List of United States Senators from Montana
The list of United States Senators from Montana lists everyone who has ever served in the Senate for that state , sorted by Senate class . One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections for the class 1 senators took place in 2018; the class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014.
class 1
Montana has been a US state since November 8, 1889 and has had twelve class 1 senators in Congress to date .
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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Wilbur Fiske Sanders | 1890-1893 | republican | May 2, 1834 - July 7, 1905 |
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Lee Mantle | 1895-1899 | republican | December 13, 1851 - November 18, 1934 |
William Andrews Clark | 1899-1900 | democrat | January 8, 1839 - March 2, 1925 |
Paris Gibson | 1901-1905 | democrat | July 1, 1830 - December 16, 1920 |
Thomas Henry Carter | 1905-1911 | republican | October 30, 1854 - September 17, 1911 |
Henry Lee Myers | 1911-1923 | democrat | October 9, 1862 - November 11, 1943 |
Burton Kendall Wheeler | 1923-1947 | democrat | February 27, 1882 - January 6, 1975 |
Zales Nelson Ecton | 1947-1953 | republican | April 1, 1898 - March 3, 1961 |
Michael Joseph Mansfield | 1953-1977 | democrat | March 16, 1903 - October 5, 2001 |
John Melcher | 1977-1989 | democrat | September 6, 1924 - April 12, 2018 |
Conrad Ray Burns | 1989-2007 | republican | January 25, 1935 - April 28, 2016 |
Jon Tester | since 2007 | democrat | * August 21, 1956 |
2nd grade
To date, Montana has provided twelve class 2 senators .
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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Thomas Charles Power | 1890-1895 | republican | May 22, 1839 - February 16, 1923 |
Thomas Henry Carter | 1895-1901 | republican | October 30, 1854 - September 17, 1911 |
William Andrews Clark | 1901-1907 | democrat | January 8, 1839 - March 2, 1925 |
Joseph Moore Dixon | 1907-1913 | republican | July 31, 1867 - May 22, 1934 |
Thomas James Walsh | 1913-1933 | democrat | June 12, 1859 - March 2, 1933 |
John Edward Erickson | 1933-1934 | democrat | March 14, 1863 - May 25, 1946 |
James Edward Murray | 1934-1961 | democrat | May 3, 1876 - March 23, 1961 |
Lee Warren Metcalf | 1961-1978 | democrat | January 28, 1911 - January 12, 1978 |
Paul Gerhart Hatfield | 1978 | democrat | April 29, 1928 - July 3, 2000 |
Max Seven Baucus | 1978-2014 | democrat | * December 11, 1941 |
John E. Walsh | 2014-2015 | democrat | * November 3, 1960 |
Steven David Daines | since 2015 | republican | * August 20, 1962 |