List of governors of Minnesota

The following is a list of governors of the State of Minnesota and Minnesota Territory, United States.

Territorial governors

Territorial governors of Minnesota

No.	Governor			Term of office	Party	Place of birth	Appointed by
1			Alexander Ramsey	June 1, 1849 – May 15, 1853	Whig	Pennsylvania	Zachary Taylor
2			Willis A. Gorman	May 15, 1853 – April 23, 1857	Democratic	Kentucky	Franklin Pierce
3			Samuel Medary	April 23, 1857 – May 24, 1858	Democratic	Pennsylvania	James Buchanan

State governors

Parties

  Democratic   Farmer-Labor   Republican   Reform/Independence

#	Governor		Took office	Left office	Party	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Lieutenant governor(s)	Term
1	Henry H. Sibley		May 24, 1858	January 2, 1860	Democratic	February 20, 1811	Michigan	February 18, 1891	William Holcombe	1
2	Alexander Ramsey		January 2, 1860	July 10, 1863[1]	Republican	September 8, 1815	Pennsylvania	April 22, 1903	Ignatius L. Donnelly	2
									Henry A. Swift[2]	3
3	Henry A. Swift		July 10, 1863[2]	January 11, 1864		March 23, 1823	Ohio	February 25, 1869	vacant
4	Stephen Miller		January 11, 1864	January 8, 1866		January 7, 1816	Pennsylvania	August 18, 1881	Charles D. Sherwood	4
5	William R. Marshall		January 8, 1866	January 9, 1870		October 17, 1825	Missouri	January 8, 1896	Thomas H. Armstrong	5
										6
6	Horace Austin		January 9, 1870	January 7, 1874		October 15, 1831	Connecticut	November 2, 1905	William H. Yale	7
										8
7	Cushman K. Davis		January 7, 1874	January 7, 1876		June 16, 1838	New York	November 27, 1900	Alphonso Barto	9
8	John S. Pillsbury		January 7, 1876	January 10, 1882		July 29, 1827	New Hampshire	October 18, 1901	James B. Wakefield	10
										11
									Charles A. Gilman	12
9	Lucius F. Hubbard		January 10, 1882	January 5, 1887		January 26, 1836	New York	February 5, 1913		13
										14
10	Andrew R. McGill		January 5, 1887	January 9, 1889		February 19, 1840	Pennsylvania	October 31, 1905	Albert E. Rice	15
11	William R. Merriam		January 9, 1889	January 9, 1893		July 26, 1849	New York	February 18, 1931		16
									Gideon S. Ives	17
12	Knute Nelson		January 9, 1893	January 31, 1895[1]		February 2, 1843	Norway	April 28, 1923	David M. Clough	18
13	David M. Clough		January 31, 1895[2]	January 2, 1899		December 27, 1846	New Hampshire	August 28, 1924	Frank A. Day	19
									John L. Gibbs	20
14	John Lind		January 2, 1899	January 7, 1901	Democratic[3]	March 25, 1854	Sweden	September 18, 1930	Lyndon A. Smith	21
15	Samuel R. Van Sant		January 7, 1901	January 4, 1905	Republican	May 11, 1844	Illinois	October 3, 1936		22
									Ray W. Jones	23
16	John A. Johnson		January 4, 1905	September 21, 1909[4]	Democratic	July 28, 1861	Minnesota	September 21, 1909		24
									Adolph O. Eberhart	25
17	Adolph O. Eberhart		September 21, 1909[2]	January 5, 1915	Republican	June 23, 1870	Sweden	December 6, 1944	Edward E. Smith[2]	26
									Samuel Y. Gordon	27
									J. A. A. Burnquist	28
18	Winfield S. Hammond		January 5, 1915	December 30, 1915[4]	Democratic	November 17, 1863	Massachusetts	December 30, 1915		29
19	J. A. A. Burnquist		December 30, 1915[2]	January 5, 1921	Republican	July 21, 1879	Iowa	January 12, 1961	George H. Sullivan[2]	29
