Quentin N. Burdick

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Quentin N. Burdick

Quentin Burdick Northrup (* 19th June 1908 in Munich , North Dakota , † 8. September 1992 in Fargo , North Dakota) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ), of the state of North Dakota in both houses of the US Congress took .

Quentin Burdick graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1931 and graduated from law school the following year, whereupon he was admitted to the bar and began practicing in Fargo. He was initially a member of the Nonpartisan League , an originally progressive Republican split that later merged with the Democrats in North Dakota to form the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party . As an NPL member, his father, Usher L. Burdick, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1935 to 1945 ; at that time, the NPL applicants were still running as Republicans.

After merging with the Democrats, Burdick was also elected to the House of Representatives in Washington in 1958 for his new party . On August 8, 1960, he moved within Congress to the Senate after he had won the by-election for the seat of the late William Langer . In 1964 and 1970 he then prevailed against the later US Secretary of the Interior Thomas S. Kleppe ; thereafter he was clearly confirmed in office three more times. In 1987 he took over the chairmanship of the Committee on Environment and Public Works .

On September 8, 1992, Quentin Burdick died of complications from a heart attack. At the time, he was the incumbent senator with the third longest term after Strom Thurmond and Robert Byrd . His widow Jocelyn Burdick was appointed as acting successor .

Web links

  • Quentin N. Burdick in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)