United States congressional delegations from Minnesota

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These are tables of congressional delegations from Minnesota to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.

1 United States Senate
2 House of Representatives
- 2.1 Delegates from the Minnesota Territory
- 2.2 Members from the State of Minnesota
3 Key

[edit] United States Senate

See also: List of United States Senators from Minnesota

Class 1 Senators	Congress	Class 2 Senators
Henry Mower Rice^A (D)	35th (1857 – 1859)	James Shields^B (D)
	36th (1859 – 1861)	Morton S. Wilkinson (R)
	37th (1861 – 1863)
Alexander Ramsey (R)	38th (1863 – 1865)
	39th (1865 – 1867)	Daniel S. Norton¹ (R)
	40th (1867 – 1869)
	41st (1869 – 1871)
		William Windom¹ (R)
		Ozora P. Stearns¹ (R)
	42nd (1871 – 1873)	William Windom² (R)
	43rd (1873 – 1875)
Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)	44th (1875 – 1877)
	45th (1877 – 1879)
	46th (1879 – 1881)
	47th (1881 – 1883)	Alonzo J. Edgerton² (R)
	47th (1881 – 1883)	William Windom² (R)
	48th (1883 – 1885)	Dwight M. Sabin (R)
	49th (1885 – 1887)
Cushman K. Davis³ (R)	50th (1887 – 1889)
	51st (1889 – 1891)	William D. Washburn (R)
	52nd (1891 – 1893)
	53rd (1893 – 1895)
	54th (1895 – 1897)	Knute Nelson ⁴(R)
	55th (1897 – 1899)
	56th (1899 – 1901)
Charles A. Towne³ (D)
Moses E. Clapp³ (R)
	57th (1901 – 1903)
	58th (1903 – 1905)
	59th (1905 – 1907)
	60th (1907 – 1909)
	61st (1909 – 1911)
	62nd (1911 – 1913)
	63rd (1913 – 1915)
	64th (1915 – 1917)
Frank B. Kellogg (R)	65th (1917 – 1919)
	66th (1919 – 1921)
	67th (1921 – 1923)
Henrik Shipstead (FLP)	68th (1923 – 1925)
	68th (1923 – 1925)	Magnus Johnson ⁴ (FLP)
	69th (1925 – 1927)	Thomas D. Schall⁵ (R)
	70th (1927 – 1929)
	71st (1929 – 1931)
	72nd (1931 – 1933)
	73rd (1933 – 1935)
	74th (1935 – 1937)
		Elmer Benson⁵ (FLP)
		Guy V. Howard⁵ (R)
	75th (1937 – 1939)	Ernest Lundeen ⁶ (FLP)
	76th (1939 – 1941)	Ernest Lundeen ⁶ (FLP)
	76th (1939 – 1941)	Joseph H. Ball ⁶ (R)
Henrik Shipstead (R)	77th (1941 – 1943)	Joseph H. Ball ⁶ (R)
	77th (1941 – 1943)	Arthur E. Nelson ⁶ (R)
	78th (1943 – 1945)	Joseph H. Ball (R)
	79th (1945 – 1947)
Edward John Thye (R)	80th (1947 – 1949)
	81st (1949 – 1951)	Hubert Humphrey⁷ (DFL)
	82nd (1951 – 1953)
	83rd (1953 – 1955)
	84th (1955 – 1957)
	85th (1957 – 1959)
Eugene McCarthy (DFL)	86th (1959 – 1961)
	87th (1961 – 1963)
	88th (1963 – 1965)
	88th (1963 – 1965)	Walter Mondale^7,8 (DFL)
	89th (1965 – 1967)
	90th (1967 – 1969)
	91st (1969 – 1971)
Hubert Humphrey⁹ (DFL)	92nd (1971 – 1973)
	93rd (1973 – 1975)
	94th (1975 – 1977)
	94th (1975 – 1977)	Wendell Anderson⁸ (DFL)
	95th (1977 – 1979)
Muriel Humphrey⁹ (DFL)
David Durenberger⁹ (R)		Rudy Boschwitz⁸ (R)
	96th (1979 – 1981)
	97th (1981 – 1983)
	98th (1983 – 1985)
	99th (1985 – 1987)
	100th (1987 – 1989)
	101st (1989 – 1991)
	102nd (1991 – 1993)	Paul Wellstone¹⁰ (DFL)
	103rd (1993 – 1995)
Rod Grams (R)	104th (1995 – 1997)
	105th (1997 – 1999)
	106th (1999 – 2001)
Mark Dayton (DFL)	107th (2001 – 2003)
	107th (2001 – 2003)	Dean Barkley¹⁰ (I)
	108th (2003 – 2005)	Norm Coleman (R)
	109th (2005 – 2007)
Amy Klobuchar (DFL)	110th (2007 – 2009)

