North Dakota's 1st congressional district

North Dakota's 1st congressional district is an obsolete congressional district in the state of North Dakota that existed from 1913 to 1933, and from 1963 to 1973.

North Dakota's 1st congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1910 1960
Eliminated	1930 1970
Years active	1913-1933

History

Prior to 1913, North Dakota elected two members of the United States House of Representatives at-large. Following the 1910 census, reapportionment gave North Dakota another seat and beginning with the 1912 congressional elections, North Dakota divided its delegation into three districts.

Following the 1930 census, North Dakota lost a seat and returned to electing two members at-large in 1933. In 1963, the state divided into two congressional districts. Following the 1970 redistricting cycle after the 1970 United States census, North Dakota lost another seat, and since 1973, has had only one member, elected at-large.

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1913
Henry T. Helgesen (Milton)	Republican	March 4, 1913 – April 10, 1917	63rd 64th 65th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Died.
Vacant		April 10, 1917 – August 10, 1917	65th
John M. Baer (Fargo)	Nonpartisan League	August 10, 1917 – March 3, 1921	65th 66th	Elected to finish Helgesen's term. Re-elected in 1918. Lost re-election.
Olger B. Burtness (Grand Forks)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the at-large district and lost renomination.
District dissolved March 4, 1933
District re-established January 3, 1963
Hjalmar C. Nygaard (Enderlin)	Republican	January 3, 1963 – July 18, 1963	88th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1962. Died.
Vacant		July 18, 1963 – October 30, 1963
Mark Andrews (Mapleton)	Republican	October 30, 1963 – January 3, 1973	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected to finish Nygaard's term. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the at-large district.
District dissolved January 3, 1973

Election results

Year	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1912 (63rd Congress)	Henry T. Helgesen	Republican	17,156	61.1
	V. R. Lovell	Democratic	9,609	34.2
	Leon Durocher	Socialist	1,310	4.7
1914 (64th Congress)	Henry T. Helgesen	Republican	16,565	56.0
	Fred Bartholomew	Democratic	12,217	41.3
	Leon Durocher	Socialist	812	2.7
1916 (65th Congress)	Henry T. Helgesen	Republican	20,709	59.9
	George A. Bangs	Democratic	13,236	38.3
	V. Gram	Socialist	622	1.8
July 10, 1917 special election (65th Congress)	John M. Baer	NPL	13,211	50.9
	Olger B. Burtness	Republican	8,969	34.6
	George A. Bangs	Democratic	3,276	12.6
	Hans H. Aaker	Progressive	212	0.8
	Frederic T. Cuthbert	Republican	118	0.5
	Henry G. Vick	Republican	75	0.3
	Charles Plain	Republican	72	0.3
1918 (66th Congress)	John M. Baer	Republican-NPL	16,433	55.1
	Fred Bartholomew	Democratic	13,416	44.9
1920 (67th Congress)	Olger B. Burtness	Republican	43,530	57.6
	John M. Baer	NPL	32,072	42.4
1922 (68th Congress)	Olger B. Burtness	Republican	45,959	100.0
1924 (69th Congress)	Olger B. Burtness	Republican	44,573	75.4
	Walter Welford	Democratic	14,511	24.6
1926 (70th Congress)	Olger B. Burtness	Republican	37,326	79.9
	R. E. Smith	Democratic	6,136	13.1
	Donald McDonald	Farmer–Labor	3,246	7.0
1928 (71st Congress)	Olger B. Burtness	Republican	53,941	77.5
	W. S. Hooper	Democratic	15,646	22.5
1930 (72nd Congress)	Olger B. Burtness	Republican	42,598	75.0
	J. E. Garvey	Democratic	14,208	25.0
1962 (88th Congress)	Hjalmar C. Nygaard	Republican	61,330	54.6
	Scott Anderson	Democratic-NPL	50,924	45.4
October 22, 1963 special election (88th Congress)	Mark Andrews	Republican	47,062	49.1
	John Hove	Democratic-NPL	42,470	44.3
	John W. Scott	Conservative Republican	5,995	6.3
	Thomas W. Dewey	Independent	337	0.4
1964 (89th Congress)	Mark Andrews	Republican	69,575	52.1
	George A. Sinner	Democratic-NPL	63,208	47.4
	Eugene Van Der Hoeven	Independent	427	0.3
	Roger Vorachek	Independent	232	0.2
1966 (90th Congress)	Mark Andrews	Republican	66,011	66.2
	Sebastian F. Hoffner	Democratic-NPL	33,694	33.8
1968 (91st Congress)	Mark Andrews	Republican	84,114	71.9
	Bruce Hagen	Democratic-NPL	30,692	26.2
	Rosemary Landsberger	Independent	2,166	1.9
1970 (92nd Congress)	Mark Andrews	Republican	72,168	65.7
	James E. Brooks	Democratic-NPL	37,688	34.3

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present