List of governors of North Dakota

The Governor of North Dakota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of North Dakota. The current Governor is Doug Burgum.

Governors of North Dakota

Parties

Republican (16) Democratic-Independent (1) Democratic (3) Republican/NPL (7) Republican/IVA (2) Democratic-NPL (3)

#		Took office	Left office	Party		Notes
1	John Miller (1843–1908)	November 20, 1889	January 7, 1891	Republican	Alfred Dickey
2	Andrew H. Burke (1850–1918)	January 7, 1891	January 3, 1893	Republican	Roger Allin
3	Eli C. D. Shortridge (1830–1908)	January 3, 1893	January 10, 1895	Democratic-Independent	Elmer D. Wallace
4	Roger Allin (1848–1936)	January 10, 1895	January 6, 1897	Republican	John H. Worst	^{[note 1]}
5	Frank A. Briggs (1858–1898)	January 6, 1897	August 9, 1898	Republican	Joseph M. Devine
6	Joseph M. Devine (1861–1938)	August 9, 1898	January 3, 1899	Republican	no lieutenant governor	^{[note 1]}
7	Frederick B. Fancher (1852–1944)	January 3, 1899	January 10, 1901	Republican	no lieutenant governor
8	Frank White (1856–1940)	January 10, 1901	January 4, 1905	Republican	David Bartlett	^{[note 2]}
9	Elmore Y. Sarles (1859–1929)	January 4, 1905	January 9, 1907	Republican	David Bartlett
10	John Burke (1859–1937)	January 9, 1907	January 8, 1913	Democratic	Robert S. Lewis Usher L. Burdick	^{[note 2]}^{[note 3]}
11	L. B. Hanna (1861–1948)	January 8, 1913	January 3, 1917	Republican	Anton Kraabel John H. Fraine	^{[note 4]}
12	Lynn Frazier (1874–1947)	January 3, 1917	November 23, 1921	Republican/NPL	Anton Kraabel Howard R. Wood	^{[note 5]}
13	Ragnvald A. Nestos (1877–1942)	November 23, 1921	January 7, 1925	Republican/IVA	Howard R. Wood Frank H. Hyland
14	Arthur G. Sorlie (1874–1928)	January 7, 1925	August 28, 1928	Republican/NPL	Walter Maddock
15	Walter Maddock (1880–1951)	August 28, 1928	January 9, 1929	Republican/NPL	no lieutenant governor	^{[note 1]}
16	George F. Shafer (1888–1948)	January 9, 1929	December 31, 1932	Republican/IVA	John W. Carr	^{[note 1]}
17	William Langer (1886–1959)	December 31, 1932	June 21, 1934	Republican/NPL	John W. Carr Ole H. Olson	^{[note 6]}
18	Ole H. Olson (1872–1954)	June 21, 1934	January 7, 1935	Republican/NPL	no lieutenant governor	^{[note 1]}
19	Thomas H. Moodie (1878–1948)	January 7, 1935	February 2, 1935	Democratic	Walter Welford
20	Walter Welford (1868–1952)	February 2, 1935	January 6, 1937	Republican/NPL	no lieutenant governor	^{[note 1]}
21	William Langer (1886–1959)	January 6, 1937	January 5, 1939	Republican/NPL	Thorstein H. H. Thoresen	^{[note 5]}^{[note 6]}
22	John Moses (1885–1945)	January 5, 1939	January 4, 1945	Democratic	Jack A. Patterson (Republican) Oscar W. Hagen (Republican) Henry Holt (Democratic)	^{[note 5]}
23	Fred G. Aandahl (1897–1966)	January 4, 1945	January 3, 1951	Republican	Clarence P. Dahl	^{[note 4]}
24	Norman Brunsdale (1891–1978)	January 3, 1951	January 9, 1957	Republican	Ray Schnell Clarence P. Dahl	^{[note 5]}
25	John E. Davis (1913–1990)	January 9, 1957	January 4, 1961	Republican	Francis Clyde Duffy Clarence P. Dahl
26	William L. Guy (1919–2013)	January 4, 1961	January 2, 1973	Democratic-NPL	Orville W. Hagen (Republican) Frank A. Wenstrom (Republican) Charles Tighe (Democratic) Richard F. Larsen (Republican)
27	Arthur A. Link (1914–2010)	January 2, 1973	January 6, 1981	Democratic-NPL	Wayne Sanstead	^{[note 4]}
28	Allen I. Olson (b. 1938)	January 6, 1981	January 1, 1985	Republican	Ernest Sands
29	George A. Sinner (1928–2018)	January 1, 1985	December 15, 1992	Democratic-NPL	Ruth Meiers Lloyd Omdahl
30	Ed Schafer (b. 1946)	December 15, 1992	December 15, 2000	Republican	Rosemarie Myrdal	^{[note 7]}
31	John Hoeven (b. 1957)	December 15, 2000	December 7, 2010	Republican	Jack Dalrymple	^{[note 5]}
32	Jack Dalrymple (b. 1948)	December 7, 2010	December 15, 2016	Republican	Drew Wrigley	^{[note 1]}
33	Doug Burgum (b. 1956)	December 15, 2016	Incumbent	Republican	Brent Sanford