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United States congressional delegations from Minnesota

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This page displays the historical members of U.S. Congress from Minnesota.

Current members

U.S. Senate

The current members of the U.S. Senate from Minnesota are:

U.S. House

The current members of the U.S. House from Minnesota are:

Historical members

List of United States Senators from Minnesota

The following individuals were elected to the U.S. Senate from Minnesota.

Class 1

  • Democratic Party (United States) Henry M. Rice, serving from 1858-1863
  • Republican Party Alexander Ramsey, serving from 1863-1875
  • Republican Party Samuel J. R. McMillan, serving from 1875-1887
  • Republican Party Cushman K. Davis, serving from 1887-1900
  • Democratic Party (United States) Charles A. Towne, serving from 1900-1901
  • Republican Party Moses E. Clapp, serving from 1901-1917
  • Republican Party Frank B. Kellogg, serving from 1917-1923
  • Republican Party Henrik Shipstead, serving from 1923-1947
  • Republican Party Edward J. Thye, serving from 1947-1959
  • Democratic Party (United States) Eugene J. McCarthy, serving from 1959-1971
  • Democratic Party (United States) Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr., serving from 1971-1978
  • Democratic Party (United States) Muriel B. Humphrey, serving from 1978-1978
  • Republican Party David F. Durenberger, serving from 1978-1995
  • Republican Party Rod Grams, serving from 1995-2001
  • Democratic Party (United States) Mark Dayton, serving from 2001-2007
  • Democratic Party (United States) Amy Klobuchar, serving from 2007-Present

Class 2

  • Democratic Party (United States) James Shields, serving from 1858-1859
  • Republican Party Morton S. Wilkinson, serving from 1859-1865
  • Republican Party Daniel S. Norton (U, R), serving from 1865-1870
  • Republican Party William Windom, serving from 1870-1871
  • Republican Party Ozora P. Stearns, serving from 1871-1871
  • Republican Party William Windom, serving from 1871-1881
  • Republican Party A. J. Edgerton, serving from 1881-1881
  • Republican Party William Windom, serving from 1881-1883
  • Republican Party Dwight M. Sabin, serving from 1883-1889
  • Republican Party William D. Washburn, serving from 1889-1895
  • Republican Party Knute Nelson, serving from 1895-1923
  • Magnus Johnson (FL), serving from 1923-1925
  • Republican Party Thomas D. Schall, serving from 1925-1935
  • Elmer A. Benson (FL), serving from 1935-1936
  • Republican Party Guy V. Howard, serving from 1936-1937
  • Ernest Lundeen (FL), serving from 1937-1940
  • Republican Party Joseph H. Ball, serving from 1940-1942
  • Republican Party Arthur E. Nelson, serving from 1942-1943
  • Republican Party Joseph H. Ball, serving from 1943-1949
  • Democratic Party (United States) Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr., serving from 1949-1964
  • Democratic Party (United States) Walter F. Mondale, serving from 1964-1976
  • Democratic Party (United States) Wendell R. Anderson, serving from 1976-1978
  • Republican Party Rudolph E. (Rudy) Boschwitz, serving from 1978-1991
  • Democratic Party (United States) Paul D. Wellstone, serving from 1991-2002
  • Dean Barkley (I), serving from 2002-2003
  • Republican Party Norm Coleman, serving from 2003-2009
  • Democratic Party (United States) Al Franken, serving from 2009-Present

List of United States Representatives from Minnesota

The following individuals were elected to the U.S. House from Minnesota.

