List of United States Senators from Montana

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List of United States Senators from Montana

Montana was admitted to the Union on November 8, 1889, and elects senators to Classes 1 and 2. Its current senators are Democrats Max Baucus and Jon Tester.

1 Class 1
2 Class 2
3 See also

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Wilbur F. Sanders	Republican	January 1, 1890 – March 3, 1893	Montana Terr. House of Representatives	51	1	Elected in 1889 Lost re-election
1	Wilbur F. Sanders	Republican	January 1, 1890 – March 3, 1893	Montana Terr. House of Representatives	52	1	Elected in 1889 Lost re-election
			March 3, 1893 – January 16, 1895		53	2	Legislature failed to elect
2	Lee Mantle	Republican	January 16, 1895 – March 4, 1899	Speaker of the Montana Terr. House of Representatives	53		Appointed to fill vacant term Elected to finish vacant term Lost renomination
					54
					55
3	William A. Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – May 15, 1900	President of both Montana state constitutional conventions Also served in Montana's Class 2 seat	56	3	Elected in 1899 Resigned to avoid claim of election fraud
			May 15, 1900 – March 7, 1901		56		Clark was appointed to continue his vacant term, but did not qualify
			May 15, 1900 – March 7, 1901		57
4	Paris Gibson	Democratic	March 7, 1901 – March 4, 1905		57		Elected to finish Clark's term Retired
4	Paris Gibson	Democratic	March 7, 1901 – March 4, 1905		58		Elected to finish Clark's term Retired
5	Thomas H. Carter	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1911	Also served in Montana's Class 2 seat U.S. House of Representatives (from Idaho) Montana's Territorial Delegate Chairman of the Republican National Committee	59	4	Elected in 1904 Retired
					60
					61
6	Henry L. Myers	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923	Montana Senate Montana Supreme Court	62	5	Elected in 1910
					63
					64
					65	6	Re-elected in 1916 Retired
					66
					67
7	Burton K. Wheeler	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1947		68	7	Elected in 1922
					69
					70
					71	8	Re-elected in 1928
					72
					73
					74	9	Re-elected in 1934
					75
					76
					77	10	Re-elected in 1940 Lost renomination
					78
					79
8	Zales Ecton	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953	Montana House of Representatives Montana Senate	80	11	Elected in 1946 Lost re-election
					81
					82
9	Mike Mansfield	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1977	U.S. House of Representatives Senate Majority Leader U.S. Ambassador to Japan	83	12	Elected in 1952
					84
					85
					86	13	Re-elected in 1958
					87
					88
					89	14	Re-elected in 1964
					90
					91
					92	15	Re-elected in 1970 Retired
					93
					94
10	John Melcher	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1989	U.S. House of Representatives	95	16	Elected in 1976
					96
					97
					98	17	Re-elected in 1982 Lost re-election
					99
					100
11	Conrad Burns	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2007	Yellowstone County Commissioner	101	18	Elected in 1988
					102
					103
					104	19	Re-elected in 1994
					105
					106
					107	20	Re-elected in 2000 Lost re-election
					108
					109
12	Jon Tester	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – Present	President of the Montana Senate	110	21	Elected in 2006 Incumbent
					111
					112
#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 2

#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Thomas C. Power	Republican	January 2, 1890 – March 4, 1895		51	1	Elected in 1889 Retired
					52
					53
2	Thomas H. Carter	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901	Also served in Montana's Class 1 seat U.S. House of Representatives (from Idaho) Montana's Territorial Delegate Chairman of the Republican National Convention	54	2	Elected in 1895 Retired
					55
					56
3	William A. Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907	President of both Montana state constitutional conventions Also served in Montana's Class 1 seat	57	3	Elected in 1901 Retired
					58
					59
4	Joseph M. Dixon	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1913	U.S. House of Representatives Governor of Montana	60	4	Elected in 1907 Lost re-election
					61
					62
5	Thomas J. Walsh	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 2, 1933		63	5	Elected in 1913
					64
					65
					66	6	Re-elected in 1918
					67
					68
					69	7	Re-elected in 1924
					70
					71
					72	8	Re-elected in 1930 Died
			March 2, 1933 – March 13, 1933		72
			March 2, 1933 – March 13, 1933		73
6	John E. Erickson	Democratic	March 13, 1933 – November 6, 1934	Governor of Montana			Self-appointed to continue Walsh's term Lost nomination to finish Walsh's term
7	James E. Murray	Democratic	November 7, 1934 – January 3, 1961	Chairman, State Advisory Board, Public Works Administration			Elected to finish Walsh's term
					74		Elected to finish Walsh's term
					75	9	Elected to full term in 1936
					76
					77
					78	10	Re-elected in 1942
					79
					80
					81	11	Re-elected in 1948
					82
					83
					84	12	Re-elected in 1954 Retired
					85
					86
8	Lee Metcalf	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 12, 1978	Montana Supreme Court U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Acting President pro tempore	87	13	Elected in 1960
					88
					89
					90	14	Re-elected in 1966
					91
					92
					93	15	Re-elected in 1972 Died
					94
					95
			January 12, 1978 – January 22, 1978
9	Paul G. Hatfield	Democratic	January 22, 1978 – December 12, 1978	Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court			Appointed to fill Metcalf's term Lost nomination to full term, then resigned early to give successor preferential seniority
			December 12, 1978 – December 15, 1978
10	Max Baucus	Democratic	December 15, 1978 – Present	U.S. House of Representatives			Appointed early to finish Hatfield's term, having already been elected to the next term
					96	16	Elected in 1978
					97
					98
					99	17	Re-elected in 1984
					100
					101
					102	18	Re-elected in 1990
					103
					104
					105	19	Re-elected in 1996
					106
					107
					108	20	Re-elected in 2002
					109
					110
					111	21	Re-elected in 2008 Incumbent
					112	21	Re-elected in 2008 Incumbent
#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history

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