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Women in the Minnesota Legislature, 1923-1969

Session
Year
# of
Women
Name House/
Senate
District
Number
Party
1923 4 Myrtle Cain House 28 FL
Sue Metzger Dickey Hough House 34 R
Hannah Johnson Kempfer House 50 I
Mabeth Hurd Paige House 30 R
1925 2 Hannah Johnson Kempfer House 50 I
Mabeth Hurd Paige House 30 R
1927 3

(4)1

Laura Emelia Johnson Naplin1 Senate 65 FL
Hannah Johnson Kempfer House 50 I
Mabeth Hurd Paige House 30 R
Rosanna Catherine Stark Payne House 52 FL

1Laura Naplin was elected 2/7/27 to fill the seat of her deceased husband.

1929 5 Laura Emelia Johnson Naplin Senate 65 FL
Hannah Johnson Kempfer House 50 I
Mabeth Hurd Paige House 30 R
Rosanna Catherine Stark Payne House 52 FL
Harriet Hildreth Weeks House 63 R
1931 4 Laura Emelia Johnson Naplin Senate 65 FL
Mabeth Hurd Paige House 30 R
Rosanna Catherine Stark Payne House 52 FL
Harriet Hildreth Weeks House 63 R
1933 3 Laura Emelia Johnson Naplin Senate 65 FL
Hannah Johnson Kempfer House 50 I
Mabeth Hurd Paige House 30 R
1935 2 Hannah Johnson Kempfer House 50 I
Mabeth Hurd Paige House 30 R
1937 2 Hannah Johnson Kempfer House 50 I
Mabeth Hurd Paige House 30 R
1939 3 Bertha Lee Smith Hansen House 12 R
Hannah Johnson Kempfer House 50 I
Mabeth Hurd Paige House 30 R
1941 2 Hannah Johnson Kempfer House 50 I
Mabeth Hurd Paige House 30 R
1943 1 Mabeth Hurd Paige House 30 R
1951 2 Cornelia (Coya) Knutson House 65 DFL
Sara Lee (Sally) Fletcher Luther House 30 DFL
1953 2 Cornelia (Coya) Knutson House 65 DFL
Sara Lee (Sally) Fletcher Luther House 30 DFL
1955 2 Joyce Ireton Lund House 3 DFL
Sara Lee (Sally) Fletcher Luther House 30 DFL
1957 1 Sara Lee (Sally) Fletcher Luther House 30 DFL
1959 1 Sara Lee (Sally) Fletcher Luther House 30 DFL
1961 2 Esther Fox Fieldman House 63 DFL
Sara Lee (Sally) Fletcher Luther House 30 DFL
1963 3 Constance Burchett House 51 DFL
Helen McMillan House 5 DFL
Virginia Torgerson House 2 R
1965 3 Constance Burchett House 51 DFL
Helen McMillan House 5 DFL
Alpha Smaby House 41 DFL
1967 2 Helen McMillan House 5A DFL
Alpha Smaby House 41 DFL
1969 2 Donna Christianson House 66A DFL
Helen McMillan House 5A DFL

Compiled by the Legislative Commission on the Economic Status of Women

 

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Updated: Friday, 20-Jul-2007 14:35:53 CDT (mma)