List of United States senators from Minnesota facts for kids

Current delegation

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D)

Senator Tina Smith (D)

Minnesota was admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858. As of January 3, 2018, the state has had 44 people serve in the United States Senate. Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Amy Klobuchar (since 2007) and Tina Smith (since 2018), making it one of only four states to have two female U.S. senators alongside Nevada, New Hampshire and Washington. The appointment of Smith marked the first time the state had two female U.S. senators at any one time. Knute Nelson is Minnesota's longest-serving senator (1895–1923). Minnesota is one of fifteen states alongside Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, South Dakota and Utah to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.

List of senators

Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024.						C	Class 2 Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2008, 2014, 2018 (special), and 2020. The next election will be in 2026.
#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
1	Henry M. Rice	Democratic	May 11, 1858 – Mar 3, 1863	Elected in 1858. Retired.	1	35th	1	Elected in 1858. Lost re-election.	May 11, 1858 – Mar 3, 1859	Democratic	James Shields	1
						36th	2	Elected in 1858 or 1859. Lost re-election.	Mar 4, 1859 – Mar 3, 1865	Republican	Morton S. Wilkinson	2
						37th
2	Alexander Ramsey	Republican	Mar 4, 1863 – Mar 3, 1875	Elected in 1863.	2	38th
						39th	3	Elected in 1865. Died.	Mar 4, 1865 – Jul 13, 1870	Republican	Daniel S. Norton	3
						40th
				Re-elected in 1869. [data missing].	3	41st
									Jul 13, 1870 – Jul 15, 1870	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Norton's term. Successor qualified.	Jul 15, 1870 – Jan 22, 1871	Republican	William Windom	4
								Elected in 1871 to finish Norton's term. Retired.	Jan 23, 1871 – Mar 3, 1871	Republican	Ozora P. Stearns	5
						42nd	4	Elected in 1871.	Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 7, 1881	Republican	William Windom	6
						43rd
3	Samuel J. R. McMillan	Republican	Mar 4, 1875 – Mar 3, 1887	Elected in 1875.	4	44th
						45th	5	Re-elected in 1877. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
						46th
				Re-elected in 1881. Retired.	5	47th
									Mar 7, 1881 – Mar 12, 1881	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Windom's term. Successor qualified.	Mar 12, 1881 – Oct 30, 1881	Republican	Alonzo J. Edgerton	7
									Oct 30, 1881 – Nov 15, 1881	Vacant
								Elected in 1881 to finish his own term. Lost election to full term.	Nov 15, 1881 – Mar 3, 1883	Republican	William Windom	8
						48th	6	Elected in 1883. Lost renomination.	Mar 4, 1883 – Mar 3, 1889	Republican	Dwight M. Sabin	9
						49th
4	Cushman Davis	Republican	Mar 4, 1887 – Nov 27, 1900	Elected in 1886.	6	50th
						51st	7	Elected in 1888. Lost re-election.	Mar 4, 1889 – Mar 3, 1895	Republican	William D. Washburn	10
						52nd
				Re-elected in 1892.	7	53rd
						54th	8	Elected in 1895.	Mar 4, 1895 – Apr 28, 1923	Republican	Knute Nelson	11
						55th
				Re-elected in 1899. Died.	8	56th
Vacant			Nov 27, 1900 – Dec 5, 1900
5	Charles A. Towne	Democratic	Dec 5, 1900 – Jan 23, 1901	Appointed to continue Davis's term. Successor qualified.
6	Moses E. Clapp	Republican	Jan 23, 1901 – Mar 3, 1917	Elected in 1901 to finish Davis's term
						57th	9	Re-elected in 1901.
						58th
				Re-elected in 1905.	9	59th
						60th	10	Re-elected in 1907.
						61st
				Re-elected in 1911. Lost renomination.	10	62nd
						63rd	11	Re-elected in 1913.
						64th
7	Frank B. Kellogg	Republican	Mar 4, 1917 – Mar 3, 1923	Elected in 1916. Lost re-election.	11	65th
						66th	12	Re-elected in 1918. Died.
						67th
8	Henrik Shipstead	Farmer– Labor	Mar 4, 1923 – Jan 3, 1947	Elected in 1922.	12	68th
									Apr 28, 1923 – Jul 16, 1923	Vacant
								Elected in 1923 to finish Nelson's term. Lost election to full term.	Jul 16, 1923 – Mar 3, 1925	Farmer– Labor	Magnus Johnson	12
						69th	13	Elected in 1924.	Mar 4, 1925 – Dec 22, 1935	Republican	Thomas D. Schall	13
						70th
				Re-elected in 1928.	13	71st
						72nd	14	Re-elected in 1930. Died.
						73rd
				Re-elected in 1934.	14	74th
