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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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.

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    References

      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 2023Majority Leader-DesignateDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
      Harry Niska 2025Majority Leader-DesignateRepublican
      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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