United States congressional delegations from Minnesota

Minnesota's congressional districts since 2013^[1]

These are tables of congressional delegations from Minnesota to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

1 House of Representatives
- 1.1 Current Representatives
- 1.2 Delegation timeline (1849 – Present)
  - 1.2.1 Delegates from Minnesota Territory
  - 1.2.2 Representatives from the State of Minnesota
    - 1.2.2.1 Key
2 United States Senate
- 2.1 Senate delegation timeline (1857 – Present)
  - 2.1.1 Key
- 2.2 Living former U.S. Senators from Minnesota
3 See also
4 References

House of Representatives[edit]

Current Representatives[edit]

List of members of the Minnesotan United States House delegation, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 8 members, including 5 Democrats, and 3 Republicans.

District	Representative	Party	CPVI	Incumbency
1st	Tim Walz (DFL-Mankato)	DFL	R+5	January 3, 2007 – present
2nd	Jason Lewis (R-Burnsville)	Republican	R+2	January 3, 2017 – present
3rd	Erik Paulsen (R-Eden Prairie)	Republican	R+2	January 3, 2009 – present
4th	Betty McCollum (DFL-Saint Paul)	DFL	D+14	January 3, 2001 – present
5th	Keith Ellison (DFL-Minneapolis)	DFL	D+26	January 3, 2007 – present
6th	Tom Emmer (R-Delano)	Republican	R+12	January 3, 2015 – present
7th	Collin Peterson (DFL-Moorhead)	DFL	R+12	January 3, 1991 – present
8th	Rick Nolan (DFL-Duluth)	DFL	D+4	January 3, 2013 – present

Delegation timeline (1849 – Present)[edit]

Tables showing membership in the Minnesota federal House delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States.

Delegates from Minnesota Territory[edit]

Congress	Delegate
31st (1849–1850)	Henry Hastings Sibley (D)
32nd (1851–1852)	Henry Hastings Sibley (D)
33rd (1853–1854)	Henry Mower Rice (D)
34th (1855–1856)	Henry Mower Rice (D)
35th (1857–1858)	William W. Kingsbury (D)

Representatives from the State of Minnesota[edit]

