Don Samuelson (Minnesota politician)

Don Samuelson
Don Samuelson
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 5, 2003
Succeeded by	Paul Koering
Minnesota State Representative
	In office; January 1969 – January 1983
Personal details
Born	August 23, 1932; Brainerd, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	June 6, 2025 (aged 92)
Political party	Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Spouse	Nancy
Children	Steve, Chris, Paula, and Laurie
Residence	Brainerd, Minnesota
Occupation	Bricklayer

Donald B. Samuelson (August 23, 1932 – June 6, 2025) was an American politician in Minnesota and a 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] He died on June 6, 2025, at the age of 92.^[2]

References

^ Minnesota Legislators Past and Present
^ Walker, Donald A. (2019), Some Correspondence with Paul Samuelson on Economic Theory: An Intimate Memoir, Remaking Economics: Eminent Post-War Economists, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 105–136, doi:10.1057/978-1-137-56812-0_6, ISBN 978-1-137-56811-3, retrieved June 22, 2025

Sources

Appearances on C-SPAN

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

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[1] Minnesota Legislators Past and Present

[2] Walker, Donald A. (2019), Some Correspondence with Paul Samuelson on Economic Theory: An Intimate Memoir, Remaking Economics: Eminent Post-War Economists, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 105–136, doi:10.1057/978-1-137-56812-0_6, ISBN 978-1-137-56811-3, retrieved June 22, 2025

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v t e 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 A. Miller Anderson Nelsen Rolvaag Keith Goetz Perpich
Senate-elected (1973–present)	Olson Gearty Davies Hughes Chmielewski Hughes Spear Samuelson Metzen Fischbach Pappas Fischbach J. Miller Tomassoni J. Miller Osmek Champion