Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota

The **Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota** is a political office in North Dakota. They are the second-highest-ranking official in North Dakota, behind the Governor of North Dakota.

## Lieutenant governors of North Dakota

- Parties

|#|Image|Lt. Governor|Term|Party|Governor(s) served under|Note|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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)||

## Other websites

- Biography of the North Dakota Lieutenant Governor

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Lieutenant Governor
- **body**: North Dakota
- **insignia**: Great Seal of North Dakota.svg
- **insigniasize**: 120
- **flag**: Flag of North Dakota.svg
- **department**: North Dakota Office of the Governor
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **incumbent**: Michelle Strinden
- **incumbentsince**: December 15, 2024
- **termlength**: 4 years, no term limit
- **inaugural**: Alfred Dickey
- **formation**: November 20, 1889