List of United States senators from North Dakota
Appearance
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Current delegation
John Hoeven
(R)
(R)
Kevin Cramer
(R)
(R)
North Dakota 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 (since 2011) and Kevin Cramer (since 2019). Milton Young was North Dakota's longest-serving senator (1945–1981).
List of senators
Class 1Class 1 senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. | C | Class 3Class 3 senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Vacant | Nov 2, 1889 – Nov 25, 1889[a] |
1 | 51st | 1 | Nov 2, 1889 – Nov 25, 1889[a] |
Vacant | ||||||
1 | ![]() Lyman R. Casey |
Republican | Nov 25, 1889 – Mar 4, 1893 |
Elected in 1889.Lost renomination. | Elected in 1889.Lost re-election. | Nov 25, 1889 – Mar 3, 1891 |
Republican | ![]() Gilbert A. Pierce |
1 | |||
52nd | 2 | Elected in 1891. | Mar 4, 1891 – Mar 4, 1909 |
Republican | ![]() Henry C. Hansbrough |
2 | ||||||
2 | ![]() William N. Roach |
Democratic | Mar 4, 1893 – Mar 4, 1899 |
Elected in 1893.[1]
Lost re-election. |
2 | 53rd | ||||||
54th | ||||||||||||
55th | 3 | Re-elected in 1897. | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() Porter J. McCumber |
Republican | Mar 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1923 |
Elected in 1899.[2] | 3 | 56th | ||||||
57th | ||||||||||||
58th | 4 | Re-elected in 1903.Lost renomination. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1905.[3] | 4 | 59th | ||||||||||
60th | ||||||||||||
61st | 5 | Elected in 1909.Died. | Mar 4, 1909 – Oct 21, 1909 |
Republican | ![]() Martin N. Johnson |
3 | ||||||
Oct 21, 1909 – Nov 10, 1909 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Johnson's term.Resigned. | Nov 10, 1909 – Jan 31, 1910 |
Democratic | ![]() Fountain L. Thompson |
4 | ||||||||
Appointed to continue Johnson's term.Lost election to finish Johnson's term. | Feb 1, 1910 – Feb 1, 1911 |
Democratic | ![]() William E. Purcell |
5 | ||||||||
Elected in 1911 to finish Johnson's term, but didn't qualify until resigning from the U.S. House. | Feb 2, 1911 – Mar 3, 1921 |
Republican | ![]() Asle Gronna |
6 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1911. | 5 | 62nd | ||||||||||
63rd | ||||||||||||
64th | 6 | Re-elected in 1914.Lost renomination. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916.Lost renomination. | 6 | 65th | ||||||||||
66th | ||||||||||||
67th | 7 | Elected in 1920.Died. | Mar 4, 1921 – Jun 22, 1925 |
Republican (NPL) | ![]() Edwin F. Ladd |
7 | ||||||
4 | ![]() Lynn Frazier |
Republican (NPL) |
Mar 4, 1923 – Jan 3, 1941 |
Elected in 1922. | 7 | 68th | ||||||
69th | ||||||||||||
Jun 22, 1925 – Nov 14, 1925 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Ladd's term.Elected in 1926 to finish Ladd's term. | Nov 14, 1925 – Jan 3, 1945 |
Nonpartisan League |
![]() Gerald Nye |
8 | ||||||||
70th | 8 | Re-elected in 1926. | Republican (NPL) | |||||||||
Re-elected in 1928. | 8 | 71st | ||||||||||
72nd | ||||||||||||
73rd | 9 | Re-elected in 1932. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1934.Lost renomination. | 9 | 74th | ||||||||||
75th | ||||||||||||
76th | 10 | Re-elected in 1938.Lost re-election. | Republican | |||||||||
5 | ![]() William Langer |
Republican (NPL) |
Jan 3, 1941 – Nov 8, 1959 |
Elected in 1940. | 10 | 77th | ||||||
78th | ||||||||||||
79th | 11 | Elected in 1944.Died. | Jan 3, 1945 – Mar 3, 1945 |
Democratic | ![]() John Moses |
9 | ||||||
Mar 3, 1945 – Mar 12, 1945 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Moses's term.Elected in 1946 to finish Moses's term. | Mar 12, 1945 – Jan 3, 1981 |
Republican | ![]() Milton Young |
