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U.S. Senate seat, Minnesota (class 2)

37 members have held this seat since Jan 1, 1858. Now: Tina Smith D.

Holders
37
22 R · 11 D · 3 FL · 1 I
Longest tenure
16 years
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr.
Current
8.8 years
Tina Smith, since Jan 3, 2018
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186018801900192019401960198020002020James Shields · 1858-01-01 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratMorton Smith Wilkinson · 1859-12-05 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Sheldon Norton · 1865-12-04 – 1871-03-04 · DemocratOzora Pierson Stearns · 1871-03-04 – 1872-01-01 · RepublicanWilliam Windom · 1881-11-15 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanDwight May Sabin · 1883-12-03 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Drew Washburn · 1889-12-02 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanKnute Nelson · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanKnute Nelson · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanKnute Nelson · 1907-12-02 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanKnute Nelson · 1913-04-07 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanKnute Nelson · 1919-05-19 – 1923-04-29 · RepublicanMagnus Johnson · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · Farmer-LaborThomas David Schall · 1925-12-07 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanThomas David Schall · 1931-12-07 – 1935-12-23 · RepublicanElmer Austin Benson · 1935-12-27 – 1936-11-04 · Farmer-LaborGuy Victor Howard · 1936-11-04 – 1937-01-04 · RepublicanErnest Lundeen · 1937-01-05 – 1940-09-01 · Farmer-LaborJoseph Hurst Ball · 1940-10-14 – 1942-11-18 · RepublicanArthur Emanuel Nelson · 1942-11-18 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hurst Ball · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanWalter Frederick Mondale · 1964-12-30 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratWalter Frederick Mondale · 1967-01-10 – 1976-12-31 · DemocratRudolph Eli Boschwitz · 1978-12-30 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanRudolph Eli Boschwitz · 1979-01-15 – 1991-01-04 · RepublicanPaul David Wellstone · 1997-01-07 – 2002-10-26 · DemocratDean Barkley · 2002-11-05 – 2003-01-04 · IndependentNorm Coleman · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanAl Franken · 2009-07-07 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratAl Franken · 2015-01-06 – 2018-01-03 · DemocratTina Smith · 2018-01-03 – present · DemocratWilliam Windom · 1870-07-15 – 1871-01-23 · RepublicanWilliam Windom · 1871-03-04 – 1881-03-08 · RepublicanAlonzo Jay Edgerton · 1881-12-05 – 1882-01-01 · RepublicanHubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. · 1949-01-03 – 1964-12-30 · DemocratWendell Richard Anderson · 1976-12-30 – 1978-12-30 · DemocratPaul David Wellstone · 1991-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · Democrat
Tina Smith D
Jan 3, 2018 – present · 8.8 years
Al Franken D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2018 · 3 years
Al Franken D
Jul 7, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 5.5 years
Norm Coleman R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Dean Barkley I
Nov 5, 2002 – Jan 4, 2003 · 2 months
Paul David Wellstone D
Jan 7, 1997 – Oct 26, 2002 · 5.8 years
Paul David Wellstone D
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1997 · 6 years
Rudolph Eli Boschwitz R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1991 · 12 years
Rudolph Eli Boschwitz R
Dec 30, 1978 – Jan 4, 1979 · 5 days
Wendell Richard Anderson D
Dec 30, 1976 – Dec 30, 1978 · 2 years
Walter Frederick Mondale D
Jan 10, 1967 – Dec 31, 1976 · 10 years
Walter Frederick Mondale D
Dec 30, 1964 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D
Jan 3, 1949 – Dec 30, 1964 · 16 years
Joseph Hurst Ball R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Arthur Emanuel Nelson R
Nov 18, 1942 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 months
Joseph Hurst Ball R
Oct 14, 1940 – Nov 18, 1942 · 2.1 years
Ernest Lundeen FL
Jan 5, 1937 – Sep 1, 1940 · 3.7 years
Guy Victor Howard R
Nov 4, 1936 – Jan 4, 1937 · 2 months
Elmer Austin Benson FL
Dec 27, 1935 – Nov 4, 1936 · 10 months
Thomas David Schall R
Dec 7, 1931 – Dec 23, 1935 · 4 years
Thomas David Schall R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 4, 1931 · 5.2 years
Magnus Johnson FL
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Knute Nelson R
May 19, 1919 – Apr 29, 1923 · 3.9 years
Knute Nelson R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1919 · 5.9 years
Knute Nelson R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1913 · 5.3 years
Knute Nelson R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
Knute Nelson R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
William Drew Washburn R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1895 · 5.3 years
Dwight May Sabin R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1889 · 5.3 years
Alonzo Jay Edgerton R
Dec 5, 1881 – Jan 1, 1882 · 27 days
William Windom R
Nov 15, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 16 months
Ozora Pierson Stearns R
Mar 4, 1871 – Jan 1, 1872 · 10 months
William Windom R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 8, 1881 · 10 years
William Windom R
Jul 15, 1870 – Jan 23, 1871 · 6 months
Daniel Sheldon Norton D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
Morton Smith Wilkinson R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1865 · 5.2 years
James Shields D
Jan 1, 1858 – Mar 4, 1859 · 14 months

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