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-