Minnesota's 1st Senate district

Minnesota's 1st State Senate district
Senator	Mark Johnson R – East Grand Forks
Demographics	92.0%  White 1.5%  Black 4.5%  Hispanic 1.2%  Asian 1.4%  Native American <0.1%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1.1% Other 2.8%  Multiracial
Population (2020)	78,383

The 1st Senate district of Minnesota is one of 67 districts in the Minnesota Senate. Located in northwest Minnesota, the district comprises all of Kittson, Marshall, Norman,Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, as well as Felton, Hagen, and Ulen townships in Clay County. It is currently represented by Republican Mark Johnson since 2017.

Current elected officials

Republican Mark Johnson is the senator representing the 1st district. He was first elected in 2016.

Each Minnesota State Senate district is composed of two Minnesota House of Representatives districts. The 1st district comprises House districts 1A and 1B. The current representatives of those districts are:

• House District 1A: John Burkel (R–Badger)
• House District 1B: Steve Gander (R–East Grand Forks)

List of past senators

Member	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Term start	Term end	Ref.
District created
H. L. Thomas	Rep.	Afton	Washington	December 2, 1857	December 6, 1859	[1]
Joel K. Reiner		Stillwater				[2]
William McKusick	Rep.	Stillwater		December 7, 1859	January 7, 1861	[3]
Socrates Nelson	Dem.					[4]
James K. Smith Jr.	Rep.	Saint Paul	Ramsey	January 8, 1861	January 4, 1864	[5]
Edmund Rice	Dem.			January 5, 1864	January 1, 1866	[6]
William Pitt Murray	Dem.			January 2, 1866	January 6, 1868	[7]
George Loomis Becker	Dem.			January 7, 1868	January 1, 1872	[8]
David L. Buell	Dem.	Caledonia	Houston	January 2, 1872	January 6, 1873	[9]
Edward Thompson	Rep.	Hokah		January 7, 1873	January 4, 1875	[10]
John H. Smith	N/A	Brownsville		January 5, 1875	January 1, 1877	[11]
John McNelly	Rep.	Wilmington		January 2, 1877	January 6, 1879	[12]
David L. Buell	Dem.	Caledonia		January 7, 1879	January 3, 1881	[9]
J. P. Schaller	N/A	Brownsville		January 4, 1881	January 1, 1883	[13]
James O'Brien	N/A	Caledonia		January 2, 1883	January 3, 1887	[14]
Tosten Johnson	Rep.	Black Hammer		January 3, 1887	January 4, 1891	[15]
James C. Kelly	Dem.	Yucatan		January 5, 1891	January 6, 1895	[16]
Elling K. Roverud	Rep.	Caledonia		January 7, 1895	January 4, 1903	[17]
Ole G. Laugen	Rep.	Houston		January 5, 1903	January 6, 1907	[18]
John Q. Briggs	Rep.			January 7, 1907	January 1, 1911	[19]
Francis A. Duxbury	Rep.	Caledonia		January 2, 1911	January 3, 1915	[20]
	Nonpart.		Fillmore, Houston	January 4, 1915	January 5, 1919
John W. Hopp	Nonpart.	Preston		January 6, 1919	December 31, 1922	[21]
T. E. Sorenson	Nonpart.	Chatfield		January 1, 1923	January 2, 1927	[22]
Henry A. Larson	Nonpart.	Preston		January 3, 1927	January 1, 1939	[23]
	NP. Con.			January 2, 1939	January 6, 1941
	Nonpart.			January 7, 1941	March 12, 1948
--Vacant--				March 12, 1948	January 4, 1949
John A. Johnson	NP. Con.	Preston		January 4, 1949	January 4, 1959	[24]
Llewellyn W. Larson	NP. Con.	Mabel		January 5, 1959	January 1, 1967	[25]
			Fillmore, Houston, Winona	January 2, 1967	December 31, 1972
Richard W. Fitzsimons	NP. Con.	Warren	Beltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau	January 1, 1973	January 6, 1975	[26]
	Ind. Rep.			January 7, 1975	January 2, 1977
Marv Hanson	DFL	Hallock		January 3, 1977	January 2, 1983	[27]
LeRoy Stumpf	DFL	Plummer	Beltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake, Roseau	January 3, 1983	January 6, 1991	[28]
		Thief River Falls		January 7, 1991	January 3, 1993
			Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau	January 4, 1993	January 5, 2003
			Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau	January 5, 2003	December 31, 2006
		Plummer		January 1, 2007	January 1, 2017
Mark Johnson	Rep.	East Grand Forks		January 2, 2017	January 1, 2023	[29]
			Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau	January 2, 2023	Current

References

1. "Thomas, H. L." Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
2. "Reiner, Joel K. "J.K."". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
3. "McKusick, William "Wm."". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
4. "Nelson, Socrates". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
5. "Smith, Jr., James K. "Jas."". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
6. "Rice, Edmund". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
7. "Murray, William Pitt "W.P., Wm. P., Bill"". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
8. "Becker, George Loomis". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
9. "Buell, David L. "D.L."". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
10. "Thompson, Edward". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
11. "Smith, John H. "J.H."". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
12. "McNelly, John". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
13. "Schaller, J. P. "J.P., J.B."". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
14. "O'Brien, James". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
15. "Johnson, Tosten "T., Tostin"". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
16. "Kelly, James C. "J.C."". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
17. "Roverud, Elling K. "E.K."". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
18. "Laugen, Ole G. "O.G."". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
19. "Briggs, John Q." Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
20. "Duxbury, Sr., Francis Adelbert "F.A."". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
21. "Hopp, John W." Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
22. "Sorenson, T. E." Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
23. "Larson, Henry Albert". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
24. "Johnson, John A." Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
25. "Larson, Llewellyn W. "Lew"". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
26. "Fitzsimons, Richard W. "Dick"". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
27. "Hanson, Marvin B. "Marv"". Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
28. "Stumpf, LeRoy A." Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.
29. "Johnson, Mark T." Minnesota Legislature . Retrieved November 29, 2025.

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