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The Early Governors (click for more info)
Joseph K. Toole (Democrat: 1889-1893, 1901-1908)
John E. Rickards (Republican: 1893-1897)
Robert B. Smith (Democrat-Populist: 1897-1901)

20th Century Governors
Edwin L. Norris (Democrat: 1908-1913)
Samuel V. Steward (Democrat: 1913-1921)
Joseph M. Dixon (Democrat: 1921-1925)
John E. Erickson (Democrat: 1925-1933)
Frank H. Cooney (Democrat: 1933-1935)
William Elmer Holt (Democrat: 1935-1937)
Roy E. Ayers (Democrat: 1937-1941)
Samuel C. Ford (Republican: 1941-1949)
John W. Bonner (Democrat: 1949-1953)
John Hugo Aronson (Republican: 1953-1961)
Donald G. Nutter (Republican: 1961-1962)
Tim M. Babcock (Republican: 1962-1969)
Forrest H. Anderson (Democrat: 1969-1973)
Thomas L. Judge (Democrat: 1973-1981)
Ted Schwinden (Democrat: 1981-1989)
Stan Stephens (Republican: 1989-1993)
Marc Racicot (Republican: 1993-2001)

21st Century Governors
Judy Martz (Republican: 2001-2005)
Brian Schweitzer (Democrat: 2005-present)

 

 

 

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