Don Samuelson
8th President of the Minnesota Senate
In office
January 3, 2001 – January 6, 2003
Preceded byAllan Spear
Succeeded byJames Metzen
Minnesota State Senator
In office
January 1983 – January 5, 2003
Succeeded byPaul Koering
Minnesota State Representative
In office
January 1969 – January 1983
Personal details
Born (1932-08-23) August 23, 1932 (age 91)
Brainerd, Minnesota
Political partyDemocratic-Farmer-Labor Party
SpouseNancy
ChildrenSteve, Chris, Paula, and Laurie
ResidenceBrainerd, Minnesota
OccupationBricklayer

Donald B. Samuelson (born August 23, 1932, in Brainerd, Minnesota) is a Minnesota legislator and a former President of the Minnesota Senate. A bricklayer by trade, Samuelson was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1968, where he served seven terms. In November 1982, he won election to the Minnesota Senate.

In the Senate, Samuelson served as chair of the Health and Human Services Finance subcommittee, and in 2001, he was selected to serve as the body's president.

Samuelson retired from the legislature in 2003.[1]

References

  1. ^ Minnesota Legislators Past and Present
Political offices Preceded byAllan Spear President of the Minnesota Senate 2001–2003 Succeeded byJames Metzen


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