Joseph K. Toole, Montana's first state governor and longest-serving chief executive 945-347

Elected Officials Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Secretary of the Territory Secretary of State Auditor Treasurer Superintendents of Public Instruction Montana's Representatives and Senators to the U.S. Congress Territorial and State Legislators Women Elected Officials

 

Elected Officials

 

Most of this information was taken from Atlas of Montana Elections, 1889-1976, by Ellis Waldron and Paul B. Wilson (Missoula: University of Montana, 1978), and Montana Directory of Public Affairs, 1864-1955, compiled by Ralph E. Owings (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1956), as well as the Montana Historical Society Research Center Vertical Files.  Much similar information can be found at "The Political Graveyard" Web site's Montana page; although typically helpful, their info does not appear to be completely checked for errors.

 

Governor

Link to Thumbnail History of Montana Governors

 

TERRITORIAL

Term	Governors	Political Party
June 22, 1864 - July 12, 1866	Sidney Edgerton	Republican
Sep. 1865 - Oct. 1866; Jan. 1867 - July 1867	Thomas Francis Meagher (Acting Territorial Governor)	Democrat
July 13, 1866 - April 8, 1869	Green Clay Smith	Republican
Summer 1868 - Summer 1869	James Tufts (Acting Territorial Governor)
April 9, 1869 - July 12, 1870	James M. Ashley	Republican
July 13, 1870 - Jan. 14, 1883	Benjamin F. Potts	Republican
Jan. 14, 1883 - Dec. 15, 1884	John Schyler Crosby	Republican
Dec. 16, 1884 - July 13, 1885	B. Platt Carpenter	Republican
July 14, 1885 - Feb. 7, 1887	Samuel T. Hauser	Democrat
Feb. 8, 1887 - April 8, 1889	Preston H. Leslie	Democrat
April 9, 1889 - Nov. 8, 1889	Benjamin F. White	Republican

 

STATE

Term	Governors	Political Party
Nov. 8, 1889 - Jan. 2, 1893	Joseph K. Toole	Democrat
Jan. 2, 1893 - Jan. 4, 1897	John E. Rickards	Republican
Jan. 4, 1897 - Jan. 7, 1901	Robert B. Smith	Democrat-Populist
Jan. 7, 1901 - April 1, 1908	Joseph K. Toole (resigned)	Democrat
April 1, 1908 - Jan. 6, 1913	Edwin L. Norris	Democrat
Jan. 6, 1913 - Jan. 3, 1921	Samuel V. Stewart	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1921 - Jan. 5, 1925	Joseph M. Dixon	Republican
Jan. 5, 1925 - March 13, 1933	John E. Erickson (resigned and appointed to U.S. Senate)	Democrat
March 13, 1933 - Dec. 15, 1935	Frank H. Cooney (died in office)	Democrat
Dec. 16, 1935 - Jan. 4, 1937	William E. Holt	Democrat
Jan. 4, 1937 - Jan. 6, 1941	Roy E. Ayers	Democrat
Jan. 6, 1941 - Jan. 3, 1949	Samuel C. Ford	Republican
Jan. 3, 1949 - Jan. 5, 1953	John W. Bonner	Democrat
Jan. 5, 1953 - Jan. 2, 1961	J. Hugo Aronson	Republican
Jan. 2, 1961 - Jan. 25, 1962	Donald G. Nutter (died in plane crash)	Republican
Jan. 25, 1962 - Jan. 6, 1969	Tim M. Babcock	Republican
Jan. 6, 1969 - Jan. 2, 1973	Forrest H. Anderson	Democrat
Jan. 2, 1973 - Jan. 5, 1981	Thomas L. Judge	Democrat
Jan. 5, 1981 - Jan. 2, 1989	Ted Schwinden	Democrat
Jan. 2, 1989 - Jan. 4, 1993	Stan Stephens	Republican
Jan. 4, 1993 - Jan. 2, 2001	Marc Racicot	Republican
Jan. 2, 2001 - Jan. 3, 2005	Judy Martz	Republican
Jan. 3, 2005 - Jan. 7, 2013	Brian Schweitzer	Democrat
Jan. 7, 2013 - Jan. 4, 2021	Steven Clark Bullock	Democrat
Jan. 4, 2021 - present	Greg Gianforte	Republican

