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These tables are historical listings of state representatives who served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from statehood in 1889 until the present.

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Members of the Dakota Territorial Legislature (1861-1889)

332 Legislators served in the Dakota Territory House of Representatives from 1861-1889. 141 legislators served in the upper chamber of the legislature, known then as the Council.

• 1862 1st Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota
  • Convened Monday, March 17, 1862 - Adjourned Thursday, May 15, 1862
  • The 1st Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 9 council members and a House of Representatives with 13 representatives.

• 1862 2nd Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Monday, December 1, 1862 - Adjourned Friday, January 9, 1863
  • The 2nd Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 10 council members and a House of Representatives with 14 representatives. Councilmember Henry D. Betts was absent and his seat remained vacant during the 2nd Territorial legislative session. Therefore, only 9 members served in the Council for this session.

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District	Counties	House Members	Council Members
1	Cole County	5	3
2	Clay, Lincoln, Deuel, Minnehaha, Brookings	6	3
3	Yankton, Jayne	5	3
4	Bon Homme, Hutchison	2	1
5	Charles Mix, Bruguier	2	1
6	Todd, Gregory	2	1
7	Kittson, Chippewa, Stephens, Cheyenne	2	1

• 1863-64 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Monday, December 7, 1863 - Adjourned Tuesday, January 15, 1864
  • The 3rd Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 12 council members and a House of Representatives with 21 representatives. The 3rd Territorial Legislative Assembly convened in regular session in Yankton, Dakota Territory, on Monday, December 7, 1863.
• 1864-65 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Monday, December 5, 1864 - Adjourned Friday, January 13, 1865
  • The 4th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 12 council members and a House of Representatives with 22 representatives.
• 1865-66 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Monday, December 4, 1865 - Adjourned Friday, January 12, 1866
  • The 5th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 12 council members and a House of Representatives with 24 representatives.
• 1866-67 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Monday, December 3, 1866 - Adjourned Friday, January 11, 1867
  • The 6th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 13 council members and a House of Representatives with 24 representatives.
• 1867-68 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Monday, December 2, 1867 - Adjourned Friday, January 10, 1868
  • The 7th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 13 council members and a House of Representatives with 25 representatives.
• 1868-69 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Monday, December 7, 1868 - Adjourned Friday, January 15, 1869
  • The 8th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 13 council members and a House of Representatives with 24 representatives.
• 1870-71 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Monday, December 5, 1870 - Adjourned Friday, January 13, 1871
  • The 9th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 12 council members and a House of Representatives with 23 representatives.
• 1872-73 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Monday, December 2, 1872 - Adjourned Friday, January 10, 1873
  • The 10th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 13 council members and a House of Representatives with 26 representatives.
• 1874-75 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Monday, December 7, 1874 - Adjourned Friday, January 15, 1875
  • The 11th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 13 council members and a House of Representatives with 26 representatives.
• 1877 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Tuesday, January 9, 1877 - Adjourned Saturday, February 17, 1877
  • The 12th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 13 council members and a House of Representatives with 26 representatives.
• 1879 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Tuesday, January 14, 1879

Adjourned Saturday, February 22, 1879

• • The 13th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 13 council members and a House of Representatives with 26 representatives.
• 1881 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Tuesday, January 11, 1881 - Adjourned Monday, March 7, 1881
  • The 14th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 12 council members and a House of Representatives with 24 representatives.
• 1883 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Tuesday, January 9, 1883 - Adjourned Friday, March 9, 1883
  • The 15th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 12 council members and a House of Representatives with 24 representatives.
• 1885 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Tuesday, January 13, 1885 - Adjourned Friday, March 13, 1885
  • The 16th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 24 council members and a House of Representatives with 48 representatives.
• 1887 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Tuesday, January 11, 1887 - Adjourned Friday, March 11, 1887
  • The 17th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 24 council members and a House of Representatives with 48 representatives.
• 1889 Territorial Assembly
  • Convened Tuesday, January 8, 1889 - Adjourned Friday, March 8, 1889
  • The 18th Territorial Legislative Assembly consisted of a Council with 24 council members and a House of Representatives with 48 representatives.