									Dec 22, 1935 – Dec 27, 1935	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Schall's term. Retired when successor elected.	Dec 27, 1935 – Nov 3, 1936	Farmer– Labor	Elmer A. Benson	14
								Elected in 1936 to finish Schall's term. Retired.	Nov 4, 1936 – Jan 3, 1937	Republican	Guy V. Howard	15
						75th	15	Elected in 1936. Died.	Jan 3, 1937 – Aug 31, 1940	Farmer– Labor	Ernest Lundeen	16
						76th
									Aug 31, 1940 – Oct 14, 1940	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Lundeen's term. Retired when successor elected, but elected to next full term.	Oct 14, 1940 – Nov 17, 1942	Republican	Joseph H. Ball	17
		Republican		Re-elected in 1940. Lost renomination.	15	77th
									Nov 17, 1942 – Nov 18, 1942	Vacant
								Elected in 1942 to finish Lundeen's term. Retired.	Nov 18, 1942 – Jan 3, 1943	Republican	Arthur E. Nelson	18
						78th	16	Elected in 1942. Lost re-election.	Jan 3, 1943 – Jan 3, 1949	Republican	Joseph H. Ball	19
						79th
9	Edward J. Thye	Republican	Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 3, 1959	Elected in 1946.	16	80th
						81st	17	Elected in 1948.	Jan 3, 1949 – Dec 29, 1964	DFL	Hubert Humphrey	20
						82nd
				Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election.	17	83rd
						84th	18	Re-elected in 1954.
						85th
10	Eugene McCarthy	DFL	Jan 3, 1959 – Jan 3, 1971	Elected in 1958.	18	86th
						87th	19	Re-elected in 1960. Resigned to become U.S. Vice President.
						88th
								Appointed to finish Humphrey's term.	Dec 30, 1964 – Dec 30, 1976	DFL	Walter Mondale	21
				Re-elected in 1964. Retired.	19	89th
						90th	20	Elected to full term in 1966.
						91st
11	Hubert Humphrey	DFL	Jan 3, 1971 – Jan 13, 1978	Elected in 1970.	20	92nd
						93rd	21	Re-elected in 1972. Resigned to become U.S. Vice President.
						94th
								Appointed to finish Mondale's term. Lost election to full term. Resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.	Dec 30, 1976 – Dec 29, 1978	DFL	Wendell Anderson	22
				Re-elected in 1976. Died.	21	95th
Vacant			Jan 13, 1978 – Jan 25, 1978
12	Muriel Humphrey	DFL	Jan 25, 1978 – Nov 7, 1978	Appointed to continue her husband's term. Successor qualified.
13	David Durenberger	Independent- Republican	Nov 7, 1978 – Jan 3, 1995	Elected in 1978 to finish Hubert Humphrey's term.
								Appointed early to finish Mondale's term, having already been elected to the next term.	Dec 30, 1978 – Jan 3, 1991	Independent- Republican	Rudy Boschwitz	23
						96th	22	Elected in 1978.
						97th
				Re-elected in 1982.	22	98th
						99th	23	Re-elected in 1984. Lost re-election.
						100th
				Re-elected in 1988. Retired.	23	101st
						102nd	24	Elected in 1990.	Jan 3, 1991 – Oct 25, 2002	DFL	Paul Wellstone	24
						103rd
14	Rod Grams	Independent- Republican	Jan 3, 1995 – Jan 3, 2001	Elected in 1994. Lost re-election.	24	104th
						105th	25	Re-elected in 1996. Ran for re-election, but died.
						106th
15	Mark Dayton	DFL	Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2007	Elected in 2000. Retired.	25	107th
									Oct 25, 2002 – Nov 4, 2002	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Wellstone's term. Retired when successor was elected to the next full term.	Nov 4, 2002 – Jan 3, 2003	Independence	Dean Barkley	25
						108th	26	Elected in 2002. Term expired before election dispute. Lost re-election.	Jan 3, 2003 – Jan 3, 2009	Republican	Norm Coleman	26
						109th
16	Amy Klobuchar	DFL	Jan 3, 2007 – present	Elected in 2006.	26	110th
						111th	27	Election disputed.	Jan 3, 2009 – Jul 7, 2009	Vacant
								Elected in 2008, but was not seated until 7 July 2009.	Jul 7, 2009 – Jan 2, 2018	DFL	Al Franken	27
						112th
				Re-elected in 2012.	27	113th
						114th	28	Re-elected in 2014. Resigned.
						115th
								Appointed to continue Franken's term. Elected in 2018 to finish Franken's term.	Jan 3, 2018 – present	DFL	Tina Smith	28
				Re-elected in 2018.	28	116th
						117th	29	Re-elected in 2020.
						118th
To be determined in the 2024 election.					29	119th
						120th	30	To be determined in the 2026 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 2

See also

• United States congressional delegations from Minnesota
• List of United States representatives from Minnesota
• Elections in Minnesota