 

 

 

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Lieutenant Governor

 

Term	Name	Political Party	Governor Served Under
Nov. 8, 1889 - Jan. 2, 1893	John E. Rickards	Republican	Toole
Jan. 2, 1893 - Jan. 4, 1897	Alexander C. Botkin	Republican	Rickards
Jan. 4, 1897 - Jan. 7, 1901	A. E. Spriggs	Democrat/Populist	Smith
Jan. 7, 1901 - Jan. 2, 1905	Frank G. Higgins	Democrat	Toole
Jan. 2, 1905 - April 1, 1908	Edwin L. Norris	Democrat/Populist/Labor	Toole
April 1, 1908 - Jan. 4, 1909	Benjamin F. White	Republican	Norris
Jan. 4, 1909 - Jan. 6, 1913	William R. Allen	Republican	Norris
Jan. 6, 1913 - Jan. 3, 1921	W. W. McDowell	Democrat	Stewart
Jan. 3, 1921 - Jan. 5, 1925	Nelson Story, Jr.	Republican	Dixon
Jan. 5, 1925 - Jan. 7, 1929	W. S. McCormack	Republican	Erickson
Jan. 7, 1929 - Jan. 31, 1933	Frank A. Hazelbaker	Republican	Erickson
Jan. 31, 1933 - March 13, 1933	Frank H. Cooney	Democrat	Erickson
March 13, 1933 - Jan. 7, 1935	Tom Kane	Republican	Cooney
Jan. 7, 1935 - March 7, 1935	Ernest T. Eaton	Republican	Cooney
March 7, 1935 - Dec. 16, 1935	W. Elmer Holt	Democrat	Cooney
Dec. 16, 1935 - Jan. 4, 1937	William P. Pilgeram	Democrat	Holt
Jan. 4, 1937 - Jan. 6, 1941	Hugh R. Adair	Democrat	Ayers
Jan. 6, 1941 - Jan. 3, 1949	Ernest T. Eaton	Republican	Ford
Jan. 3, 1949 - Jan. 5, 1953	Paul Cannon	Democrat	Bonner
Jan. 5, 1953 - Jan. 7, 1957	George M. Gosman	Republican	Aronson
Jan. 7, 1957 - Jan. 2, 1961	Paul Cannon	Democrat	Aronson
Jan. 2, 1961 - Jan. 25, 1962	Tim M. Babcock	Republican	Nutter
Jan. 25, 1962 - Jan. 4, 1965	David F. James	Democrat	Babcock
Jan. 4, 1965 - Jan. 6, 1969	Ted James	Republican	Babcock
Jan. 6, 1969 - Jan. 1, 1973	Thomas Lee Judge	Democrat	Anderson
Jan. 1, 1973 - Jan. 3, 1977	Bill Christiansen	Democrat	Judge
Jan. 3, 1977 - Jan. 5, 1981	Ted Schwinden	Democrat	Judge
Jan. 5, 1981 - Jan. 4, 1988	George Turman	Democrat	Schwinden
Jan. 4, 1988 - Jan. 2, 1989	Gordon McOmber	Democrat	Schwinden
Jan. 2, 1989 - Jan. 4, 1993	Allen Kolstad	Republican	Stephens
Jan. 4, 1993 - Jan. 1997	Dennis Rehberg	Republican	Racicot
Jan. 1997 - Jan. 2, 2001	Judy Martz	Republican	Racicot
Jan. 2, 2001 - Jan. 3, 2005	Carl Ohs	Republican	Martz
Jan. 3, 2005 - Jan. 7, 2013	John Bohlinger	Republican	Schweitzer
Jan. 7, 2013 - Feb. 9, 2014	John E. Walsh	Democrat	Bullock
Feb. 17, 2014 - Jan. 4, 2016	Angela McLean	Democrat	Bullock
Jan. 4, 2016 - Jan. 4, 2021	Mike Cooney	Democrat	Bullock
Jan. 4, 2021 - present	Kristen Juras	Republican	Gianforte