Members of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1889-1903)

62 representatives elected from 31 districts. Representatives were elected at-large from two-member districts, with five districts electing 3 or more representatives, and six districts electing just 1 representative.

Multi-member at-large districts District Seats Years County 4th 3 Walsh 8th 4 Traill 10th 3 Cass 11th 3 12th 3 Richland

Single-member districts District Years County 17th Nelson, Rolette 19th Towner 24th LaMoure 28th McHenry 29th Ward 31st Mercer, McLean

Senate Session	District																																																														Senate Session
	1st		2nd		3rd		4th			5th		6th		7th		8th				9th		10th			11th			12th			13th		14th		15th		16th		17th	18th		19th	20th		21st		22nd		23rd		24th	25th		26th		27th		28th	29th	30th		31st
1st 1889-1890	Robert B. Richardson	John H. Watt	H. L. Norton	John Stadleman	Andrew N. Foss	John H. McCullough	Ole O. Haugerud	John Montgomery	Alex Thompson	Franklin Estabrook	Nels Tandberg	George H. Walsh	Laurence J. Zimmer	Ole T. Gronli	Arne P. Haugen	Ole T. Jahr	Roderick J. Johnson	John F. Selby	Herbjorn H. Strom	Frank J. Thompson	Evan S. Tyler	John O. Bye	Eli D. McIntyre	Nahum B. Pinkham	William W. Beard	Henry D. Court	Frank J. Langer	Richard H. Hankinson	Andrew O. Heglie	Rolla N. Ink	Edward W. Bowen	Winfield S. Buchanan	James L. Green	Reuben N. Stevens	Christian J. Christianson	Duncan McDonald	Chris Balkan	W. H. H. Roney	Ole E. Olsgard	Michael H. Murphy	Francis E. Renaud	James Brittin	George E. Ingebretsen	David P. Thomas	Charles A. Currier	James McCormick	Luther L. Walton	David B. Wellman	George Lutz	John Milsted	Lars A. Ueland	William B. Allen	Albert T. Cole	William L. Belden	George W. Lilly	George W. Rawlings	Erastus A. Williams	James E. Reed	Andrew C. Nedrud	Albert W. Hoyt	Parker B. Wickham	Cassius C. Moore	1st 1889-1890
2nd 1891	Samuel L. Haight	Patrick J. Horgan	Arne Bjornson	Jacob Graber		James A. Douglas	Edward E. Daily	William H. Daniels	Charles Ebbighausen	George G. Beardsley	C. A. Burton	Joseph C. Colosky	M. F. Williams	William H. Brown	Duncan C. Cunningham	Andrew Hanson	Louis T. Thompson	Ole S. Wallen		Almon L. Loomis	George E. Osgood	Even H. Holte	Henry M. Peterson	Dewitt C. Tufts	James C. Gill	George N. Smith	J. Moody Watson	J. W. Cope	Peter S. Larson	Martin N. Triplett	John E. Hodgson	Kemper Peabody	Louis C. Hill	Harry S. Oliver		Frank White	William T. McCulloch	William J. Skinner	James P. Lamb	Ole T. Axvig	Fred Dennett	John Burke	Charles A. Erickson	Lars P. Havrevold	James V. Brooke	Henry A. Noltmier		Ralph Hall	E. T. Kearney	George Lutz	George K. Loring		John S. Richie	George H. Fay	Charles Fiske	William Oscar Ward	John Yegen	John A. Davis	John Satterlund	Frederick Holritz	William McKendry	Jefferson A. Farrah	2nd 1891
3rd 1893	Benjamin James		Francis A. Holliday	Robert Thexton	Knudt P. Levang	Nels H. Rinde	Andrew J. Johnson	William O'Keefe		William R. Johnston	J. Dexter Pierce	Thomas Halvorson	George H. Walsh	Arne P. Haugen	Jacob B. Wineman	Harry D. Hurley	Lars H. Larson			Seth Newman	Harry C. Southard	Benjamin F. Ritter	Elling Severson		Samuel Bullard	George S. Churchill	John B. McArthur	Arthur V. Benedict	John N. Deans	Borger C. Hallum		Theodore Johnson	Thomas M. Elliott		Hans O. Hagen	John Logan	William T. McCulloch	Lewis Thompson	Siver M. Lee	Frederick W. McLean	Charles W. Plain	David W. McCanna	Thomas H. Oksendahl		Patrick Kelly	Ed H. Lohnes	Almon C. Sanford		Owen A. Boynton	George Wright	Lars A. Ueland	J. W. Caldwell	George W. Towers	William F. Cochrane	John H. Wishek	William A. Bentley	John Yegen			Louis Burkhardt	John S. Veeder	Leslie A. Simpson	3rd 1893
