List of lieutenant governors of Montana
Elected official in the United States
The lieutenant governor of Montana is an elected official in the State of Montana that ranks just below the governor of Montana.
List of lieutenant governors
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Democratic (17) Republican (18) Populist (1)[1]
# | Portrait | Lieutenant Governor | Term in office | Party | Governor(s) |
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1 | John E. Rickards | 1889–1893 | Republican | Joseph Toole (D) | |
2 | Alexander Campbell Botkin | 1893–1897 | Republican | John E. Rickards (R) | |
3 | Archibald E. Spriggs | 1897–1901 | Populist | Robert Burns Smith (D) | |
4 | Frank G. Higgins | 1901–1905 | Democratic | Joseph Toole (D) | |
5 | Edwin L. Norris | 1905–1908 | Democratic | Joseph Toole (D) | |
– | Benjamin F. White | 1908–1909 | Republican | Edwin L. Norris (D) | |
6 | William R. Allen | 1909–1913 | Republican | Edwin L. Norris (D) | |
7 | W.W. McDowell | 1913–1921 | Democratic | Sam V. Stewart (D) | |
8 | Nelson Story, Jr. | 1921–1925 | Republican | Joseph M. Dixon (R) | |
9 | W.S. McCormack | 1925–1929 | Republican | John E. Erickson (D) | |
10 | Frank A. Hazelbaker | 1929–1933 | Republican | John E. Erickson (D) | |
11 | Frank Henry Cooney | 1933 | Democratic | John E. Erickson (D) | |
12 | Tom Kane | 1933–1934 | Republican | Frank H. Cooney (D) | |
13 | Ernest T. Eaton | 1934–1935 | Republican | Frank H. Cooney (D) | |
14 | Elmer Holt | 1935 | Democratic | Frank H. Cooney (D) | |
15 | William P. Pilgeram | 1935–1937 | Democratic[2] | Elmer Holt (D) | |
16 | Hugh R. Adair | 1937–1941 | Democratic | Roy E. Ayers (D) | |
17 | Ernest T. Eaton | 1941–1949 | Republican | Sam C. Ford (R) | |
18 | Paul C. Cannon | 1949–1953 | Democratic | John W. Bonner (D) | |
19 | George M. Gosman | 1953–1957 | Republican | J. Hugo Aronson (R) | |
20 | Paul C. Cannon | 1957–1961 | Democratic | J. Hugo Aronson (R) | |
21 | Tim Babcock | 1961–1962 | Republican | Donald G. Nutter (R) | |
22 | David F. James | 1962–1965 | Democratic | Tim Babcock (R) | |
23 | Ted James | 1965–1969 | Republican | Tim Babcock (R) | |
24 | Thomas Lee Judge | 1969–1973 | Democratic | Forrest H. Anderson (D) | |
25 | Bill Christiansen | 1973–1977 | Democratic | Thomas L. Judge (D) | |
26 | Ted Schwinden | 1977–1981 | Democratic | Thomas L. Judge (D) | |
27 | George Turman | 1981–1988 | Democratic | Ted Schwinden (D) | |
28 | Gordon McOmber | 1988–1989 | Democratic | Ted Schwinden (D) | |
29 | Allen Kolstad | 1989–1991 | Republican | Stan Stephens (R) | |
30 | Denny Rehberg | 1991–1997 | Republican | Stan Stephens (R) Marc Racicot (R) | |
31 | Judy Martz | 1997–2001 | Republican | Marc Racicot (R) | |
32 | Karl Ohs | 2001–2005 | Republican | Judy Martz (R) | |
33 | John Bohlinger | 2005–2013 | Republican | Brian Schweitzer (D) | |
34 | John Walsh | 2013–2014 | Democratic | Steve Bullock (D) | |
35 | Angela McLean | 2014–2016 | Democratic | Steve Bullock (D) | |
36 | Mike Cooney | 2016–2021 | Democratic | Steve Bullock (D) | |
37 | Kristen Juras | 2021–present | Republican | Greg Gianforte (R) |
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Lieutenant governors of Montana