Past Commissioners

Photo of previous board of commissioner sign

History of Our Elected Leaders

List of County Commissioners and years served
District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5
1872
Fredrick Ehlers
1872
Browning Nichols
1872
Colborn Anderson
1882 - 84
G.O. Kivley
1882   
A.J. Newhall
1873 - 74
S.A. Anderson
1873
William M. Mills
1873 - 74
Ole Hanson
1885 - 86
Henrik Johnson
1883
C.A. Anderson
1875 - 77
I.T. Erickson
1874 - 76
Ole Steenson
1875 - 81
C.A. Anderson
1887 - 90
Charles Powell
1884
A.B. Lund
1878 - 80
A.B. Lund
1877 - 81
William M. Mills
1882 - 83
O.M. Larson
1891 - 98
C.A. Borstad
1885 - 89
Ole Loe
1881      
N.E. Munger
1882 - 86
Henry Walter
1884 - 86
J.J. Daley
1899 - 1902
John Maguire
1890 - 1900
John O. Flaa
1882    
J.W. Maxwell
1887 - 90
J.B. Shackelford
1887 - 89
John A. Breberg
1903 - 10
Gilbert Carlson
1901 - 04
Ole H. Steenson
1883 - 86
John Engstrand
1891 - 92
Henry Miller
1890 - 92
Isaac L. Philley
1911 - 16
George W. Sear
1905 - 16
John O. Flaa (2)
1887 - 89
Isaac L. Philley
1893 - 1902
A.J. Foster
1893 - 96
C.H. Hegna
1917 - 18
J.W. Dale
1917 - 28
O.J. Agre
1890 - 96
A.J. Haugen
1903 - 14
Frank Oestreich
1897 - 1900
J.H. Guenther
1919 - 26
Charles O. Hill
1929 - 32
Charles Borgendale
1897 - 98
Iver Johnson
1915 - 22
William H. Mueller
1901 - 08
Isaac L. Philley (2)
1927 - 34
Nick Danielson
1933 - 35
Fred H. Hofmann
1899 - 1900
Alfred Alexander
1923 - 26
Charles Kibler
1909 - 16
O.M. Larson (2)
1935 - 50
ARthur J. Melum
1936
Daniel Korstad
1901 - 04
Frank Willis
1927 - 34
Frank Oestreich (2)
1917 - 24
John B. Oadson
1951 - 66
Reuben Johnson
1937 - 40
C.A. Winslow
1905 - 06
Jacob Wallsmith
1935 - 38
Arthur J. Gloege
1925 - 32
Andrew Pearson
1967 - 70
Ingvald Kvaal
1941 - 60
Daniel Korstad (2)
1907 - 08
P.P. Digre
1939 - 54
G.E. Roehl
1933 - 40
Joe Benson
1971 - 82
James Flaa
1961 - 69
James C. Ronning
1909 - 24
Bastian Hanson
1955 - 58
Robert F. Wittnebel
1941 - 56
M.H. Bru
1983 - 94
Morris Benson
1970 - 72
A. Hillman Korstad
1925 - 28
John C. Retrum
1959 - 62 
G.E. Roehl (2)
1957 - 72
Melvin Lillejord
1995 - 2006
Merril Johnson
1973 - 80
Palmer Grinager
1929 - 32
P.J. Varhus
1963 - 66
Robert F. Wittnebel (2)
1973 - 76
Norman Dahl
2007 - 2018
Terry Overlander
1981 - 2000
J. LeRoy Jans
1933 - 36
Halvor Olson
1967 - 85
Alfred J. Gloege
1977 - 80
Mary Tollefson
2019 - 
Ben Bothun
2001 - 12
Harold Solem
1937 - 44
Carl Thorson
1986 - 2010
Albert Hoffman
1981 - 87
Robert Bleeke
  2013 - 20
Roy Marihart
1945 - 64
Lloyd Hanson
2011 - 
DeRon Brehmer
1988 - 95
Robert Buer
  2021 - 
Stacey Tufto
1965 - 78
Gunder O. Johnson
  1995 - 2008
Ivey Vonderharr
   
1979 - 84
Lyle E. Hanson
  2009 - 16
Graylen Carlson
   
1985 - 2004
Arvid Gollnick
  2017 - 
John Maatz
   
2005 - 
Todd Patzer
       

Commissioner Fun Facts: 

  • First Election Year - 1872
  • Longest Serving Commissioner - Albert Hoffmann (24 years)
  • First Female Commissioner - Mary Tollefson (1977)
  • Longest span between terms - O.M. Larson (26 years; Ended first term in 1883, Started his second term in 1909)