List of Minnesota Senate Majority Leaders
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This is a list of Majority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate
Minnesota Senate
The Minnesota Senate is the upper house in the Minnesota Legislature. There are 67 members, half as many as are in the Minnesota House of Representatives. In terms of membership, it is the largest upper house of any state legislature. Each Senate district in the state includes an A and B House...
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party/Caucus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles N. Orr Charles N. Orr Charles Noah "Charlie" Orr was a Minnesota politician and the first Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate.... |
1933 | 1949 | Conservative |
| Archie H. Miller Archie H. Miller Archie H. Miller was the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.Miller was born in Hopkins, Minnesota. He served as a state senator from 1931 to 1943, and became Lieutenant Governor after Edward John Thye resigned to become Governor... |
1949 | 1959 | Conservative |
| John M. Zwach John M. Zwach John Matthew Zwach Sr. was a United States Representative from Minnesota. He was born in Gales Township, Redwood County, Minnesota. He attended the public schools and graduated from Milroy High School in 1926. He then received a teaching certificate from Mankato State College in 1927 and graduated... |
1959 | 1967 | Conservative |
| Stanley W. Holmquist Stanley W. Holmquist Stanley W. Holmquist was a Minnesota politician, a former state legislator, and a former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader.-Background:... |
1967 | 1973 | Conservative |
| Nick Coleman Nick Coleman This article is about the Minnesota politician. For the former Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist, see: Nick ColemanNicholas David "Nick" Coleman was a Minnesota politician and a former member and majority leader of the Minnesota Senate. A Democrat, he was first elected in 1962 and reelected in... |
1973 | 1981 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Roger Moe Roger Moe Roger Moe is an American politician and a former member and majority leader of the Minnesota Senate. He was also the state Democratic Party's endorsed candidate for governor in 2002.-Education and early career:... |
1981 | 2003 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| John Hottinger John Hottinger John Hottinger is a Minnesota politician and a former member and majority leader of the Minnesota Senate. First elected in 1990, he was re-elected in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2002. A Democrat, he represented the old District 24 prior to the 2002 redistricting, and the current District 23 thereafter... |
2003 | 2004 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Dean Elton Johnson is a former Minnesota politician and a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota... |
2004 | 2007 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Larry Pogemiller | 2007 | 2011 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Amy Koch Amy Koch Amy T. Koch is a Minnesota politician, member and Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate, representing District 19, which includes portions of Hennepin and Wright counties in the northwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area.... |
2011 | present | Republican Republican Party of Minnesota The Republican Party of Minnesota is the Minnesota branch of the United States Republican Party. Elected by the party’s state central committee in June 2009, its chairman is Tony Sutton, and its deputy-chairman is Michael Brodkorb.-Early history:... |