The Governor of North Dakota is the chief executive of the U.S.
state of North Dakota. The current Governor is Doug Burgum.
Republican (16) Democratic-Independent (1) Democratic (3) Republican/NPL (7) Republican/IVA (2) Democratic-NPL (3)
# | Picture | Governor (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Party | Lt. Governor | Notes | ||
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1 | John Miller (1843–1908) | November 20, 1889 | January 7, 1891 | Republican | Alfred Dickey | ||||
2 | Andrew H. Burke (1850–1918) | January 7, 1891 | January 3, 1893 | Republican | Roger Allin | ||||
3 | Eli C. D. Shortridge (1830–1908) | January 3, 1893 | January 10, 1895 | Democratic-Independent | Elmer D. Wallace | ||||
4 | Roger Allin (1848–1936) | January 10, 1895 | January 6, 1897 | Republican | John H. Worst | ||||
5 | Frank A. Briggs (1858–1898) | January 6, 1897 | August 9, 1898 | Republican | Joseph M. Devine | ||||
6 | Joseph M. Devine (1861–1938) | August 9, 1898 | January 3, 1899 | Republican | no lieutenant governor | ||||
7 | Frederick B. Fancher (1852–1944) | January 3, 1899 | January 10, 1901 | Republican | no lieutenant governor | ||||
8 | Frank White (1856–1940) | January 10, 1901 | January 4, 1905 | Republican | David Bartlett | ||||
9 | Elmore Y. Sarles (1859–1929) | January 4, 1905 | January 9, 1907 | Republican | David Bartlett | ||||
10 | John Burke (1859–1937) | January 9, 1907 | January 8, 1913 | Democratic | Robert S. Lewis Usher L. Burdick | ||||
11 | L. B. Hanna (1861–1948) | January 8, 1913 | January 3, 1917 | Republican | Anton Kraabel John H. Fraine | ||||
12 | Lynn Frazier (1874–1947) | January 3, 1917 | November 23, 1921 | Republican/NPL | Anton Kraabel Howard R. Wood | ||||
13 | Ragnvald A. Nestos (1877–1942) | November 23, 1921 | January 7, 1925 | Republican/IVA | Howard R. Wood Frank H. Hyland | ||||
14 | Arthur G. Sorlie (1874–1928) | January 7, 1925 | August 28, 1928 | Republican/NPL | Walter Maddock | ||||
15 | Walter Maddock (1880–1951) | August 28, 1928 | January 9, 1929 | Republican/NPL | no lieutenant governor | ||||
16 | George F. Shafer (1888–1948) | January 9, 1929 | December 31, 1932 | Republican/IVA | John W. Carr | ||||
17 | William Langer (1886–1959) | December 31, 1932 | June 21, 1934 | Republican/NPL | John W. Carr Ole H. Olson | ||||
18 | Ole H. Olson (1872–1954) | June 21, 1934 | January 7, 1935 | Republican/NPL | no lieutenant governor | ||||
19 | Thomas H. Moodie (1878–1948) | January 7, 1935 | February 2, 1935 | Democratic | Walter Welford | ||||
20 | Walter Welford (1868–1952) | February 2, 1935 | January 6, 1937 | Republican/NPL | no lieutenant governor | ||||
21 | William Langer (1886–1959) | January 6, 1937 | January 5, 1939 | Republican/NPL | Thorstein H. H. Thoresen | ||||
22 | John Moses (1885–1945) | January 5, 1939 | January 4, 1945 | Democratic | Jack A. Patterson (Republican) Oscar W. Hagen (Republican) Henry Holt (Democratic) | ||||
23 | Fred G. Aandahl (1897–1966) | January 4, 1945 | January 3, 1951 | Republican | Clarence P. Dahl | ||||
24 | Norman Brunsdale (1891–1978) | January 3, 1951 | January 9, 1957 | Republican | Ray Schnell Clarence P. Dahl | ||||
25 | John E. Davis (1913–1990) | January 9, 1957 | January 4, 1961 | Republican | Francis Clyde Duffy Clarence P. Dahl | ||||
26 | William L. Guy (1919–2013) | January 4, 1961 | January 2, 1973 | Democratic-NPL | Orville W. Hagen (Republican) Frank A. Wenstrom (Republican) Charles Tighe (Democratic) Richard F. Larsen (Republican) | ||||
27 | Arthur A. Link (1914–2010) | January 2, 1973 | January 6, 1981 | Democratic-NPL | Wayne Sanstead | ||||
28 | Allen I. Olson (b. 1938) | January 6, 1981 | January 1, 1985 | Republican | Ernest Sands | ||||
29 | George A. Sinner (1928–2018) | January 1, 1985 | December 15, 1992 | Democratic-NPL | Ruth Meiers Lloyd Omdahl | ||||
30 | Ed Schafer (b. 1946) | December 15, 1992 | December 15, 2000 | Republican | Rosemarie Myrdal | ||||
31 | John Hoeven (b. 1957) | December 15, 2000 | December 7, 2010 | Republican | Jack Dalrymple | ||||
32 | Jack Dalrymple (b. 1948) | December 7, 2010 | December 15, 2016 | Republican | Drew Wrigley | ||||
33 | Doug Burgum (b. 1956) | December 15, 2016 | Incumbent | Republican | Brent Sanford |
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