List of United States Senators from North Dakota
North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, and elects senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Its current Senators are Republican John Hoeven and Democrat Heidi Heitkamp.
List of Senators
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018. |
C o n g r e s s |
Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Vacant | November 2, 1889 – April 4, 1861 |
North Dakota achieved statehood November 2, 1889 but its Senators were not elected until November 25, 1889. | 1 | 51st Congress | 1 | North Dakota achieved statehood November 2, 1889 but its Senators were not elected until November 25, 1889. | November 2, 1889 – November 25, 1889 |
Vacant | ||||
1 | Lyman R. Casey |
Republican | November 25, 1889 – March 4, 1893 |
Elected in 1889. Lost renomination. |
Elected in 1889. Lost re-election. |
November 21, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
Republican | Gilbert A. Pierce |
1 | |||
52nd Congress | 2 | Elected in 1891. | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1909 |
Republican | Henry C. Hansbrough |
2 | ||||||
2 | William N. Roach |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1899 |
Elected in 1893.[1]
Lost re-election. |
2 | 53rd Congress | ||||||
54th Congress | ||||||||||||
55th Congress | 3 | Re-elected in 1897. | ||||||||||
3 | Porter J. McCumber |
Republican | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1923 |
Elected January 20, 1899.[2] | 3 | 56th Congress | ||||||
57th Congress | ||||||||||||
58th Congress | 4 | Re-elected in 1903. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1905. | 4 | 59th Congress | ||||||||||
60th Congress | ||||||||||||
61st Congress | 5 | Elected in 1908. Died. |
March 4, 1909 – October 21, 1909 |
Republican | Martin N. Johnson |
3 | ||||||
October 21, 1909 – November 10, 1909 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Johnson's term. Resigned. |
November 10, 1909 – January 31, 1910 |
Democratic | Fountain L. Thompson |
4 | ||||||||
Appointed to continue Johnson's term. Lost election to finish Johnson's term. |
February 1, 1910 – February 1, 1911 |
Democratic | William E. Purcell |
5 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Johnson's term. | February 2, 1911 – March 3, 1921 |
Republican | Asle Gronna |
6 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1911. | 5 | 62nd Congress | ||||||||||
63rd Congress | ||||||||||||
64th Congress | 6 | Re-elected in 1914. Lost renomination. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916. Lost renomination. |
6 | 65th Congress | ||||||||||
66th Congress | ||||||||||||
67th Congress | 7 | Elected in 1920. Died. |
March 4, 1921 – June 22, 1925 |
Republican | Edwin F. Ladd |
7 | ||||||
4 | Lynn Frazier |
Republican (NPL) |
March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1941 |
Elected in 1922. | 7 | 68th Congress | ||||||
69th Congress | ||||||||||||
June 22, 1925 – November 14, 1925 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Ladd's term.. Elected June 30, 1926 to finish Ladd's term.. |
November 14, 1925 – January 3, 1945 |
Republican | Gerald Nye |
8 | ||||||||
70th Congress | 8 | Re-elected in 1926. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1928. | 8 | 71st Congress | ||||||||||
72nd Congress | ||||||||||||
73rd Congress | 9 | Re-elected in 1932. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1934. Lost re-election. |
9 | 74th Congress | ||||||||||
75th Congress | ||||||||||||
76th Congress | 10 | Re-elected in 1938. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
5 | William Langer |
Republican (NPL) |
January 3, 1941 – November 8, 1959 |
Elected in 1940. | 10 | 77th Congress | ||||||
78th Congress | ||||||||||||
79th Congress | 11 | Elected in 1944. Died. |
January 3, 1945 – March 3, 1945 |
Democratic | John Moses |
9 | ||||||
March 3, 1945 – March 12, 1945 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Moses's term. Elected June 25, 1946 to finish Moses's term. |
March 12, 1945 – January 3, 1981 |
Republican | Milton Young |
10 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1946. | 11 | 80th Congress | ||||||||||
81st Congress | ||||||||||||
82nd Congress | 12 | Re-elected in 1950. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. | 12 | 83rd Congress | ||||||||||
