List of United States Senators from Minnesota

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The List of United States Senators from Minnesota includes all persons who ever for this state of the US Senate belonged to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections for the class 1 senators took place in 2018; the class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014.

class 1

Amy Klobuchar
Tina Smith

Minnesota has been a US state since May 11, 1858 and has 16 class 1 senators in Congress to this day .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Henry Mower Rice 1858-1863 democrat November 29, 1816-15. January 1894
Alexander Ramsey 1863-1875 republican September 8, 1815-22. April 1903
Samuel James Renwick McMillan 1875-1887 republican February 22, 1826-3. October 1897
Cushman Kellogg Davis 1887-1900 republican June 16, 1838-27. November 1900
Charles Arnette Towne 1900-1901 democrat November 21, 1858-22. October 1928
Moses Edwin Clapp 1901-1917 republican May 21, 1851-6. March 1929
Frank Billings Kellogg 1917-1923 republican December 22, 1856-21. December 1937
Henrik Shipstead 1 1923-1947 Farmer Labor Party January 8, 1881–26. June 1960
Edward John Thye 1947-1959 republican April 26, 1896-28. August 1969
Eugene Joseph McCarthy 1959-1971 Democratic Farmer Labor Party March 29, 1916-10. December 2005
Hubert Horatio Humphrey 1971-1978 Democratic Farmer Labor Party May 27, 1911-13. January 1978
Muriel Fay Buck Humphrey Brown 1978 Democratic Farmer Labor Party February 20, 1912-20. September 1998
David Ferdinand Durenberger 1978-1995 republican * August 19, 1934
Rodney Dwight Grams 1995-2001 republican February 4, 1948-8. October 2013
Mark Brandt Dayton 2001-2007 Democratic Farmer Labor Party * January 26, 1947
Amy Jean Klobuchar since 2007 Democratic Farmer Labor Party * May 25, 1960

1 Shipstead was in the Senate for the Republican Party from 1941.

2nd grade

Minnesota had 25 class 2 senators to date , one of which, Joseph Ball, two and one, William Windom, served three non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
James Shields 1858-1859 democrat May 10, 1810–1. June 1879
Morton Smith Wilkinson 1859-1865 republican January 22, 1819–4. February 1894
Daniel Sheldon Norton 1865-1870 republican April 12, 1829-13. July 1870
William Windom 1870-1871 republican May 10, 1827-29. January 1891
Ozora Pierson Stearns 1871 republican January 15, 1831–2. June 1896
William Windom 1871-1881 republican May 10, 1827-29. January 1891
Alonzo Jay Edgerton 1881 republican June 7, 1827-9. August 1896
William Windom 1881-1883 republican May 10, 1827-29. January 1891
Dwight May Sabin 1883-1889 republican April 25, 1843-22. December 1902
William Drew Washburn 1889-1895 republican January 14, 1831-29. July 1912
Knute Nelson 1895-1923 republican February 2, 1843-28. April 1923
Magnus Johnson 1923-1925 Farmer Labor Party September 19, 1871-13. September 1936
Thomas David Schall 1925-1935 republican June 4, 1878-22. December 1935
Elmer Austin Benson 1935-1936 Farmer Labor Party September 22, 1895-13. March 1985
Guy Victor Howard 1936-1937 republican November 28, 1879-20. August 1954
Ernest Lundeen 1937-1940 Farmer Labor Party August 4, 1878–31. August 1940
Joseph Hurst Ball 1940-1942 republican November 3, 1905-18. December 1993
Arthur Emanuel Nelson 1942-1943 republican May 10, 1892-11. April 1955
Joseph Hurst Ball 1943-1949 republican November 3, 1905-18. December 1993
Hubert Horatio Humphrey 1949-1964 Democratic Farmer Labor Party May 27, 1911-13. January 1978
Walter Frederick Mondale 1964-1976 Democratic Farmer Labor Party * January 5, 1928
Wendell Richard Anderson 1976-1988 Democratic Farmer Labor Party February 1, 1933-17. July 2016
Rudolph Ely Boschwitz 1978-1991 republican * November 7, 1930
Paul David Wellstone 1991-2002 Democratic Farmer Labor Party July 21, 1944-25. October 2002
Dean Malcolm Barkley 2002-2003 Independence Party * August 31, 1950
Norman Bertram Coleman 2003-2009 republican * August 17, 1949
Alan Stuart Franks 2009-2018 Democratic Farmer Labor Party * May 21, 1951
Tina Flint Smith since 2018 Democratic Farmer Labor Party * March 4, 1958

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