 

 

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Attorney General

 

TERRITORIAL

Term	Name	Political Party
1881-1882	Thomas J. Lowry
1883-1884	John A. Johnston
1885-	William H. Hunt
Dec. 31, 1887 - Mar. 24, 1889	William E. Cullen
Mar. 25, 1889 - Nov. 8, 1889	John B. Clayberg

 

STATE

Term	Name	Political Party
Nov. 8, 1889 - Jan. 4, 1897	Henri J. Haskell	Republican
Jan. 4, 1897 - Jan. 7, 1901	C. B. Nolan	Democrat
Jan. 7, 1901 - Jan. 2, 1905	James Donovan	Democrat
Jan. 2, 1905 - Jan. 6, 1913	Albert J. Galen	Republican
Jan. 6, 1913 - May 31, 1915	Daniel M. Kelly	Democrat
May 31, 1915 - Jan. 1, 1917	J. P. Poindexter	Democrat
Jan. 1, 1917 - Jan. 3, 1921	Samuel C. Ford	Republican
Jan. 3, 1921 - Aug. 30, 1924	Wellington Rankin	Republican
Aug. 30, 1924 - Jan. 2, 1933	L. A. Foot	Republican
Jan. 2, 1933 - Oct. 31, 1936	Raymond T. Nagle	Democrat
Oct. 31, 1936 - Jan. 4, 1937	Enor K. Matson	Democrat
Jan. 4, 1937 - Jan. 6, 1941	Harrison Freebourn	Democrat
Jan. 6, 1941 - May 1, 1942	John W. Bonner	Democrat
May 1, 1942 - Aug. 3, 1942	Howard M. Gullickson	Democrat
Aug. 3, 1942 - Jan. 3, 1949	Raymond Victor Bottomly	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1949 - Jan. 7, 1957	Arnold H. Olsen	Democrat
Jan. 7, 1957 - Jan. 5, 1969	Forrest H. Anderson	Democrat
Jan. 5, 1969 - Jan. 2, 1977	Bob Woodahl	Republican
Jan. 2, 1977 - Jan. 2, 1989	Mike Greely	Democrat
Jan. 2, 1989 - Jan. 4, 1993	Marc Racicot	Republican
Jan. 4, 1993 - Jan. 2, 2001	Joe Mazurek	Democrat
Jan. 2, 2001 - Jan. 5, 2009	Mike McGrath	Democrat
Jan. 5, 2009 - Jan. 7, 2013	Steven Clark Bullock	Democrat
Jan. 7, 2013 - Jan. 4, 2021	Timothy Charles Fox	Republican
Jan. 4, 2021 - present	Austin Knudsen	Republican

 

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Secretary of the Territory

 

Term	Name
Aug. 4, 1865 - Mar. 27, 1867	Thomas Francis Meagher
Mar. 28, 1867 - Apr. 19, 1869	James Tufts
Apr. 20, 1869 - July 18, 1870	Wiley S. Scribner
July 19, 1870 - Jan. 20, 1871	Add. H Sanders
Jan. 21, 1871 - May 9, 1877	James E. Callaway
May 10, 1877 - May 31, 1882	James H. Mills
June 1, 1882 - April 20, 1884	Isaac D. McCutcheon
April 21, 1884 - Oct. 22, 1885	John S. Tooker
Oct. 23, 1885 - April 14, 1889	William B. Webb
April 15, 1889 - Nov. 8, 1889	L. A. Walker

