No.
|
Governor
|
Term in office
|
Party
|
Election
|
Lt. Governor[e]
|
1
|
|
|
Henry Hastings Sibley (1811–1891) [22][23]
|
May 24, 1858[24] – January 2, 1860 (did not run)
|
Democratic
|
1857
|
|
William Holcombe
|
2
|
|
|
Alexander Ramsey (1815–1903) [26][4]
|
January 2, 1860[27] – July 10, 1863 (resigned)[f]
|
Republican
|
1859
|
|
Ignatius L. Donnelly
|
1861
|
Henry Adoniram Swift
|
3
|
|
Henry Adoniram Swift (1823–1869) [30][31]
|
July 10, 1863[32] – January 13, 1864 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
|
Vacant
|
4
|
|
Stephen Miller (1816–1881) [35][36]
|
January 13, 1864[g] – January 8, 1866 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1863
|
|
Charles D. Sherwood
|
5
|
|
William Rainey Marshall (1825–1896) [39][40]
|
January 8, 1866[41] – January 7, 1870 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1865
|
Thomas H. Armstrong
|
1867
|
6
|
|
Horace Austin (1831–1905) [43][44]
|
January 7, 1870[45] – January 9, 1874 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1869
|
William H. Yale
|
1871
|
7
|
|
Cushman Kellogg Davis (1838–1900) [47][48]
|
January 9, 1874[49] – January 7, 1876 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1873
|
Alphonso Barto
|
8
|
|
John S. Pillsbury (1827–1901) [51][52]
|
January 7, 1876[53] – January 9, 1882 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1875
|
James Wakefield
|
1877
|
1879
|
Charles A. Gilman
|
9
|
|
Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836–1913) [55][56]
|
January 9, 1882[57] – January 5, 1887 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1881
|
1883
|
10
|
|
Andrew Ryan McGill (1840–1905) [59][60]
|
January 5, 1887[61] – January 9, 1889 (lost nomination)
|
Republican
|
1886
|
Albert E. Rice
|
11
|
|
William Rush Merriam (1849–1931) [63][64]
|
January 9, 1889[65] – January 4, 1893 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1888
|
1890
|
Gideon S. Ives
|
12
|
|
Knute Nelson (1843–1923) [67][68]
|
January 4, 1893[69] – January 31, 1895 (resigned)[h]
|
Republican
|
1892
|
David Marston Clough
|
1894
|
13
|
|
David Marston Clough (1846–1924) [71][72]
|
January 31, 1895[73] – January 2, 1899 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
|
Vacant
|
1896
|
|
John L. Gibbs
|
14
|
|
|
John Lind (1854–1930) [75][76]
|
January 2, 1899[77] – January 7, 1901 (lost election)
|
Democratic[i]
|
1898
|
Lyndon A. Smith[j]
|
15
|
|
|
Samuel Rinnah Van Sant (1844–1936) [80][81]
|
January 7, 1901[82] – January 4, 1905 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1900
|
1902
|
Ray W. Jones[j]
|
16
|
|
|
John Albert Johnson (1861–1909) [84][85]
|
January 4, 1905[86] – September 21, 1909 (died in office)
|
Democratic
|
1904
|
1906
|
Adolph Olson Eberhart[j]
|
1908
|
17
|
|
|
Adolph Olson Eberhart (1870–1944) [88][89]
|
September 21, 1909[90] – January 6, 1915 (lost nomination)[k]
|
Republican
|
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
|
Vacant
|
1910
|
|
Samuel Y. Gordon
|
1912
|
Joseph A. A. Burnquist[j]
|
18
|
|
|
Winfield Scott Hammond (1863–1915) [93][94]
|
January 6, 1915[95] – December 30, 1915 (died in office)
|
Democratic
|
1914
|
19
|
|
|
Joseph A. A. Burnquist (1879–1961) [97][98]
|
December 30, 1915[99] – January 5, 1921 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
|
Vacant
|
1916
|
|
Thomas Frankson
|
1918
|
20
|
|
J. A. O. Preus (1883–1961) [101][102]
|
January 5, 1921[103] – January 7, 1925 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1920
|
Louis L. Collins
|
1922
|
21
|
|
Theodore Christianson (1883–1948) [105][106]
|
