Montana was admitted to the Union on November 8, 1889, and elects U.S. senators to classes 1 and 2. Its current U.S. senators are Democrat Jon Tester (serving since 2007) and Republican Steve Daines (serving since 2015), making it one of five states to have a United States Senate delegation split between Republican and Democratic caucusing senators. Max Baucus is the state's longest serving senator, serving from 1978 to 2014.
Current delegation
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Jon Tester (D)
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Steve Daines (R)
List of senators
edit| Class 1Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. | C | Class 2Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. The next election will be in 2026. | ||||||||||
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| # | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
| Vacant | Nov 8, 1889 – Jan 1, 1890 |
Montana elected its first senators two months after admission to the Union. | 1 | 51st | 1 | Montana elected its first senators two months after admission to the Union. | Nov 8, 1889 – Jan 2, 1890 |
Vacant | ||||
| 1 |  Wilbur F. Sanders |
Republican | Jan 1, 1890 – Mar 3, 1893 |
Elected in 1890.Lost re-election. | Elected in 1890.Retired. | Jan 2, 1890 – Mar 3, 1895 |
Republican |  Thomas C. Power |
1 | |||
| 52nd | ||||||||||||
| Vacant | Mar 3, 1893 – Jan 16, 1895 |
Legislature failed to elect. | 2 | 53rd | ||||||||
| 2 | _by_James_Presley_Ball_(Detail).jpg) Lee Mantle |
Republican | Jan 16, 1895 – Mar 3, 1899 |
Elected to finish vacant term.Lost renomination. | ||||||||
| 54th | 2 | Elected in Jan 1895.[1]Lost re-election. | Mar 4, 1895 – Mar 3, 1901 |
Republican |  Thomas H. Carter |
2 | ||||||
| Silver Republican |
55th | |||||||||||
| 3 |  William Clark |
Democratic | Mar 4, 1899 – May 15, 1900 |
Elected in 1899.Resigned to avoid claim of election fraud. | 3 | 56th | ||||||
| Vacant | May 15, 1900 – Mar 7, 1901 |
Clark was appointed to continue his term, but did not qualify. | ||||||||||
| 57th | 3 | Elected in 1901.Retired. | Mar 4, 1901 – Mar 3, 1907 |
Democratic | William Clark |
3 | ||||||
| 4 |  Paris Gibson |
Democratic | Mar 7, 1901 – Mar 3, 1905 |
Elected to finish Clark's term.[2][3]Retired. | ||||||||
| 58th | ||||||||||||
| 5 |  Thomas H. Carter |
Republican | Mar 4, 1905 – Mar 3, 1911 |
Elected Jan 16, 1905.[4]Lost re-election. | 4 | 59th | ||||||
| 60th | 4 | Elected Jan 16, 1907.[5]Lost re-election as a Progressive. | Mar 4, 1907 – Mar 3, 1913 |
Republican |  Joseph M. Dixon |
4 | ||||||
| 61st | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  Henry L. Myers |
Democratic | Mar 4, 1911 – Mar 3, 1923 |
Elected Mar 2, 1911. | 5 | 62nd | ||||||
| 63rd | 5 | Elected Jan 14, 1913. | Mar 4, 1913 – Mar 2, 1933 |
Democratic |  Thomas J. Walsh |
5 | ||||||
| 64th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1916.Retired. | 6 | 65th | ||||||||||
| 66th | 6 | Re-elected in 1918. | ||||||||||
| 67th | ||||||||||||
| 7 |  Burton K. Wheeler |
Democratic | Mar 4, 1923 – Jan 3, 1947 |
Elected in 1922. | 7 | 68th | ||||||
| 69th | 7 | Re-elected in 1924. | ||||||||||
| 70th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1928. | 8 | 71st | ||||||||||
| 72nd | 8 | Re-elected in 1930.Died.[6] | ||||||||||
| Mar 2, 1933 – Mar 13, 1933 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
| 73rd | ||||||||||||
| Appointed to continue Walsh's term.Lost nomination to finish Walsh's term. | Mar 13, 1933 – Nov 6, 1934 |
Democratic |  John E. Erickson |
6 | ||||||||
| Elected to finish Walsh's term.[7] | Nov 7, 1934 – Jan 3, 1961 |
Democratic |  James E. Murray |
7 | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1934. | 9 | 74th | ||||||||||
| 75th | 9 | Re-elected in 1936. | ||||||||||
| 76th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1940.Lost renomination. | 10 | 77th | ||||||||||
| 78th | 10 | Re-elected in 1942. | ||||||||||
| 79th | ||||||||||||
| 8 |  Zales Ecton |
Republican | Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 3, 1953 |
Elected in 1946.Lost re-election. | 11 | 80th | ||||||
| 81st | 11 | Re-elected in 1948. | ||||||||||
| 82nd | ||||||||||||
| 9 |  Mike Mansfield |
Democratic | Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 3, 1977 |
Elected in 1952.[8] | 12 | 83rd | ||||||