84th Congress | ||||||||||||
85th Congress | 13 | Re-elected in 1956. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1958. Died. |
13 | 86th Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | November 8, 1959 – November 19, 1959 |
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6 | Clarence Norman Brunsdale |
Republican | November 19, 1959 – August 7, 1960 |
Appointed to continue Langer's term. Retired when successor elected. | ||||||||
7 | Quentin N. Burdick |
Democratic -NPL |
August 8, 1960 – September 8, 1992 |
Elected to finish Langer's term. | ||||||||
87th Congress | ||||||||||||
88th Congress | 14 | Re-elected in 1962. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 14 | 89th Congress | ||||||||||
90th Congress | ||||||||||||
91st Congress | 15 | Re-elected in 1968. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. | 15 | 92nd Congress | ||||||||||
93rd Congress | ||||||||||||
94th Congress | 16 | Re-elected in 1974. Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1976. | 16 | 95th Congress | ||||||||||
96th Congress | ||||||||||||
97th Congress | 17 | Elected in 1980. Lost re-election. |
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987 |
Republican | Mark Andrews |
11 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1982. | 17 | 98th Congress | ||||||||||
99th Congress | ||||||||||||
100th Congress | 18 | Elected in 1986. Retired, then resigned early when elected to the other Senate seat. |
January 3, 1987 – December 14, 1992 |
Democratic -NPL |
Kent Conrad |
12 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1988. Died. |
18 | 101st Congress | ||||||||||
102nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | September 8, 1992 – September 16, 1992 |
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8 | Jocelyn Burdick |
Democratic -NPL |
September 16, 1992 – December 14, 1992 |
Appointed to continue her husband's term. Retired when successor elected. | ||||||||
9 | Kent Conrad |
Democratic -NPL |
December 14, 1992 – January 3, 2013 |
Elected to finish Burdick's term. | Appointed early to finish Conrad's term, having already been elected to the next term. | December 15, 1992 – January 3, 2011 |
Democratic -NPL |
Byron Dorgan |
13 | |||
103rd Congress | 19 | Elected to full term in 1992. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 19 | 104th Congress | ||||||||||
105th Congress | ||||||||||||
106th Congress | 20 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 20 | 107th Congress | ||||||||||
108th Congress | ||||||||||||
109th Congress | 21 | Re-elected in 2004. Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. Retired. |
21 | 110th Congress | ||||||||||
111th Congress | ||||||||||||
112th Congress | 22 | Elected in 2010. | January 3, 2011 – Present |
Republican | John Hoeven |
14 | ||||||
10 | Heidi Heitkamp |
Democratic -NPL |
January 3, 2013 – Present |
Elected in 2012. | 22 | 113th Congress | ||||||
114th Congress | ||||||||||||
115th Congress | 39 | Re-elected in 2016. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 23 | 116th Congress | ||||||||||
117th Congress | ||||||||||||
118th Congress | 24 | To be determined in the 2022 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
Living former U.S. Senators from North Dakota
As of October 2016, there are four former Senators who are living: one from Class 1, two from Class 3, and one who has belonged to both classes. The most recent senator to die was Quentin N. Burdick of Class 1 (1960-1992), who died in office on September 8, 1992. The most recent Class 3 senator to die was Milton Young (1945-1981) on May 31, 1983.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Mark Andrews | 1981–1987 | 3 | May 19, 1926 |
Kent Conrad | 1987–2013 | 1 3 |
March 12, 1948 |
Byron Dorgan | 1992–2011 | 3 | May 14, 1942 |
Jocelyn Burdick | 1992 | 1 | February 6, 1922 |
References
- ↑ "Eriksmoen: N.D. Democrat slipped into Senate". The Bismarck Tribune. May 10, 2008.
- ↑ "An Election in North Dakota.". The New York Times. January 21, 1899. p. 1.
See also
- List of United States Senate elections in North Dakota
- List of United States Representatives from North Dakota
- United States congressional delegations from North Dakota