List of Lieutenant Governors of North Dakota
The office of vice governor has existed in the US state of North Dakota since the state joined the Union in 1889. Originally elected independently of the governor , which sometimes led to hostility between the two politicians, the incumbent has been determined in the same election since 1974. The Vice-Governor presides over the State Senate as President.
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Alfred M. Dickey | 1889-1890 | republican |
Roger Allin | 1891-1892 | republican |
Elmer D. Wallace | 1893-1894 | More independent |
John H. Worst | 1895-1896 | republican |
Joseph McMurray Devine | 1897-1900 | republican |
David Bartlett | 1901-1906 | republican |
Robert S. Lewis | 1907-1910 | republican |
Usher Lloyd Burdick | 1911-1912 | republican |
Anton T. Kraabel | 1913-1914 | republican |
John H. Fraine | 1915-1916 | republican |
Anton T. Kraabel | 1917-1918 | republican |
Howard R. Wood | 1919-1922 | republican |
Frank H. Hyland | 1923-1924 | republican |
Walter Jeremiah Maddock | 1925-1928 | republican |
John W. Carr | 1929-1932 | republican |
Ole H. Olson | 1933-1934 | republican |
Walter Welford | 1935-1936 | republican |
Thorstein HH Thoresen | 1937-1938 | republican |
Jack A. Patterson | 1939-1940 | republican |
Oscar W. Hagen | 1941-1942 | republican |
Henry Holt | 1943-1944 | democrat |
Clarence P. Dahl | 1945-1950 | republican |
Raphael Fast | 1951-1952 | republican |
Clarence P. Dahl | 1953-1956 | republican |
Francis Clyde Duffy | 1957-1958 | republican |
Clarence P. Dahl | 1959-1960 | republican |
Orville W. Hagen | 1961–1962 | republican |
Frank A. Wenstrom | 1963-1964 | republican |
Bernard Charles Tighe | 1965-1968 | democrat |
Richard F. Larsen | 1969-1972 | republican |
Wayne Godfrey Sanstead | 1973-1980 | democrat |
Ernest M. Sands | 1981-1984 | republican |
Ruth Meiers | 1985-1987 | democrat |
Lloyd B. Omdahl | 1987-1992 | democrat |
Rosemarie Myrdal | 1993-2000 | republican |
John Dalrymple | 2001-2010 | republican |
Drew Howard Wrigley | 2010-2016 | republican |
Brent Sanford | 2016– | republican |