^ARice served from May 11, 1858 (date Minnesota enter the Union) until the end of the term March 3, 1863.
^BShields served from May 11, 1858 (date Minnesota enter the Union) until the end of the term March 3, 1859.
¹ Norton served until his death on July 13, 1870. William Windom was appointed to fill the vacancy and served from July 1870 to January 1871. Stearns was elected to fill the term from January 1871 to March 3, 1871.
²Windom resigned his senate seat March 7, 1881 to become United States Secretary of the Treasury. Edgerton was appointed to the senate seat and served from March 12, 1881 to October 30, 1881. Windom resigned as United States Secretary of the Treasury and was elected to fill the vancy caused by his own resignation. He served the reminder of the term from November 15, 1881 to March 3, 1883.
³Cushman K. Davis served until his death on November 27, 1900. Charles A. Towne was appointed to fill the vacancy and served from December 5, 1900 – January 28, 1901. Clapp was elected to finished the term to March 3, 1905
⁴Knute Nelson served until his death on April 28, 1923. Magnus Johnson was elected to fill the vacancy and served from July 16, 1923 – March 3, 1925.
⁵Thomas D. Schall served until his death on December 22, 1935. Elmer Benson was appointed to the vacancy and served from December 27, 1935 to November 3, 1936. Guy Howard was elected November 4, 1936 to finish out the term to January 3, 1937.
⁶Ernest Lundeen served until his death on August 31, 1940. Joseph Ball was appointed to the vacancy and served from October 14, 1940 to November 17, 1942. Arthur Nelson was elected in November of 1942 to finish out the term to January 3, 1943.
⁷Hubert Humphrey resigned on December 30, 1964 in order to take the office of Vice President. Walter Mondale was appointed on December 30, 1964 to fill the vacancy in the Senate.
⁸Walter Mondale resigned on December 30, 1976 in order to take the office of Vice President. Wendell Anderson resigned as Governor and was appointed on December 30, 1976 to fill the vacancy in the Senate. Anderson lost the 1978 election and resigned early on December 29, 1978. Rudy Boschwitz was appointed on December 30, 1978 to finish the term on January 3, 1979. Boschwitz than began his own term on January 3, 1979
⁹Hubert Humphrey served until his death on January 13, 1978. Muriel Humphrey was appointed to fill the vacancy and served until a special November 1978 election in which David Durenberger won and finished out the term.
¹⁰Paul Wellstone served until his death on October 25, 2002. Dean Barkley served from November 5, 2002 to January 3, 2003.

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] Delegates from the Minnesota Territory

Congress	Delegate
31st(1849 – 1850)	Henry Hastings Sibley
32nd(1851 – 1852)	Henry Hastings Sibley
33rd(1853 – 1854)	Henry Mower Rice
34th(1855 – 1856)	Henry Mower Rice
35th(1857 – 1858)	William W. Kingsbury

