    Congressional Directory for the 109th Congress (2005-2006), September 2006.
    [Pages 203-204]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        BYRON L. DORGAN, Democrat, of Bismarck, ND; born in Dickinson, ND,
    May 14, 1942; education: graduated, Regent High School, 1961; B.S.,
    University of North Dakota, 1965; M.B.A., University of Denver, 1966;
    professional: 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; chairman,
    Democratic Policy Committee, 106th thru 109th 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; committees:
    Appropriations; Commerce, Science and Transportation; Energy and Natural
    Resources; Indian Affairs; 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.

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