State
# | Speaker | Took office | Left office | Party/Caucus | Notes | Session |
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1 | George Bradley | March 12, 1858 | 6 December 1859 | Republican | 1st | |
2 | Amos Coggswell | 1859 | 1861 | Republican | 2nd | |
3 | Jared Benson | 1861 | 1862 | Republican | 3rd | |
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4 | Charles D. Sherwood | 1863 | 1863 | Republican | 5th | |
5 | Jared Benson | 1864 | 1864 | Republican | 6th | |
6 | Thomas H. Armstrong | 1864? | 1865 | Republican | Unclear whether took office in 1864 or 1865 | 7th |
7 | James B. Wakefield | 1866 | 1866 | Republican | Served as a U.S. Representative | 8th |
8 | John Q. Farmer | 1867 | 1868 | Whig/Republican | 9th | |
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9 | Chester D. Davidson | 1869 | 1869 | Republican | 11th | |
10 | John L. Merriam | 1870 | 1871 | Republican | 12th | |
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11 | A.R. Hall | 1872 | 1874 | Republican | 14th | |
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12 | William R. Kinyon | 1875 | 1876 | Republican | 17th | |
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13 | John L. Gibbs | 1877 | 1877 | Republican | 19th | |
14 | Charles A. Gilman | 1878 | 1879 | Republican | 20th | |
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15 | Loren Fletcher | 1881 | 1885 | Republican | 22nd | |
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16 | John L. Gibbs | 1885 | 1887 | Republican | 24th | |
17 | William Rush Merriam | 1887 | 1889 | Republican | Served as Governor of Minnesota | 25th |
18 | Charles H. Graves | 1889 | 1891 | Republican | 26th | |
19 | Ezra T. Champlin | 1891 | 1893 | Alliance | 27th | |
20 | William E. Lee | 1893 | 1895 | Republican | 28th | |
21 | Samuel Rinnah Van Sant | 1895 | 1897 | Republican | Served as Governor of Minnesota | 29th |
22 | John D. Jones | 1897 | 1899 | Republican | 30th | |
23 | Arthur N. Dare | 1899 | 1901 | Republican | 31st | |
24 | M.J. Dowling | 1901 | 1903 | Republican | 32nd | |
25 | Leverett W. Babcock | 1903 | 1905 | Republican | 33rd | |
26 | Frank Clague | 1905 | 1907 | Republican | Served as a U.S. Representative | 34th |
27 | Lawrence H. Johnson | 1907 | 1909 | Republican | 35th | |
28 | Anton J. Rockne | 1909 | 1911 | Republican | 36th | |
29 | Howard H. Dunn | 1911 | 1913 | Republican | 37th | |
30 | Henry Rines | 1913 | 1915 | Conservative | Served as Minnesota Treasurer | 38th |
31 | H.H. Flowers | 1915 | 1917 | Conservative | 39th | |
32 | Ralph J. Parker | January 1917 | January 1919 | Conservative | 40th | |
33 | William I. Nolan | January 1919 | January 1925 | Conservative | 41st | |
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34 | John A. Johnson | January 1925 | January 1931 | Conservative | 44th | |
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35 | Oscar A. Swenson | January 1931 | January 1933 | Conservative | 47th | |
36 | Charles Munn | January 1933 | January 1935 | Liberal | 48th | |
37 | George W. Johnson | January 1935 | January 1937 | Conservative | 49th | |
38 | Harold H. Barker | January 1937 | January 1939 | Liberal | 50th | |
39 | Lawrence M. Hall | January 1939 | January 1949 | Conservative | Longest-serving speaker | 51st |
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40 | John A. Hartle | January 4, 1949 | January 6, 1955 | Conservative | 56th | |
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41 | Alfred I. Johnson | January 6, 1955 | January 5, 1959 | Liberal | 59th | |
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42 | Edwin J. Chilgren | January 5, 1959 | January 7, 1963 | Liberal | 61st | |
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43 | Lloyd L. Duxbury | January 7, 1963 | January 1971 | Conservative | 63rd | |
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44 | A.W. Dirlam | January 1971 | January 1973 | Conservative | 67th | |
45 | Martin Olav Sabo | January 1973 | January 1979 | DFL | Served as a U.S. Representative | 68th |
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46 | Rodney Searle | January 1979 | January 1980 | Independent-Republican | 71st | |
47 | Fred C. Norton | January 1980 | January 1981 | DFL | Served on Minnesota Court of Appeals | |
48 | Harry A. Sieben | January 1981 | January 1985 | DFL | 72nd | |
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49 | David M. Jennings | January 1985 | January 1987 | Independent-Republican | 74th | |
50 | Fred C. Norton | January 1987 | June 1987 | DFL | Served on Minnesota Court of Appeals | 75th |
51 | Robert Vanasek | June 1987 | January 6, 1992 | DFL | 75th | |
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52 | Dee Long | January 6, 1992 | September 15, 1993 | DFL | First woman to serve as speaker. | 77th |
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53 | Irv Anderson | September 1993 | January 1997 | DFL | 78th | |
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54 | Phil Carruthers | January 1997 | January 1999 | DFL | 80th | |
55 | Steve Sviggum | January 1999 | January 2007 | Republican | 81st | |
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56 | Margaret Anderson Kelliher | January 2007 | January 2011 | DFL | 85th | |
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57 | Kurt Zellers | January 2011 | Republican | 87th |
Read more about this topic: List Of Speakers Of The Minnesota House Of Representatives
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