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Capital: St. Paul
State Nickname: North Star State
State Bird: Common Loon
State Flower: Showy Lady's Slipper
Admitted to the Union: May 11, 1858
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| Governors |
May 24, 1858 to January 2, 1860:
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Henry S. Sibley
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January 2, 1860 to July 10, 1863:
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Alexander Ramsley
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July 10, 1863 to January 11, 1864:
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Henry A. Swift
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January 11, 1864 to January 8, 1866:
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Stephen Miller
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January 8, 1866 to January 9, 1870:
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William R. Marshall
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January 9, 1870 to January 7, 1874:
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Horace Austin
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January 7, 1874 to January 7, 1876:
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Cushman K. Davis
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January 7, 1876 to January 10, 1882:
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John S. Pillsbury
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January 10, 1882 to January 5, 1887:
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Lucius F. Hubbard
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January 5, 1887 to January 9, 1889:
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Andrew E. McGill
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January 9, 1889 to January 4, 1893:
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William R. Merriam
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January 4, 1893 to January 31, 1895:
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Knute Nelson
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January 31, 1895 to January 2, 1899:
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David M. Clough
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January 2, 1899 to January 7, 1901:
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John Lind
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January 7, 1901 to January 4, 1905:
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Samuel R. Van Sant
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January 4, 1905 to September 21, 1909:
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John A. Johnson*
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* Died in office
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September 21, 1909 to January 5, 1915:
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Adolph O. Eberhart
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January 5, 1915 to December 30, 1915:
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Winfield S. Hammond*
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* Died in office
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December 30, 1915 to January 5, 1921:
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Joseph a. A. Blumquist
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January 5, 1921 to January 6, 1925:
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Jacob A. O. Preus
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January 5, 1925 to January 6, 1931:
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Theodore Christianson
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January 6, 1931 to August 22, 1936:
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Floyd B. Olson*
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* Died in office
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August 22, 1936 to January 4, 1937:
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Hjalmar Petersen
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January 4, 1937 to January 2, 1939:
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Elmer A. Benson
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January 2, 1939 to August 27, 1943:
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Harold E. Stassen
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April 27, 1943 to January 8, 1947:
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Edward J. Thye
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January 8, 1947 September 27, 1951:
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Luther W. Youngdahl
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September 27, 1951 to January 5, 1955:
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C. Elmer Anderson
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January 5, 1955 to January 2, 1961:
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Orville L. Freeman
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January 2, 1961 to March 25, 1963:
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Elmer L. Andersen
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March 25, 1963 to January 2, 1967:
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Karl F. Rolvaag
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January 2, 1967 to January 4, 1971:
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Harold LeVander
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January 4, 1971 to December 29, 1976:
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Wendell R. Anderson
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December 29, 1976 to January 1, 1979:
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Rudy Perpich
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January 1, 1979 to January 3, 1983:
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Albert H. Quie
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January 3, 1983 to January 7, 1991:
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Rudy Perpich
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January 7, 1991 to January, 1999:
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Ame H. Carlson
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January 4, 1999 to January 6, 2003:
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Jesse Ventura
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January 6, 2003 –
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Tim Pawlenty
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| Senators - Class I |
May 11, 1858 – March 4, 1863
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Henry Mower Rice
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March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1875
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Alexander Ramsey
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March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1887
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Samuel James Renwick McMillan
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March 4, 1887 – November 27, 1900
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Cushman Kellogg Davis * Died in office
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December 5, 1900 – January 23, 1901
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Charles Arnette Towne
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January 23, 1901 – March 4, 1917
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Moses Edwin Clapp
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March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1923
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Frank Billings Kellogg
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March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1947
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Henrik Shipstead
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January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959
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Edward John Thye
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January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971
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Eugene McCarthy
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January 3, 1971 – January 13, 1978
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. * Resigned office
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January 25, 1978 – November 7, 1978
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Muriel Humphrey
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November 7, 1978 – January 3, 1995
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David Durenberger
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January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001
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Rod Grams
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January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007
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Mark Dayton
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January 3, 2007 –
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Amy Klobuchar
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| Senators - Class II |
May 11, 1858 – March 4, 1859
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James Shields
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March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1865
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Morton Smith Wilkinson
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March 4, 1865 – July 13, 1870
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Daniel Sheldon Norton
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July 15, 1870 – January 22, 1871
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William Windom * Resigned office
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March 12, 1881 – October 30, 1881
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Alonzo Jay Edgerton
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November 15, 1881 – March 4, 1883
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William Windom
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March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1889
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Dwight May Sabin
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March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1895
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William Drew Washburn
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March 4, 1895 – April 28, 1923
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Knute Nelson * Died in office
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July 16, 1923 – March 4, 1925
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Magnus Johnson
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March 4, 1925 – December 22, 1935
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Thomas David Schall * Died in office
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March 27, 1935 – November 3, 1936
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Elmer Austin Benson
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November 4, 1936 – January 3, 1937
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Guy Victor Howard
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January 3, 1937 – August 31, 1940
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Ernest Lundeen * Died in office
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October 14, 1940 – November 3, 1942
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Joseph Hurst Ball
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November 18, 1942 – January 3, 1943
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Arthur Emanuel Nelson
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January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949
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Joseph Hurst Ball
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January 3, 1949 – December 29, 1964
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. * Resigned office
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December 30, 1964 – December 30, 1976
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Walter Mondale * Resigned office
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December 30, 1976 – December 29, 1978
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Wendell Anderson
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December 30, 1978 – January 3, 1991
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Rudy Boschwitz
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January 3, 1991 – October 25, 2002
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Paul Wellstone * Died in office
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November 12, 2002 – January 3, 2003
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Dean Barkley
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January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009
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Norm Coleman
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Vote not official yet
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Al Franken
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| State Song |
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Hail Minnesota |
Minnesota, hail to thee!
Hail to thee, our state so dear,
Thy light shall ever be
A beacon bright and clear.
Thy son and daughters true
Will proclaim thee near and far,
They shall guard thy fame and adore thy name;
Thou shalt be their Northern Star.
Like the stream that bends to sea,
Like the pine that seeks the blue;
Minnesota, still for thee
Thy sons are strong and true.
From the woods and waters fair;
From the prairies waving far,
At thy call they throng with their shout and song;
Hailing thee their Northern Star.
Written in 1905, the official University
of Minnesota song
was adopted as the state song in 1945.
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State Population
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1850: 6,077 |
1860: 172,014 |
1870: 439,706 |
1880: 780,773 |
1890: 1,301,826 |
1900: 1,751,394 |
1910: 2,075,708 |
1920: 2,387,125 |
1930: 2,563,953 |
1940: 2,792,300 |
1950: 2,982,483 |
1960: 3,413,864 |
1970: 3,806,103 |
1980: 4,075,970 |
1990: 4,357,099 |
2000: 4,919,485 |
State Capitol Building 1907
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