Political party strength in Minnesota
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Minnesota:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State Auditor
- State Treasurer (before 2003)
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the United States Senate
- State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
Pre-statehood (1849–1857)
| Year | Executive offices | Territorial Legislature | United States Congress | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Territorial Secretary | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | Terr. Senate | Terr. House | Delegate | |
| 1849 | Alexander Ramsey (W)[lower-alpha 1] | Charles K. Smith (W) | Lorenzo A. Babcock (W) | Jonathan E. McKusick (W) | Calvin A. Tuttle (W) | 6D, 2W, 1? | 12D, 4W, 2? | Henry Hastings Sibley (D)[lower-alpha 2] |
| 1850 | ||||||||
| 1851 | Alexander C. Wilkin (W) | 8D, 7?, 3W | ||||||
| 5D, 4?, 2W | ||||||||
| 1852 | Abraham Van Vorhes (W) | 7D, 2W | 10D, 5?, 3W | |||||
| 1853 | Willis A. Gorman (D)[lower-alpha 3] | Joseph Rosser (D) | LaFayette Emmett (D) | Socrates Nelson (D) | George W. Prescott (D) | 13D, 3W, 2? | Henry M. Rice (D)[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 1854 | Julius Georgii (D) | Charles E. Leonard (D) | 9D | 13D, 5W | ||||
| 1855 | 13D, 4?, 1R | |||||||
| 1856 | 9D, 4?, 2R | 18D, 12R, 9? | ||||||
| 8D, 4?, 2R | 19D, 11R, 9? | |||||||
| 6D, 4?, 2R | ||||||||
| 1857 | Samuel Medary (D)[lower-alpha 4] | Charles L. Chase (D) | George W. Armstrong (D) | 6D, 5R, 4? | 20R, 18D | William W. Kingsbury (D)[lower-alpha 2] | ||
| 20R, 19D | ||||||||
| 19R, 19D | ||||||||
| 20R, 19D | ||||||||
| 20D, 17R | 43D, 37R | |||||||
| Year | Governor | Territorial Secretary | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | Terr. Senate | Terr. House | Delegate |
| Executive offices | Territorial Legislature | United States Congress | ||||||
1858–2002
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | Judicial | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | Clerk of the Supreme Court | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | ||
| 1858 | Henry Hastings Sibley (D) | William Holcombe (D) | Francis Baasen (D) | Charles H. Berry (D) | William F. Dunbar (D) | George W. Armstrong (D) | 20D, 17R | 43D, 37R | Jacob J. Noah (D) | Henry M. Rice (D) | James Shields (D) | 2D | |
| 1859 | 19D, 18R[lower-alpha 5] | 49R, 31D[lower-alpha 5] | Morton S. Wilkinson (R) | 2R | |||||||||
| 1860 | Alexander Ramsey (R)[lower-alpha 6] | Ignatius L. Donnelly (R)[lower-alpha 7] | James H. Baker (R) | Gordon E. Cole (R) | Charles Scheffer (R) | 23R, 13D, 1I | 58R, 22D | Lincoln/ Hamlin (R)  | |||||
| 1861 | Charles McIlrath (R) | 19R, 2D | 40R, 2D | Andrew J. Van Vorhes (R) | |||||||||
| 1862 | David Blakeley (R) | 16R, 5D | 30R, 10D, 2UD | ||||||||||
| 1863 | Henry A. Swift (R)[lower-alpha 8] | 29R, 12D, 1UD | |||||||||||
| Henry A. Swift (R)[lower-alpha 8] | vacant | Alexander Ramsey (R) | |||||||||||
