List of United States Senators from North Dakota

Last updated August 19, 2019

Current delegation

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).

North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States. It is the nineteenth largest in area, the fourth smallest by population, and the fourth most sparsely populated state. North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, along with its neighboring state, South Dakota. Its capital is Bismarck, and its largest city is Fargo.

John Henry Hoeven III is an American banker and politician serving as the senior U.S. Senator from North Dakota since 2011. A member of the North Dakota Republican Party, he served as the 31st Governor of North Dakota from 2000 to 2010. Hoeven was elected in 2010 to the U.S. Senate, succeeding Senator Byron Dorgan, who chose not to seek reelection. Hoeven became the senior Senator in 2013 after Kent Conrad retired and was replaced by Democrat Heidi Heitkamp, who was once Hoeven's opponent for the Governor's office. Hoeven was reelected in 2016.

Kevin John Cramer is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator for North Dakota since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives for North Dakota's at-large Congressional District. He also chaired the North Dakota Republican Party (1991–1993) and served as State Tourism Director (1993–1997) and Economic Development Director (1997–2000). He served on the North Dakota Public Service Commission from 2003 to 2012.

List of Senators

#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m	C o n g r e s s	T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024.						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, 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
Vacant			November 2, 1889 – November 25, 1889	North Dakota achieved statehood November 2, 1889 but its Senators were not elected until November 25, 1889.	1	51st	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.		51st	1	Elected in 1889. Lost re-election.	November 25, 1889 – March 3, 1891	Republican	Gilbert A. Pierce	1
1	Lyman R. Casey	Republican	November 25, 1889 – March 4, 1893	Elected in 1889. Lost renomination.		52nd	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
						54th
						55th	3	Re-elected in 1897.
3	Porter J. McCumber	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1923	Elected January 20, 1899.^[2]	3	56th
						57th
						58th	4	Re-elected in 1903. Lost renomination.
				Re-elected January 18, 1905.^[3]	4	59th
						60th
						61st	5	Elected January 19, 1909. 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 January 17, 1911 to finish Johnson's term, but didn't qualify until resigning from the U.S. House.	February 2, 1911 – March 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.	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
						69th
									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	8	Re-elected in 1926.
				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.
5	William Langer	Republican (NPL)	January 3, 1941 – November 8, 1959	Elected in 1940.	10	77th
						78th
						79th	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
						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			November 8, 1959 – November 19, 1959
6	Norman Brunsdale	Republican	November 19, 1959 – August 7, 1960	Appointed to continue Langer's term. Retired when successor elected.
7	Quentin Burdick	Democratic -NPL	August 8, 1960 – September 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.	January 3, 1981 – January 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.	January 3, 1987 – December 14, 1992	Democratic -NPL	Kent Conrad	12
				Re-elected in 1988. Died.	18	101st
				Re-elected in 1988. Died.		102nd
Vacant			September 8, 1992 – September 16, 1992
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
				Elected to finish Burdick's term.		103rd	19	Elected to full term 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.	January 3, 2011 – Present	Republican	John Hoeven	14
10	Heidi Heitkamp	Democratic -NPL	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019	Elected in 2012. Lost re-election.	22	113th
						114th
						115th	23	Re-elected in 2016.
11	Kevin Cramer	Republican	January 3, 2019 – Present	Elected in 2018.^[4]	23	116th
						117th
						118th	24	To be determined in the 2022 election.
To be determined in the 2024 election.					24	119th	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 January 2019^[update], there are five former Senators who are living: two from Class 1, two from Class 3, and one who has belonged to both classes. The most recent senator to die was Quentin Burdick (served 1960–1992), who died in office on September 8, 1992 and is also the most recently serving Senator to die.

Quentin Northrup Burdick 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.S. Senate (1960–1992). At the time of his death, he was the third longest-serving senator among current members of the Senate.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Mark Andrews	1981–1987	3	(1926-05-19) May 19, 1926 (age 93)
Kent Conrad	1987–2013	1 3	(1948-03-12) March 12, 1948 (age 71)
Byron Dorgan	1992–2011	3	(1942-05-14) May 14, 1942 (age 77)
Jocelyn Burdick	1992	1	(1922-02-06) February 6, 1922 (age 97)
Heidi Heitkamp	2013–2019	1	(1955-10-30) October 30, 1955 (age 63)

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.
↑ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/11/06/election-results-heidi-heitkamp-loses-north-dakota-seat-kevin-cramer/1914137002/

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