List of United States senators from North Dakota

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). Milton Young was North Dakota's longest-serving senator (1945–1981).

List of senators[edit]

#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1 Class 1 senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024.						C	Class 3 Class 3 senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028.
Vacant			Nov 2, 1889 – Nov 25, 1889^{[lower-alpha 1]}		1	51st	1		Nov 2, 1889 – Nov 25, 1889^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Vacant
1	Lyman R. Casey	Republican	Nov 25, 1889 – Mar 4, 1893	Elected in 1889. Lost renomination.		51st	1	Elected in 1889. Lost re-election.	Nov 25, 1889 – Mar 3, 1891	Republican	Gilbert A. Pierce	1
1	Lyman R. Casey	Republican	Nov 25, 1889 – Mar 4, 1893	Elected in 1889. Lost renomination.		52nd	2	Elected in 1891.	Mar 4, 1891 – Mar 4, 1909	Republican	Henry C. Hansbrough	2
2	William N. Roach	Democratic	Mar 4, 1893 – Mar 4, 1899	Elected in 1893.^[1] Lost re-election.	2	53rd
						54th
						55th	3	Re-elected in 1897.
3	Porter J. McCumber	Republican	Mar 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1923	Elected in 1899.^[2]	3	56th
						57th
						58th	4	Re-elected in 1903. Lost renomination.
				Re-elected in 1905.^[3]	4	59th
						60th
						61st	5	Elected in 1909. Died.	Mar 4, 1909 – Oct 21, 1909	Republican	Martin N. Johnson	3
									Oct 21, 1909 – Nov 10, 1909	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Johnson's term. Resigned.	Nov 10, 1909 – Jan 31, 1910	Democratic	Fountain L. Thompson	4
								Appointed to continue Johnson's term. Lost election to finish Johnson's term.	Feb 1, 1910 – Feb 1, 1911	Democratic	William E. Purcell	5
								Elected in 1911 to finish Johnson's term, but didn't qualify until resigning from the U.S. House.	Feb 2, 1911 – Mar 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.	Mar 4, 1921 – Jun 22, 1925	Republican (NPL)	Edwin F. Ladd	7
4	Lynn Frazier	Republican (NPL)	Mar 4, 1923 – Jan 3, 1941	Elected in 1922.	7	68th
						69th
									Jun 22, 1925 – Nov 14, 1925	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Ladd's term. Elected in 1926 to finish Ladd's term.	Nov 14, 1925 – Jan 3, 1945	Nonpartisan League	Gerald Nye	8
						70th	8	Re-elected in 1926.		Republican (NPL)
				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.		Republican
5	William Langer	Republican (NPL)	Jan 3, 1941 – Nov 8, 1959	Elected in 1940.	10	77th
						78th
						79th	11	Elected in 1944. Died.	Jan 3, 1945 – Mar 3, 1945	Democratic	John Moses	9
									Mar 3, 1945 – Mar 12, 1945	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Moses's term. Elected in 1946 to finish Moses's term.	Mar 12, 1945 – Jan 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			Nov 8, 1959 – Nov 19, 1959
6	Norman Brunsdale	Republican	Nov 19, 1959 – Aug 7, 1960	Appointed to continue Langer's term. Retired when successor elected.
7	Quentin Burdick	Democratic –NPL	Aug 8, 1960 – Sep 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.	Jan 3, 1981 – Jan 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.	Jan 3, 1987 – Dec 14, 1992	Democratic –NPL	Kent Conrad	12
				Re-elected in 1988. Died.	18	101st
				Re-elected in 1988. Died.		102nd
Vacant			Sep 8, 1992 – Sep 12, 1992
8	Jocelyn Burdick	Democratic –NPL	Sep 12, 1992 – Dec 14, 1992	Appointed to continue her husband's term. Retired when successor elected.
9	Kent Conrad	Democratic –NPL	Dec 14, 1992 – Jan 3, 2013	Elected to finish Quentin Burdick's term.				Appointed to finish Conrad's term, having already been elected to the next term.	Dec 15, 1992 – Jan 3, 2011	Democratic –NPL	Byron Dorgan	13
				Elected to finish Quentin Burdick's term.		103rd	19	Elected 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.	Jan 3, 2011 – present	Republican	John Hoeven	14
10	Heidi Heitkamp	Democratic –NPL	Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019	Elected in 2012. Lost re-election.	22	113th
						114th
						115th	23	Re-elected in 2016.
11	Kevin Cramer	Republican	Jan 3, 2019 – present	Elected in 2018.^[4]	23	116th
						117th
						118th	24	Re-elected in 2022.
To be determined in the 2024 election.					24	119th
						120th
						121st	25	To be determined in the 2028 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 3

