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Minnesota Legislators Who have Served in Both the House and the Senate

Compiled by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library

This list includes legislators who have served both in the Minnesota House and Senate since statehood. The table defaults to all years, but you can limit the results to more recent years by using the dropdown menu.

Use the link above the table to switch from the "House to Senate" list to the "Senate to House" list. Some legislators will appear on both lists, like William Henry Carman Folsom, who made the switch back and forth more than once.

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NameService Information
Ackerman, Julius Henry Senate 1883-86 (District 32); House 1889-90 (District 32)
Armstrong, Augustus L. House 1866 (District 16); Senate 1867-68 (District 16); House 1869 (District 16)
Baxter, Luther Loren Senate 1865-68 (District 18); House 1869 (District 21); Senate 1870-71 (District 21); Senate 1872-74 (District 33); House 1875 (District 33); House 1879-82 (District 33)
Bonniwell, Jr., William T. Senate 1871 (District 6); House 1877 (District 36); Senate 1878-82 (District 36)
Brown, Charles T. Senate 1866 (District 19); House 1867 (District 19); Senate 1868-69 (District 19)
Buck, Jr., Adam House 1862 (District 19); Senate 1867 (District 19); House 1868 (District 19); House 1872 (District 36)
Buck, Cornelius F. Territorial House 1856 (District 9); Senate 1870-71 (District 11); House 1877 (District 8); Senate 1879-82 (District 8); House 1883-84 (District 15)
Capser, Joseph Senate 1875-76 (District 31); House 1889-90 (District 40); House 1891-92 (District 45)
Child, James E. House 1861 (District 16); Senate 1872 (District 13); House 1874 (District 13); House 1883-84 (District 6)
Child, Simeon P. House 1872-73 (District 6); Senate 1874-75 (District 6); House 1877 (District 6)
Cole, Alonzo B. Senate 1895-98 (District 48); Senate 1903-06 (District 59); House 1923-24 (District 50)
Cole, Gordon E. Senate 1866 (District 8); House 1883-84 (District 20)
Cutts, Charles E. Senate 1872-74 (District 35); House 1876 (District 35); Senate 1879-80 (District 35)
Daniels, John V. Senate 1862-68 (District 12); House 1875 (District 10); Senate 1876-77 (District 10); House 1881 (District 10)
Dickinson, Leonard Ralph House 1943-50 (District 62); Senate 1951-54 (District 62); House 1961-62 (District 62); House 1963-66 (District 64); House 1967-68 (District 64A)
Donnelly, Ignatius Senate 1874-78 (District 20); House 1887-88 (District 25); Senate 1891-94 (District 24); House 1897-98 (District 24)
Dunn, Howard H. Senate 1897-98 (District 6); House 1911-14 (District 9)
Folsom, William Henry Carman Republican Constitutional Convention 1857 (District 1); Senate 1857-58 (District 25); Senate 1867-68 (District 2); House 1869 (District 2); Senate 1875-77 (District 28)
Friberg, Eric House 1933-38 (District 67); Senate 1939-46 (District 67); House 1951-54 (District 67)
Gilman, Charles Andrew Senate 1868-69 (District 3); House 1875-79 (District 31); House 1915-16 (District 45)
Graves, Charles Hinman Senate 1873-76 (District 29); House 1889-90 (District 46)
Griggs, Chauncey Wright House 1866 (District 6); Senate 1867-69 (District 21); House 1881-82 (District 24); Senate 1883-86 (District 27)
Hill, Charles Senate 1870-71 (District 9); House 1881-82 (District 17)
Hill, H. W. House 1868 (District 11); Senate 1875-76 (District 7); Senate 1879-80 (District 7); House 1883-84 (District 15)
Hollister, William L. Senate 1883-84 (District 3); House 1907-08 (District 6)
Hompe, John Bernard House 1889-90 (District 43); Senate 1891-94 (District 48); House 1915-32 (District 50)
Iverson, Carl M. House 1919-30 (District 48); Senate 1931-34 (District 48); House 1939-62 (District 48); House 1963-66 (District 24)
Johnsrud, T. G. Senate 1873-74 (District 5); House 1887-88 (District 4)
Kennedy, E. H. Senate 1859-60 (District 10); House 1867 (District 13)
Kozlak, Sr., Joseph A. House 1921-22 (District 28); House 1925-34 (District 28); Senate 1935-38 (District 28); House 1941-42 (District 28)
Langley, Dudley F. Senate 1864-66 (District 7); House 1872 (District 20); House 1874 (District 20)
Lende, Ole Olson Senate 1887-90 (District 16); House 1893-94 (District 16)
Lienau, Charles H. House 1867-68 (District 1); House 1872 (District 33); Senate 1875-78 (District 33); House 1885-86 (District 27); Senate 1891-94 (District 26)
Long, Fred D. House 1923-26 (District 63); Senate 1927-30 (District 63); House 1935-36 (District 63)
