List of lieutenant governors of Minnesota
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Parties Democratic/Democratic–Farmer–Labor Farmer–Labor Republican/Independent Republican Reform/Independence 1 Richardson was actually president pro tem of the Minnesota Senate; became acting lieutenant governor when lieutenant governor Hjalmar Petersen became governor on the death of Floyd B.

List of lieutenant governors of Minnesota

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: Parties Democratic/Democratic–Farmer–Labor Farmer–Labor Republican/Independent Republican Reform/Independence 1 Richardson was actually president pro tem of the Minnesota Senate; became acting lieutenant governor when lieutenant governor Hjalmar Petersen became governor on the death of Floyd B.

No.	Lt. Governor	Took office	Left office	Governor(s) served under	Party

1	William Holcombe	May 24, 1858	January 2, 1860	Henry H. Sibley	Democratic

2	Ignatius L. Donnelly	January 2, 1860	March 4, 1863	Alexander Ramsey	Republican

3	Henry Adoniram Swift	March 4, 1863	July 10, 1863	Alexander Ramsey	Republican

Vacant	July 10, 1863	January 11, 1864	Alexander Ramsey

4	Charles D. Sherwood	January 11, 1864	January 8, 1866	Stephen Miller	Republican

5	Thomas H. Armstrong	January 8, 1866	January 7, 1870	William R. Marshall	Republican

6	William H. Yale	January 7, 1870	January 9, 1874	Horace Austin	Republican

7	Alphonso Barto	January 9, 1874	January 7, 1876	Cushman K. Davis	Republican

8	James Wakefield	January 7, 1876	January 10, 1880	John S. Pillsbury	Republican

9	Charles A. Gilman	January 10, 1880	January 4, 1887	John S. Pillsbury Lucius F. Hubbard	Republican

10	Albert E. Rice	January 4, 1887	January 5, 1891	Andrew R. McGill William R. Merriam	Republican

11	Gideon S. Ives	January 5, 1891	January 3, 1893	William R. Merriam Knute Nelson	Republican

12	David Marston Clough	January 3, 1893	January 31, 1895	Knute Nelson	Republican

13	Frank A. Day	January 31, 1895	January 5, 1897	David M. Clough	Republican

14	John L. Gibbs	January 5, 1897	January 3, 1899	David M. Clough	Republican

15	Lyndon Ambrose Smith	January 3, 1899	January 5, 1903	John Lind (Democratic) Samuel R. Van Sant (Republican)	Republican

16	Ray W. Jones	January 5, 1903	January 7, 1907	Samuel R. Van Sant John A. Johnson	Republican

17	Adolph Olson Eberhart	January 7, 1907	September 21, 1909	John A. Johnson (Democratic) Adolph O. Eberhart (Republican)	Republican

18	Edward Everett Smith	September 25, 1909	January 3, 1911	Adolph O. Eberhart	Republican

19	Samuel Y. Gordon	January 3, 1911	January 7, 1913	Adolph O. Eberhart	Republican

20	Joseph A. A. Burnquist	January 7, 1913	December 30, 1915	Adolph O. Eberhart Winfield S. Hammond	Republican

Vacant	December 30, 1915	October 28, 1916	J. A. A. Burnquist

21	George H. Sullivan	October 28, 1916	January 2, 1917	J. A. A. Burnquist	Republican

22	Thomas Frankson	January 2, 1917	January 4, 1921	J. A. A. Burnquist	Republican

23	Louis L. Collins	January 4, 1921	January 6, 1925	J. A. O. Preus	Republican

24	William I. Nolan	January 6, 1925	June 1929	Theodore Christianson	Republican

25	Charles Edward Adams	June 25, 1929	January 6, 1931	Theodore Christianson	Republican

26	Henry M. Arens	January 6, 1931	January 3, 1933	Floyd B. Olson	Farmer Labor

27	Konrad K. Solberg	January 3, 1933	January 8, 1935	Floyd B. Olson	Farmer Labor

28	Hjalmar Petersen	January 8, 1935	August 24, 1936	Floyd B. Olson	Farmer Labor

*	William B. Richardson1	August 24, 1936	January 1, 1937	Hjalmar Petersen	Republican

29	Gottfrid Lindsten	January 5, 1937	January 2, 1939	Elmer A. Benson	Farmer Labor

30	C. Elmer Anderson	January 2, 1939	January 4, 1943	Harold E. Stassen	Republican

31	Edward John Thye	January 4, 1943	April 27, 1943	Harold E. Stassen	Republican

32	Archie H. Miller	May 6, 1943	January 2, 1945	Edward John Thye	Republican

33	C. Elmer Anderson	January 2, 1945	September 27, 1951	Luther W. Youngdahl	Republican

Vacant	September 27, 1951	January 5, 1953	C. Elmer Anderson

34	Ancher Nelsen	January 5, 1953	May 1, 1953	C. Elmer Anderson	Republican

Vacant	May 1, 1953	September 3, 1954	C. Elmer Anderson

35	Donald O. Wright2	September 3, 1954	January 3, 1955	C. Elmer Anderson	Republican

36	Karl Rolvaag	January 3, 1955	January 8, 1963	Orville L. Freeman Elmer L. Andersen	Democratic Farmer Labor

37	Alexander M. Keith	January 8, 1963	January 2, 1967	Elmer L. Andersen Karl F. Rolvaag	Democratic Farmer Labor

38	James B. Goetz	January 2, 1967	January 4, 1971	Harold LeVander	Republican

39	Rudy Perpich	January 4, 1971	December 29, 1976	Wendell R. Anderson	Democratic Farmer Labor

40	Alec G. Olson3	December 29, 1976	January 4, 1979	Rudy Perpich	Democratic Farmer Labor

41	Lou Wangberg	January 4, 1979	January 3, 1983	Al Quie	Independent Republican

42	Marlene Johnson	January 3, 1983	January 7, 1991	Rudy Perpich	Democratic Farmer Labor

43	Joanell Dyrstad	January 7, 1991	January 3, 1995	Arne H. Carlson	Independent Republican

44	Joanne Benson	January 3, 1995	January 4, 1999	Arne H. Carlson	IR/Republican

45	Mae Schunk	January 4, 1999	January 6, 2003	Jesse Ventura	Reform/Independence

46	Carol Molnau	January 6, 2003	January 3, 2011	Tim Pawlenty	Republican

47	Yvonne Prettner Solon	January 3, 2011	January 5, 2015	Mark Dayton	Democratic Farmer Labor

48	Tina Smith	January 5, 2015	January 2, 2018	Democratic Farmer Labor

49	Michelle Fischbach4	January 2, 2018	January 7, 2019	Republican

50	Peggy Flanagan	January 7, 2019	Incumbent	Tim Walz	Democratic Farmer Labor

Sentence(s)

Albert E. Rice was the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.

final_sentence: Albert E. Rice was the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.