Political party strength in North Dakota
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of North Dakota:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State Treasurer
- State Auditor
- State Insurance Commissioner
- State Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor/State Agriculture Commissioner/State Labor Commissioner[a]
- State Tax Commissioner
- Superintendent of Public Instruction
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State Public Service Commission
- State delegation to the United States Senate
- State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
1889–1916
[edit]1917–2000
[edit]| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | Pub. Ser. Com.[g] | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||||||||
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| Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Auditor | Ins. Comm. | Ag. Comm.[a] | Labor Comm.[a] | Tax Comm. | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | Senate | House | Senator (Class I) | Senator (Class III) | House | |||
| 1917 | Lynn Frazier (R-NPL)[h] | Anton Kraabel (R) | Thomas Hall (R-NPL) | Bill Langer (R-NPL) | John Steen (R) | Carl R. Kositzky (R-NPL) | Sveinung A. Olsness (R-NPL) | John N. Hagan (R-NPL)[h] | No such office[i] | Neil C. MacDonald (NP/R-NPL) | 43R, 6D | 97R, 17D | 3R | Porter J. McCumber (R) | Asle Gronna (R) | 3R | Wilson/ Marshall (D) 
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| 1919 | Howard R. Wood (R-NPL) | Obert A. Olson (R-NPL) | George E. Wallace (R-NPL)[j] | Minnie J. Nelson (NP/R-IVA) | 43R, 6D (35NPL, 14IVA) | 99R, 14D (81NPL, 32IVA) | ||||||||||||
| 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 | William Lemke (R-NPL)[h] | John Steen (R) | David C. Poindexter (R-NPL) | 49R (25NPL, 24IVA) | 113R (59IVA, 54NPL) | Edwin F. Ladd (R-NPL)[c] | Harding/ Coolidge (R)
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| Ragnvald Nestos (R-IVA) | Sveinbjorn Johnson (R-IVA) | Joseph A. Kitchen (R-IVA) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1922 | C. C. Converse (R)[j] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1923 | Frank H. Hyland (R) | George F. Shafer (R-IVA) | 49R (26IVA, 23NPL) | 113R (57IVA, 56NPL) | Lynn Frazier (R-NPL) | |||||||||||||
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| 1925 | Arthur Sorlie (R-NPL)[c] | Walter Maddock (R-NPL) | Robert Byrne (R) | Chessmur A. Fischer (R) | John Steen (R) | Thorstein H. H. Thoresen (R-NPL)[j] | 46R, 3D (25IVA, 24NPL) | 106R, 7D (63NPL, 50IVA) | Gerald Nye (NPL)[k] | Coolidge/ Dawes (R)
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| 1927 | Bertha R. Palmer (NP) | 49R (25IVA, 24NPL) | 113R (60IVA, 53NPL) | Gerald Nye (R-NPL) | ||||||||||||||
| 1928 | Walter Maddock (R-NPL)[f] | vacant | ||||||||||||||||
| 1929 | George F. Shafer (R-IVA) | John W. Carr (R) | James Morris (R) | Berta E. Baker (R) | Iver A. Acker (R)[j] | 48R, 1D (26NPL, 23IVA) | 112R, 1D (65IVA, 48NPL) | Hoover/ Curtis (R)
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| 1931 | 47R, 2D (27IVA, 22NPL) | 112R, 1D (58IVA, 55NPL) | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1933 | Bill Langer (R-NPL)[l] | Ole H. Olson (R-NPL) | Arthur J. Gronna (R-NPL)[d] | Alfred S. Dale (R-NPL) | John Husby (R) | Frank A. Vogel (R-NPL)[j] | Arthur E. Thompson (NP)[d] | 44R, 5D (R-NPL maj.) | 103R, 10D (R-NPL maj.) | 1R, 1R-NPL | Roosevelt/ Garner (D)
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| Peter O. Sathre (R-NPL)[k][m] | J. J. Weeks (R-NPL)[j] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1934 | Ole H. Olson (R-NPL)[n] | vacant | ||||||||||||||||
| 1935 | Thomas Moodie (D)[o] | Walter Welford (R-NPL) | James D. Gronna (R-NPL) | John Gray (R) | Berta E. Baker (R-NPL) | Harold Hopton (R-NPL) | Theodore Martell (R-NPL) | 42R, 7D (R-NPL maj.) | 83R, 30D (R-NPL maj.) | |||||||||
| Walter Welford (R-NPL)[n] | vacant | Lee Nichols (R)[j] | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1937 | Bill Langer (R-NPL) | Thorstein H. H. Thoresen (R-NPL) | Alvin C. Strutz (R-NPL)[k] | Oscar E. Erickson (R-NPL)[d] | John N. Hagan (R-NPL) | J. K. Murray (R-NPL)[j] | 34R, 14D, 1I (R-NPL maj.) | 87R, 26D (R-NPL maj.) | ||||||||||
| O. T. Owen (R-NPL)[j] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1938 | C. P. Stone (R-NPL)[j] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1939 | John Moses (D) | Jack Patterson (R-NPL) | John Omland (R-NPL) | Math Dahl (R-NPL) | W. T. DePuy (D)[j] | 39R, 10D (R-NPL maj.) | 106R, 7D (R-NPL maj.) | |||||||||||
