Usher L. Burdick

Not to be confused with Lloyd Burdick.
Usher L. Burdick

Burdick (right) with poet Ezra Pound, 1958
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Dakota's at-large district
In office
January 3, 1949  January 3, 1959
Preceded by Charles R. Robertson
Succeeded by Quentin N. Burdick
In office
January 3, 1935  January 3, 1945
Preceded by James H. Sinclair
Succeeded by Charles R. Robertson
8th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota
In office
1911–1913
Governor John Burke
Preceded by Robert S. Lewis
Succeeded by Anton Kraabel
Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives
In office
1907-1911
Personal details
Born Usher Lloyd Burdick
(1879-02-21)February 21, 1879
Owatonna, Minnesota, U.S.
Died August 19, 1960(1960-08-19) (aged 81)
Washington, D. C., U.S.
Political party Republican
Relations Jocelyn Burdick (daughter-in-law)
Children Quentin N. Burdick
Alma mater University of Minnesota Law School

Usher Lloyd Burdick (February 21, 1879 – August 19, 1960) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Dakota. He was the father of Quentin N. Burdick.

Early life and career

Born in Owatonna, Minnesota, Burdick moved with his parents to Dakota Territory in 1882. He graduated from the North Dakota State Normal School at Mayville in 1900.

He was deputy superintendent of schools of Benson County from 1900 to 1902. He graduated from University of Minnesota Law School in 1904, teaching school in a business college while attending the university. He was admitted to the North Dakota State Bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Munich, North Dakota.

Politics

He served as member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1907 to 1911, serving as speaker in 1909. He moved to Williston in 1910 and continued the practice of law. He was the eighth Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota from 1911 to 1913, state's attorney of Williams County from 1913 to 1915, and served as assistant United States district attorney for North Dakota from 1929 to 1932. Burdick also engaged in livestock breeding and farming and was an author.

Burdick was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the 73rd Congress in 1932, but Burdick was elected as a Republican to the 74th Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935  January 3, 1945). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1944, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator for North Dakota. He was an unsuccessful Independent candidate for election in 1944 to the 79th Congress. Burdick was elected to the 81st Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949  January 3, 1959). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958.

Death

Burdick died in Washington, D.C. on August 19, 1960 and was interred on his ranch at Williston, North Dakota, aged 81.

References

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Robert S. Lewis
    Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota
    19111913
    Succeeded by
    Anton T. Kraabel
    United States House of Representatives
    Preceded by
    James H. Sinclair
    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from North Dakota's at-large congressional district

    1935–1945
    Succeeded by
    Charles R. Robertson
    Preceded by
    Charles R. Robertson
    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from North Dakota's at-large congressional district

    1949–1959
    Succeeded by
    Quentin N. Burdick

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