MONTANA


U.S. TERRITORY MONTANA

In 1864 the eastern parts of the Territory of Idaho were organised as the separate U.S. Territory of Montana, which, until 1868, also comprised part of Wyoming. ____________________________________________________________________________

TERRITORIAL OFFICERS

Territorial Governors (1) (1) Subordinated to the Department of State until 1873, afterwards to the Department of the Interior. 1870 - 1883 Benjamin Franklin Potts 1836 - 1887 1883 - 1884 John Schuyler Crosby 1839 - 1914 1884 - 1885 Benjamin Platt Carpenter 1837 - 1921 1885 - 1887 Samuel Thomas Hauser 1833 - 1921 1887 - 1889 Preston Hopkins Leslie 1819 - 1907 1889 Benjamin Franklin White 1833 - 1920 ____________________________________________________________________________

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE U.S. CONGRESS

Territorial Delegates 1867 - 1871 James Michael Cavanaugh (2x) 1823 - 1879 1871 - 1873 William Horace Clagett 1838 - 1901 1873 - 1885 Martin Maginnis 1841 - 1919 1885 - 1889 Joseph Kemp Toole 1851 - 1929 1889 Thomas Henry Carter 1854 - 1911

U.S. STATE MONTANA

In 1889 Montana became a State of the Union. ____________________________________________________________________________

STATE OFFICERS

Governors 1889 - 1893 Joseph Kemp Toole s.a. 1893 - 1897 John Ezra Rickards 1848 - 1927 1897 - 1901 Robert Burns Smith 1854 - 1908 1901 - 1908 Joseph Kemp Toole (2x) 1908 - 1913 Edwin Lee Norris 1865 - 1924 1913 - 1921 Samuel "Sam" Vernon Stewart 1872 - 1939 1921 - 1925 Joseph Moore Dixon 1867 - 1934 1925 - 1933 John Edward Erickson 1863 - 1946 1933 - 1935 Frank Henry Cooney 1872 - 1935 1935 - 1937 William Elmer Holt 1884 - 1945 1937 - 1941 Roy Elmer Ayres 1882 - 1955 1941 - 1949 Samuel "Sam" Clarence Ford 1882 - 1961
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