Minnesota Senate, District 9 Explained

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

Session	Senator	Party	Term start	Term end	Home	Location
1st	Samuel Hull^[1]		Non	December 2, 1857	December 6, 1859	Carimona	FillmoreHouston Mower
	John R. Jones^[2]		Dem			Chatfield
2nd	Contested^[3]		December 6, 1859	January 6, 1860		Fillmore
	Reuben Wells^[4]		Non	January 6, 1860	January 7, 1861		Chatfield
	Henry W. Holley^[5]	Rep	January 6, 1862
3rd
4th	Charles McClure^[6]		January 7, 1862	January 4, 1864	Red Wing	Goodhue
5th
6th	Joseph A. Thatcher^[7]		January 5, 1864	January 7, 1867	Zumbrota
7th
8th
9th	Warren Henry Bristol^[8]		January 8, 1867	January 3, 1870	Red Wing
10th
11th
12th	Charles Hill^[9]	Non	January 4, 1870	January 1, 1872	Pine Island
13th
14th	Milo White^[10]	Rep	January 2, 1872	January 1, 1877	Elmira	Olmsted
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th	Burr Deuel^[11]		January 2, 1877	January 6, 1879	Quincy
20th
21st	Orin H. Page^[12]		Greenback	January 7, 1879	January 3, 1881		Pleasant Grove
22nd	Milo White	Rep	January 4, 1881	January 1, 1883	Elmira
23rd	Samuel D. Peterson^[13]		January 2, 1883	January 3, 1887	New Ulm	Brown Redwood
24th
25th	Thomas Evans Bowen^[14]	Dem	January 4, 1887	January 5, 1891	Sleepy Eye
26th
27th	Samuel D. Peterson	Rep	January 6, 1891	January 7, 1895	New Ulm
28th
29th	E.D. French^[15]		January 8, 1895	January 2, 1899	Redwood Falls
30th
31st	Thorvald V. Knatvold^[16]		January 3, 1899	January 5, 1903	Albert Lea	Freeborn
32nd
33rd	Henry A. Morgan^[17]		January 6, 1903	January 7, 1907
34th
35th	Bernhart N. Anderson^[18]		January 8, 1907	January 4, 1915	Hartland
36th
37th
38th
39th	Albert L. Ward^[19]	Non	January 5, 1915	January 1, 1923	Fairmont	Martin Watonwan
40th
41st
42nd
43rd	John M. Gemmill^[20]		January 2, 1923	January 3, 1927	Sherburn
44th
45th	Frank Arah Day^[21]		Ind	January 4, 1927	December 27, 1928^[22]		Fairmont
	Vacant		December 27, 1928	January 21, 1929
46th	Henry August Saggau^[23]		Dem	January 21, 1929	January 5, 1931		Ceylon
47th	Roy F. Crowley^[24]	Non	January 6, 1931	January 2, 1939	St. James
48th
49th
50th
51st	Frank Dougherty^[25]		January 3, 1939	January 1, 1951	Fairmont
52nd
53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th	Chris L. Erickson^[26]	Con	January 2, 1951	January 7, 1963
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd	Rudolph Hanson^[27]		January 8, 1963	January 4, 1971	Albert Lea	Freeborn Waseca
64th
65th
66th
67th	Paul P. Overgaard^[28]		January 5, 1971	January 1, 1973
68th	Doug Sillers^[29]		January 2, 1973	January 5, 1981	Moorhead	Clay Otter Tail Wilkin
69th		Ind. Rep
70th
71st
72nd	Keith Langseth^[30]	DFL	January 6, 1981	January 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^[31]	Rep	January 8, 2013	Incumbent	Nisswa	Cass Morrison Todd Wadena
89th
90th

1. Web site: Hull, Samuel - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
2. Web site: Jones, John R. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 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. Web site: Wells, Reuben - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
5. Web site: Holley, Henry W. "H.W." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
6. Web site: McClure, Charles "Chas" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
7. Web site: Thacher, Joseph A. "J.A." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
8. Web site: Bristol, Warren Henry - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
9. Web site: Hill, Charles - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
10. Web site: White, Milo - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
11. Web site: Deuel, Burr "Burn., Bur" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
12. Web site: Page, Orin H. "O.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
13. Web site: Peterson, Samuel D. "S.D." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
14. Web site: Bowen, Thomas Evans "T.E." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
15. Web site: French, E. D. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
16. Web site: Knatvold, Thorvald V. "T.V." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
17. Web site: Morgan, Henry A. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
18. Web site: Anderson, Bernhart N. "B.N." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
19. Web site: Ward, Albert L. "A.L." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
20. Web site: Gemmill, John M. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
21. Web site: Day, Frank Arah "F.A." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
22. Died
23. Web site: Saggau, Henry August "August, H.A." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
24. Web site: Crowley, Roy F. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
25. Web site: Dougherty, Frank Edward - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
26. Web site: Erickson, Chris L. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
27. Web site: Hanson, Rudolph William "Rudy" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
28. Web site: Overgaard, Paul P. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
29. Web site: Sillers, Douglas H. "D.H., Doug" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
30. Web site: Langseth, Keith L. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
31. Web site: Gazelka, Paul - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.