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)