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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:
- Betty McCollum
- Collin Peterson
- Erik Paulsen
- John Kline
- Keith Ellison
- Michele Bachmann
- Rick Nolan
- Tim Walz
Historical members
List of United States Senators from Minnesota
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. Senate from Minnesota.
| Historical Representation to the US Senate by Party from Minnesota | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Republican | 26 | |||
| Democratic | 13 | |||
| Farmer-Labor | 2 | |||
| Independent | 1 | |||
| Total Senators | 42 | |||
| Class 1 Senators from Minnesota | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Henry M. Rice | 1858-1863 | Democratic | ||||||
| Alexander Ramsey | 1863-1875 | Republican | ||||||
| Samuel J. R. McMillan | 1875-1887 | Republican | ||||||
| Cushman K. Davis | 1887-1900 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles A. Towne | 1900-1901 | Democratic | ||||||
| Moses E. Clapp | 1901-1917 | Republican | ||||||
| Frank B. Kellogg | 1917-1923 | Republican | ||||||
| Henrik Shipstead | 1923-1947 | Republican | ||||||
| Edward J. Thye | 1947-1959 | Republican | ||||||
| Eugene J. McCarthy | 1959-1971 | Democratic | ||||||
| Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. | 1971-1978 | Democratic | ||||||
| Muriel B. Humphrey | 1978-1978 | Democratic | ||||||
| David F. Durenberger | 1978-1995 | Republican | ||||||
| Rod Grams | 1995-2001 | Republican | ||||||
| Mark Dayton | 2001-2007 | Democratic | ||||||
| Amy Klobuchar | 2007-Present | Democratic | ||||||
| Class 2 Senators from Minnesota | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| James Shields | 1858-1859 | Democratic | ||||||
| Morton S. Wilkinson | 1859-1865 | Republican | ||||||
| Daniel S. Norton | 1865-1870 | Republican | ||||||
| William Windom | 1870-1871 | Republican | ||||||
| Ozora P. Stearns | 1871-1871 | Republican | ||||||
| William Windom | 1871-1881 | Republican | ||||||
| A. J. Edgerton | 1881-1881 | Republican | ||||||
| William Windom | 1881-1883 | Republican | ||||||
| Dwight M. Sabin | 1883-1889 | Republican | ||||||
| William D. Washburn | 1889-1895 | Republican | ||||||
| Knute Nelson | 1895-1923 | Republican | ||||||
| Magnus Johnson | 1923-1925 | FL | ||||||
| Thomas D. Schall | 1925-1935 | Republican | ||||||
| Elmer A. Benson | 1935-1936 | FL | ||||||
| Guy V. Howard | 1936-1937 | Republican | ||||||
| Ernest Lundeen | 1937-1940 | FL | ||||||
| Joseph H. Ball | 1940-1942 | Republican | ||||||
| Arthur E. Nelson | 1942-1943 | Republican | ||||||
| Joseph H. Ball | 1943-1949 | Republican | ||||||
| Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. | 1949-1964 | Democratic | ||||||
| Walter F. Mondale | 1964-1976 | Democratic | ||||||
| Wendell R. Anderson | 1976-1978 | Democratic | ||||||
| Rudolph E. | 1978-1991 | Republican | ||||||
| Paul D. Wellstone | 1991-2002 | Democratic | ||||||
| Dean Barkley | 2002-2003 | I | ||||||
| Norm Coleman | 2003-2009 | Republican | ||||||
| Al Franken | 2009-Present | Democratic | ||||||
List of United States Representatives from Minnesota
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. House from Minnesota.
