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St. Anthony

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Minneapolis

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Mayors of Minneapolis

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party
1	Dorilus Morrison	February 26, 1867	April 14, 1868	Republican
2	Hugh G. Harrison	April 14, 1868	April 13, 1869	Republican
3	Dorilus Morrison	April 13, 1869	April 12, 1870	Republican
4	Eli B. Ames	April 12, 1870	April 9, 1872	Democrat
5	Eugene McLanahan Wilson	April 9, 1872	April 8, 1873	Democrat
6	George A. Brackett	April 8, 1873	April 14, 1874	Republican
7	Eugene McLanahan Wilson	April 14, 1874	April 13, 1875	Democrat
8	Orlando C. Merriman	April 13, 1875	April 11, 1876	Republican
9	A.A. (Doc.) Ames	April 11, 1876	April 10, 1877	Democrat
10	John De Laittre	April 10, 1877	April 9, 1878	Republican
11	A. C. Rand	April 9, 1878	April 11, 1882	Republican
12	A.A. (Doc.) Ames	April 11, 1882	April 8, 1884	Democrat
13	George A. Pillsbury	April 8, 1884	April 13, 1886	Republican
14	A.A. (Doc.) Ames	April 13, 1886	January 7, 1889	Democrat
15	E. C. Babb	January 7, 1889	January 5, 1891	Republican
16	Phillip B. Winston	January 5, 1891	January 2, 1893	Democrat
17	William H. Eustis	January 2, 1893	January 7, 1895	Republican
18	Robert Pratt	January 7, 1895	January 2, 1899	Republican
19	James Gray	January 2, 1899	January 7, 1901	Democrat
20	A.A. (Doc.) Ames	January 7, 1901	August 27, 1902	Republican
21	David P. Jones	August 27, 1902	January 5, 1903	Republican
22	J. C. Haynes	January 5, 1903	January 2, 1905	Democrat
23	David P. Jones	January 2, 1905	January 7, 1907	Republican
24	J. C. Haynes	January 7, 1907	January 6, 1913	Democrat
25	Wallace G. Nye	January 6, 1913	January 1, 1917	Republican
26	Thomas Van Lear	January 1, 1917	January 6, 1919	Populist
27	J. E. Meyers	January 6, 1919	July 3, 1921	Loyalist
28	George E. Leach	July 4, 1921	July 7, 1929	Republican
29	William F. Kunze	July 8, 1929	July 5, 1931	Republican
30	William A. Anderson	July 6, 1931	July 2, 1933	Farmer-Labor
31	A. G. Bainbridge	July 3, 1933	July 7, 1935	Republican
32	Thomas E. Latimer	July 8, 1935	July 4, 1937	Farmer-Labor
33	George E. Leach	July 5, 1937	July 6, 1941	Republican
34	Marvin L. Kline	July 7, 1941	July 1, 1945	Republican
35	Hubert Humphrey	July 2, 1945	November 30, 1948	Democratic-Farmer-Labor
36	Eric G. Hoyer	December 1, 1948	July 7, 1957	Democratic-Farmer-Labor
37	P. Kenneth Peterson	July 8, 1957	July 2, 1961	Republican
38	Arthur Naftalin	July 3, 1961	July 6, 1969	Democratic-Farmer-Labor
39	Charles Stenvig	July 7, 1969	December 31, 1973	Independent
40	Richard M. Erdall	December 31, 1973		Republican
41	Albert J. Hofstede	January 1, 1974	December 31, 1975	Democratic-Farmer-Labor
42	Charles Stenvig	January 1, 1976	December 31, 1977	Independent
43	Albert J. Hofstede	January 1, 1978	December 31, 1979	Democratic-Farmer-Labor
44	Donald M. Fraser	January 1, 1980	December 31, 1993	Democratic-Farmer-Labor
45	Sharon Sayles Belton	January 1, 1994	December 31, 2001	Democratic-Farmer-Labor
46	R. T. Rybak	January 1, 2002	Present	Democratic-Farmer-Labor

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St. Anthony

Minneapolis merged with St. Anthony in 1872.

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party
1	Henry T. Welles	1855
2	Alvaren Allen	1856
3	William W. Wales	1857
4	Orrin Curtis	1858
5	R.B. Graves	1860
6	Orlando C. Merriman	1861
7	Edwin S. Brown	1863
8	Orlando C. Merriman	1864
9	William W. Wales	1865
10	Orlando C. Merriman	1866
11	Winthrop Young	1868
12	William W. McNair	1869
13	Edwin S. Brown	1871	★

(
★ ) St. Anthony, on the east bank of the Mississippi River, merged with Minneapolis on the west bank in 1872.

References

★ Tony L. Hill, "Mayors of Minneapolis Since Incorporation," 1986.

★ Ray Marshall, "Who Governed - In Minneapolis and St. Paul," 1968.