List of United States Senators from Minnesota

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List of United States Senators from Minnesota

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. Its current Senators are Democrats Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken.

1 Class 1
2 Class 2
3 List of currently living Past Senators
4 See also

Class 1

#	Senator us	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Henry Mower Rice	Democratic	May 11, 1858 – March 4, 1863	35	1	Elected in 1858 Retired
				36
				37
2	Alexander Ramsey	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1875	38	2	Elected in 1863
				39
				40
				41	3	Elected in 1869 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				42
				43
3	Samuel J. R. McMillan	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1887	44	4	Elected in 1875
				45
				46
				47	5	Elected in 1881 Retired
				48
				49
4	Cushman Davis	Republican	March 4, 1887 – November 27, 1900	50	6	Elected in 1887
				51
				52
				53	7	Elected in 1893
				54
				55
				56	8	Elected in 1899 Died
Vacant			November 27, 1900 – December 5, 1900
5	Charles A. Towne	Democratic	December 5, 1900 – January 23, 1901			Appointed to continue Davis's term Successor qualified
6	Moses E. Clapp	Republican	January 23, 1901 – March 4, 1917	56 (Continued)		Elected to finish Davis's term
				57
				58
				59	9	Re-elected in 1904
				60
				61
				62	10	Re-elected in 1910 Lost renomination
				63
				64
7	Frank B. Kellogg	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1923	65	11	Elected in 1916 Lost re-election
				66
				67
8	Henrik Shipstead	Farmer-Labor	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1947	68	12	Elected in 1922
				69
				70
				71	13	Re-elected in 1928
				72
				73
				74	14	Re-elected in 1934
				75
				76
		Republican		77	15	Re-elected in 1940 Lost renomination
				78
				79
9	Edward John Thye	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	80	16	Elected in 1946
				81
				82
				83	17	Re-elected in 1952 Lost re-election
				84
				85
10	Eugene McCarthy	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971	86	18	Elected in 1958
				87
				88
				89	19	Re-elected in 1964 Retired
				90
				91
11	Hubert Humphrey	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1971 – January 13, 1978	92	20	Elected in 1970
				93
				94
				95	21	Re-elected in 1976 Died
Vacant			January 13, 1978 – January 25, 1978
12	Muriel Humphrey	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 25, 1978 – November 7, 1978			Appointed to continue her husband's term Successor qualified
13	David Durenberger	Republican	November 7, 1978 – January 3, 1995	95 (Continued)		Elected to finish Humphrey's term
				96
				97
				98	22	Re-elected in 1982
				99
				100
				101	23	Re-elected in 1988 Retired
				102
				103
14	Rod Grams	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001	104	24	Elected in 1994 Lost re-election
				105
				106
15	Mark Dayton	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007	107	25	Elected in 2000 Retired
				108
				109
16	Amy Klobuchar	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 3, 2007 – Present	110	26	Elected in 2006
				111
				112
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 2

