Minnesota Senate, District 4
The Minnesota Senate, District 4, includes most of Becker and Clay counties in the northwestern part of the state. It is currently represented by Rob Kupec of the DFL.
List of senators
[edit]| Session | Senator | Party | Term start | Term end | Home | Location |
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| 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] | |||
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| 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 | ||
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| 77th | Skip Finn | DFL | January 8, 1991 | July 1, 1996[5] | Cass Lake | Beltrami
Cass Hubbard Itasca Wadena |
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| Vacant | July 1, 1996 | January 7, 1997 | ||||
| 80th | David Ten Eyck | DFL | January 7, 1997 | October 27, 1999[6] | East Gull Lake | |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| 92nd | ||||||
| 93rd | Rob Kupec | DFL | January 4, 2023 | Incumbent | Moorhead | Becker
Clay |
References
[edit]- ^ 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