List of Governors of North Dakota
Governors of North Dakota
Parties Republican (16) Democratic-Independent (1) Democratic (3) Republican/NPL (7) Republican/IVA (2) Democratic-NPL (3)

List of Governors of North Dakota

Section Title: Governors of North Dakota
Table Section Text: Parties 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

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 T. Kraabel John H. Fraine

12	-	Lynn Frazier (1874–1947)	January 3, 1917	November 23, 1921	Republican/NPL	Anton T. 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 G. 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

Sentence(s)

A Republican, John Hoeven served as the 31st Governor of North Dakota from 2000 to 2010.

final_sentence: A Republican, John Hoeven served as the 31st Governor of North Dakota from 2000 to 2010.