List of Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota

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Peggy Flanagan, current Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

The office of lieutenant governor has existed in the US state of Minnesota since the state's accession to the Union in 1890. The lieutenant governor acts as a representative and, if necessary, a successor to the governor . A term of office was two years until 1962, and since then it has been four years.

Marlene Johnson became the first woman to be elected to this office in 1982. Since then it has been practiced by women throughout.

Surname Term of office Political party
William Holcombe 1858-1860 democrat
Ignatius Loyola Donnelly 1860-1863 republican
Henry Adoniram Swift 1863 republican
Charles D. Sherwood 1864-1866 republican
Thomas Henry Armstrong 1866-1870 republican
William Hall Yale 1870-1874 republican
Alphonso Barto 1874-1876 republican
James Beach Wakefield 1876-1880 republican
Charles Andrew Gilman 1880-1887 republican
Albert E. Rice 1887-1891 republican
Gideon Spraugue Ives 1891-1893 republican
David Marston Clough 1893-1895 republican
Frank Arah Day 1895-1897 republican
John La Porte Gibbs 1897-1899 republican
Lyndon Ambrose Smith 1899-1903 republican
Ray Williams Jones 1903-1907 republican
Adolph Olson Eberhart 1907-1909 republican
Edward Everett Smith 1909-1911 republican
Samuel Y. Gordon 1911-1913 republican
Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist 1913-1915 republican
George Henry Sullivan 1916-1917 republican
Thomas Frankson 1917-1921 republican
Louis Loren Collins 1921-1925 republican
William Ignatius Nolan 1925-1929 republican
Charles Edward Adams 1929-1931 republican
Henry M. Arens 1931-1933 Farmer Labor Party
Konrad Knute Solberg 1933-1935 Farmer Labor Party
Hjalmar Petersen 1935-1936 Farmer Labor Party
William Burdette Richardson 1936-1937 republican
Gottfrid T. Lindsten 1937-1939 Farmer Labor Party
Clyde Elmer Anderson 1939-1943 republican
Edward John Thye 1943 republican
Archie H. Miller 1943-1945 republican
Clyde Elmer Anderson 1945–1951 republican
Ancher Nelsen 1953 republican
Donald Orr Wright 1954-1955 republican
Karl Fritjof Rolvaag 1955-1963 Democratic Farmer Laboratory
Alexander MacDonald Keith 1963-1967 Democratic Farmer Laboratory
James Burton Goetz 1967-1971 republican
Rudolph George Perpich 1971-1976 Democratic Farmer Laboratory
Alec Gehard Olson 1976-1979 Democratic Farmer Laboratory
Louis Wangberg 1979-1983 republican
Marlene Johnson 1983-1991 Democratic Farmer Laboratory
Joanell M. Dyrstad 1991-1995 republican
Joanne E. Benson 1995-1999 republican
Mae A. Schunk 1999-2003 Reform Party
Carol Molnau 2003-2011 republican
Yvonne Prettner Solon 2011-2015 Democratic Farmer Laboratory
Tina Flint Smith 2015-2018 Democratic Farmer Laboratory
Michelle Fischbach 2018-2019 republican
Peggy Flanagan since 2019 Democratic Farmer Laboratory

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