U.S. Senators from Minnesota, 1858-2018 (May be
incomplete!)
Henry
M. Rice 1858-63
James
Shields 1858-59
Morton
S. Wilkinson 1859-65
Alexander
Ramsey 1863-75
Daniel
S. Norton 1865-70
William
Windom 1870-71
Ozora
P. Stearns 1871
William
Windom 1871-81
Samuel
J. R. McMillan 1875-87
Alonzo
J. Edgerton 1881
William
Windom 1881-83
Dwight
M. Sabin 1883-89
Cushman
K. Davis 1887-1900
William
D. Washburn 1889-95
Knute
Nelson 1895-1923
Charles
A. Towne 1900-01
Moses
E. Clapp 1901-17
Frank
B. Kellogg 1917-23
Henrik
Shipstead 1923-47
Magnus
Johnson 1923-25
Thomas
D. Schall 1925-35
Elmer
A. Benson 1935-36
Guy
V. Howard 1936-37
Ernest
Lundeen 1937-40
Joseph
H. Ball 1940-42
Arthur
E. Nelson 1942-43
Joseph
H. Ball 1943-49
Edward
J. Thye 1947-59
Hubert
H. Humphrey 1949-64
Eugene
J. McCarthy 1959-71
Walter
F. Mondale 1964-76
Hubert
H. Humphrey 1971-78
Wendell
R. Anderson 1976-78
Muriel
Buck Humphrey 1978
David
F. Durenberger 1978-95
Rudy
Boschwitz 1979-91
Paul
Wellstone 1991-2002
Rod
Grams 1995-2001
Mark
Dayton 2001-07
Dean
M. Barkley 2002-03
Norm
Coleman 2003-09
Amy
Klobuchar 2007-
Al
Franken 2009-18
Tina
Smith 2018-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1870 Jul 13:
Daniel
S. Norton, died in office.
1900 Nov 27:
Cushman
K. Davis, died in office.
1912 Nov 5:
Knute
Nelson (Rep), elected;
Daniel
W. Lawler (Dem), defeated.
1916 Jun 19:
Daniel
W. Lawler (Dem), nominated;
Alfred
J. Davis (Dem), defeated in primary.
1916 Jun 19:
Frank
B. Kellogg (Rep), nominated;
Adolph
O. Eberhart (Rep), defeated in primary;
Moses
E. Clapp (Rep), defeated in primary;
Charles
A. Lindbergh (Rep), defeated in primary.
1916 Nov 7:
Frank
B. Kellogg (Rep), elected;
Daniel
W. Lawler (Dem), defeated;
W.
G. Calderwood (Prohibition), defeated.
1918 Nov 5:
Knute
Nelson (Rep), elected;
W.
G. Calderwood (National), defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
Henrik
Shipstead (Farmer-Labor), elected;
Frank
B. Kellogg (Rep), defeated;
Anna
D. Olesen (Dem), defeated.
1923 Apr 28:
Knute
Nelson, died in office.
1923 Jun 18:
James
A. Carley (Dem), nominated;
Francis
C. Cary (Dem), defeated in primary.
1923 Jun 18:
Jacob
A. O. Preus (Rep), nominated;
Oscar
Hallam (Rep), defeated in primary;
Thomas
D. Schall (Rep), defeated in primary;
Sydney
Anderson (Rep), defeated in primary;
Victor
L. Power (Rep), defeated in primary;
J.
A. A. Burnquist (Rep), defeated in primary;
Ernest
Lundeen (Rep), defeated in primary;
Halvor
Steenerson (Rep), defeated in primary;
John
J. Martin (Rep), defeated in primary.
1923 Jun 18:
Magnus
Johnson (Farmer-Labor), nominated;
L.
A. Fritsche (Farmer-Labor), defeated in primary;
Charles
A. Lindbergh (Farmer-Labor), defeated in primary.
1923 Jul 16:
Magnus
Johnson (Farmer-Labor), elected;
Jacob
A. O. Preus (Rep), defeated;
James
A. Carley (Dem), defeated.
1924 Nov 4:
Thomas
D. Schall (Rep), elected;
Magnus
Johnson (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
John
J. Farrell (Dem), defeated;
Merle
Birmingham (Beer Wine Independent), defeated;
Thomas
Keefe (Ind), defeated.
1928 Nov 6:
Henrik
Shipstead (Farmer-Labor), elected;
Arthur
E. Nelson (Rep), defeated;
Vincent
R. Dunne (Workers), defeated.
1930 Nov 4:
Thomas
D. Schall (Rep), elected;
Einar
Hoidale (Dem), defeated;
Ernest
Lundeen (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Charles
A. Lund (Ind), defeated;
Rudolph
Harju (Communist), defeated.
1934 Nov 6:
Henrik
Shipstead (Farmer-Labor), elected;
Einar
Hoidale (Dem), defeated;
N.
J. Holmberg (Rep), defeated;
Alfred
Tiala (Communist), defeated;
Morris
Kaplan (Socialist), defeated.
1935 Dec 22:
Thomas
D. Schall, died in office.
1935 Dec 27:
Elmer
A. Benson, appointed.
1936 Nov 3:
Ernest
Lundeen (Farmer-Labor), elected;
Theodore
Christianson (Rep), defeated.
1936 Nov 3:
Guy
V. Howard (Rep), elected;
N.
J. Holmberg (Ind), defeated;
Andrew
O. Devold (Independent Progressive), defeated;
John
G. Alexander (Ind), defeated.
1940 Aug 31:
Ernest
Lundeen, died in office.
1940 Nov 5:
Henrik
Shipstead (Rep), elected;
Elmer
A. Benson (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
John
E. Regan (Dem), defeated;
Grace
Carlson (Trotskyist Anti-War), defeated;
Carl
Winter, defeated.