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Representatives to the U.S. House in Minnesota in the 1800s
Representatives to the U.S. House in Minnesota in the 1900s
Representatives to the U.S. House in Minnesota in the 2000s
| Historical Representation to the US House by Party in the 1800s from Minnesota | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 11 | |||
| Republican | 32 | |||
| Populist | 2 | |||
| Total Representatives | 45 | |||
| Representative | Years Served | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Donald Michael Cavanaugh | 1858-1859 | Democratic |
| William Wallace Phelps | 1858-1859 | Democratic |
| Cyrus Aldrich | 1859-1863 | Republican |
| William Windom | 1859-1869 | Republican |
| Ignatius Loyola Donnelly | 1863-1869 | Republican |
| Eugene McLanahan Wilson | 1869-1871 | Democratic |
| Morton S. Wilkinson | 1869-1871 | Republican |
| John T. Averill | 1871-1873 | Republican |
| Mark H. Dunnell | 1871-1883 | Republican |
| John T. Averill | 1873-1875 | Republican |
| Horace B. Strait | 1873-1879 | Republican |
| William S. King | 1875-1877 | Republican |
| Henry Poehler | 1877-1879 | Democratic |
| Jacob H. Stewart | 1877-1879 | Republican |
| William D. Washburn | 1879-1883 | Republican |
| Horace B. Strait | 1881-1883 | Republican |
| William D. Washburn | 1883-1885 | Republican |
| Horace B. Strait | 1883-1887 | Republican |
| James Wakefield | 1883-1887 | Republican |
| Milo White | 1883-1887 | Republican |
| Knute Nelson | 1883-1889 | Republican |
| John Gilfillan | 1885-1887 | Republican |
| John L. MacDonald | 1887-1889 | Democratic |
| Edmund Rice | 1887-1889 | Democratic |
| Thomas Wilson | 1887-1889 | Democratic |
| John Lind | 1887-1893 | Republican |
| Mark H. Dunnell | 1889-1891 | Republican |
| Solomon Comstock | 1889-1891 | Republican |
| Darwin Hall | 1889-1891 | Republican |
| Samuel Snider | 1889-1891 | Republican |
| James Castle | 1891-1893 | Democratic |
| Kittel Halvorson | 1891-1893 | Populist |
| William H. Harries | 1891-1893 | Democratic |
| Osee M. Hall | 1891-1895 | Democratic |
| Melvin Baldwin | 1893-1895 | Democratic |
| Haldor Boen | 1893-1895 | Populist |
| Andrew Kiefer | 1893-1897 | Republican |
| Loren Fletcher | 1893-1903 | Republican |
| James McCleary | 1893-1907 | Republican |
| James Albertus Tawney | 1893-1911 | Republican |
| Charles A. Towne | 1895-1897 | Republican |
| Frank Eddy | 1895-1903 | Republican |
| Joel Heatwole | 1895-1903 | Republican |
| Robert P. Morris | 1897-1903 | Republican |
| Frederick Stevens | 1897-1915 | Republican |
| Historical Representation to the US House by Party in the 1900s from Minnesota | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 25 | |||
| Republican | 63 | |||
| Farmer-Labor | 15 | |||
| Total Representatives | 103 | |||
| Representative | Years Served | Party |
|---|---|---|
| John Lind | 1903-1905 | Democratic |
| Clarence Buckman | 1903-1907 | Republican |
| James Bede | 1903-1909 | Republican |
| Halvor Steenerson | 1903-1923 | Republican |
| Andrew Volstead | 1903-1923 | Republican |
| Charles Russell Davis | 1903-1925 | Republican |
| Loren Fletcher | 1905-1907 | Republican |
| Winfield Scott Hammond | 1907-1905 | Democratic |
| Frank Nye | 1907-1913 | Republican |
| Charles August Lindbergh | 1907-1917 | Republican |
| Clarence B. Miller | 1909-1919 | Republican |
| Sydney Anderson | 1911-1925 | Republican |
| James Manahan | 1913-1915 | Republican |
| George Ross Smith | 1913-1917 | Republican |
| Carl Van Dyke | 1915-1919 | Democratic |
| Franklin Ellsworth | 1915-1921 | Republican |
| Thomas D. Schall | 1915-1925 | Republican |
| Ernest Lundeen | 1917-1919 | Republican |
| Harold Knutson | 1917-1933 | Republican |
| William Leighton Carss | 1919-1921 | Farmer-Labor |
| Oscar Keller | 1919-1927 | Republican |
| Walter Newton | 1919-1929 | Republican |
| Oscar Larson | 1921-1925 | Republican |
| Frank Clague | 1921-1933 | Republican |
| Knud Wefald | 1923-1927 | Farmer-Labor |
| Ole J. Kvale | 1923-1929 | Farmer-Labor |
| William Leighton Carss | 1925-1929 | Farmer-Labor |
| Allen J. Furlow | 1925-1929 | Republican |