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	James Shields	Democratic	May 11, 1858 – March 4, 1859	35	1	Elected in 1858 Lost re-election
2	Morton S. Wilkinson	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1865	36	2	Elected in 1859 Lost re-election
				37
				38
3	Daniel S. Norton	Republican	March 4, 1865 – July 13, 1870	39	3	Elected in 1865 Died
				40
				41
Vacant			July 13, 1870 – July 15, 1870
4	William Windom	Republican	July 15, 1870 – January 22, 1871			Appointed to continue Norton's term Successor qualified
5	Ozora P. Stearns	Republican	January 23, 1871 – March 4, 1871	41 (Continued)		Elected to finish Norton's term Retired
6	William Windom	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 7, 1881	42	4	Elected in 1871
				43
				44
				45	5	Re-elected in 1877 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
				46
				47
Vacant			March 7, 1881 – March 12, 1881
7	Alonzo J. Edgerton	Republican	March 12, 1881 – October 30, 1881			Appointed to continue Windom's term Successor qualified
Vacant			October 30, 1881 – November 15, 1881
8	William Windom	Republican	November 15, 1881 – March 4, 1883			Elected to finish his own term Lost election to full term
9	Dwight M. Sabin	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1889	48	6	Elected in 1883 Lost renomination
				49
				50
10	William D. Washburn	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1895	51	7	Elected in 1888 Lost re-election
				52
				53
11	Knute Nelson	Republican	March 4, 1895 – April 28, 1923	54	8	Elected in 1895
				55
				56
				57	9	Re-elected in 1901
				58
				59
				60	10	Re-elected in 1907
				61
				62
				63	11	Re-elected in 1912
				64
				65
				66	12	Re-elected in 1918 Died
				67
				68
Vacant			April 28, 1923 – July 16, 1923	68
12	Magnus Johnson	Farmer-Labor	July 16, 1923 – March 4, 1925	68 (Continued)		Elected to finish Nelson's term Lost election to full term
13	Thomas D. Schall	Republican	March 4, 1925 – December 22, 1935	69	13	Elected in 1924
				70
				71
				72	14	Re-elected in 1930 Died
				73
				74
Vacant			December 22, 1935 – December 27, 1935
14	Elmer A. Benson	Farmer-Labor	December 27, 1935 – November 3, 1936			Appointed to continue Johnson's term Retired when successor elected
15	Guy V. Howard	Republican	November 4, 1936 – January 3, 1937	74 (Continued)		Elected to finish Johnson's term Retired
16	Ernest Lundeen	Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1937 – August 31, 1940	75	15	Elected in 1936 Died
16	Ernest Lundeen	Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1937 – August 31, 1940	76
Vacant			August 31, 1940 – October 14, 1940	76
17	Joseph H. Ball	Republican	October 14, 1940 – November 3, 1942	76 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Lundeen's term Retired when successor elected, but elected to next full term
17	Joseph H. Ball	Republican	October 14, 1940 – November 3, 1942	77
Vacant			November 3, 1942 – November 18, 1942	77
18	Arthur E. Nelson	Republican	November 18, 1942 – January 3, 1943	77 (Continued)		Elected to finish Lundeen's term Retired
19	Joseph H. Ball	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	78	16	Elected in 1942 Lost re-election
				79
				80
20	Hubert Humphrey	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1949 – December 29, 1964	81	17	Elected in 1948
				82
				83
				84	18	Re-elected in 1954
				85
				86
				87	19	Re-elected in 1960 Resigned to become U.S. Vice President
				88		Re-elected in 1960 Resigned to become U.S. Vice President
21	Walter Mondale	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	December 30, 1964 – December 30, 1976	88		Appointed to finish Humphrey's term
				89		Appointed to finish Humphrey's term
				90	20	Elected to full term in 1966
				91
				92
				93	21	Re-elected in 1972 Resigned to become U.S. Vice President
				94		Re-elected in 1972 Resigned to become U.S. Vice President
22	Wendell Anderson	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	December 30, 1976 – December 29, 1978	94		Appointed to finish Mondale's term Lost election to next term Resigned early to give successor preferential seniority
22	Wendell Anderson	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	December 30, 1976 – December 29, 1978	95
23	Rudy Boschwitz	Republican	December 30, 1978 – January 3, 1991	95		Appointed early to finish Anderson's term, having already been elected to the next term
				96	22	Elected in 1978
				97
				98
				99	23	Re-elected in 1984 Lost re-election
				100
				101
24	Paul Wellstone	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	January 3, 1991 – October 25, 2002	102	24	Elected in 1990
				103
				104
				105	25	Re-elected in 1996 Died
				106
				107
Vacant			October 25, 2002 – November 4, 2002	107
25	Dean Barkley	Independence	November 4, 2002 – January 3, 2003	107 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Wellstone's term
26	Norm Coleman	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009	108	28	Elected in 2002 Lost re-election
				109
				110
Vacant			January 3, 2009 – July 7, 2009	111	29	Election disputed
27	Al Franken	Democratic- Farmer-Labor	July 7, 2009 – Present	111		Elected in 2008
				112
				113
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

List of currently living Past Senators

Walter Mondale
Wendell Anderson
Rudy Boschwitz
Dean Barkley
Norm Coleman
David Durenberger
Rod Grams
Mark Dayton

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