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

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Governors of North Dakota

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Parties

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

Governors of the State of North Dakota
No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor[a]
1     John Miller
(1843–1908)
[1][2] 		November 20, 1889[3]
–
January 7, 1891
(did not run)[1] 		Republican[4] 1889   Alfred Dickey
2   Andrew H. Burke
(1850–1918)
[5][6] 		January 7, 1891[7]
–
January 4, 1893
(lost election) 		Republican[4] 1890 Roger Allin
3   Eli C. D. Shortridge
(1830–1908)
[8][9] 		January 4, 1893[b]
–
January 9, 1895
(did not run) 		Populist[8] 1892 Elmer D. Wallace[c]
4   Roger Allin
(1848–1936)
[13][14] 		January 9, 1895[15]
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January 7, 1897
(lost nomination)[16] 		Republican[4] 1894 John H. Worst
5   Frank A. Briggs
(1858–1898)
[17][18] 		January 7, 1897[d]
–
August 9, 1898
(died in office) 		Republican[4] 1896 Joseph M. Devine
6   Joseph M. Devine
(1861–1938)
[21][22] 		August 9, 1898[23]
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January 3, 1899
(did not run) 		Republican[4] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
7   Frederick B. Fancher
(1852–1944)
[24][25] 		January 3, 1899[26]
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January 7, 1901
(withdrew)[e] 		Republican[4] 1898 Joseph M. Devine
8   Frank White
(1856–1940)
[28][29] 		January 7, 1901[30]
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January 4, 1905
(did not run) 		Republican[4] 1900 David Bartlett
1902
9   Elmore Y. Sarles
(1859–1929)
[31][32] 		January 4, 1905[33]
–
January 9, 1907
(lost election) 		Republican[4] 1904
10   John Burke
(1859–1937)
[34][35] 		January 9, 1907[36]
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January 8, 1913
(did not run) 		Democratic[4] 1906 Robert S. Lewis
1908
1910 Usher L. Burdick
11   L. B. Hanna
(1861–1948)
[37][38] 		January 8, 1913[39]
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January 3, 1917
(did not run) 		Republican[4] 1912 Anton Kraabel
1914 John H. Fraine
12   Lynn Frazier
(1874–1947)
[40][41] 		January 3, 1917[42]
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November 23, 1921
(recalled)[f] 		Republican/
Nonpartisan League[40] 		1916 Anton Kraabel
1918 Howard R. Wood
1920
13   Ragnvald Nestos
(1877–1942)
[43][44] 		November 23, 1921[45]
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January 7, 1925
(lost nomination)[43] 		Republican/
Independent Voters[43] 		1921
(recall)[f]
1922 Frank H. Hyland
14   Arthur G. Sorlie
(1874–1928)
[46][47] 		January 7, 1925[48]
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August 28, 1928
(died in office) 		Republican/
Nonpartisan League[46] 		1924 Walter Maddock
1926
15   Walter Maddock
(1880–1951)
[49][50] 		August 28, 1928[51]
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January 9, 1929
(lost election) 		Republican/
Nonpartisan League[49] 		Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
16   George F. Shafer
(1888–1948)
[52][53] 		January 9, 1929[54]
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January 4, 1933
(did not run)[g] 		Republican/
Independent Voters[52] 		1928 John W. Carr
1930
17   William Langer
(1886–1959)
[55][56] 		January 4, 1933[h]
