Editing Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

{{Short description|Elected political office in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Lieutenant Governor
| body = Minnesota
| image = File:Peggy Flanagan and Premier Kinew (cropped).jpg
| imagesize = 180px
| incumbent = [[Peggy Flanagan]]
| incumbentsince = January 8, 2019
| style = {{ublist|Mister or Madam Lieutenant Governor<br>{{small|(informal)}}|[[The Honourable#United States of America|The Honorable]]<br>{{small|(formal)}}}}
| seat = [[Minnesota State Capitol]]<br />[[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]
| residence = 
| appointer = General election
| termlength = Four years, no term limits
| formation = {{start date and age|May 11, 1858|p=1|br=1}}
| succession = [[Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Minnesota|First]]
| inaugural = [[William Holcombe]]
| deputy = 
| salary = [[United States dollar|$]]82,959<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/pubs/ss/sseloffcomp.pdf |title=State Elected Officials' Compensation |publisher=Minnesota House Research Department |access-date=June 28, 2021 |year=2021 |page=1 }}</ref>
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Minnesota|Minnesota Constitution of 1858]], Article V
| website = [https://mn.gov/governor/about/peggyflanagan/ Official page]
}}

The '''lieutenant governor of Minnesota''' is a constitutional officer in the [[executive branch]] of the [[U.S. state]] of Minnesota. Fifty individuals have held the office of lieutenant governor since statehood. The incumbent is [[Peggy Flanagan]], a [[Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|DFLer]] and the first [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] elected to a statewide executive office in Minnesota's history.

==Powers and duties==
The lieutenant governor assists the [[Governor of Minnesota|governor]] in carrying  out  the  functions  of  the  executive  branch, as  well  as  serving  in  the  governor's  place  in  the  event  of  his or her absence  or  disability. The  governor,  as prescribed  by  law,  may  file  a  written  order  with  the  [[Secretary of State of Minnesota|secretary of state]]  to  delegate  to  the  lieutenant governor  any  powers,  duties,  responsibilities,  or  functions  otherwise performed  by  the  governor. As a key member of the governor's cabinet, the lieutenant governor is consulted on all major policy and budgetary decisions. Moreover, the lieutenant governor is a statutory member of the [[Minnesota Executive Council|Executive Council]] and chairs the Capitol Area Architectural Planning Board, among other responsibilities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/4602/executive-offices-2021.pdf|title=Chapter 4. State Executive Offices, 2020-2021 Minnesota Blue Book|publisher=Minnesota Office of the Secretary of State|access-date=December 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/index/statute/S10508278?year=2021|title=2021 Minnesota Statutes Index: Lieutenant Governor|publisher=Office of the Revisor of Statutes of Minnesota|access-date=December 1, 2021}}</ref>
{{Politics of Minnesota}}

==History==
In 1886, elections were moved from odd years to even years. Beginning with the [[1962 Minnesota gubernatorial election|1962 election]], the term of the lieutenant governor increased from two to four years. Prior to the [[1974 Minnesota gubernatorial election|1974 election]], governors and lieutenant governors were elected on separate ballots, with the lieutenant governor having independent legislative authority as president of the [[Minnesota Senate|senate]]. Since 1974, the lieutenant governor has been relieved of the duty to preside over the state senate and is elected on a joint ticket with the governor. [[Marlene Johnson]], elected in [[1982 Minnesota gubernatorial election|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.

