List of majority leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives

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This is a list of majority leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives

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NameTook officeLeft officeParty/caucus
Winslow W. R Dunn19011903 Republican
George W. Wilson19031905Republican
Anton J. Rockne19051909Republican
Henry Rines 19091913Republican
William I. Nolan 19131915 Conservative
Thomas H. Girling19151917Conservative
Willis I. Norton 19171933Conservative
John J. McDonough 19331935 Liberal
Roy E. Dunn 19351937 Conservative
Carl J. Eastvold19371939Liberal
Roy E. Dunn 19391955Conservative
Fred A. Cina 19551963Liberal
Aubrey W. Dirlam 19631971Conservative
Ernest A. Lindstrom 19711973Republican
Irv Anderson [- 1] 19731981 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Jerry Knickerbocker [- 2] 19791980 Independent-Republican
Willis R. Eken19811984Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Harry Sieben [- 3] 19841985Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Connie Levi 19851987Independent-Republican
Robert Vanasek 19871987Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Ann Wynia 19871989Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Dee Long 19891992Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Alan Welle 19921993Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Irv Anderson 19931993Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Phil Carruthers 19931997Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Ted Winter 19971999Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Tim Pawlenty 19992003Republican
Erik Paulsen 20032007Republican
Tony Sertich 20072011Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Matt Dean 20112013Republican
Erin Murphy 20132015Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Joyce Peppin 20152018 [- 4] Republican
Ryan Winkler 20192023Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Jamie Long 20232025Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Harry Niska 2025-presentRepublican

Notes on Minnesota political party names

In 1913, Minnesota legislators began to be elected on nonpartisan ballots. Nonpartisanship also was an historical accident that occurred in the 1913 session when a bill to provide for no party elections of judges and city and county officers was amended to include the Legislature in the belief that it would kill the bill. Legislators ran and caucused as "Liberals" or "Conservatives" roughly equivalent in most years to Democratic-Farmer-Labor and Republican, respectively. The law was changed in 1973, in 1974, House members again ran with party designation.

Notes

  1. From 1979 to 1980, the House was evenly divided. Irv Anderson served as leader of the DFL caucus.
  2. From 1979 to 1980, the House was evenly divided. Jerry Knickerbocker served as leader of the I-R caucus.
  3. Wilis R. Eken resigned as majority leader in 1984. Rather than elect a new majority leader, House Speaker Harry Sieben appointed himself majority leader as well.
  4. Joyce Peppin resigned in July 2018. As the House did not meet after that time, the position was vacant until the next session began in January 2019.

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