North Dakota's 1st congressional district is an obsolete congressional district in the state of 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....

 that existed from 1913 to 1932, and then again from 1963 to 1972.

History

Prior to 1913, North Dakota elected two members of the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 at-large

At-Large

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. Following the 1910 Census

United States Census, 1910

The Thirteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau on April 15, 1910, determined the resident population of the United States to be 92,228,496, an increase of 21.0 percent over the 76,212,168 persons enumerated during the 1900 Census...

, reapportionment

United States congressional apportionment

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 gave North Dakota another seat and beginning with the 1912 congressional elections, North Dakota divided its delegation into three districts.

Following the 1930 Census

United States Census, 1930

The Fifteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau one month from April 1, 1930, determined the resident population of the United States to be 122,775,046, an increase of 13.7 percent over the 106,021,537 persons enumerated during the 1920 Census.-Census questions: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 Census

United States Census, 1970

The Nineteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 203,392,031, an increase of 13.4 percent over the 179,323,175 persons enumerated during the 1960 Census.-Data availability:...

, North Dakota lost another seat, and since 1973, has had only one member, elected at-large.

List of representatives

Delegate	Party	Years	District home	Notes
District created		March 4, 1913
Henry T. Helgesen Henry Thomas Helgesen Henry Thomas Helgesen was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota.Born near Decorah, Iowa, Helgesen attended the public schools, the John Breckenridge Normal Institute, and the J.R. Slack Business College at Decorah...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	March 4, 1913 – April 10, 1917	Milton Milton, North Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 85 people, 40 households, and 22 families residing in the city. The population density was 214.8 people per square mile . There were 60 housing units at an average density of 151.7 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 90.59% White, 2.35% Native...	Redistricted Redistricting Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to...  from the , Died
John M. Baer John Miller Baer John Miller Baer was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota.Born at Black Creek, Wisconsin, Baer attended the public schools.He was graduated from Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1909....	Nonpartisan League	August 10, 1917 – March 3, 1921	Fargo Fargo, North Dakota Fargo is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County. In 2010, its population was 105,549, and it had an estimated metropolitan population of 208,777...	Lost re-election
Olger B. Burtness Olger B. Burtness Olger Burton Burtness was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota and a North Dakota District Court Judge.-Background:...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933	Grand Forks Grand Forks, North Dakota Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 52,838, while that of the city and surrounding metropolitan area was 98,461...
District inactive 1933 – 1963
Hjalmar C. Nygaard Hjalmar Carl Nygaard Hjalmar Carl Nygaard was a United States Representative from North Dakota, elected as a Republican to the 87th and 88th Congresses and served from January 3, 1961, until his death.-Background:...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	January 3, 1963 – July 18, 1963	Enderlin Enderlin, North Dakota Enderlin is a city in Cass and Ransom counties in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The population was 886 at the 2010 census. Enderlin was founded in 1891....	Redistricted Redistricting Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to...  from the , Died
Mark Andrews	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	October 30, 1963 – January 3, 1973	Mapleton Mapleton, North Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 606 people, 191 households, and 160 families residing in the city. The population density was 151.4 people per square mile . There were 193 housing units at an average density of 48.2 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 98.18% White, 0.17%...	Redistricted Redistricting Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to...  to the
District eliminated		January 3, 1973

