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), see United States congressional delegations from North Dakota. The list of names should be complete (as of January 3, 2015), but other data may be incomplete. It includes members who have represented only the state both past and present, as the Dakota Territory encompassed in addition South Dakota, and parts of present-day Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho.
Updated January 2019. [1]
Member | Party | Years | District | Notes |
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Fred G. Aandahl | Republican | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | At-large | Elected in 1950 Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Mark Andrews | Republican | October 30, 1963 – January 3, 1973 | 1st | Elected in 1963 to finish Nygaard's term Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 | At-large | |||
Kelly Armstrong | Republican | January 3, 2019 – present | At-large | Elected in 2018 |
John M. Baer | Nonpartisan League | August 10, 1917 – March 3, 1921 | 1st | Elected in 1917 to finish Helgesen's term Lost re-election to Burtness |
Rick Berg | Republican | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | At-large | Elected in 2010 Retired to run for U.S. Senate |
Quentin N. Burdick | Democratic-NPL | January 3, 1959 – August 8, 1960 | At-large | Elected in 1958 Resigned when elected U.S. senator |
Usher L. Burdick | Republican | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1945 | At-large | Elected in 1934 Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1959 | Elected in 1948 Retired | |||
Olger B. Burtness | Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933 | 1st | Elected in 1920 Lost re-nomination to Lemke |
Kevin Cramer | Republican | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019 | At-large | Elected in 2012 Retired to run for U.S. senator |
Byron Dorgan | Democratic-NPL | January 3, 1981 – December 14, 1992 | At-large | Elected in 1980 Resigned when appointed U.S. senator |
Asle Gronna | Republican | March 4, 1905 – February 11, 1911 | At-large | Elected in 1904 Resigned when elected U.S. senator |
Thomas Hall | Republican | November 4, 1924 – March 3, 1933 | 2nd | Elected in 1924 to finish Young's term Seat redistricted and lost re-nomination |
Louis B. Hanna | Republican | March 4, 1909 – January 7, 1913 | At-large | Elected in 1908 Resigned when elected Governor of North Dakota |
Henry C. Hansbrough | Republican | November 2, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | At-large | Elected in 1889 Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Henry Thomas Helgesen | Republican | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 | At-large | Elected in 1910 Died |
March 4, 1913 – April 10, 1917 | 1st | |||
Martin N. Johnson | Republican | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1899 | At-large | Elected in 1890 Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Thomas S. Kleppe | Republican | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971 | 2nd | Elected in 1966 Lost re-election to Link |
Otto Krueger | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 | At-large | Elected in 1952 Retired |
William Lemke | Nonpartisan League | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1941 | At-large | Elected in 1932 Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
William Lemke | Republican | January 3, 1943 – May 30, 1950 | At-large | Elected in 1942 Died |
Arthur A. Link | Democratic-NPL | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | 2nd | Elected in 1970 Re-districted and lost subsequent election |
Thomas Frank Marshall | Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1909 | At-large | Elected in 1900 Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Patrick Daniel Norton | Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 | 3rd | Elected in 1912 Retired |
Hjalmar C. Nygaard | Republican | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | At-large | Elected in 1960 Died |
January 3, 1963 – July 18, 1963 | 1st | |||
Earl Pomeroy | Democratic-NPL | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011 | At-large | Elected in 1992 Lost re-election to Berg |
Rolland W. Redlin | Democratic-NPL | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | 2nd | Elected in 1964 Lost re-election to Kleppe |
Charles R. Robertson | Republican | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | At-large | Elected in 1940 Lost re-nomination to Lemke |
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949 | Elected in 1944 Lost re-nomination to Burdick | |||
Don L. Short | Republican | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 | At-large | Elected in 1958 Lost re-election to Redlin |
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | 2nd | |||
James H. Sinclair | Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933 | 3rd | Elected in 1918 Lost re-nomination to Burdick |
March 4, 1933 – March 3, 1935 | At-large | |||
Burleigh F. Spalding | Republican | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 | At-large | Elected in 1898 Retired |
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | Elected in 1902 Lost re-nomination to Gronna | |||
George M. Young | Republican | March 4, 1913 – September 2, 1924 | 2nd | Elected in 1912 Resigned when appointed to the US Customs Court |
North Dakota's at-large congressional district is the sole congressional district for the state of North Dakota. Based on size, it is the eighth largest congressional district in the nation.