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Minnesota's 5th congressional district

44 members have held this seat since Dec 3, 1883. Now: Ilhan Omar D.

Holders
44
28 R · 14 D · 1 P · 1 FL
Longest tenure
16 years
Walter Henry Judd
Current
7.8 years
Ilhan Omar, since Jan 3, 2019
history/seat/mn-5Every holder, newest first
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1900192019401960198020002020Knute Nelson · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanKnute Nelson · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanKnute Nelson · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanSolomon Gilman Comstock · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanKittel Halvorson · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · PopulistLoren Fletcher · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanLoren Fletcher · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanLoren Fletcher · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanLoren Fletcher · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanLoren Fletcher · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Lind · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratLoren Fletcher · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Mellen Nye · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Mellen Nye · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Mellen Nye · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Ross Smith · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Ross Smith · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanErnest Lundeen · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Hughes Newton · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Hughes Newton · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Hughes Newton · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Hughes Newton · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanWalter Hughes Newton · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Hughes Newton · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Ignatius Nolan · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanTheodore Christianson · 1935-01-03 – 1937-01-04 · RepublicanDewey William Johnson · 1937-01-05 – 1939-01-04 · Farmer-LaborWalter Henry Judd · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanWalter Henry Judd · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanDonald MacKay Fraser · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratDonald MacKay Fraser · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratDonald MacKay Fraser · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratDonald MacKay Fraser · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratMartin Olav Sabo · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratMartin Olav Sabo · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratMartin Olav Sabo · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratMartin Olav Sabo · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratMartin Olav Sabo · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · DemocratKeith Ellison · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratKeith Ellison · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratKeith Ellison · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Ignatius Nolan · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanOscar Ferdinand Youngdahl · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanIlhan Omar · 2019-01-03 – present · Democrat
Ilhan Omar D
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Keith Ellison D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Keith Ellison D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Keith Ellison D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Martin Olav Sabo D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
Martin Olav Sabo D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Martin Olav Sabo D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Martin Olav Sabo D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Martin Olav Sabo D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Donald MacKay Fraser D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Donald MacKay Fraser D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Donald MacKay Fraser D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Donald MacKay Fraser D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Walter Henry Judd R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Walter Henry Judd R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Dewey William Johnson FL
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 · 2 years
Theodore Christianson R
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1937 · 2 years
William Ignatius Nolan R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Walter Hughes Newton R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
William Ignatius Nolan R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Walter Hughes Newton R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Walter Hughes Newton R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Walter Hughes Newton R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Walter Hughes Newton R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Walter Hughes Newton R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Ernest Lundeen R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
George Ross Smith R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
George Ross Smith R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Frank Mellen Nye R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Frank Mellen Nye R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Frank Mellen Nye R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Loren Fletcher R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
John Lind D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Loren Fletcher R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Loren Fletcher R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Loren Fletcher R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Loren Fletcher R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Loren Fletcher R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Kittel Halvorson P
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Solomon Gilman Comstock R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Knute Nelson R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Knute Nelson R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Knute Nelson R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.