The 13th district of the Minnesota Senate is one of 67 Minnesota State Senate districts. It encompasses part of Stearns County. The seat has been held by Republican Jeff Howe of Rockville since 2018.
List of senators +List of Minnesota State senators from District 12SessionImageSenatorPartyTerm startTerm endResidenceCounties representedRef.1stBoyd Phelps RepublicanDecember 2, 1857December 6, 1859ElkhornDodge and Mower counties.2ndAlonzo J. Edgerton RepublicanDecember 7, 1859January 7, 1861Mantorville3rdThomas McRoberts N/AJanuary 8, 1861January 6, 1862La CrescentHouston county. 4thCharles H. SeeRepublicanJanuary 7, 1862January 4, 1864Brownsville5th6thDaniel Cameron N/AJanuary 5, 1864January 1, 1866La Crescent7th8th David L. Buell Democratic January 2, 1866 January 7, 1867 Caledonia 9th Daniel F. Temple Republican January 8, 1867 January 6, 1868 Wilmington 10th David L. BuellDemocratic January 7, 1868 February 7, 1868 Caledonia George F. PotterRepublican February 7, 1868January 3, 1870La Crescent11th12thDavid L. BuellDemocraticJanuary 4, 1870January 1, 1872Caledonia13th14th January 2, 1872 January 6, 187315th William G. Ward Liberal Republican January 7, 1873 January 4, 1875 Waseca Waseca county. 16th17th Peter McGovern N/A January 5, 1875 January 1, 1877 18th19th Philo C. Bailey Republican January 2, 1877 January 6, 1879 20th21st Samuel B. WilliamsN/A January 7, 1879 January 3, 1881 22nd Robert L. McCormick January 4, 1881 January 1, 1883 23rd James McLaughlin January 2, 1883 February 22, 1883MantorvilleDodge county.Vacant February 22, 1883 January 6, 188524th Erasmus C. Severance January 6, 1885 January 3, 1887 25thE. N. Dodge Republican January 4, 1887 January 4, 1891 Claremont 26th27th Jeremiah Grinnell January 5, 1891 January 3, 1893Kasson 28th John T. Little January 6, 1893 January 6, 1895 29thHenry Currier January 7, 1895January 1, 1899Concord30th31stWilliam ViesselmanDemocratic January 2nd, 1899 January 4th, 1903 Fairmont Martin and Watonwan counties.32nd33rdThomas Thorson RepublicanJanuary 5, 1903January 6, 1907Saint James 34th35thWilliam A. HintonJanuary 7, 1907January 1, 1911Truman36th37thJulius E. Haycraft January 1, 1911 January 3, 1915Madelia38th39th Olai Andreason Lende January 4, 1915 January 5, 1919 Canby Lyon and Yellow Medicine counties.40th41st James H. Hall Non-Partisan January 6, 1919 January 1, 1923 Marshall42nd43rdKonrad K. Solberg January 2, 1923 January 2, 1927 Clarkfield 44th 45th January 3, 1927 January 4, 1931 46th 47th Emil L. Regnier Non-Partisan (Liberal caucus) January 5, 1931 January 6, 1935 Marshall 48th49th Ansgar Lorenzo Almen Non-Partisan January 7, 1935 January 1, 1939 Balaton 50th51st January 2, 1939 January 3, 194352nd53rd January 4, 1943 January 5, 194754th55th January 6, 1947 December 31, 195056th57th Non-Partisan (Conservative caucus) January 1, 1951 January 2, 195558th59th Joe A. Josefson January 3, 1955 January 4, 1959 Minneota 60th61st January 5, 1959 January 6, 196362nd63rd Paul A. Thuet Jr. Non-Partisan (Liberal Caucus) January 7, 1963 January 1, 1967 South Saint Paul Dakota county. 64th65th Victor N. Jude January 2, 1967 January 3, 1971 Maple Hennepin and Wright counties 66th67th January 4, 1971 December 31, 197268thWinston W. Borden Non-Partisan (Democratic-Farmer-Labor caucus) January 1, 1973 January 2, 1977 Brainerd Aitkin, Crow Wing and Kanabec counties. 69th 70th Democratic-Farmer-Labor January 3, 1977 January 1, 1979 71stDavid E. Rued Independent Republican January 2, 1979 January 1, 1983 Aitkin 72nd 73rd Donald B. Samuelson Democratic-Farmer-Labor January 2, 1983 January 3, 1987 Brainerd Cass, Crow Wing and Morrison counties 74th75th January 4, 1987 January 6, 199176th77th January 7, 1991 January 3, 199378thJanuary 4, 1993January 5, 199779th80thJanuary 6, 1997December 31, 200081st82nd January 1, 2001 January 5, 200383rd Dean Elton Johnson January 6, 2003 December 31, 2006 Willmar Kandiyohi, Pope and Stearns counties. 84th85thJoseph GimseRepublican January 1, 2007 January 2, 2011 86th87th January 3, 2011 January 6, 201388thMichelle FischbachJanuary 7, 2013January 1, 2017PaynesvilleBenton and Stearns counties. 89th 90th January 2, 2017 May 25, 2018Jeff HoweDecember 11, 2018January 3, 2021Rockville91st92nd January 4, 2021 January 1, 202393rd January 2, 2023 Incumbent94th Stearns county
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