The president of the Minnesota Senate is the presiding officer of the Minnesota Senate. Until 1973, the lieutenant governor served as the Senate president. Since then, presidents have been elected by the body, usually at the nomination of the majority.

While power within the Senate lies primarily with the majority leader, the president of the Senate does succeed to lieutenant governor in the event that office becomes vacant, something which happened most recently in 2018.

1858–1973 From statehood until 1973, the lieutenant governor served as president. Not all lieutenant governors served at the same time as the Senate was in session. No. Name Took office Left office Party 1 William Holcombe 1858 1860 Democratic 2 Ignatius L. Donnelly 1860 1863 Republican 3 Charles D. Sherwood 1864 1866 Republican 4 Thomas H. Armstrong 1866 1870 Republican 5 William H. Yale 1870 1874 Republican 6 Alphonso Barto 1874 1876 Republican 7 James Wakefield 1876 1880 Republican 8 Charles A. Gilman 1880 1887 Republican 9 Albert E. Rice 1887 1891 Republican 10 Gideon S. Ives 1891 1893 Republican 11 David Marston Clough 1893 1895 Republican 12 Frank A. Day 1895 1897 Republican 13 John L. Gibbs 1897 1899 Republican 14 Lyndon Ambrose Smith 1899 1903 Republican 15 Ray W. Jones 1903 1907 Republican 16 Adolph Olson Eberhart 1907 1909 Republican 17 Edward Everett Smith 1909 1911 Republican 18 Samuel Y. Gordon 1911 1913 Republican 19 Joseph A. A. Burnquist 1913 1915 Republican 20 George H. Sullivan 1916 1917 Republican 21 Thomas Frankson 1917 1921 Republican 22 Louis L. Collins 1921 1925 Republican 23 William I. Nolan 1925 1929 Republican 24 Charles Edward Adams 1929 1931 Republican 25 Henry M. Arens 1931 1933 Farmer–Labor 26 Konrad K. Solberg 1933 1935 Farmer–Labor 27 Hjalmar Petersen 1935 1936 Farmer–Labor 28 Gottfrid Lindsten 1937 1939 Farmer–Labor 29 C. Elmer Anderson 1939 1943 Republican 30 Edward John Thye 1943 1943 Republican 31 Archie H. Miller 1943 1945 Republican 32 C. Elmer Anderson 1945 1951 Republican 33 Ancher Nelsen 1953 1953 Republican 34 Karl Rolvaag 1955 1963 Democratic–Farmer–Labor 35 Alexander M. Keith 1963 1967 Democratic–Farmer–Labor 36 James B. Goetz 1967 1971 Republican 37 Rudy Perpich 1971 1973 Democratic–Farmer–Labor

Since 1973 Beginning in 1973, the Minnesota Senate began electing its own presidents. No. Name Took office Left office Party 38 Alec G. Olson 1973 1976 Democratic–Farmer–Labor 39 Edward J. Gearty 1977 1981 Democratic–Farmer–Labor 40 John T. Davies 1981 1983 Democratic–Farmer–Labor 41 Jerome M. Hughes 1983 1987 Democratic–Farmer–Labor 42 Florian Chmielewski 1987 1987 Democratic–Farmer–Labor 43 Jerome M. Hughes 1987 1993 Democratic–Farmer–Labor 44 Allan H. Spear 1993 2001 Democratic–Farmer–Labor 45 Don Samuelson January 3, 2001 January 6, 2003 Democratic–Farmer–Labor 46 Jim Metzen January 7, 2003 January 4, 2011 Democratic–Farmer–Labor 47 Michelle Fischbach January 4, 2011 January 7, 2013 Republican 48 Sandy Pappas January 8, 2013 January 2, 2017 Democratic–Farmer–Labor 49 Michelle Fischbach January 3, 2017 May 25, 20181 Republican 50 Jeremy Miller January 7, 2019 November 12, 2020 Republican 51 David Tomassoni November 12, 2020 January 7, 2021 Independent 52 Jeremy Miller September 9, 2021 January 31, 2022 Republican 53 David Osmek January 31, 2022 January 3, 2023 Republican54 Bobby Joe Champion January 3, 2023 Incumbent Democratic–Farmer–Labor Jeremy Miller January 14, 20252 February 3, 2025 Republican

1In accordance with the Minnesota Constitution, Fischbach automatically became Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on January 3, 2018, after previous Lt. Gov. Tina Smith resigned to accept an appointment to the United States Senate. Fischbach formally resigned from the Minnesota Senate on May 25, 2018. As the Senate did not meet during this time, the position was vacant until Jeremy Miller was formally elected in January 2019. 2After the death of Sen. Kari Dziedzic, the Minnesota Senate was evenly split between the DFL and Republican parties. Under a power-sharing agreement, Miller served as co-president until the election of Sen. Doron Clark restored the DFL majority.

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Minnesota Senate President and President Pro Tempore, 1849-