4th 1895	Thomas Guinan		James T. Blacklock	Stephen Eyolfsen	Augustus H. Kellogg	Nels H. Rinde	William Fleming	George Hill	Ole A. Rod	Peter N. Korsmo	Joseph A. Meyers	Joseph C. Colosky	William B. Woods	Henry Hancock		Peter Herbrandson	John I. Lerom		Thomas E. Nelson	Alanson W. Edwards	Evan S. Tyler	N. A. Colby	Egbert Gilbertson	Treadwell Twichell	James C. Gill	Louis B. Hanna	Elbridge C. Sargent	Frank L. Dwyer	James Purdon	Erick Stafne		John Cryan	Morris F. Brown	Erick Gunderson	John Logan	Nels P. Rasmussen	Rollin C. Cooper	Nicolai Swenson	Linn B. Ray	James Jennings	John Flack	Alexander B. McDonald	Christopher L. Lindstrom	Ole T. Tofsrud	Frank H. Prosser	Robert J. Walker	Charles McLachlan	Edward F. Porter	Edgar J. Gleason	John J. Nierling	James B. Sharpe	Frank E. Brainard	Andrew G. Smith	Henry A. Armstrong	George Roberts	Thomas Richards	Magnus Spangberg	Anton Svensrud	John S. Murphy	Frederick Holritz	Herman Kroeger		4th 1895
5th 1897	John D. Wallace	Alexander Duncan	Thomas Guinan	Henry N. Joy	James J. Dougherty	David E. Towle	Knute O. Brotnov	Julius Wirkus	Charles Ebbighausen		John McConnachie	James Ryan		Frank Gaulke	Andrew Offerdahl	Sven N. Heskin	Gunder Howard	Harry D. Hurley	Hamden M. Williams	Edward E. Cole	Orrin W. Francis				Robert B. Boyd	William J. Hawk		Richard H. Hankinson	John S. Johnson	James B. Power	John Carlen	John Cryan	Emit S. Lovelace	Robert J. Mitchell	George W. Earl	William H. McPherson	Levi C. Goplerud		Samuel S. Aas	Joseph B. Boyd	John Butterwick	Ole Syvertson		Charles A. Erickson	Charles A. Currier	Alfred G. Tanton	Hugh Peoples		Frank A Lenz	John McGinnis		Eugene F. Dunton	Theodore Northrup	Wesley Baker	William L. Belden		Erastus A. Williams	Frank M. Hammond		Donald Stevenson		Alfred White	5th 1897
6th 1899		William J. Watts	Ernest H. Restemayer	John Thordarson			Knute O. Brotnov	Henry Ferris	William R. Johnston	William W. Glasgow	Thorsten E. Tufte	Jerry D. Bacon	Alex Stewart	Martin Erickson	Christian J. Ovind	Ole G. Hauan	Peter Herbrandson	Ole G. Nelson	Swenung C. Swenson	William D. Allen	Thomas Baker, Jr.	Granville W. Wolbert	Peter P. Chacey	Nels O. Brakke		Walter W. Tousley		Mathew Lynch		Amzi W. Thomas	Albet Peterson	Thophilus L. Taylor	Timothy J. Dwire	Reuben N. Stevens		David N. Green	Morton B. Cassell	Carmi Winslow		Henry McClean	Sever Berger	William Clarke	Finger T. Gronvold	James Michels	Henry Hale	Hans T. Ugland	Harlan J. Miner	Edgar B. Thomson	Charles A. Sanford	Ormsby McHarg	Christian S. Deisem	John Kennedy	John S. Peek	Thomas W. Allshouse	Gilbert O. Gulack	Reuben N. Stevens	Joseph Hare	Ole Gilbertson	Peter P. Lee		William Engelter	Frank Lish	6th 1899
7th 1901	Israel J. Chevalier				Ed R. Swarthout	Albert Dickson	Gilbert R. Gullickson	John Miller	Jacob H. Parr	Robert L. Bennett			John P. Galbreath	Charles Brisbin	Lasse P. Hjelmstad	John I. Lerom	Thomas E. Nelson	Asa Sargent	G. A. Willison	William F. Leech	Robert M. Pollock	Peter P. Chacey	Thomas Heath	Elling Severson	John Hill	Benjamin Mallough	Charles A. Tubbs	Vivian Morgan	Eric Stafne		Henry C. Johnson	George B. Phifer		Lars P. Anderson	George M. Young	Knute S. Ramsett			Clarkson A. Hall		Ole Axvig	Fred Lemke			George W. H. Davis	Harry A. Nicholson	Donald Niven	Frank N. Chaffee	Frank H. Keeler	J. Moody Watson	John A. T. Bjornson (ID)	George Rose	Gustave Strutz			Henry Reade		Benjamin F. Hammond	Edward C. Palmer	Albert M. Packard	William Wade	William A. McClure	7th 1901

