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Governors

 Territorial Governors
Alexander Ramsey
1849-1853		 Willis Gorman
1853-1857		 Samuel Medary
1857-1858
 State Governors

Henry Sibley
1858-1860
Alexander Ramsey
1860-1863
Henry Swift
1863-1864
Stephen Miller
1864-1866
William Marshall
1866-1870
Horace Austin
1870-1874
Cushman Davis
1874-1876

John Pillsbury
1876-1882
Lucius Hubbard
1882-1887
Andrew McGill
1887-1889
William Merriam
1889-1893
Knute Nelson
1893-1895
D.M. Clough
1895-1899
John Lind
1899-1901

Samuel Van Sant
1901-1905
John Johnson
1905-1909
A.O. Eberhart
1909-1915
Winfield Hammond
1915
J.A.A. Burnquist
1915-1921
J.A.O. Preus
1921-1925
Theo. Christianson
1925-1931

Floyd Olson
1931-1936
Hjalmar Petersen
1936-1937
Elmer Benson
1937-1939
Harold Stassen
1939-1943
Edward Thye
1943-1947
Luther Youngdahl
1947-1951
C. Elmer Anderson
1951-1955

Orville Freeman
1955-1961
Elmer Andersen
1961-1963
Karl Rolvaag
1963-1967
Harold LeVander
1967-1971
Wendell Anderson
1971-1976
Rudy Perpich
1976-1979
Al Quie
1979-1983

Rudy Perpich
1983-1991
Arne Carlson
1991-1999
Jesse Ventura
1999-2003
Tim Pawlenty
2003-2011		 Mark Dayton
2011-