About Byron
Biography
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan was raised in the southwestern North Dakota town of Regent, where his family worked in the farm equipment and petroleum business and raised cattle and horses. At age 26, he became North Dakota's youngest-ever constitutional officer when he was appointed State Tax Commissioner. First elected to Congress in 1980, Dorgan has devoted his career to fighting for the interests of rural America. More
Democratic Policy Committee
Currently, Senator Dorgan is serving in his third term where he is a key member of the U.S. Senate's Democratic Leadership team. He is Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee (DPC), where he works closely with Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid to help develop the legislative agenda for the Senate Democratic Caucus.More
Committees
Senator Dorgan is a member of four Senate standing committees and fourteen subcommittees, in addition to being chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee. More
About North Dakota
North Dakota was carved out of the Dakota Territories on November 2, 1889, on the same day as its neighboring state South Dakota. However it is unknown which one was signed into statehood first because President Benjamin Harrison did not want to show favoritism and opted to shuffle the statehood papers as to not choose one over the other. The actual order was never recorded, but North Dakota is known as the 39th state because it is listed alphabetically above South Dakota. More
Contact
You can contact Senator Dorgan by email, or by contacting one of his five offices, four in North Dakota and one in Washington, D.C. More