[edit] Members from the State of Minnesota

See also: List of United States Representatives from Minnesota

Congress	State-wide at-large on a general ticket
Congress	1st seat	2nd seat
35th (1857–1859)	James M. Cavanaugh	William Wallace Phelps
36th (1859–1861)	William Windom	Cyrus Aldrich
37th (1861–1863)	William Windom	Cyrus Aldrich
	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
38th (1863–1865)	William Windom	Ignatius L. Donnelly	no 3rd district	no 4th district	no 5th district	no 6th district	no 7th district	no 8th district	no 9th district	no 10th district
39th (1865–1867)
40th (1867–1869)
41st (1869–1871)	Morton S. Wilkinson	Eugene McLanahan Wilson
42nd (1871–1873)	Mark H. Dunnell	John T. Averill
43rd (1873–1875)		Horace B. Strait	John T. Averill
44th (1875–1877)			William S. King
45th (1877–1879)			Jacob H. Stewart
46th (1879–1881)		Henry Poehler	William D. Washburn
47th (1881–1883)		Horace B. Strait	William D. Washburn
48th (1883–1885)	Milo White	James Wakefield	Horace B. Strait	William D. Washburn	Knute Nelson
49th (1885–1887)	Milo White	James Wakefield	Horace B. Strait	John Gilfillan
50th (1887–1889)	Thomas Wilson	John Lind	John L. MacDonald	Edmund Rice
51st (1889–1891)	Mark H. Dunnell		Darwin Hall	Samuel Snider	Solomon Comstock
52nd (1891–1893)	William H. Harries		Osee M. Hall	James Castle	Kittel Halvorson
53rd (1893–1895)	James Albertus Tawney	James McCleary	Osee M. Hall	Andrew Kiefer	Loren Fletcher	Melvin Baldwin	Haldor Boen
54th (1895–1897)			Joel Heatwole	Andrew Kiefer		Charles A. Towne	Frank Eddy
55th (1897–1899)				Frederick Stevens		Robert P. Morris
56th (1899–1901)
57th (1901–1903)
58th (1903–1905)			Charles Russell Davis		John Lind	Clarence Buckman	Andrew Volstead	James Adam Bede	Halvor Steenerson
59th (1905–1907)					Loren Fletcher	Clarence Buckman
60th (1907–1909)		Winfield Scott Hammond			Frank Nye	Charles Lindbergh
61st (1909–1911)								Clarence B. Miller
62nd (1911–1913)	Sydney Anderson
63rd (1913–1915)					George Ross Smith
64th (1915–1917)		Franklin Ellsworth		Carl Van Dyke¹	George Ross Smith					Thomas D. Schall
65th (1917–1919)				Carl Van Dyke¹	Ernest Lundeen	Harold Knutson
66th (1919–1921)				Oscar Keller³	Walter Newton²			William Leighton Carss
67th (1921–1923)		Frank Clague						Oscar Larson
68th (1923–1925)							Ole J. Kvale¹	Oscar Larson	Knud Wefald
69th (1925–1927)	Allen J. Furlow		August H. Andresen					William Leighton Carss	Knud Wefald	Godfrey G. Goodwin¹
70th (1927–1929)	Allen J. Furlow			Melvin Maas				William Leighton Carss	Conrad Selvig
71st (1929–1931)	Victor Christgau				William I. Nolan³		Paul John Kvale³	William Pittenger
72nd (1931–1933)	Victor Christgau				William I. Nolan³		Paul John Kvale³	William Pittenger
	State-wide at-large on a general ticket									no 10th district
	1st seat	2nd seat	3rd seat	4th seat	5th seat	6th seat	7th seat	8th seat	9th seat
73rd (1933–1935)	Henry M. Arens	Ray P. Chase	Theodore Christianson	Einar Hoidale	Magnus Johnson	Harold Knutson	Paul John Kvale	Ernest Lundeen	Francis Shoemaker
	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
74th (1935–1937)	August H. Andresen¹	Elmer Ryan	Ernest Lundeen	Melvin Maas	Theodore Christianson	Harold Knutson	Paul John Kvale	William Pittenger	Rich T. Buckler
75th (1937–1939)			Henry Teigan		Dewey Johnson		Paul John Kvale	John Bernard
76th (1939–1941)			John G. Alexander		Oscar Youngdahl		H. Carl Andersen	William Pittenger
77th (1941–1943)		Joseph P. O'Hara	Richard Pillsbury Gale		Oscar Youngdahl
78th (1943–1945)			Richard Pillsbury Gale		Walter Judd				Harold Hagen
79th (1945–1947)			William Gallagher¹	Frank Starkey					Harold Hagen
80th (1947–1949)			George MacKinnon	Edward Devitt				John Blatnik
81st (1949–1951)			Roy Wier	Eugene McCarthy		Fred Marshall
82nd (1951–1953)
83rd (1953–1955)
84th (1955–1957)									Coya Knutson
85th (1957–1959)									Coya Knutson
86th (1959–1961)	Al Quie³	Ancher Nelsen		Joseph Karth					Odin Langen
87th (1961–1963)			Clark MacGregor						Odin Langen
88th (1963–1965)					Donald M. Fraser	Alec Olson	Odin Langen		no 9th district
89th (1965–1967)						Alec Olson
90th (1967–1969)						John Zwach
91st (1969–1971)
92nd (1971–1973)			Bill Frenzel				Robert Bergland²
93rd (1973–1975)
94th (1975–1977)		Tom Hagedorn				Richard Nolan		Jim Oberstar
95th (1977–1979)				Bruce Vento¹			Arlan Stangeland³
96th (1979–1981)	Arlen Erdahl				Martin Olav Sabo
97th (1981–1983)	Arlen Erdahl					Vin Weber
98th (1983–1985)	Tim Penny	Vin Weber				Gerry Sikorski
99th (1985–1987)
100th (1987–1989)
101st (1989–1991)
102nd (1991–1993)			Jim Ramstad				Collin Peterson
103rd (1993–1995)		David Minge				Rod Grams
104th (1995–1997)	Gil Gutknecht					Bill Luther
105th (1997–1999)
106th (1999–2001)
107th (2001–2003)		Mark Kennedy		Betty McCollum
108th (2003–2005)		John Kline				Mark Kennedy
109th (2005–2007)						Mark Kennedy
110th (2007–2009)	Tim Walz				Keith Ellison	Michele Bachmann

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¹ Died in office
² Resigned
³ Elected to fill vacancy

This is a key to party colors and abbreviations for Members of the U.S. Congress:

American (Know-Nothing) (K-N)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Adams (A)/ Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)/ National Republican (NR)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Democratic (D)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer-Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)

Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Greenback (GB)
Independent / Unaffiliated or changed during term
Jacksonian (J)
Non-Partisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition (O)

Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh.)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Whig (W)

Party abbreviations or full names must be retained for universal visual access.

v • d • e Minnesota's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators	Norm Coleman (R), Amy Klobuchar (DFL)

Representative(s)	Tim Walz (DFL), John Kline (R), Jim Ramstad (R), Betty McCollum (DFL), Keith Ellison (DFL), Michele Bachmann (R), Collin Peterson (DFL), Jim Oberstar (DFL)

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Non-voting delegations	American Samoa • District of Columbia • Guam • Puerto Rico • U.S. Virgin Islands

v • d • e Lists of United States congressional delegations (lists of former House members, lists of former Senators)

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Territories	American Samoa · District of Columbia · Guam · Puerto Rico · Virgin Islands

Obsolete	Dakota Territory · Northwest Territory · Orleans Territory · Philippines