George Sinner

George Albert Sinner (May 29, 1928 – March 9, 2018) was an American politician who served as the 29th governor of North Dakota from 1985 to 1992. He served two four-year terms and was the most recent governor of North Dakota from his party, the North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party.

Early life and education Sinner was born on May 29, 1928, in Fargo and was raised in Casselton, the youngest of four children to Albert Francis Sinner, a farmer and bookkeeper for Ford Motor Co., and his wife, Katherine Augusta Wild.

Sinner attended Saint John's Preparatory School, a college prep boarding school in Collegeville, Minnesota, graduating in 1946. He also ran for United States Congress in North Dakota's 1st congressional district against Mark Andrews in 1964.

During Sinner's governorship, North Dakota suffered through the 1980s Midwestern farm crisis and in 1989 celebrated the state's centennial. He died on March 9, 2018, at age 89, at Eventide Senior Living Communities, in Fargo, North Dakota. At the time of his death, he was the last surviving North Dakota governor from the Democratic-NPL party.