The 1st Senate district of Minnesota is one of 67 districts in the Minnesota Senate. Located in northwest Minnesota, the district comprises all of Kittson, Marshall, Norman,Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau counties, as well as Felton, Hagen, and Ulen townships in Clay County. It is currently represented by Republican Mark Johnson, who has been in office since 2017.
Current elected officials Republican Mark Johnson is the senator representing the 1st district. He was first elected in 2016.
Each Minnesota State Senate district is composed of two Minnesota House of Representatives districts. The 1st district comprises House districts 1A and 1B. The current representatives of those districts are:
House District 1A: John Burkel (R–Badger) House District 1B: Steve Gander (R–East Grand Forks)
List of past senators ImageMemberPartyResidenceTerm startTerm endRef.District createdHewitt L. ThomasRep.AftonWashingtonDecember 6, 1859Joel K. ReinerStillwaterWilliam McKusickRep.StillwaterJanuary 7, 1861Socrates NelsonDem.James K. Smith Jr.Rep.Saint PaulRamseyJanuary 8, 1861January 4, 1864Edmund RiceDem.January 5, 1864January 1, 1866William Pitt MurrayDem.January 2, 1866January 6, 1868George Loomis BeckerDem.January 7, 1868January 1, 1872David L. BuellDem.CaledoniaHoustonJanuary 2, 1872January 6, 1873Edward ThompsonRep.HokahJanuary 7, 1873January 4, 1875John H. SmithN/ABrownsvilleJanuary 5, 1875January 1, 1877John McNellyRep.WilmingtonJanuary 2, 1877January 6, 1879David L. BuellDem.CaledoniaJanuary 7, 1879January 3, 1881J. P. SchallerN/ABrownsvilleJanuary 4, 1881January 1, 1883James O'BrienN/ACaledoniaJanuary 2, 1883January 3, 1887Tosten JohnsonRep.Black HammerJanuary 3, 1887January 4, 1891James C. KellyDem.YucatanJanuary 5, 1891January 6, 1895Elling K. RoverudRep.CaledoniaJanuary 7, 1895January 4, 1903Ole G. LaugenRep.HoustonJanuary 5, 1903January 6, 1907John Q. BriggsRep.January 7, 1907January 1, 1911Francis A. DuxburyRep.CaledoniaJanuary 2, 1911January 3, 1915Fillmore, HoustonJanuary 4, 1915January 5, 1919John W. HoppPrestonJanuary 6, 1919T. E. SorensonChatfieldJanuary 1, 1923January 2, 1927Henry A. LarsonPrestonJanuary 3, 1927January 1, 1939NP. Con.January 2, 1939January 6, 1941January 7, 1941March 12, 1948--Vacant--March 12, 1948January 4, 1949John A. JohnsonNP. Con.PrestonJanuary 4, 1949January 4, 1959Llewellyn W. LarsonNP. Con.MabelJanuary 5, 1959January 1, 1967Fillmore, Houston, WinonaJanuary 2, 1967Richard W. FitzsimonsNP. Con.WarrenBeltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall,Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, RoseauJanuary 1, 1973January 6, 1975January 7, 1975January 2, 1977Marv HansonDFLHallockJanuary 3, 1977January 2, 1983LeRoy StumpfDFLPlummerBeltrami, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall,Pennington, Red Lake, RoseauJanuary 3, 1983January 6, 1991Thief River FallsJanuary 7, 1991January 3, 1993Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall,Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, RoseauJanuary 4, 1993January 5, 2003Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk,Red Lake, RoseauJanuary 5, 2003PlummerJanuary 1, 2007January 1, 2017Mark JohnsonRep.East Grand ForksJanuary 2, 2017January 1, 2023Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman,Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, RoseauJanuary 2, 2023Current
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