    Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
    [Pages 223-224]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        BYRON L. DORGAN, Democrat, of Bismarck, ND; born in Dickinson, ND,
    May 14, 1942; graduated, Regent High School, 1961; B.S., University of
    North Dakota, 1965; M.B.A., University of Denver, 1966; North Dakota
    State Tax Commissioner, 1969-80, the only elected state tax commissioner
    in the nation; received 80 percent of the vote in 1976 tax commissioner
    reelection bid; chairman, Multi-State Tax Commission, 1972-74; executive
    committee member, National Association of Tax Administrators, 1972-75;
    selected by the Washington Monthly as one of the outstanding state
    officials in the United States, 1975; chosen by one of North Dakota's
    leading newspapers as the individual with the greatest influence on
    State government, 1977; elected to Congress, 1980; elected president of
    Democratic freshman class during first term; reelected, 1982, with 72
    percent of the vote; reelected to Congress in 1984 with 78.5 percent of
    the vote, setting three election records in North Dakota--largest vote
    ever received by a statewide candidate, largest vote by a U.S. House
    candidate, and largest majority by a U.S. House candidate; his 242,000
    votes in 1984 were the most received anywhere in the nation by an
    opposed House candidate; served on three congressional committees during
    first term in Congress: Agriculture, Small Business, and Veterans'
    Affairs; named to the Ways and Means Committee, January 1983; called the
    real successor to Bill Langer and the State's most exciting office
    holder in generations, by the 1983 Book of America; 1990 New York Times
    editorial said, ``Mr. Dorgan sets an example for political
    statesmanship''; named to Select Committee on Hunger in 1985; chairman,
    International Task Force on Select Committee on Hunger; reelected in
    1986; reelected in 1988 with 71 percent of the votes, reelected again in
    1990; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 3, 1992; first sworn in on
    December 15, 1992 to fill remainder of term in North Dakota's open
    Senate seat, then sworn in January 5, 1993 for six-year term;
    committees: Commerce, Science and Transportation; Appropriations; Energy
    and Natural Resources; Indian Affairs; Democratic Policy Committee;
    assistant Democratic floor leader, 104th Congress; married to Kim
    Dorgan; four children: Scott, Shelly (deceased), Brendon, and Haley.

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