Members of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1903-1909)

100 representatives elected from 40 districts. Representatives were elected at-large from three-member districts, with 12 districts electing 2 at-large representatives.

Two-member at-large districts

District Seats Years County 6th 2 Grand Forks 8th 39th 2 Traill 13th 2 Sargent 14th 2 Ransom 15th 38th 2 Barnes 17th 2 Nelson 18th 40th 2 Cavalier 19th 2 Rolette

District Years County 22nd 2 Towner 24th 2 LaMoure 25th 2 Dickey 26th 2 Emmons, Kidder 27th 2 Burleigh 28th 2 Bottineau 32th 2 Foster, Eddy 35th 2 McLean, Mercer 36th 2 McIntosh, Logan

table

Session	District																																																																Session
	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			5th			6th		7th			8th		9th			10th			11th			12th			13th		14th		15th		16th			17th		18th		19th		20th			21st			22nd		23rd			24th		25th			26th		27th		28th		29th			30th			31st			32nd		33rd			34th			35th		36th		37th			38th		39th		40th
8th 1903	George A. McCrea	Israel J. Chevalier	William J. Watts	John Truemner	Peter J. Skjold	Charles K. Wing	Gundar N. Midgarden	Thomas Johnson	John J. Ferguson	John Miller	Nels O. Noben	Thomas A. Gagnon	John H. McLain	Thomas F. Mooney	Thorsten E. Tufte	H. P. Ryan	Emery O. Burtness	James Elton	Alonzo E. Allen	Henry Steinberg	Tobias H. Thompson	Alexander Smart	Aurelius L. Wall	William F. Leech	Thomas Baker, Jr.	Erland F. Gilbert	Thomas Heath	Elling Severson	John A. Hill	Benjamin H. Mallough	Frank H. Dickinson	B. W. Schouweiler	George Hammer	Henry T. Connolly	George B. Phifer	John Flados	Charles W. Buttz	Fred Underwood	George M. Young	Joseph H. Rogers	Morton B. Cassell	Gunder H. Stavens	John S. Palfrey	Samuel L. Dahl	Arthur H. Smart	Matthew McKnight	Charles Chisholm	Conrad I. F. Wagner	Alfred N. Bourassa	Nils E. Gullerurd	Michael Maddock	Edward L. Richmond	Charles H. Baker	George W. H. Davis	Henry R. Aslakson	John L. Harvey	Charles P. Peterson	Morris Beck	George B. McKenzie	Anton Fried	Ole O. Ellison	Chester H. Sheils	George Rose	Eugene F. Stevens	Patrick J. Lyons	Charles A. Patterson	Luther D. McGahan (ID)	John Bostrom (ID)	George A. Lillie	Jason M. Watson	Edward C. Palmer	Christian P. Lee	Percy M. Cole	William M. Simpson	Philip Blank	Charles Weigel	William A. McClure	Frank Lish	George A. Senour	Frank N. Chaffee	Matt, Mattson, Jr.	Herman C. Scheer	Charles V. Brown	August Peterson	Thomas Oksendahl	Tobias Welo	O. A. Knutson	Henry Bartz	William Dieball	Jason A. Weed	Adam Meidinger	George B. Van Arnam	Emil A. Movius	John I. Hanson	Sam J. Aandahl	Charles H. Noltmier	Halstein G. Braaten	Anton Kraabel	Noel Robillard	Jason McDowell	8th 1903
9th 1905			J. T. Briden		Christian Ganssle	Joseph Walter		John A. Vernon	Halvor O. Sunderland	Winthrop S. Mitchell	Tallack Tallackson	Tobias D. Casey			William W. Glasgow			Frank H. Sowle		Christian J. Ovind		John Oveson	Nelius G. Eggen	William D. Sweet	John F. Treat		Clark Moore	Ole P. Dahlen	Thomas O. Burgum	Richard G. Piper		William R. Purdon	Christian M. Johnson	Harry J. Arnold	Charles H. Cooper				Robert Clendening		Nils Hemmingsen				Andrew R. Swendseid	Dan McKechnie	Robert Meiklejohn	Darie Lemieux	Hillis Kyle	James Duncan	Emil L. Baeverstad		Harry