Minnesota Office of the Secretary of State : Executive Officers since Statehood

GOVERNORS

Name	P.O. address	Assumed office
Henry H. Sibley	St. Paul	May 24, 1858
Alexander Ramsey	St. Paul	January 2, 1860
Henry A. Swift	St. Peter	July 10, 1863
Stephen Miller	Worthington	January 11, 1864
William R. Marshall	St. Anthony	January 8, 1866
Horace Austin	St. Peter	January 9, 1870
Cushman K. Davis	St. Paul	January 7, 1874
John S. Pillsbury	Minneapolis	January 7, 1876
Lucius F. Hubbard	Red Wing	January 10, 1882
A. R. McGill	St. Peter	January 5, 1887
William R. Merriam	St. Paul	January 9, 1889
Knute Nelson	Alexandria	January 4, 1893
David M. Clough	Minneapolis	January 31, 1895
John Lind	New Ulm	January 2, 1899
Samuel R. VanSant	Winona	January 7, 1901
John A. Johnson	St. Peter	January 4, 1905
Adolph O. Eberhart	Mankato	September 21, 1909
Winfield S. Hammond	St. James	January 5, 1915
J. A. A. Burnquist	St. Paul	December 30, 1915
J. A. O. Preus	Minneapolis	January 5, 1921
Theodore Christianson	Dawson	January 6, 1925
Floyd B. Olson	Minneapolis	January 6, 1931
Hjalmar Petersen	Askov	August 24, 1936
Elmer A. Benson	Appleton	January 4, 1937
Harold E. Stassen	South St. Paul	January 2, 1939
Edward J. Thye	Northfield	April 27, 1943
Luther W. Youngdahl	Minneapolis	January 8, 1947
C. Elmer Anderson	Brainerd	September 27, 1951
Orville L. Freeman	Minneapolis	January 5, 1955
Elmer L. Andersen	St. Paul	January 2, 1961
Karl F. Rolvaag	St. Paul	March 25, 1963
Harold LeVander	South St. Paul	January 2, 1967
Wendell R. Anderson	St. Paul	January 4, 1971
Rudy Perpich	Hibbing	December 29, 1976
Al Quie	Dennison	January 4, 1979
Rudy Perpich	Hibbing	January 3, 1983
Arne Carlson	Shoreview	January 7, 1991
Jesse Ventura	Maple Grove	January 4, 1999
*Tim Pawlenty	Eagan	January 6, 2003

LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS

Name	P.O. address	Assumed office
William Holcombe	Stillwater	May 24, 1858
Ignatius Donnelly	Nininger	January 2, 1860
Henry A. Swift	St. Peter	March 3, 1863
Charles D. Sherwood	Prescott	January 11, 1864
Thomas H. Armstrong	High Forest	January 8, 1866
William H. Yale	Winona	January 7, 1870
Alphonso Barto	Sauk Centre	January 9, 1874
James B. Wakefield	Blue Earth	January 7, 1876
C. A. Gilman	St. Cloud	January 10, 1880
A. E. Rice	Willmar	January 4, 1887
G. S. Ives	St. Peter	January 5, 1891
D. M. Clough	Minneapolis	January 3, 1893
Frank A. Day	Fairmont	January 31, 1895
John L. Gibbs	Geneva	January 5, 1897
Lyndon A. Smith	Montevideo	January 3, 1899
Ray W. Jones	Minneapolis	January 5, 1903
Adolph O. Eberhart	Mankato	January 5, 1907
E. E. Smith	Minneapolis	June 25, 1910
S. Y. Gordon	Browns Valley	January 3, 1911
J. A. A. Burnquist	St. Paul	January 7, 1913
Geo. H. Sullivan	Stillwater	October 28, 1916
Thos. Frankson	St. Paul	January 2, 1917
Louis L. Collins	Minneapolis	January 4, 1921
W. I. Nolan	Minneapolis	January 6, 1925
Chas. E. Adams	Duluth	June 25, 1929
Henry Arens	Jordan	January 6, 1931
K. K. Solberg	Clarkfield	January 3, 1933
Hjalmar Petersen	Askov	January 8, 1935
Gottfrid Lindsten	Minneapolis	January 5, 1937
C. Elmer Anderson	Brainerd	January 2, 1939
Edward J. Thye	Northfield	January 4, 1943
Archie H. Miller	Hopkins	April 27, 1943
C. Elmer Anderson	Brainerd	January 2, 1945
Ancher Nelsen	Hutchinson	January 5, 1953
Donald O. Wright	Minneapolis	September 3, 1954
Karl F. Rolvaag	Rochester	January 3, 1955
A. M. Keith	Rochester	January 8, 1963
James B. Goetz	Winona	January 2, 1967
Rudy Perpich	Hibbing	January 4, 1971
Alec G. Olson	Spicer	December 29, 1976
Lou Wangberg	Bemidji	January 4, 1979
Marlene Johnson	St. Paul	January 3, 1983
Joanell Dyrstad	Red Wing	January 7, 1991
Joanne E. Benson	St. Cloud	January 3, 1995
Mae Schunk	Inver Grove Heights	January 4, 1999
*Carol Molnau	Lafayette	January 6, 2003