1942 Nov 3:
Joseph
H. Ball (Rep), elected;
Elmer
A. Benson (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Martin
A. Nelson (Ind), defeated;
Ed
Murphy (Dem), defeated.
1942 Nov 3:
Arthur
E. Nelson (Rep), elected;
Al
Hansen (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
John
E. O'Rourke (Dem), defeated.
1946 Nov 5:
Edward
J. Thye (Rep), elected;
Theodore
Jorgenson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Grace
Carlson (Revolutionary Workers), defeated.
1948 Nov 2:
Hubert
H. Humphrey (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected;
Joseph
H. Ball (Rep), defeated;
Vincent
R. Dunne (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1952 Nov 4:
Edward
J. Thye (Rep), elected;
William
E. Carlson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Marian
LeSueur (Progressive), defeated;
Vincent
R. Dunne (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1954 Nov 2:
Hubert
H. Humphrey (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected;
Val
Björnson (Rep), defeated;
Francis
P. Ryan (Liberal Independent), defeated;
Vincent
R. Dunne (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1958 Nov 4:
Eugene
J. McCarthy (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected;
Edward
J. Thye (Rep), defeated;
William
M. Curran (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1960 Nov 8:
Hubert
H. Humphrey (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected;
P.
Kenneth Peterson (Rep), defeated;
Carl
Feingold (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1964 Nov 3:
Eugene
J. McCarthy (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected;
Wheelock
Whitney (Rep), defeated;
William
Braatz (Industrial Government), defeated;
Everett
E. Luoma (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1966 Nov 8:
Walter
F. Mondale (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected;
Robert
A. Forsythe (Rep), defeated;
Joseph
Johnson (Socialist Workers), defeated;
William
Braatz (Industrial Government), defeated.
1970 Nov 3:
Hubert
H. Humphrey (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected;
Clark
MacGregor (Rep), defeated;
Nancy
Strebe (Socialist Workers), defeated;
William
Braatz (Industrial Government), defeated.
1972 Nov 7:
Walter
F. Mondale (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected;
Phil
Hansen (Rep), defeated;
Karl
H. Heck (Industrial Government), defeated.
1976 Nov 2:
Hubert
H. Humphrey (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected;
Gerald
W. Brekke (Rep), defeated;
Paul
Helm (American), defeated;
William
Peterson (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Robin
E. Miller (Libertarian), defeated;
Matt
Savola (Communist), defeated.
1978 Jan 13:
Hubert
H. Humphrey, died in office.
1978 Jan 25:
Muriel
Buck Humphrey, appointed.
1978 Nov 7:
Rudy
Boschwitz (Independent Republican), elected;
Wendell
R. Anderson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Sal
Carlone (American), defeated;
William
Peterson (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Brian
J. Coyle (Ind), defeated;
Jean
T. Brust (Workers), defeated;
Leonard
Richards (Libertarian), defeated.
1978 Nov 7:
David
F. Durenberger (Independent Republican), elected;
Robert
E. Short (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Paul
Helm (American), defeated;
Christine
Frank (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Fred
G. Hewitt (Libertarian), defeated.
1982 Nov 2:
David
F. Durenberger (Rep), elected;
Mark
Dayton (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated;
William
Onasch (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Fred
G. Hewitt (Libertarian), defeated;
Jeffrey
M. Miller (New Union), defeated.
1984:
James
L. Oberstar, defeated for nomination.
1984 Nov 6:
Rudy
Boschwitz (Independent Republican), elected;
Joan
A. Grove (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Eleanor
Garcia (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Richard
Putnam (Libertarian), defeated;
Jeffrey
M. Miller (New Union), defeated.
1988 Nov 8:
David
F. Durenberger (Independent Republican), elected;
Skip
Humphrey (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Polly
Mann (Progressive Independent), defeated;
Derrick
P. Grimmer (Grass Roots), defeated;
Arlen
Overvig (Libertarian), defeated;
Wendy
Lyons (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1990 Nov 6:
Paul
Wellstone (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected;
Rudy
Boschwitz (Rep), defeated;
Russell
B. Bentley (Grass Roots), defeated.
1994:
Joanell
M. Dyrstad (Rep), defeated in primary.
1994 Nov 8:
Rod
Grams (Independent Republican), elected;
Ann
Wynia (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Dean
M. Barkley (Independence), defeated;
Candice
E. Sjostrom (Grassroots), defeated;
Stephen
Johnson (Natural Law), defeated;
Marea
Himelgrin (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1996 Nov 5:
Paul
Wellstone (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected;
Rudy
Boschwitz (Rep), defeated;
Dean
M. Barkley (Reform), defeated;
Tim
Davis (Grass Roots), defeated;
Roy
Ezra Carlton (Libertarian), defeated;
Howard
B. Hanson (Resource), defeated;
Stephen
Johnson (Natural Law), defeated;
Thomas
A. Fiske (Socialist Workers), defeated.
2000 Nov 7:
Mark
Dayton (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected;
Rod
Grams (Rep), defeated;
James
Gibson (Independence), defeated;
David
Daniels (Grassroots), defeated;
Rebecca
Ellis (Socialist Workers), defeated;
David
Swan (Constitution), defeated;
Erik
D. Pakieser (Libertarian), defeated.
2002 Oct 25:
Paul
Wellstone, died in office.
2002 Nov 5:
Norm
Coleman (Rep), elected;
Walter
F. Mondale (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Jim
Moore (Independence), defeated;
Paul
Wellstone (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Ray
Tricomo (Green), defeated;
Miro
Drago Kovatchevich (Constitution), defeated.
2008:
Al
Franken (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), elected;
Dean
M. Barkley (Independence), defeated.
2018 Jan 2:
Al
Franken, resigned.
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