| 1864 | Stephen Miller (R) | Charles D. Sherwood (R) | 17R, 4D | 27R, 11D, 4UD | George F. Potter (R)[lower-alpha 9] | Lincoln/ Johnson (NU) | |||||||
| 1865 | 32R, 10D | Daniel Sheldon Norton (R)[lower-alpha 10] | |||||||||||
| 1866 | William Rainey Marshall (R) | Thomas H. Armstrong (R) | William J. Colvill (R) | 16R, 5D | 29R, 13D | ||||||||
| 1867 | 17R, 5D | 37R, 9D, 1? | Sherwood Hough (R)[lower-alpha 11] | ||||||||||
| 1868 | Henry C. Rogers (R) | Francis R. E. Cornell (R) | Emil D. Munch (R) | 15R, 7D | 34R, 13D | Grant/ Colfax (R) | |||||||
| 1869 | 16R, 6D | 38R, 9D | 1R, 1D | ||||||||||
| 1870 | Horace Austin (R) | William H. Yale (R) | Hans Mattson (R) | William Windom (R)[lower-alpha 12] | |||||||||
| 1871 | 14R, 8D | 27R, 20D | Ozora P. Stearns (R) | 2R | |||||||||
| William Windom (R)[lower-alpha 13] | |||||||||||||
| 1872 | Samuel P. Jennison (R) | William Seeger (R)[lower-alpha 14] | 29R, 12D | 73R, 33D | Grant/ Wilson (R) | ||||||||
| 1873 | Orlan P. Whitcomb (R) | Edwin W. Dyke (R)[lower-alpha 15] | 31R, 10D | 79R, 27D | 3R | ||||||||
| 1874 | Cushman K. Davis (R) | Alphonso Barto (R) | George P. Wilson (R) | Edwin W. Dyke (D)[lower-alpha 16] | 28R, 13D | 58R, 48D | |||||||
| 1875 | 21R, 18D, 2I | 54R, 48D, 4I | Samuel J. R. McMillan (R) | ||||||||||
| 1876 | John S. Pillsbury (R) | James Wakefield (R) | John S. Irgens (R) | William Pfaender (R) | 27R, 14D | 74R, 32D | Sam Nichols (R)[lower-alpha 17] | Hayes/ Wheeler (R) | |||||
| 1877 | 26R, 15D | 77R, 29D | |||||||||||
| 1878 | 29R, 12D | 66R, 40D | |||||||||||
| 1879 | 23R, 16D, 2GB[lower-alpha 18] | 73R, 30D, 3GB[lower-alpha 18] | 2R, 1D | ||||||||||
| 1880 | Charles A. Gilman (R) | Frederick Von Baumbach (R) | Charles M. Start (R)[lower-alpha 7] | Charles Kittelson (R) | Garfield/ Arthur (R) | ||||||||
| 1881 | William John Hahn (R)[lower-alpha 19] | 29R, 11D, 1? | 87R, 15D, 1? | Alonzo J. Edgerton (R)[lower-alpha 12] | 3R | ||||||||
| 1882 | Lucius Frederick Hubbard (R) | William W. Braden (R) | William Windom (R) | ||||||||||
| 1883 | 36R, 10D, 1I | 72R, 28D, 2I, 1? | Dwight M. Sabin (R) | 5R | |||||||||
| 1884 | Blaine/ Logan (R)  | ||||||||||||
| 1885 | 30R, 17D | 70R, 33D | |||||||||||
| 1886 | |||||||||||||
| 1887 | Andrew Ryan McGill (R) | Albert E. Rice (R) | Hans Mattson (R) | Moses E. Clapp (R) | Joseph Bobleter (R) | 30R, 16D, 1FA | 66R, 34D, 3FA | John David Jones (R)[lower-alpha 20] | Cushman K. Davis (R)[lower-alpha 10] | 3D, 2R | |||
| 1888 | Harrison/ Morton (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1889 | William Rush Merriam (R) | 89R, 9D, 3I, 2FA | William D. Washburn (R) | 5R | |||||||||
| 1890 | |||||||||||||
| 1891 | Gideon S. Ives (R) | Frederick P. Brown (R) | Adolph Biermann (D) | 25R, 16D, 13P[lower-alpha 21] | 52D, 43R, 19FA[lower-alpha 22] | Charles P. Holcomb (R) | 3D, 1R, 1P | ||||||
