First Ladies and Gentlemen of Minnesota

Governor of Minnesota

The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch. Forty different people have been governors of the state, though historically there were also three governors of Minnesota Territory. Alexander Ramsey, the first territorial...

is given an honorary position, styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the State of Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

. To date there have been no female governors of the State of Minnesota, and all First Spouses have been First Ladies.

There is no current First Lady, as the Governor, Mark Dayton

Mark Dayton

Mark Brandt Dayton is an American politician, the 40th and current Governor of the state of Minnesota. Dayton previously served as United States Senator from Minnesota from 2001 to 2007 in the 107th, 108th, and 109th Congresses...

, is unmarried.

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Spouse Of
Sarah Jane Sibley	1858	1860	Henry Sibley Henry Hastings Sibley Henry Hastings Sibley was the first Governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota.-Early life and education:...
Anna Jenks Ramsey	1860	1863	Alexander Ramsey Alexander Ramsey Alexander Ramsey was an American politician. He was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Alexander Ramsey was elected from Pennsylvania as a Whig to the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the 28th and 29th congresses from March 4, 1843 to March 4, 1847...
Ruth Swift	1863	1864	Henry Swift Henry Adoniram Swift Henry Adoniram Swift was an American politician who was the third Governor of Minnesota. He served as Governor from July 10, 1863 to January 11, 1864 after serving as the third Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota when Governor Alexander Ramsey resigned to enter the United States Congress. Prior to...
Margaret Miller	1864	1866	Stephen Miller Stephen Miller Stephen Miller was an American Republican politician. He was the first Civil War veteran to serve as Minnesota Governor. He was the fourth Governor of Minnesota.-Early years and business entrepreneur:...
Abby Langford Marshall	1866	1870	William Marshall
Laura Bowman Davis	1866	1870	Cushman Davis Cushman Davis Cushman Kellogg Davis was an American politician who served as the seventh Governor of Minnesota from January 7, 1874 to January 7, 1876 and as a U.S. Senator in the 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, and 56th United States Congresses, from March 4, 1887 until his death. Senator Davis served in...
Mahala Fisk Pillsbury	1876	1882	John S. Pillsbury John S. Pillsbury John Sargent Pillsbury was an American politician, businessman, and philanthropist. A Republican, he served as the eighth Governor of Minnesota from 1876 to 1882.John S. Pillsbury was born in Sutton, New Hampshire...
Amelia Hubbard	1882	1887	Lucius Hubbard
Mary Elizabeth Wilson McGill	1887	1889	Andrew McGill
Laura Hancock Merriam	1889	1893	William Merriam
Nicolina Jacobson Nelson	1893	1895	Knute Nelson Knute Nelson Knute Nelson was an Norwegian American politician. A Republican, he served in the Wisconsin Legislature and Minnesota Legislature, in the U.S. House of Representatives, as the 12th Governor of Minnesota, and as a U.S...
Addie Barton Clough	1895	1899	D.M. Clough David Marston Clough David Marston Clough was an American politician. He served in the Minnesota State Senate from January 1887 to January 1893. He served as the state's Lt. Governor January 4, 1893 to January 31, 1895. He was the 13th Governor of Minnesota from January 31, 1895 to January 2, 1899...
Alice Shepard Lind	1899	1901	John Lind John Lind (politician) John Lind was an American politician.-Background:Lind was born in Kånna, Kronoberg County in the Swedish province of Småland and emigrated to the United States with his parents when he was thirteen years old. He served in the Spanish-American War in 1898...
Ruth Hall Van Sant	1901	1905	Samuel Van Sant
Alice Shepard Lind	1899	1901	John Lind John Lind (politician) John Lind was an American politician.-Background:Lind was born in Kånna, Kronoberg County in the Swedish province of Småland and emigrated to the United States with his parents when he was thirteen years old. He served in the Spanish-American War in 1898...
Elinore "Nora" Preston Johnson	1901	1905	John Johnson John Albert Johnson This is an article about the former Minnesota governor. For the former Minnesota legislator and speaker of the house, see John A. Johnson.John Albert Johnson was an American politician. He served in the Minnesota State Senate from January 1897 to January 1901...
Adele O. M. Koke Eberhart	1905	1915	A.O. Eberhart
Mary Louise Cross Burnquist	1915	1921	J.A.A. Burnquist
Idelle Louise Haugen Preus	1921	1925	J.A.O. Preus
Ruth E. Donaldson Christianson	1925	1931	Theodore Christianson Theodore Christianson Theodore Christianson was an American politician who served as the 21st Governor of Minnesota from January 6, 1925 until January 6, 1931.-Background:...
