List of United States Senators from Montana
Montana was admitted to the Union on November 8, 1889, and elects senators to Classes 1 and 2. Its current senators are Democrat Jon Tester and Republican Steve Daines.
List of Senators
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018. |
C o n g r e s s |
Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Vacant | November 8, 1899 – January 1, 1890 |
Montana elected its first Senators two months after admission to the Union. | 1 | 51st Congress | 1 | Montana elected its first Senators two months after admission to the Union. | November 8, 1899 – January 2, 1890 |
Vacant | ||||
1 | ![]() Wilbur F. Sanders |
Republican | January 1, 1890 – March 3, 1893 |
Elected in 1890. Lost re-election. |
Elected in 1890. Retired. |
January 2, 1890 – March 4, 1895 |
Republican | ![]() Thomas C. Power |
1 | |||
52nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | March 3, 1893 – January 16, 1895 |
Legislature failed to elect. | 2 | 53rd Congress | ||||||||
2 | ![]() Lee Mantle |
Republican | January 16, 1895 – March 4, 1899 |
Elected to finish vacant term. Lost renomination. | ||||||||
54th Congress | 2 | Elected in January 1895.[1] Retired. |
March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901 |
Republican | ![]() Thomas H. Carter |
2 | ||||||
Silver Republican | 55th Congress | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() William A. Clark |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – May 15, 1900 |
Elected in 1899. Resigned to avoid claim of election fraud. |
3 | 56th Congress | ||||||
Vacant | May 15, 1900 – March 7, 1901 |
Clark was appointed to continue his vacant term, but did not qualify. | ||||||||||
57th Congress | 3 | Elected in 1901. Retired. |
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907 |
Democratic | ![]() William A. Clark |
3 | ||||||
4 | ![]() Paris Gibson |
Democratic | March 7, 1901 – March 4, 1905 |
Elected to finish Clark's term.[2][3] Retired. | ||||||||
58th Congress | ||||||||||||
5 | ![]() Thomas H. Carter |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1911 |
Elected in 1904. Retired. |
4 | 59th Congress | ||||||
60th Congress | 4 | Elected in 1907. Lost re-election as a Progressive. |
March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1913 |
Republican | ![]() Joseph M. Dixon |
4 | ||||||
61st Congress | ||||||||||||
6 | ![]() Henry L. Myers |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923 |
Elected in 1910. | 5 | 62nd Congress | ||||||
63rd Congress | 5 | Elected in 1913. | March 4, 1913 – March 2, 1933 |
Democratic | ![]() Thomas J. Walsh |
5 | ||||||
64th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916. Retired. |
6 | 65th Congress | ||||||||||
66th Congress | 6 | Re-elected in 1918. | ||||||||||
67th Congress | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() Burton K. Wheeler |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1947 |
Elected in 1922. | 7 | 68th Congress | ||||||
69th Congress | 7 | Re-elected in 1924. | ||||||||||
70th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1928. | 8 | 71st Congress | ||||||||||
72nd Congress | 8 | Re-elected in 1930. Died.[4] | ||||||||||
March 2, 1933 – March 13, 1933 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
73rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Resigned as governor to be appointed to continue Walsh's term. Lost nomination to finish Walsh's term. |
March 13, 1933 – November 6, 1934 |
Democratic | ![]() John E. Erickson |
6 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Walsh's term.[5] | November 7, 1934 – January 3, 1961 |
Democratic | ![]() James E. Murray |
7 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1934. | 9 | 74th Congress | ||||||||||
75th Congress | 9 | Elected to full term in 1936. | ||||||||||
76th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. Lost renomination. |
10 | 77th Congress | ||||||||||
78th Congress | 10 | Re-elected in 1942. | ||||||||||
79th Congress | ||||||||||||
8 | ![]() Zales Ecton |
Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
Elected in 1946. Lost re-election. |
11 | 80th Congress | ||||||
81st Congress | 11 | Re-elected in 1948. | ||||||||||
82nd Congress | ||||||||||||
9 | ![]() Mike Mansfield |
Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1977 |
Elected in 1952.[6] | 12 | 83rd Congress | ||||||
84th Congress | 12 | Re-elected in 1954. Retired. | ||||||||||
85th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1958. | 13 | 86th Congress | ||||||||||
