# Francis Baasen > [!stub] Minnesota Secretary of State. ## Office & tenure - **Secretary of State** — 1858 to 1860 (Democratic) **Took office:** [[1858]] · [[1850s]] **Reference:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Baasen) · Wikidata Q5480085 **Up:** [[Actors and Architects/MAIN|Actors and Architects]] #Actors_and_Architects