 

Secretary of State

Link to History of the Office

 

Term	Name	Political Party	Notes
Nov. 1889 - Jan. 1897	Louis Rotwitt	Republican
Jan. 1897 - Jan. 1901	T. S. Hogan	Populist
Jan. 1901 - Jan. 1905	George M. Hays	Democrat
Jan. 1905 - Aug. 1911	Abraham N. Yoder	Republican	Died while in office
Aug. 1911 - Jan.. 1913	Thomas M. Swindlehurst	Democrat
Jan. 1913 - Dec. 1916	Adelbert M. Alderson	Democrat
Jan. 1917 - March 3, 1927	Charles T. Stewart	Republican	Impeached
March 3, 1927 - May 1, 1927	Robert N. Hawkins	Democrat	Temporary appt.; resigned
May 1, 1927 - April 1928	William Powers	Democrat	Resigned
April 1928 - Jan. 1929	John W. Mountjoy	Democrat
Jan. 1929 - Jan. 1933	William E. Harmon	Republican
Jan. 1933 - June 1955	Sam W. Mitchell	Democrat	Died while in office
June 1955 - Jan. 1957	S. C. Arnold	Republican	Appointed to finish Mitchell's term
Jan. 1957 - Jan. 1981	Frank Murray	Democrat
Jan. 1981 - April 1988	Jim Waltermire	Republican	Died while in office
April 1988 - Jan. 1989	Verner Bertelsen	Republican	Appointed to finish Waltermire's term
Jan. 1989 - Jan. 2001	Mike Cooney	Democrat
Jan. 2001 - Jan. 2004	Bob Brown	Republican
Jan. 2005 - Jan. 5, 2009	Brad Johnson	Republican
Jan. 5, 2009 - Jan. 2017	Linda McCulloch	Democrat
Jan. 2017 - Jan. 4, 2021	Corey Stapleton	Republican
Jan 4. 2021 - present	Christi Jacobsen	Republican

 

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Auditor

 

TERRITORIAL

Term	Name
Feb. 8, 1865 - Mar. 19, 1866	John S. Lott
Mar. 20, 1866 - Dec. 5, 1867	John H. Ming
Dec. 6, 1867 - Feb. 11, 1874	William H. Rodgers
Feb. 12, 1874 - Nov. 30, 1874	George Callaway
Dec. 1, 1874 - Jan. 4, 1876	Solomon Star
Feb. 22, 1876 - Feb. 21, 1879	D. H. Cuthbert
Feb. 22, 1879 - Mar. 4, 1887	Joseph P. Woolman
Mar. 5, 1887 - Nov. 8, 1889	James Sullivan

 

STATE

Term	Name	Political Party	Notes
Nov. 8, 1889 - Jan. 2, 1893	Edwin A. Kenney	Republican
Jan. 2, 1893 - Jan. 4, 1897	Andrew B. Cook	Republican
Jan. 4, 1897 - Jan. 7, 1901	Thomas W. Poindexter, Jr.	Democrat
Jan. 7, 1901 - Jan. 2, 1905	James H. Calderhead	Populist	Elected on a fusion ticket
Jan. 2, 1905 - Dec. 1911	Henry R. Cunningham	Republican	Resigned
Dec. 15, 1911 - Jan. 1913	C. M. McCoy	?	Appointed
Jan. 1913 - June 23, 1917	William Keating	Democrat	Died in office
June 28, 1917 - Jan. 6, 1919	Rufus G. Poland	Democrat	Appointed
Jan. 6, 1919 - Jan. 3, 1933	George P. Porter	Republican
Jan. 3, 1933 - May 12, 1962	John J. Holmes	Democrat
May 14, 1962 - Jan. 1985	E. V. "Sonny" Omholt	Republican	Appointed then elected in Nov. 1962 and thereafter
Jan. 1985 - Jan. 4, 1993	Andrea Bennett	Republican
Jan. 4, 1993 - Jan. 2, 2001	Mark O'Keefe	Democrat
Jan. 2, 2001 - Jan. 5, 2009	John Morrison	Democrat
Jan. 5, 2009 - Jan. 2017	Monica Lindeen	Democrat
Jan. 2017 - Jan. 2021	Matthew Rosendale	Republican
Jan. 2021 - present	Troy Downing	Republican

