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.
Governors
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 9, 1869 | Green Clay Smith | Republican |
| Summer 1869 | James Tufts | Acting Territorial Governor |
| April 9, 1869 - July 12, 1870 | James M. Ashley | Republican |
| April 1869 - August 1870 | Wiley S. Scribner | Acting Territorial Governor |
| July 13, 1870 - Jan. 14, 1883 | Benjamin F. Potts | Democrat |
| Jan. 15, 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 - Present | Brian Schweitzer | Democrat |
Lieutenant Governors
| 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 | Deomcrat | 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 - Present | John Bohlinger | Republican | Schweitzer |
Attorneys General
TERRITORIAL
| Term | Name | Political Party |
| 1881-1882 | Thomas J. Lowry | |
| 1883-1884 | John A. Johnston | |
| 1885- | William H. Hunt |
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 - Present | Mike McGrath | Democrat |
Secretaries of the Territory
| Term | Name |
| 1864-1866 | Thomas Francis Meagher |
| 1867-1868 | James Tufts |
| 1869-1870 | W. S. Scribner |
| 1871-1876 | James E. Callaway |
| 1877-1882 | James H. Mills |
| 1883-1884 | Isaac D. McCutcheon |
| 1885-1888 | John S. Tooker |
Secretaries of State
Link to Montana Secretaries of State in History
| 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 1927 | Charles T. Stewart | Republican | Impeached; resigned |
| March 1927 - April 1927 | Robert N. Hawkins | Democrat | Resigned |
| May 1927 - April 1928 | William Powers | Unknown | 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 - Present | Brad Johnson | Republican |
Auditors
TERRITORIAL
| 1866 | John H. Ming |
| 1867-1868 | William H. Rodgers |
| 1869-1970 | James L. Fisk |
| 1871-1873 | William H. Rodgers |
| 1874-1875 | George Callaway |
| 1876-1878 | D. H. Cuthbert |
| 1879- | Joseph P. Woolman |
STATE
| 1889-1892 | Edwin A. Kinney |
| 1893-1896 | Andrew B. Cook |
| 1897-1900 | T. W. Poindexter, Jr. |
| 1901-1904 | J. N. Calderhead |
| 1905-1912 | Henry R. Cunningham |
| 1913-1918 | William Keating |
| 1919-1932 | George P. Porter |
| 1933-1962 | John J. Holmes |
| 1963-1985 | E. V. "Sonny" Omholt |
| 1985-1993 | Andrea Bennett |
| 1993-2000 | Mark O'Keefe |
| 2000-Present | John Morrison |
Superintendents of Public Instruction
TERRITORIAL
| 1865-1866 | *Thomas J. Dimsdale |
| 1866 | *Peter Ronan |
| 1866-1867 | *A.H. Barrett |
| 1867-1868 | *A. M. S. Carpenter |
| 1868-1869 | Thomas F. Campbell |
| 1869 | *James H. Mills |
| 1869 | *Rev. S. G. Lathrop |
| *These appointees probably did not perform any official duty | |
| 1872-1878 | Cornelius Hedges |
| 1879-1881 | W. Egbert Smith |
| 1881-1883 | Robert. H. Howey |
| 1883-1885 | Cornelius Hedges |
| 1885-1887 | William P. Wylie |
| 1887-1889 | Arthur C. Logan |
STATE
| 1889-1893 | John Gannon |
| 1893-1897 | Eugene A. Steere |
| 1897-1901 | E. W. Carleton |
| 1901-1905 | W. W. Welch |
| 1905-1913 | Wilfred E. Harmon |
| 1913-1917 | Henry A. Davee |
| 1917-1929 | May Trumper |
| 1929-1937 | Elizabeth Ireland |
| 1937-1941 | Ruth Reardon |
| 1941-1949 | Elizabeth Ireland |
| 1949-1957 | Mary M. Condon |
| 1957-1969 | Harriet Miller |
| 1969-1977 | Dolores Colburg |
| 1977-1981 | Georgia Ruth Rice |
| 1981-1989 | Ed Argenbright |
| 1989-2000 | Nancy Keenan |
| 2000-Present | Linda McCulloch |
Montana's Representatives to the U.S. Congress
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U. S. Territorial Delegates
| Term | Name | Political Party |
| Jan. 6, 1865 - March 3, 1867 | Samuel McLean | Democrat |
| March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871 | James Michael Cavanaugh | Democrat |
