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Governors of North Dakota

Term
Governor
Party
Under Territorial Government:
1861-1863
William A. Jayne
Republican
1863-1866
Newton Edmonds
Republican
1866-1869
Andrew Jackson Faulk
Republican
1869-1873
John A. Burbank
Republican
1874-1878
John A. Pennington
Republican
1878-1880
William A. Howard
Republican
1880-1884
Nehemiah G. Ordway
Republican
1884-1886
Gilbert A. Pierce
Republican
1887-1889
Louis K. Church
Democrat
1889
Arthur C. Millette
Republican
Under State Government:
1889-1891
John Miller
Republican
1891-1893
Andrew H. Burke
Republican
1893-1895
Eli C. D. Shortridge
Independent
1895-1897
Roger Allin
Republican
1897-1898
Frank A. Briggs
Republican
1898-1899
Joseph M. Devine
Republican
1899-1901
Frederick B. Fancher
Republican
1901-1905
Frank White
Republican
1905-1907
E. Y. Sarles
Republican
1907-1913
John Burke
Democrat
1913-1917
L. B. Hanna
Republican
1917-1921
Lynn Frazier
Non-Partisan League
1921-1925
R. A. Nestos
Independent
Voters Assn.
(Republican)
1925-1928
A. G. Sorlie
Non-Partisan League
(Republican)
1928-1929
Walter Maddock
Republican
1929-1933
George F. Shafer
Republican
1933-1934
William Langer
Republican
1934-1935
Ole H. Olson
Republican
1935-1935
Thomas H. Moodie
Democrat
1935-1937
Walter Welford
Republican
1937-1939
William Langer
Republican
1939-1945
John Moses
Democrat
1945-1951
Fred George Aandahl
Republican
1951-1957
C. Norman Brunsdale
Republican
1957-1961
John E. Davis
Republican
1961-1973
William L. Guy
Democrat
1973-1981
Arthur A. Link
Democrat
1981-1984
Allen I. Olson
Republican
1985-1992
George A. Sinner
Democrat
1992-2000
Edward T. Schafer
Republican
2000-
John Hoeven
Republican


North Dakota History