Congress	Statewide at-large on a general ticket
Congress	1st seat	2nd seat
35th (1857–1859)	James M. Cavanaugh (D)	William Wallace Phelps (D)
36th (1859–1861)	William Windom (R)	Cyrus Aldrich (R)
37th (1861–1863)	William Windom (R)	Cyrus Aldrich (R)
	Districts
	1st	2nd	3rd district	4th district	5th district	6th district	7th district	8th district	9th district	10th district
38th (1863–1865)	William Windom (R)	Ignatius L. Donnelly (R)
39th (1865–1867)
40th (1867–1869)
41st (1869–1871)	Morton S. Wilkinson (R)	Eugene McLanahan Wilson (D)
42nd (1871–1873)	Mark H. Dunnell (R)	John T. Averill (R)
43rd (1873–1875)		Horace B. Strait (R)	John T. Averill (R)
44th (1875–1877)			William S. King (R)
45th (1877–1879)			Jacob H. Stewart (R)
46th (1879–1881)		Henry Poehler (D)	William D. Washburn (R)
47th (1881–1883)		Horace B. Strait (R)	William D. Washburn (R)
48th (1883–1885)	Milo White (R)	James Wakefield (R)	Horace B. Strait (R)	William D. Washburn (R)	Knute Nelson (R)
49th (1885–1887)	Milo White (R)	James Wakefield (R)	Horace B. Strait (R)	John Gilfillan (R)
50th (1887–1889)	Thomas Wilson (D)	John Lind (R)	John L. MacDonald (D)	Edmund Rice (D)
51st (1889–1891)	Mark H. Dunnell (R)		Darwin Hall (R)	Samuel Snider (R)	Solomon Comstock (R)
52nd (1891–1893)	William H. Harries (D)		Osee M. Hall (D)	James Castle (D)	Kittel Halvorson (Pop)
53rd (1893–1895)	James Albertus Tawney (R)	James McCleary (R)	Osee M. Hall (D)	Andrew Kiefer (R)	Loren Fletcher (R)	Melvin Baldwin (D)	Haldor Boen (Pop)
54th (1895–1897)			Joel Heatwole (R)	Andrew Kiefer (R)		Charles A. Towne (R)	Frank Eddy (R)
55th (1897–1899)				Frederick Stevens (R)		Robert P. Morris (R)
56th (1899–1901)
57th (1901–1903)
58th (1903–1905)			Charles Russell Davis (R)		John Lind (D)	Clarence Buckman (R)	Andrew Volstead (R)	James Adam Bede (R)	Halvor Steenerson (R)
59th (1905–1907)					Loren Fletcher (R)	Clarence Buckman (R)
60th (1907–1909)		Winfield Scott Hammond (D)			Frank Nye (R)	Charles Lindbergh (R)
61st (1909–1911)								Clarence B. Miller (R)
62nd (1911–1913)	Sydney Anderson (R)
63rd (1913–1915)					George Ross Smith (R)					James Manahan (R) (At-large)
64th (1915–1917)		Franklin Ellsworth (R)		Carl Van Dyke (D)	George Ross Smith (R)					Thomas D. Schall (R)
65th (1917–1919)					Ernest Lundeen (R)	Harold Knutson (R)
66th (1919–1921)					Walter Newton (R)			William Leighton Carss (FL)
66th (1919–1921)				Oscar Keller (R)				William Leighton Carss (FL)
67th (1921–1923)		Frank Clague (R)						Oscar Larson (R)
68th (1923–1925)							Ole J. Kvale (FL)	Oscar Larson (R)	Knud Wefald (FL)
69th (1925–1927)	Allen J. Furlow (R)		August H. Andresen (R)					William Leighton Carss (FL)	Knud Wefald (FL)	Godfrey G. Goodwin (R)
70th (1927–1929)	Allen J. Furlow (R)			Melvin Maas (R)				William Leighton Carss (FL)	Conrad Selvig (R)
71st (1929–1931)	Victor Christgau (R)							William Pittenger (R)
71st (1929–1931)					William I. Nolan (R)		Paul John Kvale (FL)
72nd (1931–1933)					William I. Nolan (R)		Paul John Kvale (FL)
	At-large statewide on a general ticket
	1st seat	2nd seat	3rd seat	4th seat	5th seat	6th seat	7th seat	8th seat	9th seat
73rd (1933–1935)	Henry M. Arens (FL)	Einar Hoidale (D)	Ernest Lundeen (FL)	Ray P. Chase (R)	Theodore Christianson (R)	Harold Knutson (R)	Paul John Kvale (FL)	Magnus Johnson (FL)	Francis Shoemaker (FL)
	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
74th (1935–1937)	August H. Andresen (R)	Elmer Ryan (D)	Ernest Lundeen (FL)	Melvin Maas (R)	Theodore Christianson (R)	Harold Knutson (R)	Paul John Kvale (FL)	William Pittenger (R)	Rich T. Buckler (FL)
75th (1937–1939)			Henry Teigan (FL)		Dewey Johnson (FL)		Paul John Kvale (FL)	John Bernard (FL)
76th (1939–1941)			John G. Alexander (R)		Oscar Youngdahl (R)		H. Carl Andersen (R)	William Pittenger (R)
77th (1941–1943)		Joseph P. O'Hara (R)	Richard Pillsbury Gale (R)		Oscar Youngdahl (R)
78th (1943–1945)			Richard Pillsbury Gale (R)		Walter Judd (R)				Harold Hagen (FL)
79th (1945–1947)			William Gallagher (DFL)	Frank Starkey (DFL)					Harold Hagen (R)
80th (1947–1949)			George MacKinnon (R)	Edward Devitt (R)				John Blatnik (DFL)
81st (1949–1951)			Roy Wier (DFL)	Eugene McCarthy (DFL)		Fred Marshall (DFL)
82nd (1951–1953)
83rd (1953–1955)
84th (1955–1957)									Coya Knutson (DFL)
85th (1957–1959)
85th (1957–1959)	Al Quie (R)
86th (1959–1961)		Ancher Nelsen (R)		Joseph Karth (DFL)					Odin Langen (R)
87th (1961–1963)			Clark MacGregor (R)						Odin Langen (R)
88th (1963–1965)					Donald M. Fraser (DFL)	Alec Olson (DFL)	Odin Langen (R)
89th (1965–1967)						Alec Olson (DFL)
90th (1967–1969)						John Zwach (R)
91st (1969–1971)
92nd (1971–1973)			Bill Frenzel (R)				Robert Bergland (DFL)
93rd (1973–1975)
94th (1975–1977)		Tom Hagedorn (R)				Richard Nolan (DFL)		Jim Oberstar (DFL)
95th (1977–1979)				Bruce Vento (DFL)
95th (1977–1979)							Arlan Stangeland (R)
96th (1979–1981)	Arlen Erdahl (R)				Martin Olav Sabo (DFL)
97th (1981–1983)	Arlen Erdahl (R)					Vin Weber (R)
98th (1983–1985)	Tim Penny (DFL)	Vin Weber (R)				Gerry Sikorski (DFL)
99th (1985–1987)
100th (1987–1989)
101st (1989–1991)
102nd (1991–1993)			Jim Ramstad (R)				Collin Peterson (DFL)
103rd (1993–1995)		David Minge (DFL)				Rod Grams (R)
104th (1995–1997)	Gil Gutknecht (R)					Bill Luther (DFL)
105th (1997–1999)
106th (1999–2001)
107th (2001–2003)		Mark Kennedy (R)		Betty McCollum (DFL)
108th (2003–2005)		John Kline (R)				Mark Kennedy (R)
109th (2005–2007)						Mark Kennedy (R)
110th (2007–2009)	Tim Walz (DFL)				Keith Ellison (DFL)	Michele Bachmann (R)
111th (2009–2011)			Erik Paulsen (R)
112th (2011–2013)								Chip Cravaack (R)
113th (2013–2015)								Rick Nolan (DFL)
114th (2015-2017)						Tom Emmer (R)
115th (2017-2019)		Jason Lewis (R)				Tom Emmer (R)
Congress	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Congress	District