| 1892 | Harrison/ Reid (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1893 | Knute Nelson (R)[lower-alpha 6] | David Marston Clough (R) | Henry W. Childs (R) | 71R, 41D, 2Pop | 4R, 2D, 1Pop | ||||||||
| 1894 | |||||||||||||
| 1895 | David Marston Clough (R)[lower-alpha 23] | Frank A. Day (R) | Albert Berg (R) | Robert C. Dunn (R) | August T. Koerner (R) | 46R, 5Pop, 3D | 95R, 10D, 9Pop | Darius F. Reese (R)[lower-alpha 24] | Knute Nelson (R)[lower-alpha 10] | 7R | |||
| 1896 | McKinley/ Hobart (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1897 | John L. Gibbs (R) | 90R, 13Pop, 11D | |||||||||||
| 1898 | |||||||||||||
| 1899 | John Lind (D)[lower-alpha 25] | Lyndon A. Smith (R) | Wallace B. Douglas (R)[lower-alpha 26] | 44R, 18D, 1I | 93R, 25D, 1I | ||||||||
| 1900 | McKinley/ Roosevelt (R) | ||||||||||||
| Charles A. Towne (D)[lower-alpha 12] | |||||||||||||
| 1901 | Samuel Rinnah Van Sant (R) | Peter E. Hanson (R) | Julius H. Block (R) | 96R, 17D, 6Pop | Moses E. Clapp (R) | ||||||||
| 1902 | |||||||||||||
| 1903 | Ray W. Jones (R) | Samuel G. Iverson (R) | 52R, 11D | 104R, 15D | C.A. Pidgeon (R)[lower-alpha 7] | 8R, 1D | |||||||
| 1904 | William J. Donahower (R)[lower-alpha 12] | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||||
| 1905 | John Albert Johnson (D)[lower-alpha 10] | Edward T. Young (R) | 109R, 10D | 9R | |||||||||
| 1906 | |||||||||||||
| 1907 | Adolph Olson Eberhart (R) | Julius A. Schmahl (R) | Clarence C. Dinehart (R)[lower-alpha 10] | 43R, 19D, 1Pop | 102R, 14D, 3Proh | 8R, 1D | |||||||
| 1908 | Taft/ Sherman (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1909 | Adolph Olson Eberhart (R)[lower-alpha 23] | Edward Everett Smith[lower-alpha 8] | George T. Simpson (R) | 94R, 22D, 3Proh | |||||||||
| 1910 | Elias S. Pettijohn (R)[lower-alpha 12] | Irving A. Caswell (R)[lower-alpha 19][lower-alpha 27] | |||||||||||
| 1911 | Samuel Y. Gordon (R) | Walter J. Smith (R)[lower-alpha 7] | 42R, 19D, 2I | 88R, 26D, 4Proh, 1IR, 1Soc | |||||||||
| 1912 | Lyndon A. Smith (R)[lower-alpha 10] | Roosevelt/ Johnson (Prog) | |||||||||||
| 1913 | Joseph A. A. Burnquist (R) | 98R, 20D, 1 Proh, 1Soc | |||||||||||
| 1914 | |||||||||||||
| 1915 | Winfield Scott Hammond (D)[lower-alpha 10] | J. A. O. Preus (R) | Conservative majority[lower-alpha 28] |
Conservative majority[lower-alpha 28] |
9R, 1D | ||||||||
| 1916 | Joseph A. A. Burnquist (R)[lower-alpha 23] | George H. Sullivan[lower-alpha 8] | Arthur C. Gooding (R)[lower-alpha 12] | Hughes/ Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||
| 1917 | Thomas Frankson (R) | Henry Rines (R)[lower-alpha 7] | Frank B. Kellogg (R) | ||||||||||
| 1918 | Clifford L. Hilton (R)[lower-alpha 19][lower-alpha 26] | ||||||||||||
| 1919 | Herman J. Mueller (R)[lower-alpha 29] | 9R, 1FL | |||||||||||
| 1920 | Harding/ Coolidge (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1921 | J. A. O. Preus (R) | Louis L. Collins (R) | Mike Holm (R)[lower-alpha 10] | Ray P. Chase (R) | 10R | ||||||||
| 1922 | |||||||||||||