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July 19, 1934
(removed)[i] 		Republican/
Nonpartisan League[55] 		1932 Ole H. Olson
18   Ole H. Olson
(1872–1954)
[61][62] 		July 19, 1934[i]
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January 7, 1935
(did not run) 		Republican/
Nonpartisan League 		Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
19   Thomas H. Moodie
(1878–1948)
[63][64] 		January 7, 1935[65]
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February 2, 1935
(removed)[j] 		Democratic[63] 1934 Walter Welford
20   Walter Welford
(1868–1952)
[66][67] 		February 2, 1935[68]
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January 6, 1937
(lost election) 		Republican/
Nonpartisan League[66] 		Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
21   William Langer
(1886–1959)
[55][56] 		January 6, 1937[69]
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January 2, 1939
(did not run)[k] 		Independent[55] 1936 Thorstein H. H. Thoresen
22   John Moses
(1885–1945)
[70][71] 		January 2, 1939[72]
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January 2, 1945
(did not run)[l] 		Democratic[70] 1938 Jack A. Patterson
1940 Oscar W. Hagen
1942 Henry Holt
23   Fred G. Aandahl
(1897–1966)
[73][74] 		January 2, 1945[75]
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January 3, 1951
(did not run)[m] 		Republican[73] 1944 Clarence P. Dahl
1946
1948
24   Norman Brunsdale
(1891–1978)
[76][77] 		January 3, 1951[78]
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January 7, 1957
(did not run) 		Republican[76] 1950 Ray Schnell
1952 Clarence P. Dahl
1954
25   John E. Davis
(1913–1990)
[79][80] 		January 7, 1957[81]
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January 3, 1961
(did not run)[n] 		Republican[79] 1956 Francis Clyde Duffy
1958 Clarence P. Dahl
26   William L. Guy
(1919–2013)
[82][83] 		January 3, 1961[84]
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January 2, 1973
(did not run)[82] 		Democratic–
Nonpartisan League[82] 		1960 Orville W. Hagen
1962 Frank A. Wenstrom
1964 Charles Tighe
1968 Richard F. Larsen
27   Arthur A. Link
(1914–2010)
[85][86] 		January 2, 1973[87]
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January 6, 1981
(lost election) 		Democratic–
Nonpartisan League[85] 		1972 Wayne Sanstead
1976
28   Allen I. Olson
(b. 1938)
[88] 		January 6, 1981[89]
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January 1, 1985
(lost election) 		Republican[88] 1980 Ernest Sands
29   George A. Sinner
(1928–2018)
[90] 		January 1, 1985[o]
–
December 15, 1992
(did not run) 		Democratic–
Nonpartisan League[90] 		1984 Ruth Meiers
1988 Lloyd Omdahl
30   Ed Schafer
(b. 1946)
[93] 		December 15, 1992[94]
–
December 15, 2000
(did not run) 		Republican[93] 1992 Rosemarie Myrdal
1996
31   John Hoeven
(b. 1957)
[95] 		December 15, 2000[96]
–
December 7, 2010
(resigned)[p] 		Republican[95] 2000 Jack Dalrymple
2004
2008
32   Jack Dalrymple
(b. 1948)
[97] 		December 7, 2010[98]
–
December 15, 2016
(did not run) 		Republican[97] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Drew Wrigley
2012
33   Doug Burgum
(b. 1956)
[99] 		December 15, 2016[100]
–
December 15, 2024
(did not run) 		Republican[99] 2016 Brent Sanford
2020
Tammy Miller
34   Kelly Armstrong
(b. 1976) 		December 15, 2024
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Incumbent 		Republican 2024 Michelle Strinden

