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Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origin ...

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...

. The current mayor is Jacob Frey (DFL).

Minneapolis

From 1867 to 1878 mayors were elected for a 1-year term. Beginning in 1878 the term was extended to 2 years. As the city became larger and more complex, expectations of voters for mayors increased. The term was extended to 4 years beginning in January 1982, to provide mayors with more time to achieve their programs.

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Eugene McLanahan Wilson Eugene McLanahan Wilson (December 25, 1833 – April 10, 1890) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served in various legal and political offices in Minnesota including as a member of Congress and as the fifth and seventh m ...

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George A. Brackett George Augustus Brackett (September 16, 1836 – May 17, 1921) was a businessman and Republican politician who served as the sixth mayor of Minneapolis. He was also involved in the development of the White Pass wagon road during the Klondik ...

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Orlando C. Merriman Orlando Crosby Merriman, Sr. (July 27, 1827 – August 2, 1906) was a lawyer, businessman, and Democratic politician who served five terms as the mayor of St. Anthony, Minnesota and one term as the eighth mayor of Minneapolis. Early life an ...

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Doc Ames Albert Alonzo "Doc" Ames (January 18, 1842 – November 16, 1911) was an American physician and politician who held four non-consecutive terms as mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His fourth term was marked by multiple prosecutions for political ...

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James Gray James, Jim, or Jimmy Gray may refer to: Politicians * James Gray (Australian politician) (1820–1889), member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly * James Gray (British politician) (born 1954), British politician * James Gray (mayor) (1862–1916) ...

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" fontsize:XS from:1902 till:1903 color:Rep $left text:" David P. Jones" fontsize:XS from:1903 till:1905 color:Dem $right text:" J. C. Haynes" from:1905 till:1907 color:Rep $left text:" David P. Jones" from:1907 till:1913 color:Dem $right text:" J. C. Haynes" from:1913 till:1917 color:Rep $left text:" Wallace G. Nye" from:1917 till:1919 color:Pop $right text:"

Thomas Van Lear Thomas H. Van Lear (April 26, 1869 – March 4, 1931) was an American politician who served as the 28th Mayor of Minneapolis from January 1, 1917 to January 6, 1919. Van Lear was a member of the Socialist Party of America. Early life Van Lea ...

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George E. Leach George Emerson Leach (July 14, 1876 – July 17, 1955) was an American politician who served as a major general in the United States Army and two-time Republican Mayor of Minneapolis. Early life George Emerson Leach was born in Cedar Rapids ...

" from:1929 till:1931 color:Rep $left text:" William F. Kunze" from:1931 till:1933 color:FL $right text:" Wiliam A. Anderson" from:1933 till:1935 color:Rep $left text:" A. G. Bainbridge" from:1935 till:1937 color:FL $right text:"

Thomas E. Latimer Thomas Erwin Latimer (April 6, 1879 – November 6, 1937) was an American lawyer who served as the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1935 to 1937. His mayoral term coincided with a period of labor unrest in the ...

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Marvin L. Kline Marvin Lewis Kline (August 9, 1903 – April 9, 1974) was an architectural engineer, Republican politician, charity head, and criminal who served as the 34th mayor of Minneapolis. Early life and career Kline was born in Brunswick, Nebraska ...

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Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American pharmacist and politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing ...

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Eric G. Hoyer Eric G. Hoyer (March 3, 1898 – March 17, 1990) was an American interior designer and politician who served as mayor of Minneapolis from 1948 to 1957. Life and career Hoyer was born in Sweden and emigrated to Minnesota in 1919 to settle th ...

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P. Kenneth Peterson Paul Kenneth Peterson (April 13, 1915 – December 31, 1993) was an American lawyer, insurance broker and Republican politician who served as mayor of Minneapolis from 1957 to 1961. Life and career Peterson was born in Minneapolis, Minneso ...

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Arthur Naftalin Arthur Naftalin (June 28, 1917 – May 16, 2005) was an American political scientist and politician. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), he served as mayor of Minneapolis from July 3, 1961, to July 6, 1969. He was t ...

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Charles Stenvig Charles A. Stenvig (January 16, 1928 – February 22, 2010) served as mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota for two two-year terms from 1969 to 1973 and a third term from 1976 to 1978. He was a police officer with the Minneapolis Police Department bef ...

" from:1974 till:1974 color:Rep $right text:" Richard Erdall" fontsize:XS from:1974 till:1976 color:DFL $left text:" Albert Hofstede" from:1976 till:1978 color:np $right text:"

" from:1978 till:1980 color:DFL $left text:" Albert Hofstede" from:1980 till:1994 color:DFL $right text:"

Donald M. Fraser Donald MacKay Fraser (February 20, 1924 – June 2, 2019) was an American politician from Minnesota who served as U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district from 1963 to 1979 and as mayor of Minneapolis from 1980 to 1994. ...

" from:1994 till:2002 color:DFL $left text:" Sharon Sayles Belton" from:2002 till:2014 color:DFL $right text:"

R. T. Rybak Raymond Thomas Rybak Jr. (born November 12, 1955) is an American politician, journalist, businessman, and activist who served as the 46th mayor of Minneapolis from 2002 to 2014. In the 2001 election Rybak defeated incumbent Sharon Sayles Belton ...

" from:2014 till:2018 color:DFL $left text:" Betsy Hodges" from:2018 till:end color:DFL $right text:" Jacob Frey"

St. Anthony

Minneapolis merged with St. Anthony in 1872.

References

*Tony L. Hill, "Mayors of Minneapolis Since Incorporation," 1986. *Ray Marshall, "Who Governed - In Minneapolis and St. Paul," 1968. *Proceedings of the City Council of St. Anthony, 1855-1862. *Proceedings of the City Council of St. Anthony, Sept. 7, 1863-April 8, 1872. {{Minneapolis, Minnesota