Key[edit]

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress

American (Know Nothing) (K-N)
Adams (A), Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J), National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)

Dixiecrat (Dix), States' rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Fusion (FU)

Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)

Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Whig (W)

Independent, None, or Unaffiliated

United States Senate[edit]

Current delegation

Senator Amy Klobuchar
(DFL)

Senator Al Franken
(DFL)

Senate delegation timeline (1857 – Present)[edit]

Tables showing membership in the Minnesota federal Senate delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States.

Class 1	Congress		Class 2
Henry Mower Rice (D)		35th (1857–1859)	James Shields (D)
		36th (1859–1861)	Morton S. Wilkinson (R)
		37th (1861–1863)
Alexander Ramsey (R)		38th (1863–1865)
		39th (1865–1867)	Daniel S. Norton (R)
		40th (1867–1869)
		41st (1869–1871)
			William Windom (R)
			Ozora P. Stearns (R)
		42nd (1871–1873)	William Windom (R)
		43rd (1873–1875)
Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)		44th (1875–1877)
		45th (1877–1879)
		46th (1879–1881)
		47th (1881–1883)	Alonzo J. Edgerton (R)
		47th (1881–1883)	William Windom (R)
		48th (1883–1885)	Dwight M. Sabin (R)
		49th (1885–1887)
Cushman K. Davis (R)		50th (1887–1889)
		51st (1889–1891)	William D. Washburn (R)
		52nd (1891–1893)
		53rd (1893–1895)
		54th (1895–1897)	Knute Nelson (R)
		55th (1897–1899)
		56th (1899–1901)
Charles A. Towne (D)
Moses E. Clapp (R)
		57th (1901–1903)
		58th (1903–1905)
		59th (1905–1907)
		60th (1907–1909)
		61st (1909–1911)
		62nd (1911–1913)
		63rd (1913–1915)
		64th (1915–1917)
Frank B. Kellogg (R)		65th (1917–1919)
		66th (1919–1921)
		67th (1921–1923)
Henrik Shipstead (FL)		68th (1923–1925)
		68th (1923–1925)	Magnus Johnson (FL)
		69th (1925–1927)	Thomas D. Schall (R)
		70th (1927–1929)
		71st (1929–1931)
		72nd (1931–1933)
		73rd (1933–1935)
		74th (1935–1937)
			Elmer Benson (FL)
			Guy V. Howard (R)
		75th (1937–1939)	Ernest Lundeen (FL)
		76th (1939–1941)	Ernest Lundeen (FL)
		76th (1939–1941)	Joseph H. Ball (R)
Henrik Shipstead (R)		77th (1941–1943)	Joseph H. Ball (R)
		77th (1941–1943)	Arthur E. Nelson (R)
		78th (1943–1945)	Joseph H. Ball (R)
		79th (1945–1947)
Edward John Thye (R)		80th (1947–1949)
		81st (1949–1951)	Hubert Humphrey (DFL)
		82nd (1951–1953)
		83rd (1953–1955)
		84th (1955–1957)
		85th (1957–1959)
Eugene McCarthy (DFL)		86th (1959–1961)
		87th (1961–1963)
		88th (1963–1965)
		88th (1963–1965)	Walter Mondale (DFL)
		89th (1965–1967)
		90th (1967–1969)
		91st (1969–1971)
Hubert Humphrey (DFL)		92nd (1971–1973)
		93rd (1973–1975)
		94th (1975–1977)
		94th (1975–1977)	Wendell Anderson (DFL)
		95th (1977–1979)
Muriel Humphrey (DFL)
David Durenberger (R)			Rudy Boschwitz (R)
		96th (1979–1981)
		97th (1981–1983)
		98th (1983–1985)
		99th (1985–1987)
		100th (1987–1989)
		101st (1989–1991)
		102nd (1991–1993)	Paul Wellstone (DFL)
		103rd (1993–1995)
Rod Grams (R)		104th (1995–1997)
		105th (1997–1999)
		106th (1999–2001)
Mark Dayton (DFL)		107th (2001–2003)
		107th (2001–2003)	Dean Barkley (I)
		108th (2003–2005)	Norm Coleman (R)
		109th (2005–2007)
Amy Klobuchar (DFL)		110th (2007–2009)
		111th (2009–2011)	Al Franken (DFL)
		112th (2011–2013)
		113th (2013–2015)
		114th (2015-2017)
		115th (2017-2019)
Class 1	Congress		Class 2

