Minnesota Senate, District 11 Explained

The Minnesota Senate, District 11, includes portions of Carlton, Kanabec, Pine and St. Louis counties in the northeastern part of the state. It is currently held by Republican Jason Rarick who was elected in a special election in 2019.

List of senators

SessionSenatorPartyTerm startTerm endHomeLocation
1stSamuel S. Beman[1] RepDecember 2, 1857December 6, 1859SaratogaWinona
Daniel Sheldon Norton[2] Winona
2ndEphraim L. King[3] NonDecember 7, 1859January 7, 1861
J.M. Winn[4] Richmond
3rd Daniel Sheldon NortonRepJanuary 8, 1861January 6, 1862Winona
4thM. Wheeler Sargeant[5] January 7, 1862January 4, 1864
5th
6th Daniel Sheldon NortonJanuary 5, 1864January 1, 1866
7th
8thThomas Simpson[6] NonJanuary 2, 1866January 7, 1867
9th William Hall Yale[7] RepJanuary 8, 1867January 6, 1868
10thBenjamin Franklin[8] DemJanuary 7, 18681868?[9]
11thSamuel B. Sheardown[10] RepJanuary 5, 1869January 3, 1870Stockton
12thCornelius F. Buck[11] DemJanuary 4, 1870January 1, 1872Winona
13th
14thJoseph H. Clark[12] RepJanuary 2, 1872January 6, 1873ClaremontDodge
15thH.H. Atherton[13] January 7, 1873January 4, 1875Kasson
16th
17thJoseph H. ClarkJanuary 5, 1875January 1, 1877Rice Lake
18th
19th Alonzo J. Edgerton[14] January 2, 1877January 6, 1879Mantorville
20th
21stJohn Gorham[15] January 7, 1879January 3, 1881Rice Lake
22ndJames McLaughlin[16] NonJanuary 4, 1881January 1, 1883Mantorville
23rdRobert O. Craig[17] DemJanuary 2, 1883January 3, 1887JanesvilleWaseca
24th
25thWilliam Ward[18] RepJanuary 4, 1887January 5, 1891Waseca
26th
27thRobert O. CraigDemJanuary 6, 1891January 7, 1895Janesville
28th
29thEugene Belnap Collester[19] RepJanuary 8, 1895January 2, 1899Waseca
30th
31stClifford L. Benedict[20] January 3, 1899January 5, 1903MankatoBlue Earth
32nd
33rd Adolph Olson Eberhart[21] January 6, 1903January 7, 1907
34th
35thSamuel Works[22] DemJanuary 8, 1907January 4, 1915
36th
37th
38th
39thSamuel B. Nelson[23] LibJanuary 5, 1915January 6, 1919LuverneNoblesRock
40th
41stJohn A. Cashel[24] NonJanuary 7, 1919January 3, 1927Worthington
42nd
43rd
44th
45thLauritz Lund[25] January 4, 1927January 5, 1931Luverne
46th
47thFrank Sell[26] ConJanuary 6, 1931January 4, 1943Adrian
48th
49th
50th
51st
52nd
53rdJohn Engebretson[27] NonJanuary 5, 1943January 6, 1947Kenneth
54th
55thMilford Wesley Davis[28] January 7, 1947January 1, 1951Reading
56th
57thAndy A. Anderson[29] ConJanuary 2, 1951January 5, 1959Luverne
58th
59th
60th
61stJohn L. Olson[30] January 6, 1959January 7, 1963Worthington
62nd
63rdVal Imm[31] January 8, 1963January 2, 1967MankatoBlue Earth
64th
65thFred Kelton Gage, Jr.[32] January 3, 1967January 1, 1973
66th
67th
68thWayne Olhoft[33] DFLJanuary 2, 1973January 3, 1983HermanDouglas

Grant

Otter Tail

Traverse

69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rdCharlie Berg[34] Ind RepJanuary 4, 1983January 4, 1993ChokioBig Stone

Douglas

Grant

Stevens

Swift

Traverse

74th
75thDFL
76th
77th
78thDallas Sams[35] January 5, 1993January 2, 2007StaplesBecker

Douglas

Otter Tail

Stearns

Todd

Wadena

79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rdDouglas

Grant

Stevens

Todd

84th
85thBill G. Ingebrigtsen[36] RepJanuary 3, 2007January 7, 2013Alexandria
86th
87th
88th Tony Lourey[37] DFLJanuary 8, 2013January 3, 2019KerrickCarlton

Kanabec

Pine

St. Louis

89th
90th
91stVacantJanuary 8, 2019February 13, 2019
Jason RarickRepublicanFebruary 13, 2019IncumbentPine City
  1. Web site: Beman, Samuel S. "S.S." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  2. Web site: Norton, Daniel Sheldon "D.S." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  3. Web site: King, Ephraim L. "E.L." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  4. Web site: Winn, J. M. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  5. Web site: Sargeant, M. Wheeler "M.W." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  6. Web site: Simpson, Thomas - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  7. Web site: Yale, William Hall "W.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  8. Web site: Franklin, Benjamin - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  9. Died in office, date unknown
  10. Web site: Sheardown, Samuel B. "S.B." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  11. Web site: Buck, Cornelius F. "C.F." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  12. Web site: Clark, Joseph H. "J.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  13. Web site: Atherton, H. H. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  14. Web site: Edgerton, Alonzo Jay "A.J." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  15. Web site: Gorham, John - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  16. Web site: McLaughlin, James - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  17. Web site: Craig, Robert O. "R.O." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  18. Web site: Ward, William G. "W.G." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  19. Web site: Collester, Eugene Belnap "E.B." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  20. Web site: Benedict, Clifford L. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  21. Web site: Eberhart, Adolph Olson "A.O." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-15.
  22. Web site: Works, Samuel D. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  23. Web site: Nelson, Samuel B. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  24. Web site: Cashel, John A. "J.A." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  25. Web site: Lund, Lauritz P. "L.P." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  26. Web site: Sell, Frank J. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  27. Web site: Engebretson, John - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  28. Web site: Davis, Milford Wesely - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  29. Web site: Anderson, Andy A. "A.A." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  30. Web site: Olson, John L. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  31. Web site: Imm, Val - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  32. Web site: Gage, Jr., Fred Kelton "Kelly" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  33. Web site: Olhoft, Wayne - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  34. Web site: Berg, Charles A. "Charlie" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  35. Web site: Sams, Dallas C. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  36. Web site: Ingebrigtsen, Bill G. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.
  37. Web site: Lourey, Tony - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-18.