Notes

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  1. ↑ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  2. ↑ Sources disagree on when Shortridge took office; Sobel says January 2,[8] the State Historical Society says January 3,[10] one contemporary news source says Shortridge qualified on January 3,[11] and Shortridge delivered his inaugural address (dated January 3) to the legislature on January 4.[12]
  3. ↑ Represented the Democratic-Independent Party
  4. ↑ Sources disagree on when Briggs took office; Sobel says January 8,[17] the State Historical Society says January 6,[19] and a contemporary news source says he was sworn in on January 7,[20] which notes that inaugural proceedings were delayed by the death of Briggs' daughter.
  5. ↑ Fancher was nominated by the Republican Party, but withdrew from the election due to health concerns.[27]
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Frazier was recalled and Nestos elected to replace him in a special election.
  7. ↑ Shafer instead ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate.[52]
  8. ↑ Sources disagree on when Langer took office; the State Historical Society says December 31, 1932,[57] but contemporary news indicates it was on January 4, 1933, the matter being complicated because Langer was ill and unable to attend..[58]
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Langer was removed from office following his conviction of felony conspiracy to defraud the federal government; he was later cleared.[55] He was convicted on June 17 and Lieutenant Governor Ole H. Olson immediately moved to take over, receiving the oath of office.[59] The Supreme Court ruled Langer was ineligible on July 17, and Olson formally took office on July 19.[60]
  10. ↑ The Supreme Court ruled that Moodie did not meet residency requirements to run for governor, and so removed him.[63]
  11. ↑ Langer instead ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.[55]
  12. ↑ Moses was instead elected to the United States Senate.[70]
  13. ↑ Aandahl was instead elected to the United States House of Representatives.[73]
  14. ↑ Davis instead ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.[79]
  15. ↑ Sinner took the oath of office on December 31, so that he would become governor at midnight on January 1; Olson claimed that his term did not end until January 5, and refused to leave office. The Supreme Court ruled on January 4 that Sinner was governor, and had been since January 1.[91][92]
  16. ↑ Hoeven resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sobel 1978, p. 1171.
  2. ↑ "John Miller". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Legislature". Bismarck Weekly Tribune. 1889-11-22. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 Kallenbach 1977, pp. 450–451.
  5. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1171–1172.
  6. ↑ "Andrew Horace Burke". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  7. ↑ North Dakota Legislative Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1891 sess., 34, accessed May 30, 2023
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Sobel 1978, p. 1172.
  9. ↑ "Eli C. D. Shortridge". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Eli C. D. Shortridge". North Dakota Governors Online. State Historical Society of North Dakota. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  11. ↑ "North Dakota Legislature Gets in Motion". Chicago Tribune. 1893-01-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  12. ↑ North Dakota Legislative Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1893 sess., 33, accessed May 30, 2023
  13. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1172–1173.
  14. ↑ "Roger Allin". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  15. ↑ North Dakota Legislative Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1895 sess., 35, accessed May 30, 2023
  16. ↑ "Briggs the Man". The Washburn Leader. 1896-07-25. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Sobel 1978, p. 1173.
  18. ↑ "Frank Arlington Briggs". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Frank A. Briggs". North Dakota Governors Online. State Historical Society of North Dakota. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  20. ↑ "The Legislature". Courier Democrat. 1897-01-14. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  21. ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 1174.
  22. ↑ "Joseph McMurray Devine". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  23. ↑ "Briggs Is Dead!". The Hope Pioneer. 1898-08-11. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  24. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1174–1175.
  25. ↑ "Frederick Bartlett Fancher". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  26. ↑ "North Dakota Officers Inaugurated". The Bottineau Courant. 1899-01-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  27. ↑ "Fancher Resigns". Jamestown Weekly Alert. 1900-09-27. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  28. ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 1175.
  29. ↑ "Frank White". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  30. ↑ "The New Officers". The Bismarck Tribune. 1901-01-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  31. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1175–1176.
  32. ↑ "Elmore Yocum Sarles". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  33. ↑ "New Administration Is Nicely Launched". The Bismarck Tribune. 1905-01-05. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  34. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1176–1177.
  35. ↑ "John Burke". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  36. ↑ "Now Gov. Burke". The Bismarck Tribune. 1907-01-10. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  37. ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 1177.
  38. ↑ "Louis Benjamin Hanna". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  39. ↑ "A Republican Administration". The Bismarck Tribune. 1913-01-09. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 Sobel 1978, pp. 1177–1178.