87th Congress | 13 | Elected in 1960.[7] | January 3, 1961 – January 12, 1978 |
Democratic | ![]() Lee Metcalf |
8 | ||||||
88th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 14 | 89th Congress | ||||||||||
90th Congress | 14 | Re-elected in 1966. | ||||||||||
91st Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. Retired. |
15 | 92nd Congress | ||||||||||
93rd Congress | 15 | Re-elected in 1972. Died. | ||||||||||
94th Congress | ||||||||||||
10 | ![]() John Melcher |
Democratic | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1989 |
Elected in 1976. | 16 | 95th Congress | ||||||
January 12, 1978 – January 22, 1978 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish Metcalf's term. Lost nomination to full term. Resigned early to give successor preferential seniority. |
January 22, 1978 – December 12, 1978 |
Democratic | ![]() Paul G. Hatfield |
9 | ||||||||
December 12, 1978 – December 15, 1978 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed early to finish Hatfield's term, having already been elected to the next term.[8] | December 15, 1978 – February 6, 2014 |
Democratic | ![]() Max Baucus |
10 | ||||||||
96th Congress | 16 | Elected in 1978. | ||||||||||
97th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982. Lost re-election. |
17 | 98th Congress | ||||||||||
99th Congress | 17 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
100th Congress | ||||||||||||
11 | ![]() Conrad Burns |
Republican | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2007 |
Elected in 1988. | 18 | 101st Congress | ||||||
102nd Congress | 18 | Re-elected in 1990. | ||||||||||
103rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 19 | 104th Congress | ||||||||||
105th Congress | 19 | Re-elected in 1996. | ||||||||||
106th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. Lost re-election. |
20 | 107th Congress | ||||||||||
108th Congress | 20 | Re-elected in 2002. | ||||||||||
109th Congress | ||||||||||||
12 | ![]() Jon Tester |
Democratic | January 3, 2007 – Present |
Elected in 2006. | 21 | 110th Congress | ||||||
111th Congress | 21 | Re-elected in 2008. Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to China. | ||||||||||
112th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2012. | 22 | 113th Congress | ||||||||||
February 6, 2014 – February 9, 2014 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish Baucus's term. Retired. |
February 9, 2014 – January 3, 2015 |
Democratic | ![]() John Walsh |
11 | ||||||||
114th Congress | 22 | Elected in 2014. | January 3, 2015 – Present |
Republican | ![]() Steve Daines |
12 | ||||||
115th Congress | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 23 | 116th Congress | ||||||||||
117th Congress | 23 | To be determined in the 2020 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 2 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Montana
As of October 2016, there are three former U.S. Senators who are living, one from Class 1 and two from Class 2. The most recent senator to die was Conrad Burns of Class 1 (1989-2007) on April 28, 2016. The most recent Class 2 senator to die was Paul G. Hatfield (1978) on July 3, 2000.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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John Melcher | 1977–1989 | 1 | September 6, 1924 |
Max Baucus | 1978–2014 | 2 | December 11, 1941 |
John Walsh | 2014–2015 | 2 | November 3, 1960 |
References
- ↑ Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, ed. (1904). "The Province and the States: A History of the Province of Louisiana Under France and Spain, And of the Territories and States of the United States Formed Therefrom" (Vol. VI ed.). Madison, Wisconsin: Western Historical Association. p. 457.
- ↑ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Paris Gibson". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ "Gibson, Paris, (1830 - 1920)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. Thomas J. Walsh". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- ↑ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. James E. Murray". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
- ↑ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Mike Mansfield". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. Lee Metcalf". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. Max Baucus". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
See also
- List of United States Representatives from Montana
- United States congressional delegations from Montana