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 of her successors in that office have also been women.
- Parties
 Democratic/Democratic Farmer Labor  Farmer Labor  Republican/Independent Republican  Reform/Independence
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.
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.
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, who had appointed himself to the U.S. Senate on resignation of Walter Mondale who had been elected vice president.
Note on Minnesota political parties names
- Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party: On April 15, 1944 the state 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.
- 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.
- Independence Party of Minnesota: The party was founded under this name in 1992. In 1995 the IPM affiliated with the national 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.
Living former U.S. Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota
As of January 2017, there are ten former U.S. lieutenant governors of Minnesota who are currently living at this time, the oldest U.S. lieutenant governor being Alexander M. Keith (served 1963â€"1967, born 1928). The most recent death of a former U.S. lieutenant governor of Minnesota was that of C. Elmer Anderson (served 1939â€"1943 and 1945â€"1951, born 1912), on January 22, 1998. The most recently serving lieutenant governor to die was Rudy Perpich (1971-1976) on September 21, 1995.
See also
- Governor of Minnesota
- List of Governors of Minnesota
References
- Minnesota Lieutenant Governors 1858- Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.
- MHS.org's list
