North Dakota's 2nd congressional district

North Dakota's 2nd congressional district is an obsolete congressional district in the state of North Dakota that was created by reapportionments in 1913, and eliminated by the reapportionments in 1933. North Dakota elected its two Representatives in a two-member at large district from 1932 to 1960, but then resurrected single-member districts in 1962. The district was eliminated by the reapportionment as a result of the 1970 census. The seat was last filled from 1971 to 1973 by Arthur A. Link, who sought the office of Governor of North Dakota after not being able to run again for the defunct seat.

Boundaries

When existing between 1913 and 1933, the district included the capital Bismarck and consisted of the following counties of central North Dakota: Bottineau, Rolette, McHenry, Pierce, Benson, Sheridan, Wells, Eddy, Foster, Griggs, Stutsman, Barnes, Kidder, Burleigh, Emmons, Logan, McIntosh, LaMoure, and Dickey.

The 1963 recreation was different, consisting of the western half of the state, again including Bismarck. It contained the following counties: Bottineau, McHenry, Sheridan, Wells, Kidder, Burleigh, Emmons, Logan, McIntosh, Divide, Burke, Renville, Ward, Mountrail, Williams, McKenzie, McLean, Dunn, Mercer, Oliver, Billings, Stark, Morton, Hettinger, Bowman, Adams, Golden Valley, Grant, Slope and Sioux.

List of representatives

Delegate	Party	Years	District home	Notes
District created		March 4, 1913
George M. Young	Republican	March 4, 1913 – September 2, 1924		Resigned after being appointed to the US Customs Court
100px Thomas Hall	Republican	November 4, 1924 – March 3, 1933
District inactive 1933 – 1963
100px Don L. Short	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965		Redistricted from the At-large district
100px Rolland W. Redlin	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
Thomas S. Kleppe	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971
100px Arthur A. Link	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973
District eliminated		January 3, 1973

Election results

Year	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1912 (63rd Congress)	George M. Young	R	16,912	64.3
	J. A. Minckler	D	7,426	28.2
	John A. Yoder	SOC	1,922	7.3
1914 (63rd Congress)	George M. Young	R	18,680	68.4
	James J. Weeks	D	7,073	25.9
	N. H. Bjornstad	SOC	1,553	5.7
1916 (65th Congress)	George M. Young	R	22,227	71.7
	Hugh McDonald	D	7,638	24.6
1918 (66th Congress)	George M. Young	R	20,516	74.5
	L. N. Torson	D	7,038	25.5
1920 (67th Congress)	George M. Young	R	34,849	51.7
	Ole H. Olson	I N-PART	32,618	48.4
1922 (68th Congress)	George M. Young	R	36,528	69.8
	J. W. Deemy	PROG	15,834	30.2
Special election (68th Congress)	Thomas Hall	R	33,460	51.0
	Gerald P. Nye	D	32,205	49.0
1924 (69th Congress)	Thomas Hall	R	31,212	42.2
	Gerald P. Nye	D	28,193	38.1
	M. C. Freercks	N-PART	14,511	19.6
1926 (70th Congress)	Thomas Hall	R	33,607	66.3
	J. L. Page	D	13,635	27.1
	C. W. Reichert	F-LAB	3,350	6.6
1928 (71st Congress)	Thomas Hall	R	42,844	61.7
	J. L. Page	D	26,566	38.3
1930 (72nd Congress)	Thomas Hall	R	34,063	55.6
	P. W. Lanier	D	25,780	42.3
	Alfred Knutson	COM	1,304	2.1

Recreated in 1962

Year	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1962 (88th Congress)	Don L. Short	R	56,203	54.0
	Robert Vogel	D	47,825	46.0
1964 (89th Congress)	Rolland Redlin	D	60,751	52.5
	Don L. Short	R	54,878	47.5
1966 (90th Congress)	Thomas S. Kleppe	R	50,801	51.9
	Rolland Redlin	D	46,993	48.1
1968 (91st Congress)	Thomas S. Kleppe	R	55,962	49.9
	Rolland Redlin	D	54,655	48.7
	Russell Kleppe	I	1,526	1.4
1970 (92nd Congress)	Arthur A. Link	D	50,416	50.3
	Robert McCarney	R	49,888	49.7

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present