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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 | ||||
May 24, 1858 to January 2, 1860: |
Henry S. Sibley | |||
January 2, 1860 to July 10, 1863: |
Alexander Ramsley | |||
July 10, 1863 to January 11, 1864: |
Henry A. Swift | |||
January 11, 1864 to January 8, 1866: |
Stephen Miller |
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January 8, 1866 to January 9, 1870: |
William R. Marshall | |||
January 9, 1870 to January 7, 1874: |
Horace Austin | |||
January 7, 1874 to January 7, 1876: |
Cushman K. Davis | |||
January 7, 1876 to January 10, 1882: |
John S. Pillsbury |
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January 10, 1882 to January 5, 1887: |
Lucius F. Hubbard | |||
January 5, 1887 to January 9, 1889: |
Andrew E. McGill | |||
January 9, 1889 to January 4, 1893: |
William R. Merriam | |||
January 4, 1893 to January 31, 1895: |
Knute Nelson |
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January 31, 1895 to January 2, 1899: |
David M. Clough | |||
January 2, 1899 to January 7, 1901: |
John Lind | |||
January 7, 1901 to January 4, 1905: |
Samuel R. Van Sant | |||
January 4, 1905 to September 21, 1909: |
John A. Johnson* |
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* Died in office | ||||
September 21, 1909 to January 5, 1915: |
Adolph O. Eberhart | |||
January 5, 1915 to December 30, 1915: |
Winfield S. Hammond* | |||
* Died in office | ||||
December 30, 1915 to January 5, 1921: |
Joseph a. A. Blumquist | |||
January 5, 1921 to January 6, 1925: |
Jacob A. O. Preus |
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January 5, 1925 to January 6, 1931: |
Theodore Christianson | |||
January 6, 1931 to August 22, 1936: |
Floyd B. Olson* | |||
* Died in office | ||||
August 22, 1936 to January 4, 1937: |
Hjalmar Petersen | |||
January 4, 1937 to January 2, 1939: |
Elmer A. Benson |
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January 2, 1939 to August 27, 1943: |
Harold E. Stassen | |||
April 27, 1943 to January 8, 1947: |
Edward J. Thye | |||
January 8, 1947 September 27, 1951: |
Luther W. Youngdahl | |||
September 27, 1951 to January 5, 1955: |
C. Elmer Anderson |
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January 5, 1955 to January 2, 1961: |
Orville L. Freeman | |||
January 2, 1961 to March 25, 1963: |
Elmer L. Andersen | |||
March 25, 1963 to January 2, 1967: |
Karl F. Rolvaag | |||
January 2, 1967 to January 4, 1971: |
Harold LeVander |
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January 4, 1971 to December 29, 1976: |
Wendell R. Anderson | |||
December 29, 1976 to January 1, 1979: |
Rudy Perpich | |||
January 1, 1979 to January 3, 1983: |
Albert H. Quie | |||
January 3, 1983 to January 7, 1991: |
Rudy Perpich |
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January 7, 1991 to January, 1999: |
Ame H. Carlson | |||
January 4, 1999 to January 6, 2003: |
Jesse Ventura | |||
January 6, 2003 – |
Tim Pawlenty |
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May 11, 1858 – March 4, 1863 | Henry Mower Rice | |||
March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1875 | Alexander Ramsey | |||
March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1887 | Samuel James Renwick McMillan | |||
March 4, 1887 – November 27, 1900 | Cushman Kellogg Davis * Died in office | |||
December 5, 1900 – January 23, 1901 | Charles Arnette Towne | |||
January 23, 1901 – March 4, 1917 | Moses Edwin Clapp | |||
March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1923 | Frank Billings Kellogg | |||
March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1947 | Henrik Shipstead | |||
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959 | Edward John Thye | |||
January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 | Eugene McCarthy | |||
January 3, 1971 – January 13, 1978 | Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. * Resigned office | |||
January 25, 1978 – November 7, 1978 | Muriel Humphrey | |||
November 7, 1978 – January 3, 1995 | David Durenberger | |||
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001 | Rod Grams | |||
January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 | Mark Dayton | |||
January 3, 2007 – | Amy Klobuchar | |||
May 11, 1858 – March 4, 1859 | James Shields | |||
March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1865 | Morton Smith Wilkinson | |||
March 4, 1865 – July 13, 1870 | Daniel Sheldon Norton | |||
July 15, 1870 – January 22, 1871 | William Windom * Resigned office | |||
March 12, 1881 – October 30, 1881 | Alonzo Jay Edgerton | |||
November 15, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | William Windom | |||
March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1889 | Dwight May Sabin | |||
March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1895 | William Drew Washburn | |||
March 4, 1895 – April 28, 1923 | Knute Nelson * Died in office | |||
July 16, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | Magnus Johnson | |||
March 4, 1925 – December 22, 1935 | Thomas David Schall * Died in office | |||
March 27, 1935 – November 3, 1936 | Elmer Austin Benson | |||
November 4, 1936 – January 3, 1937 | Guy Victor Howard | |||
January 3, 1937 – August 31, 1940 | Ernest Lundeen * Died in office | |||
October 14, 1940 – November 3, 1942 | Joseph Hurst Ball | |||
November 18, 1942 – January 3, 1943 | Arthur Emanuel Nelson | |||
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 | Joseph Hurst Ball | |||
January 3, 1949 – December 29, 1964 | Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. * Resigned office | |||
December 30, 1964 – December 30, 1976 | Walter Mondale * Resigned office | |||
December 30, 1976 – December 29, 1978 | Wendell Anderson | |||
December 30, 1978 – January 3, 1991 | Rudy Boschwitz | |||
January 3, 1991 – October 25, 2002 | Paul Wellstone * Died in office | |||
November 12, 2002 – January 3, 2003 | Dean Barkley | |||
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009 | Norm Coleman | |||
Vote not official yet | Al Franken | |||
| Hail Minnesota | ||||
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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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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 | ||||
