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City of Bozeman Mayors & City Managers
Bozeman was incorporated April 9, 1883 by the authority of the State Legislature. The city began under the mayor-council system and switched to the manager-commission system in 1922 in order to effect more control on the city's purse strings. Beginning in Jan. 1922, the office of Mayor has gone to the commissioner elected with the most votes. Since then, a City Manager has been appointed by the commission to run the day-to-day operations of the city. The list that follows is from Cortlandt L. Freeman, "The Growing Up Years: The First 100 Years of Bozeman as an Incorporated City, from 1883-1983," Bozeman: Gallatin County Historical Society, 1988.
MAYORS
| Term | Name |
| April 9, 1883 - April 1885 | John V. Bogert |
| April 1885 - April 1886 | S. W. Langborne |
| April 1886 - April 1887 | George W. Monroe |
| April 1887 - April 1890 | John V. Bogert |
| May 1890 - April 1891 | H. A. Pease |
| May 1891 - April 1892 | John V. Bogert |
| May 1892 - April 1895 | George L. Ramsey |
| May 1895 - April 1897 | F. L. Benepe |
| May 1897 - April 1899 | John V. Bogert |
| April 1899 - April 1901 | W. M. Alward |
| May 1901 - Dec. 1901 | H. W. Foster |
| Dec. 1901 - April 1905 | P. T. Morris |
| May 1905 - April 1907 | Nelson Story, Jr. |
| May 1907 - April 1909 | Charles P. Manry |
| May 1909 - April 1911 | A. G. Berthot |
| May 1911 - Jan. 1912 | Charles P. Manry |
| Jan. 1912 - April 1915 | H. S. Buell |
| May 1915 - June 1916 | John A. Luce |
| June 1916 - April 1919 | L. W. Truitt |
| May 1919 - April 1921 | C. W. Sweet |
| May 1921 - Dec. 1921 | E. J. Parkin |
| Jan. 1922 - Dec. 1923 | Amos C. Hall |
| Jan. 1924 - Dec. 1927 | Edmund Burke |
| Jan. 1928 - Dec. 1929 | E. G. B. Hill |
| Jan. 1930 - Dec. 1931 | W. N. Purdy |
| Jan. 1932 - Dec. 1933 | C. P. Steffens |
| Jan. 1934 - Dec. 1935 | W. W. Spain |
| Jan. 1936 - Dec. 1937 | John L. Ketterer |
| Jan. 1938 - Dec. 1939 | August H. Lake |
| Jan. 1940 - Dec. 1941 | Frank E. Hoey |
| Jan. 1942 - Dec. 1943 | A. G. Busch |
| Jan. 1944 - Dec. 1945 | H. B. Landoe (inducted to armed service) |
| April 1945 - Dec. 1947 | J. H. Healy (Mayor elect) |
| Jan. 1948 - Dec. 1949 | Charles W. Sorenson |
| Jan. 1950 - Dec. 1951 | W. Gilbert Lowe |
| Jan. 1952 - Dec. 1953 | Walter A. Secor |
| Jan. 1954 - Dec. 1955 | W. Gilbert Lowe |
| Jan. 1956 - Dec. 1957 | Arnold M. Swanson |
| Jan. 1958 - Dec. 1959 | Howard Erwin |
| Jan. 1960 - Dec. 1961 | Arnold M. Swanson |
| Jan. 1962 - Dec. 1963 | Fred M. Staudaher |
| Jan. 1964 - Dec. 1965 | R. Harry Morrow |
| Jan. 1966 - Dec. 1967 | Edmund P. Sedivy |
| Jan. 1968 - Dec. 1969 | R. Harry Morrow |
| Jan. 1970 - Dec. 1971 | Don M. Langohr |
| Jan. 1972 - Dec. 1973 | William E. Grabow |
| Jan. 1974 - Dec. 1975 | Edmund P. Sedivy |
| Jan. 1976 - Dec. 1976 | James W. Vollmer |
| Jan. 1977 - Dec. 1977 | Edmund P. Sedivy |
| Jan. 1978 - ??? | Duncan MacNab |
CITY MANAGERS
| Term | Name |
| Jan. 1922 - Dec. 1923 | Samuel A. Mendenhall |
| Jan. 1924 - Dec. 1927 | Fred M. Brown |
| Jan. 1928 - June 1929 | Samuel A. Mendenhall |
| July 1929 - Sep. 1937 | George O. Arnold |
| Sep. 1937 - Sep. 1940 | Maurice E. Henderson |
| Sep. 1940 - Nov. 1941 | August H. Lake |
| Nov. 1941 - Aug. 1947 | Fred Quinnell |
| Aug. 1947 - Dec. 1959 | Maurice E. Henderson |
| Jan. 1960 - Dec. 1968 | Oscar E. Cutting |
| Jan. 1969 - Nov. 1975 | Harold E. Fryslie |
| Dec. 1975 - ??? | Samuel C. Gesko, Jr. |
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City of Butte Mayors
Butte was incorporated as a city in 1878 while Montana was still only a territory. The citizens of Butte elected their first mayor in 1879 to a brief one-year term in office. Butte held annual city elections until 1893 when the term of the mayor was lengthened to two years. Below is a list compiled from an on-going series of articles written by John Astle highlighting the history of Butte's mayors from 1879-1977. His articles appear each week in The Butte Weekly newspaper throughout 2007 and are being collected in a vertical file entitled "Butte (Mont.) -- Mayors" available at the Montana Historical Society Research Center in Helena. A variety of biographical material on these Butte political figures may also be available at the MHS Research Center and at the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives.
