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Nov 25, 1889 , , rowspan=3 , 1 , , rowspan=2 , 1 , , nowrap , Nov 2, 1889 –
Nov 25, 1889 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - ! rowspan=2 , 1 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Lyman R. Casey , rowspan=2 , Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 25, 1889 –
Mar 4, 1893 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1889.Lost renomination. , Elected in 1889.Lost re-election. , nowrap , Nov 25, 1889 –
Mar 3, 1891 , , Republican , align=right ,
Mar 4, 1909 , rowspan=9 , Republican , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Henry C. Hansbrough ! rowspan=9 , 2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 2 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
William N. Roach , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1893 –
Mar 4, 1899 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1893. Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 2 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 3 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1897. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=16 , 3 , rowspan=16 align=left ,
Mar 4, 1923 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1899. , rowspan=3 , 3 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 4 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1903.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=7 , Re-elected in 1905. , rowspan=7 , 4 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=7 , 5 , Elected in 1909.Died. , nowrap , Mar 4, 1909 –
Oct 21, 1909 , , Republican , align=right ,
Martin N. Johnson ! 3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Oct 21, 1909 –
Nov 10, 1909 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Johnson's term.Resigned. , nowrap , Nov 10, 1909 –
Jan 31, 1910 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Fountain L. Thompson ! 4 , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Johnson's term.Lost election to finish Johnson's term. , nowrap , Feb 1, 1910 –
Feb 1, 1911 , , Democratic , align=right ,
William E. Purcell ! 5 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1911 to finish Johnson's term, but didn't qualify until resigning from the U.S. House. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Feb 2, 1911 –
Mar 3, 1921 , rowspan=6 , Republican , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Jun 22, 1925 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
( NPL) , rowspan=11 nowrap , Mar 4, 1923 –
Jan 3, 1941 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1922. , rowspan=5 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jun 22, 1925 –
Nov 14, 1925 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Ladd's term. Elected in 1926 to finish Ladd's term. , rowspan=10 nowrap , Nov 14, 1925 –
Jan 3, 1945 , rowspan=10 , Republican , rowspan=10 align=right ,
( NPL) , rowspan=12 nowrap , Jan 3, 1941 –
Nov 8, 1959 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1940. , rowspan=5 , 10 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 11 , Elected in 1944.Died. , nowrap , Jan 3, 1945 –
Mar 3, 1945 , , Democratic , align=right ,
John Moses ! 9 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Mar 3, 1945 –
Mar 12, 1945 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Appointed to continue Moses's term. Elected in 1946 to finish Moses's term. , rowspan=21 nowrap , Mar 12, 1945 –
Jan 3, 1981 , rowspan=21 , Republican , rowspan=21 align=right ,
Nov 19, 1959 , , - style="height:2em" ! 6 , align=left ,
Aug 7, 1960 , Appointed to continue Langer's term.Retired when successor elected. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=17 , 7 , rowspan=17 align=left ,
–NPL , rowspan=17 nowrap , Aug 8, 1960 –
Sep 8, 1992 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Langer's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 14 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1962. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1964. , rowspan=3 , 14 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 15 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1968. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1970. , rowspan=3 , 15 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 16 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1974.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1976. , rowspan=3 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1980.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1981 –
Jan 3, 1987 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Mark Andrews ! rowspan=3 , 11 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1982. , rowspan=3 , 17 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 18 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1986.Retired, then resigned early when elected to the other Senate seat. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Jan 3, 1987 –
Dec 14, 1992 , rowspan=5 , Democratic
–NPL , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Sep 16, 1992 , , - style="height:2em" ! 8 , align=left ,
Jocelyn Burdick , , Democratic
–NPL , nowrap , Sept 16, 1992 –
Dec 14, 1992 , Appointed to continue her husband's term.Retired when successor elected. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 9 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
–NPL , rowspan=11 nowrap , Dec 14, 1992 –
Jan 3, 2013 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Quentin Burdick's term. , Appointed to finish Conrad's term, having already been elected to the next term. , rowspan=10 nowrap , Dec 15, 1992 –
Jan 3, 2011 , rowspan=10 , Democratic
–NPL , rowspan=10 align=right ,
Present , rowspan=9 , Republican , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Heidi Heitkamp , rowspan=3 , Democratic
–NPL , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 2013 –
Jan 3, 2019 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2012.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 22 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 23 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2016. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 11 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2018. , rowspan=3 , 23 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 24 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2022. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2024 election. , rowspan=3, 24 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , 25 , colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2028 election.
