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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the
U.S. state of
North Dakota :
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
For years in which a
United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
1889–1916
Year
Executive offices
State Legislature
RR Com.
United States Congress
Electoral votes
Governor
Lt. Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney General
Treasurer
Auditor
Ins. Comm.
Ag. & Lab. Comm.
[a]
Supt. of Pub. Inst.
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class I)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
1889
John Miller (R)
Alfred Dickey (R)
John Flittie (R)
George F. Goodwin (R)
Lewis E. Booker (R)
John P. Bray (R)
[b]
A.L. Carey (R)
Henry Thomas Helgesen (R)
William Mitchell (R)
[c]
25R, 6D
58R, 4D
3R
Lyman R. Casey (R)
Gilbert A. Pierce (R)
Henry C. Hansbrough (R)
1890
William J. Clapp (R)
[d]
1891
Andrew H. Burke (R)
Roger Allin (R)
Clarence A.M. Spencer (R)
John Ogden (R)
23R, 6D, 2FA
40R, 16D, 6FA
Henry C. Hansbrough (R)
Martin N. Johnson (R)
1892
Archie Currie (R)
[d]
1893
Eli C. D. Shortridge (
D-I )
Elmer D. Wallace (D-I)
Christian M. Dahl (R)
William H. Standish (D-I)
Knud J. Nomland (D-I)
Arthur W. Porter (D-I)
James Cudhie (D-I)
Nelson Williams (D-I)
[e]
Laura J. Eisenhuth (D-I)
19R, 7D, 4Pop, 1Fus
33R, 16D, 13Pop
3D-I
William N. Roach (D)
1 –
Weaver /
Field (Pop) N 1 –
Cleveland /
Stevenson (D) Y 1 –
Harrison /
Reid (R) N
1894
1895
Roger Allin (R)
John H. Worst (R)
John F. Cowan (R)
George E. Nichols (R)
Frank A. Briggs (R)
Frederick B. Fancher (R)
Andrew H. Laughlin (R)
Emma F. Bates (R)
25R, 4Pop, 2D
52R, 6Pop, 2D
3R
1896
1897
Frank A. Briggs (R)
[c]
Joseph M. Devine (R)
Fred Falley (R)
Nathan B. Hannum (R)
Henry U. Thomas (R)
John G. Halland (R)
24R, 4Fus, 3D
44R, 18Fus
McKinley /
Hobart (R) Y
1898
Joseph M. Devine (R)
[f]
vacant
1899
Frederick B. Fancher (R)
Joseph M. Devine (R)
Dennis W. Driscoll (R)
Albert N. Carlblom (R)
George W. Harrison (R)
22R, 9Fus
55R, 5Fus, 2D
Porter J. McCumber (R)
Burleigh F. Spalding (R)
1900
1901
Frank White (R)
David Bartlett (R)
Edward F. Porter (R)
Oliver D. Comstock (R)
Donald H. McMillan (R)
Ferdinand Leutz (R)
Rollin J. Turner (R)
Joseph M. Devine (R)
24R, 7Fus
56R, 5Fus, 1?
Thomas Frank Marshall (R)
McKinley /
Roosevelt (R) Y
1902
1903
Carl N. Frich (R)
Herbert L. Holmes (R)
Walter L. Stockwell (R)
30R, 7D, 3Fus
86R, 11D, 2Fus, 1I
2R
1904
1905
Elmore Y. Sarles (R)
Albert Peterson (R)
Ernest C. Cooper (R)
William C. Gilbreath (R)
33R, 6D, 1I
99R, 1D
Roosevelt /
Fairbanks (R) Y
1906
1907
John Burke (D)
Robert S. Lewis (R)
Alfred Blaisdell (R)
Thomas F. McCue (R)
33R, 7D
87R, 12D, 1I
1908
1909
Andrew Miller (R)
George L. Bickford (R)
David K. Brightbill (R)
38R, 8D, 1I
92R, 8D
Martin N. Johnson (R)
[c]
Taft /
Sherman (R) Y
Fountain L. Thompson (D)
[d]
[b]
1910
William E. Purcell (D)
[d]
1911
Usher L. Burdick (R)
Patrick Daniel Norton (R)
Gunder Olson (R)
Walter C. Taylor (R)
Edwin J. Taylor (R)
44R, 4D, 1I
90R, 12D, 1S
Asle Gronna (R)
1912
1913
L. B. Hanna (R)
Anton Kraabel (R)
Thomas Hall (R)
Carl O. Jorgenson (R)
43R, 6D
102R, 8D
3R
Wilson /
Marshall (D) Y
1914
1915
John H. Fraine (R)
Henry Linde (R)
John Steen (R)
Robert F. Flint (R)
44R, 5D
106R, 6D
1916
Year
Governor
Lt. Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney General
Treasurer
Auditor
Ins. Comm.
