List of mayors of Minot, North Dakota

This is an incomplete list of mayors of Minot, North Dakota.

List

No. Image Mayor Term Party
1 James H. Scofield 1887–1888 N/a
2 Edmund Belvea 1888–1890 N/a
3 Allan Tompkins 1890–1896 N/a
4 Peter P. Lee 1896–1898 N/a
5 Christopher A. Johnson 1898–1902 N/a
6 Joseph Roach 1902–1904 N/a
7 David C. Greenleaf 1904–1907 N/a
8 Sam H. Clark 1904–1907 N/a
9 Arthur LeSueur 1909 – May 17, 1911 Socialist
F. L. Sherman[1] May 17, 1911 – June 20, 1911 N/a
10 Halvor L. Halvorson June 20, 1911 – 1915 Democratic
11 William S. Shaw 1915–1921 N/a
12 Winfield M. Smart 1921–1925 N/a
13 Jack A. Patterson 1932–1938 Republican/NPL
14 Victor E. Sandberg 1938–1945 N/a
15 Henry C. Kiehn 1953–1954 N/a
16 W. Maurice Harrington 1954–1962 N/a
17 Clarence D. Johnson 1962–1970 N/a
18 Chester Reiten 1970–1982 N/a
19 Thomas Oliver Lee 1982–1984 N/a
20 Chester Reiten 1984–1986 N/a
21 George Christensen 1988–1996 N/a
22 Orlin W. Backes 1996–1998 N/a
23 Carroll Erickson 1998–2002 N/a
24 Curt Zimbelman 2002–2014 N/a
25 Chuck Barney 2014–2018 N/a
26 Shaun Sipma 2018–2022 Republican
27 Tom Ross 2022–2025[2] N/a
28 Mark Jantzer [3]

2025 – present[4]

N/a

References

  1. ^ "Sherman May Be Secretary". The Ward County Independent. May 25, 1911. p. 5. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-ross-minot-north-dakota-mayor-resigns-lewd-video-city-attorney
  3. ^ https://mydakotan.com/2025/08/mark-jantzer-wins-minot-mayoral-race-in-special-election
  4. ^ https://www.kxnet.com/news/top-stories/minot-mayor-tom-ross-resigns