Minnesota's 2nd
State Senate district
Senator
  Paul Utke
R–Park Rapids
Demographics79.6% White
0.4% Black
2.4% Hispanic
0.5% Asian
13.8% Native American
<0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.3% Other
Population (2020)80,696

The Minnesota Senate, District 2, encompasses the North-Central part of Minnesota. It stretches from Lake of the Woods County south to the White Earth Indian Reservation. It includes all or portions of Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Otter Tail and Wadena counties. It is currently represented by Republican Paul Utke.

List of senators

Session Senator Party Term start Term end Home Location
1st Isaac van Etten[1] Democratic December 2, 1857 December 6, 1859 St. Paul Ramsey
William Sprigg Hall[2] January 7, 1861
2nd
3rd Joel K. Reiner[3] Republican January 8, 1861 January 5, 1863 Marine-on-St. Croix Chisago

Kanabec

Pine

Washington

4th
5th John McKusick[4] Non-partisan January 6, 1863 January 7, 1867 Stillwater
6th
7th
8th
9th William H.C. Folsom[5] Republican January 8, 1867 January 4, 1869 Taylors Falls
10th
11th James Nathan Castle[6] Democratic January 5, 1869 January 2, 1871 Stillwater
12th
13th Dwight May Sabin[7] Republican January 3, 1871 January 1, 1872
14th Thomas H. Everts[8] January 2, 1872 January 5, 1874 Rushford Fillmore
15th
16th Charles Henry Conkey[9] January 6, 1874 January 7, 1878 Preston
17th
18th
19th
20th James M. Wheat[10] January 8, 1878 January 3, 1877 Lenora
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th Charles G. Edwards[11] January 4, 1887 January 5, 1891 Spring Valley
26th
27th Evin D. Hammer[12] January 6, 1891 January 7, 1895 Pilot Mound
28th
29th Richard Enos Johnson January 8, 1895 January 2, 1899 Preston
30th
31st Patrick Fitzpatrick[13] Democratic January 3, 1899 August 31, 1908[14] Winona Winona
32nd
33rd
34th
35th
Vacant August 31, 1908 January 5, 1909
36th George H. French[15] Republican January 5, 1909 January 2, 1911 St. Charles
37th M.J. McGrath[16] Democratic January 3, 1911 January 4, 1915 Winona
38th
39th Samuel M. Knopp[17] January 5, 1915 January 6, 1919
40th
41st Herbert W. Kingsbury[18] Non-partisan January 7, 1919 January 1, 1923
42nd
43rd John Frisch[19] January 2, 1923 January 3, 1927 St. Charles
44th
45th Henry Steen[20] Democratic January 4, 1927 July 27, 1928[21] Winona
Vacant July 27, 1928 January 4, 1929
46th Frederick H. Rollins[22] Non-partisan January 4, 1929 January 7, 1935 St. Charles
47th
48th
49th Michael J. Galvin, Sr.[23] January 8, 1935 January 6, 1947 Winona
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
54th
55th Len Dernek[24] January 7, 1947 January 1, 1951
56th
Jim Keller[25] Conservative January 2, 1951 January 7, 1963 Rollingstone
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd Roger A. Laufenburger Liberal January 8, 1963 January 2, 1973 Lewiston Olmsted

Wabasha

Winona

64th
65th
66th
67th
68th Roger D. Moe[26] DFL January 2, 1973 January 7, 2003 Erskine Becker

Beltrami

Clearwater

Hubbard

Lake of the Woods

Mahnomen

Norman

Otter Tail

Pennington

Polk

Wadena

69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd Rod Skoe[27] January 3, 2003 January 3, 2017 Clearbrook
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th Paul Utke[28] Rep January 3, 2017 Incumbent Park Rapids

References

  1. ^ "Van Etten, Isaac - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  2. ^ "Hall, William Sprigg "Wm." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  3. ^ "Reiner, Joel K. "J.K." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  4. ^ "McKusick, John - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  5. ^ "Folsom, William Henry Carman "W.H.C." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  6. ^ "Castle, James Nathan "J.N." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  7. ^ "Sabin, Dwight May "D.M." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  8. ^ "Everts, Thomas H. "T.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  9. ^ "Conkey, Charles Henry "C.H., C.A." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  10. ^ "Wheat, James M. "J.M." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  11. ^ "Edwards, Charles G. "C.G., G.C." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  12. ^ "Hammer, Evin D. "E.D." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  13. ^ "Fitzpatrick, Patrick - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  14. ^ Died
  15. ^ "French, George H. "Geo. D., Geo. H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  16. ^ "McGrath, M. J. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  17. ^ "Knopp, Samuel M. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  18. ^ "Kingsbury, Herbert W. "H.W." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  19. ^ "Frisch, John - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  20. ^ "Steen, Henry - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  21. ^ Died
  22. ^ "Rollins, Frederick H. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  23. ^ "Galvin, Sr., Michael J. "M.J." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  24. ^ "Dernek, Leonard W. "L.W., Len" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  25. ^ "Keller, James R. "Jim, J.R." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  26. ^ "Moe, Roger D. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  27. ^ "Skoe, Rod - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".
  28. ^ "Utke, Paul J. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1911. Minnesota Secretary of State. 1911. 493.

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