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, ...
was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, and elects U.S. senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Its current senators in Congress are Republicans John Hoeven
John Henry Hoeven III ( ; born March 13, 1957) is an American banker and politician serving as the senior U.S. senator from North Dakota, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Hoeven served as the 31st governor of Nort ...
(since 2011) and Kevin Cramer
Kevin John Cramer (born January 21, 1961) is an American politician who has served as the junior United States senator for North Dakota since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he represented North Dakota's at-large congressional distri ...
(since 2019). Milton Young
Milton Ruben Young (December 6, 1897 – May 31, 1983) was an American politician, most notable for representing North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1981. At the time of his retirement, he was the most senior Republican in t ...
was North Dakota's longest-serving senator (1945–1981).
List of senators
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Nov 25, 1889 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - ! rowspan=2 , 1 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Lyman R. Casey , rowspan=2 , Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 25, 1889 –
Mar 4, 1893 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1889.Lost renomination. , Elected in 1889.Lost re-election. , nowrap , Nov 25, 1889 –
Mar 3, 1891 , , Republican , align=right ,
Gilbert A. Pierce
Gilbert Ashville Pierce (January 11, 1839February 15, 1901) was an American author, journalist, playwright, and a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, the eighth Governor of Dakota Territory (serving from 1884 to 1887), and representat ...
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Henry C. Hansbrough ! rowspan=9 , 2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 2 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
William N. Roach , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1893 –
Mar 4, 1899 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1893. Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 2 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 3 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1897. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=16 , 3 , rowspan=16 align=left ,
Porter J. McCumber
Porter James McCumber (February 3, 1858May 18, 1933) was a United States senator from North Dakota. He was a supporter of the 1906 "Pure Food and Drug Act", and of the League of Nations.
Early life
Born in Crete, Illinois in 1858, he moved with ...
, rowspan=16 , Republican
, rowspan=16 nowrap , Mar 4, 1899 –Mar 4, 1923 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1899. , rowspan=3 , 3 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 4 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1903.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=7 , Re-elected in 1905. , rowspan=7 , 4 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=7 , 5 , Elected in 1909.Died. , nowrap , Mar 4, 1909 –
Oct 21, 1909 , , Republican , align=right ,
Martin N. Johnson ! 3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Oct 21, 1909 –
Nov 10, 1909 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Johnson's term.Resigned. , nowrap , Nov 10, 1909 –
Jan 31, 1910 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Fountain L. Thompson ! 4 , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Johnson's term.Lost election to finish Johnson's term. , nowrap , Feb 1, 1910 –
Feb 1, 1911 , , Democratic , align=right ,
William E. Purcell ! 5 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1911 to finish Johnson's term, but didn't qualify until resigning from the U.S. House. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Feb 2, 1911 –
Mar 3, 1921 , rowspan=6 , Republican , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Asle Gronna
Asle Jorgenson Gronna (December 10, 1858May 4, 1922) was an American politician who served in the House of Representatives and Senate from North Dakota, and one of the six to vote against the United States declaration of war leading to the First W ...
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Edwin F. Ladd
Edwin Fremont Ladd (December 13, 1859June 22, 1925) was an American chemist, academic administrator, and politician. While serving in the United States Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Public Roads and Surveys during the sixty-eighth C ...
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, rowspan=11 align=left , Lynn Frazier
Lynn Joseph Frazier (December 21, 1874January 11, 1947) was an American educator and politician who served as the 12th Governor of North Dakota from 1917 until being recalled in 1921 and later served as a U.S. Senator from North Dakota from 19 ...
, rowspan=11 , Republican( NPL) , rowspan=11 nowrap , Mar 4, 1923 –
Jan 3, 1941 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1922. , rowspan=5 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jun 22, 1925 –
Nov 14, 1925 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Ladd's term. Elected in 1926 to finish Ladd's term. , rowspan=10 nowrap , Nov 14, 1925 –
Jan 3, 1945 , rowspan=10 , Republican , rowspan=10 align=right ,
Gerald Nye
Gerald Prentice Nye (December 19, 1892 – July 17, 1971) was an American politician who represented North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1925 to 1945. He was a Republican and supporter of World War II-era isolationism, chairing the N ...
