Justices of the Montana State Supreme Court, 1889-1980(Maybe incomplete!) WilliamH. DeWitt 1889-96EdgarN. Harwood 1889-94WilliamH. Hunt 1895-1900HoraceR. Buck 1897WilliamTrigg Pigott 1897-1902RobertL. Word 1900GeorgeR. Milburn 1901-06WilliamL. Holloway 1903-26HenryC. Smith 1907-12SidneySanner 1913-18WilliamTrigg Pigott 1918CharlesH. Cooper 1919-24GeorgeY. Patten 1919JohnHurley 1919-20JohnA. Matthews 1919-20AlbertJ. Galen 1921-33RoyE. Ayers 1922JohnA. Matthews 1925-37AlbertP. Stark 1926-29WarrenToole 1926-27HenryL. Myers 1927-29AlbertH. Angstman 1929-34SamC. Ford 1929-33SamV. Stewart 1933-39RalphJ. Anderson 1933-38ClaudeF. Morris 1935-46AlbertH. Angstman 1937-42LeifErickson as of 1938-46AlbertAnderson 1941-44HughR. Adair 1943-69AlbertH. Angstman 1945-61LeeMetcalf as of 1946-52E.K. Cheadle, Jr. as of 1948HarrisonJ. Freebourn 1949-51ForrestAnderson as of 1953-57StanleyMorton Doyle as of 1960 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1896:JamesM. Clements (People's), defeated. 1897 Dec 6:HoraceR. Buck, died in office. 1897 Dec 21:WilliamTrigg Pigott, appointed. 1898 Nov 8:WilliamTrigg Pigott (Dem), elected;GeorgeH. Grubb (Rep), defeated;JamesM. Clements (People's), defeated. 1900 Jun 4:WilliamH. Hunt, resigned. 1906 Nov 6:HenryC. Smith (Rep), elected;JohnB. McClernan (Dem), defeated;HenryL. Maury (Socialist), defeated. 1918 Oct 25:SidneySanner, resigned. 1918 Nov 14:WilliamTrigg Pigott, appointed. 1919 Aug 11:GeorgeY. Patten, appointed. 1919 Nov 8:GeorgeY. Patten, resigned. 1919 Nov 24:JohnA. Matthews, appointed. 1924 Aug 30:CharlesH. Cooper, resigned. 1924 Nov 4:JohnA. Matthews (Dem), elected;MilesJ. Cavanaugh (Rep), defeated;HarlowPease (Farmer-Labor), defeated;JohnF. Duffy (Socialist), defeated. 1926 Dec 11:WilliamL. Holloway, died in office. 1926 Dec 20:WarrenToole, appointed. 1927 Jan 3:HenryL. Myers, appointed. 1928:AlbertH. Angstman, elected. 1932 Nov 8:SamV. Stewart, elected;RalphJ. Anderson, elected. 1934 Nov 6:ClaudeF. Morris (Dem), elected;AlbertH. Angstman (Rep), defeated. 1936:AlbertH. Angstman, elected. 1938 Nov 8:SamV. Stewart, elected. 1939 Sep 15:SamV. Stewart, died in office. 1940:AlbertAnderson, elected. 1942:AlbertH. Angstman, defeated. 1944 Nov 7:AlbertH. Angstman, elected;AlbertAnderson, defeated. 1960 Nov 8:JohnC. Harrison, elected;JamesD. Freebourn, defeated. 1961 Apr 10:AlbertH. Angstman, retired. 1962:HollisConnors, defeated. 1980:MarcRacicot, defeated. | |
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