Ag. & Lab. Comm.
Supt. of Pub. Inst.
State Senate
State House
RR Com.
U.S. Senator (Class I)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
Electoral votes
Executive offices
State Legislature
United States Congress
1917–2000
Year
Executive offices
State Legislature
Pub. Ser. Com.
[g]
United States Congress
Electoral votes
Governor
Lt. Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney General
Treasurer
Auditor
Ins. Comm.
Ag. Comm.
[a]
Labor Comm.
[a]
Tax Comm.
Supt. of Pub. Inst.
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class I)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
1917
Lynn Frazier (R-
NPL )
[h]
Anton Kraabel (R)
Thomas Hall (R-NPL)
Bill Langer (R-NPL)
John Steen (R)
Carl R. Kositzky (R-NPL)
Sveinung A. Olsness (R-NPL)
John N. Hagan (R-NPL)
[h]
No such office
[i]
Neil C. MacDonald (NP/R-NPL)
43R, 6D
97R, 17D
3R
Porter J. McCumber (R)
Asle Gronna (R)
3R
Wilson /
Marshall (D) Y
1918
1919
Howard R. Wood (R-NPL)
Obert A. Olson (R-NPL)
George E. Wallace (R-NPL)
[j]
Minnie J. Nelson (NP/R-IVA)
43R, 6D (35NPL, 14IVA)
99R, 14D (81NPL, 32IVA)
1920
1921
William Lemke (R-NPL)
[h]
John Steen (R)
David C. Poindexter (R-NPL)
49R (25NPL, 24IVA)
113R (59IVA, 54NPL)
Edwin F. Ladd (R-NPL)
[c]
Harding /
Coolidge (R) Y
Ragnvald Nestos (R-
IVA )
Sveinbjorn Johnson (R-IVA)
Joseph A. Kitchen (R-IVA)
1922
C. C. Converse (R)
[j]
1923
Frank H. Hyland (R)
George F. Shafer (R-IVA)
49R (26IVA, 23NPL)
113R (57IVA, 56NPL)
Lynn Frazier (R-NPL)
1924
1925
Arthur Sorlie (R-NPL)
[c]
Walter Maddock (R-NPL)
Robert Byrne (R)
Chessmur A. Fischer (R)
John Steen (R)
Thorstein H. H. Thoresen (R-NPL)
[j]
46R, 3D (25IVA, 24NPL)
106R, 7D (63NPL, 50IVA)
Gerald Nye (NPL)
[k]
Coolidge /
Dawes (R) Y
1926
1927
Bertha R. Palmer (NP)
49R (25IVA, 24NPL)
113R (60IVA, 53NPL)
Gerald Nye (R-NPL)
1928
Walter Maddock (R-NPL)
[f]
vacant
1929
George F. Shafer (R-IVA)
John W. Carr (R)
James Morris (R)
Berta E. Baker (R)
Iver A. Acker (R)
[j]
48R, 1D (26NPL, 23IVA)
112R, 1D (65IVA, 48NPL)
Hoover /
Curtis (R) Y
1930
1931
47R, 2D (27IVA, 22NPL)
112R, 1D (58IVA, 55NPL)
1932
1933
Bill Langer (R-NPL)
[l]
Ole H. Olson (R-NPL)
Arthur J. Gronna (R-NPL)
[d]
Alfred S. Dale (R-NPL)
John Husby (R)
Frank A. Vogel (R-NPL)
[j]
Arthur E. Thompson (NP)
[d]
44R, 5D (R-NPL maj.)
103R, 10D (R-NPL maj.)
1R, 1R-NPL
Roosevelt /
Garner (D) Y
Peter O. Sathre (R-NPL)
[k]
[m]
J. J. Weeks (R-NPL)
[j]
1934
Ole H. Olson (R-NPL)
[n]
vacant
1935
Thomas Moodie (D)
[o]
Walter Welford (R-NPL)
James D. Gronna (R-NPL)
John Gray (R)
Berta E. Baker (R-NPL)
Harold Hopton (R-NPL)
Theodore Martell (R-NPL)
42R, 7D (R-NPL maj.)
