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	(2003-2011)

 

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