A. Nicholson		Norman Nelson	Albert S. Gibbens	Samuel Adams	James H. Cooper	George Piercy						William L. Belden	Darwin R. Streeter	Reuben N. Stevens	Magnus Spangberg			Fred Lyons	Christopher A. Johnson	Frank B. Chapman					James E. Phelan	Alfred L. Martin	Ole Rue	George D. Palmer				Clayton D. Rice		Ole T. Tofsrud	John Schlenker	David Juzeler	Herman Hardt		George Blake	Vivian Morgan	Andrew O. Heglie	Martin Thoreson	George O. Goulet		George A. White		William E. Jennings	9th 1905
10th 1907	Joseph Morin	Walter Welford	William J. Watts	Ernest H. Restemayer		John Johnson		Andrew H. Walker	Hosford, Henry G.	Knute O. Brotnov	John E. Hanawalt		Thomas H. Pugh	Edward Church	Thorsten E. Tufte	John M. Anderson	George Hallick	John A. Sorley	Arne P. Haugen	William S. Dean	Oscar J. Sorlie		Francis E. Dibley	Tollef J. Flclaramer		Treadwell Twichell		August A. Plath	10th 1907

Members of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1909-1915)

• 1909: 95 representatives elected from 47 districts. Representatives were elected at-large from three-member districts, with 12 districts electing 2 at-large representatives.
• 1911: 103representatives elected from 49 districts. Representatives were elected at-large from three-member districts, with 12 districts electing 2 at-large representatives.
• 1913: 111 representatives elected from 50 districts. Representatives were elected at-large from three-member districts, with 12 districts electing 2 at-large representatives.

Members of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1915-1967)

• XX representatives elected from 49 districts.
• 1942-1961: 113 elected from 49 districts.
• 1961: 115 elected from 49 districts

Members of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1967-1977)

• XX representatives elected from 39 districts. Representatives were elected at-large from three-member districts, with 12 districts electing 2 at-large representatives.
• 1973-1975: 102 electected from 38 districts. Districts numbers 1-39, with no 13th districts. This apportoinment was ordered by the U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, Southeastern District, which ruled the previous apportionment plan for the state unconstitutional. This court ordered apporprionment plant was in effect for the 1972 and 1974 elections.

Members of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1977 - 1983)

• 98 representatives elected from 49 districts elected two representatives at-large. Districts 40 and 50 in Minot were combined into a single district and elected four members at large.

Members of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1983 - 1993)

• 106 representatives elected from 51 districts. All districts elected 2 representatives at-large. Districts 17 and 18 in Grand Forks and Districts 40 and 50 in Minot were combined, and each elected four-members at large.

Members of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1993 - present)

• 1993 – 2003: 98 representatives elected from 49districts, each electing 2 at-large representatives. Beginning in 1998, representatives were elected to four-year terms.
• 2003 – present: 94 representatives elected from 47districts, each electing 2 at-large representatives.