Executive Branch of Minnesota
Minnesota Territory
Governor of Minnesota Territory
Henry Hastings Sibley
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1811; d. February 18 1891.
Non-Partisan
1848 – 1850
Willis Arnold Gorman
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1816; d. May 20 1876.
Non-Partisan
1853 – 1857
Minnesota
Governor of Minnesota
Alexander Ramsey
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1815; d. April 22 1903.
Republican Party
1860 – 1863
Edward John Thye
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1896; d. August 28 1969.
Republican Party
1943 – 1947
Orville Lothrop Freeman
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1918; d. February 20 2003.
Democratic Party
1955 – 1961
Elmer Lee Anderson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1909; d. November 15 2004.
Republican Party
1961 – 1963
Karl Fritjof Rolvaag
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 18 1913; d. December 20 1990.
Democratic Party
1963 – 1967
Wendell Richard Anderson
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1933; d. July 17 2016.
Democratic Party
1971 – 1976
Rudolph George “Rudy” Perpich, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 27 1928; d. September 21 1995.
Democratic Party
1976 – 1979
Rudolph George “Rudy” Perpich, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 27 1928; d. September 21 1995.
Democratic Party
1983 – 1991
Jesse Ventura
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1951.
Reform Party of Minnesota (1999 – 2000); Independence Party of Minnesota (2000 – 2003)
1999 – 2003
Timothy James “Tim” Walz
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1964.
Democratic Party
2019 – present
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
Edward John Thye
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1896; d. August 28 1969.
Republican Party
1943
Karl Fritjof Rolvaag
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 18 1913; d. December 20 1990.
Democratic Party
1955 – 1963
Rudolph George “Rudy” Perpich, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 27 1928; d. September 21 1995.
Democratic Party
1971 – 1976
Christine Elizabeth “Tina” Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1958.
Democratic Party
2015 – 2018
Michelle Louise Helene Fischbach
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1965.
Republican Party
2018 – 2019
Government of Minnesota
Attorney General of Minnesota
Miles Welton Lord
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1919; d. December 10 2016.
Democratic Party
1955 – 1960
Walter Frederick “Fritz” Mondale
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1928; d. April 19 2021.
Democratic Party
1960 – 1964
Robert William “Bob” Mattson, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1924; d. March 14 1982.
Democratic Party
1964 – 1967
Hubert Horatio “Skip” Humphrey III
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1942.
Democratic Party
1983 – 1999
Keith Maurice Ellison
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1963.
Democratic Party
2019 – present
Legislature of Minnesota
Minnesota Senate
President of the Minnesota Senate
Michelle Louise Helene Fischbach
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1965.
Republican Party
2011 – 2013
Michelle Louise Helene Fischbach
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1965.
Republican Party
2017 – 2018
Minnesota House of Representatives
Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Martin Olav Sabo
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 28 1938; d. March 13 2016.
Democratic Party
1973 – 1979