Don Samuelson (Minnesota politician)

Don Samuelson

8th President of the Minnesota Senate
In office January 3, 2001 – January 6, 2003
Preceded by	Allan Spear
Succeeded by	James Metzen
Minnesota State Senator
In office January 1983 – January 2003
Minnesota State Representative
In office January 1969 – January 1983
Personal details
Born	(1932-08-23) August 23, 1932 Brainerd, Minnesota
Political party	Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Nancy
Children	Steve, Chris, Paula, and Laurie
Residence	Brainerd, Minnesota
Occupation	Bricklayer
Religion	Roman Catholic

Donald M. Samuelson (born August 23, 1932, in Brainerd, Minnesota) is a Minnesota legislator and a former President of the Minnesota Senate. A bricklayer by trade, Samuelson was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1968, where he served seven terms. In November 1982, he won election to the Minnesota Senate.

In the Senate, Samuelson served as chair of the Health and Human Services Finance subcommittee, and in 2001, he was selected to serve as the body's president.

Samuelson retired from the legislature in 2003.^[1]

References

↑ Minnesota Legislators Past and Present

Political offices
Preceded by Allan Spear	President of the Minnesota Senate 2001–2003	Succeeded by James Metzen

Presidents of the Minnesota Senate

Lt. Governor (1858–1973)	Holcombe Donnelly Sherwood Armstrong Yale Barto Wakefield Gilman Rice Ives Clough Day Gibbs L. Smith Jones Eberhart E. Smith Gordon Burnquist Sullivan Frankson Collins Nolan Adams Arens Solberg Petersen Richardson Lindsten Anderson Thye Miller Anderson Nelsen Rolvaag Keith Goetz Perpich

Senate-Elected (1973–present)	Olson Gearty Davies Hughes Chmielewski Hughes Spear Samuelson Metzen Fischbach Pappas

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