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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—North DakotaByron Leslie DORGAN
(1942- )
Senate Years of Service:
1992-2011Party: DemocratDORGAN, Byron Leslie, a
Representative and a Senator from North Dakota; born in Dickinson,
Stark County, N. Dak., May 14, 1942; attended the public schools;
B.S., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks 1964; M.B.A.,
University of Denver 1966; tax commissioner, State of North Dakota
1969-1980; delegate, North Dakota State Democratic conventions
1969-1981; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh Congress in
1980 and to the five succeeding congresses; elected as a Democrat
to the United States Senate in 1992 to the term beginning January
1993; appointed by the Governor to begin serving on December 14,
1992, to fill the vacancy left by Senator Kent Conrad, who assumed
the seat left vacant by the death of Quentin Northrop Burdick, and
took the oath of office on December 15, 1992; reelected in 1998 and
again in 2004, and served from January 3, 1993, to January 3, 2011;
chair, Democratic Policy Committee (One Hundred Sixth through One
Hundred Eleventh Congresses), Committee on Indian Affairs (One
Hundred Tenth and One Hundred Eleventh Congresses). was not a
candidate for reelection to the Senate in 2010.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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