List of lieutenant governors of Minnesota
No Lt . Governor Took office Left office Governor ( s ) served under Party
1 William Holcombe May 24 , 1858 January 2 , 1860 Henry H. Sibley Democratic
2 Ignatius L. Donnelly January 2 , 1860 March 4 , 1863 Alexander Ramsey Republican
3 Henry Adoniram Swift March 4 , 1863 July 10 , 1863 Alexander Ramsey Republican
Vacant July 10 , 1863 January 11 , 1864 Alexander Ramsey
4 Charles D. Sherwood January 11 , 1864 January 8 , 1866 Stephen Miller Republican
5 Thomas H. Armstrong January 8 , 1866 January 7 , 1870 William R. Marshall Republican
6 William H. Yale January 7 , 1870 January 9 , 1874 Horace Austin Republican
7 Alphonso Barto January 9 , 1874 January 7 , 1876 Cushman K. Davis Republican
8 James Wakefield January 7 , 1876 January 10 , 1880 John S. Pillsbury Republican
9 Charles A. Gilman January 10 , 1880 January 4 , 1887 John S. Pillsbury Lucius F. Hubbard Republican
10 Albert E. Rice January 4 , 1887 January 5 , 1891 Andrew R. McGill William R. Merriam Republican
11 Gideon S. Ives January 5 , 1891 January 3 , 1893 William R. Merriam Knute Nelson Republican
12 David Marston Clough January 3 , 1893 January 31 , 1895 Knute Nelson Republican
13 Frank A . Day January 31 , 1895 January 5 , 1897 David M. Clough Republican
14 John L. Gibbs January 5 , 1897 January 3 , 1899 David M. Clough Republican
15 Lyndon Ambrose Smith January 3 , 1899 January 5 , 1903 John Lind ( Democratic ) Samuel R. Van Sant ( Republican ) Republican
16 Ray W. Jones January 5 , 1903 January 7 , 1907 Samuel R. Van Sant John A. Johnson Republican
17 Adolph Olson Eberhart January 7 , 1907 September 21 , 1909 John A. Johnson ( Democratic ) Republican
18 Edward Everett Smith September 25 , 1909 January 3 , 1911 Adolph O. Eberhart Republican
19 Samuel Y. Gordon January 3 , 1911 January 7 , 1913 Adolph O. Eberhart Republican
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Parties Democratic/Democratic–Farmer–Labor Farmer–Labor Republican/Independent Republican Reform/Independence
This is a list of lieutenant governors of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 1886, elections were moved from odd years to even years. Beginning with the 1962 election, the term of the lieutenant governor increased from two to four years. Prior to the 1974 election, governors and lieutenant governors were elected on separate ballots. Marlene Johnson, elected in 1982 as the running mate of Rudy Perpich, was the first female lieutenant governor of Minnesota. All eight of her successors in that office have also been women.