Background
Burdick, Usher L. was born on February 21, 1879 in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States. Son of Ozias W. and Lucy (Farnum) Burdick.
Burdick, Usher L. was born on February 21, 1879 in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States. Son of Ozias W. and Lucy (Farnum) Burdick.
Graduated from State Normal School, Mayville, North Dakota, 1900. Bachelor of Laws, University Minnesota, 1904.
Admitted to North Dakota bar, 1904. Began practice at Munich, North Dakota, 1904. Member North Dakota House of Representatives, 1907-1911, speaker, 1909.
Lieutenant governor North Dakota, 1911-1913.
States attorney Williams County, North Dakota, 1913-1915. Assistant federal attorney North Dakota, 1929-1932.
Member 74th to 78th, 81st to 85th Congresses North Dakota at large.
Member Phi Delta Phi. Mason (32°).
Married Emma Rassmussen, September 5, 1901. Children: Quentin Northrop, Eugene Allan, Eileen Rosemary.