Beaverhead

Big Horn

Blaine

Broadwater

Carbon

Carter

Cascade

Chouteau

Custer

Daniels

Dawson

Deer Lodge

Fallon

Fergus

Flathead

Gallatin

Garfield

Glacier

Golden Valley

Granite

Hill

Jefferson

Judith Basin

Lake

Lewis and Clark

Liberty

Lincoln /

Madison

McCone

Meagher

Mineral

Missoula

Muselshell

Park

Petroleum

Phillips

Pondera

Powder River

Powell

Prairie

Ravalli

Richland

Roosevelt

Rosebud

Sanders

Sheridan

Silver Bow

Stillwater

Sweet Grass

Teton

Toole

Treasure

Valley

Wheatland

Wibaux

Yellowstone

District Court Judges

A map of current judicial districts in Montana can be found on the Montana District Courts website.

Holly Brown

18th Judicial District

2004-

Deborah Kim Christopher

20th Judicial District

2000-

Katherine Curtis

11th Judicial District

1995-

Ingrid Gustafson

13th Judicial District

2001-

Katherin Irigoin

7th Judicial District

2000-

Margaret Johnson

8th Judicial District

1994-2003

Julie Macek

8th Judicial District

2001-

Dorothy McCarter

1st Judicial District

1989-

Laurie McKinnon

9th Judicial District

2007-

Kathy Seeley

1st Judicial District

2009-

Susan Watters

13th Judicial District

1998-

These were the first women elected to the legislature.

Name	Elected From	Party	House	Sessions
Adeline Arnold	Birney	Republican	Representatives	1953
Alison Ruth Conn	Kalispell	Republican	Representatives	1981
Andrea Hemstad Bennett	Great Falls	Republican	Representatives	1979-1983
Angela Russell	Lodge Grass	Democrat	Representatives	1987-1993
Ann K. "Pat" Regan	Billings	Democrat	Representatives/Senate	1973-1989
Ann M. Seibel	Bozeman	Democrat	Senate	1975
Ann Mary Dussault	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives	1975-1981
Antoinette Fraser Rosell	Billings	Republican	Representatives/Senate	1961-1963; 1967-1975
Antoinette R. "Toni" Hagener	Havre	Democrat	Representatives	1995-1999
Arlene Becker	Billings	Democrat	Representatives	1991-2003
Arlyne Reichert	Great Falls	Democrat	Representatives	1979
Aubyn Curtiss	Fortine	Republican	Representatives/Senate	1977-1983; 1995-2009
Audrey Roth	Big Sandy	Republican	Representatives	1977-1981
Augusta A. Baumgartner	Ronan	Republican	Representatives	1955
Barbara J. "Bobby" Spilker	Helena	Republican	Representatives	1979
Barbara K. Bennetts	Helena	Democrat	Representatives	1973-1974
Bea McCarthy	Anaconda	Democrat	Representatives/Senate	1991-1993; 1997-2003
Bertha E. Streeter	Bigfork	Republican	Senate	1957-1959
Bess R. Reed	Missoula	Republican	Representatives	1951-1955; 1961
Betsy Hands	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives	2007-2009
Betty Jean Bruski-Maus	Wibaux	Democrat	Senate	1991-1993
Betty L. Babcock	Helena	Republican	Representatives	1975
Betty Lou Kasten	Brockway	Republican	Representatives	1989-1999
Beverly Barnhart	Bozeman	Democrat	Representatives	1991-1999
Billie Krenzler	Billings	Democrat	Representatives	1997-1999
Carley Tuss	Great Falls	Democrat	Representatives	1993-1999
Carlie Boland	Great Falls	Democrat	Representatives	2009
Carol Farris	Great Falls	Democrat	Representatives	1983
Carol Gibson	Billings	Democrat	Representatives	2003
Carol Griffith Williams	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives/Senate	1999, 2005-2009
Carol Juneau	Browning	Democrat	Representatives/Senate	1999-2009
Carol Lambert	Broadus	Republican	Representatives	2003-2007
Carolyn Pease-Lopez	Billings	Democrat	Representatives	2009
Carolyn Squires	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives/Senate	1987-1999; 2003
Catherine Calk McCarty	Glendive	Democrat	Representatives	1923-1925
Charlotte K. Messmore	Great Falls	Republican	Representatives	1991
Cheryl Steenson	Kalispell	Democrat	Representatives	2009
Chris Ahner	Helena	Republican	Representatives	1995-1999
Christine Kaufman	Helena	Democrat	Representatives/Senate	2001-2009
Cindy Younkin	Bozeman	Republican	Representatives	1999-2003
Clare E. Martin	Lewistown	Democrat	Representatives	1939-1941
Clarice Schrumpf	Billings	Republican	Representatives	2001-2003