==List==
;Parties
{{legend2|#B0CEFF|[[Democratic Party (US)|Democratic]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#95b0c9|[[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democratic–Farmer–Labor]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#66FF99|[[Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party|Farmer–Labor]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFB6B6|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican/Independent Republican]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#F1BA00|[[Independence Party of Minnesota|Reform/Independence]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class=wikitable
!No. !! Image !! Lt. Governor !! Took office !! Left office !! Governor(s) served under !! Party
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|1||[[File:WilliamHolcombe1858.jpg|100px]] ||[[William Holcombe]] ||May 24, 1858||January 2, 1860||[[Henry Hastings Sibley|Henry H. Sibley]]|| [[Minnesota Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|2||[[File:Ignatius-Donnelly.jpg|100px]] ||[[Ignatius L. Donnelly]]||January 2, 1860||March 4, 1863||[[Alexander Ramsey]]|| [[Republican Party of Minnesota|Republican]]
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|3||[[File:HenrySwift.jpg|100px]] ||[[Henry Adoniram Swift]]||March 4, 1863||July 10, 1863||[[Alexander Ramsey]]|| Republican 
|-
|colspan=7 align=center|''Office vacant from July 10, 1863 – January 11, 1864''
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|4||[[File:Charles D Sherwood.jpg|100px]] ||[[Charles D. Sherwood]]||January 11, 1864||January 8, 1866||[[Stephen Miller (Minnesota governor)|Stephen Miller]]|| Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|5||[[File:THArmstrong.jpg|100px]] ||[[Thomas H. Armstrong]]||January 8, 1866||January 7, 1870||[[William R. Marshall]]|| Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|6||[[File:William Hall Yale.jpg|100px]] ||[[William H. Yale]]||January 7, 1870||January 9, 1874||[[Horace Austin]]||  Republican 
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|7||[[File:Alphonso Barto.jpg|100px]] ||[[Alphonso Barto]]||January 9, 1874||January 7, 1876||[[Cushman K. Davis]]||  Republican 
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|8||[[File:RepWakefield.jpg|100px]] ||[[James Wakefield]]||January 7, 1876||January 10, 1880||[[John S. Pillsbury]]||  Republican 
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|9||[[File:Charles_Andrew_Gilman_(1833-1927).jpg|100px]] ||[[Charles A. Gilman]] ||January 10, 1880||January 4, 1887||[[John S. Pillsbury]]<br>[[Lucius F. Hubbard]]|| Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|10||[[File:AlE.Rice.jpg|100px]] || [[Albert E. Rice]]||January 4, 1887||January 5, 1891||[[Andrew R. McGill]]<br>[[William R. Merriam]]|| Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|11||[[File:Gideon_Sprague_Ives.jpg|100px]] || [[Gideon S. Ives]]||January 5, 1891||January 3, 1893||[[William R. Merriam]]<br>[[Knute Nelson]]|| Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|12||[[File:DavidClough.jpg|100px]] ||[[David Marston Clough]]||January 3, 1893||January 31, 1895||[[Knute Nelson]]|| Republican 
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|13||[[File:Frank_Arah_Day.jpg|100px]] || [[Frank A. Day]]||January 31, 1895||January 5, 1897||[[David M. Clough]]|| Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|14||[[File:John_LaPorte_Gibbs.jpg|100px]] || [[John L. Gibbs]]||January 5, 1897||January 3, 1899||[[David M. Clough]]|| Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|15||[[File:LyndonAmbroseSmith.jpg|100px]] ||[[Lyndon A. Smith|Lyndon Ambrose Smith]]||January 3, 1899||January 5, 1903||[[John Lind (politician)|John Lind]] (Democratic)<br>[[Samuel R. Van Sant]] (Republican)||  Republican
|-  {{Party shading/Republican}}
|16|| [[File:Ray W. Jones The Book of Minnesota (cropped).jpg|100px]] || [[Ray W. Jones]]||January 5, 1903|| January 7, 1907 ||[[Samuel R. Van Sant]]<br>[[John Albert Johnson|John A. Johnson]]|| Republican 
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|17||[[File:AOEberhart-official.jpg|100px]]|| [[Adolph Olson Eberhart]]||January 7, 1907||September 21, 1909||[[John Albert Johnson|John A. Johnson]] (Democratic)||  Republican 
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|18||[[File:Edward_Everett_Smith.jpg|100px]]|| [[Edward Everett Smith]]||September 25, 1909||January 3, 1911||[[Adolph O. Eberhart]]|| Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|19||[[File:Samuel_Y_Gordon.jpg|100px]]|| [[Samuel Y. Gordon]]||January 3, 1911||January 7, 1913||[[Adolph O. Eberhart]]|| Republican 
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|20||[[File:JosephBurnquist.jpg|100px]]||[[Joseph A. A. Burnquist]] ||January 7, 1913||December 30, 1915||[[Adolph O. Eberhart]]<br>[[Winfield S. Hammond]]|| Republican
|-
|colspan=7 align=center|''Office vacant from December 30, 1915 – October 28, 1916''
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|21||[[File:George_Henry_Sullivan.jpg|100px]]|| [[George H. Sullivan]]||October 28, 1916||January 2, 1917||[[J. A. A. Burnquist]]|| Republican 
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|22||[[File:Thomas_Frankson.jpg|100px]]|| [[Thomas Frankson]]||January 2, 1917||January 4, 1921||[[J. A. A. Burnquist]]|| Republican 
