What is Jocelyn Burdick?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Jocelyn Burdick |image = JocelynBirchBurdick.jpg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[North Dakota]] |appointed = [[George Sinner]] |term_start = September 16, 1992 |term_end = December 14, 1992 |predecessor = [[Quentin N. Burdick|Quentin Burdick]] |successor = [[Kent Conrad]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1922|2|6}} |birth_place = [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]], [[North Dakota]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|12|26|1922|2|6}} |death_place = Fargo, North Dakota, U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] |spouse = [[Quentin N. Burdick|Quentin Burdick]] <small>(1960–1992)</small> |alma_mater = [[Principia College]]<br>[[Northwestern University]] }} '''Jocelyn Birch Burdick''' (February 6, 1922 &ndash; December 26, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. She was the Senator of North Dakota from September 1992 through December 1992 for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref>{{cite book| title = Women in Congress| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=S4FWAAAAMAAJ| year = 1976| publisher = U.S. Government Printing Office| isbn = }}</ref> Burdick was born on February 6, 1922 in [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]], [[North Dakota]]. She studied at [[Principia College]] and at [[Northwestern University]]. Burdick was married to [[Quentin N. Burdick]] from 1960 until his death in 1992. After the death of [[Fritz Hollings]] in April 2019, Burdick became the oldest living former United States Senator. She died eight months later on December 26, 2019 in Fargo at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jocelyn Burdick, North Dakota's first female US Senator, dies at 97|url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/government-and-politics/4841039-Jocelyn-Burdick-North-Dakotas-first-female-US-Senator-dies-at-97|last=Stotts|first=Ryan|publisher=Grand Forks Herald|date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Burdick, Jocelyn}} [[Category:1922