83R, 30D (R-NPL maj.)
Walter Welford (R-NPL)
[n]
vacant
Lee Nichols (R)
[j]
1936
1937
Bill Langer (R-NPL)
Thorstein H. H. Thoresen (R-NPL)
Alvin C. Strutz (R-NPL)
[k]
Oscar E. Erickson (R-NPL)
[d]
John N. Hagan (R-NPL)
J. K. Murray (R-NPL)
[j]
34R, 14D, 1I (R-NPL maj.)
87R, 26D (R-NPL maj.)
O. T. Owen (R-NPL)
[j]
1938
C. P. Stone (R-NPL)
[j]
1939
John Moses (D)
Jack Patterson (R-NPL)
John Omland (R-NPL)
Math Dahl (R-NPL)
W. T. DePuy (D)
[j]
39R, 10D (R-NPL maj.)
106R, 7D (R-NPL maj.)
Lee Nichols (R)
[j]
John Gray (D)
[p]
1940
1941
Oscar W. Hagen (R-NPL)
Herman Thorson (R)
Carl Anderson (R)
John Gray (NP)
[p]
[d]
44R, 5D (R-IVA maj.)
103R, 10D (R-IVA maj.)
Bill Langer (R-NPL)
[d]
2R
Willkie /
McNary (R) N
1942
1943
Henry Holt (D)
Thomas Hall (R)
45R, 4D (R-IVA maj.)
106R, 7D (R-IVA maj.)
1R, 1R-NPL
1944
1945
Fred G. Aandahl (R)
Clarence P. Dahl (R)
Nels Johnson (R)
[d]
Otto Krueger (R)
[q]
46R, 3D (
R-ROC maj.)
109R, 4D (
R-ROC maj.)
John Moses (D)
[c]
Dewey /
Bricker (R) N
Hjalmer W. Swenson (R)
[k]
Otto Krueger (R)
[k]
Milton Young (R)
[k]
1946
Garfield B. Nordrum (NP)
[k]
[d]
1947
111R, 2D (R-ROC maj.)
1948
Peter O. Sathre (R)
[d]
1949
Albert Jacobson (R)
47R, 2D (R-ROC maj.)
Dewey /
Warren (R) N
1950
1951
Norman Brunsdale (R)
Ray Schnell (R)
Elmo T. Christianson (R)
[r]
Alfred J. Jensen (R)
Marvell F. Peterson (NP)
[k]
112R, 1D (R-ROC maj.)
2R
1952
Burtis B. Conyne (NP)
[d]
1953
Clarence P. Dahl (R)
Ray Thompson (R)
J. Arthur Engen (NP)
[d]
47R, 2D (R-NPL maj.)
Eisenhower /
Nixon (R) Y
1954
Paul Benson (R)
[d]
1955
Ben Meier (R)
Leslie R. Burgum (R)
Albert Jacobson (R)
[d]
46R, 3D (R-NPL maj.)
111R, 2D (R-ROC maj.)
1956
1957
John E. Davis (R)
Francis Clyde Duffy (R)
Curtis G. Olson (R)
40R, 9
D-NPL
94R, 19D-NPL
1958
Mike J. Baumgartner (R)
[d]
1959
Clarence P. Dahl (R)
John R. Erickson (R)
34R, 15D-NPL
65R, 48D-NPL
Norman Brunsdale (R)
[d]
1R, 1D-NPL
1960
Quentin Burdick (D-NPL)
[d]
1961
William L. Guy (D-NPL)
Orville W. Hagen (R)
28R, 21D-NPL
70R, 41D-NPL
2R, 1D-NPL
2R
Nixon /
Lodge (R) N
1962
1963
Frank A. Wenstrom (R)
Helgi Johanneson (R)
Phil Hoghaug (R)
Frank Albers (R)
Lloyd Omdahl (NP/D-NPL)
[k]
37R, 12D-NPL
70R, 43D-NPL
1964
1965
Charles Tighe (D-NPL)
Walter Christensen (D-NPL)
Karsten O. Nygaard (R)
Arne Dahl (R)
29R, 20D
65D-NPL , 44R
1R, 1D-NPL
Johnson /
Humphrey (D) Y
1966
Edwin O. Sjaasstad (NP)
[k]
[d]
1967
Arne Dahl (R)
[c]
Orville W. Hagen (NP/R)
44R, 5D-NPL
83R, 15D-NPL
2R
1968
1969