  • Democratic Party (United States) Donald Michael Cavanaugh, serving from 1858-1859
  • Democratic Party (United States) William Wallace Phelps, serving from 1858-1859
  • Republican Party Cyrus Aldrich, serving from 1859-1863
  • Republican Party William Windom, serving from 1859-1869
  • Republican Party Ignatius Loyola Donnelly, serving from 1863-1869
  • Democratic Party (United States) Eugene McLanahan Wilson, serving from 1869-1871
  • Republican Party Morton S. Wilkinson, serving from 1869-1871
  • Republican Party John T. Averill, serving from 1871-1873
  • Republican Party Mark H. Dunnell, serving from 1871-1883
  • Republican Party John T. Averill, serving from 1873-1875
  • Republican Party Horace B. Strait, serving from 1873-1879
  • Republican Party William S. King, serving from 1875-1877
  • Democratic Party (United States) Henry Poehler, serving from 1877-1879
  • Republican Party Jacob H. Stewart, serving from 1877-1879
  • Republican Party William D. Washburn, serving from 1879-1883
  • Republican Party Horace B. Strait, serving from 1881-1883
  • Republican Party William D. Washburn, serving from 1883-1885
  • Republican Party Horace B. Strait, serving from 1883-1887
  • Republican Party James Wakefield, serving from 1883-1887
  • Republican Party Milo White, serving from 1883-1887
  • Republican Party Knute Nelson, serving from 1883-1889
  • Republican Party John Gilfillan, serving from 1885-1887
  • Democratic Party (United States) John L. MacDonald, serving from 1887-1889
  • Democratic Party (United States) Edmund Rice, serving from 1887-1889
  • Democratic Party (United States) Thomas Wilson, serving from 1887-1889
  • Republican Party John Lind, serving from 1887-1893
  • Republican Party Mark H. Dunnell, serving from 1889-1891
  • Republican Party Solomon Comstock, serving from 1889-1891
  • Republican Party Darwin Hall, serving from 1889-1891
  • Republican Party Samuel Snider, serving from 1889-1891
  • Democratic Party (United States) James Castle, serving from 1891-1893
  • Kittel Halvorson (Populist), serving from 1891-1893
  • Democratic Party (United States) William H. Harries, serving from 1891-1893
  • Democratic Party (United States) Osee M. Hall, serving from 1891-1895
  • Democratic Party (United States) Melvin Baldwin, serving from 1893-1895
  • Haldor Boen (Populist), serving from 1893-1895
  • Republican Party Andrew Kiefer, serving from 1893-1897
  • Republican Party Loren Fletcher, serving from 1893-1903
  • Republican Party James McCleary, serving from 1893-1907
  • Republican Party James Albertus Tawney, serving from 1893-1911
  • Republican Party Charles A. Towne, serving from 1895-1897
  • Republican Party Frank Eddy, serving from 1895-1903
  • Republican Party Joel Heatwole, serving from 1895-1903
  • Republican Party Robert P. Morris, serving from 1897-1903
  • Republican Party Frederick Stevens, serving from 1897-1915
  • Democratic Party (United States) John Lind, serving from 1903-1905
  • Republican Party Clarence Buckman, serving from 1903-1907
  • Republican Party James Bede 1903-1909
  • Republican Party Halvor Steenerson, serving from 1903-1923
  • Republican Party Andrew Volstead, serving from 1903-1923
  • Republican Party Charles Russell Davis, serving from 1903-1925
  • Republican Party Loren Fletcher, serving from 1905-1907
  • Democratic Party (United States) Winfield Scott Hammond, serving from 1907-1905
  • Republican Party Frank Nye, serving from 1907-1913
  • Republican Party Charles August Lindbergh, serving from 1907-1917
  • Republican Party Clarence B. Miller, serving from 1909-1919
  • Republican Party Sydney Anderson, serving from 1911-1925
  • Republican Party James Manahan, serving from 1913-1915
  • Republican Party George Ross Smith, serving from 1913-1917
  • Democratic Party (United States) Carl Van Dyke, serving from 1915-1919
  • Republican Party Franklin Ellsworth, serving from 1915-1921
  • Republican Party Thomas D. Schall, serving from 1915-1925
  • Republican Party Ernest Lundeen, serving from 1917-1919
  • Republican Party Harold Knutson, serving from 1917-1933
  • William Leighton Carss (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1919-1921
  • Republican Party Oscar Keller, serving from 1919-1927
  • Republican Party Walter Newton, serving from 1919-1929
  • Republican Party Oscar Larson, serving from 1921-1925
  • Republican Party Frank Clague, serving from 1921-1933
  • Knud Wefald (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1923-1927
  • Ole J. Kvale (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1923-1929
  • William Leighton Carss (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1925-1929
  • Republican Party Allen J. Furlow, serving from 1925-1929
  • Republican Party August H. Andresen, serving from 1925-1933
  • Republican Party Godfrey G. Goodwin, serving from 1925-1933
  • Republican Party Melvin Maas, serving from 1927-1933
  • Republican Party Conrad Selvig, serving from 1927-1933
  • Republican Party Victor Christgau, serving from 1929-1933
  • Paul John Kvale (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1929-1933
  • Republican Party William I. Nolan, serving from 1929-1933
  • Republican Party William Alvin Pittenger, serving from 1929-1933
