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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