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|23||[[File:Louis_L._Collins_LCCN2014716089.jpg|100px]]|| [[Louis L. Collins]]||January 4, 1921||January 6, 1925||[[J. A. O. Preus]]|| Republican
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|24||[[File:William_Ignatius_Nolan.jpg|100px]]|| [[William I. Nolan]]||January 6, 1925||June 1929||[[Theodore Christianson]]||  Republican 
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|25||[[File:Charles_Edward_Adams.jpg|100px]]|| [[Charles Edward Adams (politician)|Charles Edward Adams]]||June 25, 1929||January 6, 1931||[[Theodore Christianson]]||  Republican 
|- {{Party shading/Farmer-Labor}}
|26||[[File:Henry Arens 1931 Oval Crop Edit.png|100px]]|| [[Henry M. Arens]]||January 6, 1931||January 3, 1933||[[Floyd B. Olson]]||  [[Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party|Farmer–Labor]]
|-  {{Party shading/Farmer-Labor}}
|27||[[File:K. K. Solberg 1933 Oval Crop.png|100px]]|| [[Konrad K. Solberg]]||January 3, 1933||January 8, 1935||[[Floyd B. Olson]]|| Farmer–Labor  
|-{{Party shading/Farmer-Labor}}
|28||[[File:Hjalmar Petersen 1935 Oval Crop Edit.png|100px]]|| [[Hjalmar Petersen]] ||January 8, 1935||August 24, 1936||[[Floyd B. Olson]]|| Farmer–Labor  
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|*||[[File:WilliamBurdetteRichardson.jpg|100px]]|| [[William B. Richardson]]<sup>1</sup>||August 24, 1936||January 1, 1937||[[Hjalmar Petersen]]||Republican
|-  {{Party shading/Farmer-Labor}} 
|29||[[File:Gottfrid Lindsten.jpg|100px]]|| [[Gottfrid Lindsten]]||January 5, 1937||January 2, 1939||[[Elmer A. Benson]]||  Farmer–Labor
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|30||[[File:C._Elmer_Anderson.jpg|100px]]|| [[C. Elmer Anderson]]||January 2, 1939||January 4, 1943||[[Harold Stassen]]||  Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|31||[[File:EdwardThye.jpg|100px]]|| [[Edward John Thye]]||January 4, 1943||April 27, 1943||[[Harold Stassen]]||  Republican
|-  {{Party shading/Republican}}
|32|||| [[Archie H. Miller]]||May 6, 1943||January 2, 1945||[[Edward John Thye]]|| Republican
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|33||[[File:C._Elmer_Anderson.jpg|100px]]|| [[C. Elmer Anderson]]||January 2, 1945||September 27, 1951||[[Luther W. Youngdahl]]||  Republican 
|-
|colspan=7 align=center|''Office vacant from September 27, 1951 – January 5, 1953''
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|34||[[File:AncherNelsen2.jpg|100px]]|| [[Ancher Nelsen]] ||January 5, 1953||May 1, 1953||[[C. Elmer Anderson]]|| Republican 
|-
|colspan=7 align=center|''Office vacant from May 1, 1953 – September 3, 1954''
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|35|||| [[Donald O. Wright]]<sup>2</sup>||September 3, 1954||January 3, 1955||[[C. Elmer Anderson]]||Republican
|- {{Party shading/DFL}}
|36||[[File:Karl_Rolvaag.jpg|100px]]|| [[Karl Rolvaag]]||January 3, 1955||January 8, 1963||[[Orville L. Freeman]]<br>[[Elmer L. Andersen]]|| [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democratic–Farmer–Labor]]
|- {{Party shading/DFL}}
|37||[[File:Sandy_Keith.jpg|100px]]||[[Alexander M. Keith]]||January 8, 1963||January 2, 1967||[[Elmer L. Andersen]]<br>[[Karl F. Rolvaag]]||  Democratic–Farmer–Labor 
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
|38|||| [[James B. Goetz]]||January 2, 1967||January 4, 1971||[[Harold LeVander]]||  Republican
|- {{Party shading/DFL}}
|39||[[File:Rudy_Perpich.jpg|100px]]||[[Rudy Perpich]]||January 4, 1971||December 29, 1976||[[Wendell R. Anderson]]||  Democratic–Farmer–Labor 
|- {{Party shading/DFL}}
|40||[[File:Alec_G._Olson-89th_Congress_(1965).jpeg|100px]]||[[Alec G. Olson]]<sup>3</sup>||December 29, 1976||January 4, 1979||[[Rudy Perpich]]|| Democratic–Farmer–Labor
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|41||[[File:Lou_Wangberg.jpg|100px]]||[[Lou Wangberg]] ||January 4, 1979||January 3, 1983||[[Al Quie]]|| [[Republican Party of Minnesota|Independent Republican]]
|-  {{Party shading/DFL}}
|42||[[File:Marlene_Johnson.jpg|100px]]||[[Marlene Johnson]]||January 3, 1983||January 7, 1991||[[Rudy Perpich]]|| Democratic–Farmer–Labor 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|43|||| [[Joanell Dyrstad]] ||January 7, 1991|| January 3, 1995||[[Arne H. Carlson]]||Independent Republican 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|44||||[[Joanne Benson]] ||January 3, 1995||January 4, 1999||[[Arne H. Carlson]]||IR/Republican 
|-{{Party shading/Independence}}
|45|||| [[Mae Schunk]]  ||January 4, 1999||January 6, 2003||[[Jesse Ventura]]||[[Independence Party of Minnesota|Reform/Independence]] 
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|46||[[File:Carol_Molnau.jpg|100px]]|| [[Carol Molnau]] ||January 6, 2003||January 3, 2011||[[Tim Pawlenty]]||Republican
|-{{Party shading/DFL}}
|47||[[File:Yvonne_Prettner_Solon.jpg|100px]]|| [[Yvonne Prettner Solon]] ||January 3, 2011||January 5, 2015||rowspan=3| [[Mark Dayton]]||Democratic–Farmer–Labor
|-{{Party shading/DFL}}
|48||[[File:Tina Smith 2015.jpg |100px]]|| [[Tina Smith]] || January 5, 2015||January 2, 2018||Democratic–Farmer–Labor
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|49||[[File:Lieutenant Governor Michelle Fischbach.jpg|100px]]|| [[Michelle Fischbach]]<sup>4</sup> || January 2, 2018 || January 7, 2019 ||Republican
|-{{Party shading/DFL}}
|50||[[File:Peggy Flanagan and Premier Kinew (cropped).jpg |100px]]|| [[Peggy Flanagan]] || January 7, 2019|| ''Incumbent'' ||[[Tim Walz]]||Democratic–Farmer–Labor
|}

