Minnesota was admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858.
As of July 7, 2009, Minnesota has had 40 senators serve in the US Senate.
Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Notes | |
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Henry Mower Rice | Democratic | May 11, 1858 | March 4, 1863 | Retired | ||
Alexander Ramsey | Republican | March 4, 1863 | March 4, 1875 | Secretary of War (1879–1881) Governor of Minnesota (1860–1863) Governor of Minnesota Territory (1849–1853) | ||
Samuel J. R. McMillan | Republican | March 4, 1875 | March 4, 1887 | Retired | Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1874–1875) | |
Cushman K. Davis | Republican | March 4, 1887 | November 27, 1900 | Died | Governor of Minnesota (1874–1875) | |
Charles A. Towne | Democratic | December 5, 1900 | January 23, 1901 | Successor qualified | ||
Moses E. Clapp | Republican | January 23, 1901 | March 4, 1917 | Lost renomination | Minnesota Attorney General (1887–1893) | |
Frank B. Kellogg | Republican | March 4, 1917 | March 4, 1923 | Lost re-election | U.S. Secretary of State (1925–1929) Ambassador to Great Britain (1923–1925) Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1929) | |
Henrik Shipstead | Farmer-Labor | March 4, 1923 | January 3, 1947 | Lost renomination | ||
Republican | ||||||
Edward John Thye | Republican | January 3, 1947 | January 3, 1959 | Lost re-election | Governor of Minnesota (1943–1947) Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota (1943) | |
Eugene McCarthy | Democratic- Farmer-Labor | January 3, 1959 | January 3, 1971 | Retired | ||
Hubert Humphrey | Democratic- Farmer-Labor | January 3, 1971 | January 13, 1978 | Died | Vice President of the United States (1965–1969) Deputy President pro tempore (1977–1978) Majority Whip (1961–1964) Also served in Minnesota's class II seat | |
Muriel Humphrey | Democratic- Farmer-Labor | January 25, 1978 | November 7, 1978 | Successor qualified | ||
David Durenberger | Republican | November 7, 1978 | January 3, 1995 | Retired | Censured (1990) | |
Rod Grams | Republican | January 3, 1995 | January 3, 2001 | Lost re-election | ||
Mark Dayton | Democratic- Farmer-Labor | January 3, 2001 | January 3, 2007 | Retired | ||
Amy Klobuchar | Democratic- Farmer-Labor | January 3, 2007 | Incumbent |
Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Notes | |
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James Shields | Democratic | May 11, 1858 | March 4, 1859 | Lost re-election | Also a senator from Illinois and Missouri | |
Morton S. Wilkinson | Republican | March 4, 1859 | March 4, 1865 | Lost re-election | ||
Daniel S. Norton | Republican | March 4, 1865 | July 13, 1870 | Died | ||
William Windom | Republican | July 15, 1870 | January 22, 1871 | Successor qualified | Secretary of the Treasury (1881; 1889–1891) | |
Ozora P. Stearns | Republican | January 23, 1871 | March 4, 1871 | Retired | ||
William Windom | Republican | March 4, 1871 | March 7, 1881 | Resigned | Secretary of the Treasury (1881; 1889–1891) | |
Alonzo J. Edgerton | Republican | March 12, 1881 | October 30, 1881 | Successor qualified | ||
William Windom | Republican | November 15, 1881 | March 4, 1883 | Lost re-election | Secretary of the Treasury (1881; 1889–1891) | |
Dwight M. Sabin | Republican | March 4, 1883 | March 4, 1889 | Lost renomination | ||
William D. Washburn | Republican | March 4, 1889 | March 4, 1895 | Lost re-election | ||
Knute Nelson | Republican | March 4, 1895 | April 28, 1923 | Died | Governor of Minnesota (1893–1895) | |
Magnus Johnson | Farmer-Labor | July 16, 1923 | March 4, 1925 | Lost re-election | ||
Thomas D. Schall | Republican | March 4, 1925 | December 22, 1935 | Died | ||
Elmer A. Benson | Farmer-Labor | March 27, 1935 | November 3, 1936 | Retired | Governor of Minnesota (1937–1939) | |
Guy V. Howard | Republican | November 4, 1936 | January 3, 1937 | Retired | ||
Ernest Lundeen | Farmer-Labor | January 3, 1937 | August 31, 1940 | Died | ||
Joseph H. Ball | Republican | October 14, 1940 | November 3, 1942 | Successor qualified | ||
Arthur E. Nelson | Republican | November 18, 1942 | January 3, 1943 | Retired | ||
Joseph H. Ball | Republican | January 3, 1943 | January 3, 1949 | Lost re-election | ||
Hubert Humphrey | Democratic- Farmer-Labor | January 3, 1949 | December 29, 1964 | Resigned | Vice President of the United States (1965–1969) Deputy President pro tempore (1977–1978) Majority Whip (1961–1964) Also served in Minnesota's class I seat | |
Walter Mondale | Democratic- Farmer-Labor | December 30, 1964 | December 30, 1976 | Resigned | Vice President of the United States (1977–1981) Ambassador to Japan (1993–1996) Minnesota Attorney General (1960–1964) | |
Wendell Anderson | Democratic- Farmer-Labor | December 30, 1976 | December 29, 1978 | Resigned | Governor of Minnesota (1971–1976) | |
Rudy Boschwitz | Republican | December 30, 1978 | January 3, 1991 | Lost re-election | ||
Paul Wellstone | Democratic- Farmer-Labor | January 3, 1991 | October 25, 2002 | Died | ||
Dean Barkley | Independence | November 12, 2002 | January 3, 2003 | Interim appointment | ||
Norm Coleman | Republican | January 3, 2003 | January 3, 2009 | Lost re-election | ||
The seat was vacant January 3 2009 - July 7, 2009 because of the result of the election was disputed | ||||||
Al Franken | Democratic- Farmer-Labor | July 7, 2009 | January 2, 2018 | Resigned | ||
Tina Smith | Democratic- Farmer-Labor | January 3, 2018 |
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