U.S. Senators from Montana, 1890-2024(May beincomplete!) WilburF. Sanders 1890-93ThomasC. Power 1890-95LeeMantle 1895-99ThomasH. Carter 1895-1901WilliamA. Clark 1899-1900WilliamA. Clark 1901-07ParisGibson 1901-05ThomasH. Carter 1905-11JosephM. Dixon 1907-13HenryL. Myers 1911-23ThomasJ. Walsh 1913-33BurtonK. Wheeler 1923-47JohnE. Erickson 1933-34JamesE. Murray 1934-61ZalesN. Ecton 1947-53MikeMansfield 1953-77LeeMetcalf 1961-78JohnMelcher 1977-89PaulG. Hatfield 1978MaxBaucus 1978-2014ConradR. Burns 1989-2007JonTester 2007-JohnE. Walsh 2014-15SteveDaines 2015- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1900 May 15:WilliamA. Clark, resigned. 1912 Nov 5:ThomasJ. Walsh (Dem), elected;JosephM. Dixon (Progressive), defeated;HenryC. Smith (Rep), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:HenryL. Myers (Dem), elected;CharlesN. Pray (Rep), defeated;HenriLa Beau (Socialist), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:ThomasJ. Walsh (Dem), elected;OscarM. Lanstrum (Rep), defeated;JeannetteRankin (National), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:BurtonK. Wheeler (Dem), elected;CarlW. Riddick (Rep), defeated;GeorgeH. Ambrose (Socialist), defeated. 1924 Nov 4:ThomasJ. Walsh (Dem), elected;FrankLinderman (Rep), defeated;J.W. Anderson (Farmer-Labor), defeated;CharlesF. Juttner (Socialist), defeated;SamW. Teagarden (Independent Party of Montana), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:BurtonK. Wheeler (Dem), elected;JosephM. Dixon (Rep), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:ThomasJ. Walsh (Dem), elected;AlbertJ. Galen (Rep), defeated;CharlesE. Taylor (Farmer-Labor), defeated;JohnF. McKay (Socialist), defeated;WillisL. Wright (Communist), defeated. 1933 Mar 2:ThomasJ. Walsh, died in office. 1934 Nov 6:BurtonK. Wheeler (Dem), elected;GeorgeM. Bourquin (Rep), defeated;WilliamF. Held (Socialist), defeated;RaymondF. Gray (Communist), defeated. 1934 Nov 6:JamesE. Murray (Dem), elected;ScottLeavitt (Rep), defeated;JohnF. Duffy (Socialist), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:JamesE. Murray (Dem), elected;T.O. Larson (Rep), defeated;JosephP. Monaghan (Ind), defeated. 1940 Jul 16:BurtonK. Wheeler (Dem), nominated;HarrisonJ. Freebourn (Dem), defeated in primary. 1940 Jul 16:E.K. Cheadle, Jr. (Rep), nominated;L.Ray Carroll (Rep), defeated in primary;FloydFluent (Rep), defeated in primary. 1940 Nov 5:BurtonK. Wheeler (Dem), elected;E.K. Cheadle, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 1942 Nov 3:JamesE. Murray (Dem), elected;WellingtonD. Rankin (Rep), defeated;CharlesR. Miller (Prohibition), defeated;E.H. Helterbran (Socialist), defeated. 1946 Nov 5:ZalesN. Ecton (Rep), elected;LeifErickson (Dem), defeated;FloydP. Jones (Socialist), defeated. 1954 Nov 2:JamesE. Murray (Dem), elected;WesleyA. D'Ewart (Rep), defeated. 1960 Jun 7:LeeMetcalf (Dem), nominated;JohnW. Bonner (Dem), defeated in primary;LeRoyH. Anderson (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnW. Mahan (Dem), defeated in primary. 1960 Jun 7:OrvinB. Fjare (Rep), nominated;SumnerGerard (Rep), defeated in primary;WayneMontgomery (Rep), defeated in primary;JamesH. Morrow (Rep), defeated in primary;FredJ. Martin (Rep), defeated in primary;L.A. Wilson (Rep), defeated in primary. 1960 Nov 8:LeeMetcalf (Dem), elected;OrvinB. Fjare (Rep), defeated. 1964 Nov 3:MikeMansfield (Dem), elected;AlexBlewett (Rep), defeated. 1966 Nov 8:LeeMetcalf (Dem), elected;TimM. Babcock (Rep), defeated. 1970 Nov 3:MikeMansfield (Dem), elected;HaroldE. Wallace (Rep), defeated. 1972 Jun 6:LeeMetcalf (Dem), nominated;JeromePeters (Dem), defeated in primary. 1972 Jun 6:HenryS. Hibbard (Rep), nominated;HaroldE. Wallace (Rep), defeated in primary;NormanC. Wheeler (Rep), defeated in primary;MerrillK. Riddick (Rep), defeated in primary. 1972 Nov 7:LeeMetcalf (Dem), elected;HenryS. Hibbard (Rep), defeated. 1976 Nov 2:JohnMelcher (Dem), elected;StanleyC. Burger (Rep), defeated. 1978 Jan 12:LeeMetcalf, died in office. 1978 Nov 7:MaxBaucus (Dem), elected;LarryWilliams (Rep), defeated. 1982 Nov 2:JohnMelcher (Dem), elected;LarryWilliams (Rep), defeated;LarryDodge (Libertarian), defeated. 1984 Nov 6:MaxBaucus (Dem), elected;ChuckCozzens (Rep), defeated;NeilHalprin (Libertarian), defeated. 1988 Nov 8:ConradR. Burns (Rep), elected;JohnMelcher (Dem), defeated. 1990 Nov 6:MaxBaucus (Dem), elected;AllenC. Kolstad (Rep), defeated;WestleyF. Deitchler (Libertarian), defeated. 1994 Nov 8:ConradR. Burns (Rep), elected;JackMudd (Dem), defeated. 1996 Nov 5:MaxBaucus (Dem), elected;DennisR. Rehberg (Rep), defeated;BeckyShaw (Reform), defeated;StephenHeaton (Natural Law), defeated. 2000 Nov 7:ConradR. Burns (Rep), elected;BrianSchweitzer (Dem), defeated;GaryLee (Reform), defeated. 2002 Jun 4:BradJohnson (Rep), defeated in primary. 2002 Nov 5:MaxBaucus (Dem), elected;MikeTaylor (Rep), defeated;StanJones (Libertarian), defeated;BobKelleher (Green), defeated. 2006:StanJones (Libertarian), defeated. 2008 Jun 3:PattyL. Lovaas (Rep), defeated in primary. 2014 Feb 9:JohnE. Walsh, appointed. 2014 Nov 4:RogerRoots (Libertarian), defeated;SteveDaines (Rep), elected. 2020 Nov 3:SteveDaines (Rep), elected. | |