Minnesota Senate, District 8
The Minnesota Senate, District 8, includes portions of Douglas and Otter Tail counties in the west central part of the state. It is currently represented by Republican Bill Ingebrigtsen.
List of Senators
Session | Senator | Party | Term Start | Term End | Home | Location |
1st | Charles H. Lindsley | Rep | December 2, 1857 | December 6, 1859 | Rochester | Olmstead |
1st | Emerson Hodges | Non | December 2, 1857 | January 7, 1861 | Eyota | Olmstead |
2nd | Emerson Hodges | Non | December 2, 1857 | January 7, 1861 | Marion | Olmstead |
3rd | Michael Cook | Rep | January 8, 1861 | January 5, 1863 | Faribault | Rice |
4th | Michael Cook | Rep | January 8, 1861 | January 5, 1863 | Faribault | Rice |
5th | John McDonogh Berry | Non | January 6, 1863 | January 2, 1865 | Faribault | Rice |
6th | John McDonogh Berry | Non | January 6, 1863 | January 2, 1865 | Faribault | Rice |
7th | Levi Nutting | Non | January 3, 1865 | January 1866 | Faribault | Rice |
8th | Gordon E. Cole | Rep | January 1866 | January 7, 1867 | Faribault | Rice |
9th | Oscar F. Perkins | Rep | January 8, 1867 | January 4, 1869 | Faribault | Rice |
10th | Oscar F. Perkins | Rep | January 8, 1867 | January 4, 1869 | Faribault | Rice |
11th | George Washington Batchelder | Rep | January 5, 1869 | January 2, 1871 | Faribault | Rice |
12th | George Washington Batchelder | Rep | January 5, 1869 | January 2, 1871 | Faribault | Rice |
13th | John Higley Case | Non | January 3, 1871 | January 1, 1872 | Faribault | Rice |
14th | William H. Stevens | Rep | January 2, 1872 | January 5, 1874 | Winona | Winona |
15th | William H. Stevens | Rep | January 2, 1872 | January 5, 1874 | Winona | Winona |
16th | Charles Henry Berry | Non | January 6, 1874 | January 3, 1876 | Winona | Winona |
17th | Charles Henry Berry | Non | January 6, 1874 | January 3, 1876 | Winona | Winona |
18th | William Hall Yale | Rep | January 4, 1876 | January 7, 1878 | Winona | Winona |
19th | William Hall Yale | Rep | January 4, 1876 | January 7, 1878 | Winona | Winona |
20th | W.S. Drew | Dem | January 8, 1878 | January 6, 1879 | Winona | Winona |
21st | Cornelius F. Buck | Dem | January 7, 1879 | January 1, 1883 | Winona | Olmsted Wabasha Winona |
22nd | Cornelius F. Buck | Dem | January 7, 1879 | January 1, 1883 | Winona | Olmsted Wabasha Winona |
23rd | George Knudson | Non | January 2, 1883 | January 3, 1887 | St. James | Cottonwood Watonwan |
24th | George Knudson | Non | January 2, 1883 | January 3, 1887 | St. James | Cottonwood Watonwan |
25th | John Clark | Rep | January 4, 1887 | January 5, 1891 | Windom | Cottonwood Watonwan |
26th | John Clark | Rep | January 4, 1887 | January 5, 1891 | Windom | Cottonwood Watonwan |
27th | Eric Sevatson | Alliance | January 6, 1891 | January 2, 1899 | Windom | Cottonwood Jackson |
28th | Eric Sevatson | Alliance | January 6, 1891 | January 2, 1899 | Christiana | Cottonwood Jackson |
29th | Eric Sevatson | Populist | January 6, 1891 | January 2, 1899 | Christiana | Cottonwood Jackson |
30th | Eric Sevatson | Populist | January 6, 1891 | January 2, 1899 | Christiana | Cottonwood Jackson |
31st | William Gausewitz | Dem | January 3, 1899 | January 5, 1903 | Owatanna | Steele |
32nd | William Gausewitz | Dem | January 3, 1899 | January 5, 1903 | Owatanna | Steele |
33rd | George W. Peachy | Rep | January 6, 1903 | January 7, 1907 | Owatanna | Steele |
34th | George W. Peachy | Rep | January 6, 1903 | January 7, 1907 | Owatanna | Steele |
35th | Thomas E. Cashman | Dem | January 8, 1907 | January 4, 1915 | Owatanna | Steele |
36th | Thomas E. Cashman | Dem | January 8, 1907 | January 4, 1915 | Owatanna | Steele |
37th | Thomas E. Cashman | Dem | January 8, 1907 | January 4, 1915 | Owatanna | Steele |
38th | Thomas E. Cashman | Dem | January 8, 1907 | January 4, 1915 | Owatanna | Steele |
39th | John Wesley Andrews | Con | January 5, 1915 | January 6, 1919 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
40th | John Wesley Andrews | Con | January 5, 1915 | January 6, 1919 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
41st | Gustaf Widell | Non | January 7, 1919 | January 1, 1923 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
42nd | Gustaf Widell | Non | January 7, 1919 | January 1, 1923 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
43rd | W.A. Just | Dem | January 2, 1923 | January 3, 1927 | Rapidan | Blue Earth |