| 1923 | Grace F. Kaercher (R) | Henrik Shipstead (FL) | Magnus Johnson (FL) | 8R, 2FL | |||||||||
| 1924 | Coolidge/ Dawes (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1925 | Theodore Christianson (R) | William I. Nolan (R)[lower-alpha 7] | Edward W. Stark (R)[lower-alpha 12] | Thomas D. Schall (R)[lower-alpha 10] | 7R, 3FL | ||||||||
| 1926 | |||||||||||||
| 1927 | Albert F. Pratt (R)[lower-alpha 12][lower-alpha 10] | Julius A. Schmahl (R) | 8R, 2FL | ||||||||||
| 1928 | G. Aaron Youngquist (R)[lower-alpha 19][lower-alpha 7] | Hoover/ Curtis (R) | |||||||||||
| 1929 | Charles Edward Adams (R)[lower-alpha 8] | Henry N. Benson (R)[lower-alpha 19] | 9R, 1FL | ||||||||||
| 1930 | |||||||||||||
| 1931 | Floyd B. Olson (FL)[lower-alpha 10] | Henry M. Arens (FL) | Stafford King (R)[lower-alpha 7] | ||||||||||
| 1932 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1933 | Konrad K. Solberg (FL) | Harry H. Peterson (FL)[lower-alpha 26] | Liberal majority |
5FL, 3R, 1D | |||||||||
| 1934 | |||||||||||||
| 1935 | Hjalmar Petersen (FL) | Conservative majority |
Russell O. Gunderson (FL)[lower-alpha 30] | Elmer A. Benson (FL)[lower-alpha 12] | 5R, 3FL, 1D | ||||||||
| 1936 | Hjalmar Petersen (FL)[lower-alpha 8] | William B. Richardson (R)[lower-alpha 31] | William S. Ervin (FL)[lower-alpha 12] | Guy V. Howard (R) | |||||||||
| 1937 | Elmer A. Benson (FL) | Gottfrid Lindsten (FL) | C. A. Halverson (FL) | Liberal majority |
Ernest Lundeen (FL)[lower-alpha 10] | 5FL, 3R, 1D | |||||||
| 1938 | |||||||||||||
| 1939 | Harold Stassen (R)[lower-alpha 7] | C. Elmer Anderson (R) | Joseph A. A. Burnquist (R) | Julius A. Schmahl (R) | Conservative majority |
Grace F. Kaercher (R) | 7R, 1D, 1FL | ||||||
| 1940 | Roosevelt/ Wallace (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1941 | Henrik Shipstead (R) | Joseph H. Ball (R)[lower-alpha 12] | 8R, 1FL | ||||||||||
| 1942 | Arthur E. Nelson (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | Edward J. Thye (R) | ||||||||||||
| Edward J. Thye (R)[lower-alpha 23] | Archie H. Miller (R)[lower-alpha 8] | Joseph H. Ball (R) | |||||||||||
| 1944 | Roosevelt/ Truman (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1945 | C. Elmer Anderson (R) | 7R, 2DFL[lower-alpha 32] | |||||||||||
| 1946 | |||||||||||||
| 1947 | Luther Youngdahl (R)[lower-alpha 7] | Edward J. Thye (R) | 8R, 1DFL | ||||||||||
| 1948 | Truman/ Barkley (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1949 | Hubert Humphrey (DFL)[lower-alpha 33] | 5R, 4DFL | |||||||||||
| 1950 | |||||||||||||
| 1951 | C. Elmer Anderson (R)[lower-alpha 23] | vacant | Val Bjornson (R) | 51C, 16L | 87C, 44L | ||||||||
| 1952 | H. H. Chesterman[lower-alpha 12] | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) | |||||||||||
| Virginia Paul Holm (R)[lower-alpha 19] | |||||||||||||
| 1953 | Ancher Nelsen (R)[lower-alpha 34] | 52C, 15L | 85C, 46L | ||||||||||
| 1954 | Donald O. Wright (R)[lower-alpha 8] | ||||||||||||
