S.n. | Governor | Term start | Party |
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1 | Henry H. Sibley | 24 May 1858 – 2 January 1860 | Democratic |
2 | Alexander Ramsey | 2 January 1860 – 10 July 1863 | Republican |
3 | Henry A. Swift | 10 July 1863 – 11 January 1864 | Republican |
4 | Stephen Miller | 11 January 1864 – 8 January 1866 | Republican |
5 | William R. Marshall | 8 January 1866 – 9 January 1870 | Republican |
6 | Horace Austin | 9 January 1870 – 7 January 1874 | Republican |
7 | Cushman K. Davis | 7 January 1874 – 7 January 1876 | Republican |
8 | John S. Pillsbury | 7 January 1876 – 10 January 1882 | Republican |
9 | Lucius F. Hubbard | 10 January 1882 – 5 January 1887 | Republican |
10 | Andrew R. McGill | 5 January 1887 – 9 January 1889 | Republican |
11 | William R. Merriam | 9 January 1889 – 9 January 1893 | Republican |
12 | Knute Nelson | 9 January 1893 – 31 January 1895 | Republican |
13 | David M. Clough | 31 January 1895 – 2 January 1899 | Republican |
14 | John Lind | 2 January 1899 – 7 January 1901 | Democratic |
15 | Samuel R. Van Sant | 7 January 1901 – 4 January 1905 | Republican |
16 | John A. Johnson | 4 January 1905 – 21 September 1909 | Democratic |
17 | Adolph O. Eberhart | 21 September 1909 – 5 January 1915 | Republican |
18 | Winfield S. Hammond | 5 January 1915 – 30 December 1915 | Democratic |
19 | J. A. A. Burnquist | 30 December 1915 – 5 January 1921 | Republican |
20 | J. A. O. Preus | 5 January 1921 – 6 January 1925 | Republican |
21 | Theodore Christianson | 6 January 1925 – 6 January 1931 | Republican |
22 | Floyd B. Olson | 6 January 1931 – 22 August 1936 | Farmer-Labor |
23 | Hjalmar Petersen | 22 August 1936 – 4 January 1937 | Farmer-Labor |
24 | Elmer A. Benson | 4 January 1937 – 2 January 1939 | Farmer-Labor |
25 | Harold E. Stassen | 2 January 1939 – 27 April 1943 | Republican |
26 | Edward J. Thye | 27 April 1943 – 8 January 1947 | Republican |
27 | Luther W. Youngdahl | 8 January 1947 – 27 September 1951 | Republican |
28 | C. Elmer Anderson | 27 September 1951 -5 January 1955 | Republican |
29 | Orville L. Freeman | 5 January 1955 – 2 January 1961 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
30 | Elmer L. Andersen | 2 January 1961 – 25 March 1963 | Republican |
31 | Karl F. Rolvaag | 25 March 1963 – 2 January 1967 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
32 | Harold LeVander | 2 January 1967 – 4 January 1971 | Republican |
33 | Wendell R. Anderson | 4 January 1971 – 29 December 1976 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
34 | Rudy Perpich | 29 December 1976 – 4 January 1979 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
35 | Al Quie | 4 January 1979 – 3 January 1983 | Independent-Republican |
36 | Rudy Perpich | 3 January 1983 – 7 January 1991 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
37 | Arne H. Carlson | 7 January 1991 – 4 January 1999 | Independent-Republican/ Republican |
38 | Jesse Ventura (James Janos)[8] | 4 January 1999 – 6 January 2003 | Reform/Independence |
39 | Tim Pawlenty | 6 January 2003 – 3 January 2011 | Republican |
40 | Mark Dayton | 3 January 2011 – 7 January 2019 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
41 | Tim Walz | 7 january 2019 – Incumbent | Democratic |