The Political Graveyard: Montana: U.S. Representatives

Montana: U.S. Representatives

U.S. Representatives from Montana, 1889-2003 (May be incomplete!)

At-Large: Thomas H. Carter 1889-91 William W. Dixon 1891-93 Charles S. Hartman 1893-99 Albert J. Campbell 1899-1901 Caldwell Edwards 1901-03 Joseph M. Dixon 1903-07 Charles N. Pray 1907-13 John M. Evans 1913-17 Tom Stout 1913-17 Pat Williams 1993-97 Rick Hill 1997-2001 Dennis R. Rehberg 2001-
1st District: John M. Evans 1917-21 Washington J. McCormick 1921-23 John M. Evans 1923-33 Joseph P. Monaghan 1933-37 Jerry J. O'Connell 1937-39 Jacob Thorkelson 1939-41 Jeannette Rankin 1941-43 Mike Mansfield 1943-53 Lee Metcalf 1953-61 Arnold Olsen 1961-71 Richard G. Shoup 1971-75 Max Baucus 1975-78 Pat Williams 1979-93
2nd District: Jeannette Rankin 1917-19 Carl W. Riddick 1919-23 Scott Leavitt 1923-33 Roy E. Ayers 1933-37 James F. O'Connor 1937-45 Wesley A. D'Ewart 1945-55 Orvin B. Fjare 1955-57 LeRoy H. Anderson 1957-61 James Franklin Battin 1961-69 John Melcher 1969-77 Ron Marlenee 1977-93

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1889 Oct 1: Thomas H. Carter (Rep), elected; Martin Maginnis (Dem), defeated.

1890 Nov 4: William W. Dixon (Dem), elected; Thomas H. Carter (Rep), defeated; Andrew L. Corbly (Prohibition), defeated; W. T. Field (Labor), defeated.

1906: Thomas J. Walsh, defeated.

1914: Fletcher Maddox (Rep), defeated.

1920 Nov 2: Washington J. McCormick (Rep), elected; Burton Watson (Dem), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: John M. Evans (Dem), elected; Washington J. McCormick (Rep), defeated; Lulu F. Dawley (Socialist), defeated.

1924 Nov 4: John M. Evans (Dem), elected; John O. Davies (Rep), defeated; John F. McKay (Socialist), defeated.

1926 Nov 2: John M. Evans (Dem), elected; Ronald Higgins (Rep), defeated; George H. Ambrose (Socialist), defeated.

1928 Nov 6: John M. Evans (Dem), elected; Mark D. Fitzgerald (Rep), defeated; P. J. Cavanaugh (Socialist), defeated.

1920 Nov 2: Carl W. Riddick (Rep), elected; M. McCusker (Dem), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: Scott Leavitt (Rep), elected; Preston B. Moss (Dem), defeated.

1924 Nov 4: Scott Leavitt (Rep), elected; Joseph Kirschwing (Dem), defeated; Charles E. Taylor (Farmer-Labor), defeated.

1926 Nov 2: Scott Leavitt (Rep), elected; Harry B. Mitchell (Dem), defeated; Clair Stoner (Farmer-Labor), defeated; Jacob M. Kruse (Socialist), defeated.

1928 Nov 6: Scott Leavitt (Rep), elected; B. A. Taylor (Dem), defeated; Jacob M. Kruse (Socialist), defeated.

1930 Nov 4: John M. Evans (Dem), elected; Mark D. Fitzgerald (Rep), defeated; J. P. Cavanaugh (Socialist), defeated; Charles Squires (Farmer-Labor), defeated.

1932 Nov 8: Joseph P. Monaghan (Dem), elected; Mark D. Fitzgerald (Rep), defeated; A. N. Brooks (Socialist), defeated; Roger Murray (Communist), defeated.

1934 Nov 6: Joseph P. Monaghan (Dem), elected; D. D. Evans (Rep), defeated; Charles Schneider (Socialist), defeated; George Salisbury (Communist), defeated.

1936 Nov 3: Jerry J. O'Connell (Dem), elected; H. L. Hart (Rep), defeated; H. C. Schneider (Socialist), defeated.

1938 Nov 8: Jacob Thorkelson (Rep), elected; Jerry J. O'Connell (Dem), defeated.

1930 Nov 4: Scott Leavitt (Rep), elected; Tom Stout (Dem), defeated; James Ostby (Farmer-Labor), defeated; Jacob M. Kruse (Socialist), defeated; Wayne La Grange (Communist), defeated.

