List of governors of Montana
This list includes all governors of the US state of Montana and the pre-existing Montana Territory .
Montana Territory
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Sidney Edgerton | 1864-1865 | republican |
Thomas Francis Meagher | 1865-1866 | democrat |
Green Clay Smith | 1866-1868 | democrat |
James Tufts | 1868-1869 | republican |
James Mitchell Ashley | 1869 | republican |
Wiley S. Scribner | 1869-1870 | |
Benjamin Franklin Potts | 1870-1883 | republican |
John Schuyler Crosby | 1883-1884 | republican |
Benjamin Platt Carpenter | 1884-1885 | republican |
Samuel Thomas Hauser | 1885-1887 | democrat |
Preston Hopkins Leslie | 1887-1889 | democrat |
Benjamin Franklin White | 1889 | republican |
State of Montana
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Joseph Kemp Toole | 1889-1893 | democrat |
John Ezra Rickards | 1893-1897 | republican |
Robert Burns Smith | 1897-1901 | democrat |
Joseph Kemp Toole | 1901-1908 | democrat |
Edwin Lee Norris | 1908-1913 | democrat |
Samuel Vernon Stewart | 1913-1921 | democrat |
Joseph Moore Dixon | 1921-1925 | republican |
John Edward Erickson | 1925-1933 | democrat |
Frank Henry Cooney | 1933-1935 | democrat |
William Elmer Holt | 1935-1937 | democrat |
Roy Elmer Ayers | 1937-1941 | democrat |
Samuel Clarence Ford | 1941-1949 | republican |
John Woodrow Bonner | 1949-1953 | democrat |
John Hugo Aronson | 1953-1961 | republican |
Donald Grant Nutter | 1961–1962 | republican |
Tim Milford Babcock | 1962-1969 | republican |
Forrest Howard Anderson | 1969-1973 | democrat |
Thomas Lee Judge | 1973-1981 | democrat |
Theodore dwindling | 1981-1989 | democrat |
Stanley Graham Stephens | 1989-1993 | republican |
Marc F. Racicot | 1993-2001 | republican |
Judy Martz | 2001-2005 | republican |
Brian David Schweitzer | 2005-2013 | democrat |
Steve Bullock | since 2013 | democrat |