| 1955 | Orville Freeman (DFL) | Karl Rolvaag (DFL) | Joseph L. Donovan (DFL) | Miles Lord (DFL)[lower-alpha 7] | Arthur Hansen (DFL) | 48C, 19L | 66L, 65C | Frank Larkin (DFL) | 5DFL, 4R | ||||
| 1956 | |||||||||||||
| 1957 | Kristjan Valdimar Bjornson (R) | 70L, 61C | [lower-alpha 35] | ||||||||||
| 1958 | |||||||||||||
| 1959 | 43C, 24L | 72L, 59C | Eugene McCarthy (DFL) | 5R, 4DFL | |||||||||
| 1960 | Walter Mondale (DFL)[lower-alpha 19][lower-alpha 6] | Kennedy/ Johnson (D) | |||||||||||
| 1961 | Elmer L. Andersen (R)[lower-alpha 36] | 6R, 3DFL | |||||||||||
| 1962 | |||||||||||||
| 1963 | Karl Rolvaag (DFL)[lower-alpha 36] | Sandy Keith (DFL) | 80C, 54L, 1I | 4R, 4DFL | |||||||||
| 1964 | Johnson/ Humphrey (D) | ||||||||||||
| Robert W. Mattson Sr. (DFL)[lower-alpha 12] | Walter Mondale (DFL)[lower-alpha 19][lower-alpha 33] | ||||||||||||
| 1965 | 44C, 23L | 78C, 56L, 1I | |||||||||||
| 1966 | |||||||||||||
| 1967 | Harold LeVander (R) | James B. Goetz (R) | Douglas M. Head (R) | 45C, 22L | 93C, 42L | 5R, 3DFL | |||||||
| 1968 | Humphrey/ Muskie (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1969 | William J. O'Brien (R)[lower-alpha 12] | 85C, 50L | |||||||||||
| 1970 | |||||||||||||
| 1971 | Wendell Anderson (DFL)[lower-alpha 6] | Rudy Perpich (DFL) | Arlen Erdahl (R) | Warren Spannaus (DFL) | Rolland Hatfield (R) | 34C, 33L | 70C, 65L | Hubert Humphrey (DFL)[lower-alpha 10] | 4R, 4DFL | ||||
| 1972 | Nixon/ Agnew (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | 37DFL, 30R | 77DFL, 57R | |||||||||||
| 1974 | 36DFL, 31R[3] | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | Joan Growe (DFL) | Bob Mattson (DFL) | Jim Lord (DFL) | 38DFL, 28IR,[lower-alpha 37] 1I | 104DFL, 30IR | 5DFL, 3R | |||||||
| 1976 | 103DFL, 31IR[4] | Carter/ Mondale (D) | |||||||||||
| Rudy Perpich (DFL)[lower-alpha 8] | Alec G. Olson (DFL)[lower-alpha 8] | Wendell Anderson (DFL)[lower-alpha 12][lower-alpha 7] | |||||||||||
| 1977 | 49DFL, 18IR | 104DFL, 30IR | 4DFL, 4R | ||||||||||
| 1978 | 48DFL, 19IR[3] | 99DFL, 35IR[lower-alpha 38] | Muriel Humphrey (DFL)[lower-alpha 12] | ||||||||||
| 1979 | Al Quie (IR) | Lou Wangberg (IR) | Arne Carlson (IR) | 47DFL, 20IR | 67DFL, 67IR[lower-alpha 39] | David Durenberger (IR) | Rudy Boschwitz (IR)[lower-alpha 40] | ||||||
| 1980 | 45DFL, 22IR[3] | 68DFL, 66IR[lower-alpha 41] | Carter/ Mondale (D) | ||||||||||
| 1981 | 70DFL, 64IR | 5R, 3DFL | |||||||||||
| 1982 | 44DFL, 23IR[3] | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | Rudy Perpich (DFL) | Marlene Johnson (DFL) | Skip Humphrey (DFL) | Robert W. Mattson Jr. (DFL) | 42DFL, 25IR | 77DFL, 57IR | 5DFL, 3R | ||||||
| 1984 | 76DFL, 58IR[4] | Mondale/ Ferraro (D) | |||||||||||
| 1985 | 42DFL, 24IR, 1I[lower-alpha 42] | 69IR, 65DFL | |||||||||||
| 1986 | 43DFL, 24IR[lower-alpha 43] | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | Michael McGrath (DFL) | 47DFL, 20IR | 83DFL, 51IR | ||||||||||