| Years Served | Name | Political Party Affiliation |
| 1879-1880 | Henry Jacobs | Independent/Democrat |
| 1880-1881 | Henry G. Valiton | Democrat |
| 1881-1882 | Dr. George W. Beal | Democrat |
| 1882-1883 | William Owsley | Democrat |
| 1883-1884 | Dr. O. B. Whitford | Republican |
| 1884-1885 | William Owsley | Democrat |
| 1885-1887 | Henry Lupin Frank | Democrat |
| 1887-1888 | W. R. Kenyon | Democrat |
| 1888-1889 | Levi Hamilton | Republican |
| 1889-1890 | W. R. Kenyon | Democrat |
| 1890-1891 | Henry G. Valiton | Democrat |
| 1891-1892 | Henry Mueller | Democrat |
| 1892-1893 | Lee Mantle | Republican |
| 1893-1895 | Eugene O. Dugan | Democrat |
| 1895-1897 | William Thompson | Republican |
| 1897-1899 | Peter S. Harrington | Democrat |
| 1899-1901 | Jeremiah H. McCarthy | Democrat |
| 1901-1903 | William Davey | Democrat |
| 1903-1905 | Pat Mullins | Anti-Trust Party |
| 1905-1907 | John MacGinniss | Anti-Trust Democrat |
| 1907-1909 | Joseph Corby | Republican |
| 1909-1911 | Charles P. Nevin | Democrat |
| 1911-1914 | Lewis J. Duncan | Socialist |
| 1914-1915 | Clarence A. Smith | Socialist |
| 1915-1917 | Charles H. Lane | Democrat |
| 1917-1919 | William H. Maloney | Democrat |
| 1919-1921 | William T. Stodden | Republican |
| 1921-1923 | James G. Cocking | Republican |
| 1923-1927 | William D. Horgan | Democrat |
| 1927-1931 | W. Kerr Beadle | Democrat |
| 1931-1935 | Archie McTaggart | Democrat |
| 1935-1941 | Charles Hauswirth | Republican |
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City of Lewistown Mayors
Lewistown was incorporated as a city in 1899.
This information was taken from a list on page 100 of Robert Dissly, ed. and comp., History of Lewistown, (Lewistown Public Library/News-Argus Printing, 2000).
