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 Henry Mower Rice  75px  Democratic  May 11, 1858  March 4, 1863  Retired   Alexander Ramsey  75px  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  75px  Republican  March 4, 1875  March 4, 1887  Retired  Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1874–1875) Cushman K. Davis  75px  Republican  March 4, 1887  November 27, 1900  Died   Governor of Minnesota (1874–1875) Charles A. Towne  75px  Democratic  December 5, 1900  January 23, 1901  Successor qualified   Moses E. Clapp  75px  Republican  January 23, 1901  March 4, 1917  Lost renomination  Minnesota Attorney General (1887–1893) Frank B. Kellogg  75px  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  75px  Farmer-Labor  March 4, 1923  January 3, 1947  Lost renomination   Republican Edward John Thye 75px  Republican  January 3, 1947  January 3, 1959  Lost re-election  Governor of Minnesota (1943–1947)Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota (1943) Eugene McCarthy  75px  Democratic-Farmer-Labor  January 3, 1959  January 3, 1971  Retired   Hubert Humphrey  75px  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  75px  Democratic-Farmer-Labor  January 25, 1978  November 7, 1978  Successor qualified   David Durenberger  75px  Republican  November 7, 1978  January 3, 1995  Retired  Censured (1990) Rod Grams  75px  Republican  January 3, 1995  January 3, 2001  Lost re-election   Mark Dayton  75px  Democratic-Farmer-Labor  January 3, 2001  January 3, 2007  Retired   Amy Klobuchar  75px  Democratic-Farmer-Labor  January 3, 2007  Incumbent    

Class II
 Senator  Party  Took office  Left office  Reason  Notes James Shields  75px  Democratic  May 11, 1858  March 4, 1859  Lost re-election  Also a senator from Illinois and Missouri Morton S. Wilkinson  75px  Republican  March 4, 1859  March 4, 1865  Lost re-election   Daniel S. Norton  75px  Republican  March 4, 1865  July 13, 1870  Died   William Windom  75px  Republican  July 15, 1870  January 22, 1871  Successor qualified  Secretary of the Treasury (1881; 1889–1891) Ozora P. Stearns  75px  Republican  January 23, 1871  March 4, 1871  Retired   William Windom  75px  Republican  March 4, 1871  March 7, 1881  Resigned  Secretary of the Treasury (1881; 1889–1891) Alonzo J. Edgerton  75px  Republican  March 12, 1881  October 30, 1881  Successor qualified   William Windom  75px  Republican  November 15, 1881  March 4, 1883  Lost re-election  Secretary of the Treasury (1881; 1889–1891) Dwight M. Sabin  75px  Republican  March 4, 1883  March 4, 1889  Lost renomination   William D. Washburn  75px  Republican  March 4, 1889  March 4, 1895  Lost re-election   Knute Nelson 75px  Republican  March 4, 1895  April 28, 1923  Died  Governor of Minnesota (1893–1895) Magnus Johnson 75px   Farmer-Labor  July 16, 1923  March 4, 1925  Lost re-election   Thomas D. Schall  75px  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  75px  Farmer-Labor  January 3, 1937  August 31, 1940  Died   Joseph H. Ball  75px  Republican  October 14, 1940  November 3, 1942  Successor qualified   Arthur E. Nelson  75px  Republican  November 18, 1942  January 3, 1943  Retired   Joseph H. Ball  75px  Republican  January 3, 1943  January 3, 1949  Lost re-election   Hubert Humphrey  75px  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  75px  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  75px  Democratic-Farmer-Labor  December 30, 1976  December 29, 1978  Resigned  Governor of Minnesota (1971–1976) Rudy Boschwitz  75px  Republican  December 30, 1978  January 3, 1991  Lost re-election   Paul Wellstone  75px  Democratic-Farmer-Labor  January 3, 1991  October 25, 2002  Died   Dean Barkley  75px  Independence  November 12, 2002  January 3, 2003  Interim appointment
   Norm Coleman  75px  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 Chronological list of Senators Al Franken   75px  Democratic-Farmer-Labor  July 7, 2009   January 2, 2018  Resigned   Tina Smith   75px  Democratic-Farmer-Labor  January 3, 2018    

All living senators
Rudy Boschwitz
Dean Barkley
Norm Coleman
David Durenberger
Mark Dayton
Amy Klobuchar
Al Franken

Related pages
Classes of United States Senators

 References 

Other websites
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
Chronological list of U.S. Senators

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