List of United States Senators from North Dakota

North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, and elects senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Its current Senators are Republican John Hoeven and Democrat Heidi Heitkamp.

List of Senators

Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
1	Lyman R. Casey	Republican	November 25, 1889 – March 4, 1893	Elected in 1889. Lost renomination.	1	51st Congress	1	Elected in 1889. Lost re-election.	November 21, 1889 – March 3, 1891	Republican	Gilbert A. Pierce	1
		52nd Congress				2	Elected in 1890.	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1909	Republican	Henry C. Hansbrough	2
2	William N. Roach	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1899	Elected in 1893. Lost re-election.	2				53rd Congress
		54th Congress
		55th Congress				3	Re-elected in 1896.
3	Porter J. McCumber	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1923	Elected in 1899.	3				56th Congress
		57th Congress
		58th Congress				4	Re-elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
		Re-elected in 1905.		4	59th Congress
					60th Congress
					61st Congress	5	Elected in 1908. Died.	March 4, 1909 – October 21, 1909	Republican	Martin N. Johnson	3
								October 21, 1909 – November 10, 1909	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Johnson's term. Resigned.	November 10, 1909 – January 31, 1910	Democratic	Fountain L. Thompson	4
							Appointed to continue Johnson's term. Lost election to finish Johnson's term.	February 1, 1910 – February 1, 1911	Democratic	William E. Purcell	5
							Elected to finish Johnson's term.	February 2, 1911 – March 3, 1921	Republican	Asle Gronna	6
		Re-elected in 1911.		5	62nd Congress
					63rd Congress
					64th Congress	6	Re-elected in 1914. Lost renomination.
		Re-elected in 1916. Lost renomination.		6	65th Congress
					66th Congress
					67th Congress	7	Elected in 1920. Died.	March 4, 1921 – June 22, 1925	Republican	Edwin F. Ladd	7
4	Lynn Frazier	Republican (NPL)	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1941	Elected in 1922.	7				68th Congress
		69th Congress
								June 22, 1925 – November 14, 1925	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Ladd's term.. Elected June 30, 1926 to finish Ladd's term..	November 14, 1925 – January 3, 1945	Republican	Gerald Nye	8
		70th Congress				8	Re-elected in 1926.
		Re-elected in 1928.		8	71st Congress
					72nd Congress
					73rd Congress	9	Re-elected in 1932.
		Re-elected in 1934. Lost re-election.		9	74th Congress
					75th Congress
					76th Congress	10	Re-elected in 1938. Lost re-election.
5	William Langer	Republican (NPL)	January 3, 1941 – November 8, 1959	Elected in 1940.	10				77th Congress
		78th Congress
		79th Congress				11	Elected in 1944. Died.	January 3, 1945 – March 3, 1945	Democratic	John Moses	9
								March 3, 1945 – March 12, 1945	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Moses's term. Elected to finish Moses's term.	March 12, 1945 – January 3, 1981	Republican	Milton Young	10
		Re-elected in 1946.		11	80th Congress
					81st Congress
					82nd Congress	12	Re-elected in 1950.
		Re-elected in 1952.		12	83rd Congress
					84th Congress
					85th Congress	13	Re-elected in 1956.
		Re-elected in 1958. Died.		13	86th Congress
Vacant			November 8, 1959 – November 19, 1959
6	Clarence Norman Brunsdale	Republican	November 19, 1959 – August 7, 1960						Appointed to continue Langer's term. Retired when successor elected.
7	Quentin N. Burdick	Democratic -NPL	August 8, 1960 – September 8, 1992						Elected to finish Langer's term.
		87th Congress
		88th Congress			14	Re-elected in 1962.
		Re-elected in 1964.		14			89th Congress
							90th Congress
					91st Congress	15	Re-elected in 1968.
		Re-elected in 1970.		15	92nd Congress
					93rd Congress
					94th Congress	16	Re-elected in 1974. Retired.
		Re-elected in 1976.		16	95th Congress
					96th Congress
					97th Congress	17	Elected in 1980. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987	Republican	Mark Andrews	11
		Re-elected in 1982.		17	98th Congress
					99th Congress
					100th Congress	18	Elected in 1986. Retired, then resigned early when elected to the other Senate seat.	January 3, 1987 – December 14, 1992	Democratic -NPL	Kent Conrad	12
		Re-elected in 1988. Died.		18	101st Congress
					102nd Congress
Vacant			September 8, 1992 – September 16, 1992
8	Jocelyn Burdick	Democratic -NPL	September 16, 1992 – December 14, 1992						Appointed to continue her husband's term. Retired when successor elected.
9	Kent Conrad	Democratic -NPL	December 14, 1992 – January 3, 2013				Elected to finish Burdick's term.	Appointed early to finish Conrad's term, having already been elected to the next term.	December 15, 1992 – January 3, 2011	Democratic -NPL	Byron Dorgan	13
		103rd Congress			19	Elected to full term in 1992.
		Re-elected in 1994.		19			104th Congress
							105th Congress
					106th Congress	20	Re-elected in 1998.
		Re-elected in 2000.		20	107th Congress
					108th Congress
					109th Congress	21	Re-elected in 2004. Retired.
		Re-elected in 2006. Retired.		21	110th Congress
					111th Congress
					112th Congress	22	Elected in 2010.	January 3, 2011 – Present	Republican	John Hoeven	14
10	Heidi Heitkamp	Democratic -NPL	January 3, 2013 – Present	Elected in 2012.	22				113th Congress
		114th Congress
		115th Congress				?	To be determined in the 2016 election.
To be determined in the 2018 election.					23							116th Congress
												117th Congress
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 3

Living former U.S. Senators from North Dakota

As of January 2016, there are four former Senators who are living: one from Class 1, two from Class 3, and one who has belonged to both classes.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Mark Andrews	1981–1987	3	May 19, 1926
Kent Conrad	1987–2013	1 3	March 12, 1948
Byron Dorgan	1992–2011	3	May 14, 1942
Jocelyn Burdick	1992	1	February 6, 1922

See also

• List of United States Senate elections in North Dakota
• List of United States Representatives from North Dakota
• United States congressional delegations from North Dakota