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U.S. Senators from Minnesota:
Name Dates of Service
Class 1
Henry M. Rice (D)
Alexander Ramsey (R)
Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)
Cushman K. Davis (R)
Charles A. Towne (D)
Moses E. Clapp (R)
Frank B. Kellogg (R)
Henrik Shipstead (FL,R)
Edward J. Thye (R)
Eugene J. McCarthy (D)
Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. (D)
Muriel B. Humphrey (D)
David F. Durenberger (R)
Rod Grams (R)
Mark Dayton (D)
Amy Klobuchar (D)
1858-1863
1863-1875
1875-1887
1887-1900
1900-1901
1901-1917
1917-1923
1923-1947
1947-1959
1959-1971
1971-1978
1978-1978
1978-1995
1995-2001
2001-2007
2007---

Name Dates of Service
Class 2
James Shields (D)
Morton S. Wilkinson (R)
Daniel S. Norton (U,R)
William Windom (R)
Ozora P. Stearns (R)
William Windom (R)
A. J. Edgerton (R)
William Windom (R)
Dwight M. Sabin (R)
William D. Washburn (R)
Knute Nelson (R)
Magnus Johnson (FL)
Thomas D. Schall (R)
Elmer A. Benson (FL)
Guy V. Howard (R)
Ernest Lundeen (FL)
Joseph H. Ball (R)
Arthur E. Nelson (R)
Joseph H. Ball (R)
Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. (D)
Walter F. Mondale (D)
Wendell R. Anderson (D)
Rudolph E. (Rudy) Boschwitz (R)
Paul D. Wellstone (D)
Dean Barkley (I)
Norm Coleman (R)
1858-1859
1859-1865
1865-1870
1870-1871
1871-1871
1871-1881
1881-1881
1881-1883
1883-1889
1889-1895
1895-1923
1923-1925
1925-1935
1935-1936
1936-1937
1937-1940
1940-1942
1942-1943
1943-1949
1949-1964
1964-1976
1976-1978
1978-1991
1991-2002
2002-2003
2003--

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more):
Henrik Shipstead
Knute Nelson
 
Minnesota Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Senate President (U.S. Vice President): Hubert H. Humphrey; Walter Mondale

Party Whips: Hubert Humphrey

Party Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman: Rudy Boschwitz

Minnesota Senators Depicted on U.S. Postage Stamps:
Hubert H. Humphrey
 
Minnesota Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Maria L. Sanford by Evelyn Raymond, located in the Senate connecting corridor; Henry Mower Rice by Frederick E. Triebel, located in Statuary Hall.

Busts:

Vice Presidents Collection: Hubert H. Humphrey by Walker Hancock (Senate wing, second floor, main corridor); Walter F. Mondale by Judson R. Nelson (Senate wing, second floor).

Paintings: Fort Snelling, Minnesota, by Seth Eastman, located in center section, first floor, west corridor.

 
  

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