Cynthia Hiner	Deer Lodge	Democrat	Representatives	2005-2009
Deb Kottel	Great Falls	Democrat	Representatives	1995-1997; 2007	b.6/15/1952
Debbie Shea	Butte	Democrat	Representatives/Senate	1995; 1997-2003	b.6/26/1951
Debby Barrett	Dillon	Republican	Representatives/Senate	2001-2009
Dee Brown	Hungry Horse	Republican	Representatives	2001-2005, 2009
Diana E. Wyatt	Great Falls	Democrat	Representatives	1989-1999	b.8/15/1947
Diane Rice	Harrison	Republican	Representatives	2001-2007
Diane Sands	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives	1997, 2007-2009
Dolly Cusker	Poplar	Democrat	Representatives	1933
Dorothy "Dolly" Page	Philipsburg	Democrat	Representatives	1959-1960	d.7/6/2001
Dorothy Berry	Hamilton	Republican	Senate	2001
Dorothy Bradley	Bozeman	Democrat	Representatives	1971-1977; 1985-1991	b.2/24/1947
Dorothy C. Simpson	Florence	Demoract	Representatives	1997
Dorothy Cody	Wolf Point	Democrat	Representatives	1985-1991
Dorothy Eck	Bozeman	Democrat	Senate	1981-1999
Edith "Suzy" Cox	Livingston	Republican	Representatives	1977
Edith J. Clark	Sweetgrass	Republican	Representatives	1999-2003, 2007
Edith Zapata McClafferty	Butte	Democrat	Representatives	2009
Edna A. Gunderson	Havre	Democrat	Representatives	1977	b.7/1/1927; d.7/18/2003 in Power, MT
Eileen Carney	Libby	Democrat	Representatives	2001-2003
Elaine Sliter	Somers	Republican	Representatives	2001
Eleanor M. Dougherty	Great Falls	Democrat	Representatives	1967-1968	d. 9/26/1971
Eleanor Vaughn	Libby	Democrat	Senate	1987-1993
Ellen Bergman	Miles City	Republican	Representatives	1993-1997
Ellenore M. Bridenstine	Terry	Republican	Senate	1945-1947
Elsie Arntzen	Billings	Republican	Representatives	2005-2009
Emelie Kay Eaton	Laurel	Democrat	Representatives	2005
Emily Stonington	Bozeman	Democrat	Senate	2001-2003
Emily Swanson	Bozeman	Democrat	Representatives	1993-1999
Emma A. Ingalls*	Kalispell	Republican	Representatives	1917-1919
Esther G. Bengtson	Shepard	Democrat	Representatives/Senate	1975-1991
Ethel M. Harding	Polson	Republican	Senate	1985-1995
Eve Franklin	Great Falls	Democrat	Senate/Representatives	1991-2004
Florence Kerr Facey	Malta	Republican	Representatives	1923	d. 8/7/1952 in Babb, MT
Forrestina "Frosty" Boss Ribs	Heart Butte	Democrat	Representatives	2009
Frances M. Hall	Great Falls	Democrat	Senate	1973
Franke Wilmer	Bozeman	Democrat	Representatives	2007-2009
Gail Gutsche	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives	1999-2005
Gail M. Stoltz	Valier	Democrat	Representatives	1973-1975	b.1950
Gay Ann Masolo	Townsend	Republican	Representatives	1995-2001
Gay Holliday	Roundup	Democrat	Representatives	1981-1987
Geraldine W. Travis	Great Falls	Democrat	Representatives	1975
Gilda Clancy	Helena	Republican	Representatives	2001
Harriet Hayne	Dupuyer	Republican	Representatives	1979; 1985-1997
Helen C. Johnson	Bozeman	Republican	Representatives	1961	b.6/7/1905
Helen F. Anderson	Wibaux	Republican	Senate	1963-1965	b.1910; d.7/17/2005 in Big Timber, MT
Helen G. O'Connell	Great Falls	Democrat	Representatives	1975-1989	b.7/15/1917
Holly Raser	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives	2001-2007
