| TERM |
NAME |
PARTY |
COMMENT |
| 1889-1893 |
Joseph Kemp Toole (PDF) |
Democrat |
Born on May 12, 1851 in Savannah, Missouri. He died in Helena, Montana on March 11, 1929. Interment in
Resurrection Cemetery. |
| 1893-1897 |
John Ezra Rickards (PDF) |
Republican |
Born July 23, 1848 in Delaware City, Delaware. Died December 25, 1927 in Berkley, California. |
| 1897-1901 |
Robert Burns Smith (PDF) |
Democrat-Populist |
Born on December 29, 1854 on a farm in Hickman County, Kentucky. Died on November 16, 1908 in Kalispell, Montana.
Interment in Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell, Montana. |
| 1901-1908 |
Joseph Kemp Toole (PDF) |
Democrat |
Born on May 12, 1851 in Savannah, Missouri. He died in Helena, Montana on March 11, 1929. Interment in
Resurrection Cemetery. |
| 1908-1913 |
Edwin Lee Norris (PDF) |
Democrat |
Born on August 15, 1865 in Cumberland County, Kentucky. Died on April 25, 1924 in Great Falls, Montana.
Interment in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky. |
| 1913-1921 |
Samuel Vernon Stewart (PDF) |
Democrat |
Born on August 2, 1872 in Monroe County, Ohio near Bellesville. Died during his second term on September 15, 1939
in Helena Montana. Interment in Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell, Montana. |
| 1921-1925 |
Joseph Moore Dixon (PDF) |
Republican |
Born on July 31, 1867, in Snow Camp, North Carolina. Died on May 22, 1934 in Missoula, Montana. Interment in
Missoula Cemetery. |
| 1925-1933 |
John Edward Erickson (PDF) |
Democrat |
Born on March 14, 1863 in Stoughton, Wisconsin. He died in Helena, Montana on May 25, 1946. Interment in
Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell, Montana. |
| 1933-1935 |
Frank Henry Cooney (PDF) |
Democrat |
Born on December 31, 1872, in Ontario, Canada. He died on December 15, 1935 in Great Falls, Montana. Interment
in St. Mary's Cemetery, Missoula, Montana. |
| 1935-1937 |
William Elmer Holt (PDF) |
Democrat |
Born on October 14, 1884 in Savannah, Missouri. He died on March 1, 1945 in Helena, Montana. Interment somewhere
in Portland, Oregon. |
| 1937-1941 |
Roy Elmer Ayers (PDF) |
Democrat |
Born on November 9, 1882 on a cattle ranch on Spring Creek, five miles north of Lewistown, Montana Territory. He
died in Lewistown on May 23, 1955. Interment in Lewistown City Cemetery. |
| 1941-1949 |
Samuel Clarence Ford (PDF) |
Republican |
Born on November 7, 1882 in Albany, Kentucky. He died on November 25, 1961 in Helena, Montana. |
| 1949-1953 |
John Woodrow Bonner |
Democrat |
Born on July 16, 1902, in Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. Died on March 28, 1970. Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. |
| 1953-1961 |
John Hugo Aronson (PDF) |
Republican |
Born on September 1, 1891, in Gällstad, Västergötland, Sweden. Died on February 25, 1978 in
Columbia Falls, Montana. Interment in Pleasant View Cemetery, Davenport, Washington. |
| 1961-1962 |
Donald Grant Nutter (PDF) |
Republican |
Born on November 28, 1915, in Lambert, Montana. He died on January 5, 1962 while flying to Cut Bank, when high
winds sheared off one of the planes wings near Wolf Creek, Montana. Interment in Sidney City Cemetery, Sidney,
Montana. |
| 1962-1969 |
Tim Milford Babcock (PDF) |
Republican |
Born on a farm in Littlefork, Minnesota, on October 27, 1919. |
| 1969-1973 |
Forrest Howard Anderson (PDF) |
Democrat |
Born in Helena, Montana, on January 30, 1913. Died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, July 20, 1989 in Helena
Montana. Cremated. |
| 1973-1981 |
Thomas Lee Judge (PDF) |
Democrat |
Born on October 12, 1934, in Helena, Montana. |
| 1981-1989 |
Theodore Schwinden (PDF) |
Democrat |
Born on August 31, 1925 in Wolf Point, Montana. |
| 1989-1993 |
Stanley Graham Stephens (PDF) |
Republican |
Born on September 16, 1929 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. |
| 1993-2001 |
Marc Racicot |
Republican |
Born on July 24, 1948 in Thompson Falls, Montana. |
| 2001-2005 |
Judy Martz |
Republican |
Born on July 28, 1943 in Big Timber, Montana. |
| 2005-2013 |
Brian David Schweitzer |
Democrat |
Born on September 4, 1955 in Havre, Montana. |
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ADDITIONAL LINKS:
Office of the Governor of Montana:
Thumbnail sketches of former governors of Montana.
The Montana Capital:
Our Virtual Hall of Governors Display now features a brief biography of each of Montana's previous governors.
The Political Graveyard:
Montana governors.
broken links to us. We really appreciate it. |
Source: The Montana Capital, (http://www.montanacapitol.com/), April 25, 2004
Source: Office of the Governor of Montana, (http://www.state.mt.us/gov2/default.asp), April 25, 2004
Source: United States Congress, (http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp), April 25, 2004
Source: The Political Graveyard, (http://politicalgraveyard.com/), April 25, 2004
Source: National Governor's Association, (http://www.nga.org), April 25, 2004 |
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