Jocelyn Burdick
Jocelyn Burdick (* 6. February 1922 in Fargo , North Dakota ; † 26. December 2019 ibid) was in 1992 for three months US Senator for the state of North Dakota. In this position, she temporarily succeeded her late husband Quentin N. Burdick .
After high school graduation in Fargo Jocelyn Burdick continued her education on the Principia College in Elsah ( Illinois ) continue and eventually graduated in 1943 at Northwestern University . After that she worked as a radio announcer in Moorhead ( Minnesota active). From 1964 to 1982 she was involved in her husband's Senate election campaign. At the time of his death Quentin Burdick was that the Democrats of North Dakota ( North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party belonged), the incumbent Senator with the third-longest tenure by Strom Thurmond and Robert Byrd .
North Dakota's Governor George Sinner named Jocelyn Burdick as his successor after the death of her husband on September 8, 1992. She remained in Congress from September 16 to December 14 of the same year ; then she passed her mandate on to Kent Conrad, who was victorious in the by-election . Jocelyn Burdick returned to Fargo. She was the first woman to represent North Dakota in Congress.
Web links
- Jocelyn Burdick in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burdick, Jocelyn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fargo , North Dakota |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 2019 |
| Place of death | Fargo , North Dakota |