10 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1946. | 11 | 80th | ||||||||||
81st | ||||||||||||
82nd | 12 | Re-elected in 1950. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. | 12 | 83rd | ||||||||||
84th | ||||||||||||
85th | 13 | Re-elected in 1956. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1958.Died. | 13 | 86th | ||||||||||
Vacant | Nov 8, 1959 – Nov 19, 1959 |
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6 | ![]() Norman Brunsdale |
Republican | Nov 19, 1959 – Aug 7, 1960 |
Appointed to continue Langer's term.Retired when successor elected. | ||||||||
7 | ![]() Quentin Burdick |
Democratic –NPL |
Aug 8, 1960 – Sep 8, 1992 |
Elected to finish Langer's term. | ||||||||
87th | ||||||||||||
88th | 14 | Re-elected in 1962. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 14 | 89th | ||||||||||
90th | ||||||||||||
91st | 15 | Re-elected in 1968. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. | 15 | 92nd | ||||||||||
93rd | ||||||||||||
94th | 16 | Re-elected in 1974.Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1976. | 16 | 95th | ||||||||||
96th | ||||||||||||
97th | 17 | Elected in 1980.Lost re-election. | Jan 3, 1981 – Jan 3, 1987 |
Republican | ![]() Mark Andrews |
11 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1982. | 17 | 98th | ||||||||||
99th | ||||||||||||
100th | 18 | Elected in 1986.Retired, then resigned early when elected to the other Senate seat. | Jan 3, 1987 – Dec 14, 1992 |
Democratic –NPL |
![]() Kent Conrad |
12 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1988.Died. | 18 | 101st | ||||||||||
102nd | ||||||||||||
Vacant | Sep 8, 1992 – Sep 12, 1992 |
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8 | ![]() Jocelyn Burdick |
Democratic –NPL |
Sep 12, 1992 – Dec 14, 1992 |
Appointed to continue her husband's term.Retired when successor elected. | ||||||||
9 | ![]() Kent Conrad |
Democratic –NPL |
Dec 14, 1992 – Jan 3, 2013 |
Elected to finish Quentin Burdick's term. | Appointed to finish Conrad's term, having already been elected to the next term. | Dec 15, 1992 – Jan 3, 2011 |
Democratic –NPL |
![]() Byron Dorgan |
13 | |||
103rd | 19 | Elected in 1992. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 19 | 104th | ||||||||||
105th | ||||||||||||
106th | 20 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 20 | 107th | ||||||||||
108th | ||||||||||||
109th | 21 | Re-elected in 2004.Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006.Retired. | 21 | 110th | ||||||||||
111th | ||||||||||||
112th | 22 | Elected in 2010. | Jan 3, 2011 – present |
Republican | John Hoeven |
14 | ||||||
10 | ![]() Heidi Heitkamp |
Democratic –NPL |
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019 |
Elected in 2012.Lost re-election. | 22 | 113th | ||||||
114th | ||||||||||||
115th | 23 | Re-elected in 2016. | ||||||||||
11 | ![]() Kevin Cramer |
Republican | Jan 3, 2019 – present |
Elected in 2018.[4] | 23 | 116th | ||||||
117th | ||||||||||||
118th | 24 | Re-elected in 2022. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2024 election. | 24 | 119th | ||||||||||
120th | ||||||||||||
121st | 25 | To be determined in the 2028 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
See also
- List of United States representatives from North Dakota
- United States congressional delegations from North Dakota
- Elections in North Dakota
Notes
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.
- ^ The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1906. New York: The Press Publishing Co. New York World. 1905. p. 108.
- ^ "Republican Kevin Cramer ousts Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota Senate race". USA TODAY. November 6, 2018.