  41. ↑ "Lynn Joseph Frazier". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  42. ↑ "Intense Enthusiasm Marks New Regime at State Capitol". The Bismarck Tribune. 1917-01-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 Sobel 1978, pp. 1178–1179.
  44. ↑ "Ragnvold Anderson Nestos". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  45. ↑ "New Governor Kindles Pride in State, Pledges Economy. Asks Strife Be Forgotten". The Bismarck Tribune. 1921-11-23. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Sobel 1978, p. 1179.
  47. ↑ "Arthur Gustav Sorlie". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  48. ↑ "Sorlie, Nestos Both Speak; New Governor Inaugurated Before Joint Session Today". The Bismarck Tribune. 1925-01-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 Sobel 1978, pp. 1179–1180.
  50. ↑ "Walter Maddock". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  51. ↑ "Governor Sorlie Dead from Fight with Heart Disease". The Bismarck Tribune. 1928-08-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 Sobel 1978, p. 1180.
  53. ↑ "George Frederick Shafer". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  54. ↑ "Governor Shafer Takes Post". The Bismarck Tribune. 1929-01-09. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3 55.4 55.5 Sobel 1978, p. 1181.
  56. ↑ 56.0 56.1 "William Langer". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  57. ↑ "William Langer". North Dakota Governors Online. State Historical Society of North Dakota. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  58. ↑ "New Officers Take Hold and Name Deputies". Morning Pioneer. Associated Press. 1933-01-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  59. ↑ "New Rockford Man Moves to Assume Duties of Office". The Bismarck Tribune. 1934-06-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  60. ↑ "Acting Governor Takes Control of Executive Office". The Bismarck Tribune. 1934-07-19. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  61. ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 1181–1182.
  62. ↑ "Ole H. Olson". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  63. ↑ 63.0 63.1 63.2 Sobel 1978, p. 1182.
  64. ↑ "Thomas Hilliard Moodie". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  65. ↑ "Moodie Becomes N.D. Governor". The Bismarck Tribune. 1935-01-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  66. ↑ 66.0 66.1 Sobel 1978, p. 1183.
  67. ↑ "Walter Welford". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  68. ↑ "Supreme Court Holds Moodie Disqualified by Constitution". The Bismarck Tribune. 1935-02-02. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  69. ↑ "Grand March Climaxes Inaugural". The Bismarck Tribune. 1937-01-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  70. ↑ 70.0 70.1 70.2 Sobel 1978, pp. 1183–1184.
  71. ↑ "John Moses". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  72. ↑ "Langer Ends His Regime". Reno Gazette-Journal. Associated Press. 1939-01-02. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  73. ↑ 73.0 73.1 73.2 Sobel 1978, p. 1184.
  74. ↑ "Fred George Aandahl". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  75. ↑ "Aandahl, Other New State Officers Begin Duties". The Bismarck Tribune. 1945-01-02. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  76. ↑ 76.0 76.1 Sobel 1978, p. 1185.
  77. ↑ "C. Norman Brunsdale". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  78. ↑ "Family, Friends of New Governor Attend Inaugural". The Bismarck Tribune. 1951-01-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  79. ↑ 79.0 79.1 79.2 Sobel 1978, pp. 1185–1186.
  80. ↑ "John Edward Davis". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  81. ↑ "John Davis Is Sworn In at Capitol". The Bismarck Tribune. 1957-01-09. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  82. ↑ 82.0 82.1 82.2 Sobel 1978, p. 1186.
  83. ↑ "William Lewis Guy". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  84. ↑ "Guy Urges Austerity for N.D." The Bismarck Tribune. Associated Press. 1961-01-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  85. ↑ 85.0 85.1 Sobel 1978, p. 1187.
  86. ↑ "Link Takes Oath As State Head". The Bismarck Tribune. Associated Press. 1973-01-03. p. 24. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  87. ↑ 88.0 88.1 "Allen Ingvar Olson". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  88. ↑ Baenen, Jeff (1981-01-07). "Olson Begins Term". The Bismarck Tribune. Associated Press. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  89. ↑ 90.0 90.1 "George Albert Sinner". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  90. ↑ Sellnow, Greg (1985-01-05). "Supreme Court Tells Olson to Pack It In". The Bismarck Tribune. p. 1A. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  91. ↑ Sellnow, Greg (1985-01-05). "Justices Unanimously Support Sinner". The Bismarck Tribune. p. 1A. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  92. ↑ 93.0 93.1 "Edward Thomas Schafer". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  93. ↑ Donatelle, Kristine (1992-12-16). "Governor Fills Key Posts". The Bismarck Tribune. p. 1A. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  94. ↑ 95.0 95.1 "John Hoeven". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  95. ↑ Wetzel, Dale (2000-12-16). "Hoeven's First Day Full of Decisions". The Bismarck Tribune. Associated Press. p. 1A. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  96. ↑ 97.0 97.1 "Jack Dalrymple". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  97. ↑ Beitsch, Rebecca (2010-12-08). "It's Official, Governor". The Bismarck Tribune. p. 1A. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  98. ↑ 99.0 99.1 "Doug Burgum". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  99. ↑ Holgate, Julie (December 15, 2016). "Doug Burgum Takes Office As Nd Governor Today". Valley News Live. Retrieved May 31, 2023.




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