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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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