Minnesota Senate, District 6 Explained

The Minnesota Senate, District 6, is located in St. Louis County and centered on the Mesabi Iron Range. It is currently represented by Independent^[1] David Tomassoni.

List of senators

Session	Senator	Party	Term start	Term end	Home	Location
1st	Aaron C. Hudson^[2]		Republican	December 2, 1857	December 6, 1859	Florence	Goodhue
2nd	Robert N. McLaren^[3]	Non-partisan	December 7, 1859	January 6, 1862	Red Wing
3rd
					Monticello	Carver Goodhue Kandiyohi McLeod Meeker Monongalia (defunct) Wright
	Samuel Bennett^[4]	Republican	January 8, 1861	January 5, 1863
4th
5th	Charles A. Warner^[5]	Non-partisan	January 6, 1863	January 2, 1865	Chaska
6th
7th	G.D. George^[6]		January 3, 1865	January 7, 1867	Rockford
8th
9th	Hanford Lennox Gordon^[7]	Republican	January 8, 1867	January 7, 1869	St. Cloud	Kandiyohi McLeod Meeker Monongalia (defunct) Wright
10th
11th	Dana E. King^[8]		January 8, 1869	January 2, 1871	Greenleaf
12th
13th	William Bonniwell^[9]		Democratic	January 3, 1871	January 1, 1872		Hutchinson
14th	Edward Harrison Hutchins^[10]	Republican	January 2, 1872	January 5, 1874	Winnebago	Faribault
15th
16th	Simeon P. Child^[11]		January 6, 1874	January 3, 1876	Blue Earth
17th
18th	J.P. West^[12]		January 4, 1876	January 7, 1878	Wells
19th
20th	Daniel F. Goodrich^[13]		January 8, 1878	January 6, 1879	Blue Earth
21st	Rial B. Johnson^[14]	Non-partisan	January 7, 1879	January 1, 1883
22nd
23rd	Reuben M. Ward^[15]		January 2, 1883	January 3, 1887	Fairmont	Jackson Martin
24th
25th	Frank A. Day^[16]	Republican	January 4, 1887	January 31, 1895^[17]
26th
27th
28th
29th
30th
	Vacant		January 31, 1895	January 26, 1897^[18]
	Howard Dunn^[19]	Republican	January 26, 1897	January 2, 1899	Fairmont	FreebornMartin Watonwan
31st	Sam Sweningsen^[20]		January 3, 1899	January 5, 1905	Austin	Mower
32nd
33rd	Alexander S. Campbell		January 6, 1905	January 6, 1919
34th
35th						Dodge Mower
36th
37th	Bernhart N. Anderson^[21]		January 7, 1919	January 1, 1923	Manchester	Freeborn
38th
39th
40th
41st
42nd
43rd	William Nelson^[22]	Non-partisan	January 2, 1923	January 3, 1927	Albert Lea
44th
45th	J.O. Peterson^[23]		January 4, 1927	January 5, 1931
46th
47th	J.S. McCornack^[24]		January 6, 1931	January 7, 1935	Bancroft
48th
49th	Alfred Berglund, Sr.^[25]		January 8, 1935	January 6, 1947	Albert Lea
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
54th
55th	Helmer Myre^[26]		January 7, 1947	January 1, 1951
56th
57th	Earl L. Engbritson^[27]	Conservative	January 2, 1951	January 3, 1955	Hollandale
58th
59th	Rudolph William Hanson^[28]		January 4, 1955	January 7, 1963	Albert Lea
60th
61st
62nd
63rd	Charles G. Langley^[29]		January 8, 1963	January 2, 1967	Red Wing	Goodhue
64th
65th	George Conzemius^[30]	Liberal	January 3, 1967	January 1, 1973	Cannon Falls	Dakota Goodhue
66th
67th
68th	Tony Perpich^[31]		January 2, 1973	January 3, 1977	Eveleth	Cook Lake St. Louis
69th
70th	Doug Johnson^[32]	DFL	January 4, 1977	January 6, 2003	Cook
71st						Cook Koochiching Lake St. Louis
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th					Tower
81st
82nd
83rd	Tom Bakk^[33]		January 7, 2003	January 7, 2013	Cook	Carlton Cook Lake St. Louis
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th	Dave Tomassoni^[34]		January 8, 2013	Incumbent	Chisholm	Itasca St. Louis
89th
90th
91st		Independent^[35]

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Iron Range senators Bakk, Tomassoni break with DFL to form independent caucus. 18 November 2020.
2. Web site: Hudson, Aaron C. "Aaron G." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
3. Web site: McLaren, Robert N. "R.N." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
4. Web site: Bennett, Samuel - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
5. Web site: Warner, Charles A. "C.A." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
6. Web site: George, G. D. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
7. Web site: Gordon, Hanford Lennox "H.L." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
8. Web site: King, Dana E. "Dana C., D.E." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
9. Web site: Bonniwell, Jr., William T. "W.T." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
10. Web site: Hutchins, Edward Harrison "E.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
11. Web site: Child, Simeon P. "S.P." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
12. Web site: West, J. P. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
13. Web site: Goodrich, Daniel F. "D.F." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
14. Web site: Johnson, Rial B. "R.B." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
15. Web site: Ward, Reuben M. "R.M." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
16. Web site: Day, Frank Arah "F.A." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
17. Resigned upon becoming Lieutenant Governor
18. Day became Lieutenant Governor upon the ascension of Gov. Clough, when sitting Gov. Knute Nelson took a seat in the U.S. Senate. Day claimed to hold both the position of Lt. Gov. and State Sen., until it was determined by the MN Supreme Court that Sen. Dunn had been rightfully elected in a special election.
19. Web site: Dunn, Howard H. "H.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
20. Web site: Sweningsen, Sam - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
21. Web site: Anderson, Bernhart N. "B.N." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
22. Web site: Nelson, William - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
23. Web site: Peterson, J. O. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
24. Web site: McCornack, J. S. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
25. Web site: Berglund, Sr., Alfred - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
26. Web site: Myre, Helmer C. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
27. Web site: Engbritson, Earl L. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
28. Web site: Hanson, Rudolph William "Rudy" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
29. Web site: Langley, Clarence G. "C.G." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
30. Web site: Conzemius, George R. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
31. Web site: Perpich, Anthony J. "A.J., Tony" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
32. Web site: Johnson, Douglas J. "Doug, Dougie" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
33. Web site: Bakk, Thomas M. "Tom" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
34. Web site: Tomassoni, David J. "Dave" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
35. Web site: Iron Range senators Bakk, Tomassoni break with DFL to form independent caucus. 18 November 2020.