Ada A. Krejci Olson	1931	1936	Floyd B. Olson Floyd B. Olson Floyd Bjørnstjerne Olson was an American politician. He served as the 22nd Governor of Minnesota from January 6, 1931 to August 22, 1936. He died in office from stomach cancer. He was a member of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party, and was the first member of the Farmer-Labor Party to win the...
Medora B. Grandprey Petersen	1936	1937	Hjalmar Petersen Hjalmar Petersen Hjalmar Petersen was an American politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Minnesota.-Background:Hjalmar Petersen was born in Eskildstrup, Denmark...
Frances Lillian Miller Benson	1937	1939	Elmer Benson
Esther G. Glewwe Stassen	1939	1943	Harold Stassen Harold Stassen Harold Edward Stassen was the 25th Governor of Minnesota from 1939 to 1943. After service in World War II, from 1948 to 1953 he was president of the University of Pennsylvania...
Myrtle Ennor Oliver Thye	1943	1947	Edward Thye
Irene Annet Engdahl Youngdahl	1947	1951	Luther Youngdahl Luther Youngdahl Luther Wallace Youngdahl was an American politician and judge from Minnesota. He served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1942 to 1946, then as Minnesota's 27th Governor from January 8, 1947 to September 27, 1951, and finally as a judge for the U.S...
Lillian Otterstad Anderson	1951	1955	C. Elmer Anderson C. Elmer Anderson Clyde Elmer Anderson , more commonly known as C. Elmer Anderson, was an American politician. Born in Brainerd, Minnesota, he served as the 28th Governor of Minnesota from September 27, 1951 to January 5, 1955....
Jane C. Shields Freeman	1955	1961	Orville Freeman Orville Freeman Orville Lothrop Freeman was an American Democratic politician who served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota from January 5, 1955 to January 2, 1961, and as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1961 to 1969 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson...
Eleanor A. Johnson Andersen	1961	1963	Elmer Andersen
Florence Boedeker Rolvaag	1963	1967	Karl Rolvaag Karl Rolvaag Karl Fritjof Rolvaag was a U.S. politician and the son of Norwegian-American author and professor Ole E. Rølvaag...
Iantha Powrie LeVander	1967	1971	Harold LeVander Harold LeVander Karl Harold Phillip LeVander was an American politician. He served as the 32nd Governor of Minnesota from January 2, 1967 to January 4, 1971 as a Republican, having defeated incumbent Karl Rolvaag, a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party , in the 1966 election.LeVander was born in...
Mary Christine McKee Anderson	1971	1976	Wendell Anderson Wendell Anderson Wendell Richard "Wendy" Anderson is an American politician and was the 33rd Governor of Minnesota from January 4, 1971 to December 29, 1976. In late 1976, he resigned the governor's office in order to be named U.S. Senator to replace Walter Mondale, who had been elected Vice President of the...
Delores "Lola" Helen Simich Perpich	1976	1979	Rudy Perpich Rudy Perpich Rudolph George "Rudy" Perpich, Sr. was an American politician and the longest-serving governor of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, he served as the 34th and 36th Governor of Minnesota from December 29, 1976 to January 4, 1979, and from January 3, 1983, to January 7, 1991...
Gretchen Hansen Quie	1979	1983	Al Quie Al Quie Albert Harold Quie is an American politician who served as the 35th Governor of Minnesota from January 4, 1979, to January 3, 1983.-State and national government service:...
Delores "Lola" Helen Simich Perpich	1983	1991	Rudy Perpich Rudy Perpich Rudolph George "Rudy" Perpich, Sr. was an American politician and the longest-serving governor of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, he served as the 34th and 36th Governor of Minnesota from December 29, 1976 to January 4, 1979, and from January 3, 1983, to January 7, 1991...
Susan Shepard Carlson	1991	1999	Arne Carlson Arne Carlson Arne Helge Carlson, Sr. is an American politician and the 37th Governor of the state of Minnesota.-Early years, education and family:...
Teresa "Terry" Ventura	1999	2003	Jesse Ventura Jesse Ventura James George Janos , better known as Jesse Ventura, is an American politician, the 38th Governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003, Navy UDT veteran, former SEAL reservist, actor, and former radio and television talk show host...
Mary Anderson Pawlenty Mary Pawlenty Mary Elizabeth Anderson Pawlenty is a former American state court judge who served on Minnesota's First Judicial District from 1994 to 2007. The wife of Governor Tim Pawlenty, she was First Lady of Minnesota from 2003 to 2011...	2003	2011	Tim Pawlenty Tim Pawlenty Timothy James "Tim" Pawlenty , also known affectionately among supporters as T-Paw, is an American politician who served as the 39th Governor of Minnesota . He was a Republican candidate for President of the United States in the 2012 election from May to August 2011...
Vacant	2011	Present	Mark Dayton Mark Dayton Mark Brandt Dayton is an American politician, the 40th and current Governor of the state of Minnesota. Dayton previously served as United States Senator from Minnesota from 2001 to 2007 in the 107th, 108th, and 109th Congresses...

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