Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota
| Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota | |
|---|---|
| North Dakota Office of the Governor | |
| Term length | 4 years, no term limit |
| Inaugural holder | Alfred Dickey |
| Formation | November 20, 1889 |
| Website | Government website |
The Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota is a political office in North Dakota. They are the second-highest-ranking official in North Dakota, behind the Governor of North Dakota.
Lieutenant governors of North Dakota
- Parties
Democratic/Democratic-NPL (6) Republican (27) Republican/NPL (7)
| # | Image | Lt. Governor | Term | Party | Governor(s) served under | Note |
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| 1 | Alfred Dickey | 1889–1891 | Republican | John Miller (R) | ||
| 2 | Roger Allin | 1891–1893 | Republican | Andrew H. Burke (R) | [note 1] | |
| 3 | Elmer D. Wallace | 1893–1895 | Democratic-Independent | Eli C. D. Shortridge (D) | ||
| 4 | John H. Worst | 1895–1897 | Republican | Eli C. D. Shortridge (D) | ||
| 5 | Joseph M. Devine | 1897–1898 | Republican | Frank A. Briggs (R) | [note 1] | |
| 6 | David Bartlett | 1901–1907 | Republican | Frank White (R) Elmore Y. Sarles (R) |
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| 7 | Robert S. Lewis | 1907–1911 | Republican | John Burke (D) | ||
| 8 | Usher L. Burdick | 1911–1913 | Republican | John Burke (D) | ||
| 9 | Anton T. Kraabel | 1913–1915 | Republican | L. B. Hanna (R) | ||
| 10 | John H. Fraine | 1915–1917 | Republican | L. B. Hanna (R) | ||
| 11 | Anton T. Kraabel | 1917–1919 | Republican | Lynn Frazier (R) | ||
| 12 | Howard R. Wood | 1919–1923 | Republican/NPL | Lynn Frazier (R) Ragnvald A. Nestos (R) |
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| 13 | Frank H. Hyland | 1923–1925 | Republican | Ragnvald A. Nestos (R) | ||
| 14 | Walter Maddock | 1925–1928 | Republican/NPL | Arthur G. Sorlie (R) | [note 1] | |
| 15 | John W. Carr | 1929–1933 | Republican | George F. Shafer (R) William Langer (R) |
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| 16 | Ole H. Olson | 1933–1934 | Republican/NPL | William Langer (R) no lieutenant governor |
[note 1] | |
| 17 | Walter Welford | 1935 | Republican/NPL | Thomas H. Moodie (D) | [note 1] | |
| 18 | Thorstein H. H. Thoresen | 1937–1939 | Republican/NPL | William Langer (R) | ||
| 19 | Jack A. Patterson | 1939–1941 | Republican/NPL | John Moses (D) | ||
| 20 | Oscar W. Hagen | 1941–1943 | Republican/NPL | John Moses (D) | ||
| 21 | Henry Holt | 1943–1944 | Democratic | John Moses (D) | ||
| 22 | Clarence P. Dahl | 1945–1951 | Republican | Fred G. Aandahl (R) | ||
| 23 | Ray Schnell | 1951–1953 | Republican | Clarence Norman Brunsdale (R) | ||
| 24 | Clarence P. Dahl | 1953–1957 | Republican | Clarence Norman Brunsdale (R) | ||
| 25 | Francis Clyde Duffy | 1957–1959 | Republican | John E. Davis (R) | ||
| 26 | Clarence P. Dahl | 1959–1961 | Republican | John E. Davis (R) | ||
| 27 | Orville W. Hagen | 1961–1963 | Republican | William L. Guy (D) | ||
| 28 | Frank A. Wenstrom | 1963–1965 | Republican | William L. Guy (D) | ||
| 29 | Charles Tighe | 1965–1969 | Democratic-NPL | William L. Guy (D) | ||
| 30 | Richard F. Larsen | 1969–1973 | Republican | William L. Guy (D) | ||
| 31 | Wayne Sanstead | 1973–1981 | Democratic-NPL | Arthur A. Link (D) | ||
| 32 | Ernest Sands | 1981–1985 | Republican | Allen I. Olson (R) | ||
| 33 | Ruth Meiers | 1985–1987 | Democratic-NPL | George A. Sinner (D) | ||
| 34 | Lloyd Omdahl | 1987–1992 | Democratic-NPL | George A. Sinner (D) | ||
| 35 | Rosemarie Myrdal | 1992–2000 | Republican | Ed Schafer (R) | ||
| 36 | Jack Dalrymple | 2000–2010 | Republican | John Hoeven (R) | [note 1] | |
| 37 | Drew Wrigley | 2010–2016 | Republican | Jack Dalrymple (R) | ||
| 38 | Brent Sanford | 2016–2023 | Republican | Doug Burgum (R) | ||
| 39 | Tammy Miller | 2023–2024 | Republican | Doug Burgum (R) | ||
| 40 | Michelle Strinden | 2024–present | Republican | Kelly Armstrong (R) |
Other websites
- Biography of the North Dakota Lieutenant Governor Archived 2016-12-10 at the Wayback Machine