Official Governor's portrait of Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey

Official Governor's portrait of Alexander Ramsey, 1873. Oil-on-canvas painting by Carl Gutherz.

Photograph of Anna Ramsey

Anna Ramsey

Anna Ramsey, ca. 1860.

Photograph of Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey, ca. 1860.

Collage in shape of wreath showing Minnesota's Senate and Governors Alexander Ramsey and Henry H. Sibley

Collage of Minnesota's Senate, 1859

Minnesota Senate with Governors Alexander Ramsey and Henry H. Sibley, 1859.

Anna Earl Jenks Ramsey

Anna Earl Jenks Ramsey, ca. 1850–1855

Photograph of Alexander Ramsey and his son

Alexander Ramsey and Alexander Ramsey Jr.

Alexander Ramsey and Alexander Ramsey Jr., ca. 1850.

Portrait of Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey, ca. 1850.

Photograph of Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey, ca. 1848.

Ramsey, Alexander (1815–1903)

Alexander Ramsey was Minnesota’s first territorial governor (1849–1853), second state governor (1860–1863), and a US senator (1864–1875). Although he directly contributed to the founding and the growth of Minnesota, he also played a major role in removing the area's Indigenous people—the Dakota and Ojibwe—from their homelands.

Gravestone of Anton Simonet

Gravestone of Anton Simonet (1842-1932) in Calvary Cemetry, Le Center (Le Sueur County, Minnesota).

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