Minnesota House Majority Leader
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This is a list of Majority Leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Minnesota House of Representatives
The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house in the Minnesota State Legislature. There are 134 members elected to two-year terms, twice the number of members in the Minnesota Senate. Each senate district is divided in half and given the suffix A or B...


Name Took Office Left Office Party/Caucus
Winslow W. R Dunn 1901 1903 Republican
George W. Wilson 1903 1905 Republican
Anton J. Rockne 1905 1909 Republican
Henry Rines
Henry Rines
Henry Rines was a Minnesota Republican politician, Minnesota State Treasurer, and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Rines, a newspaper publisher, emigrated as a child from Sweden. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1906. He served as speaker from 1913 to...

1909 1913 Republican
William I. Nolan
William I. Nolan
William Ignatius Nolan was a politician from the U.S. State of Minnesota. He represented the state in the U.S. House of Representatives....

1913 1915 Conservative
Thomas H. Girling 1915 1917 Conservative
Willis I. Norton 1917 1933 Conservative
John J. McDonough
John J. McDonough
John J. McDonough was Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota from 1940 to 1948....

1933 1935 Liberal
Liberalism in the United States
Liberalism in the United States is a broad political philosophy centered on the unalienable rights of the individual. The fundamental liberal ideals of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion for all belief systems, and the separation of church and state, right to due process...

Roy E. Dunn 1935 1937 Conservative
Carl J. Eastvold 1937 1939 Liberal
Roy E. Dunn 1939 1955 Conservative
Fred A. Cina 1955 1963 Liberal
Aubrey W. Dirlam
Aubrey W. Dirlam
Aubrey W. "A.W." Dirlam was a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented the old District 14, District 17, District 17A, and District 21B, which included all or portions ofBrown, Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville and Yellow Medicine counties in...

1963 1971 Conservative
Ernest A. Lindstrom 1971 1973 Republican
Irv Anderson
Irv Anderson
Irvin Neil "Irv" Anderson was a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1965–1983, and again from 1991–2007....

From 1979 to 1980, the House was evenly divided. Irv Anderson served as leader of the DFL caucus.
1973 1981 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Jerry KnickerbockerFrom 1979 to 1980, the House was evenly divided. Jerry Knickerbocker served as leader of the I-R caucus. 1979 1980 Independent-Republican
Willis R. Eken 1981 1984 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Harry SiebenWilis R. Eken resigned as majority leader in 1984. Rather than elect a new majority leader, House Speaker Harry Sieben appointed himself majority leader as well. 1984 1985 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Connie Levi 1985 1987 Independent-Republican
Robert Vanasek
Robert Vanasek
Robert Vanasek is a Minnesota politician and a former member and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A Democrat, he was first elected to the House in 1972 at just 23 years of age, and was re-elected every two years from 1974 to 1990...

1987 1987 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Ann Wynia
Ann Wynia
Ann Wynia is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and former president of North Hennepin Community College.-Early life and education:...

1987 1989 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Dee Long
Dee Long
Dee Long is a Minnesota politician, a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing part of Minneapolis...

1989 1992 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Alan Welle 1992 1993 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Irv Anderson
Irv Anderson
Irvin Neil "Irv" Anderson was a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1965–1983, and again from 1991–2007....

1993 1993 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Phil Carruthers
Phil Carruthers
Phil Carruthers is a former Minnesota politician and former member and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He is currently the director of the Civil Division at the Ramsey County Attorney's Office....

1993 1997 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Ted Winter
Ted Winter
Theodore J. "Ted" Winter is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from southwestern Minnesota...

1997 1999 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
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...

1999 2003 Republican
Erik Paulsen
Erik Paulsen
Erik Paulsen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives...

2003 2007 Republican
Tony Sertich 2007 2011 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Matt Dean
Matt Dean
Matthew T. "Matt" Dean is a Minnesota politician, a member and the current Majority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He represents District 52B, which includes all or portions of the cities of Birchwood, Dellwood, Grant, Hugo, Mahtomedi, Marine on St...

2011 present Republican
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