| Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. Mark Dayton | Minnesota |
2011 - 2019 |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Gov. Tim Pawlenty | Minnesota |
2003 - 2011 |
Republican |
| Gov. Jesse Ventura | Minnesota |
1999 - 2003 |
Minnesota Independence Party |
| Gov. Arne Helge Carlson | Minnesota |
1991 - 1999 |
Republican |
| Gov. Rudolph George Perpich | Minnesota |
1983 - 1991 1976 - 1979 |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Gov. Albert Harold Quie | Minnesota |
1979 - 1983 |
Independent-Republican |
| Gov. Wendell Richard Anderson | Minnesota |
1971 - 1976 |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Gov. Harold LeVander | Minnesota |
1967 - 1971 |
Republican |
| Gov. Karl Fritjof Rolvaag | Minnesota |
1963 - 1967 |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Gov. Elmer Lee Andersen | Minnesota |
1961 - 1963 |
Republican |
| Gov. Orville Lothrop Freeman | Minnesota |
1955 - 1961 |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Gov. Clyde Elmer Anderson | Minnesota |
1951 - 1955 |
Republican |
| Gov. Luther Wallace Youngdahl | Minnesota |
1947 - 1951 |
Republican |
| Gov. Edward John Thye | Minnesota |
1943 - 1947 |
Republican |
| Gov. Harold Edward Stassen | Minnesota |
1939 - 1943 |
Republican |
| Gov. Elmer Austin Benson | Minnesota |
1937 - 1939 |
Farmer-Labor |
| Gov. Hjalmar Petersen | Minnesota |
1936 - 1937 |
Farmer-Labor |
| Gov. Floyd Bjornstjerne Olson | Minnesota |
1931 - 1936 |
Farmer-Labor |
| Gov. Theodore Christianson | Minnesota |
1925 - 1931 |
Republican |
| Gov. Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus | Minnesota |
1921 - 1925 |
Republican |
| Gov. Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist | Minnesota |
1915 - 1921 |
Republican |
| Gov. Winfield Scott Hammond | Minnesota |
1915 - 1915 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Adolph Olson Eberhart | Minnesota |
1909 - 1915 |
Republican |
| Gov. John Albert Johnson | Minnesota |
1905 - 1909 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Samuel Rinnah Van Sant | Minnesota |
1901 - 1905 |
Republican |
| Gov. John Lind | Minnesota |
1899 - 1901 |
Democratic |
| Gov. David Marston Clough | Minnesota |
1895 - 1899 |
Republican |
| Gov. Knute Nelson | Minnesota |
1893 - 1895 |
Republican |
| Gov. William Rush Merriam | Minnesota |
1889 - 1893 |
Republican |
| Gov. Andrew Ryan McGill | Minnesota |
1887 - 1889 |
Republican |
| Gov. Lucius Frederick Hubbard | Minnesota |
1882 - 1887 |
Republican |
| Gov. John Sargent Pillsbury | Minnesota |
1876 - 1882 |
Republican |
| Gov. Cushman Kellogg Davis | Minnesota |
1874 - 1876 |
Republican |
| Gov. Horace Austin | Minnesota |
1870 - 1874 |
Republican |
| Gov. William Rainey Marshall | Minnesota |
1866 - 1870 |
Republican |
| Gov. Stephen Miller | Minnesota |
1864 - 1866 |
Republican |
| Gov. Henry Adoniram Swift | Minnesota |
1863 - 1864 |
Republican |
| Gov. Alexander Ramsey | Minnesota |
1860 - 1863 |
Republican |
| Gov. Henry Hastings Sibley | Minnesota |
1858 - 1860 |
Democratic |
