US Congressional Delegations from Minnesota

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1 US Congressional Representatives from Minnesota

1.1 U.S. Senators from Minnesota:
1.2 Members of the House of Representatives from Minnesota

US Congressional Representatives from Minnesota

U.S. Senators from Minnesota:

Class 1: Elections 2000;2006;2012

Henry Rice (D) 1858-1863
Alexander Ramsey (R)1863-1875
Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)1875-1887
Cushman Davis (R)1887-1900
Charles A. Towne (D)1900-1901
Moses E. Clapp (R)1901-1917
Frank B. Kellogg (R)1917-1923
Henrik Shipstead (FL,R)1923-1947
Edward John Thye (R)1947-1959
Eugene McCarthy (D)1959-1971
Hubert H. Humphrey (D)1971-1978
Muriel Humphrey (D)1978-1978
David Durenberger (R)1978-1995
Rod Grams (R)1995-2001
Mark Dayton (D)2001-

Class 2: Elections 2002;2008;2014

James Shields (D)1858-1859
Morton S. Wilkinson (R)1859-1865
Daniel S. Norton (U,R)1865-1870
William Windom (R)1870-1871
Ozora P. Stearns (R)1871-1871
William Windom (R)1871-1881
Alonzo J. Edgerton (R)1881-1881
William Windom(R)1881-1883
Dwight M. Sabin (R)1883-1889
William D. Washburn (R)1889-1895
Knute Nelson (R)1895-1923
Magnus Johnson (FL)1923-1925
Thomas D. Schall (R)1925-1935
Elmer Austin Benson (FL)1935-1936
Guy V. Howard (R)1936-1937
Ernest Lundeen (FL)1937-1940
Joseph H. Ball (R)1940-1942
Arthur E. Nelson (R)1942-1943
Joseph H. Ball (R)1943-1949
Hubert H. Humphrey (D)1949-1964
Walter Mondale (D)1964-1976
Wendell Richard Anderson (D)1976-1978
Rudy Boschwitz (R)1978-1991
Paul Wellstone (D)1991-2002
Dean Barkley (I)2002-2003
Norm Coleman (R)2003-

Members of the House of Representatives from Minnesota

108th Congress

1st District Gil Gutknecht (R) 1995-
2nd District John Kline (R) 2003-
3rd District Jim Ramstad (R) 1991-
4th District Betty McCollum (D) 2001-
5th District Martin Sabo (D) 1979-
6th District Mark Kennedy (R) 2001- (was 2nd District from 2001-03)
7th District Collin Peterson (D) 1991-
8th District Jim Oberstar (D) 1975-

