Jocelyn Burdick

Jocelyn Burdick
United States Senator
from North Dakota
In office
September 12, 1992  December 14, 1992
Appointed byGeorge Sinner
Preceded byQuentin Burdick
Succeeded byKent Conrad
Personal details
Born
Jocelyn Louise Birch

(1922-02-06)February 6, 1922
Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.
DiedDecember 26, 2019(2019-12-26) (aged 97)
Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic (D-NPL)
Spouses
Kenneth Peterson
(died 1958)
    (m. 1960; died 1992)
    EducationPrincipia College
    Northwestern University (BA)

    Jocelyn Louise Burdick (née Birch; February 6, 1922 – December 26, 2019) was an American politician from North Dakota who briefly served as a member of the United States Senate in 1992. She was the first woman from the state to hold this office. At the age of 97, she was the oldest living former U.S. Senator for the last eight months of her life. She was a member of the North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party.