Congressional Directory for the 108th Congress (2003-2004), November 2003.
[Pages 200-201]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    BYRON L. DORGAN, Democrat, of Bismarck, ND; born in Dickinson, ND, 
on May 14, 1942; education: graduated, Regent High School, 1961; B.S., 
University of North Dakota, 1965; M.B.A., University of Denver, 1966; 
employment: 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; reelected to each 
succeeding Congress; 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; elected to the 
U.S. Senate on November 3, 1992; first sworn in on December 15, 1992, to 
fill the remainder of the term in North Dakota's open Senate seat, then 
sworn in January 5, 1993, for six-year term; reelected to each 
succeeding Senate term; committees: Appropriations; Commerce, Science 
and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Indian Affairs; 
chairman, Democratic Policy Committee, 106th, 107th, and 108th 
Congresses; assistant Democratic Leader for Policy, 106th and 107th 
Congresses; assistant Democratic Floor Leader, 104th and 105th 
Congresses; assistant Democratic Floor Leader, ex officio, 106th and 
107th Congresses; married: Kim Dorgan; children: Scott, Shelly 
(deceased), Brendon, and Haley.

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