| 84th | 12 | Re-elected in 1954.Retired. | ||||||||||
| 85th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1958. | 13 | 86th | ||||||||||
| 87th | 13 | Elected in 1960.[9] | Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 12, 1978 |
Democratic |  Lee Metcalf |
8 | ||||||
| 88th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1964. | 14 | 89th | ||||||||||
| 90th | 14 | Re-elected in 1966. | ||||||||||
| 91st | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1970.Retired. | 15 | 92nd | ||||||||||
| 93rd | 15 | Re-elected in 1972.Died. | ||||||||||
| 94th | ||||||||||||
| 10 |  John Melcher |
Democratic | Jan 3, 1977 – Jan 3, 1989 |
Elected in 1976. | 16 | 95th | ||||||
| Jan 12, 1978 – Jan 22, 1978 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
| Appointed to finish Metcalf's term.Lost nomination to full term.Resigned early to give successor preferential seniority. | Jan 22, 1978 – Dec 14, 1978 |
Democratic |  Paul G. Hatfield |
9 | ||||||||
| Dec 14, 1978 – Dec 15, 1978 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
| Appointed early to finish Metcalf's term, having already been elected to the next term.[10] | Dec 15, 1978 – Feb 6, 2014 |
Democratic |  Max Baucus |
10 | ||||||||
| 96th | 16 | Elected in 1978. | ||||||||||
| 97th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1982.Lost re-election. | 17 | 98th | ||||||||||
| 99th | 17 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
| 100th | ||||||||||||
| 11 |  Conrad Burns |
Republican | Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 3, 2007 |
Elected in 1988. | 18 | 101st | ||||||
| 102nd | 18 | Re-elected in 1990. | ||||||||||
| 103rd | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1994. | 19 | 104th | ||||||||||
| 105th | 19 | Re-elected in 1996. | ||||||||||
| 106th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 2000.Lost re-election. | 20 | 107th | ||||||||||
| 108th | 20 | Re-elected in 2002. | ||||||||||
| 109th | ||||||||||||
| 12 |  Jon Tester |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2007 – present |
Elected in 2006. | 21 | 110th | ||||||
| 111th | 21 | Re-elected in 2008.Announced retirement, then resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to China. | ||||||||||
| 112th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 2012. | 22 | 113th | ||||||||||
| Feb 6, 2014 – Feb 9, 2014 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
| Appointed to finish Baucus's term.Ran for election to full term, but withdrew. | Feb 9, 2014 – Jan 3, 2015 |
Democratic |  John Walsh |
11 | ||||||||
| 114th | 22 | Elected in 2014. | Jan 3, 2015 – present |
Republican |  Steve Daines |
12 | ||||||
| 115th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 2018.Lost re-election. | 23 | 116th | ||||||||||
| 117th | 23 | Re-elected in 2020. | ||||||||||
| 118th | ||||||||||||
| 13 | .jpg) Tim Sheehy |
Republican | Taking office Jan 3, 2025 |
Elected in 2024. | 24 | 119th | ||||||
| 120th | 24 | To be determined in the 2026 election. | ||||||||||
| # | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
| Class 1 | Class 2 | |||||||||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, ed. (1904). "The Province and the States: A History of the Province of Louisiana Under France and Spain, And of the Territories and States of the United States Formed Therefrom" (Vol. VI ed.). Madison, Wisconsin: Western Historical Association. p. 457.
- ^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Paris Gibson". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ "Gibson, Paris, (1830 - 1920)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1906. New York: The Press Publishing Co. New York World. 1905. p. 108.
- ^ The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1908. New York: The Tribune Association. 1908. p. 259.
- ^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. Thomas J. Walsh". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- ^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. James E. Murray". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
- ^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Mike Mansfield". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. Lee Metcalf". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. Max Baucus". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 29, 2011.