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Joseph K. Toole, Montana's first state governor and longest-serving chief executive 945-347
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Montana's Representatives and Senators to the U.S. Congress
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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 |
| 2023 - present | Ryan Zinke | Republican |
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 |
| 2023- present | Matt Rosendale | Republican |
At-Large
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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 - 2023 | Matt Rosendale | Republican |
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 |
Territorial and State Legislators
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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
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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