Title: Usher L. Burdick Papers, 1881-1960

ID: OGLMC021

Primary Creator: Burdick, Usher L (1879-1960)

Extent: 46.75

Subjects: Politics and Government - Nonpartisan League (NPL), Politics and Government - United States House of Representatives

Languages: English

The Usher L. Burdick Papers have been divided into four series:

Series 1: Subject Files

Series 2: North Dakota

Series 3: Photographs

Series 4: Oversize Materials

"BURDICK, Usher Lloyd,  (father of Quentin N. Burdick, father-in-law of Jocelyn B. Burdick, and father-in-law of Robert W. Levering), a Representative from North Dakota; born in Owatonna, Steele County, Minn., February 21, 1879; moved with his parents to Dakota Territory in 1882; raised among the Sioux Indians; was graduated from the State normal school at Mayville, N.Dak., in 1900; deputy superintendent of schools of Benson County, N.Dak., 1900-1902; was graduated from the law department of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1904, teaching school in a business college while attending the university; was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Munich, N.Dak.; member of the State house of representatives 1907-1911, serving as speaker in 1909; moved to Williston, N.Dak., in 1910 and continued the practice of law; Lieutenant Governor 1911-1913; State’s attorney of Williams County 1913-1915; assistant United States district attorney for North Dakota 1929-1932; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the Seventy-third Congress in 1932; also engaged in livestock breeding and farming; author; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1945); was not a candidate for renomination in 1944, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator; unsuccessful Independent candidate for election in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; elected to the Eighty-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1959); was not a candidate for renomination in 1958; died in Washington, D.C., August 19, 1960; interment on his ranch at Williston, N.Dak."

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Besides his son Quentin, Usher Burdick had two other children: Eugene and Eileen.

Politics and Government - Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Politics and Government - United States House of Representatives

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Accruals:

Additional material:

Transferred from the Quentin Burdick Papers, OGLMC 204, in April 1983 (Acc.83-1073)

Donated by Eugene Burdick, Williston, North Dakota, on November 8, 1985 (Acc.85-1419) and on August 18, 1998 (Acc.98-2231)

Donated by Edward Blackorby, Altoona, Wisconsin, on September 30, 1987 (Acc.87-1570)

Donated by Jennifer Burdick (granddaughter), Baltimore, Maryland, via Dan Rylance, on April 28, 1995.

Purchased at the 2002 State Historical Society of North Dakota Annual Silent Book Auction (Acc.2002-2575)

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Method: Donation; the original acquisition records are unavailable

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Usher L. Burdick Papers.  OGLMC 21, Box #, Folder #.  Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in October 2015.