The following is a list of presidents pro tempore of the North Dakota Senate, a position that was created with the state's constitution in 1889.North Dakota Blue Book, 1989 The term indicated is the year of the legislative session in which the individual served as president pro tempore.
# Name Term Party District1 David S. Dodds 1889 Republican 2 Nahum B. Pinkham 1891 Republican 3 John H. Worst 1893 Republican 4 John E. Haggart 1895 Republican 5 Clarence B. Little 1897 Republican 6 Alexander C. McGillivray 1899 Republican 7 Judson LaMoure 1901 Republican 8 James B. Sharpe 1903 Republican 9 Frank S. Talcott 1905 Republican 10 John A. Regan 1907 Republican 11 Leslie A. Simpson 1909 Republican 12 Charles W. Plain 1911 Republican 13 Erland F. Gilbert 1913 Republican 14 Alfred Steele 1915 Republican 15 Henry McLean 1917 Republican 16 Richard McCarten 1919 Republican 17 Eric A. Bowman 1921 Republican 18 Frank E. Ployhar 1923 Republican 19 P. J. Murphy 1925 Republican 20 Walter Bond 1927 Republican 21 Ole H. Olson 1929 Republican 22 William H. Porter 1931 Republican 23 David H. Hamilton 1933 Republican 24 Albert S. Marshall 1935 Republican 25 Gust Wog 1937 Republican 26 William Watt 1939 Republican 27 Milton R. Young 1941 Republican-IVA 28 Clarence N. Brunsdale 1943 Republican-IVA 29 Everett H. Brant 1945 Republican 30 Jonathan L. Flatt 1947 Republican 31 Joseph B. Bridston 1949 Republican 32 Milton Rue 1951 Republican 33 Reinhold M. Streibel 1953 Republican-NPL 34 Oliver E. Bilden 1955 Republican-NPL 35 Emil Torno 1957 Republican 36 Amos Freed 1959 Republican 37 Arthur W. Luick 1961 Republican 38 Roland E. Meidinger 1963 Republican 39 George Saumur 1965 Republican 40 George Longmire 1967 Republican 41 Leland Roen 1969 Republican 42 Evan E. Lips 1971 Republican 43 Elton W. Ringsak 1973 Republican 44 Robert Melland 1975 Republican 45 Howard A. Freed 1977 Republican 46 Theron Strinden 1979 Republican 47 Stanley A. Wright 1981 Republican 48 Russell T. Thane 1983 Republican 49 Chester Reiten 1985 Republican 50 Rolland W. Redlin 1987 Democrat-NPL 51 Herschel Lashkowitz 1989 Democrat-NPL 52 Bonnie L. Heinrich 1991 Democrat-NPL 53 Corliss Mushik 1993 Democrat-NPL 54 Bryce S. Streibel 1995 Republican 55 Raymon F. Holmberg 1997 Republican 56 Layton Freborg 1999 Republican 57 Karen K. Krebsbach 2001 Republican 58 Herb Urlacher 2003 Republican 59 John Andrist 2005 Republican 60 Judy Lee 2007 Republican 61 Jerry Klein 2009 Republican 62 Rich Wardner 2011 Republican 63 Ralph Kilzer 2011-2013 Republican 64 Terry Wanzek 2013 Republican 65 Tim Flakoll 2013-2015 Republican 66 Dick Dever 2015-2017 Republican 67 Gary Lee 2017-2019 Republican 68 David Hogue 2019-2019 Republican 69 Oley Larsen 2019-2020 Republican 70 Randy Burckhard 2021-2021 Republican 71 Larry Luick 2021-2022 Republican 72 Donald Schaible 2023-2024 Republican 73 Brad Bekkedahl 2025 Republican 74 Kyle Davison 2025-present Republican
See also List of North Dakota Legislative Assemblies
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External links State of North Dakota official website