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 Democrat Jon Tester and Republican Steve Daines.

List of Senators

#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.						C	Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.
1	File:Sanders2.jpg Wilbur F. Sanders	Republican	January 1, 1890 – March 3, 1893	Elected in 1889. Lost re-election.	1	51st	1	Elected in 1889. Retired.	January 2, 1890 – March 4, 1895	Republican	Thomas C. Power	1
1	File:Sanders2.jpg Wilbur F. Sanders	Republican	January 1, 1890 – March 3, 1893	Elected in 1889. Lost re-election.	1	52nd
Vacant			March 3, 1893 – January 16, 1895	Legislature failed to elect.	2	53rd
2	Lee Mantle	Republican	January 16, 1895 – March 4, 1899	Appointed to fill vacant term. Elected to finish vacant term. Lost renomination.		53rd
		Republican				54th	2	Elected in 1895. Retired.	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901	Republican	Thomas H. Carter	2
		Silver Republican				55th
3	William A. Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – May 15, 1900	Elected in 1899. Resigned to avoid claim of election fraud.	3	56th
Vacant			May 15, 1900 – March 7, 1901	Clark was appointed to continue his vacant term, but did not qualify.		56th
Vacant			May 15, 1900 – March 7, 1901			57th	3	Elected in 1901. Retired.	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907	Democratic	William A. Clark	3
4	Paris Gibson	Democratic	March 7, 1901 – March 4, 1905	Elected to finish Clark's term.^[1]^[2] Retired.		57th
4	Paris Gibson	Democratic	March 7, 1901 – March 4, 1905	Elected to finish Clark's term.^[1]^[2] Retired.		58th
5	Thomas H. Carter	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1911	Elected in 1904. Retired.	4	59th
						60th	4	Elected in 1907. Lost re-election as a Progressive.	March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1913	Republican	Joseph M. Dixon	4
						61st
6	Henry L. Myers	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923	Elected in 1910.	5	62nd
						63rd	5	Elected in 1913.	March 4, 1913 – March 2, 1933	Democratic	Thomas J. Walsh	5
						64th
				Re-elected in 1916. Retired.	6	65th
						66th	6	Re-elected in 1918.
						67th
7	Burton K. Wheeler	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1947	Elected in 1922.	7	68th
						69th	7	Re-elected in 1924.
						70th
				Re-elected in 1928.	8	71st
						72nd	8	Re-elected in 1930. Died.^[3]
						72nd			March 2, 1933 – March 13, 1933	Vacant
						73rd			March 2, 1933 – March 13, 1933	Vacant
								Resigned as governor to be appointed to continue Walsh's term. Lost nomination to finish Walsh's term.	March 13, 1933 – November 6, 1934	Democratic	John E. Erickson	6
								Elected to finish Walsh's term.^[4]	November 7, 1934 – January 3, 1961	Democratic	James E. Murray	7
				Re-elected in 1934.	9	74th		Elected to finish Walsh's term.^[4]
						75th	9	Elected to full term in 1936.
						76th
				Re-elected in 1940. Lost renomination.	10	77th
						78th	10	Re-elected in 1942.
						79th
8	Zales Ecton	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953	Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.	11	80th
						81st	11	Re-elected in 1948.
						82nd
9	Mike Mansfield	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1977	Elected in 1952.^[5]	12	83rd
						84th	12	Re-elected in 1954. Retired.
						85th
				Re-elected in 1958.	13	86th
						87th	13	Elected in 1960.^[6]	January 3, 1961 – January 12, 1978	Democratic	Lee Metcalf	8
						88th
				Re-elected in 1964.	14	89th
						90th	14	Re-elected in 1966.
						91st
				Re-elected in 1970. Retired.	15	92nd
						93rd	15	Re-elected in 1972. Died.
						94th
10	John Melcher	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1989	Elected in 1976.	16	95th
									January 12, 1978 – January 22, 1978
								Appointed to finish Metcalf's term. Lost nomination to full term. Resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.	January 22, 1978 – December 12, 1978	Democratic	Paul G. Hatfield	9
									December 12, 1978 – December 15, 1978	Vacant
								Appointed early to finish Hatfield's term, having already been elected to the next term.^[7]	December 15, 1978 – February 6, 2014	Democratic	Max Baucus	10
						96th	16	Elected in 1978.
						97th
				Re-elected in 1982. Lost re-election.	17	98th
						99th	17	Re-elected in 1984.
						100th
11	Conrad Burns	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2007	Elected in 1988.	18	101st
						102nd	18	Re-elected in 1990.
						103rd
				Re-elected in 1994.	19	104th
						105th	19	Re-elected in 1996.
						106th
				Re-elected in 2000. Lost re-election.	20	107th
						108th	20	Re-elected in 2002.
						109th
12	Jon Tester	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – Present	Elected in 2006.	21	110th
						111th	21	Re-elected in 2008. Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to China.
						112th
				Re-elected in 2012.	22	113th
									February 6, 2014 – February 9, 2014	Vacant
								Appointed to finish Baucus's term. Retired.	February 9, 2014 – January 3, 2015	Democratic	John Walsh	11
						114th	22	Elected in 2014.	January 3, 2015 – Present	Republican	Steve Daines	12
						115th
To be determined in the 2018 election.					23	116th
To be determined in the 2018 election.					23	117th	23	To be determined in the 2020 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1						C	Class 2

Living former U.S. Senators from Montana

As of April 2015^[update], there are three former U.S. Senators who are living, one from Class 1 and two from Class 2.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
John Melcher	1977–1989	1	(1924-09-06) September 6, 1924 (age 99)
Max Baucus	1978–2014	2	(1941-12-11) December 11, 1941 (age 82)
John Walsh	2014–2015	2	(1960-11-03) November 3, 1960 (age 63)

References

^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Paris Gibson". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
^ "Gibson, Paris, (1830 - 1920)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. Thomas J. Walsh". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. James E. Murray". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Mike Mansfield". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. Lee Metcalf". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. Max Baucus". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 29, 2011.

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