| Term in Office | Name | Occupation & Other Info |
| July 25,1899 -May 7, 1900 | John P. Barnes | mine owner; only served nine months of his term |
| May 7, 1900 - May 4, 1903 | George W. Cook | real estate |
| May 4, 1903 - Dec. 5, 1904 | L. W. Eldridge | banker |
| Dec. 5, 1904 - May 1, 1905 | W. D. Symmes | manager, Power Mercantile |
| May 1, 1905 - May 3, 1909 | Jeese E. Pinkley | livery stable |
| May 3, 1909 - May 1, 1911 | Samuel Phillips | banker and rancher |
| May 1, 1911 - May 5, 1913 | John S. Marshall | farmer, stockman |
| May 5, 1913 - May 7, 1917 | W. D. Symmes | manager, Power Mercantile |
| May 7, 1917 - May 5, 1919 | Lewis C. Clark | real estate |
| May 5, 1919 - May 2, 1921 | Charles J. Marshall | lawyer |
| May 2, 1921 - May 7, 1923 | Jack Briscoe | lawyer and judge |
| May 7, 1923 - May 4, 1925 | E. O. Kindschy | tombstone dealer |
| May 4, 1925 - May 6, 1929 | Jack Briscoe | lawyer and judge |
| May 6, 1929 - May 4, 1931 | Oscar O. Mueller | lawyer |
| May 4, 1931 - Oct. 1, 1934 | Stewart McConochie | lawyer; resigned to accept appointment as one of the judges of Judicial District 10 |
| Oct. 1, 1934 - Jan. 28, 1935 | Peter P. Halpin | merchant; the only mayor to die in office |
| Jan. 28, 1935 - May 6, 1935 | Francis Hagstrom | dentist; finished out term of Halpin but never would accept the appointment as mayor and always signed all official documents of the city as acting mayor |
| May 6, 1935 - May 3, 1937 | C. W. Baker | judge |
| May 3, 1937 - May 5, 1941 | William G. Dissly | V. P., creamery |
| May 5, 1941 - May 2, 1949 | Ed R. Roehl | auto dealer |
| May 2, 1949 - May 4, 1953 | E. O. Kindschy | tombstone dealer |
| May 4, 1953 - May 6, 1957 | Pete Peterson | grocer |
| May 6, 1957 - May 4, 1959 | Clair R. Bloom | wholesale oil dealer |
| May 4, 1959 - May 1, 1961 | Neal D. Smith | service station |
| May 1, 1961 - May 3, 1965 | William K. Wicks | drug store owner |
| May 3, 1965 - May 3, 1971 | Walter E. Mondale | lawyer |
| May 3, 1971 - May 2, 1977 | Robert L. Dissly | glazier; elected for one two-year term and under a new state law, the first mayor elected to a four-year term; nephew of Mayor William G. Dissly |
| May 2, 1977 - Feb. 6, 1981 | Robert E. LaFountain | planner; term of office was extended by nine months, however, he resigned early in his last year to accept a job out-of-state |
| Feb. 6, 1981 - Jan. 2, 1986 | C. Wilbur Lindstrand | retired; served out the term of LaFountain and was elected to a four-year term on the new election day in November 1981. All municipal elections were changed by Montana state law to coincide with county, state and national elections from that date forward. He then took office on the first working day following Jan. 1. |
| Jan. 2, 1986 - ??? | John D. Humphrey | hotel owner, engineer |
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Virginia City Mayors
Virginia City was incorporated as a city in 1865.
This information was taken from Madison County Federated Women's Club writings, 1925-1931 (Small Collection 1382)
| Elected to Office | Name |
| February 1865 | P. F. Pfouts |
| Acting Mayor; February-May 1866 | F. E. W. Patteh |
| May 1866-February 1867 | J. M. Castner |
| February 1868-1870 | L. S. Daems |
| February 1871 | Henry Elling |
| February 1872 | H. L. Hosmer |
| September 1872 | E. W. Driggs |
| February 1873 | H. Warnington |
| February 1874 | E. W. Driggs |
| February 1875-1876 | H. S. Gilbert |
| February 1877 | H. S. Howell |
| February 1878 | R. O. Hickman |
| February 1879 | Samuel B. Rice |
| February 1880-1881 | O. B. Barber |
| February 1882 | R. O. Hickman |
| February 1883 | S. R. Bufford |
| February 1884 | D. W. Tilton |
| February 1885-1886 | Thomas Baker |
| February 1887 | Julius J. Kohls |
| February 1888-1889 | A. J. Bennett |
| February 1890-1892 | Henry Elling |
| February 1893-1895 | William Morris |
| February 1896-1899 | A. J. Bennett |
| February 1900-1902 | Lew L. Callaway |
| February 1903-1904 | J. M. Knight |
| February 1905-1909 | James G. Walker |
| February 1910-1912 | Amos C. Hall |
| February 1913-1917 | Jacob Albright |
| April 1918-1919 | M. M. Duncan |
| February 1920-1923 | C. W. Rank |
| February 1925 | James Emslie |
| February 1927-1929 | Matt Carey |
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Women Mayors
| City/County | Names | Years Served | Political Party Affiliation |
| Darby/Ravalli | Jennie Tanner Morrison | 1928-1929 | Republican |
| Darby/Ravalli | Margaret Shockley | 1930-1932 | Unknown |
| Kevin/Toole | Evalina Herd | 1936-? | Unknown |
| Lodge Grass/Big Horn | Hester Stevenson | 1936 (served two terms) | Unknown |
| Missoula/Missoula | Juliet Gregory | 1947-1949 | Republican |
| Libby/Lincoln | Anne Brockway | 1957-1963 | Republican |
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