List of majority leaders of the North Dakota Senate

The following is a list of majority leaders of the North Dakota Senate, a position that was created in 1940 and first filled in 1941.[1]

Number of North Dakota majority leaders by party affiliation
Party Majority leaders
Republican 17
  Republican 14
Republican/NPL 1
Republican/IVA 2
Democratic 2
  Democratic-NPL 2
# Name Term Party District
1   Arthur W. Fowler 1941–1942 Republican/IVA
9
2   Milton R. Young 1943–1944 Republican/IVA
24
3   Clarence N. Brunsdale 1945–1950 Republican
8
4   Rilie R. Morgan 1951–1952 Republican
4
5   Reinhold M. Streibel 1953–1956 Republican/NPL
33
6   Roland E. Meidinger 1957–1958 Republican
23
7   Donald C. Holand 1959–1962 Republican
14
8   Gail H. Hernett 1963–1964 Republican
36
9   Donald C. Holand 1965–1966 Republican
14
10   Evan E. Lips 1967–1968 Republican
32
11   George Longmire 1969–1970 Republican
18
12   Irv J. Wilhite 1971–1972 Republican
32
13   C. Warner Litten 1973–1974 Republican
21
14   David E. Nething 1975–1986 Republican
29
15   William S. Heigaard 1987–1992 Democratic-NPL
10
16   Dan K. Wogsland 1993–1994 Democratic-NPL
23
17   Gary J. Nelson 1995–2001[2] Republican
22
18   Bob Stenehjem 2001–2011 Republican
30
19   Rich Wardner 2011–present Republican
37

See also

Notes

  1. ^ North Dakota Blue Book, 1989
  2. ^ Gary J. Nelson resigned immediately after the 2001 session