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Territorial Governor

Alexander Ramsey	(1849-1853)
Willis Gorman	(1853-1857)
Samuel Medary	(1857-1858)

State Governors

Henry Sibley	(1858-1860)
Alexander Ramsey	(1860-1863)
Henry Swift	(1863-1864)
Stephen Miller	(1864-1866)
William Marshall	(1866-1870)
Horace Austin	(1870-1874)
Cushman Davis	(1874-1876)
John Pillsbury	(1876-1882)
Lucius Hubbard	(1882-1887)
Andrew McGill	(1887-1889)
William Merriam	(1889-1893)
Knute Nelson	(1893-1895)
D.M. Clough	(1895-1899)
John Lind	(1899-1901)
Samuel Van Sant	(1901-1905)
John Johnson	(1905-1909)
A.O. Eberhart	(1909-1915)
Winfield Hammond	(1915)
J.A.A. Burnquist	(1915-1921)
J.A.O. Preus	(1921-1925)
Theodore Christianson	(1925-1931)
Floyd Olson	(1931-1936)
Hjalmer Petersen	(1936-1937)
Elmer Benson	(1937-1939)
Harold Stassen	(1939-1943)
Edward Thye	(1943-1947)
Luther Youngdahl	(1947-1951)
C. Elmer Anderson	(1951-1955)
Orville Freeman	(1955-1961)
Elmer Andersen	(1961-1963)
Karl Rolvaag	(1963-1967)
Harold LeVander	(1967-1971)
Wendell Anderson	(1971-1976)
Rudy Perpich	(1976-1979)
Al Quie	(1979-1983)
Rudy Perpich	(1983-1991)
Arne Carlson	(1991-1999)
Jesse Ventura	(1999-2003)
Tim Pawlenty	(2003-2011)
Mark Dayton	(2011-)

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