Pawlenty | 6 January 2003 | 3 January 2011 | Republican |
| 40 | Mark Dayton | 3 January 2011 | Incumbent | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
Conclusion paragraph: I hope you found this list of Minnesota’s governors to be helpful. Please feel free to share it with your friends and family on social media, so they can learn about the people who have been in charge over the years. You never know when one of these names will pop up again!