Minnesota Territory - Territorial Governors

Territorial Governors

# Governor Took office Left office Party
1 Alexander Ramsey June 1, 1849 May 15, 1853 Whig
2 Willis Arnold Gorman May 15, 1853 April 23, 1857 Democratic
3 Samuel Medary April 23, 1857 May 24, 1858 Democratic

Read more about this topic:  Minnesota Territory

Famous quotes containing the words territorial and/or governors:

    “All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth—including America, of course—consist of pilferings from other people’s wash.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “I do love this people [the French] with all my heart, and think that with a better religion and a better form of government and their present governors their condition and country would be most enviable.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)