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GOVERNORS OF MINNESOTA

Territorial First Ladies

Anna Jenks Ramsey (1849-1853)
Martha Gorman (1853-1857)
Eliza Medary (1857-1860)

 

State First Ladies

Sarah Jane Sibley (1858-1860)
Anna Jenks Ramsey (1860-1863)
Ruth Swift (1863-1864)
Margaret Miller (1864-1866)
Abby Marshall (1866-1870)
Mary Lena Austin (1870-1874)
Laura Davis (1874-1876)
Mahala Pillsbury (1876-1882)
Amelia Hubbard (1882-1887)
Mary Elizabeth McGill (1887-1889)
Laura Merriam (1889-1893)
Nicolina/e Nelson (1893-1895)
Addie Clough (1895-1899)
Alice Lind (1899-1901)
Ruth Van Sant (1901-1905)
Elinore Johnson (1905-1909)
Adele Eberhart (1909-1915)
Mary Louise Burnquist (1915-1921)
Idelle Preus (1921-1925)
Ruth Christianson (1925-1931)
Ada Olson (1931-1936)
Medora Petersen (1936-1937)
Frances Benson (1937-1939)
Esther Stassen (1939-1943)
Myrtle Thye (1943-1947)
Irene Youngdahl (1947-1951)
Lillian Anderson (1951-1955)
Jane Freeman (1955-1961)
Eleanor Andersen (1961-1963)
Florence Rolvaag (1963-1967)
Iantha LeVander (1967-1971)
Mary Christine Anderson (1971-1976)
Delores Perpich (1976-1979)
Gretchen Quie (1979-1983)
Delores Perpich (1983-1991)
Susan Carlson (1991-1999)
Teresa Ventura (1999-2003)
Mary Elizabeth Pawlenty (2003-       )