List of United States senators from North Dakota

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Multiple image 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

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Nov 2, 1889 –
Nov 25, 1889Template:Efn | | rowspan=3 | 1 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=2 | 1 | | nowrap | Nov 2, 1889 –
Nov 25, 1889Template:Efn | colspan=3 | Vacant

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Lyman R. Casey | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=2 nowrap | Nov 25, 1889 –
Mar 4, 1893 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1889.Template:PbLost renomination. | Elected in 1889.Template:PbLost re-election. | nowrap | Nov 25, 1889 –
Mar 3, 1891 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | align=right |
Gilbert A. Pierce ! 1

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1891. | rowspan=9 nowrap | Mar 4, 1891 –
Mar 4, 1909 | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=9 align=right |
Henry C. Hansbrough ! rowspan=9 | 2

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 align=left |
William N. Roach | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1893 –
Mar 4, 1899 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1893.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 3 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1897.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=16 | 3 | rowspan=16 align=left |
Porter J. McCumber | rowspan=16 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=16 nowrap | Mar 4, 1899 –
Mar 4, 1923 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1899.<ref name=NYTND>Template:Cite news</ref> | rowspan=3 | 3 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 4 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1903.Template:PbLost renomination.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=7 | Re-elected in 1905.<ref name=WorldAlmanac>Template:Cite book</ref> | rowspan=7 | 4 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=7 | 5 | Elected in 1909.Template:PbDied. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1909 –
Oct 21, 1909 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | align=right |
Martin N. Johnson ! 3

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Oct 21, 1909 –
Nov 10, 1909 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Johnson's term.Template:PbResigned. | nowrap | Nov 10, 1909 –
Jan 31, 1910 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | align=right |
Fountain L. Thompson ! 4

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Johnson's term.Template:PbLost election to finish Johnson's term. | nowrap | Feb 1, 1910 –
Feb 1, 1911 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | align=right |
William E. Purcell ! 5

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1911 to finish Johnson's term, but didn't qualify until resigning from the U.S. House. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Feb 2, 1911 –
Mar 3, 1921 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right |
Asle Gronna ! rowspan=6 | 6

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1911. | rowspan=3 | 5 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 6 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1914.Template:PbLost renomination.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1916.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 | 6 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 7 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1920.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1921 –
Jun 22, 1925 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Nonpartisan League | Republican (NPL) | rowspan=3 align=right |
Edwin F. Ladd ! rowspan=3 | 7

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 4 | rowspan=11 align=left |
Lynn Frazier | rowspan=11 Template:Party shading/Non-Partisan League | Republican
(NPL) | rowspan=11 nowrap | Mar 4, 1923 –
Jan 3, 1941 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1922. | rowspan=5 | 7 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Jun 22, 1925 –
Nov 14, 1925 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Ladd's term.Template:PbElected in 1926 to finish Ladd's term. | rowspan=10 nowrap | Nov 14, 1925 –
Jan 3, 1945 | Template:Party shading/Nonpartisan League | Nonpartisan
League | rowspan=10 align=right |
Gerald Nye ! rowspan=10 | 8

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 8 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1926. | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Non-Partisan League | Republican
(NPL)

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1928. | rowspan=3 | 8 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 9 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1932.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1934.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 | 9 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 10 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1938.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 | 5 | rowspan=12 align=left |
William Langer | rowspan=12 Template:Party shading/Non-Partisan League | Republican
(NPL) | rowspan=12 nowrap | Jan 3, 1941 –
Nov 8, 1959 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1940. | rowspan=5 | 10 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 11 | Elected in 1944.Template:PbDied. | nowrap | Jan 3, 1945 –
Mar 3, 1945 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | align=right |
John Moses ! 9

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Mar 3, 1945 –
Mar 12, 1945 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Appointed to continue Moses's term.Template:PbElected in 1946 to finish Moses's term. | rowspan=21 nowrap | Mar 12, 1945 –
Jan 3, 1981 | rowspan=21 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=21 align=right |
Milton Young ! rowspan=21 | 10

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1946. | rowspan=3 | 11 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 12 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1950.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1952. | rowspan=3 | 12 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 13 | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1956.

|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1958.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=6 | 13 | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Nov 8, 1959 –
Nov 19, 1959 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 6 | align=left |
Norman Brunsdale | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | nowrap | Nov 19, 1959 –
Aug 7, 1960 | Appointed to continue Langer's term.Template:PbRetired when successor elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=17 | 7 | rowspan=17 align=left |
Quentin Burdick | rowspan=17 Template:Party shading/North Dakota Democratic-NPL | Democratic
–NPL | rowspan=17 nowrap | Aug 8, 1960 –
Sep 8, 1992 | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish Langer's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 14 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1962.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1964. | rowspan=3 | 14 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 15 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1968.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1970. | rowspan=3 | 15 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 16 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1974.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1976. | rowspan=3 | 16 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 17 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1980.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1981 –
Jan 3, 1987 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right |
Mark Andrews ! rowspan=3 | 11

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1982. | rowspan=3 | 17 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 18 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1986.Template:PbRetired, then resigned early when elected to the other Senate seat. | rowspan=5 nowrap | Jan 3, 1987 –
Dec 14, 1992 | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/North Dakota Democratic-NPL | Democratic
–NPL | rowspan=5 align=right |
Kent Conrad ! rowspan=5 | 12

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1988.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=6 | 18 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Sep 8, 1992 –
Sep 12, 1992 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 8 | align=left |
Jocelyn Burdick | Template:Party shading/North Dakota Democratic-NPL | Democratic
–NPL | nowrap | Sep 12, 1992 –
Dec 14, 1992 | Appointed to continue her husband's term.Template:PbRetired when successor elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 9 | rowspan=11 align=left |
Kent Conrad | rowspan=11 Template:Party shading/North Dakota Democratic-NPL | Democratic
–NPL | rowspan=11 nowrap | Dec 14, 1992 –
Jan 3, 2013 | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Quentin Burdick's term. | Appointed to finish Conrad's term, having already been elected to the next term. | rowspan=10 nowrap | Dec 15, 1992 –
Jan 3, 2011 | rowspan=10 Template:Party shading/North Dakota Democratic-NPL | Democratic
–NPL | rowspan=10 align=right |
Byron Dorgan ! rowspan=10 | 13

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 19 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1992.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1994. | rowspan=3 | 19 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 20 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1998.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2000. | rowspan=3 | 20 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 21 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2004.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2006.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 21 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 22 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2010. | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 2011 –
present | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=9 align=right |
John Hoeven ! rowspan=9 | 14

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 10 | rowspan=3 align=left |
Heidi Heitkamp | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/North Dakota Democratic-NPL | Democratic
–NPL | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 2013 –
Jan 3, 2019 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2012.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 22 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 23 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2016.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 11 | rowspan=6 align=left |
Kevin Cramer | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 2019 –
present | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | rowspan=3 | 23 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 24 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2022.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3| Re-elected in 2024. | rowspan=3| 24 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

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|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | 25 | colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2028 election.

See also

• List of United States representatives from North Dakota
• United States congressional delegations from North Dakota
• Elections in North Dakota