List of presidents of the Minnesota Senate information
President of the Minnesota Senate
Incumbent Bobby Joe Champion since January 3, 2023
Term length
Two years, no term limit
Inaugural holder
Alec G. Olson
Formation
January 1973
Website
http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/
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Governor: Tim Walz (DFL)
Lieutenant Governor: Peggy Flanagan (DFL)
Secretary of State: Steve Simon (DFL)
State Auditor: Julie Blaha (DFL)
Attorney General: Keith Ellison (DFL)
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President: David Osmek (R)
President pro tempore: David Tomassoni (I)
Majority leader: Jeremy Miller (R)
Minority leader: Melisa Franzen (DFL)
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Speaker: Melissa Hortman (DFL)
Speaker pro tempore: Liz Olson (DFL)
Majority leader: Ryan Winkler (DFL)
Minority leader: Kurt Daudt (R)
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The president of the Minnesota Senate is the presiding officer of the Minnesota Senate. Until 1973, the lieutenant governor served as the Senate president. Since then, presidents have been elected by the body, usually at the nomination of the majority.[1]
While power within the Senate lies primarily with the majority leader, the president of the Senate does succeed to lieutenant governor in the event that office becomes vacant, something which happened most recently in 2018.[2]
From statehood until 1973, the lieutenant governor served as president. Not all lieutenant governors served at the same time as the Senate was in session. Those who served as president were:
Name
Took office
Left office
Party
William Holcombe
1858
1860
Democratic
Ignatius L. Donnelly
1860
1863
Republican
Charles D. Sherwood
1864
1866
Republican
Thomas H. Armstrong
1866
1870
Republican
William H. Yale
1870
1874
Republican
Alphonso Barto
1874
1876
Republican
James Wakefield
1876
1880
Republican
Charles A. Gilman
1880
1887
Republican
Albert E. Rice
1887
1891
Republican
Gideon S. Ives
1891
1893
Republican
David Marston Clough
1893
1895
Republican
Frank A. Day
1895
1897
Republican
John L. Gibbs
1897
1899
Republican
Lyndon Ambrose Smith
1899
1903
Republican
Ray W. Jones
1903
1907
Republican
Adolph Olson Eberhart
1907
1909
Republican
Edward Everett Smith
1909
1911
Republican
Samuel Y. Gordon
1911
1913
Republican
Joseph A. A. Burnquist
1913
1915
Republican
George H. Sullivan
1916
1917
Republican
Thomas Frankson
1917
1921
Republican
Louis L. Collins
1921
1925
Republican
William I. Nolan
1925
1929
Republican
Charles Edward Adams
1929
1931
Republican
Henry M. Arens
1931
1933
Farmer–Labor
Konrad K. Solberg
1933
1935
Farmer–Labor
Hjalmar Petersen
1935
1936
Farmer–Labor
Gottfrid Lindsten
1937
1939
Farmer–Labor
C. Elmer Anderson
1939
1943
Republican
Edward John Thye
1943
1943
Republican
Archie H. Miller
1943
1945
Republican
C. Elmer Anderson
1945
1951
Republican
Ancher Nelsen
1953
1953
Republican
Karl Rolvaag
1955
1963
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
Alexander M. Keith
1963
1967
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
James B. Goetz
1967
1971
Republican
Rudy Perpich
1971
1973
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
Beginning in 1973, the Minnesota Senate began electing its own presidents. Those who have served since 1973 are:
Name
Took office
Left office
Party
Alec G. Olson
1973
1976
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
Edward J. Gearty
1977
1981
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
John T. Davies
1981
1983
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
Jerome M. Hughes
1983
1987
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
Florian Chmielewski
1987
1987
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
Jerome M. Hughes
1987
1993
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
Allan H. Spear
1993
2001
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
Don Samuelson
2001
2003
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
Jim Metzen
2003
2011
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
Michelle Fischbach
2011
2013
Republican
Sandy Pappas
2013
2017
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
Michelle Fischbach
2017
20181
Republican
Jeremy Miller
2019
2020
Republican
David Tomassoni
2020
2021
Independent
Jeremy Miller
2021
2022
Republican
David Osmek
2022
2023
Republican
Bobby Joe Champion
2023
present
Democratic–Farmer–Labor
1In accordance with the Minnesota Constitution, Fischbach automatically became Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on January 3, 2018, after previous Lt. Gov. Tina Smith resigned to accept an appointment to the United States Senate. Fischbach formally resigned from the Minnesota Senate on May 25, 2018.[3] As the Senate did not meet during this time, the position was vacant until Jeremy Miller was formally elected in January 2019.
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