Richard F. Larsen (R)
Bernice Asbridge (R)
Jorris O. Wigen (R)
Byron Dorgan (NP/D-NPL)
[k]
43R, 6D-NPL
80R, 18D-NPL
Nixon /
Agnew (R) Y
1970
1971
37R, 12D-NPL
58R, 40D-NPL
1R, 1D-NPL
1972
1973
Arthur A. Link (D-NPL)
Wayne Sanstead (D-NPL)
Allen I. Olson (R)
Walter Christensen (D-NPL)
[d]
Robert W. Peterson (R)
40R, 11D-NPL
76R, 26D-NPL
Mark Andrews (R)
1974
Myron Just (D-NPL)
[k]
1975
34R, 17D-NPL
62R, 40D-NPL
1976
1977
Byron Knutson (D-NPL)
Howard Snortland (NP)
32R, 18D-NPL
50R, 50D-NPL
[s]
Ford /
Dole (R) N
1978
1979
Robert E. Hanson (D-NPL)
[d]
35R, 15D-NPL
71R, 29D-NPL
1980
1981
Allen I. Olson (R)
Ernest Sands (R)
Robert Wefald (R)
John S. Lesmeister (R)
Jorris O. Wigen (R)
H. Kent Jones (R)
Kent Conrad (NP/D-NPL)
[t]
Joseph Crawford (NP)
40R, 10D-NPL
73R, 27D-NPL
Mark Andrews (R)
Byron Dorgan (D-NPL)
Reagan /
Bush (R) Y
1982
1983
32R, 21D-NPL
55D-NPL , 51R
1984
1985
George A. Sinner (D-NPL)
Ruth Meiers (D-NPL)
[d]
Nicholas Spaeth (D-NPL)
Robert E. Hanson (D-NPL)
Earl Pomeroy (D-NPL)
Wayne Sanstead (NP/D-NPL)
29R, 24D-NPL
65R, 41D-NPL
1986
Heidi Heitkamp (D-NPL)
[k]
1987
Lloyd Omdahl (D-NPL)
[d]
Byron Knutson (NP/D-NPL)
27D-NPL , 26R
61R, 45D-NPL
Kent Conrad (D-NPL)
[u]
1988
1989
Jim Kusler (D-NPL)
Sarah Vogel (D-NPL)
32D-NPL , 21R
Bush /
Quayle (R) Y
1990
1991
Craig Hagen (NP)
[d]
27D-NPL , 26R
58R, 48D-NPL
1992
Jocelyn Burdick (D-NPL)
[d]
Kent Conrad (D-NPL)
Byron Dorgan (D-NPL)
[v]
1993
Ed Schafer (R)
Rosemarie Myrdal (R)
Alvin Jaeger (R)
Heidi Heitkamp (D-NPL)
Kathi Gilmore (D-NPL)
Glenn Pomeroy (D-NPL)
Robert E. Hanson (D-NPL)
25D-NPL , 24R
65R, 33D-NPL
Earl Pomeroy (D-NPL)
Bush /
Quayle (R) N
1994
1995
29R, 20D-NPL
75R, 23D-NPL
1996
1997
Bob Peterson (R)
Roger Johnson (D-NPL)
Rick Clayburgh (R)
30R, 19D-NPL
72R, 26D-NPL
Dole /
Kemp (R) N
1998
1999
appointed
31R, 18D-NPL
64R, 34D-NPL
2000
Year
Governor
Lt. Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney General
Treasurer
Auditor
Ins. Comm.
Ag. Comm.
Labor Comm.
Tax Comm.
Supt. of Pub. Inst.
State Senate
State House
Pub. Ser. Com.
U.S. Senator (Class I)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
Electoral votes
Executive offices
State Legislature
United States Congress
2001–present
Year
Executive offices
State Legislature
Pub. Ser. Com.
United States Congress
Electoral votes
Governor
Lt. Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney General
Treasurer
Auditor
Ins. Comm.
Ag. Comm.
[a]
Tax Comm.
Supt. of Pub. Inst.
