The Minnesota Senate, District 4, includes most of Becker and Clay counties in the northwestern part of the state. It is currently represented by Rob Kupec of the DFL.
Session | Senator | Party | Term start | Term end | Home | Location |
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1st | Erastus N. Bates | Rep | December 2, 1857 | December 6, 1859 | Minneapolis | Hennepin |
Delano T. Smith | ||||||
2nd | Riley Lucas Bartholomew | December 7, 1859 | January 7, 1861 | Richfield | ||
Jesse Bishop | Non | Minneapolis | ||||
3rd | David Heaton | Rep | January 8, 1861 | January 5, 1863 | St. Anthony | Anoka Benton Hennepin Isanti Manomin (defunct) Mille Lacs Sherburne |
4th | ||||||
5th | ||||||
6th | ![]() | January 6, 1863 | January 4, 1869 | |||
7th | ||||||
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10th | ||||||
11th | | Dem | January 5, 1869 | January 2, 1871 | ||
12th | ||||||
13th | ![]() | Rep | January 3, 1871 | January 1, 1872 | ||
14th | Sherman Page | January 5, 1874 | Austin | Mower | ||
15th | ||||||
N.K. Noble | January 2, 1872 | |||||
16th | E.H. Wells | Non | January 6, 1874 | January 3, 1876 | Lansing | |
17th | ||||||
18th | Robert I. Smith | Rep | January 4, 1876 | January 7, 1878 | Austin | |
19th | ||||||
20th | George W. Clough | January 8, 1878 | January 6, 1879 | |||
21st | W.H. Officer | Non | January 7, 1879 | January 1, 1883 | ||
22nd | ||||||
23rd | W.P. Sergeant | January 2, 1883 | January 3, 1887 | Albert Lea | Freeborn | |
24th | ||||||
25th | Marcellus Halvorson | Rep | January 4, 1887 | January 6, 1891 | Bancroft | |
26th | ||||||
27th | H.C. Nelson | Alliance | January 6, 1891 | January 7, 1895 | Hayward | |
28th | ||||||
29th | Thorvald V. Knatvold | Rep | January 8, 1895 | January 2, 1899 | Albert Lea | |
30th | ||||||
31st | Joseph Underleak | January 3, 1899 | January 2, 1903 | Chatfield | Olmstead | |
32nd | ||||||
33rd | Horace Witherstine | Dem | January 3, 1903 | January 2, 1911 | Rochester | |
34th | ||||||
35th | ||||||
36th | ||||||
37th | Alonzo Thomas Stebbins | Rep | January 3, 1911 | January 4, 1915 | ||
38th | ||||||
39th | James I. Vermilya | Non | January 5, 1915 | January 6, 1919 | Quincy | |
40th | ||||||
41st | Arthur C. Gooding | Rep | January 7, 1919 | January 1, 1923 | Rochester | |
42nd | ||||||
43rd | ![]() | January 2, 1923 | April 22, 1925 [1] | |||
44th | ||||||
Vacant | April 22, 1925 | January 4, 1927 | ||||
45th | ![]() | Rep | January 4, 1927 | September 19, 1945 [2] | Rochester | |
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47th [3] | ||||||
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53rd | ||||||
54th | ||||||
55th | Walter Burdick | Con | January 7, 1947 | January 5, 1959 | ||
56th | ||||||
57th | ||||||
58th | ||||||
59th | ||||||
60th | ||||||
61st | Sandy Keith | Lib | January 6, 1959 | January 7, 1963 | ||
62nd | ||||||
63rd | Harold G. Kreiger | Con | January 8, 1963 | January 4, 1971 | ||
64th | ||||||
65th | ||||||
66th | ||||||
67th | ||||||
68th | Jerry Willet | DFL | January 5, 1971 | November 15, 1987 [4] | Park Rapids | Becker Clearwater Hubbard Mahnomen |
69th | Beltrami Cass Hubbard Itasca Morrison Wadena | |||||
70th | ||||||
71st | ||||||
72nd | ||||||
73rd | Beltrami Cass Hubbard | |||||
74th | ||||||
75th | ||||||
Bob Decker | Ind Rep | November 16, 1987 | January 7, 1991 | Bemidji | ||
76th | ||||||
77th | Skip Finn | DFL | January 8, 1991 | July 1, 1996 [5] | Cass Lake | Beltrami Cass Hubbard Itasca Wadena |
78th | ||||||
79th | ||||||
Vacant | July 1, 1996 | January 7, 1997 | ||||
80th | David Ten Eyck | DFL | January 7, 1997 | October 27, 1999 [6] | East Gull Lake | |
81st | ||||||
Vacant | October 27, 1999 | December 12, 1999 | ||||
Tony Kinkel | DFL | December 12, 1999 | January 6, 2003 | Park Rapids | ||
82nd | ||||||
83rd | Carrie Ruud | Rep | January 7, 2003 | January 2, 2007 | Breezy Point | Beltrami Cass Crow Wing Hubbard Itasca |
84th | ||||||
85th | Mary Olson | DFL | January 3, 2007 | January 3, 2011 | Bemidji | |
86th | ||||||
87th | John Carlson | Rep | January 4, 2011 | January 7, 2013 | ||
88th | Kent Eken | DFL | January 8, 2013 | January 4, 2023 | Twin Valley | Becker Clay Norman |
89th | ||||||
90th | ||||||
91st | ||||||
92nd | ||||||
93rd | Rob Kupec | DFL | January 4, 2023 | Incumbent | Moorhead | Becker Clay |
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