The Montana State Legislature is the state legislature of the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

. It is composed of the 100-member Montana House of Representatives and the 50-member Montana Senate.

List of members by name

This is a list of current and former notable members of the Montana House of Representatives by last name. * Forrest H. Anderson * LeRoy H. Anderson * Duane Ankney * J. Hugo Aronson * Shannon Augare * Tim M. Babcock * Thomas C. Bach *

Joe Balyeat Joe Balyeat (October 26, 1956 – October 4, 2022) was a former member of the Montana Legislature. Balyeat was elected as a Republican to Senate District 34, representing Bozeman, Montana, in 2004. Previously, Balyeat served two terms in the ...

* Liz Bangerter *

Debby Barrett Debby Barrett is a former Republican member of the Montana Legislature. She was elected for Senate District 36, representing the Dillon, Montana Dillon is a city in and the county seat of Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. The popul ...

* James F. Battin *

Max Baucus Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the long ...

Arlene Becker Arlene A. Becker is a Democratic Party former member of the Montana House of Representatives The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana Senate, one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of 100 members, the Hou ...

* Bryce Bennett *

Gerald Bennett Gerald 'Jerry' Bennett (born August 15, 1956) was an American politician and businessman who was a member of the Montana House of Representatives for the 1st district from 2009 to 2017. Early life Bennett was born in Fairbanks, Alaska. His g ...

- District 1 *

Bob Bergren Robert Jerry Bergren Sr. is a Democratic Party member of the Montana House of Representatives The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana Senate, one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of 100 members, the H ...

Norma Bixby Norma Bixby is a Democratic Party member of the Montana House of Representatives The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana Senate, one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of 100 members, the House elects i ...

* Mark Blasdel * Anders Blewett *

John Bohlinger John Bohlinger, Jr. (born April 21, 1936) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd Lieutenant Governor of Montana from 2005 to 2013. He ran for the office as a Republican on a bipartisan ticket headed by Democratic guber ...

* Carlie Boland * Steve Bolstad * Dorothy Bradley * Gary Branae *

Bob Brown Robert James Brown (born 27 December 1944) is a former Australian politician, medical doctor and environmentalist. He was a senator and the parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens. Brown was elected to the Australian Senate on the Tasma ...

* Dee L. Brown * Roy Brown * Walter A. Burleigh * Mary Caferro * Tim Callahan *

Albert J. Campbell Albert James Campbell (December 12, 1857 – August 9, 1907) was a U.S. Representative from Montana. Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Campbell attended the common schools and the State Agricultural College, Lansing (now Michigan State Universit ...

* Margarett Campbell *

Christy Clark Christina Joan Clark (born October 29, 1965) is a former Canadian politician who was the 35th premier of British Columbia (BC), from 2011 to 2017. Clark was the second woman to be premier of BC, after Rita Johnston in 1991, and the first female ...

* Vicki Cocchiarella * Jill Cohenour *

Mike Cooney Michael R. Cooney (born September 3, 1954) is an American politician who served as the 36th lieutenant governor of Montana from 2016 to 2021. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives (1977–1981), as the secretary of state of ...

* Douglas Cordier * Wesley A. D'Ewart *

Steve Daines Steven David Daines ( ; born August 20, 1962) is an American politician and former corporate executive serving as the junior United States senator for Montana since 2015. A Republican, he served as the U.S. representative for Montana's at-lar ...

* Sue Dickenson * Robyn Driscoll * E. Jocob Crull *

Bob Ebinger Bob Ebinger is a Democratic Party member of the Montana House of Representatives The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana Senate, one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of 100 members, the House elects it ...

Zales Ecton Zales Nelson Ecton (April 1, 1898March 3, 1961) was an American attorney and politician from Montana who represented the state in the United States Senate, serving from 1947 to 1953. Early life and education Ecton was born in Weldon, Iowa on Ap ...

* Caldwell Edwards * Jim Elliott * Ron Erickson * Tom Facey * Steve Fitzpatrick * Orvin B. Fjare * Henry Frank * Eve Franklin * Julie French * Kevin Furey * Dave Gallik * Steve Gallus *

Kim Gillan Kim J. Gillan is an American politician and former Democratic Party member of the Montana Senate. She represented District 24 from 2004 to 2012. She was unable to run for reelection in 2012 due to Montana's term limits. Earlier she was a membe ...

* Wanda Grinde * George Groesback * Steve Gunderson - District 1 * Alan Hale * Robin Hamilton * Betsy Hands *

Dan Harrington Dan Harrington (born December 6, 1945) is a professional poker player, best known for winning the Main Event at the 1995 World Series of Poker. He has earned one World Poker Tour title, two WSOP bracelets, and over six million dollars in tourn ...

* Ralph Heinert * Teresa Henry * Frank G. Higgins * Cynthia Hiner * Galen Hollenbaugh *

Elmer Holt William Elmer Holt (October 14, 1884 – March 1, 1945) was an American politician. He served as the tenth Governor of Montana from 1935 to 1937. Biography Holt was born in Savannah, Missouri, and moved with his family to a ranch in Miles City ...

* Hal Jacobson * Joey Jayne * Larry Jent * Llew Jones * Mike Jopek * Rick Jore *

Thomas Lee Judge Thomas Lee Judge (October 12, 1934 – September 8, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of Montana from 1973 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 25th lieutenant governor of Montana f ...

