List of North Dakota Tax Commissioners


The following is a list of Tax Commissioners of North Dakota since the office was created in 1919. The office was an appointed position from 1919 to 1940, and an elected position on the no-party ballot from 1940 to 1987, and an elected position on a party ballot since 1987.
Party information given for the commissioners who served before 1940 is based on the party of the Governor of North Dakota who appointed them to the position. From 1940 to 1987, the office became an elected position, but was placed on the no party ballot. Since 1987, the office has been placed on a party-affiliated ballot.
#NameTermParty
1George E. Wallace1919-1921Republican
2C.C. Converse1922-1925Republican
3Thorstein H. Thoresen1925-1929Republican
4Iver A. Acker1929-1932Republican
5F.A. Vogel1933Republican
6J.J. Weeks1933-1935Republican
7Lee Nichols1935-1937Republican
8John Kenneth Murray1937Republican
9Owen T. Owen1937-1938Republican
10Claude P. Stone1938-1939Republican
11William T. DePuy1939Democratic
12Lee Nichols1939Republican
13John Gray1939-1952Democratic
14Burtis B. Conyne1952
15J. Arthur Engen1953-1963
16Lloyd Omdahl1963-1966
17Edwin O. Sjaasstad1966-1969
18Byron Dorgan1969-1980Democratic-NPL
19Kent Conrad1981-1986Democratic-NPL
20Heidi Heitkamp1986-1992Democratic-NPL
21Robert E. Hanson1993-1995Democratic-NPL
22Rick Clayburgh1996-2005Republican
23Cory Fong2005-2013Republican
24Ryan Rauschenberger2013-Republican