 

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Treasurer

 

TERRITORIAL

Term	Name
Feb. 8, 1865 - Mar. 19, 1866	John J. Hull
Mar. 20, 1866 - Dec. 11, 1867	John S. Rockfellow
Dec. 12, 1867 - July 19, 1871	William G. Barkley
July 20, 1871 - June 30, 1875	Richard O. Hickman
July 1, 1875 - Mar. 5, 1887	Daniel H. Weston
Mar. 6, 1887 - Nov. 8, 1889	William G. Preuitt

 

STATE

Term	Name	Political Party	Notes
Nov. 8, 1889 - Jan. 3, 1893	R. O. Hickman	Republican
Jan. 3, 1893 - Jan. 5, 1897	F. W. Wright	Republican
Jan. 5, 1897 - Jan. 7, 1901	Timothy E. Collins	Democrat
Jan. 7, 1901 - Jan. 2, 1905	A. N. Barret	Democrat
Jan. 2, 1905 - Jan. 4, 1909	James H. Rice	Republican
Jan. 4, 1909 - Jan. 6, 1913	Elmer E. Esselstyn	Republican
Jan. 6, 1913 - Jan. 1, 1917	William C. Rae	Democrat
Jan. 1, 1917 - Jan. 1, 1921	H. L. Hart	Republican
Jan. 1, 1921 - Feb. 3, 1923	J. W. Walker	Republican	resigned
Feb. 3, 1923 - Jan. 5, 1925	O. H. Junod	?	appointed
Jan. 6, 1925 - Jan. 7, 1929	W. E. Harmon	Republican
Jan. 7, 1929 - Jan. 1, 1932	F. E. Williams	Republican
Jan. 3, 1933 - Jan. 4, 1937	James J. Brett	Democrat
Jan. 4, 1937 - Jan. 6, 1941	Ray N. Shannon	Democrat
Jan. 6, 1941 - Aug. 22, 1944	Thomas E. Carey	Democrat	died
Aug. 22, 1944 - Dec. 31, 1944	T. H. MacDonald	?	appointed
Jan. 1, 1945 - Jan. 3, 1949	George P. Porter	Republican

 

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Superintendents of Public Instruction

 

TERRITORIAL

Term	Name
Feb. 10, 1865 - 1866	Thomas J. Dimsdale*
1866	Peter Ronan*
Sep. 8, 1866 - Mar. 3, 1867	A. H. Barrett*
Mar. 4, 1867 - Jan. 4, 1868	A. M. S. Carpenter*
Feb. 1, 1868 - July 16, 1869	Thomas F. Campbell
1869	James H. Mills*
1869	Rev. S. G. Lathrop*
Jan. 27, 1872 - Jan. 15, 1878	Cornelius Hedges
Jan. 16, 1878 - Feb. 18, 1879	Clark Wright
Feb. 19, 1879 - Feb. 22, 1881	W. Egbert Smith
Feb. 23, 1881 - Feb. 21, 1883	Robert H. Howey
Feb. 22, 1883 - Mar. 17, 1885	Cornelius Hedges
Mar. 18, 1885 - Mar. 11, 1887	William W. Wylie
Mar. 12, 1887 - Nov. 8, 1889	Arthur C. Logan

*These appointees probably did not perform any official duty

 