McNelly, John House 1875-76 (District 1); Senate 1877-78 (District 1); House 1889-90 (District 1)
Mellon, Alonzo S. Senate 1935-38 (District 27); House 1941-42 (District 27)
Moore, William S. Senate 1862-63 (District 3); House 1866 (District 3); House 1871 (District 3)
Morrison, Daniel A. Senate 1878-82 (District 10); Senate 1883-86 (District 14); House 1887-88 (District 14)
Murray, Louis Adrian Senate 1951-62 (District 66); House 1967-70 (District 66B)
Murray, William Pitt Territorial House 1852-53 (District 2); Territorial Council 1854-55 (District 2); Territorial House 1857 (District 2); Democratic Constitutional Convention 1857 (District 2); House 1863 (District 1); Senate 1866-67; House 1868 (District 1); Senate 1875-76 (District 23)
Nelson, John G. Senate 1873-74 (District 41); House 1883-84 (District 43)
Newton, Jerry House 2009-2010 (District 49B); House 2013-2016 (District 37A); Senate 2017-2022 (District 37); House 2023-Present (District 35B)
Omann, Sr., Bernard P. Senate 1980 (District 16); House 1983-86 (District 16A)
Parish, Richard J. House 1959-62 (District 36); Senate 1963-66 (District 30); Senate 1971-72 (District 31); House 1973-76 (District 43B)
Pederson, Nels A. Senate 1923-26 (District 24); House 1929-30 (District 24); Senate 1931-42 (District 24)
Peterson, John W. Senate 1873-74 (District 17); House 1885-86 (District 22); Senate 1891-94 (District 21)
Peterson, Ole Senate 1872 (District 39); House 1883-84 (District 41)
Peterson, Samuel D. Senate 1881-82 (District 37); Senate 1883-86 (District 9); Senate 1891-94 (District 9); House 1901-08 (District 19)
Pettit, Curtis Hussey Senate 1866 (District 5); Senate 1868-71 (District 5); House 1874-76 (District 26); House 1887-88 (District 29)
Pettit, W. F. Senate 1859-60 (District 15); House 1861 (District 16)
Porter, O. S. Senate 1872-73 (District 10); House 1881-82 (District 10)
Potter, George F. Senate 1868-69 (District 13); House 1887-88 (District 1)
Rahilly, Patrick Henry House 1874 (District 15); House 1878 (District 15); Senate 1879-80 (District 15); House 1883-84 (District 23)
Railson, Andrew House 1871 (District 6); Senate 1872-73 (District 40); House 1893-94 (District 41)
Rice, Edmund Territorial House 1851 (District 3); Senate 1864-65 (District 1); House 1867 (District 1); House 1872 (District 24); Senate 1873-74 (District 23); House 1877-78 (District 24)
Rice, William D. Senate 1872-73 (District 38); House 1881-82 (District 38)
Richardson, Reuben M. Territorial House 1854 (District 5); Senate 1857-58 (District 20); House 1862-64 (District 3); Senate 1866 (District 3)
Robbins, Andrew B. Senate 1876-77 (District 40); House 1895-96 (District 31)
Rogers, Henry C. Senate 1859-60 (District 13); House 1862 (District 15)
Runbeck, Linda House 1989-92 (District 52A); Senate 1993-2000 (District 53); House 2011-2012 (District 53A); House 2013-2020 (District 38A)
Sabin, Dwight May Senate 1871 (District 2); Senate 1872-73 (District 22); House 1878 (District 22); House 1881-82 (District 22); House 1883 (District 24)
Sanborn, John Benjamin House 1859-60 (District 2); Senate 1861 (District 21); House 1872 (District 23); House 1881-82 (District 23); Senate 1891-94 (District 25)
Sheardown, Samuel B. House 1862 (District 11); Senate 1869 (District 11); House 1881-82 (District 8)
Shillock, Daniel G. Senate 1863-66 (District 20); House 1867 (District 19)
Smith, Jr., James K. Senate 1861-63 (District 1); Senate 1876-77 (District 24); House 1879-82 (District 24); House 1883-84 (District 26)
Stacy, James Newton Senate 1876-77 (District 32); House 1879-80 (District 32)
Stannard, Lucius K. Territorial House 1857 (District 1); Republican Constitutional Convention 1857 (District 2); Senate 1859-60 (District 25); House 1871 (District 2)
Stevens, John Harrington House 1857-58 (District 18); Senate 1859-60 (District 18); House 1862 (District 6); House 1876 (District 26)
Stockwell, Sylvanus A. House 1891-92 (District 33); House 1897-98 (District 33); Senate 1899-1902 (District 42); House 1923-26 (District 32); House 1929-40 (District 32)
Taylor, Oscar Senate 1859-60 (District 22); House 1865 (District 3)
Thomas, H. L. Senate 1857-58 (District 1); House 1861-62 (District 2)
West, J. P. House 1874-75 (District 6); Senate 1876-77 (District 6); House 1878-80 (District 6)
Whittemore, James G. Senate 1873-74 (District 39); House 1875 (District 39)
Yale, William Hall Senate 1867 (District 11); Senate 1876-77 (District 8); Senate 1895-98 (District 15); House 1899-1900 (District 2)