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North Dakota: U.S. Senators

U.S. Senators from North Dakota, 1889-2012 (May be incomplete!)
Lyman Rufus Casey 1889-93 Gilbert A. Pierce 1889-91 Henry C. Hansbrough 1891-1909 William N. Roach 1893-99 Porter J. McCumber 1899-1923 Martin N. Johnson 1909 Fountain L. Thompson 1909-10 William E. Purcell 1910-11 Asle J. Gronna 1911-21 Edwin F. Ladd 1921-25 Lynn J. Frazier 1923-41 Gerald P. Nye 1925-45 William Langer 1941-59 John Moses 1945 Milton R. Young 1945-81 Norman Brunsdale 1959-60 Quentin N. Burdick 1960-92 Mark Andrews 1981-87 Kent Conrad 1987- Jocelyn Birch Burdick 1992 Byron L. Dorgan 1992-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1909 Oct 21: Martin N. Johnson, died in office.
  • 1910 Jan 31: Fountain L. Thompson, resigned.
  • 1914 Nov 3: Asle J. Gronna (Rep), elected; William E. Purcell (Dem), defeated; W. H. Brown (Socialist), defeated; Sever Serumgard (Ind), defeated.
  • 1916: Louis B. Hanna, defeated for nomination.
  • 1916: R. A. Nestos (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1916 Nov 7: Porter J. McCumber (Rep), elected; John Burke (Dem), defeated; E. R. Fry (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1920 Nov 2: Edwin F. Ladd (Rep), elected; Hector H. Perry (Dem), defeated.
  • 1922 Nov 7: Lynn J. Frazier (Rep), elected; J. F. T. O'Connor (Dem), defeated.
  • 1925 Jun 22: Edwin F. Ladd, died in office.
  • 1925 Nov 14: Gerald P. Nye, appointed.
  • 1926 Jun 30: Gerald P. Nye (Non-Partisan League), elected; Louis B. Hanna (Rep), defeated; C. P. Stone (Farmer-Labor), defeated.
  • 1926 Nov 2: Gerald P. Nye (Rep), elected; Norris H. Nelson (Ind), defeated; F. F. Burchard (Dem), defeated; C. P. Stone (Independent Republican), defeated; William Lemke (Farmer-Labor), defeated.
  • 1928: R. A. Nestos (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Lynn J. Frazier (Rep), elected; F. F. Burchard (Dem), defeated; Alfred Knutson (Farmer-Labor), defeated.
  • 1932 Nov 8: Gerald P. Nye (Rep), elected; Powless W. Lanier (Dem), defeated; Frank Witty (Ind), defeated.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Lynn J. Frazier (Rep), elected; Henry Holt (Dem), defeated; Alfred S. Dale (Ind), defeated; Arvo F. Husa (Ind), defeated.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Gerald P. Nye (Rep), elected; William Langer (Ind), defeated; J. J. Nygaard (Dem), defeated.
  • 1940 Nov 5: William Langer (Rep), elected; William Lemke, defeated; Charles J. Vogel (Dem), defeated; Jasper Haaland, defeated.
  • 1944 Nov 7: John Moses (Dem), elected; Gerald P. Nye (Rep), defeated; Lynn U. Stambaugh (Ind), defeated; Bernard J. O'Laughlin (Ind), defeated; L. D. Harris (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1945 Mar 3: John Moses, died in office.
  • 1946 Jun 25: Milton R. Young (Rep), elected; Bill Lanier (Dem), defeated; Gerald P. Nye (Ind), defeated; E. A. Johansson (Ind), defeated.
  • 1946 Nov 5: William Langer (Rep), elected; Arthur E. Thompson (Ind), defeated; Abner B. Larson (Dem), defeated.
  • 1950 Nov 7: Milton R. Young (Rep), elected; Harry O'Brien (Dem), defeated.
  • 1952 Nov 4: William Langer (Rep), elected; Harold A. Morrison (Dem), defeated; Fred G. Aandahl (Ind), defeated.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Milton R. Young (Rep), elected; Quentin N. Burdick (Dem), defeated; A. C. Townley (Ind), defeated.
  • 1958 Nov 4: William Langer (Rep), elected; Ray Vendsel (Dem), defeated; A. C. Townley (Ind), defeated; Custer Solem (Ind), defeated.
  • 1959 Nov 8: William Langer, died in office.
  • 1960 Jun 28: Quentin N. Burdick (Dem), elected; John E. Davis (Rep), defeated; Eugene Van Der Hoeven (Ind), defeated; Clarence Haggard (Ind), defeated.
  • 1962: Norris C. Bakke (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1964: John E. Davis (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1964 Nov 3: Quentin N. Burdick (Dem), elected; Thomas S. Kleppe (Rep), defeated.
  • 1968 Nov 5: Milton R. Young (Rep), elected; Herschel Lashkowitz (Dem), defeated; Duane Mutch (Ind), defeated.
  • 1970 Nov 3: Quentin N. Burdick (Dem), elected; Thomas S. Kleppe (Rep), defeated; Russell Kleppe (Ind), defeated.
  • 1974 Nov 5: Milton R. Young (Rep), elected; William L. Guy (Dem), defeated; James R. Jungroth (Ind), defeated; Kenneth C. Gardner (Ind), defeated.
  • 1976 Nov 2: Quentin N. Burdick (Dem), elected; Robert Stroup (Rep), defeated; Clarence Haggard (American), defeated.
  • 1980 Nov 4: Harley J. McLain (Chemical Farming Banned), defeated; Mark Andrews (Rep), elected; Kent Johanneson (Dem), defeated; Harley J. McLain (Chemical Farming Banned), defeated; Don Klingensmith (Statesman), defeated.
  • 1982 Nov 2: Quentin N. Burdick (Dem), elected; Gene Knorr (Rep), defeated; Anna B. Bourgois (Ind), defeated.
  • 1986 Nov 4: Kent Conrad (Dem), elected; Mark Andrews (Rep), defeated; Anna B. Bourgois (Ind), defeated.
  • 1988 Nov 8: Quentin N. Burdick (Dem), elected; Earl Strinden (Rep), defeated; Kenneth C. Gardner (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1992 Sep 8: Quentin N. Burdick, died in office.
  • 1992 Sep 12: Jocelyn Birch Burdick, appointed.
  • 1992 Nov 3: Byron L. Dorgan (Dem), elected; Steve Sydness (Rep), defeated; Tom Asbridge (Ind), defeated.
  • 1992 Dec 4: Kent Conrad (Dem), elected; Jack Dalrymple (Rep), defeated; Darold Larson (Ind), defeated.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Kent Conrad (Dem), elected; Ben Clayburgh (Rep), defeated.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Harley J. McLain (Reform), defeated; Byron L. Dorgan (Dem & Non-Partisan League), elected; Donna Nalewaja (Rep), defeated; Harley J. McLain (Reform), defeated.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Kent Conrad (Dem & Non-Partisan League), elected; Duane Sand (Rep), defeated.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Byron L. Dorgan (Dem), elected; Mike Liffrig (Rep), defeated.
  • 2012 Nov 6: Rick Berg (Rep), defeated.
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