# Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota

The lieutenant governor of North Dakota is a political office in North Dakota. The lieutenant governor's duty is to preside as President of the Senate, and is responsible for legislative relations, the state budget and agribusiness development. In the event the office of the governor becomes vacant, the lieutenant governor assumes that office and appoints a replacement lieutenant.
The current lieutenant governor is Michelle Strinden.
Before 1974, the lieutenant governor of North Dakota was elected separately from the governor. To avoid hostile relations between a lieutenant governor and governor from different parties, the process was changed to where the governor and lieutenant governor are elected together on a joint ballot and are of the same party.

## Lieutenant governors of North Dakota
### Parties

Democratic/Democratic-NPL (6)  Republican (27)  Republican/NPL (7)
| # | Lt. Governor | Term | Party | Governor(s) served under |
| 1 | Alfred Dickey | 1889–1891 | Republican | John Miller (R) |
| 2 | Roger Allin | 1891–1893 | Republican | Andrew H. Burke (R) |
| 3 | Elmer D. Wallace | 1893–1895 | Democratic-Independent | Eli C. D. Shortridge (D) |
| 4 | John H. Worst | 1895–1897 | Republican | Eli C. D. Shortridge (D) |
| 5 | Joseph M. Devine | 1897–1898 | Republican | Frank A. Briggs (R) |
| 6 | David Bartlett | 1901–1907 | Republican | Frank White (R) Elmore Y. Sarles (R) |
| 7 | Robert S. Lewis | 1907–1911 | Republican | John Burke (D) |
| 8 | Usher L. Burdick | 1911–1913 | Republican | John Burke (D) |
| 9 | Anton T. Kraabel | 1913–1915 | Republican | L. B. Hanna (R) |
| 10 | John H. Fraine | 1915–1917 | Republican | L. B. Hanna (R) |
| 11 | Anton T. Kraabel | 1917–1919 | Republican | Lynn Frazier (R) |
| 12 | Howard R. Wood | 1919–1923 | Republican/NPL | Lynn Frazier (R) Ragnvald A. Nestos (R) |
| 13 | Frank H. Hyland | 1923–1925 | Republican | Ragnvald A. Nestos (R) |
| 14 | Walter Maddock | 1925–1928 | Republican/NPL | Arthur G. Sorlie (R) |
| 15 | John W. Carr | 1929–1933 | Republican | George F. Shafer (R) William Langer (R) |
| 16 | Ole H. Olson | 1933–1934 | Republican/NPL | William Langer (R) no lieutenant governor |
| 17 | Walter Welford | 1935 | Republican/NPL | Thomas H. Moodie (D) |
| 18 | Thorstein H. H. Thoresen | 1937–1939 | Republican/NPL | William Langer (R) |
| 19 | Jack A. Patterson | 1939–1941 | Republican/NPL | John Moses (D) |
| 20 | Oscar W. Hagen | 1941–1943 | Republican/NPL | John Moses (D) |
| 21 | Henry Holt | 1943–1944 | Democratic | John Moses (D) |
| 22 | Clarence P. Dahl | 1945–1951 | Republican | Fred G. Aandahl (R) |
| 23 | Ray Schnell | 1951–1953 | Republican | Clarence Norman Brunsdale (R) |
| 24 | Clarence P. Dahl | 1953–1957 | Republican | Clarence Norman Brunsdale (R) |
| 25 | Francis Clyde Duffy | 1957–1959 | Republican | John E. Davis (R) |
| 26 | Clarence P. Dahl | 1959–1961 | Republican | John E. Davis (R) |
| 27 | Orville W. Hagen | 1961–1963 | Republican | William L. Guy (D) |
| 28 | Frank A. Wenstrom | 1963–1965 | Republican | William L. Guy (D) |
| 29 | Charles Tighe | 1965–1969 | Democratic-NPL | William L. Guy (D) |
| 30 | Richard F. Larsen | 1969–1973 | Republican | William L. Guy (D) |
| 31 | Wayne Sanstead | 1973–1981 | Democratic-NPL | Arthur A. Link (D) |
| 32 | Ernest Sands | 1981–1985 | Republican | Allen I. Olson (R) |
| 33 | Ruth Meiers | 1985–1987 | Democratic-NPL | George A. Sinner (D) |
| 34 | Lloyd Omdahl | 1987–1992 | Democratic-NPL | George A. Sinner (D) |
| 35 | Rosemarie Myrdal | 1992–2000 | Republican | Ed Schafer (R) |
| 36 | Jack Dalrymple | 2000–2010 | Republican | John Hoeven (R) |
| 37 | Drew Wrigley | 2010–2016 | Republican | Jack Dalrymple (R) |
| 38 | Brent Sanford | 2016–2023 | Republican | Doug Burgum (R) |
| 39 | Tammy Miller | 2023–2024 | Republican | Doug Burgum (R) |
| 40 | Michelle Strinden | 2024–present | Republican | Kelly Armstrong (R) |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Served as Governor of North Dakota