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.
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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
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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.
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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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