U.S. Representatives from Montana, 1889-2020 (May be
incomplete!)
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.
1896 Nov 3:
O.
F. Goddard (Rep), defeated.
1898 Nov 8:
Albert
J. Campbell (Dem), elected;
Thomas
C. Marshall (Rep), defeated;
Thomas
S. Hogan (Silver Republican), defeated.
1906:
Thomas
J. Walsh, defeated.
1914:
Fletcher
Maddox (Rep), defeated.
1912 Nov 5:
Tom
Stout (Dem), elected;
John
M. Evans (Dem), elected;
Charles
N. Pray (Rep), defeated;
William
R. Allen (Rep), defeated;
Thomas
M. Everett (Progressive), defeated;
George
A. Horkan (Progressive), defeated;
Henri
La Beau (Socialist), defeated;
J.
Frank Mable (Socialist), 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 Jul 16:
Jerry
J. O'Connell (Dem), nominated;
Hugh
R. Adair (Dem), defeated in primary;
Mike
Mansfield (Dem), defeated in primary;
Ruth
Reardon (Dem), defeated in primary.
1940 Jul 16:
Jeannette
Rankin (Rep), nominated;
Jacob
Thorkelson (Rep), defeated in primary;
Winfield
E. Page (Rep), defeated in primary;
William
R. Allen (Rep), defeated in primary.
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.
1948:
Albert
H. Angstman (Rep), defeated.
1940 Jul 16:
James
F. O'Connor (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1940 Jul 16:
Melvin
N. Hoiness (Rep), nominated;
William
Ruffcorn (Rep), defeated in primary.
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.
1960 Jun 7:
Arnold
Olsen (Dem), nominated;
James
R. Shea (Dem), defeated in primary;
Milton
Colvin (Dem), defeated in primary;
Maurice
F. Hennessey (Dem), defeated in primary.
1960 Jun 7:
George
P. Sarsfield (Rep), nominated;
Tom
Collins (Rep), defeated in primary;
Eugene
C. Corner (Rep), defeated in primary.
1960 Nov 8:
Arnold
Olsen (Dem), elected;
George
P. Sarsfield (Rep), defeated.
1960 Jun 7:
Leo
Graybill, Jr. (Dem), nominated;
Danny
O'Neill (Dem), defeated in primary;
John
C. Sheehy (Dem), defeated in primary;
Norman
Hauge (Dem), defeated in primary;
Francis
J. Arnett (Dem), defeated in primary.
1960 Jun 7:
James
F. Battin (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1960 Nov 8:
James
F. Battin (Rep), elected;
Leo
Graybill, Jr. (Dem), defeated.
1974:
Pat
Williams (Dem), defeated in primary.
1978:
Jim
Waltermire (Rep), defeated.
1970 Nov 3:
Richard
G. Shoup (Rep), elected;
Arnold
Olsen (Dem), defeated.
1978 Jun 6:
Harold
E. Wallace (Rep), defeated in primary.
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.
2004 Nov 2:
Dennis
R. Rehberg (Rep), elected;
Tracy
Velazquez (Dem), defeated;
Mike
Fellows (Libertarian), defeated.
2006 Jun 6:
Monica
J. Lindeen (Dem), nominated.
2006 Nov 7:
Monica
J. Lindeen (Dem), defeated.
2010 Jun 8:
Dennis
McDonald (Dem), nominated;
Tyler
Gernant (Dem), defeated in primary;
Melinda
Gopher (Dem), defeated in primary;
Sam
Rankin (Dem), defeated in primary.
2010 Jun 8:
Dennis
R. Rehberg (Rep), nominated;
Mark
T. French (Rep), defeated in primary;
A.
J. Otjen (Rep), defeated in primary.
2010 Nov 2:
Dennis
R. Rehberg (Rep), elected;
Dennis
McDonald (Dem), defeated;
Mike
Fellows (Libertarian), defeated.
2014 Jun 3:
Drew
Turiano (Rep), defeated in primary;
Corey
Stapleton (Rep), defeated in primary.
2020 Jun 2:
Corey
Stapleton (Rep), defeated in primary.
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