Alexander Ramsey - Definition and Overview

Alexander Ramsey (September 8, 1815-April 22, 1903) was an American politician. He was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Ramsey was elected from Pennsylvania as a Whig to the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the House from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1847. He served as the first Territorial Governor of Minnesota June 1,1849 to May 15,1853 as a member of the Whig Party.

In 1855, he became the mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota. Ramsey was elected the second Governor of Minnesota after statehood and served from January 2, 1860 to July 10, 1863, but resigned the governorship to become a U.S. Senator, having been elected to that post in 1863 as a Republican. He was re-elected in 1869 and served until March 3, 1875.

Preceded by: George W. McCrary	United States Secretary of War 1879-–1881	Succeeded by: Robert Todd Lincoln
See Iowa Territory	Governor of Minnesota 1860–1863	Succeeded by: Willis Arnold Gorman
Preceded by: Henry Hastings Sibley	Governor of Minnesota 1860–1863	Succeeded by: Henry Adoniram Swift
Preceded by: Henry Rice	Senate Minnesota Congressional Delegations	Succeeded by: Samuel J. R. McMillan

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