| Minnesota's 1st State Senate district | |||
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| 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 Minnesota Senate, District 1, encompasses the far Northwestern part of Minnesota. It includes the entirety of Kittson County, Roseau County, Marshall County, Red Lake County, Polk County and Pennington County. It is currently served by Republican Mark Johnson.
| Session | Senator | Party | Term start | Term end | Home | Location |
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| 1st | H. L. Thomas [1] | Republican | December 2, 1857 | December 6, 1859 | Afton | Washington |
| Joel K. Reiner [2] | Stillwater | |||||
| 2nd | William McKusick [3] | Non-partisan | December 7, 1859 | January 7, 1861 | Chisago | |
| 3rd | James K. Smith Jr. [4] | Republican | January 8, 1861 | January 4, 1864 | Saint Paul | Ramsey |
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| 6th |  Edmund Rice [5] | Democratic | January 5, 1864 | January 1, 1866 | ||
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| 8th | William Pitt Murray [6] | January 2, 1866 | January 6, 1868 | |||
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| 10th |  George Loomis Becker [7] | January 7, 1868 | January 1, 1872 | |||
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| 14th | David L. Buell [8] | Non-partisan | January 2, 1872 | January 6, 1873 | Caledonia | Houston |
| 15th | Edward Thompson [9] | Republican | January 7, 1873 | January 4, 1875 | Hokah | |
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| 17th | John H. Smith [10] | Non-partisan | January 5, 1875 | January 1, 1877 | Brownsville | |
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| 19th | John McNelly [11] | Republican | January 2, 1877 | January 6, 1879 | Wilmington | |
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| 21st | David L. Buell | Non-partisan | January 7, 1879 | January 3, 1881 | Caledonia | |
| 22nd | J. P. Schaller [12] | January 4, 1881 | January 2, 1883 | Brownsville | ||
| 23rd | James O'Brien [13] | January 2, 1883 | January 3, 1887 | Caledonia | ||
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| 25th | Tosten Johnson [14] | Rep | January 4, 1887 | January 5, 1891 | Black Hammer | |
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| 27th | James C. Kelly [15] | Democratic | January 6, 1891 | January 7, 1895 | Yucatan | |
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| 29th | Elling K. Roverud [16] | Republican | January 8, 1895 | January 5, 1903 | Caledonia | |
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| 33rd | Ole G. Laugen [17] | January 6, 1903 | January 7, 1907 | Houston | ||
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| 35th | John Q. Briggs [18] | January 8, 1907 | January 2, 1911 | |||
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| 37th | Francis A. Duxbury [19] | January 3, 1911 | January 6, 1919 | Harmony Township | Fillmore | |
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| 41st | John W. Hopp [20] | Non-partisan | January 7, 1919 | January 1, 1923 | Preston | |
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| 43rd | T. E. Sorensen [21] | January 2, 1923 | January 3, 1927 | Chatfield | ||
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| 45th | Henry Albert Larson [22] | Republican | January 4, 1927 | March 12, 1948 [23] | Preston | |
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| Vacant | March 12, 1948 | January 4, 1949 | ||||
| 56th | John A. Johnson [24] | Republican | January 4, 1949 | January 4, 1959 | Spring Grove | |
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| 61st | Llewellyn W. Larson [25] | January 6, 1959 | January 4, 1977 | Mabel | ||
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| 70th | Marv Hanson [26] | DFL | January 4, 1977 | January 4, 1983 | Hallock | Kittson |
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| 73rd | Leroy A. Stumpf [27] | January 4, 1983 | January 3, 2017 | Thief River Falls | ||
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| 90th |  Mark Johnson [28] | Republican | January 3, 2017 | Incumbent | East Grand Forks | |
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| 93rd | Clay | |||||
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