| August H. Andresen | 1925-1933 | Republican |
| Godfrey G. Goodwin | 1925-1933 | Republican |
| Melvin Maas | 1927-1933 | Republican |
| Conrad Selvig | 1927-1933 | Republican |
| Victor Christgau | 1929-1933 | Republican |
| Paul John Kvale | 1929-1933 | Farmer-Labor |
| William I. Nolan | 1929-1933 | Republican |
| William Alvin Pittenger | 1929-1933 | Republican |
| Henry M. Arens | 1933-1935 | Farmer-Labor |
| Ray P. Chase | 1933-1935 | Republican |
| Theodore Christianson | 1933-1935 | Republican |
| Einar Hoidale | 1933-1935 | Democratic |
| Magnus Johnson | 1933-1935 | Farmer-Labor |
| Harold Knutson | 1933-1935 | Republican |
| Paul John Kvale | 1933-1935 | Farmer-Labor |
| Ernest Lundeen | 1933-1935 | Republican |
| Francis Shoemaker | 1933-1935 | Farmer-Labor |
| Theodore Christianson | 1935-1937 | Republican |
| Ernest Lundeen | 1935-1937 | Republican |
| William Alvin Pittenger | 1935-1937 | Republican |
| Paul John Kvale | 1935-1939 | Farmer-Labor |
| Elmer Ryan | 1935-1941 | Democratic |
| Rich T. Buckler | 1935-1943 | Farmer-Labor |
| Melvin Maas | 1935-1945 | Republican |
| Harold Knutson | 1935-1949 | Republican |
| August H. Andresen | 1935-1958 | Republican |
| John Bernard | 1937-1939 | Farmer-Labor |
| Dewey Johnson | 1937-1939 | Farmer-Labor |
| Henry Teigan | 1937-1939 | Farmer-Labor |
| John G. Alexander | 1939-1941 | Republican |
| Oscar Youngdahl | 1939-1943 | Republican |
| William Alvin Pittenger | 1939-1947 | Republican |
| Herman Carl Andersen | 1939-1963 | Republican |
| Richard Pillsbury Gale | 1941-1945 | Republican |
| Joseph P. O'Hara | 1941-1959 | Republican |
| Harold Hagen | 1943-1945 | Farmer-Labor |
| Walter Judd | 1943-1963 | Republican |
| William Gallagher | 1945-1946 | Democratic |
| Frank Starkey | 1945-1947 | Democratic |
| Harold Hagen | 1945-1955 | Republican |
| James Mevitt | 1947-1949 | Democratic |
| George MacKinnon | 1947-1949 | Republican |
| John Blatnik | 1947-1975 | Democratic |
| Eugene McCarthy | 1949-1959 | Democratic |
| Roy Wier | 1949-1961 | Democratic |
| Fred Marshall | 1949-1963 | Democratic |
| Coya Knutson | 1955-1959 | Democratic |
| Al Quie | 1958-1979 | Republican |
| Odin Langen | 1959-1963 | Republican |
| Ancher Nelsen | 1959-1974 | Republican |
| Joseph Karth | 1959-1977 | Democratic |
| Clark MacGregor | 1961-1971 | Republican |
| Alec G. Olson | 1963-1967 | Democratic |
| Odin Langen | 1963-1971 | Republican |
| Edward D. Fraser | 1963-1979 | Republican |
| John M. Zwach | 1967-1975 | Republican |
| Robert Bergland | 1971-1977 | Democratic |
| Bill Frenzel | 1971-1991 | Republican |
| Richard Nolan | 1975-1981 | Democratic |
| Tom Hagedorn | 1975-1983 | Republican |
| James Louis Oberstar | 1975-2011 | Democratic |
| Arlan Stangeland | 1977-1991 | Republican |
| Bruce Vento | 1977-2000 | Democratic |
| Arlen Erdahl | 1979-1983 | Republican |
| Martin Olav Sabo | 1979-2007 | Democratic |
| Vin Weber | 1981-1983 | Republican |
| Gerry Sikorski | 1983-1993 | Democratic |
| Vin Weber | 1983-1993 | Republican |
| Tim Penny | 1983-1995 | Democratic |
| James M. Ramstad | 1991-2009 | Republican |
| Collin Clark Peterson | 1991-present | Democratic |
| Rod Grams | 1993-1995 | Republican |
| David Minge | 1993-2001 | Democratic |
| Bill Luther | 1995-2003 | Democratic |
| Gilbert William Gutknecht | 1995-2007 | Republican |
| Historical Representation to the US House by Party in the 2000s from Minnesota | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 4 | |||
| Republican | 6 | |||
| Total Representatives | 10 | |||
| Representative | Years Served | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Raymond Kennedy | 2001-2003 | Republican |
| Betty C. McCollum | 2001-present | Democratic |
| Mark Raymond Kennedy | 2003-2007 | Republican |
| John Paul Kline | 2003-present | Republican |
| Michele Bachmann | 2007-present | Republican |
| Keith Ellison | 2007-present | Democratic |
| Tim Walz | 2007-present | Democratic |
| Erik Paulsen | 2009-present | Republican |
| Chip Cravaack | 2011-2013 | Republican |
| Rick Nolan | 2013-present | Democratic |
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