Quentin N. Burdick
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Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 September 8, 1992) was a United States Senator
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 from North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

 from August 8, 1960 until his death in 1992. Prior to that he had served in the United States House of Representatives
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 from January 3, 1959 to August 8, 1960. He was the son of NPL
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 North Dakota Congressman
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 Usher L. Burdick
Usher L. Burdick
Usher Lloyd Burdick was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Dakota. He was the father of Quentin N. Burdick.-Early life and career:...

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Burdick received his undergraduate and law
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 degrees from the University of Minnesota
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 and the University of Minnesota Law School
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. He was a member of Sigma Nu
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 fraternity while an undergraduate at Minnesota.

Like his father, Quentin Burdick was a member of the progressive Non-Partisan League
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, which placed its candidates on the Republican Party
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 primary ballot
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 until 1956, when the NPL aligned with the Democratic Party
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 and became the Democratic-NPL.

In 1960, Burdick won a special election to the U.S. Senate, narrowly defeating Republican Governor John E. Davis. He secured a full six-year term in the heavily Democratic year of 1964, having defeated Republican Thomas Kleppe, later a member of the U.S. House from North Dakota and the United States Secretary of the Interior
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. Burdick easily defeated Kleppe in a rematch in 1970, another national Democratic year. He was reelected by wide margins in 1976 and 1982. Burdick became the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in 1987.

After his death his widow
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, Jocelyn Birch Burdick
Jocelyn Burdick
Jocelyn Birch Burdick was a Democratic United States Senator briefly during 1992.Upon the death of her husband, Senator Quentin N. Burdick, Governor George Sinner appointed her to fill the vacancy until a special election was held...

, was appointed to fill his unexpired term until a special election
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At time of his death, Burdick was third longest-serving Senator among current members of this body
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, after Strom Thurmond
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 of South Carolina
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 and Robert C. Byrd
Robert Byrd
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 of West Virginia
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See also

  • United States Senate special election in North Dakota, 1960
    United States Senate special election in North Dakota, 1960
    The 1960 Special U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held June 28, 1960 to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by the late William Langer. Langer died in office on November 8, 1959, and Clarence Norman Brunsdale, a former Governor of North Dakota, was temporarily appointed...

  • United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1964
    United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1964
    The 1964 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 3, 1964. The incumbent, Dem-NPL Senator Quentin Burdick, sought and received re-election to his second term, defeating Republican candidate Thomas S. Kleppe, who later became the United States Secretary of the...

  • United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1970
    United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1970
    The 1970 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 3, 1970. The incumbent, North Dakota Democratic NPL Party Senator Quentin Burdick, was re-elected to his third term, defeating Republican candidate Thomas S...

  • United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1976
    United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1976
    The 1976 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 2, 1976. The incumbent, North Dakota Democratic NPL Party Senator Quentin Burdick, sought and received re-election to his fourth term to the United States Senate, defeating Republican candidate Robert Stroup...

  • United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1982
    United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1982
    The 1982 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 2, 1982. The incumbent, North Dakota Democratic NPL Party Senator Quentin Burdick, sought and received re-election to his fifth term, defeating Republican candidate Gene Knorr. Only Burdick filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the...

  • United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1988
    United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1988
    The 1988 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 8, 1988. The incumbent, North Dakota Democratic NPL Party Senator Quentin Burdick, sought and received re-election to his sixth term, defeating Republican candidate Earl Strinden.Only Burdick filed as a Dem-NPLer, and...


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