Jocelyn Burdick

Infobox Senator | name= Jocelyn Burdick


jr/sr=United States Senator
state =North Dakota
term_start=September 16, 1992
term_end=December 14, 1992
preceded=Quentin Burdick
succeeded=Kent Conrad
birth_date=birth date and age|1922|02|06
birth_place=Fargo, North Dakota
nationality = American
spouse=Quentin Burdick (deceased)
party=Democratic-NPL
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residence = Fargo, North Dakota
alma_mater = Northwestern University (1943)
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Jocelyn Birch Burdick (b. February 6 1922, Fargo, North Dakota) was a Democrat United States Senator briefly during 1992.

Upon the death of her husband, Senator Quentin N. Burdick, Governor George Sinner appointed her to fill the vacancy until a special election was held. She was not a candidate for election to the rest of the term, and retired to Fargo upon the election of Kent Conrad to the office.

She is to date the only woman to have represented North Dakota in the U.S. Senate and the only woman to have served in Congress from North Dakota. She lives in Fargo where she continues to remain active in politics.

External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001076/ Congressional Biography]