# William Rush Merriam > [!stub] Minnesota Governor. ## Office & tenure - **Governor** — 1889 to January 4, 1893 (Republican) **Took office:** [[1889]] · [[1880s]] **Reference:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rush_Merriam) · Wikidata Q884921 **Up:** [[Actors and Architects/MAIN|Actors and Architects]] #Actors_and_Architects