List of North Dakota state auditors

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The following is a list of North Dakota state auditors. The office has always been on a party affiliated ballot, and was a two-year term office until 1964. Since then, state auditors have been elected to four-year terms. [1]

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State auditors by party affiliation
PartyAuditors
Republican 16
Democratic-Independent 1
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1 John P. Bray 1889–1892 Republican
2Archie Currie1892 Republican
3 Arthur W. Porter 1893–1894 Democratic-Independent
4 Frank A. Briggs (North Dakota Governor).jpg Frank A. Briggs 1895–1896 Republican
5 Nathan B. Hannum 1897–1898 Republican
6 Portrait of Albert N. Carlblom, circa 1899.jpg Albert N. Carlblom 1899–1902 Republican
7 Herbert L. Holmes 1903–1908 Republican
8 David K. Brightbill.jpg David K. Brightbill 1909–1912 Republican
9 Carl O. Jorgenson.jpg Carl O. Jorgenson 1913–1916 Republican
10 Portrait of Carl R. Kositzky, 1919.jpg Carl R. Kositzky 1917–1920 Republican/NPL
11 David C. Poindexter 1921–1924 Republican/NPL
12 John Steen 1925–1934 Republican
13 BertaBaker.jpg Berta E. Baker 1935–1956 Republican/NPL
14 Curtis G. Olson 1957–1972 Republican
15 Robert W. Peterson 1973–1996 Republican
16 Robert R. Peterson 1997–2016 Republican
17 Joshua C. Gallion 2017–present Republican

See also

Notes

  1. North Dakota Blue Book, 2005

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