| 1988 | 46DFL, 21IR[3] | 82DFL, 52IR[4] | Dukakis/ Bentsen (D) | ||||||||||
| 1989 | 44DFL, 23IR[3] | 81DFL, 53IR | |||||||||||
| 1990 | 80DFL, 54IR[4] | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | Arne Carlson (IR) | Joanell Dyrstad (IR) | Mark Dayton (DFL) | 46DFL, 21IR | Paul Wellstone (DFL)[lower-alpha 10] | 6DFL, 2R | |||||||
| 1992 | 78DFL, 56IR[4] | Clinton/ Gore (D) | |||||||||||
| 1993 | 45DFL, 22IR | 87DFL, 47IR | |||||||||||
| 1994 | 84DFL, 50IR | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | Joanne Benson (IR) | Judi Dutcher (IR) | 43DFL, 24IR | 71DFL, 63IR | Rod Grams (R) | ||||||||
| 1996 | 42DFL, 25R | 69DFL, 65R[4] | |||||||||||
| 1997 | 42DFL, 24R, 1I | 70DFL, 64R | |||||||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | Jesse Ventura (Ref) | Mae Schunk (Ref) | Mary Kiffmeyer (R) | Mike Hatch (DFL) | Carol C. Johnson (DFL) | 40DFL, 26R, 1I | 71R, 63DFL | ||||||
| 2000 | Jesse Ventura (IPM)[7] | Mae Schunk (IPM) | Judi Dutcher (DFL)[lower-alpha 44] | 41DFL, 25R, 1I[lower-alpha 45] | 70R, 63DFL, 1I[lower-alpha 46] | Gore/ Lieberman (D) | |||||||
| 2001 | 39DFL, 27R, 1IPM | 69R, 65DFL | Mark Dayton (DFL) | 5DFL, 3R | |||||||||
| 2002 | 70R, 64DFL[4] | ||||||||||||
| Dean Barkley (IPM)[lower-alpha 12] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | Clerk of the Supreme Court | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | Electoral votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | Judicial | United States Congress | ||||||||||
2003–present
- Territorial governor appointed by President Zachary Taylor.
- Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota Territory.
- Territorial governor appointed by President Franklin Pierce.
- Territorial governor appointed by President James Buchanan.
- Although legislators were elected, it was determined that an 1858-59 session was unnecessary due to the protracted length of the 1857-58 session; hence, these legislators never convened and were never sworn in.
- Resigned to become U.S. Senator.
- Resigned.
- Succeeded to office following death or resignation of previous officeholder.
- Lost renomination.
- Died in office.
- Lost renomination.
- Appointed by governor to fill vacancy.
- Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
- Resigned following impeachment but before trial by Minnesota Senate.[1]
- Appointed by governor to fill vacancy in early 1873. Later elected to office in his own right as a Democrat.
- Dyke did not win the endorsement of the Republican Party in 1873, but sought the Democratic endorsement and won with it.
- Lost renomination.
- Due to a constitutional amendment, effective with the election of 1878, terms for senators became four years and terms for representatives became two years.
- Appointed to fill the remainder of the previous officeholder's term. Later elected in their own right.
- Lost renomination.
- Elected a Republican President Pro Tempore, John B. Sanborn, and organized the chamber.