									Thomas Frankson	30
										31
20	J. A. O. Preus		January 5, 1921	January 6, 1925		August 28, 1883	Wisconsin	May 24, 1961	Louis L. Collins	32
										33
21	Theodore Christianson		January 6, 1925	January 6, 1931		September 12, 1883	Minnesota	December 9, 1948	William I. Nolan	34
										35
									Charles Edward Adams[2]	36
22	Floyd B. Olson		January 6, 1931	August 22, 1936[4]	Farmer-Labor	November 13, 1891	Minnesota	August 22, 1936	Henry M. Arens	37
									Konrad K. Solberg	38
									Hjalmar Petersen	39
23	Hjalmar Petersen		August 22, 1936[2]	January 4, 1937		January 2, 1890	Denmark	March 29, 1968	William B. Richardson (acting)[5]
24	Elmer A. Benson		January 4, 1937	January 2, 1939		September 22, 1895	Minnesota	March 13, 1985	Gottfrid T. Lindsten	40
25	Harold E. Stassen		January 2, 1939	April 27, 1943[1]	Republican	April 13, 1907	Minnesota	March 4, 2001	C. Elmer Anderson	41
										42
									Edward J. Thye	43
26	Edward J. Thye		April 27, 1943	January 8, 1947		April 26, 1896	South Dakota	August 28, 1969	Archie H. Miller
									C. Elmer Anderson	44
27	Luther W. Youngdahl		January 8, 1947	September 27, 1951[1]		May 29, 1896	Minnesota	June 21, 1978		45
										46
										47
28	C. Elmer Anderson		September 27, 1951[2]	January 5, 1955		March 16, 1912	Minnesota	January 22, 1998	vacant
									Ancher Nelsen	48
									Donald O. Wright
29	Orville L. Freeman		January 5, 1955	January 2, 1961	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	May 9, 1918	Minnesota	February 20, 2003	Karl F. Rolvaag	49
										50
										51
30	Elmer L. Andersen		January 2, 1961	March 25, 1963[6]	Republican	June 17, 1909	Illinois	November 15, 2004		52
31	Karl F. Rolvaag		March 25, 1963[6]	January 2, 1967	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	July 18, 1913	Minnesota	December 20, 1990	Sandy Keith	53
32	Harold LeVander		January 2, 1967	January 4, 1971	Republican	October 10, 1910	Nebraska	March 30, 1992	James B. Goetz	54
33	Wendell R. Anderson		January 4, 1971	December 29, 1976[1]	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	February 1, 1933	Minnesota	July 17, 2016	Rudy Perpich	55
										56
34	Rudy Perpich		December 29, 1976[2]	January 4, 1979		June 27, 1928	Minnesota	September 21, 1995	Alec G. Olson[2]
35	Al Quie		January 4, 1979	January 3, 1983	Independent-Republican	September 18, 1923	Minnesota		Lou Wangberg	57
36	Rudy Perpich		January 3, 1983	January 7, 1991	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	June 27, 1928	Minnesota	September 21, 1995	Marlene Johnson	58
										59
37	Arne H. Carlson		January 7, 1991	January 4, 1999	Independent-Republican/ Republican	September 24, 1934	New York		Joanell M. Dyrstad	60
									Joanne Benson	61
38	Jesse Ventura[7]		January 4, 1999	January 6, 2003	Reform/Independence	July 15, 1951	Minnesota		Mae A. Schunk	62
39	Tim Pawlenty		January 6, 2003	January 3, 2011	Republican	November 27, 1960	Minnesota		Carol Molnau	63
										64
40	Mark Dayton		January 3, 2011	January 7, 2019	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	January 26, 1947	Minnesota		Yvonne Prettner Solon	65
									Tina Smith	66
									Michelle Fischbach
41	Tim Walz		January 7, 2019	Incumbent		April 6, 1964	Nebraska		Peggy Flanagan	67