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Minnesota: Lieutenant Governors

Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota, 1858-2018 (May be incomplete!)
William Holcombe 1858-60 Ignatius L. Donnelly 1860-63 Henry A. Swift 1863 Charles D. Sherwood 1864-66 Thomas H. Armstrong 1866-70 William H. Yale 1870-74 Alphonso Barto 1874-76 James B. Wakefield 1876-80 Charles A. Gilman 1880-87 A. E. Rice 1887-91 Gideon S. Ives 1891-93 David M. Clough 1893-95 Frank A. Day 1895-97 John L. Gibbs 1897-99 Lyndon A. Smith 1899-1903 Ray W. Jones 1903-07 Adolph O. Eberhart 1907-09 E. E. Smith 1910-11 Samuel Y. Gordon 1911-13 J. A. A. Burnquist 1913-15 George H. Sullivan 1916 Thomas Frankson 1917-21 Louis L. Collins 1921-25 W. I. Nolan 1925-29 Charles E. Adams 1929-31 Henry Arens 1931-33 K. K. Solberg 1933-35 Hjalmar Petersen 1935-36 William B. Richardson 1936 Gottfrid Lindsten 1937-39 C. Elmer Anderson 1939-43 Edward J. Thye 1943 Archie H. Miller 1943-45 C. Elmer Anderson 1945-51 Albert O. Sletvold 1951-52 Ancher Nelsen 1953-54 Donald O. Wright 1954-55 Karl F. Rolvaag 1955-63 A. M. 'Sandy' Keith 1963-67 James B. Goetz 1967-71 Rudy Perpich 1971-76 Alec Gehard Olson 1976-79 Lou Wangberg 1979-83 Marlene Johnson 1983-91 Joanell M. Dyrstad 1991-95 Joanne E. Benson 1995-99 Mae Schunk 1999- Tina Smith 2015-18

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1892 Nov 8: David M. Clough (Rep), elected; H. H. Hawkins (Dem), defeated; Swan Nelson (People's), defeated; Ole Kron (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1894 Nov 6: David M. Clough (Rep), elected; Edwin E. Lommen (People's), defeated; John Ludwig (Dem), defeated; Charles M. Way (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1906: Lloyd G. Pendergast (Dem), defeated; Adolph O. Eberhart (Rep), elected.
  • 1908: Adolph O. Eberhart (Rep), elected.
  • 1916 Jun 19: Julius Thorson (Dem), nominated; Severin N. Sorensen (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1916 Jun 19: Thomas Frankson (Rep), nominated; James A. Peterson (Rep), defeated in primary; Joseph A. Gates (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1916 Nov 7: Thomas Frankson (Rep), elected; Julius Thorson (Dem), defeated; Andrew Hanson (Socialist), defeated; L. A. Simonson (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1930 Nov 4: Henry Arens (Farmer-Labor), elected; John H. Hougen (Rep), defeated; Andrew Roine (Communist), defeated.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Hjalmar Petersen (Farmer-Labor), elected; Franklin F. Ellsworth (Rep), defeated; Arthur D. Reynolds (Dem), defeated.
  • 1936 Nov 3: Gottfrid Lindsten (Farmer-Labor), elected; Arthur E. Nelson (Rep), defeated; A. C. Knudson (Dem), defeated.
  • 1946 Nov 5: C. Elmer Anderson (Rep), elected; F. L. 'Frank' McGinn (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated.
  • 1950 Nov 7: C. Elmer Anderson (Rep), elected; Frank Murphy (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated; Susie W. Stageberg (Progressive), defeated.
  • 1956: Leonard Dickinson, defeated.
  • 1958 Nov 4: Karl F. Rolvaag (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected; Bernard E. Ericsson (Rep), defeated.
  • 1966 Nov 8: James B. Goetz (Rep), elected.
  • 1998: Roger D. Moe (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated.
  • 2000: Jean Louise Harris (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2010 Aug 10: Thomas J. Harens (Minnesota Independence), defeated in primary.
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