The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Montana: Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Attorney General State Treasurer State Auditor Superintendent of Public Instruction
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate State House of Representatives State delegation to the United States Senate State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
Pre-statehood (1864–1889)
YearExecutive officesTerritorial LegislatureU.S. CongressGovernorSenateHouseDelegate1864Sidney Edgerton no such office1865Thomas Francis Meagher Samuel McLean 1866Green C. Smith 1867James M. Cavanaugh 1868James Tufts 1869James Mitchell Ashley Wiley Scribner 1870Benjamin F. Potts 1871William H. Clagett 18721873Martin Maginnis ...18821883John Schuyler Crosby 1884B. Platt Carpenter 1885Samuel Thomas Hauser Joseph Toole 18861887Preston Leslie 18881889Benjamin F. White Thomas H. Carter
1889–1976
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLt. GovernorSecretaryof StateAttorneyGeneralTreasurerAuditorSupt. ofPub. Inst.SenateHouseSenator(Class I)Senator(Class II)House1889Joseph Toole John E. Rickards Louis Rotwitt Henri J. Haskell Richard O.Hickman Edwin A.Kenney JohnGannon8D, 8R Majority and Minority Party Numbers 1889 - Present25R, 25DWilbur F. Sanders Thomas C. Power Thomas H.Carter 1890189110D, 6R28R, 27DWilliam W.Dixon 1892Harrison/Reid 1893John E. Rickards Alexander CampbellBotkin Frederick W. Wright Andrew B.Cook Eugene A.Steere 9D, 7R26D, 26R,3PopvacantCharles S.Hartman 1894189513R, 5D,2Pop, 1Fus44R, 14Pop,3DLee Mantle Thomas H. Carter 1896Lee Mantle 2 – Bryan/Sewall 1 – Bryan/Watson 1897Robert Burns Smith Archibald E. Spriggs Thomas S. Hogan C. B. Nolan Timothy E. Collins Thomas W.Poindexter Jr. Evans A.Carleton 12R, 8D,3Pop42D, 18Pop,8R1898189917D, 6R,1Pop57D, 9R,4SvRWilliam A. Clark Albert J.Campbell 1900vacantBryan/Stevenson 1901Joseph Toole Frank G. Higgins George M. Hayes James Donovan A. H. Barret James H.Calderhead W. W.Welch 14D, 9R,1Pop28D, 23R, 8Lab,6Pop, 5IDParis Gibson William A. Clark CaldwellEdwards 1902190314D, 12R47R, 11,8D, 6Joseph M.Dixon 1904Roosevelt/Fairbanks 1905Edwin L. Norris Abraham N. Yoder Albert J. Galen James H. Rice Henry R.Cunningham Wilfred E.Harmon 16R, 10D38R, 24D,7, 3Thomas H. Carter 1906190718R, 9D57R, 16DJoseph M. Dixon CharlesNelsonPray 1908Edwin L. Norris Benjamin F. White Taft/Sherman 1909William Allen Elmer E. Esselstyn 17R, 10D38D, 33R19101911C. M.McCoy16R, 12D42D, 32RHenry L. Myers 1912Thomas M. Swindlehurst Wilson/Marshall 1913Sam V. Stewart W. W. McDowell Adelbert M. Alderson Daniel M. Kelly William C. Rae WilliamKeating Henry A.Davee 17D, 13R,2Prog49D, 20R,16Prog, 1SvThomas J. Walsh 2D19141915Joseph Poindexter 19R, 16D,5Prog, 1I55D, 36R,3Sv, 1I19161917Charles T. Stewart Sam C. Ford H. L. Hart Rufus G.Poland MayTrumper 28R, 13D49D, 46R1D, 1R19181919George P.Porter 31R, 12D65R, 33D1920Harding/Coolidge 1921Joseph M. Dixon Nelson Story Jr. Wellington D. Rankin J. W. Walker41R, 13D98R, 9D, 1I2R19221923O. H. Junod 38R, 16D56R, 44DBurton K. Wheeler 1D, 1R1924Coolidge/Dawes 1925John E. Erickson W. S. McCormack L. A. Foot Wilfred E. Harmon 39R, 16D,1FL66R, 34D,2FL19261927Robert N. Hawkins 40R, 15D,1FL61R, 39D,2FLWilliam Powers1928John W. Mountjoy Hoover/Curtis 1929Frank A. Hazelbacker William E. Harmon F. E. Williams ElizabethIreland 39R, 16D,1FL69R, 33D1930193141R, 15D59R, 43D1932Roosevelt/Garner 1933Frank Henry Cooney Sam W. Mitchell Raymond T. Nagle James