Capital: St. Paul

State Nickname: North Star State

State Bird: Common Loon

State Flower: Showy Lady's Slipper

Admitted to the Union: May 11, 1858

May 24, 1858 to January 2, 1860:

Henry S. Sibley

January 2, 1860 to July 10, 1863:

Alexander Ramsley

July 10, 1863 to January 11, 1864:

Henry A. Swift

January 11, 1864 to January 8, 1866:

Stephen Miller

January 8, 1866 to January 9, 1870:

William R. Marshall

January 9, 1870 to January 7, 1874:

Horace Austin

January 7, 1874 to January 7, 1876:

Cushman K. Davis

January 7, 1876 to January 10, 1882:

John S. Pillsbury

January 10, 1882 to January 5, 1887:

Lucius F. Hubbard

January 5, 1887 to January 9, 1889:

Andrew E. McGill

January 9, 1889 to January 4, 1893:

William R. Merriam

January 4, 1893 to January 31, 1895:

Knute Nelson

January 31, 1895 to January 2, 1899:

David M. Clough

January 2, 1899 to January 7, 1901:

John Lind

January 7, 1901 to January 4, 1905:

Samuel R. Van Sant

January 4, 1905 to September 21, 1909:

John A. Johnson*

* Died in office

September 21, 1909 to January 5, 1915:

Adolph O. Eberhart

January 5, 1915 to December 30, 1915:

Winfield S. Hammond*

* Died in office

December 30, 1915 to January 5, 1921:

Joseph a. A. Blumquist

January 5, 1921 to January 6, 1925:

Jacob A. O. Preus

January 5, 1925 to January 6, 1931:

Theodore Christianson

January 6, 1931 to August 22, 1936:

Floyd B. Olson*

* Died in office

August 22, 1936 to January 4, 1937:

Hjalmar Petersen

January 4, 1937 to January 2, 1939:

Elmer A. Benson

January 2, 1939 to August 27, 1943:

Harold E. Stassen

April 27, 1943 to January 8, 1947:

Edward J. Thye

January 8, 1947 September 27, 1951:

Luther W. Youngdahl

September 27, 1951 to January 5, 1955:

C. Elmer Anderson

January 5, 1955 to January 2, 1961:

Orville L. Freeman

January 2, 1961 to March 25, 1963:

Elmer L. Andersen

March 25, 1963 to January 2, 1967:

Karl F. Rolvaag

January 2, 1967 to January 4, 1971:

Harold LeVander

January 4, 1971 to December 29, 1976:

Wendell R. Anderson

December 29, 1976 to January 1, 1979:

Rudy Perpich

January 1, 1979 to January 3, 1983:

Albert H. Quie

January 3, 1983 to January 7, 1991:

Rudy Perpich

January 7, 1991 to January, 1999:

Ame H. Carlson

January, 1999 to January 2003:

Jesse Ventura

January, 2003 --

Tim Pawlenty

1850: 6,077

1860: 172,014

1870: 439,706

1880: 780,773

1890: 1,301,826

1900: 1,751,394

1910: 2,075,708

1920: 2,387,125

1930: 2,563,953

1940: 2,792,300

1950: 2,982,483

1960: 3,413,864

1970: 3,806,103

1980: 4,075,970

1990: 4,357,099

2000: 4,919,485