January 7, 1925[107] – January 7, 1931 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1924
|
William I. Nolan
|
1926
|
1928
|
Charles Edward Adams
|
22
|
|
|
Floyd B. Olson (1891–1936) [109][110]
|
January 7, 1931[111] – August 22, 1936 (died in office)
|
Farmer-Labor
|
1930
|
|
Henry M. Arens
|
1932
|
Konrad K. Solberg
|
1934
|
Hjalmar Petersen
|
23
|
|
Hjalmar Petersen (1890–1968) [113][114]
|
August 22, 1936[115] – January 4, 1937 (did not run)
|
Farmer-Labor
|
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
|
Vacant
|
24
|
|
Elmer Austin Benson (1895–1985) [117][118]
|
January 4, 1937[119] – January 3, 1939 (lost election)
|
Farmer-Labor
|
1936
|
|
Gottfrid Lindsten
|
25
|
|
|
Harold Stassen (1907–2001) [121][122]
|
January 3, 1939[123] – April 27, 1943 (resigned)[l]
|
Republican
|
1938
|
|
C. Elmer Anderson
|
1940
|
1942
|
Edward John Thye
|
26
|
|
Edward John Thye (1896–1969) [125][126]
|
April 27, 1943[127] – January 8, 1947 (did not run)[m]
|
Republican
|
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
|
Vacant
|
1944
|
|
C. Elmer Anderson
|
27
|
|
Luther Youngdahl (1896–1978) [129][130]
|
January 8, 1947[131] – September 27, 1951 (resigned)[n]
|
Republican
|
1946
|
1948
|
1950
|
28
|
|
C. Elmer Anderson (1912–1998) [133][134]
|
September 27, 1951[135] – January 5, 1955 (lost election)
|
Republican
|
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
|
Vacant
|
1952
|
|
Ancher Nelsen
|
Donald O. Wright
|
29
|
|
|
Orville Freeman (1918–2003) [137][138]
|
January 5, 1955[139] – January 4, 1961 (lost election)
|
Democratic- Farmer-Labor
|
1954
|
|
Karl Rolvaag[o]
|
1956
|
1958
|
30
|
|
|
Elmer L. Andersen (1909–2004) [141][142]
|
January 4, 1961[143] – March 25, 1963 (lost election)[p]
|
Republican
|
1960
|
31
|
|
|
Karl Rolvaag (1913–1990) [145][146]
|
March 25, 1963[147] – January 2, 1967 (lost election)
|
Democratic- Farmer-Labor
|
1962
|
Sandy Keith
|
32
|
|
|
Harold LeVander (1910–1992) [149][150]
|
January 2, 1967[151] – January 4, 1971 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1966
|
|
James B. Goetz
|
33
|
|
|
Wendell R. Anderson (1933–2016) [153][154]
|
January 4, 1971[155] – December 29, 1976 (resigned)[q]
|
Democratic- Farmer-Labor
|
1970
|
|
Rudy Perpich
|
1974
|
34
|
|
Rudy Perpich (1928–1995) [157][158]
|
December 29, 1976[159] – January 1, 1979 (lost election)
|
Democratic- Farmer-Labor[158]
|
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
|
Alec G. Olson
|
35
|
|
|
Al Quie (1923–2023) [160][161]
|
January 1, 1979[162] – January 3, 1983 (did not run)
|
Independent- Republican[161]
|
1978
|
|
Lou Wangberg
|
36
|
|
|
Rudy Perpich (1928–1995) [157][158]
|
January 3, 1983[163] – January 7, 1991 (lost election)
|
Democratic- Farmer-Labor[158]
|
1982
|
|
Marlene Johnson
|
1986
|
37
|
|
|
Arne Carlson (b. 1934) [164][165]
|
January 7, 1991[166] – January 4, 1999 (did not run)
|
Independent- Republican[165]
|
1990
|
|
Joanell Dyrstad
|
1994
|
Joanne Benson
|
38
|
|
|
Jesse Ventura (b. 1951) [167][168]
|
January 4, 1999[169] – January 6, 2003 (did not run)
|
Reform/ Independence[r]
|
1998
|
|
Mae Schunk
|
39
|
|
|
Tim Pawlenty (b. 1960) [171][172]
|
January 6, 2003[173] – January 3, 2011 (did not run)
|
Republican[172]
|
2002
|
|
Carol Molnau
|
2006
|
40
|
|
|
Mark Dayton (b. 1947) [174][175]
|
January 3, 2011[176] – January 7, 2019 (did not run)
|
Democratic- Farmer-Labor[175]
|
2010
|
|
Yvonne Prettner Solon
|
2014
|
Tina Smith
|
|
Michelle Fischbach[j]
|
41
|
|
Tim Walz (b. 1964) [177]
|
January 7, 2019[178] – Incumbent[s]
|
Democratic- Farmer-Labor[177]
|
2018
|
|
Peggy Flanagan
|
2022
|