Brett John J.Holmes 33R, 22D, 1I72D, 30RJohn E. Erickson 2DFrank Henry Cooney Tom Kane 19341935Ernest T. Eaton 28D, 27R, 1I69D, 33RJames E. Murray 1936Elmer Holt William R. Pilgeram Enor K. Matson 1937Roy E. Ayers Hugh R. Adnair Harrison J. Freebourn Ray Shannon RuthReardon 29D, 27R81D, 21R1938193931D, 25R58D, 44R1D, 1R1940Roosevelt/Wallace 1941Sam C. Ford Ernest T. Eaton John W. Bonner Thomas E. Carey ElizabethIreland 35R, 21D55D, 47R1942Howard M. Gullickson 1943R. V. Bottomly 37R, 19D51R, 39D2D1944T. H. MacDonald Roosevelt/Truman 1945George P. Porter 39R, 17D53R, 37D1D, 1R1946194741R, 15D58R, 31D, 1IDZales Ecton 1948Truman/Barkley 1949John W. Bonner Paul Cannon Arnold Olsen Neil Fisher Mary M.Condon 31R, 23D, 2I54D, 36R1950Alta E. Fisher 1951John E. Henry 28R, 26D, 2I49R, 41D1952Eisenhower/Nixon 1953J. Hugo Aronson George M. Gosman Charles L. Sheridan 36R, 20D62R, 32DMike Mansfield 1954Edna Hinman 195533R, 23D49D, 45R1956S. C. Arnold 1957Paul Cannon Frank Murray Forrest H. Anderson Horace Casey HarrietMiller 31D, 25R59D, 35R2D1958195938D, 17R, 1I61D, 31R, 2I1960Nixon/Lodge 1961Donald G. Nutter Tim Babcock Edna Hinman 54R, 40DLee Metcalf 1D, 1R1962Tim Babcock David F. James E. V. "Sonny"Omholt 196335D, 21R57R, 37D1964Johnson/Humphrey 1965Ted James Henry H. Anderson Harriet Miller 32D, 24R56D, 38R1966196730D, 25R64R, 40D1968Nixon/Agnew 1969Forrest H. Anderson Thomas Lee Judge Robert L. Woodahl Alex B. Stephenson DoloresColburg 58R, 46D2D1970197155R, 49D1D, 1R19721973Thomas Lee Judge Bill Christiansen Hollis Connors 27D, 23R54D, 46R1974197530D, 20R67D, 33R2D1976Ford/Dole
1977–present
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLt. GovernorSecretaryof StateAttorneyGeneralAuditorSupt. ofPub. Inst.SenateHouseSenator(Class I)Senator(Class II)House1977Thomas LeeJudge Ted Schwinden Frank Murray Mike Greely E. V. "Sonny"Omholt Georgia RuthRice 25D, 25R57D, 43RJohn Melcher Paul G.Hatfield 1D, 1R1978197926R, 24D55D, 45RMax Baucus 1980Reagan/Bush 1981Ted Schwinden George Turman Jim Waltermire Ed Argenbright 28R, 22D57R, 43D1982198326R, 24D55D, 45R19841985Andrea Bennett 28D, 22R50D, 50R1986198725D, 25R51R, 49D1988Gordon McOmber Verner Bertelsen Bush/Quayle 1989Stan Stephens Allen Kolstad Mike Cooney Marc Racicot Nancy Keenan 27R, 23D52D, 48RConrad Burns 19901991Denny Rehberg 29D, 21R61D, 39R1992Clinton/Gore 1993Marc Racicot Joseph P. Mazurek Mark O'Keefe 30D, 20R53R, 47DPat Williams 1994199531R, 19D67R, 33D1996Dole/Kemp 1997Judy Martz 34R, 16D65R, 35DRick Hill 1998199932R, 18D59R, 41D2000Bush/Cheney 2001Judy Martz Karl Ohs Bob Brown Mike McGrath John Morrison Linda McCulloch 31R, 19D58R, 42DDenny Rehberg 2002200329R, 21D53R, 47D20042005Brian Schweitzer John Bohlinger Brad Johnson 27D, 23R50D, 50R2006200726D, 24R50R, 49D, 1Jon Tester 2008McCain/Palin 2009Linda McCulloch Steve Bullock Monica Lindeen Denise Juneau 27R, 23D50D, 50R2010201128R, 22D68R, 32D2012Romney/Ryan 2013Steve Bullock John Walsh Tim Fox 29R, 21D61R, 39DSteve Daines 2014Angela McLean John Walsh 201559R, 41DSteve Daines Ryan Zinke 2016Mike Cooney Trump/Pence 2017Corey Stapleton Matt Rosendale Elsie Arntzen 32R, 18DGreg Gianforte 2018201930R, 20D58R, 42D2020Trump/Pence 2021Greg Gianforte Kristen Juras Christi Jacobsen Austin Knudsen Troy Downing 31R, 19D67R, 33DMatt Rosendale 2022202334R, 16D68R, 32D2R2024Trump/Vance 2025 James Brown Susie Hedalen 32R, 18D58R, 42DTim Sheehy 2026
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See also Politics in Montana