SECRETARIES OF STATE

Name	P.O. address	Assumed office
Francis Baasen	New Ulm	May 24, 1858
James H. Baker	Mankato	January 2, 1860
David Blakeley	St. Paul	November 17, 1862
Henry C. Rogers	St. Paul	January 8, 1868
Hans Mattson	Minneapolis	January 7, 1870
S. P. Jennison	Red Wing	January 5, 1872
John S. Irgens	Austin	January 7, 1876
Fred VonBaumbach	Alexandria	January 10, 1880
Hans Mattson	Minneapolis	January 4, 1887
Frederick P. Brown	Blue Earth	January 5, 1891
Albert Berg	Center City	January 7, 1895
Peter E. Hanson	Litchfield	January 7, 1901
Julius A. Schmahl	Redwood Falls	January 7, 1907
Mike Holm	Roseau	January 4, 1921
H. H. Chesterman	St. Paul	July 7, 1952
Mrs. Mike Holm	St. Paul	September 16, 1952
Joseph L. Donovan	Duluth	January 3, 1955
Arlen I. Erdahl	Blue Earth	January 4, 1971
Joan Anderson Growe	Minneapolis	January 6, 1975
Mary Kiffmeyer	Big Lake	January 4, 1999
*Mark Ritchie	Minneapolis	January 2, 2007

AUDITORS

Name	P.O. address	Assumed office
W. F. Dunbar	Caledonia	May 24, 1858
Charles McIlrath	St. Paul	January 1, 1861
O. P. Whitcomb	Rochester	January 13, 1873
W. W. Braden	Preston	January 10, 1882
Adolph Biermann	Rochester	January 5, 1891
Robert C. Dunn	Princeton	January 7, 1895
Samuel G. Iverson	Rushford	January 5, 1903
J. A. O. Preus	Minneapolis	January 5, 1915
Ray P. Chase	Anoka	January 5, 1921
Stafford King	St. Paul	January 6, 1931
William J. O’Brien	Mendota Heights	March 7, 1969
Rolland F. Hatfield	St. Paul	January 4, 1971
Robert W. Mattson	St. Paul	January 6, 1975
Arne H. Carlson	Roseville	January 4, 1979
Mark Dayton	Minneapolis	January 7, 1991
Judith H. Dutcher	Minnetonka	January 3, 1995
Patricia Anderson	Eagan	January 6, 2003
*Rebecca Otto	Marine on St. Croix	January 2, 2007

ATTORNEYS GENERAL

Name	P.O. address	Assumed office
Charles H. Berry	Mankato	May 24, 1858
Gordon E. Cole	Faribault	January 4, 1860
William Colville	Lake City	January 8, 1866
F. R. E. Cornell	Minneapolis	January 10, 1868
George P. Wilson	Winona	January 9, 1874
Charles M. Start	Rochester	January 10, 1880
W. J. Hahn	Minneapolis	March 11, 1881
Moses E. Clapp	Fergus Falls	January 5, 1887
H. W. Childs	Wadena	January 2, 1893
W. B. Douglas	Moorhead	January 2, 1899
W. J. Donahower	St. Paul	April 1, 1904
Edward T. Young	Appleton	January 2, 1905
George T. Simpson	Winona	January 4, 1909
Lyndon A. Smith	Montevideo	January 1, 1912
Clifford L. Hilton	Fergus Falls	March 9, 1918
Albert F. Pratt	Anoka	December 21, 1927
G. A. Youngquist	Crookston	February 2, 1928
Henry N. Benson	St. Peter	November 20, 1929
Harry H. Peterson	St. Paul	January 3, 1933
William S. Ervin	Minneapolis	December 15, 1936
J. A. A. Burnquist	Minneapolis	January 2, 1939
Miles Lord	Minneapolis	January 3, 1955
Walter F. Mondale	Minneapolis	May 4, 1960
Robert W. Mattson	Minneapolis	December 30, 1964
Douglas M. Head	Minneapolis	January 2, 1967
Warren Spannaus	Minneapolis	January 4, 1971
Hubert H. Humphrey III	New Hope	January 3, 1983
Mike Hatch	Burnsville	January 4, 1999
*Lori Swanson	Eagan	January 2, 2007

*Incumbent

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