The Minnesota Senate, District 4, includes most of Becker and Claycounties in the northwestern part of the state. It is currently represented by Rob Kupec of the DFL .
List of senators
| Session | Senator | Party | Term start | Term end | Home | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Erastus N. Bates | Rep | December 2, 1857 | December 6, 1859 | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
| Delano T. Smith | ||||||
| 2nd | Riley Lucas Bartholomew | December 7, 1859 | January 7, 1861 | Richfield | ||
| Jesse Bishop | Non | Minneapolis | ||||
| 3rd | David Heaton | Rep | January 8, 1861 | January 5, 1863 | St. Anthony | Anoka
Benton Hennepin Isanti Manomin (defunct) Mille Lacs Sherburne |
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| 6th |
John Sargent Pillsbury
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January 6, 1863 | January 4, 1869 | |||
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| 11th |
William Lochren
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Dem | January 5, 1869 | January 2, 1871 | ||
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| 13th |
John Sargent Pillsbury
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Rep | January 3, 1871 | January 1, 1872 | ||
| 14th | Sherman Page | January 5, 1874 | Austin | Mower | ||
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| N.K. Noble | January 2, 1872 | |||||
| 16th | E.H. Wells | Non | January 6, 1874 | January 3, 1876 | Lansing | |
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| 18th | Robert I. Smith | Rep | January 4, 1876 | January 7, 1878 | Austin | |
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| 20th | George W. Clough | January 8, 1878 | January 6, 1879 | |||
| 21st | W.H. Officer | Non | January 7, 1879 | January 1, 1883 | ||
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| 23rd | W.P. Sergeant | January 2, 1883 | January 3, 1887 | Albert Lea | Freeborn | |
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| 25th | Marcellus Halvorson | Rep | January 4, 1887 | January 6, 1891 | Bancroft | |
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| 27th | H.C. Nelson | Alliance | January 6, 1891 | January 7, 1895 | Hayward | |
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| 29th | Thorvald V. Knatvold | Rep | January 8, 1895 | January 2, 1899 | Albert Lea | |
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| 31st | Joseph Underleak | January 3, 1899 | January 2, 1903 | Chatfield | Olmstead | |
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| 33rd | Horace Witherstine | Dem | January 3, 1903 | January 2, 1911 | Rochester | |
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| 37th | Alonzo Thomas Stebbins | Rep | January 3, 1911 | January 4, 1915 | ||
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| 39th | James I. Vermilya | Non | January 5, 1915 | January 6, 1919 | Quincy | |
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| 41st | Arthur C. Gooding | Rep | January 7, 1919 | January 1, 1923 | Rochester | |
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| 43rd |
Allen J. Furlow
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January 2, 1923 | April 22, 1925 [1] | |||
| 44th | ||||||
| Vacant | April 22, 1925 | January 4, 1927 | ||||
| 45th |
William B. Richardson
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Rep | January 4, 1927 | September 19, 1945 [2] | Rochester | |
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| 55th | Walter Burdick | Con | January 7, 1947 | January 5, 1959 | ||
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| 61st | Sandy Keith | Lib | January 6, 1959 | January 7, 1963 | ||
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| 63rd | Harold G. Kreiger | Con | January 8, 1963 | January 4, 1971 | ||
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| 68th | Jerry Willet | DFL | January 5, 1971 | November 15, 1987 [4] | Park Rapids | Becker
Clearwater Hubbard Mahnomen |
| 69th | Beltrami
Cass Hubbard Itasca Morrison Wadena | |||||
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| 73rd | Beltrami
Cass Hubbard | |||||
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| Bob Decker | Ind Rep | November 16, 1987 | January 7, 1991 | Bemidji | ||
| 76th | ||||||
| 77th | Skip Finn | DFL | January 8, 1991 | July 1, 1996 [5] | Cass Lake | Beltrami
Cass Hubbard Itasca Wadena |
| 78th | ||||||
| 79th | ||||||
| Vacant | July 1, 1996 | January 7, 1997 | ||||
| 80th | David Ten Eyck | DFL | January 7, 1997 | October 27, 1999 [6] | East Gull Lake | |
| 81st | ||||||
| Vacant | October 27, 1999 | December 12, 1999 | ||||
| Tony Kinkel | DFL | December 12, 1999 | January 6, 2003 | Park Rapids | ||
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| 83rd | Carrie Ruud | Rep | January 7, 2003 | January 2, 2007 | Breezy Point | Beltrami
Cass Crow Wing Hubbard Itasca |
| 84th | ||||||
| 85th | Mary Olson | DFL | January 3, 2007 | January 3, 2011 | Bemidji | |
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| 87th | John Carlson | Rep | January 4, 2011 | January 7, 2013 | ||
| 88th | Kent Eken | DFL | January 8, 2013 | January 4, 2023 | Twin Valley | Becker
Clay Norman |
| 89th | ||||||
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| 91st | ||||||
| 92nd | ||||||
| 93rd | Rob Kupec | DFL | January 4, 2023 | Incumbent | Moorhead | Becker
Clay |
References
- ^ Elected to the U.S. House
- ^ Died
- ^ Concurrently Acting Lieutenant Governor from August 24, 1936 – January 1, 1937
- ^ Resigned to become Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- ^ Resigned after he received 12 felony convictions
- ^ Appointed to Ninth Judicial District for Crow Wing County