STATE

Term	Name	Political Party	Notes
Nov. 8, 1889 - Jan. 2, 1893	John Gannon	???
Jan. 2, 1893 - Jan. 4, 1897	Eugene A. Steere	Republican
Jan. 4, 1897 - Jan. 7, 1901	Evans A. Carleton	Republican	elected on the Fusion ticket
Jan. 7, 1901 - Jan. 2, 1905	W. W. Welch	Democrat	elected on the Fusion ticket
Jan. 2, 1905 - Jan. 5, 1913	Wilfred E. Harmon	Republican
Jan. 6, 1913 - Jan. 1, 1917	Henry A. Davee	Democrat
Jan. 1, 1917 - Jan. 1929	May Trumper	Republican
Jan. 1929 - Jan. 1937	Elizabeth Ireland	Republican
Jan. 1937 - Jan. 1941	Ruth Reardon	Democrat
Jan. 1941 - Jan. 1949	Elizabeth Ireland	Republican
Jan. 1949 - Jan. 1957	Mary M. Condon	Democrat
Jan. 1957 - Jan. 1969	Harriet Miller	Republican / Democrat	originally elected as Republican in 1956; switched to Democratic party in 1964
Jan. 1969 - Jan. 1977	Dolores Colburg	Democrat
Jan. 1977 - Jan. 1981	Georgia Ruth Rice	Democrat
Jan. 1981 - Jan. 1989	Ed Argenbright	Republican
Jan. 1989 - Jan. 2001	Nancy Keenan	Democrat
Jan. 2001 - Jan. 5, 2009	Linda McCulloch	Democrat
Jan. 5, 2009 - Jan. 2017	Denise Juneau	Democrat	first Native American woman elected to state-wide office
Jan. 2017 - Present	Elsie Arntzen	Republican

 

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Montana's Representatives and Senators to the U.S. Congress

Link to Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

 

U. S. Territorial Delegates

Term	Name	Political Party
Oct. 24, 1864 - March 3, 1867	Samuel McLean	Democrat
March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871	James Michael Cavanaugh	Democrat
March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873	William Horace Claggett	Republican
March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1885	Martin Maginnis	Democrat
March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889	Joseph Kemp Toole	Democrat
March 4, 1889 - Nov. 7, 1889	Thomas Henry Carter	Republican

 

U. S. Representatives

     At-Large

Term	Name	Political Party
Nov. 8, 1889 - March 3, 1891	Thomas Henry Carter	Republican
March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893	William Wirt Dixon	Democrat
March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1899	Charles Sampson Hartman	Republican (1893-1897) & Silver Republican (1897-1899)
March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1901	Albert James Campbell	Democrat
March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1903	Caldwell Edwards	Populist
March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1907	Joseph Moore Dixon	Republican
March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1913	Charles Nelson Pray	Republican
March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1919	John Morgan Evans	Democrat
March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1917	Tom Stout	Democrat
March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1919	Jeannette Rankin	Republican

 

     1st District

Term	Name	Political Party
March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1921	John Morgan Evans	Democrat
March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1923	Washington Jay McCormick	Republican
March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1933	John Morgan Evans	Democrat
March 4, 1933 - Jan. 3, 1937	Joseph Patrick Monaghan	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1937 - Jan. 3, 1939	Jerry Joseph O'Connell	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1939 - Jan. 3, 1941	Jacob Thorkelson	Republican
Jan. 3, 1941 - Jan. 3, 1943	Jeannette Rankin	Republican
Jan. 3, 1943 - Jan. 3, 1953	Michael Joseph Mansfield	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1953 - Jan. 3, 1961	Lee Warren Metcalf	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1961 - Jan. 3, 1971	Arnold Olsen	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1971 - Jan. 3, 1974	Richard Gardner (Dick) Shoup	Republican
Jan. 3, 1975 - Dec. 14, 1978	Max Sieben Baucus	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1979 - Jan. 3, 1993	John Patrick (Pat) Williams	Democrat

 