Historical

At-Large Members
James Cavanaugh (D) 1858-1859
William W. Phelps (D) 1858-1859
Cyrus Aldrich (R) 1859-1863
William Windom (R) 1859-1863
1st District (1863-)
William Windom (R)1863-1869
Morton S. Wilkinson (R) 1869-1871
Mark Dunnell (R) 1871-1883
Milo White (R) (1883-1887
Thomas Wilson (D) 1887-1889
Mark Dunnell (R) 1889-1891
William Harries (D) 1891-1893
James Tawney (R) 1893-1911
Sydney Anderson (R) 1911-1925
Allen Furlow (R) 1925-1929
Victor Christgau (R) 1929-1933
At large 1933-35 (see below)
August Andresense (R) 1935-1958
Albert H. Quie(R) 1958-1979
Arlen Erdahl (R) 1979-1983
Tim Penny (D) 1983-1995
Gil Gutknecht (R) 1995-
2nd District (1863-)
Ignatius Donnelly (R) 1863-1869
Eugene Wilson (D) 1869-1871
John Averill (R) 1871-1873
Horace Strait (R) 1873-1879
Henry Poehler (D) 1879-1881
Horace Strait (R) 1881-1883
James Wakefield (R) 1883-1887
John Lind (R) 1887-1893
James McCleary (R) 1893-1907
Winfield Scott Hammond (D) 1907-1915
Franklin Ellsworth (R) 1915-1921
Frank Clauge (R) 1921-1933
At large 1933-1935
Elmer Ryan (D) 1935-1941
Joseph P. O'Hara (R) 1941-1959
Ancher Nelsen (R) 1959-1975
Tom Hagedom (R) 1975-1983
Vin Weber (R) 1983-1993
David Minge (D) 1993-2001
Mark Kennedy (R) 2001-2003
John Kline (R)2003-
3rd District (1873-)
John Averill (R) 1873-1875
William S King (R) 1875-1877
Jacob Stewart (R) 1877-1879
William D. Washburn (R) 1879-1883
Horace Strait (R) 1883-1887
John MacDonald (D) 1887-1889
Darwin Hall (R) 1889-1891
Osse M Hall (D) 1891-1895
Joel Heatwole (R) 1895-1903
Charles Davis (R) 1903-1925
August Andresen (R) 1925-1933
At large 1933-1935
Ernest Lundeen (FL) 1935-1937
Henry Teigen (FL) 1937-1939
John Alexander (R) 1939-1941
Richard Gale (R) 1941-1945
William Gallagher (D) 1945-1947
George McKinnon (R) 1947-1949
Roy Wier (D) 1949-1961
Clark MacGregor (R) 1961-1971
Bill Frenzel (R) 1971-1991
Jim Ramstad (R ) 1991-
4th District (1883-)
William D. Washburn (R)1883-1885
John Gilfillan (R) 1885-1887
Edmund Rice (D) 1887-1889
Samuel Snider (R) 1889-1891
James Castle (D) 1891-1893
Andrew Keifer (R) 1893-1897
Fredrick Stevens (R) 1897-1915
Carl Van Dyke (D) 1915-1919 (died in office)
Oscar Keller ( I/ R) 1919-1927
Melvin Mass (R) 1927-1933
At Large 1933-1935
Melvin Mass (R) 1935-1945
Frank Starkey (D)1945-1947
Edward Devitt (R) 1947-1949
Eugene McCarthy (D) 1949-1959
Joseph Karth (D) 1959-1977
Bruce Vento (D) 1977-2000 (died in office)
Betty McCollum (D) 2001-
5th District (1883-)
Knute Nelson (R) 1883-1889
Solomon Comstock (R) 1889-1891
Kittel Halvorson (Alliance) 1891-1893
Loren Fletcher (R) 1893-1903
John Lind (D) 1903-1905
Loren Fletcher (R) 1905-1907
Fank Nye (R) 1907-1913
George Smith (R) 1913-1917
Ernest Lundeen (R) 1917-1919
Walter Newton (R) 1919-1929
William Nolan (R) 1929-1933
At Large (1933-1935)
Theodore Christianson (R) 1935-1937
Dewey Johnson (FL) 1937-1939
Oscar Youngdale (R) 1939-1943
Walter Judd (R) 1943-1963
Donald Fraser (D) 1963-1979
Martin Sabo (D) 1979-
6th District (1893-)
Melvin Baldwin (D)1893-1895
Charles A. Towne (R) 1895-1897
Robert P. Morris (R) 1897-1903
Clarence Buckman (R) 1903-1907
Charles Lindbergh (R) 1907-1917
Harold Knutson (R) 1917-1933
At Large 1933-1935
Harold Knutson (R) 1935-1949
Fred Marshall (D) 1949-1963
Alec Olson (D) 1963-1967
John Zwach (R) 1967-1975
Richard Nolan (D) 1975-1981
Vin Weber (R) 1981-1983
Gerry Sikorski (D) 1983-1993
Rod Grams (R) 1993-1995
Bill Luther (D) 1995-2003
Mark Kennedy (R) 2003-
7th District (1893-)
Hardor Boen (Peoples) 1893-1895
Frank Eddy (R) 1895-1903
Andrew Volstead (R) 1903-1923
Ole J. Kvale (I/FL) 1923-1929 (died in office)
Paul John Kvale (FL) 1929-1933
At large (1933-1935)
Paul John Kvale (FL) 1935-1939
H.Carl Anderson (R) 1939-1963
Odin Langen (R) 1963-1971
Bob Bergland (D) 1971-1977
Arlan Stangeland (R) 1977-1991
Collin Peterson (D) 1991-
8th District (1903-)
James Bede (R) 1903-1909
Clarence Miller (R) 1909-1919
William Carss (FL) 1919-1921
Oscar Larson (R) 1921-1925
William Carss (FL) 1925-1929
William Pittenger (R) 1929-1933
At large 1933-1935
William Pittenger (R) 1935-1937
John Bernard (FL) 1937-1939
William Pittenger (R) 1939-1947
John Blatnik (D) 1947-1975
Jim Oberstar (D) 1975-
9th District (1903-1963)
Halvor Steenerson (R) 1903-1923
Knud Wefald (FL) 1923-1927
Conrad Selvig (R) 1927-1933
At Large 1933-1935
Rich Buckler (FL) 1935-1943
Harold Hagen (FL) 1943-1955
Coya Knutson (D) 1955-1959
Odin Langen (R) 1959-1963)
At Large (1913-1915)
James Manahan (R) 1913-1915
10 District (1915-1933)
Thomas D. Schall (R) 1915-1925
Godfrey G Goodwin (R) 1925-1933
At Large (1933-1935)

The state had been unable to come up with a plan to redraw the congressional boundaries in time for the election, so all candidates ran statewide.

Henry Arens (FL)
Ray P. Chase (R)
Theodore Christianson (R)
Einar Hoidale (D)
Magnus Johnson (FL)
Harold Knutson (R)
Paul John Kvale (FL)
Ernest Lundeen (FL)
Francis Shoemaker (FL)