1932 Nov 8: Roy E. Ayers (Dem), elected; Scott Leavitt (Rep), defeated; J. H. Matheson (Socialist), defeated; Harry Juul (Communist), defeated; H. F. Fuerstnow (Liberty), defeated.

1934 Nov 6: Roy E. Ayers (Dem), elected; Stanley E. Felt (Rep), defeated; Yale Adams (Socialist), defeated.

1936 Nov 3: James F. O'Connor (Dem), elected; T. S. Stockdal (Rep), defeated; Bert Chesner (Socialist), defeated.

1938 Nov 8: James F. O'Connor (Dem), elected; William C. Husband (Rep), defeated.

1940 Nov 5: Jeannette Rankin (Rep), elected; Jerry J. O'Connell (Dem), defeated.

1942 Nov 3: Mike Mansfield (Dem), elected; Howard K. Hazelbaker (Rep), defeated; Laverne Hamilton (Socialist), defeated.

1944 Nov 7: Mike Mansfield (Dem), elected; M. S. Galasso (Rep), defeated; Laverne Hamilton (Socialist), defeated.

1946 Nov 5: Mike Mansfield (Dem), elected; Walter R. Rankin (Rep), defeated.

1940 Nov 5: James F. O'Connor (Dem), elected; Melvin N. Hoiness (Rep), defeated; Laverne Hamilton (Socialist), defeated.

1942 Nov 3: James F. O'Connor (Dem), elected; F. F. Haynes (Rep), defeated; Earl McConnell (Socialist), defeated.

1944 Nov 7: James F. O'Connor (Dem), elected; F. F. Haynes (Rep), defeated; Edgar M. Spriggs (Socialist), defeated.

1945: James F. O'Connor, died in office.

1946 Nov 5: Wesley A. D'Ewart (Rep), elected; John J. Holmes (Dem), defeated; Edgar M. Spriggs (Socialist), defeated.

1950 Nov 7: Mike Mansfield (Dem), elected; Ralph Y. McGinnis (Rep), defeated; Laverne Hamilton (Socialist), defeated.

1954 Nov 2: Lee Metcalf (Dem), elected; Winfield E. Page (Rep), defeated.

1950 Nov 7: Wesley A. D'Ewart (Rep), elected; John J. Holmes (Dem), defeated; Chester L. Kinsey (Progressive), defeated.

1954 Nov 2: Orvin B. Fjare (Rep), elected; LeRoy H. Anderson (Dem), defeated.

1956: Orvin B. Fjare (Rep), defeated.

1974: Pat Williams (Dem), defeated in primary.

1970 Nov 3: Richard G. Shoup (Rep), elected; Arnold Olsen (Dem), defeated.

1978 Dec 14: Max Baucus, resigned.

1970 Nov 3: John Melcher (Dem), elected; Jack Rehberg (Rep), defeated.

1984 Nov 6: Pat Williams (Dem), elected; Gary K. Carlson (Rep), defeated; Royer G. Warren (Libertarian), defeated.

1986 Nov 4: Pat Williams (Dem), elected; Don Allen (Rep), defeated.

1988 Nov 8: Pat Williams (Dem), elected; James Fenlason (Rep), defeated.

1984 Nov 6: Ron Marlenee (Rep), elected; Chet Blaylock (Dem), defeated.

1986 Nov 4: Ron Marlenee (Rep), elected; Buck O'Brien (Dem), defeated.

1988 Nov 8: Ron Marlenee (Rep), elected; Buck O'Brien (Dem), defeated.

1990 Nov 6: Pat Williams (Dem), elected; Brad Johnson (Rep), defeated. Ron Marlenee (Rep), elected; Don Burris (Dem), defeated.

1992 Nov 3: Pat Williams (Dem), elected; Ron Marlenee (Rep), defeated; Jerome J. Wilverding (Libertarian), defeated.

1994 Nov 8: Pat Williams (Dem), elected; Cy Jamison (Rep), defeated; Steve Kelly (Ind), defeated.

1996 Nov 5: Rick Hill (Rep), elected; Bill Yellowtail (Dem), defeated; Jim Brooks (Natural Law), defeated.

1998 Nov 3: Rick Hill (Rep), elected; Dusty Deschamps (Dem), defeated; Mike Fellows (Libertarian), defeated; Webb Sullivan (Reform), defeated.

2000 Nov 7: Dennis R. Rehberg (Rep), elected; Nancy Keenan (Dem), defeated; James J. Tikalsky (Libertarian), defeated.

2002 Nov 5: Dennis R. Rehberg (Rep), elected; Steve Kelly (Dem), defeated; Mike Fellows (Libertarian), defeated.

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