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  Burdick, Usher L.
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NameUsher L. Burdick
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Willston, North Dakota , United States
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Born February 21, 1879
DiedAugust 19, 1960 (81 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Feb 23, 2023 07:27pm
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InfoBURDICK, Usher Lloyd, (father of Quentin N. Burdick, father-in-law of Jocelyn B. Burdick, and father-in-law of Robert W. Levering), a Representative from North Dakota; born in Owatonna, Steele County, Minn., February 21, 1879; moved with his parents to Dakota Territory in 1882; raised among the Sioux Indians; was graduated from the State normal school at Mayville, N.Dak., in 1900; deputy superintendent of schools of Benson County, N.Dak., 1900-1902; was graduated from the law department of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1904, teaching school in a business college while attending the university; was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Munich, N.Dak.; member of the State house of representatives 1907-1911, serving as speaker in 1909; moved to Williston, N.Dak., in 1910 and continued the practice of law; Lieutenant Governor 1911-1913; State’s attorney of Williams County 1913-1915; assistant United States district attorney for North Dakota 1929-1932; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the Seventy-third Congress in 1932; also engaged in livestock breeding and farming; author; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1945); was not a candidate for renomination in 1944, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator; unsuccessful Independent candidate for election in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; elected to the Eighty-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1959); was not a candidate for renomination in 1958; died in Washington, D.C., August 19, 1960; interment on his ranch at Williston, N.Dak.

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Son Quentin N. Burdick 1908-1992

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RACES
  11/06/1956 ND At-Large Won 32.00% (+1.67%)
  06/26/1956 ND At-Large - R Primary Won 46.39% (+2.51%)
  11/02/1954 ND At-Large Won 36.24% (+5.37%)
  06/29/1954 ND At-Large - R Primary Won 34.29% (+7.43%)
  11/04/1952 ND At-Large Won 46.72% (+6.29%)
  06/24/1952 ND At-Large - R Primary Won 31.18% (+7.85%)
  11/07/1950 ND At-Large Won 34.03% (+0.00%)
  06/27/1950 ND At-Large - R Primary Won 34.41% (+0.00%)
  11/02/1948 ND At-Large Won 40.24% (+0.00%)
  06/29/1948 ND At-Large - R Primary Won 28.38% (+0.00%)
  11/07/1944 ND At-Large Lost 11.74% (-17.99%)
  06/27/1944 ND US Senate - R Primary Lost 31.75% (-2.23%)
  11/03/1942 ND At-Large Won 30.71% (+7.16%)
  06/30/1942 ND At-Large - R Primary Won 32.60% (+5.37%)
  11/05/1940 ND At-Large Won 34.45% (+8.62%)
  06/25/1940 ND At-Large - R Primary Won 29.61% (+0.00%)
  11/08/1938 ND At-Large Won 36.35% (+0.00%)
  06/28/1938 ND At-Large - R Primary Won 29.65% (+3.19%)
  11/03/1936 ND At-Large Won 25.89% (+0.00%)
  11/06/1934 ND At-Large Won 24.27% (+0.00%)
  06/27/1934 ND At-Large - R Primary Won 21.25% (+0.00%)
  06/29/1932 ND At-Large - R Primary Lost 11.04% (-16.69%)
  06/28/1916 ND Governor - R Primary Lost 31.00% (-21.07%)
  06/24/1914 ND Governor - R Primary Lost 36.27% (-6.64%)
  11/08/1910 ND Lt. Governor Won 63.52% (+31.07%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US House Speaker - Jan 05, 1937 R Fred L. Crawford
ND US President - Nov 03, 1936 R William Lemke
US House Speaker - Jan 03, 1935 R William P. Lambertson
ND US President - Nov 08, 1932 D Franklin D. Roosevelt
ND US President - Nov 04, 1924 R Robert M. La Follette