- A coalition of Democrats and members of the Farmers' Alliance organized the chamber and elected an Alliance Speaker, Ezra T. Champlin.[2]
- Succeeded to office following death or resignation of previous officeholder. Later elected to office in his or her own right.
- Lost renomination.
- Had also been endorsed by the Populists/
Silver Republicans. - Resigned following appointment to Minnesota Supreme Court.
- Lost renomination.
- After a constitutional amendment in 1912, the Minnesota Legislature was nonpartisan until 1973. It went into effect in 1915 Legislators caucused as "conservatives" and "liberals," roughly equivalent to Republicans and Democrats/Farmer Laborites.
- Lost renomination.
- Lost renomination.
- Served as acting lieutenant governor; never took the oath of office.
- The Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party merged into the Minnesota Democratic Party in 1944.
- Resigned to become Vice President of the United States.
- Resigned to become administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration.
- Constitutional amendment passed in 1956 making the clerk an appointed, nonpartisan position.
- A recount and subsequent litigation lasting 139 days delayed Karl Rolvaag's inauguration as governor.
- From 1975 until 1995, the Republican Party of Minnesota was called the Independent–Republican Party of Minnesota.
- A series of special elections and party switches led to the composition in the 1978 session.[4]
- With the split chamber, a power-sharing agreement was negotiated. A Republican Speaker, Rod Searle, was elected, but Democrats received control of most committees. The tie was broken when a Republican, Robert Pavlak, was expelled from the chamber on May 19, 1979 on a party-line vote due to a legal and ethical violations. The agreement of shared-power held through the end of the year's session two days later, despite the Democrats' 67-66 majority.[5][6]
- Appointed by governor to fill vacancy, having already been elected to next full term.
- A special election was held for Pavlak's seat in District 67A. A Democrat, Frank J. Rodriguez, Jr., was elected, giving the Democrats a constitutional majority. With that, they reorganized the chamber under their control in the 1980 session.[5][4]
- A party switch from Republican to Independent by Charles Berg led to the composition in the 1985 session.[3]
- A party switch from Independent to DFL by Charles Berg led to the composition in the 1986 session.[3]
- Dutcher switched parties in 2000.
- A series of special elections and party switches led to the composition in the 2000 session.[4]
- A party switch from Republican to Independent by Doug Reuter led to the composition in the 2000 session.[4]
- In December 2007, Republican Tom Neuville resigned to accept a District Court appointment.
- In January 2008, Democrat Kevin Dahle was elected in a special election to succeed Republican Tom Neuville.
- In July 2008, Republican incumbent Ron Erhardt became an independent.
- A seat flipped from Democratic to Republican in February through a special election.[8]
- Four Republicans announced on December 8, 2018, they would not join the Republican caucus in the 91st Legislature and would instead form their own caucus, the "New House Republican Caucus."[9]
- Tom Bakk and David Tomassoni were re-elected as Democrats in the 2020 election, but switched to Independent immediately after.
- Five Republicans do not caucus with the Republican minority, see note [an]
- In addition to the five Republicans that do not caucus with the Republic Minority, representative John Thompson was expelled from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor caucus
See also
- Politics in Minnesota
- Politics of Minnesota
- List of political parties in Minnesota
References
- Nordby, Mary Jane Morrison. Foreword by Jack (2002). The Minnesota state constitution : a reference guide. Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press. p. 10. ISBN 0-313-28411-3.
- "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library". www.lrl.mn.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library". www.leg.mn.gov.
- "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library". www.leg.mn.gov.
- Loepp, Daniel (1999). Sharing the balance of power : an examination of shared power in the Michigan House of Representatives, 1993-94. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 24. ISBN 0472097024. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- "Journal of the House" (PDF). Minnesota Legislature. Minnesota State Legislature. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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- Van Oot, Torey. "Republican Jason Rarick wins Minnesota Senate seat vacated by Democrat". Star Tribune. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- Bakst, Brian (December 8, 2018). "Renegade House members split from GOP caucus". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
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