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  Burdick, Jocelyn Birch
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NameJocelyn Birch Burdick
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Fargo, North Dakota , United States
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Born February 06, 1922
DiedDecember 26, 2019 (97 years)
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Dec 27, 2019 07:14pm
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Info (wife of Quentin Northrup Burdick, daughter-in-law of Usher L. Burdick), a Senator from North Dakota; born in Fargo, N. Dak., February 6, 1922; graduated from Fargo Central High School, 1939; attended Principia College, Elsah, Ill., and graduated from Northwestern University in 1943; worked as a radio announcer in Moorhead, Minn.; while a member of the North Dakota Democratic Non-Partisan League, worked as a volunteer in the 1964, 1970, 1976, and 1982 Senate reelection campaigns of Quentin Northrop Burdick; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate on September 12, 1992, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Quentin Northrop Burdick; took the oath of office on September 16, 1992, and served until December 14, 1992, a successor having been chosen in a special election; not a candidate for reelection; is a resident of Fargo, N. Dak.


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FAMILY
Husband Quentin N. Burdick Jul 07, 1960-Sep 08, 1992
Father In-Law Usher L. Burdick 1879-1960

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  09/12/1992 ND US Senate - Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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