Isabel B. James	Grant	Republican	Representatives	1965-1967
JP Pomnichowski	Bozeman	Democrat	Representatives	2007-2009
Jan Brown	Helena	Democrat	Representatives	1983-1991	b.3/16/1942
Jan Johnson	Missoula	Republican	Senate	1981
Janet DeBruycker	Dutton
Janet Moore	Condon	Democrat		1985-1989
Janna Taylor	Dayton	Republican	Representatives	2005-2009
Jean McLane	Laurel	Republican	Representatives	1977-1981
Jeanette S. McKee	Hamilton	Republican	Representatives	1995
Jeanne Windham	Polson	Democrat	Representatives	2005
Jessica Stickney	Miles City	Democrat	Representatives	1989-1991
Jessie Roscow	Butte	Democrat	Representatives	1923	b.5/18/1882; d. 1/17/1960 in CA
Jill Cohenour	East Helena	Democrat	Representatives	2003-2009
Jo Ellen Estenson	Helena	Democrat	Representatives	1977	b.11/10/1939
Joan Anderson	Fromberg	Republican	Representatives	1999-2005
Joan Hurdle	Billings	Democrat	Representatives	1995-2001
Joan Miles	Helena	Democrat	Representatives	1985-1987
Joann "Jody" Bird	Superior	Democrat	Representatives	1993	b.11/2/1949
Joey Jayne	Arlee	Democrat	Representatives	2001-2007
Joy I. Nash	Townsend	Republican	Representatives	1963
Judy Jacobson	Butte	Democrat	Senate	1981-1995
Judy Rice Murdock	Lodge Grass	Republican	Representatives	1995
Julie French	Scobey	Democrat	Representatives	2007-2009
June McCarthy	Butte	Democrat	Representatives	1949
Karyl Winslow	Billings	Republican	Representatives	1993
Kathleen Galvin-Halcro	Great Falls	Democrat	Representatives	1999-2005
Kathleen McBride	Butte	Democrat	Representatives	1979-1983
Kim Gillan	Billings	Democrat	Representatives/Senate	1997-2009
Lila V. Taylor	Busby	Republican	Representatives	1995-1999
Linda H. McCulloch	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives	1995-2001
Linda L. Holden	Valier	Republican	Representatives	2001
Linda Nelson	Medicine Lake	Democrat	Representatives	1989-2003
Liz Smith	Deer Lodge	Republican	Representatives	1993-1997
Lucy A. Curran	Poplar	Republican	Representatives	1927-1931
Lynda Moss	Billings	Democrat	Senate	2005-2009
Mabel Cruickshank	Bozeman	Democrat	Representatives	1937
Maggie Smith Hathaway*	Stevensville	Democrat	Representatives	1917-1921
Margaret "Peggy" Bergsagel Arnott	Billings	Republican	Representatives	1999	b.1953
Margaret Leppert Peterson	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives	1943
Margaret S. Warden	Great Falls	Democrat	Senate	1975-1977	b.7/18/1917
Margaret Scherf	Kalispell	Democrat	Representatives	1965	d. 5/12/1979 in Kalispell, MT
Margarett Campbell	Poplar	Democrat	Representatives	2005-2009
Margie MacDonald	Billings	Democrat	Representatives	2009
Marian A. Melin	Livingston	Democrat	Representatives	1939	d. 8/1/1993 in Livingston, MT
Marian Hanson	Ashland	Republican	Representatives	1983-1999
Marjorie Hart	Glendive	Democrat	Representatives	1981-1985
Marjorie I. Fisher	Whitefish	Republican	Representatives	1993-1995
Martha Herlevi	Red Lodge	Democrat	Representatives	1975	d. 3/2/1984
Mary Anne Guggenheim	Helena	Democrat	Representatives	1999
Mary Caferro	Helena	Democrat	Representatives	2005-2009
Mary Ellen Connelly	Whitefish	Democrat	Representatives	1983-1991	b.1933