| March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873 | William Horace Clagett | 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
| 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, 1921; March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1933 | John Morgan Evans | Democrat |
| March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1917 | Tom Stout | Democrat |
| March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1919; Jan. 3, 1941 - Jan. 3, 1943 | Jeannette Rankin | Republican |
| March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1923 | Carl Wood Riddick | Republican |
| March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1923 | Washington Jay McCormick | Republican |
| March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1933 | Scott Leavitt | Republican |
| March 4, 1933 - Jan. 3, 1937 | Joseph Patrick Monaghan | Democrat |
| March 4, 1933 - Jan. 3, 1937 | Roy Elmer Ayers | Democrat |
| Jan. 3, 1937 - Jan. 3, 1939 | Jerry Joseph O'Connell | Democrat |
| Jan. 3, 1937 - Jan. 15, 1945 | James Francis O'Connor | Democrat |
| Jan. 3, 1939 - Jan. 3, 1941 | Jacob Thorkelson | Republican |
| Jan. 3, 1943 - Jan. 3, 1953 | Michael Joseph Mansfield | Democrat |
| June 5, 1945 - Jan. 3, 1955 | Wesley Abner D'Ewart | Republican |
| Jan. 3, 1953 - Jan. 3, 1961 | Lee Warren Metcalf | Democrat |
| Jan. 3, 1955 - Jan. 3, 1957 | Orvon Benonie Fjare | Republican |
| Jan. 3, 1957 - Jan. 3, 1961 | Leroy Hagen Anderson | Democrat |
| Jan. 3, 1961 - Feb. 27, 1969 | James Franklin Battin | Republican |
| Jan. 3, 1961 - Jan. 3, 1971 | Arnold Olsen | Democrat |
| June 24, 1969 - Jan. 3, 1977 | John Melcher | Democrat |
| Jan. 3, 1971 - Jan. 3, 1974 | Richard Gardner (Dick) Shoup | Republican |
| Jan. 3, 1975 - Dec. 14, 1978 | Max Sieben Baucus | Democrat |
| Jan. 3, 1977 - Jan. 3, 1993 | Ronald Charles Marlenee | Republican |
| Jan. 3, 1979 - Jan. 3, 1997 | John Patrick Williams | Democrat |
| Jan. 3, 1997 - Jan. 3, 2001 | Rick Hill | Republican |
| Jan. 3, 2001 - Present | Dennis Rehberg | Republican |
U. S. Senators
| Term | Name | Political Party |
| Jan. 1, 1890 - March 3, 1893 | Wilbur Fiske Sanders | Republican |
| Jan. 2, 1890 - March 3, 1895 | Thomas Charles Power | Republican |
| Jan. 16, 1895 - March 3, 1899 | Lee Mantle | Republican, Silver Republican |
| March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1901; March 4, 1905 - March 3, 1911 | Thomas Henry Carter | Republican |
| Dec. 4, 1899 - May 15, 1900; March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1907 | William Andrews Clark | Democrat |
| March 7, 1901 - March 3, 1905 | Paris Gibson | Democrat |
| March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1923 | Henry Lee Myers | Democrat |
| March 4, 1913 - March 2, 1933 | Thomas James Walsh | Democrat |
| March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1913 | Joseph Moore Dixon | Republican |
| March 4, 1923 - Jan. 3, 1947 | Burton Kendall Wheeler | Democrat |
| March 13, 1933 - Nov. 6, 1934 | John Edward Erickson | Democrat |
| Nov. 7, 1934 - Jan. 3, 1961 | James Edward Murray | Democrat |
| Jan. 3, 1947 - Jan. 3, 1953 | Zales Nelson Ecton | Republican |
| Jan. 3, 1953 - Jan. 3, 1977 | Michael Joseph Mansfield | Democrat |
| Jan. 3, 1961 - Jan. 12, 1978 | Lee Warren Metcalf | Democrat |
| Dec. 15, 1978 - Present | Max Sieben Baucus | Democrat |
| Jan. 22, 1978 - Dec. 14, 1978 | Paul Gerhart Hatfield | 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 |
Territorial and State Legislators
Click the above heading for lists of legislators who served during Montana's territorial period from 1864 to 1889, and lists of legislators who served since Montana's statehood in 1889.
County and Local Elected Officials
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