Minnesota Senate, District 4

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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.

List of senators

SessionSenatorPartyTerm startTerm endHomeLocation
1st Erastus N. BatesRepDecember 2, 1857December 6, 1859Minneapolis Hennepin
Delano T. Smith
2nd Riley Lucas BartholomewDecember 7, 1859January 7, 1861 Richfield
Jesse BishopNon Minneapolis
3rd David HeatonRepJanuary 8, 1861January 5, 1863 St. Anthony Anoka

Benton

Hennepin

Isanti

Manomin (defunct)

Mille Lacs

Sherburne

4th
5th
6th JohnSPills.jpg John Sargent Pillsbury January 6, 1863January 4, 1869
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th WilliamLochren.PNG William Lochren DemJanuary 5, 1869January 2, 1871
12th
13th JohnSPills.jpg John Sargent Pillsbury RepJanuary 3, 1871January 1, 1872
14th Sherman PageJanuary 5, 1874 Austin Mower
15th
N.K. NobleJanuary 2, 1872
16thE.H. WellsNonJanuary 6, 1874January 3, 1876 Lansing
17th
18thRobert I. SmithRepJanuary 4, 1876January 7, 1878 Austin
19th
20thGeorge W. CloughJanuary 8, 1878January 6, 1879
21stW.H. OfficerNonJanuary 7, 1879January 1, 1883
22nd
23rdW.P. SergeantJanuary 2, 1883January 3, 1887 Albert Lea Freeborn
24th
25thMarcellus HalvorsonRepJanuary 4, 1887January 6, 1891 Bancroft
26th
27thH.C. NelsonAllianceJanuary 6, 1891January 7, 1895 Hayward
28th
29thThorvald V. KnatvoldRepJanuary 8, 1895January 2, 1899 Albert Lea
30th
31st Joseph Underleak January 3, 1899January 2, 1903 Chatfield Olmstead
32nd
33rdHorace WitherstineDemJanuary 3, 1903January 2, 1911Rochester
34th
35th
36th
37thAlonzo Thomas StebbinsRepJanuary 3, 1911January 4, 1915
38th
39thJames I. VermilyaNonJanuary 5, 1915January 6, 1919 Quincy
40th
41st Arthur C. Gooding RepJanuary 7, 1919January 1, 1923 Rochester
42nd
43rd AllenJFurlow.jpg Allen J. Furlow January 2, 1923April 22, 1925 [1]
44th
VacantApril 22, 1925January 4, 1927
45th WilliamBurdetteRichardson.jpg William B. Richardson RepJanuary 4, 1927September 19, 1945 [2] Rochester
46th
47th [3]
48th
49th
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
54th
55th Walter Burdick ConJanuary 7, 1947January 5, 1959
56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st Sandy Keith LibJanuary 6, 1959January 7, 1963
62nd
63rdHarold G. KreigerConJanuary 8, 1963January 4, 1971
64th
65th
66th
67th
68thJerry WilletDFLJanuary 5, 1971November 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 DeckerInd RepNovember 16, 1987January 7, 1991Bemidji
76th
77th Skip Finn DFLJanuary 8, 1991July 1, 1996 [5] Cass Lake Beltrami

Cass

Hubbard

Itasca

Wadena

78th
79th
VacantJuly 1, 1996January 7, 1997
80th David Ten EyckDFLJanuary 7, 1997October 27, 1999 [6] East Gull Lake
81st
VacantOctober 27, 1999December 12, 1999
Tony KinkelDFLDecember 12, 1999January 6, 2003 Park Rapids
82nd
83rd Carrie Ruud RepJanuary 7, 2003January 2, 2007 Breezy Point Beltrami

Cass

Crow Wing

Hubbard

Itasca

84th
85th Mary Olson DFLJanuary 3, 2007January 3, 2011 Bemidji
86th
87th John Carlson RepJanuary 4, 2011January 7, 2013
88th Kent Eken DFLJanuary 8, 2013January 4, 2023 Twin Valley Becker

Clay

Norman

89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd Rob Kupec DFLJanuary 4, 2023Incumbent Moorhead Becker

Clay

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  1. Elected to the U.S. House
  2. Died
  3. Concurrently Acting Lieutenant Governor from August 24, 1936 – January 1, 1937
  4. Resigned to become Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
  5. Resigned after he received 12 felony convictions
  6. Appointed to Ninth Judicial District for Crow Wing County