The Minnesota Senate, District 5, centers on the cities of Grand Rapids and Walker. It is currently represented by Republican Paul Utke.
| Session | Senator | Party | Term start | Term end | Home | Location |
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| 1st | George E. Skinner [1] | Non | December 2, 1857 | December 6, 1859 | Faribault | Rice |
| Michael Cook [2] | Rep | January 2, 1861 | ||||
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| Daniel H. Frost [3] | Non | December 7, 1859 | Northfield | |||
| 3rd | Rufus J. Baldwin [4] | Rep | January 8, 1861 | January 4, 1864 | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
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| 6th | | January 5, 1864 | January 1, 1866 | |||
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| 8th | Curtis Hussey Pettit [5] | January 2, 1866 | January 7, 1867 | |||
| 9th | J.C. Whitney [6] | January 8, 1867 | January 6, 1868 | |||
| 10th | Curtis Hussey Pettit | January 7, 1868 | January 1, 1872 | |||
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| 14th | Horatio D. Brown | Non | January 2, 1872 | January 6, 1873 | Albert Lea | Freeborn |
| 15th | T.G. Johnsrud | Rep | January 5, 1873 | January 4, 1875 | ||
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| 17th | | Ind | January 5, 1875 | January 6, 1879 | ||
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| 21st | Albert Clark Wedge [7] | January 7, 1879 | January 1, 1883 | Freeborn Steele Waseca | ||
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| 23rd | Daniel F. Goodrich [8] | January 2, 1883 | September 1, 1889 [9] | Blue Earth | Faribault | |
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| Vacant | September 1, 1889 | January 6, 1891 | ||||
| 27th | Jacob A. Kiester | Rep | January 6, 1891 | January 7, 1895 | Blue Earth | |
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| 29th | George D. McArthur [10] | January 8, 1895 | January 2, 1899 | |||
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| 31st | Richard Enos Thompson [11] | January 3, 1899 | January 7, 1907 | Preston | Fillmore | |
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| 35th | Samuel A. Nelson | January 8, 1907 | January 4, 1915 | Lanesboro | ||
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| 39th | Alexander S. Campbell | January 5, 1915 | January 6, 1919 | Austin | Dodge | |
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| 41st | William Asa Nolan [12] | January 7, 1919 | June 28, 1922 [13] | Grand Meadow | ||
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| Vacant | June 28, 1922 | January 2, 1923 | ||||
| 43rd | Fremont Jackson Thoe | January 2, 1923 | January 3, 1927 | Hayfield | ||
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| 45th | Victor Christgau | January 4, 1927 | March 4, 1929 [14] | Austin | ||
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| Vacant | March 4, 1929 | January 6, 1931 | ||||
| 47th | A.O. Starks | Non | January 6, 1931 | January 6, 1947 | Dexter | |
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| 55th | Werner E. Wuertz | January 7, 1947 | January 1, 1951 | Austin | ||
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| 57th | Philip Sheridan Duff | Lib | January 2, 1951 | January 3, 1955 | Kassan | |
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| 59th | P.J. Holand | Con | January 4, 1955 | January 2, 1967 | Austin | |
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| 65th | Charles Robert Hansen | Lib | January 3, 1967 | January 1, 1973 | Mower | |
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| 68th | George F. Perpich | DFL | January 2, 1973 | January 5, 1981 | Chisholm | St. Louis |
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| 72nd | Ron Dicklich | January 6, 1981 | January 4, 1993 | Hibbing | ||
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| 78th | Jerry Janezich | January 5, 1993 | January 2, 2001 | Chisholm | ||
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| 82nd | Dave Tomassoni | January 3, 2001 | January 7, 2013 | |||
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| 88th | Tom Saxhaug | January 8, 2013 | January 2, 2017 | Grand Rapids | Beltrami | |
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| 90th | Justin Eichorn | Rep | January 3, 2017 | Incumbent |