The Political Graveyard: Montana: Governors

Montana: Governors

Governors of Montana, 1889-2007 (May be incomplete!)
Joseph K. Toole 1889-93 John E. Rickards 1893-97 Robert B. Smith 1897-1901 Joseph K. Toole 1901-08 Edwin L. Norris 1908-13 Sam V. Stewart 1913-21 Joseph M. Dixon 1921-25 John E. Erickson 1925-33 Frank H. Cooney 1933-35 Elmer Holt 1935-37 Roy E. Ayers 1937-41 Sam C. Ford 1941-49 John W. Bonner 1949-53 J. Hugo Aronson 1953-61 Donald Grant Nutter 1961-62 Tim M. Babcock 1962-69 Forrest Anderson 1969-73 Thomas L. Judge 1973-81 Ted Schwinden 1981-89 Stan Stephens 1989-93 Marc Racicot 1993-2001 Judy Martz 2001-05 Brian Schweitzer 2005-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1889 Oct 1: Joseph K. Toole (Dem), elected; Thomas C. Power (Rep), defeated.

1892: Timothy E. Collins, defeated; William Kennedy, defeated.

1896: Alexander C. Botkin, defeated.

1900: David S. Folsom, defeated; Thomas S. Hogan, defeated.

1904: William Lindsay, defeated; Malcolm A. O'Malley, defeated.

1908: Edward Donlan, defeated; Harry Hazelton, defeated.

1908 Apr 1: Joseph K. Toole, resigned.

1912: Harry L. Wilson, defeated; Frank J. Edwards, defeated; Lewis J. Duncan, defeated.

1916: Frank J. Edwards, defeated; Lewis J. Duncan, defeated.

1920: Burton K. Wheeler, defeated.

1924 Nov 4: John E. Erickson (Dem), elected; Joseph M. Dixon (Rep), defeated; Frank J. Edwards (Farmer-Labor), defeated; J. H. Matheson (Socialist), defeated.

1928: Wellington D. Rankin, defeated.

1932: Frank A. Hazelbaker, defeated.

1933 Mar 13: John E. Erickson, resigned.

1935 Dec 15: Frank H. Cooney, died in office.

1936: Frank A. Hazelbaker, defeated.

1940: Roy E. Ayers, defeated; Sam C. Ford (Rep), elected.

1944: Leif Erickson, defeated; Sam C. Ford (Rep), elected.

1948: Sam C. Ford (Rep), defeated.

1952: John W. Bonner, defeated.

1956: Arnold Olsen, defeated.

1960: Paul C. Cannon, defeated.

1962 Jan 25: Donald Grant Nutter, died in office.

1964: Roland Renne, defeated.

1968: Tim M. Babcock, defeated.

1972: Ed Smith, defeated.

2004: Brian Schweitzer (Dem), elected.

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