Byron L Dorgan

Senator Byron L. Dorgan retired from the United States Senate in 2011 after a thirty year career representing the State of North Dakota, serving twelve years in the House of Representatives and eighteen years in the Senate.

During his time in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Dorgan served in the Senate Leadership for sixteen years, first as Assistant Democratic Floor Leader and then as Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee.  He was Chairman of Senate Committees and Subcommittees on the issues of Energy, Aviation, Appropriations, Water Policy and Indian Affairs.