Election results

Year	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1912 (63rd Congress 63rd United States Congress - House of Representatives:*Democratic : 291 *Republican : 134*Progressive : 9*Independent : 1TOTAL members: 435-Senate:*President of the Senate: Thomas R. Marshall*President pro tempore: James P. Clarke-Senate:... )	Henry T. Helgesen	R	17,156	61.1
	V. R. Lovell	D	9,609	34.2
	Leon Durocher	SOC Socialist Party of America The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization...	1,310	4.7
1914 (64th Congress 64th United States Congress The Sixty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1915 to March 4, 1917, during the third and fourth... )	Henry T. Helgesen	R	16,565	56.0
	Fred Bartholomew	D	12,217	41.3
	Leon Durocher	SOC Socialist Party of America The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization...	812	2.7
1916 (65th Congress 65th United States Congress The Sixty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1917 to March 4, 1919, during the fourth and fifth... )	Henry T. Helgesen	R	20,709	59.9
	George A. Bangs	D	13,236	38.3
	V. Gram	SOC Socialist Party of America The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization...	622	1.8
July 10, 1917 special election (65th Congress 65th United States Congress The Sixty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1917 to March 4, 1919, during the fourth and fifth... )	John M. Baer	N-PART Non-Partisan League The Nonpartisan League was a political organization founded in 1915 in the United States by former Socialist Party organizer A. C. Townley. The Nonpartisan League advocated state control of mills, grain elevators, banks and other farm-related industries in order to reduce the power of corporate...	13,211	50.9
	Olger B. Burtness Olger B. Burtness Olger Burton Burtness was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota and a North Dakota District Court Judge.-Background:...	R	8,969	34.6
	George A. Bangs	D	3,276	12.6
	H.H. Aaker	N-PART PROG R	212	0.8
	Frederic T. Cuthbert	R	118	0.5
	Henry G. Vick	R	75	0.3
	Charles Plain	R	72	0.3
1918 (66th Congress 66th United States Congress The Sixty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1919 to March 4, 1921, during the last two years of... )	John M. Baer	R	16,433	55.1
	Fred Bartholomew	D	13,416	44.9
1920 (67th Congress 67th United States Congress The Sixty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1921 to March 4, 1923, during the first two years... )	Olger B. Burtness Olger B. Burtness Olger Burton Burtness was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota and a North Dakota District Court Judge.-Background:...	R	43,530	57.6
	John M. Baer	I Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...  N-PART Non-Partisan League The Nonpartisan League was a political organization founded in 1915 in the United States by former Socialist Party organizer A. C. Townley. The Nonpartisan League advocated state control of mills, grain elevators, banks and other farm-related industries in order to reduce the power of corporate...	32,072	42.4
1922 United States House election, 1922 The U.S. House election, 1922 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1922 which occurred in the middle of President Warren G. Harding's term....  (68th Congress 68th United States Congress The Sixty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1923 to March 4, 1925, during the last months of... )	Olger B. Burtness Olger B. Burtness Olger Burton Burtness was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota and a North Dakota District Court Judge.-Background:...	R	45,959	100.0
1924 (69th Congress 69th United States Congress The Sixty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1925 to March 4, 1927, during the third and fourth... )	Olger B. Burtness Olger B. Burtness Olger Burton Burtness was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota and a North Dakota District Court Judge.-Background:...	R	44,573	75.4
	Walter Welford	D	14,511	24.6
1926 United States House election, 1926 The U.S. House election, 1926 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1926 which occurred in the middle of President Calvin Coolidge's second term....  (70th Congress 70th United States Congress The Seventieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1927 to March 3, 1929, during the last two years of... )	Olger B. Burtness Olger B. Burtness Olger Burton Burtness was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota and a North Dakota District Court Judge.-Background:...	R	37,326	79.9
	R. E. Smith	D	6,136	13.1
	Donald McDonald	F-LAB Farmer-Labor Party The first modern Farmer–Labor Party in the United States emerged in Minnesota in 1918. Economic dislocation caused by American entry into World War I put agricultural prices and workers' wages into imbalance with rapidly escalating retail prices during the war years, and farmers and workers sought...	3,246	7.0
1928 (71st Congress 71st United States Congress The Seventy-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1931, during the first two years... )	Olger B. Burtness Olger B. Burtness Olger Burton Burtness was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota and a North Dakota District Court Judge.-Background:...	R	53,941	77.5
	W. S. Hooper	D	15,646	22.5
1930 (72nd Congress 72nd United States Congress The Seventy-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1931 to March 4, 1933, during the last two years... )	Olger B. Burtness Olger B. Burtness Olger Burton Burtness was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota and a North Dakota District Court Judge.-Background:...	R	42,598	75.0
	J. E. Garvey	D	14,208	25.0
1962 (88th Congress 88th United States Congress The Eighty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1965, during the last year of... )	Hjalmar C. Nygaard	R	61,330	54.6
	Scott Anderson	D	50,924	45.4
October 22, 1963 special election (88th Congress 88th United States Congress The Eighty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1965, during the last year of... )	Mark Andrews	R	47,062	49.1
	John Hove	D	42,470	44.3
	John W. Scott	CON R	5,995	6.3
	Thomas W. Dewey	I Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	337	0.4
1964 (89th Congress 89th United States Congress -House of Representatives:- Senate :* President of the Senate: Hubert Humphrey , starting January 20, 1965* President pro tempore: Carl Hayden - Majority leadership :* Majority Leader and Democratic Conference Chairman: Mike Mansfield... )	Mark Andrews	R	69,575	52.1
	George A. Sinner	D	63,208	47.4
	Eugene Van Der Hoeven	I Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	427	0.3
	Roger Vorachek	I Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	232	0.2
1966 (90th Congress 90th United States Congress The Ninetieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1969, during the last two years of... )	Mark Andrews	R	66,011	66.2
	S.F. Buckshot Hoffner	D	33,694	33.8
1968 (91st Congress 91st United States Congress The Ninety-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1969 to January 3, 1971, during the first two years... )	Mark Andrews	R	84,114	71.9
	Bruce Hagen	D	30,692	26.2
	Rosemary Landsberger	I Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	2,166	1.9
1970 (92nd Congress 92nd United States Congress The Ninety-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives... )	Mark Andrews	R	72,168	65.7
	James E. Brooks	D	37,688	34.3