  • Henry M. Arens (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1933-1935
  • Republican Party Ray P. Chase, serving from 1933-1935
  • Republican Party Theodore Christianson, serving from 1933-1935
  • Democratic Party (United States) Einar Hoidale, serving from 1933-1935
  • Magnus Johnson (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1933-1935
  • Republican Party Harold Knutson, serving from 1933-1935
  • Paul John Kvale (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1933-1935
  • Republican Party Ernest Lundeen, serving from 1933-1935
  • Francis Shoemaker (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1933-1935
  • Republican Party Theodore Christianson, serving from 1935-1937
  • Republican Party Ernest Lundeen, serving from 1935-1937
  • Republican Party William Alvin Pittenger, serving from 1935-1937
  • Paul John Kvale (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1935-1939
  • Democratic Party (United States) Elmer Ryan, serving from 1935-1941
  • Rich T. Buckler (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1935-1943
  • Republican Party Melvin Maas, serving from 1935-1945
  • Republican Party Harold Knutson, serving from 1935-1949
  • Republican Party August H. Andresen, serving from 1935-1958
  • John Bernard (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1937-1939
  • Dewey Johnson (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1937-1939
  • Henry Teigan (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1937-1939
  • Republican Party John G. Alexander, serving from 1939-1941
  • Republican Party Oscar Youngdahl, serving from 1939-1943
  • Republican Party William Alvin Pittenger, serving from 1939-1947
  • Republican Party Herman Carl Andersen, serving from 1939-1963
  • Republican Party Richard Pillsbury Gale, serving from 1941-1945
  • Republican Party Joseph P. O'Hara, serving from 1941-1959
  • Harold Hagen (Farmer-Labor), serving from 1943-1945
  • Republican Party Walter Judd, serving from 1943-1963
  • Democratic Party (United States) William Gallagher, serving from 1945-1946
  • Democratic Party (United States) Frank Starkey, serving from 1945-1947
  • Republican Party Harold Hagen, serving from 1945-1955
  • Democratic Party (United States) James Mevitt, serving from 1947-1949
  • Republican Party George MacKinnon, serving from 1947-1949
  • Democratic Party (United States) John Blatnik, serving from 1947-1975
  • Democratic Party (United States) Eugene McCarthy, serving from 1949-1959
  • Democratic Party (United States) Roy Wier, serving from 1949-1961
  • Democratic Party (United States) Fred Marshall, serving from 1949-1963
  • Democratic Party (United States) Coya Knutson, serving from 1955-1959
  • Republican Party Al Quie, serving from 1958-1979
  • Republican Party Odin Langen, serving from 1959-1963
  • Republican Party Ancher Nelsen, serving from 1959-1974
  • Democratic Party (United States) Joseph Karth, serving from 1959-1977
  • Republican Party Clark MacGregor, serving from 1961-1971
  • Democratic Party (United States) Alec G. Olson, serving from 1963-1967
  • Republican Party Odin Langen, serving from 1963-1971
  • Republican Party Edward D. Fraser, serving from 1963-1979
  • Republican Party John M. Zwach, serving from 1967-1975
  • Democratic Party (United States) Robert Bergland, serving from 1971-1977
  • Republican Party Bill Frenzel, serving from 1971-1991
  • Democratic Party (United States) Richard Nolan, serving from 1975-1981
  • Republican Party Tom Hagedorn, serving from 1975-1983
  • Democratic Party (United States) James Louis Oberstar, serving from 1975-2011
  • Republican Party Arlan Stangeland, serving from 1977-1991
  • Democratic Party (United States) Bruce Vento, serving from 1977-2000
  • Republican Party Arlen Erdahl, serving from 1979-1983
  • Democratic Party (United States) Martin Olav Sabo, serving from 1979-2007
  • Republican Party Vin Weber, serving from 1981-1983
  • Democratic Party (United States) Gerry Sikorski, serving from 1983-1993
  • Republican Party Vin Weber, serving from 1983-1993
  • Democratic Party (United States) Tim Penny, serving from 1983-1995
  • Republican Party James M. Ramstad, serving from 1991-2009
  • Democratic Party (United States) Collin Clark Peterson, serving from 1991-present
  • Republican Party Rod Grams, serving from 1993-1995
  • Democratic Party (United States) David Minge, serving from 1993-2001
  • Democratic Party (United States) Bill Luther, serving from 1995-2003
  • Republican Party Gilbert William Gutknecht, serving from 1995-2007
  • Republican Party Mark Raymond Kennedy, serving from 2001-2003
  • Democratic Party (United States) Betty C. McCollum, serving from 2001-present
  • Republican Party Mark Raymond Kennedy, serving from 2003-2007
  • Republican Party John Paul Kline, serving from 2003-present
  • Republican Party Michele Bachmann, serving from 2007-present
  • Democratic Party (United States) Keith Ellison, serving from 2007-present
  • Democratic Party (United States) Tim Walz, serving from 2007-present
  • Republican Party Erik Paulsen, serving from 2009-present
  • Republican Party Chip Cravaack, serving from 2011-present


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