Governors of Montana Territory - Other High Offices Held

Other High Offices Held

This is a table of the higher federal offices and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators represented Montana. * denotes cases where the governor resigned the governship to accept the other office.

Other high offices held by Montanans
Name Gubernatorial term Higher offices held
Toole, JosephJoseph Toole 1889–1893, 1901–1908 Territorial Delegate
Dixon, Joseph M.Joseph M. Dixon 1921–1925 U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator
Erickson, John EdwardJohn Edward Erickson 1925–1933 U.S. Senator*
Ayers, Roy E.Roy E. Ayers 1937–1941 U.S. Representative

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