| Lee Nichols (R)[j] | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Gray (D)[p] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1941 | Oscar W. Hagen (R-NPL) | Herman Thorson (R) | Carl Anderson (R) | John Gray (NP)[p][d] | 44R, 5D (R-IVA maj.) | 103R, 10D (R-IVA maj.) | Bill Langer (R-NPL)[d] | 2R | Willkie/ McNary (R) 
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| 1943 | Henry Holt (D) | Thomas Hall (R) | 45R, 4D (R-IVA maj.) | 106R, 7D (R-IVA maj.) | 1R, 1R-NPL | |||||||||||||
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| 1945 | Fred G. Aandahl (R) | Clarence P. Dahl (R) | Nels Johnson (R)[d] | Otto Krueger (R)[q] | 46R, 3D (R-ROC maj.) | 109R, 4D (R-ROC maj.) | John Moses (D)[c] | Dewey/ Bricker (R)
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| Hjalmer W. Swenson (R)[k] | Otto Krueger (R)[k] | Milton Young (R)[k] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1946 | Garfield B. Nordrum (NP)[k][d] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1947 | 111R, 2D (R-ROC maj.) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Peter O. Sathre (R)[d] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1949 | Albert Jacobson (R) | 47R, 2D (R-ROC maj.) | Dewey/ Warren (R)
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| 1951 | Norman Brunsdale (R) | Ray Schnell (R) | Elmo T. Christianson (R)[r] | Alfred J. Jensen (R) | Marvell F. Peterson (NP)[k] | 112R, 1D (R-ROC maj.) | 2R | |||||||||||
| 1952 | Burtis B. Conyne (NP)[d] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1953 | Clarence P. Dahl (R) | Ray Thompson (R) | J. Arthur Engen (NP)[d] | 47R, 2D (R-NPL maj.) | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R)
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| 1954 | Paul Benson (R)[d] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1955 | Ben Meier (R) | Leslie R. Burgum (R) | Albert Jacobson (R)[d] | 46R, 3D (R-NPL maj.) | 111R, 2D (R-ROC maj.) | |||||||||||||
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| 1957 | John E. Davis (R) | Francis Clyde Duffy (R) | Curtis G. Olson (R) | Math Dahl (R) | 40R, 9D-NPL | 94R, 19D-NPL | ||||||||||||
| 1958 | Mike J. Baumgartner (R)[d] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | Clarence P. Dahl (R) | John R. Erickson (R) | 34R, 15D-NPL | 65R, 48D-NPL | Norman Brunsdale (R)[d] | 1R, 1D-NPL | ||||||||||||
| 1960 | Quentin Burdick (D-NPL)[d] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | William L. Guy (D-NPL) | Orville W. Hagen (R) | 28R, 21D-NPL | 70R, 41D-NPL | 2R, 1D-NPL | 2R | Nixon/ Lodge (R)
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| 1963 | Frank A. Wenstrom (R) | Helgi Johanneson (R) | Phil Hoghaug (R) | Frank Albers (R) | Lloyd Omdahl (NP/D-NPL)[k] | 37R, 12D-NPL | 70R, 43D-NPL | |||||||||||
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| 1965 | Charles Tighe (D-NPL) | Walter Christensen (D-NPL) | Karsten O. Nygaard (R) | Arne Dahl (R) | 29R, 20D | 65D-NPL, 44R | 1R, 1D-NPL | Johnson/ Humphrey (D)
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| 1966 | Edwin O. Sjaasstad (NP)[k][d] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1967 | Arne Dahl (R)[c] | Orville W. Hagen (NP/R) |
44R, 5D-NPL | 83R, 15D-NPL | 2R | |||||||||||||
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| 1969 | Richard F. Larsen (R) | Bernice Asbridge (R) | Jorris O. Wigen (R) | Byron Dorgan (NP/D-NPL)[k] | 43R, 6D-NPL | 80R, 18D-NPL | Nixon/ Agnew (R)
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| 1971 | 37R, 12D-NPL | 58R, 40D-NPL | 1R, 1D-NPL | |||||||||||||||
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| 1973 | Arthur A. Link (D-NPL) | Wayne Sanstead (D-NPL) | Allen I. Olson (R) | Walter Christensen (D-NPL)[d] | Robert W. Peterson (R) | 40R, 11D-NPL | 76R, 26D-NPL | Mark Andrews (R) | ||||||||||
| 1974 | Myron Just (D-NPL)[k] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | 34R, 17D-NPL | 62R, 40D-NPL | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1977 | Byron Knutson (D-NPL) | Howard Snortland (NP) | 32R, 18D-NPL | 50R, 50D-NPL[s] | Ford/ Dole (R)
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| 1979 | Robert E. Hanson (D-NPL)[d] | 35R, 15D-NPL | 71R, 29D-NPL | |||||||||||||||
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| 1981 | Allen I. Olson (R) | Ernest Sands (R) | Robert Wefald (R) | John S. Lesmeister (R) | Jorris O. Wigen (R) | H. Kent Jones (R) | Kent Conrad (NP/D-NPL)[t] | Joseph Crawford (NP) | 40R, 10D-NPL | 73R, 27D-NPL | Mark Andrews (R) | Byron Dorgan (D-NPL) | Reagan/ Bush (R)
