Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota
The Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota is a political office in North Dakota. The Lieutenant Governor's duty is to preside as President of the Senate, and is responsible for legislative relations, the state budget and agribusiness development. In the event the office of the Governor becomes vacant, the Lieutenant Governor assumes that office and appoints a replacement lieutenant.
The current Lieutenant Governor is Brent Sanford, having been elected with Governor Doug Burgum.
Before 1974, the Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota was elected separately from the Governor. To avoid hostile relations between a Lieutenant Governor and Governor from different parties, the process was changed to where the Governor and Lieutenant are elected together on a joint ballot and are of the same party.
Lieutenant Governors of North Dakota
;Parties| # | Lt. Governor | Term | Party | Governor served under | Note |
| 1 | Alfred Dickey | 1889–1891 | Republican | John Miller | |
| 2 | Roger Allin | 1891–1893 | Republican | Andrew H. Burke | |
| 3 | Elmer D. Wallace | 1893–1895 | Democratic-Independent | Eli C. D. Shortridge | |
| 4 | John H. Worst | 1895–1897 | Republican | Eli C. D. Shortridge | |
| 5 | Joseph M. Devine | 1897–1898 | Republican | Frank A. Briggs | |
| 6 | David Bartlett | 1901–1907 | Republican | Frank White Elmore Y. Sarles | |
| 7 | Robert S. Lewis | 1907–1911 | Republican | John Burke | |
| 8 | Usher L. Burdick | 1911–1913 | Republican | John Burke | |
| 9 | Anton T. Kraabel | 1913–1915 | Republican | L. B. Hanna | |
| 10 | John H. Fraine | 1915–1917 | Republican | L. B. Hanna | |
| 11 | Anton T. Kraabel | 1917–1919 | Republican | Lynn Frazier | |
| 12 | Howard R. Wood | 1919–1923 | Republican | Lynn Frazier Ragnvald A. Nestos | |
| 13 | Frank H. Hyland | 1923–1925 | Republican | Ragnvald A. Nestos | |
| 14 | Walter Maddock | 1925–1928 | Republican | Arthur G. Sorlie | |
| 15 | John W. Carr | 1929–1933 | Republican | George F. Shafer William Langer | |
| 16 | Ole H. Olson | 1933–1934 | Republican | William Langer no lieutenant governor | |
| 17 | Walter Welford | 1935 | Republican/NPL | Thomas H. Moodie | |
| 18 | Thorstein H. H. Thoresen | 1937–1939 | Republican | William Langer | |
| 19 | Jack A. Patterson | 1939–1941 | Republican | John Moses | |
| 20 | Oscar W. Hagen | 1941–1943 | Republican/NPL | John Moses | |
| 21 | Henry Holt | 1943–1944 | Democratic | John Moses | |
| 22 | Clarence P. Dahl | 1945–1951 | Republican | Fred G. Aandahl | |
| 23 | Ray Schnell | 1951–1953 | Republican | Clarence Norman Brunsdale | |
| 24 | Clarence P. Dahl | 1953–1957 | Republican | Clarence Norman Brunsdale | |
| 25 | Francis Clyde Duffy | 1957–1959 | Republican | John E. Davis | |
| 26 | Clarence P. Dahl | 1959–1961 | Republican | John E. Davis | |
| 27 | Orville W. Hagen | 1961–1963 | Republican | William L. Guy | |
| 28 | Frank A. Wenstrom | 1963–1965 | Republican | William L. Guy | |
| 29 | Charles Tighe | 1965–1969 | Democratic | William L. Guy | |
| 30 | Richard F. Larsen | 1969–1973 | Republican | William L. Guy | |
| 31 | Wayne G. Sanstead | 1973–1981 | Democratic | Arthur A. Link | |
| 32 | Ernest Sands | 1981–1985 | Republican | Allen I. Olson | |
| 33 | Ruth Meiers | 1985–1987 | Democratic | George A. Sinner | |
| 34 | Lloyd Omdahl | 1987–1992 | Democratic | George A. Sinner | |
| 35 | Rosemarie Myrdal | 1992–2000 | Republican | Ed Schafer | |
| 36 | Jack Dalrymple | 2000–2010 | Republican | John Hoeven | |
| 37 | Drew Wrigley | 2010–2016 | Republican | Jack Dalrymple | |
| 38 | Brent Sanford | 2016–present | Republican | Doug Burgum |
Living former Lieutenant Governors of North Dakota
, six former lieutenant governors of North Dakota were alive, the oldest being Rosemarie Myrdal. The most recent death of a former lieutenant governor of North Dakota was that of Ernest Sands, on April 9, 2012. The most recent serving lieutenant governor to die was Ruth Meiers, who died in office on March 19, 1987.| Lt. Governor | Lt. Gubernatorial term | Date of birth |
| Richard F. Larsen | 1969–1973 | |
| Wayne G. Sanstead | 1973–1981 | |
| Lloyd Omdahl | 1987–1992 | |
| Rosemarie Myrdal | 1992–2000 | |
| Jack Dalrymple | 2000–2010 | |
| Drew Wrigley | 2010-2016 |