END OF THE SENATE HISTORY

 HOUSE LEGISLATURE LEADERSHIP

 

1939 D.M. Manning D-Hysham Jasper  DeDobbeleer D-Glasgow Archie  McLeod D-Great Falls Ben  Miles R-McLeod 1937 H.D. Rolph D-Joplin George Monahan D-Livingston Sam  Spiegel D-Butte   1935 W.P. Pilgeram D-Armington H.D. Rolph D-Joplin E.J.  Byrne D-Galata   1933 Dennis Dellwo D-Charlo Herbert Haight D-Suffolk Albert  Besancon D-Missoula   1931 W.R. Flachsenhar R-Terry Steve Arnold R-Broadview W.B. Leavitt R-Miles  City   1929 Ralph Bricker R-Windham Elmer Johnson R-Glasgow W.R.  Flachsenhar R-Terry   1927 Glenn Davis R-Carlyle G.M. Moss R-Whitefish Ralph  Bricker R-Windham   1925 Ralph Bricker R-Windham C.F. Holt R-Great Falls William  Ruffcorn R-Glasgow   1923 Calvin Crumbaker R-Fort Benton A.O. Gullidge R-Terry Charles  Swift R-Hysham   1921 Fred Gibson R-Livingston Percy Dodds R-Whitefish Edward  Johnson R-Anaconda   Session House Speaker Speaker Pro Tem Majority Leader Minority Leader 1919 O.W. Belden R-Lewistown Ronald Higgins R-Missoula     1917 Jas. F. O'Connor D-Livingston Thomas Kehoe D-Billings     1915 George Ramsey D-Helena J.E. McNally D-Butte     1913 Alexander MacDonald D-Kalispell Joseph Kirschwing D-Great Falls     1911 W.W. McDowell D-Butte R. Lee Word D-Helena     1909 W.W. McDowell D-Butte Edward Burke D-Anaconda     1907 E.W. King R-Bozeman W.R. Allen R-Anaconda     1905 Wyllis Hedges R-Fergus Co Marcus Hewett R-Basin     1903 Benjamin White R-Dillon Aaron Conner R-Darby     1901 Frank Corbett D-Butte John Baker D-Helena     1899 Henry Stiff D-Missoula Edwin Lamb D-Silver Bow Co     1897 Jacob Kennedy D-Deer Lodge Co       1895 Wilbra Swett R-Silver Bow Co       1893 Thomas Matthews Populist-Silver Bow Co A.F. Bray Populist-Butte City     1891 Harry Comly D-Lewis & Clark Co R.G. Humber D-Deer Lodge Co     1889 Charles Blakely**** D-Gallatin Co Aaron  Witter R-Beaverhead Co       Back to top * Before 1974, the lieutenant governor  served as presiding officer of the Senate. ** In 1963, there was no president of the Senate because there  was no lieutenant governor. Lt. Gov. Tim Babcock had become acting governor upon  the death of Gov. Donald Nutter on Jan. 25, 1962. *** Gov. John Erickson was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1933  upon the death of Thomas Walsh. Lt. Gov. Frank Cooney became acting governor.  State Sen. Ernest Eaton was elected president pro tem but served as Senate  president. **** In 1889, voting irregularities led to a dispute over the  outcome of legislative elections in Silver Bow County. The dispute was never  resolved because the law didn't clearly explain how to certify the election of  legislators. So each party sent its own five legislators from Silver Bow County  to Helena, and Montana actually had a Democrat House and a Republican House,  which met separately. Sources: Atlas of Montana Elections 1889-1976, compiled by Ellis Waldron and Paul B. Wilson, 1978. House and Senate Floor  Journals, 1889-2007. Montana Directory of Public Affairs, compiled  by Ralph E. Owings, 1956. Vertical files, Montana Historical  Society.