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| 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | 32R, 21D-NPL | 55D-NPL, 51R | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | George A. Sinner (D-NPL) | Ruth Meiers (D-NPL)[d] | Nicholas Spaeth (D-NPL) | Robert E. Hanson (D-NPL) | Earl Pomeroy (D-NPL) | Wayne Sanstead (NP/D-NPL) | 29R, 24D-NPL | 65R, 41D-NPL | ||||||||||
| 1986 | Heidi Heitkamp (D-NPL)[k] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Lloyd Omdahl (D-NPL)[d] | Byron Knutson (NP/D-NPL) |
27D-NPL, 26R | 61R, 45D-NPL | Kent Conrad (D-NPL)[u] | |||||||||||||
| 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Jim Kusler (D-NPL) | Sarah Vogel (D-NPL) | 32D-NPL, 21R | Bush/ Quayle (R)
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| 1991 | Craig Hagen (NP)[d] | 27D-NPL, 26R | 58R, 48D-NPL | |||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Jocelyn Burdick (D-NPL)[d] | |||||||||||||||||
| Kent Conrad (D-NPL) | Byron Dorgan (D-NPL)[v] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Ed Schafer (R) | Rosemarie Myrdal (R) | Alvin Jaeger (R) | Heidi Heitkamp (D-NPL) | Kathi Gilmore (D-NPL) | Glenn Pomeroy (D-NPL) | Robert E. Hanson (D-NPL) | 25D-NPL, 24R | 65R, 33D-NPL | Earl Pomeroy (D-NPL) | Bush/ Quayle (R)
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| 1995 | 29R, 20D-NPL | 75R, 23D-NPL | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1997 | Bob Peterson (R) | Roger Johnson (D-NPL) |
Rick Clayburgh (R) | 30R, 19D-NPL | 72R, 26D-NPL | Dole/ Kemp (R)
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| 1999 | appointed | 31R, 18D-NPL | 64R, 34D-NPL | |||||||||||||||
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2001–present
[edit]- ^ a b c d The Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor was an elected official who headed the state Department of Agriculture and Labor. The office was established by the state constitution in 1889 but was split into two separate offices—the Commissioner of Labor and the Commissioner of Agriculture—in 1966, when the two departments also split due to a constitutional change approved by the electorate in 1964.
- ^ a b c d e f g Resigned.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Died in office.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Appointed by governor to fill a vacancy.
- ^ George E. Adams won the 1892 election but did not qualify for the office; Williams was appointed to the position instead.
- ^ a b Succeeded to office following death or resignation of previous officeholder.
- ^ Named North Dakota Railroad Commission until 1940.
- ^ a b c Recalled.
- ^ Office established in 1919.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The office was an appointed position from 1919 until 1940. Partisan affiliation given is that of corresponding Governor.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Appointed by governor to fill vacancy. Later elected to office in their own right.
- ^ Removed from office by the North Dakota Supreme Court following a felony conviction to defraud the federal government.
- ^ Resigned following appointment to North Dakota Supreme Court.
- ^ a b Declared governor by North Dakota Supreme Court.
- ^ After Moodie's inauguration on January 7, 1935, it was revealed that he had voted in a 1932 municipal election in Minnesota. In order to be eligible to serve as governor of North Dakota, an individual has to have lived in the state for five consecutive years before the election. The North Dakota Supreme Court determined that Moodie was ineligible to serve, and he was removed from office on February 16, 1935.
- ^ a b Was a first appointed by a Democratic governor, although beginning in 1940 he ran on a nonpartisan ballot.
- ^ Resigned to become North Dakota Insurance Commissioner.
- ^ Removed from office following conviction on federal gambling conspiracy charges.
- ^ With the 50-50 chamber, the Democrats and Republicans negotiated a power-sharing agreement. The Democrats got the position of Speaker under Oscar Solberg, and the Republicans got control of the Appropriations Committee, and the rest of the committees were 50-50 in membership and control.[1][2]
- ^ a b Resigned to take an elected seat as U.S. Senator.
- ^ Resigned following election to Class I U.S. Senate seat.
- ^ Appointed by governor to fill vacancy, having already been elected to next term.
- ^ Elected as an independent in the 2018 Secretary of State election, but continued to identify as a Republican.
- ^ Succeeded to office following death or resignation of previous officeholder. Later elected to office in their own right.
References
[edit]- ^ p.358
- ^ Loepp, Daniel (c. 1999). Sharing the balance of power: an examination of shared power in the Michigan House of Representatives, 1993-94. Ann Arbor. hdl:2027/mdp.39015050183881.