Minnesota Senate, District 9

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The Minnesota Senate, District 9, includes communities in Cass, Morrison, Todd and Wadena counties in the north central part of the state. It is currently represented by Republican Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka.

List of senators

SessionSenatorPartyTerm startTerm endHomeLocation
1st Samuel Hull [1] NonDecember 2, 1857December 6, 1859 Carimona Fillmore

Houston

Mower

John R. Jones [2] Dem Chatfield
2nd Contested [3] December 6, 1859January 6, 1860Fillmore
Reuben Wells [4] NonJanuary 6, 1860January 7, 1861Chatfield
Henry W. Holley [5] RepJanuary 6, 1862
3rd
4th Charles McClure [6] January 7, 1862January 4, 1864 Red Wing Goodhue
5th
6th Joseph A. Thatcher [7] January 5, 1864January 7, 1867 Zumbrota
7th
8th
9th Warren Henry Bristol [8] January 8, 1867January 3, 1870Red Wing
10th
11th
12th Charles Hill [9] NonJanuary 4, 1870January 1, 1872 Pine Island
13th
14th Milo White (Minnesota Congressman).jpg Milo White [10] RepJanuary 2, 1872January 1, 1877 Elmira Olmsted
15th
16th
17th
18th
19thBurr Deuel [11] January 2, 1877January 6, 1879 Quincy
20th
21stOrin H. Page [12] GreenbackJanuary 7, 1879January 3, 1881 Pleasant Grove
22nd Milo White (Minnesota Congressman).jpg Milo WhiteRepJanuary 4, 1881January 1, 1883Elmira
23rdSamuel D. Peterson [13] January 2, 1883January 3, 1887 New Ulm Brown

Redwood

24th
25thThomas Evans Bowen [14] DemJanuary 4, 1887January 5, 1891 Sleepy Eye
26th
27thSamuel D. PetersonRepJanuary 6, 1891January 7, 1895New Ulm
28th
29thE.D. French [15] January 8, 1895January 2, 1899 Redwood Falls
30th
31stThorvald V. Knatvold [16] January 3, 1899January 5, 1903 Albert Lea Freeborn
32nd
33rdHenry A. Morgan [17] January 6, 1903January 7, 1907
34th
35thBernhart N. Anderson [18] January 8, 1907January 4, 1915 Hartland
36th
37th
38th
39thAlbert L. Ward [19] NonJanuary 5, 1915January 1, 1923 Fairmont Martin

Watonwan

40th
41st
42nd
43rdJohn M. Gemmill [20] January 2, 1923January 3, 1927 Sherburn
44th
45th Frank Arah Day.jpg Frank Arah Day [21] IndJanuary 4, 1927December 27, 1928 [22] Fairmont
VacantDecember 27, 1928January 21, 1929
46thHenry August Saggau [23] DemJanuary 21, 1929January 5, 1931 Ceylon
47thRoy F. Crowley [24] NonJanuary 6, 1931January 2, 1939 St. James
48th
49th
50th
51stFrank Dougherty [25] January 3, 1939January 1, 1951Fairmont
52nd
53rd
54th
55th
56th
57thChris L. Erickson [26] ConJanuary 2, 1951January 7, 1963
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rdRudolph Hanson [27] January 8, 1963January 4, 1971Albert LeaFreeborn

Waseca

64th
65th
66th
67thPaul P. Overgaard [28] January 5, 1971January 1, 1973
68thDoug Sillers [29] January 2, 1973January 5, 1981 Moorhead Clay

Otter Tail

Wilkin

69th Ind. Rep
70th
71st
72nd Langseth.jpg Keith Langseth [30] DFLJanuary 6, 1981January 7, 2013 Glyndon
73rd Becker

Clay

Otter Tail

Wilkin

74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th Becker

Clay

Traverse

Wilkin

85th
86th
87th
88th Paul Gazelka.jpg Paul Gazelka [31] RepJanuary 8, 2013Incumbent Nisswa Cass

Morrison

Todd

Wadena

89th
90th
  1. ↑ "Hull, Samuel - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  2. ↑ "Jones, John R. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  3. ↑ Ignatius F. O'Ferrall and Orlando B. Bryant's election to Senate District 9 was contested by Reuben Wells and Henry W. Holley. O'Ferrall and Bryant had certificates of election that were the result of a Minnesota Supreme Court order. They were sworn in when session began. On January 6, 1860 the Senate determined that the court didn't have the authority to determine the membership of the Senate and they decided that Reuben Wells and Henry W. Holley were entitled to the seats.
  4. ↑ "Wells, Reuben - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  5. ↑ "Holley, Henry W. "H.W." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  6. ↑ "McClure, Charles "Chas" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  7. ↑ "Thacher, Joseph A. "J.A." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  8. ↑ "Bristol, Warren Henry - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  9. ↑ "Hill, Charles - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  10. ↑ "White, Milo - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  11. ↑ "Deuel, Burr "Burn., Bur" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  12. ↑ "Page, Orin H. "O.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  13. ↑ "Peterson, Samuel D. "S.D." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  14. ↑ "Bowen, Thomas Evans "T.E." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  15. ↑ "French, E. D. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  16. ↑ "Knatvold, Thorvald V. "T.V." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  17. ↑ "Morgan, Henry A. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  18. ↑ "Anderson, Bernhart N. "B.N." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  19. ↑ "Ward, Albert L. "A.L." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  20. ↑ "Gemmill, John M. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  21. ↑ "Day, Frank Arah "F.A." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  22. ↑ Died
  23. ↑ "Saggau, Henry August "August, H.A." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  24. ↑ "Crowley, Roy F. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  25. ↑ "Dougherty, Frank Edward - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  26. ↑ "Erickson, Chris L. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  27. ↑ "Hanson, Rudolph William "Rudy" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  28. ↑ "Overgaard, Paul P. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  29. ↑ "Sillers, Douglas H. "D.H., Doug" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  30. ↑ "Langseth, Keith L. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  31. ↑ "Gazelka, Paul - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-07-08.

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