Living former senators[edit]

As of November 2024, there are three living former U.S. senators from North Dakota. The most recent senator to die was Mark Andrews (served 1981–1987) on October 3, 2020. The most recently serving senator to die was Jocelyn Burdick (served 1992) on December 26, 2019.

Senator	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Kent Conrad	1987–1992 1992–2013	(1948-03-12) March 12, 1948 (age 76)
Byron Dorgan	1992–2011	(1942-05-14) May 14, 1942 (age 82)
Heidi Heitkamp	2013–2019	(1955-10-30) October 30, 1955 (age 69)

Superlatives[edit]

Longest service[edit]

Senator	First served	Last served	Length of service
Milton Young	March 12, 1945	January 3, 1981	35 years, 9 months and 22 days (13,081 days)
Quentin Burdick	August 8, 1960	September 8, 1992	32 years and 1 month (11,719 days)
Kent Conrad	January 3, 1987	January 3, 2013	26 years (9,497 days)
Porter J. McCumber	March 4, 1899	March 4, 1923	24 years (8,765 days)
Gerald Nye	November 14, 1925	January 3, 1945	19 years, 1 month and 20 days (6,990 days)

Shortest service[edit]

Senator	First served	Last served	Length of service
John Moses	January 3, 1945	March 3, 1945	2 months (59 days)
Fountain L. Thompson	November 10, 1909	January 31, 1910	2 months and 3 weeks (82 days)
Jocelyn Burdick	September 16, 1992	December 14, 1992	2 months and 4 weeks (89 days)
Martin N. Johnson	March 4, 1909	October 21, 1909	7 months, 2 weeks and 3 days (231 days)
Norman Brunsdale	November 19, 1959	August 7, 1960	8 months, 2 weeks and 5 days (262 days)

Youngest at beginning of service[edit]

Senator	Date of birth	First served	Age
Gerald Nye	December 19, 1892	March 4, 1925	32 years, 2 months and 13 days
Kent Conrad	March 12, 1948	January 3, 1987	38 years, 9 months and 22 days
Porter J. McCumber	February 3, 1858	March 4, 1899	41 years, 1 month and 1 day
Henry C. Hansbrough	January 30, 1848	March 4, 1891	43 years, 1 month and 4 days
Milton Young	December 6, 1897	January 3, 1945	47 years and 28 days

Oldest at end of service[edit]

Senator	Date of birth	Last served	Age
Quentin Burdick	June 19, 1908	September 8, 1992	84 years, 2 months and 20 days
Milton Young	December 6, 1897	January 3, 1981	83 years and 28 days
William Langer	September 30, 1886	November 8, 1959	73 years, 1 month and 9 days
Jocelyn Burdick	February 6, 1922	December 14, 1992	70 years, 10 months and 8 days
Norman Brunsdale	July 9, 1891	August 7, 1960	69 years and 29 days

Notes[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 North Dakota achieved statehood November 2, 1889 but its senators were not elected until November 25, 1889.

References[edit]

↑ "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. Search this book on
↑ "Republican Kevin Cramer ousts Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota Senate race". USA TODAY. 6 November 2018.

[statehood-1] 1.0 ^1.1 North Dakota achieved statehood November 2, 1889 but its senators were not elected until November 25, 1889.

[2] "Eriksmoen: N.D. Democrat slipped into Senate". The Bismarck Tribune. May 10, 2008.

[NYTND-3] "An Election in North Dakota". The New York Times. January 21, 1899. p. 1.

[WorldAlmanac-4] The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1906. New York: The Press Publishing Co. New York World. 1905. p. 108. Search this book on

[5] "Republican Kevin Cramer ousts Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota Senate race". USA TODAY. 6 November 2018.

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