Mary Lou Peterson	Eureka	Republican	Representatives	1985-1993	b.5/5/1931
Mary McDonough	Billings	Democrat	Representatives	1989
Michele Reinhart	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives	2007-2009
Michelle Lee	Livingston	Democrat	Representatives	2001
Mignon Waterman	Helena	Democrat	Senate	1991-2001
Minnie Huser Beadle	Butte	Democrat	Representatives	1939	d.8/8/1940 in Butte, MT
Monica Lindeen	Huntley	Democrat	Representatives	1999-2005
Nancy Keenan	Anaconda	Democrat	Representatives	1983-1987	b.1952
Nancy Rice Fritz	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives	2001-2003
Norma Bixby	Lame Deer	Democrat	Representatives	2001-2007
Ora J. Halvorson	Kalispell	Democrat	Representatives	1973-1977	d. 9/22/1980 in Kalispell, MT
Pat Ingraham	Thompson Falls	Republican	Representatives	2007-2009
Patricia Gesek	Whitefish	Democrat	Representatives	1979	d. 3/28/1989 in Whitefish, MT
Paula Darko	Libby	Democrat	Representatives	1983-1991
Penny Morgan	Billings	Republican	Representatives	2003-2009
Polly Holmes	Billings	Democrat	Representatives	1973-1979
Ramona Howe	Lodge Grass	Democrat	Representatives	1983-1985	b.7/11/1930
Robyn Driscoll	Billings	Democrat	Representatives	2005-2009
Rosalie "Rosie" Buzzas	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives	1999-2005
Rose Forbes	Great Falls	Republican	Representatives	1995
Ruth B. Castles	Helena	Republican	Representatives	1973
Ruth Phillips	Landusky	Democrat	Senate	1949-1951	d.8/26/1976 in Yellowstone Co., MT
Sandy Weiss	Billings	Democrat	Representatives	2003
Sharon Estrada	Billings	Republican	Senate	1995-1997
Sharon Stewart-Peregoy	Crow Agency	Democrat	Senate	2009
Sheila Rice	Great Falls	Democrat	Representatives	1991-1993
Stella Jean Hansen	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives	1983-1993
Sue Bartlett	Helena	Democrat	Senate	1993-1999
Sue Dickinson	Great Falls	Democrat	Representatives	2003-2009
Sue Malek	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives	2009
Susan Good	Great Falls	Republican	Representatives	1989	b.1949
Susan L. Smith	Kalispell	Republican	Representatives	1995	b.1953
Sylvia Bookout-Reinicke	Alberton	Republican	Representatives	1997-2003
Teresa K. Henry	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives	2005-2009
Tina Williams Hamilton	Dodson	Democrat	Representatives	1923; 1931; 1937	d.3/7/1968 Bedford, VA
Toni Bergene	Great Falls	Republican	Representatives	1981-1986
Tonia Stratford	Miles City	Republican	Representatives	1987
Trudi Schmidt	Great Falls	Democrat	Representatives/Senate	1997-2009
Veronica Small-Eastman	Lodge Grass	Democrat	Representatives	2003-2007
Vicki Cocchiarella	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives/Senate	1989-2007	b.12/19/1949
Vicki Johnson Hyatt	Columbus	Democrat	Representatives	1979	b.10/14/1954
Vivian Brooke	Missoula	Democrat	Representatives/Senate	1989-1997
Wanda Grinde	Billings	Democrat	Representatives	2005-2009
Wendy Warburton	Havre	Republican	Representatives	2009
Yvonne L. "Bonnie" Martinez	Billings	Republican	Representatives	1995	b.1925

*These women were the first women elected

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