* Carol Juneau *

Christine Kaufmann Christine Maria Kaufmann (; 11 January 1945 – 28 March 2017) was a German-Austrian actress, author, and businesswoman. The daughter of a German father and a French mother, she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress f ...

* Jim Keane *

Nancy Keenan Nancy Keenan (born February 14, 1952) is an American politician, and since 2015 the executive director of the Montana Democratic Party. Prior to that, she was elected to several terms in the Montana House of Representatives (1983–1989) and a ...

* Daniel Kemmis *

Allen Kolstad Allen C. Kolstad (December 24, 1931 – August 2, 2008) was an American politician from Montana. A Republican from Chester in Liberty County, Montana, he was prominent in state politics for more than 40 years, beginning in 1968 with his e ...

* Deborah Kottel *

Bob Lake Bob Lake is a Republican former member of the Montana Legislature. He was elected for Senate District 44, representing the Hamilton, Montana area, in 2010. He previously served in the House of Representatives from 2003-2011. In 2012 he was ...

* Jesse Laslovich *

Ralph Lenhart Ralph Lee Lenhart (October 18, 1930 – December 31, 2022) was an American educator and politician from Montana. Lenhart is a former Democratic member of the Montana House of Representatives who served from January 2003 to January 2007. Early li ...

* Dave Lewis * Greg Lind * Monica Lindeen *

Frank Bird Linderman Frank Bird Linderman (September 25, 1869 – May 12, 1938) was a Montana writer, politician, Native American ally and ethnographer. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he went West as a young man and became enamored of life on the Montana frontier. While w ...

* Dave McAlpin * Bill McChesney * Washington J. McCormick *

Gary Matthews Gary Nathaniel Matthews Sr. (born July 5, 1950), nicknamed Sarge, is an American former professional baseball left fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from through for the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phill ...

John Melcher John David Melcher (September 6, 1924 – April 12, 2018) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented Montana as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and as a United States Senator fro ...

* Lee Metcalf *

Mike Milburn Mike Milburn (born September 28, 1952) is the Speaker of the House for the Montana 62nd Legislature. He is a Republican representing Cascade County. He has been elected for House District 19 four times since 2005. He is a primary sponsor for ...

* Terry Murphy * John Musgrove * Art Noonan * James F. O'Connor * Mark O'Keefe * Alan Olson * John Parker *

Gerald Pease Gerald Pease is a former Democratic Party member of the Montana Senate, who represented District 21 from 2001 to 2009. Earlier he was a member of the Montana House of Representatives The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana ...

* François Jean Pelletier * Arthur L. Peterson * Ken Peterson * Mike Phillips * Jennifer Pomnichowski * Debo Powers * Jean Price * Holly Raser * Joe Read * Michele Reinhart * James A. Rice * Rick Ripley *

Scott Sales Scott Sales (born July 26, 1960) is an American politician of the Republican Party. He is a state senator in the Montana Senate and also serves as the president of that body. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives, includin ...

* Sarah Laszloffy * Diane Sands * Jon Sesso * Jim Shockley * John Sinrud * Paul Sliter * Veronica Small-Eastman * Frank Smith * Jon Sonju * Carolyn Squires * Donald Steinbeisser * Sam V. Stewart * Tom Stout *

Janna Taylor Janna Taylor (born September 9, 1948) was the Speaker pro Tempore for the Montana House of Representatives in 2011. She was a Republican Party (United States), Republican for District 11, which represents the Dayton, Montana, Dayton area. She has ...

Bill Thomas William Marshall Thomas (born December 6, 1941) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 2007, finishing his tenure representing California's 22nd congressional district an ...

* Fred A. Thomas * Joseph Tropila * Brad Tschida * George Turman *

Gordon Vance Gordon Vance (born December 17, 1951) is a Republican member of the Montana Legislature The Montana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Montana. It is composed of the 100-member Montana House of Representatives and ...

Kendall Van Dyk Kendall J. Van Dyk (born March 21, 1980) is a Democratic Party member of the Montana Senate, representing District 25 in north-central Billings, Montana since 2011. Personal life and education Van Dyk earned a B.A. in political science from Mont ...

* Dan Villa *

Frank Comerford Walker Frank Comerford Walker (May 30, 1886 – September 13, 1959) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the United States Postmaster General from 1940 until 1945, and the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1943 until 1944. Biog ...

* David Wanzenried * Wendy Warburton * Ted Washburn * Jeffrey Welborn *

Burton K. Wheeler Burton Kendall Wheeler (February 27, 1882January 6, 1975) was an attorney and an American politician of the Democratic Party in Montana, which he represented as a United States senator from 1923 until 1947. Born in Massachusetts, Wheeler began ...

* Benjamin F. White * Kerry White * Lea Whitford * Carol Williams * Franke Wilmer * Bill Wilson * Jonathan Windy Boy * Brady Wiseman * Tom Woods * Max Yates * Daniel Zolnikov

List of members by districts

This is a list of current and former notable members of the Montana House of Representatives by term, name, and party.

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District 13

References

External links

Members of the Montana State House of Representatives, 1890-2018 at politicalgraveyard.com

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