Governors of Montana

A list of the governors of the state of Montana.[1]

## Governors of Montana Territory[edit]

Name  |  Years

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Sidney Edgerton  |  1864-1865
Thomas Meagher  |  1865-1866
Green Clay Smith  |  1866-1869
James Monroe Ashley  |  1869-1870
Benjamin F. Potts  |  1870-1873
John Schuyler Crosby  |  1883-1884
B. Platt Carpenter  |  1884-1885
Samuel Thomas Hauser  |  1885-1887
Preston Hopkins Leslie  |  1887-1889
Benjamin F. White  |  1889

## State Governors of Montana[edit]

Name |  Party  |  Years

|
|

Joseph K. Toole  |  Democrat  |  1889–1893, 1901-1908
John E. Rickards  |  Republican  |  1893-1897
Robert B. Smith  |  Popularist Democrat  |  1897-1901
Edwin L. Norris  |  Democrat  |  1908-1913
Samuel V. Steward  |  Democrat  |  1913-1921
Joseph M. Dixon  |  Democrat  |  1921-1925
John E. Erickson  |  Democrat  |  1925-1933
Frank H. Cooney  |  Democrat  |  1933-1935
William Elmer Holt  |  Democrat  |  1935-1937
Roy E. Ayers  |  Democrat  |  1937-1941
Samuel C. Ford  |  Republican  |  1941-1949
John W. Bonner  |  Democrat  |  1949-1953
John Hugo Aronson  |  Republican  |  1953-1961
Donald Nutter |  Republican  |  1961-1962
Tim Babcock |  Republican  |  1962-1969
Forrest Howard Anderson  |  Democrat  |  1969-1973
Thomas L. Judge  |  Democrat  |  1973-1981
Ted Schwinden  |  Democrat  |  1981-1989
Stan Stephens  | Republican  |  1989-1993
Marc Racicot  |  Republican  |  1993-2001
Judy Martz  |  Republican  |  2001-2005
Brian Schweitzer |  Democrat  |  2005–present

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ http://www.montanahistory.net/governors/

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