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

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Session Senator Party Term start Term end Home Location
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

4th
5th
6th   John Sargent Pillsbury January 6, 1863 January 4, 1869
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th   William Lochren Dem January 5, 1869 January 2, 1871
12th
13th   John Sargent Pillsbury Rep January 3, 1871 January 1, 1872
14th Sherman Page January 5, 1874 Austin Mower
15th
N.K. Noble January 2, 1872
16th E.H. Wells Non January 6, 1874 January 3, 1876 Lansing
17th
18th Robert I. Smith Rep January 4, 1876 January 7, 1878 Austin
19th
20th George W. Clough January 8, 1878 January 6, 1879
21st W.H. Officer Non January 7, 1879 January 1, 1883
22nd
23rd W.P. Sergeant January 2, 1883 January 3, 1887 Albert Lea Freeborn
24th
25th Marcellus Halvorson Rep January 4, 1887 January 6, 1891 Bancroft
26th
27th H.C. Nelson Alliance January 6, 1891 January 7, 1895 Hayward
28th
29th Thorvald V. Knatvold Rep January 8, 1895 January 2, 1899 Albert Lea
30th
31st Joseph Underleak January 3, 1899 January 2, 1903 Chatfield Olmstead
32nd
33rd Horace Witherstine Dem January 3, 1903 January 2, 1911 Rochester
34th
35th
36th
37th Alonzo Thomas Stebbins Rep January 3, 1911 January 4, 1915
38th
39th James I. Vermilya Non January 5, 1915 January 6, 1919 Quincy
40th
41st Arthur C. Gooding Rep January 7, 1919 January 1, 1923 Rochester
42nd
43rd   Allen J. Furlow January 2, 1923 April 22, 1925[1]
44th
Vacant April 22, 1925 January 4, 1927
45th   William B. Richardson Rep January 4, 1927 September 19, 1945[2] Rochester
46th
47th[3]
48th
49th
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
54th
55th Walter Burdick Con January 7, 1947 January 5, 1959
56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st Sandy Keith Lib January 6, 1959 January 7, 1963
62nd
63rd Harold G. Kreiger Con January 8, 1963 January 4, 1971
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th Jerry Willet DFL January 5, 1971 November 15, 1987[4] Park Rapids Becker

Clearwater

Hubbard

Mahnomen

69th Beltrami

Cass

Hubbard

Itasca

Morrison

Wadena

70th
71st
72nd
73rd Beltrami

Cass

Hubbard

74th
75th
Bob Decker Ind Rep November 16, 1987 January 7, 1991 Bemidji
76th
77th Skip Finn DFL January 8, 1991 July 1, 1996[5] Cass Lake Beltrami

Cass

Hubbard

Itasca

Wadena

78th
79th
Vacant July 1, 1996 January 7, 1997
80th David Ten Eyck DFL January 7, 1997 October 27, 1999[6] East Gull Lake
81st
Vacant October 27, 1999 December 12, 1999
Tony Kinkel DFL December 12, 1999 January 6, 2003 Park Rapids
82nd
83rd Carrie Ruud Rep January 7, 2003 January 2, 2007 Breezy Point Beltrami

Cass

Crow Wing

Hubbard

Itasca

84th
85th Mary Olson DFL January 3, 2007 January 3, 2011 Bemidji
86th
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
90th
91st
92nd
93rd Rob Kupec DFL January 4, 2023 Incumbent Moorhead Becker

Clay

References

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"Our Campaigns".

  1. ^ Elected to the U.S. House
  2. ^ Died
  3. ^ Concurrently Acting Lieutenant Governor from August 24, 1936 – January 1, 1937
  4. ^ Resigned to become Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
  5. ^ Resigned after he received 12 felony convictions
  6. ^ Appointed to Ninth Judicial District for Crow Wing County