<small>1 Richardson was actually president pro tem of the [[Minnesota Senate]]; became acting lieutenant governor when lieutenant governor Hjalmar Petersen became governor on the death of [[Floyd B. Olson]], but Richardson was never sworn in. </small>

<small>2 Wright was president pro tem of the Minnesota Senate and assumed the office of lieutenant governor in 1954 after Lieutenant Governor Ancher Nelsen resigned to become administrator of the [[Rural Electric Administration]]. </small>

<small>3 As president of the Minnesota Senate, Olson assumed office of lieutenant governor when Rudy Perpich, then lieutenant governor, became governor on the resignation of [[Wendell Anderson]]; Anderson arranged with Perpich to be appointed to the [[United States Senate]] after the resignation of [[Walter Mondale]], who had been elected vice president.  </small>

<small>4 As president of the Minnesota Senate, Fischbach became lieutenant governor following the resignation of Tina Smith. Smith was appointed by Governor [[Mark Dayton]] to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by [[Al Franken]]. Fischbach resigned from the state Senate and took the oath of office for lieutenant governor on May 25, 2018. </small>

==Note on Minnesota political parties names==
*[[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party]]: On April 15, 1944, the [[Minnesota Democratic Party]] and the [[Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party]] merged and created the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). It is affiliated with the national [[Democratic Party (U.S.)|Democratic Party]].
*[[Republican Party of Minnesota]]: From November 15, 1975, to September 23, 1995, the name of the state Republican party was the Independent Republican party (IR). The party has always been affiliated with the national [[Republican Party (U.S.)|Republican Party]].
*[[Independence Party of Minnesota]]: The party was founded under this name in 1992. In 1995 the IPM affiliated with the national [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party]] and renamed itself the Reform Party of Minnesota. In 2000 the Reform Party of Minnesota disaffiliated with the national Reform party and returned to the name Independence party.

==See also==
*[[Governor of Minnesota]]
*[[List of governors of Minnesota]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/mngov/ltgov.asp Minnesota Lieutenant Governors 1858-] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070304050056/http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/lt_governors.htm MHS.org's list]

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