 | Brian Kroshus (R) (1963- ) Appointed January 4, 2022 by Governor Doug Burgum to fill Ryan Rauschenberger’s term; Elected 2022 | Served: 2022-present |
 | Ryan Rauschenberger (R) (1982- ) Appointed January 1, 2014 by Governor Jack Dalrymple to fill Cory Fong’s term; Elected 2014, 2018; Resigned January 3, 2022 | Served: 2014-2022 |
 | Cory Fong (R) (1972- ) Appointed June 1, 2005 to fill Rick Clayburgh’s term; Elected 2006, 2010; Resigned December 31, 2013 | Served: 2005-2013 |
 | Rick Clayburgh (R) (1960- ) Elected 1996, 2000, 2004; Resigned May 2005 | 1996-2005 |
 | Robert Hanson (D) (1947-2015 ) Elected 1992, Defeated 1996 | Served: 1993-1995 |
 | Mary Kathryn ‘Heidi” Heitkamp (D) (1955- ) Appointed December 2, 1986 to fill Kent Conrad’s term; Elected 1988; Did not seek re-election 1992 | Served: 1986-1992 |
 | Kent Conrad (D) (1948- ) Elected 1980, 1984; Resigned December 2, 1986 | Served: 1981-1986 |
 | Byron L. Dorgan (D) (1942- ) Appointed March 31, 1969 to fill Edwin O. Sjaastad’s term; Elected 1972, 1976; Did not seek re-election 1980 | Served: 1969-1980 |
 | Edwin O. Sjaastad (1903-1969) Appointed May 1, 1966 to fill Lloyd B. Omdahl’s term; Elected 1968; Died in office March 20, 1969 | Served: 1966-1969 |
 | Lloyd B. Omdahl (1931-2024) Appointed April 15, 1963 to fill J. Arthur Engen’s term; Elected 1964; Resigned May 1, 1966 | Served: 1963-1966 |
 | J. Arthur Engen (1897-1963) Elected 1952, 1956, 1960; Died in office March 21, 1963 | Served: 1953-1963 |
 | Burtis B. Conyne (1890-1974) Appointed July 22, 1952 to fill John Gray’s term; Defeated in 1952 general election | Served: 1952-1952 |
| John Gray (1877-1952) Elected 1940, 1944, 1948; Died in office July 17, 1952 | Served: 1941-1952 |
By constitutional amendment adopted June 28, 1939, the Tax Commissioner became an elective office with a term of four years. The measure also provided for the election of the Tax Commissioner on a no-party ballot and the first commissioner would be elected in the 1940 general election (Article V, Section12). In 1987 the Tax Commissioner was removed from the no-party ballot (S.L. 1987 Ch. 253) (N.D.C.C. 16.1-11-08). | ||
| John Gray (1877-1952) Appointed May 17, 1939 effective May 18, 1939 by Governor Moses | Served: 1939-1940 |
 | Lee Nichols (unknown-1966) Served as Acting Tax Commissioner, April 1 to May 17, 1939 | Served: 1939 |
 | William T. DePuy (1903-1982) Appointed January 3, 1939 by Governor Moses; Resigned, March 31, 1939 | Served: 1939 |
 | Claude P. Stone (Birth date - death date unknown) Appointed December 27, 1938 by Governor Langer; Removed January 3, 1939 by Governor Moses | Served: 1938-1939 |
 | Owen T. Owen (1890-unknown) Appointed April 10, 1937 effective April 12, 1937 by Governor Langer; Resigned, December 15, 1938 | Served: 1937-1938 |
 | John Kenneth Murray (1882-1960) Appointed January 13, 1937 by Governor Langer; Resigned April 10, 1937 | Served: 1937 |
| Lee Nichols (unknown-1966) Appointed March 25, 1935 by Governor Welford; Removed January 12, 1937 by Governor Langer | Served: 1935-1937 |
Appointed January 17, 1935 by Governor Moodie; Did not take office due to Week’s litigation | ||
 | Lyman Baker (1886-1972) Appointed August 9, 1934 by Governor Olson; Did not take office due to Week’s litigation | |
 | J. J. Weeks (1871-1936) Appointed March 15, 1933 by Governor Langer; Removed March 24, 1935 following extensive litigation | Served: 1933-1935 |
 | F. A. Vogel (1888-1951) Appointed January 3, 1933 by Governor Langer; Resigned March 15, 1933 | Served: 1933 |
 | Iver A. Acker (1886-1969) Appointed June 24, 1929 effective July 1, 1929 by Governor Shafer; Removed, effective December 31, 1932 by Governor Langer | Served: 1929-1932 |
 | Thorstein H. Thoresen (1885-1956) Appointed, March 28, 1925 by Governor Sorlie; Removed July 1, 1929 by Governor Shafer | Served: 1925-1929 |
 | C. C. Converse (1878-1961) Appointed, January 3, 1922 by Governor Nestos; Removed March 27, 1925 by Governor Sorlie | Served: 1922-1925 |
 | George E. Wallace (1873-1952) Appointed, March 3, 1919 effective July 28, 1919; Removed December 31, 1921 by Governor Nestos | Served: 1919-1921 |
The 1919 North Dakota Legislature replaced the three-member Tax Commission, created in 1911 with a single Tax Commissioner, appointed by the Governor for a six-year term with the advice and consent of the Senate. The first commissioner was to be appointed on or before the last Monday in February 1919 (S.L. 1919, Ch. 213). | ||
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