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Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives


  • 1858-1859 George Bradley, R
  • 1859-1861 Amos Coggswell, R/D
  • 1861-1863 Jared Benson, R
  • 1863-1864 Charles Sherwood, R
  • 1864-1865 Jared Benson, R
  • 1865-1866 Thomas H. Armstrong, R
  • 1866-1867 James B. Wakefield,R
  • 1867-1869 John Q. Farmer, R
  • 1869-1870 Chester D. Davidson R
  • 1870-1872 Merriam, John L. Merriam R
  • 1872-1875 Albert R. Hall, R
  • 1877-1878 John L. Gillbs, R
  • 1878-1881 Charles A. Gilman, R
  • 1881-1885 Loren Fletcher, R
  • 1885-1887 John L. Gibbs, R
  • 1887-1889 William R. Merriam, R
  • 1889-1891 Charles H.Graves, R
  • 1891-1892 Ezra T. Champlin, Democratic-Alliance coalition
  • 1892-1893  ????? Republican
  • 1893-1895 William Edward Lee R
  • 1895-1897 Samuel R. Van Sant R
  • 1897-1899 John D Jones, R
  • 1899-1901 Arthur N. Dare, R
  • 1901-1903 Michael J. Dowling R
  • 1903-1905 Leverett W Babcock R
  • 1905-1907 Frank Clague, R
  • 1907-1909 Lawrence H. Johnson R
  • 1909-1911 Anton J. Rockne, R
  • 1911-1913 Howard H. Dunn R
  • 1913-1915 Henry Rines Progressive
  • 1915-1917 H. H. Flowers, Conservative/Republican
  • 1917-1919 Ralph J. Parker, Conservative
  • 1919-1925 William I. Nolan, Conservative
  • 1925-1931 John A. Johnson, Conservative
  • 1931-1933 Oscar A. Swenson , Conservative
  • 1933-1935 Charles Munn, Liberal
  • 1935-1937 George W. Johnson, Conservative
  • 1937-1939 Harold H. Barker, Liberal
  • 1939-1949 Lawrence M. Hall, Conservative
  • 1949-1955 John A. Hartle, Conservative
  • 1955-1959 Alfred I. Johnson,Liberal
  • 1959-1963 Edward J. Chilgren, Liberal
  • 1963-1971 Lloyd L. Duxbury, Conservative
  • 1971-1973 Aubrey W. Dirlam, Cons/Rep
  • 1973-1979 Martin Sabo, DFL
  • 1979-1979 Fred C. Norton, DFL
  • 1979-1981 Rodney Searle, IR
  • 1981-1985 Harry A. Sieben, Jr. DFL
  • 1985-1987 David Jennings, IR
  • 1987-1987 Fred C. Norton DFL
  • 1987-1991 Robert E. Vanasek, DFL
  • 1991-1993 Dee Long, DFL
  • 1993-1996 Irvin Anderson, DFL
  • 1996-1999 Phil Carruthers, DFL
  • 1999- Steve Sviggum, Rep



In 1913, Minnesota legislators began to be elected on nonpartisan ballots. Nonpartisanship also was an historical accident that occurred in the 1913 session when a bill to provide for no party elections of judges and city and county officers was amended to include the Legislature in the belief that it would kill the bill. Legislators ran and caucused as "Liberals" or "Conservatives" roughly equivalent in most years to Democratic-Farmer-Labor and Republican, respectively. In 1974, House members again ran with party designation.

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