    2nd District

March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1923	Carl Wood Riddick	Republican
March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1933	Scott Leavitt	Republican
March 4, 1933 - Jan. 3, 1937	Roy Elmer Ayers	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1937 - Jan. 15, 1945	James Francis O'Connor	Democrat
June 5, 1945 - Jan. 3, 1955	Wesley Abner D'Ewart	Republican
Jan. 3, 1955 - Jan. 3, 1957	Orvin Benonie Fjare	Republican
Jan. 3, 1957 - Jan. 3, 1961	Leroy Hagen Anderson	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1961 - Feb. 27, 1969	James Franklin Battin	Republican
June 24, 1969 - Jan. 3, 1977	John Melcher	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1977 - Jan. 3, 1993	Ronald Charles Marlenee	Republican

 

    At-Large

Jan. 3, 1993 - Jan. 3, 1997	John Patrick (Pat) Williams	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1997 - Jan. 3, 2001	Rick Hill	Republican
Jan. 3, 2001 - Jan. 3, 2013	Dennis Rehberg	Republican
Jan. 3, 2013 - Jan. 3, 2015	Steven David Daines	Republican
Jan. 3, 2015 - March 1, 2017	Ryan Zinke	Republican
June 2017 - Jan. 3, 2021	Greg Gianforte	Republican
Jan. 3, 2021 - present	Matt Rosendale	Republican

 

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U. S. Senators

     Seat #1

Term	Name	Political Party
Jan. 1, 1890 - March 3, 1893	Wilbur Fisk Sanders	Republican
Jan. 16, 1895 - March 3, 1899	Lee Mantle	Republican, Silver Republican
Dec. 4, 1899 - May 15, 1900	William Andrews Clark	Democrat
March 7, 1901 - March 3, 1905	Paris Gibson	Democrat
March 4, 1905 - March 3, 1911	Thomas Henry Carter	Republican
March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1923	Henry Lee Myers	Democrat
March 4, 1923 - Jan. 3, 1947	Burton Kendall Wheeler	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1947 - Jan. 3, 1953	Zales Nelson Ecton	Republican
Jan. 3, 1953 - Jan. 3, 1977	Michael Joseph Mansfield	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1977 - Jan. 3, 1989	John Melcher	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1989 - Jan. 3, 2007	Conrad Burns	Republican
Jan. 3, 2007 - Present	Jon Tester	Democrat

 

     Seat #2

Term	Name	Political Party
Jan. 2, 1890 - March 3, 1895	Thomas Charles Power	Republican
March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1901	Thomas Henry Carter	Republican
March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1907	William Andrews Clark	Democrat
March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1913	Joseph Moore Dixon	Republican
March 4, 1913 - March 2, 1933	Thomas James Walsh	Democrat
March 13, 1933 - Nov. 6, 1934	John Edward Erickson	Democrat
Nov. 7, 1934 - Jan. 3, 1961	James Edward Murray	Democrat
Jan. 3, 1961 - Jan. 12, 1978	Lee Warren Metcalf	Democrat
Jan. 22, 1978 - Dec. 14, 1978	Paul Gerhart Hatfield	Democrat
Dec. 15, 1978 - Feb. 6, 2014	Max Sieben Baucus	Democrat
Feb. 9, 2014 - Jan. 3, 2015	John E. Walsh	Democrat
Jan. 3, 2015 - Present	Steven David Daines	Republican

 

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Territorial and State Legislators

Click one of the links below for lists of legislators who served during Montana's territorial period from 1864 to 1889 and during Montana's statehood from 1889 to 1942.  Or if you're looking for a particular legislator you can use the search box in the upper right hand corner of this Wiki page.

Territorial Legislators, 1864-1876

Territorial Legislators, 1877-1889

State Legislators, 1889-1898

State Legislators, 1899-1908

State Legislators, 1909-1918

State Legislators, 1919-1928

State Legislators, 1929-1936

State Legislators, 1937-1942

 

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Women Elected Officials

Click the above heading for lists of women legislators, women delegates to the 1972 Constitutional Convention, and women elected to statewide office in Montana.

 

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