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Bismarck, ND
CITY
Official Website:
http://www.bismarck.org/
Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.bismarckmandan.com/ Visitors Bureau:
http://www.bismarckmandancvb.com/ Population:
55532 (2000 census) Founding Date:
1872 (founded), 1873 (renamed) County:
Burleigh County Founded 1872 as Edwinton, it became Bismarck in 1873.
Capital of Dakota Territory (1883), and of North Dakota (1889).
SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Leslie Bibb |
Actor |
17-Nov-1974 |
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Crossing Jordan |
| Lester Breslow |
Doctor |
17-Mar-1915 |
9-Apr-2012 |
Dean, UCLA School of Public Health, 1972-80 |
| Kent Conrad |
Politician |
12-Mar-1948 |
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US Senator from North Dakota |
| John Hoeven |
Politician |
13-Mar-1957 |
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US Senator from North Dakota |
| Harry J. Pearce |
Business |
20-Aug-1942 |
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Vice Chairman of GM, 1996-2001 |
| Edward T. Schafer |
Politician |
8-Aug-1946 |
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US Secretary of Agriculture, 2008-09 |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Frank A. Briggs |
Politician |
15-Sep-1858 |
9-Aug-1898 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1897-98 |
| Arthur A. Link |
Politician |
24-May-1914 |
1-Jun-2010 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1973-81 |
| Walter J. Maddock |
Politician |
13-Sep-1880 |
25-Jan-1951 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1928-29 |
| Charles R. Robertson |
Politician |
5-Sep-1889 |
19-Feb-1951 |
Congressman from North Dakota, 1940s |
| George F. Shafer |
Politician |
23-Nov-1888 |
13-Aug-1948 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1929-32 |
| Arthur G. Sorlie |
Politician |
26-Apr-1874 |
28-Aug-1928 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1925-28 |
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