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class I)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
2001
John Hoeven (R)
[t]
Jack Dalrymple (R)
Alvin Jaeger (R)
[w]
Wayne Stenehjem (R)
[c]
Kathi Gilmore (D-NPL)
Bob Peterson (R)
Jim Poolman (R)
[b]
Roger Johnson (D-NPL)
[b]
Rick Clayburgh (R)
[b]
Wayne Sanstead (NP/D-NPL)
32R, 17D-NPL
69R, 29D-NPL
3R
Kent Conrad (D-NPL)
Byron Dorgan (D-NPL)
Earl Pomeroy (D-NPL)
Bush /
Cheney (R) Y
2002
2003
31R, 16D-NPL
66R, 28D-NPL
2004
2005
Kelly Schmidt (R)
32R, 15D-NPL
67R, 27D-NPL
Cory Fong (R)
[k]
2006
2007
26R, 21D-NPL
61R, 33D-NPL
Adam Hamm (R)
[k]
2008
2009
Doug Goehring (R)
[k]
58R, 36D-NPL
McCain /
Palin (R) N
2010
2011
Jack Dalrymple (R)
[x]
Drew Wrigley (R)
[d]
35R, 12D-NPL
69R, 25D-NPL
John Hoeven (R)
Rick Berg (R)
2012
2013
Kirsten Baesler (NP/R)
33R, 14D-NPL
71R, 23D-NPL
Heidi Heitkamp (D-NPL)
Kevin Cramer (R)
Romney /
Ryan (R) N
2014
Ryan Rauschenberger (R)
[b]
2015
32R, 15D-NPL
2016
2017
Doug Burgum (R)
Brent Sanford (R)
[b]
Josh Gallion (R)
Jon Godfread (R)
38R, 9D-NPL
81R, 13D-NPL
Trump /
Pence (R) Y
2018
2019
37R, 10D-NPL
79R, 15D-NPL
Kevin Cramer (R)
Kelly Armstrong (R)
2020
2021
Thomas Beadle (R)
40R, 7D-NPL
80R, 14D-NPL
Trump /
Pence (R) N
2022
Drew Wrigley (R)
[d]
Brian Kroshus (R)
[d]
2023
Tammy Miller (R)
Michael Howe (R)
43R, 4D-NPL
82R, 12D-NPL
2024
Year
Governor
Lt. Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney General
Treasurer
Auditor
Ins. Comm.
Ag. Comm.
Tax Comm.
Supt. of Pub. Inst.
State Senate
State House
Pub. Ser. Com.
U.S. Senator (Class I)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
Electoral votes
Executive offices
State Legislature
United States Congress
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
^
a
b
c
d
e The Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor was an
elected official who headed the state Department of Agriculture and Labor. The office was established by the state constitution in 1889 but was split into two separate offices—the Commissioner of Labor and the Commissioner of Agriculture—in 1966, when the two departments also split due to a constitutional change approved by the electorate in 1964.
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g Resigned.
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h Died in office.
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
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z
aa
ab
ac Appointed by governor to fill a vacancy.
^
George E. Adams won the 1892 election but did not qualify for the office; Williams was appointed to the position instead.
^
a
b Succeeded to office following death or resignation of previous officeholder.
^ Named
North Dakota Railroad Commission until 1940.
^
a
b
c
Recalled .
^ Office established in 1919.
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
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l The office was an appointed position from 1919 until 1940. Partisan affiliation given is that of corresponding Governor.
^
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e
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m
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o
p Appointed by governor to fill vacancy. Later elected to office in their own right.
^ Removed from office by the
North Dakota Supreme Court following a felony conviction to defraud the federal government.
^ Resigned following appointment to North Dakota Supreme Court.
^
a
b Declared governor by North Dakota Supreme Court.
^ After Moodie's inauguration on January 7, 1935, it was revealed that he had voted in a 1932 municipal election in
Minnesota . In order to be eligible to serve as governor of North Dakota, an individual has to have lived in the state for five consecutive years before the election. The North Dakota Supreme Court determined that Moodie was ineligible to serve, and he was removed from office on February 16, 1935.
^
a
b Was a first appointed by a Democratic governor, although beginning in 1940 he ran on a nonpartisan ballot.
^ Resigned to become North Dakota Insurance Commissioner.
^ Removed from office following conviction on federal gambling conspiracy charges.
^ With the 50-50 chamber, the Democrats and Republicans negotiated a power-sharing agreement. The Democrats got the position of Speaker under Oscar Solberg, and the Republicans got control of the Appropriations Committee, and the rest of the committees were 50-50 in membership and control.
[1]
[2]
^
a
b Resigned to take an elected seat as U.S. Senator.
^ Resigned following election to Class I U.S. Senate seat.
^ Appointed by governor to fill vacancy, having already been elected to next term.
^ Elected as an independent in the
2018 Secretary of State election , but continued to identify as a Republican.
^ Succeeded to office following death or resignation of previous officeholder. Later elected to office in their own right.
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