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	100px 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	100px 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	100px 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	(1926-05-19) May 19, 1926
Kent Conrad	1987–2013	1 3	(1948-03-12) March 12, 1948
Byron Dorgan	1992–2011	3	(1942-05-14) May 14, 1942
Jocelyn Burdick	1992	1	(1922-02-06) 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