District Marshals, D/North Dakota

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The Territory of Dakota was created on March 2, 1861 and included the area of present day North and South Dakota. William F. Shaffer was the original appointment as U.S. Marshal for the Territory of Dakota. Dakota remained a territory until November 2 1889 when North Dakota was admitted as a State with one federal Judicial District. Albert F. Price received the original appointment as U.S. Marshal for the District of North Dakota on February 27, 1890.

District Marshals	Status	Date

Territory of Dakota
SHAFFER, William F.	Original Appointment	March 27, 1861
PINNEY, George M.	Senate Confirmation	July 15, 1962
LITCHFIELD, Laban H.	Senate Confirmation Senate Confirmation	February 23, 1865 April 6, 1869
BURDICK, James H.	Senate Confirmation Senate Confirmation	December 19, 1872 January 30, 1877
RAYMOND, John B.	Senate Confirmation	November 12, 1877
ALLEN, Harrison	Senate Confirmation	August 4, 1882
MARATTA, Daniel W.	Recess Appointment Senate Confirmation	October 9, 1885 July 26, 1886
District of North Dakota
PRICE, Albert F.	Original Appointment	February 27, 1890
CRONAN, Joseph E.	Commission Date	January 23, 1894
HAGGART, John E.	Commission Date Commission Date	January 17, 1898 January 21, 1902
HAGGART, Gilbert W.	Court Appointment	September 20, 1905
SHEA, James F.	Commission Date Commission Date	December 18, 1905 February 18, 1910
DOYLE, Stephen J.	Commission Date Commission Date	April 1, 1914 March 17, 1918
SHEA, James F.	Commission Date	March 14, 1922
MUDGETT, Charles F.	Commission Date	November 22, 1926
GUNVALDSEN, Osmund	Commission Date Commission Date	March 1, 1927 March 2, 1931
DOYLE, Stephen J.	Recess Appointment Commission Date Commission Date	June 27, 1934 February 16, 1935 May 23, 1939
McLEAN, Fred W.	Court Appointment	August 3, 1940
FOREMAN, Chester M.	Commission Date Commission Date Commission Date	November 19, 1941 October 2, 1945 May 20, 1950
EATON, Jonathan	Court Appointment	January 22, 1953
TENBORG, Harry R.	Commission Date Commission Date	August 12, 1945 June 24, 1958
ANDERSON, Anson J.	Commission Date Commission Date	April 14, 1961 August 11, 1965
LINK, Walter J.	Commission Date	June 20, 1969
BUMANN, Alvin W.	Court Appointment Commission Date	September 28, 1975 April 1, 1976
WARREN, Harold C.	Commission Date	May 25, 1977
MUIR, Kenneth B.	Court Appointment Court Appointment	June 12, 1981 December 9, 1981
TENNYSON, George L.	Interim Appointment	February 17, 1983
WOOD, Errol Lee	Commission Date	February 28, 1984
BERG, Brian C.	Commission Date	February 11, 1994
David S. Carpenter