The Political Graveyard: Montana: U.S. Senators

Montana: U.S. Senators

U.S. Senators from Montana, 1890-2008 (May be incomplete!)
Wilbur F. Sanders 1890-93 Thomas C. Power 1890-95 Lee Mantle 1895-99 Thomas H. Carter 1895-1901 William A. Clark 1899-1907 Paris Gibson 1901-05 Thomas H. Carter 1905-11 Joseph M. Dixon 1907-13 Henry L. Myers 1911-23 Thomas J. Walsh 1913-33 Burton K. Wheeler 1923-47 John E. Erickson 1933-34 James E. Murray 1934-61 Zales N. Ecton 1947-53 Mike Mansfield 1953-77 Lee Metcalf 1961-78 John Melcher 1977-89 Paul G. Hatfield 1978 Max Baucus 1978- Conrad R. Burns 1989- Jon Tester 2007-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1912 Nov 5: Thomas J. Walsh (Dem), elected; Joseph M. Dixon (Progressive), defeated; Henry C. Smith (Rep), defeated.

1916 Nov 7: Henry L. Myers (Dem), elected; Charles N. Pray (Rep), defeated; Henry La Beau (Socialist), defeated.

1918 Nov 5: Thomas J. Walsh (Dem), elected; Oscar M. Lanstrum (Rep), defeated; Jeannette Rankin (National), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: Burton K. Wheeler (Dem), elected; Carl W. Riddick (Rep), defeated; George H. Ambrose (Socialist), defeated.

1924 Nov 4: Thomas J. Walsh (Dem), elected; Frank Linderman (Rep), defeated; J. W. Anderson (Farmer-Labor), defeated; Charles F. Juttner (Socialist), defeated; Sam W. Teagarden (Independent Party of Montana), defeated.

1928 Nov 6: Burton K. Wheeler (Dem), elected; Joseph M. Dixon (Rep), defeated.

1930 Nov 4: Thomas J. Walsh (Dem), elected; Albert J. Galen (Rep), defeated; Charles E. Taylor (Farmer-Labor), defeated; John F. McKay (Socialist), defeated; Willis L. Wright (Communist), defeated.

1933 Mar 2: Thomas J. Walsh, died in office.

1934 Nov 6: Burton K. Wheeler (Dem), elected; George M. Bourquin (Rep), defeated; William F. Held (Socialist), defeated; Raymond F. Gray (Communist), defeated.

1934 Nov 6: James E. Murray (Dem), elected; Scott Leavitt (Rep), defeated; John F. Duffy (Socialist), defeated.

1936 Nov 3: James E. Murray (Dem), elected; T. O. Larson (Rep), defeated; Joseph P. Monaghan (Ind), defeated.

1940 Nov 5: Burton K. Wheeler (Dem), elected; E. K. Cheadle, Jr. (Rep), defeated.

1942 Nov 3: James E. Murray (Dem), elected; Wellington D. Rankin (Rep), defeated; Charles R. Miller (Prohibition), defeated; E. H. Helterbran (Socialist), defeated.

1946 Nov 5: Zales N. Ecton (Rep), elected; Leif Erickson (Dem), defeated; Floyd P. Jones (Socialist), defeated.

1954 Nov 2: James E. Murray (Dem), elected; Wesley A. D'Ewart (Rep), defeated.

1960: Orvin B. Fjare, defeated.

1964 Nov 3: Mike Mansfield (Dem), elected; Alex Blewett (Rep), defeated.

1966 Nov 8: Lee Metcalf (Dem), elected; Tim M. Babcock (Rep), defeated.

1970 Nov 3: Mike Mansfield (Dem), elected; Harold E. Wallace (Rep), defeated.

1972 Nov 7: Lee Metcalf (Dem), elected; Henry S. Hibbard (Rep), defeated.

1976 Nov 2: John Melcher (Dem), elected; Stanley C. Burger (Rep), defeated.

1978: Lee Metcalf, died in office.

1978 Nov 7: Max Baucus (Dem), elected; Larry Williams (Rep), defeated.

1982 Nov 2: John Melcher (Dem), elected; Larry Williams (Rep), defeated; Larry Dodge (Libertarian), defeated.

1984 Nov 6: Max Baucus (Dem), elected; Chuck Cozzens (Rep), defeated; Neil Halprin (Libertarian), defeated.

1988 Nov 8: Conrad R. Burns (Rep), elected; John Melcher (Dem), defeated.

1990 Nov 6: Max Baucus (Dem), elected; Allen C. Kolstad (Rep), defeated; Westley F. Deitchler (Libertarian), defeated.

1994 Nov 8: Conrad R. Burns (Rep), elected; Jack Mudd (Dem), defeated.

1996 Nov 5: Max Baucus (Dem), elected; Dennis R. Rehberg (Rep), defeated; Becky Shaw (Reform), defeated; Stephen Heaton (Natural Law), defeated.

2000 Nov 7: Conrad R. Burns (Rep), elected; Brian Schweitzer (Dem), defeated; Gary Lee (Reform), defeated.

2002: Brad Johnson (Rep), defeated in primary.

2002 Nov 5: Max Baucus (Dem), elected; Mike Taylor (Rep), defeated; Stan Jones (Libertarian), defeated; Bob Kelleher (Green), defeated.

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