Congress makes an announcement authorizing a government for Minnesota.
Congress approves the Minnesota constitution and announces that Minnesota is the 32nd state to join the union.
Minnesota voters ratify the constitutional amendment giving African Americans the right to vote.
The Minnesota legislature meets in the new Capitol building for the first time.
Minnesota voters ratify a constitutional amendment lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.
The Democratic-Farmer-Labor party gained control of the Legislature, this is the first time since 1859 that the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party has majority in both houses.
Dee Long is elected to be the first woman speaker of the Minnesota House.
Minnesota voters elect Amy Klobuchar to be the first woman in the senate from Minnesota and Keith Ellison to be Minnesota's first black congressman and the first Muslim congressman.