Key[edit]

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress

American (Know Nothing) (K-N)
Adams (A), Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J), National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)

Dixiecrat (Dix), States' rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Fusion (FU)

Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)

Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Whig (W)

Independent, None, or Unaffiliated

Living former U.S. Senators from Minnesota[edit]

As of July 2016^[update], there are six former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of Minnesota who are currently living at this time, two from Class 1 and four from Class 2.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Walter Mondale	1964–1976	2	(1928-01-05) January 5, 1928 (age 89)
Rudy Boschwitz	1978–1991	2	(1930-11-07) November 7, 1930 (age 86)
David Durenberger	1978–1995	1	(1934-08-19) August 19, 1934 (age 82)
Mark Dayton	2001–2007	1	(1947-01-26) January 26, 1947 (age 70)
Dean Barkley	2002–2003	2	(1950-08-31) August 31, 1950 (age 66)
Norm Coleman	2003–2009	2	(1949-08-17) August 17, 1949 (age 67)

References[edit]

^ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2014.

v t e Minnesota's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators	Amy Klobuchar (DFL) Al Franken (DFL)

Representatives (ordered by district)	Tim Walz (DFL) Jason Lewis (R) Erik Paulsen (R) Betty McCollum (DFL) Keith Ellison (DFL) Tom Emmer (R) Collin Peterson (DFL) Rick Nolan (DFL)

Other states' delegations	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Non‑voting: American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

v t e Lists of United States congressional delegations

States	Alabama (H S) Alaska (H S) Arizona (H S) Arkansas (H S) California (H S) Colorado (H S) Connecticut (H S) Delaware (H S) Florida (H S) Georgia (H S) Hawaii (H S) Idaho (H S) Illinois (H S) Indiana (H S) Iowa (H S) Kansas (H S) Kentucky (H S) Louisiana (H S) Maine (H S) Maryland (H S) Massachusetts (H S) Michigan (H S) Minnesota (H S) Mississippi (H S) Missouri (H S) Montana (H S) Nebraska (H S) Nevada (H S) New Hampshire (H S) New Jersey (H S) New Mexico (H S) New York (H S) North Carolina (H S) North Dakota (H S) Ohio (H S) Oklahoma (H S) Oregon (H S) Pennsylvania (H S) Rhode Island (H S) South Carolina (H S) South Dakota (H S) Tennessee (H S) Texas (H S) Utah (H S) Vermont (H S) Virginia (H S) Washington (H S) West Virginia (H S) Wisconsin (H S) Wyoming (H S)

Other	American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

Obsolete	Dakota Territory Northwest Territory Orleans Territory Philippines Southwest Territory

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United States congressional delegations from Minnesota

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Contents

House of Representatives[edit]

Current Representatives[edit]

Delegation timeline (1849 – Present)[edit]

Delegates from Minnesota Territory[edit]

Representatives from the State of Minnesota[edit]

Key[edit]

United States Senate[edit]

Senate delegation timeline (1857 – Present)[edit]

Key[edit]

Living former U.S. Senators from Minnesota[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]