Chapter 4
North Dakota Governors Since Statehood
| John Miller (R) | 1889–1891 |
| Andrew Burke (R) | 1891–1893 |
| Eli C. D. Shortridge | 1893–1895 |
| Roger Allin (R) | 1895–1897 |
| Frank Briggs (R) | 1897–1898 |
| Joseph Devine (R) | 1898–1899 |
| Frederick Fancher (R) | 1899–1901 |
| Frank White (R) | 1901–1905 |
| Elmore Sarles (R) | 1905–1907 |
| John Burke (D) | 1907–1913 |
| Louis Hanna (R) | 1913–1917 |
| Lynn Frazier (R) | 1917–1921 |
| Ragnvold Nestos (R) | 1921–1925 |
| Arthur Sorlie (R) | 1925–1928 |
| Walter Maddock (R) | 1928–1929 |
| George Shafer (R) | 1929–1933 |
| William Langer (R) | 1933–1934 |
| Ole Olson (R) | 1934–1935 |
| Thomas Moodie (D) | 1935 |
| Walter Welford (R) | 1935–1937 |
| William Langer (R) | 1937–1939 |
| John Moses (D) | 1939–1945 |
| Fred Aandahl (R) | 1945–1951 |
| Norman Brunsdale (R) | 1951–1957 |
| John Davis (R) | 1957–1961 |
| William Guy (D) | 1961–1973 |
| Arthur Link (D) | 1973–1981 |
| Allen Olson (R) | 1981–1984 |
| George Sinner (D) | 1985–1992 |
| Edward Schafer (R) | 1992–2000 |
| John Hoeven (R) | 2000–2010 |
| Jack Dalrymple (R) | 2010 to present |
