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List of United States senators from Montana

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Montana was admitted to the Union on November 8, 1889, and elects U.S. senators to classes 1 and 2. Its current U.S. senators are Republicans Steve Daines (serving since 2015) and Tim Sheehy (serving since 2025). Democrat Max Baucus is the state's longest serving senator, serving from 1978 to 2014.

List of senators

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Nov 8, 1889 – Jan 1, 1890 | Montana elected its first senators two months after admission to the Union. | Montana elected its first senators two months after admission to the Union. | nowrap | Nov 8, 1889 – Jan 2, 1890

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 1 Wilbur F. Sanders Mar 3, 1893 Mar 3, 1895 Thomas C. Power ! rowspan=4 | 1

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 3, 1893 – Jan 16, 1895 | Legislature failed to elect.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 2 Lee Mantle Mar 3, 1899

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1901 Thomas H. Carter ! rowspan=4 | 2

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|- style="height:2em" ! 3 William Clark | | Democratic | nowrap | Mar 4, 1899 – May 15, 1900 | Elected in 1899.Resigned to avoid claim of election fraud.

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|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1907 William Clark ! rowspan=4 | 3

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 4 Paris Gibson Mar 3, 1905

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 5 Thomas H. Carter Mar 3, 1911 |

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1913 Joseph M. Dixon ! rowspan=3 | 4

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 6 Henry L. Myers Mar 3, 1923 |

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 2, 1933 Thomas J. Walsh ! rowspan=10 | 5

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 | 7 Burton K. Wheeler Jan 3, 1947 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1930.Died.

|- style="height:2em" Mar 13, 1933

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Walsh's term.Lost nomination to finish Walsh's term. | nowrap | Mar 13, 1933 – Nov 6, 1934 | | Democratic John E. Erickson ! 6

|- style="height:2em" Jan 3, 1961 James E. Murray ! rowspan=14 | 7

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 8 Zales Ecton Jan 3, 1953 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 | 9 Mike Mansfield Jan 3, 1977 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 12, 1978 Lee Metcalf ! rowspan=9 | 8

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 | 10 John Melcher Jan 3, 1989

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| nowrap | Jan 12, 1978 – Jan 22, 1978

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Metcalf's term.Lost nomination to full term.Resigned early to give successor preferential seniority. | nowrap | Jan 22, 1978 – Dec 14, 1978 | | Democratic Paul G. Hatfield ! 9

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| nowrap | Dec 14, 1978 – Dec 15, 1978

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed early to finish Metcalf's term, having already been elected to the next term. Feb 6, 2014 Max Baucus ! rowspan=19 | 10

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 11 Conrad Burns Jan 3, 2007 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 12 Jon Tester Jan 3, 2025 |

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| nowrap | Feb 6, 2014 – Feb 9, 2014

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Baucus's term.Ran for election to full term, but withdrew. | nowrap | Feb 9, 2014 – Jan 3, 2015 | | Democratic John Walsh ! 11

|- style="height:2em" | present Steve Daines ! rowspan=6 | 12

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 13 Tim Sheehy present |

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References

References

  1. (1904). "The Province and the States: A History of the Province of Louisiana Under France and Spain, And of the Territories and States of the United States Formed Therefrom". Western Historical Association.
  2. Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Paris Gibson". Great Falls Tribune.
  3. "Gibson, Paris, (1830 - 1920)". United States Congress.
  4. (1905). "The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1906". The Press Publishing Co. [[New York World]].
  5. Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. Thomas J. Walsh". Great Falls Tribune.
  6. Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. James E. Murray". Great Falls Tribune.
  7. Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Mike Mansfield". Great Falls Tribune.
  8. Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. Lee Metcalf". Great Falls Tribune.
  9. Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. Max Baucus". Great Falls Tribune.
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