44th | W.A. Just | Dem | January 2, 1923 | January 3, 1927 | Rapidan | Blue Earth |
45th | Gustaf Widell | Non | January 4, 1927 | January 7, 1935 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
46th | Gustaf Widell | Non | January 4, 1927 | January 7, 1935 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
47th | Gustaf Widell | Non | January 4, 1927 | January 7, 1935 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
48th | Gustaf Widell | Non | January 4, 1927 | January 7, 1935 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
49th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
50th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
51st | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
52nd | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
53rd | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
54th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
55th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
56th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
57th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
58th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
59th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
60th | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
61st | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
62nd | Val Imm | Con | January 8, 1935 | January 7, 1963 | Mankato | Blue Earth |
63rd | Harold S. Nelson | Con | January 8, 1963 | January 2, 1967 | Owatanna | Steele Waseca |
64th | Harold S. Nelson | Con | January 8, 1963 | January 2, 1967 | Owatanna | Steele Waseca |
65th | Robert J. Brown | Con | January 3, 1967 | January 1, 1973 | Stillwater | Washington |
66th | Robert J. Brown | Con | January 3, 1967 | January 1, 1973 | Stillwater | Washington |
67th | Robert J. Brown | Con | January 3, 1967 | January 1, 1973 | Stillwater | Washington |
68th | Ralph Doty | DFL | January 2, 1973 | January 3, 1977 | Duluth | St. Louis |
69th | Ralph Doty | DFL | January 2, 1973 | January 3, 1977 | Duluth | St. Louis |
70th | Jim Ulland | Ind. Rep | January 4, 1977 | January 9, 1985 | Duluth | St. Louis |
71st | Jim Ulland | Ind. Rep | January 4, 1977 | January 9, 1985 | Duluth | St. Louis |
72nd | Jim Ulland | Ind. Rep | January 4, 1977 | January 9, 1985 | Duluth | St. Louis |
73rd | Jim Ulland | Ind. Rep | January 4, 1977 | January 9, 1985 | Duluth | Carlton St. Louis |
74th | Jim Ulland | Ind. Rep | January 4, 1977 | January 9, 1985 | Duluth | Carlton St. Louis |
74th | Vacant | January 9, 1985 | February 11, 1985 | Duluth | Carlton St. Louis | |
75th | Jim Gustafson | Ind. Rep | February 11, 1985 | May 20, 1992 | Duluth | Carlton St. Louis |
76th | Jim Gustafson | Ind. Rep | February 11, 1985 | May 20, 1992 | Duluth | Carlton St. Louis |
77th | Jim Gustafson | Ind. Rep | February 11, 1985 | May 20, 1992 | Duluth | Carlton St. Louis |
77th | Vacant | May 20, 1992 | January 5, 1993 | Duluth | Carlton St. Louis | |
78th | Florian Chmielewski | DFL | January 5, 1993 | January 6, 1997 | Sturgeon Lake | Aitkin Carlton Pine St. Louis |
79th | Florian Chmielewski | DFL | January 5, 1993 | January 6, 1997 | Sturgeon Lake | Aitkin Carlton Pine St. Louis |
80th | Becky Lourey | DFL | January 7, 1997 | January 2, 2007 | Kerrick | Aitkin Carlton Pine St. Louis |
81st | Becky Lourey | DFL | January 7, 1997 | January 2, 2007 | Kerrick | Aitkin Carlton Pine St. Louis |
82nd | Becky Lourey | DFL | January 7, 1997 | January 2, 2007 | Kerrick | Aitkin Carlton Pine St. Louis |
83rd | Becky Lourey | DFL | January 7, 1997 | January 2, 2007 | Kerrick | Carlton Isanti Kanabec Pine St. Louis |
84th | Becky Lourey | DFL | January 7, 1997 | January 2, 2007 | Kerrick | Carlton Isanti Kanabec Pine St. Louis |
85th | Tony Lourey | DFL | January 3, 2007 | January 7, 2013 | Kerrick | Carlton Isanti Kanabec Pine St. Louis |
86th | Tony Lourey | DFL | January 3, 2007 | January 7, 2013 | Kerrick | Carlton Isanti Kanabec Pine St. Louis |
87th | Tony Lourey | DFL | January 3, 2007 | January 7, 2013 | Kerrick | Carlton Isanti Kanabec Pine St. Louis |
88th | Bill Ingebrigtsen | Rep | January 8, 2013 | Incumbent | Alexandria | Douglas Grant Otter Tail Stevens Todd |
89th | Bill Ingebrigtsen | Rep | January 8, 2013 | Incumbent | Alexandria | Douglas Grant Otter Tail Stevens Todd |
90th | Bill Ingebrigtsen | Rep | January 8, 2013 | Incumbent | Alexandria | Douglas Grant Otter Tail Stevens Todd |