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1938.Lost re-election.
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, rowspan=12 align=left , William Langer
William "Wild Bill" Langer (September 30, 1886November 8, 1959) was a prominent American lawyer and politician from North Dakota, where he was an infamous character, bouncing back from a scandal that forced him out of the governor's office and ...
, rowspan=12 , Republican( NPL) , rowspan=12 nowrap , Jan 3, 1941 –
Nov 8, 1959 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1940. , rowspan=5 , 10 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 11 , Elected in 1944.Died. , nowrap , Jan 3, 1945 –
Mar 3, 1945 , , Democratic , align=right ,
John Moses ! 9 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Mar 3, 1945 –
Mar 12, 1945 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Appointed to continue Moses's term. Elected in 1946 to finish Moses's term. , rowspan=21 nowrap , Mar 12, 1945 –
Jan 3, 1981 , rowspan=21 , Republican , rowspan=21 align=right ,
Milton Young
Milton Ruben Young (December 6, 1897 – May 31, 1983) was an American politician, most notable for representing North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1981. At the time of his retirement, he was the most senior Republican in t ...
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Norman Brunsdale
Clarence Norman Brunsdale (July 9, 1891January 27, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 24th Governor of North Dakota and a United States senator from the state of North Dakota.
Biography
Clarence Norman Brunsdale was born in Sh ...
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, nowrap , Nov 19, 1959 –Aug 7, 1960 , Appointed to continue Langer's term.Retired when successor elected. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=17 , 7 , rowspan=17 align=left ,
Quentin Burdick
Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U ...
, rowspan=17 , Democratic–NPL , rowspan=17 nowrap , Aug 8, 1960 –
Sep 8, 1992 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Langer's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 14 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1962. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1964. , rowspan=3 , 14 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 15 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1968. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1970. , rowspan=3 , 15 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 16 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1974.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1976. , rowspan=3 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1980.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1981 –
Jan 3, 1987 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Mark Andrews ! rowspan=3 , 11 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1982. , rowspan=3 , 17 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 18 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1986.Retired, then resigned early when elected to the other Senate seat. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Jan 3, 1987 –
Dec 14, 1992 , rowspan=5 , Democratic
–NPL , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Kent Conrad
Gaylord Kent Conrad (born March 12, 1948) is a former American politician who was a United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elec ...
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Jocelyn Burdick , , Democratic
–NPL , nowrap , Sept 16, 1992 –
Dec 14, 1992 , Appointed to continue her husband's term.Retired when successor elected. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 9 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
Kent Conrad
Gaylord Kent Conrad (born March 12, 1948) is a former American politician who was a United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elec ...
, rowspan=11 , Democratic–NPL , rowspan=11 nowrap , Dec 14, 1992 –
Jan 3, 2013 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Quentin Burdick's term. , Appointed to finish Conrad's term, having already been elected to the next term. , rowspan=10 nowrap , Dec 15, 1992 –
Jan 3, 2011 , rowspan=10 , Democratic
–NPL , rowspan=10 align=right ,
Byron Dorgan
Byron Leslie Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is an American author, businessman and former politician who served as a United States Representative (1981–1992) and United States Senator (1992–2011) from North Dakota. He is member of the Democratic ...
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, rowspan=3 , Elected in 2010.
, rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 2011 –Present , rowspan=9 , Republican , rowspan=9 align=right ,
John Hoeven
John Henry Hoeven III ( ; born March 13, 1957) is an American banker and politician serving as the senior U.S. senator from North Dakota, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Hoeven served as the 31st governor of Nort ...
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, rowspan=3 align=left , Heidi Heitkamp , rowspan=3 , Democratic
–NPL , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 2013 –
Jan 3, 2019 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2012.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 22 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 23 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2016. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 11 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Kevin Cramer
Kevin John Cramer (born January 21, 1961) is an American politician who has served as the junior United States senator for North Dakota since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he represented North Dakota's at-large congressional distri ...
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 2019 –Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2018. , rowspan=3 , 23 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 24 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2022. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2024 election. , rowspan=3, 24 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , 25 , colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2028 election.
See also
*List of United States representatives from North Dakota
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Dakota. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day ...
* United States congressional delegations from North Dakota
* Elections in North Dakota
Notes
References
{{U.S. congressional delegations *List Unite States SenatorsNorth Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, ...