Old Missoula

The information below was compiled by The Missoulian for its Centennial Edition – E. J. Erlandson editor, July 27, 1960. The edition was 194 pages long.

History of Missoula County Representation

John L. Campbell Had Longest Senatorial Tenure for Missoula

Missoula County has been represented by 10 men in the State Senate since Montana became a state in 1889. The longest Missoula County tenure was achieved by Sen. John L. Campbell, who was elected a representative in 1924 and a senator in 1926, 1930, 1934, 1938 and 1942. He died a few days before the 1946 election after having been re-nominated without opposition in the Republican primary.

Edward Donlan was elected to the House in 1900 and for four-year Senate terms in 1902, 1906, 1910 and 1918. He was not a candidate in 1914. The only other man to be named to more than one term in the Senate from Missoula County, Donovan Worden, was elected to four-year terms in 1946, 1950 and 1954. Worden also was elected to a term in the House in 1934.

Senators from this county, with the regular biennial sessions they served in: M. E. Rutherford, 1889; Elmer D. Matts 1891 and 1893; William H. Smead 1895 and 1897; Tyler Worden 1899 and 1901; Edward Donlan 1903 and 1905, 1907 and 1909; 1911 and 1913; 1919 and 1921; A. J. Bower 1915 [and] 1917; Burton Watson 1923 and 1925; John L. Campbell 1927 and 1929, 1931 and 1933, 1935 and 1937, 1939 and 1941, 1943 and 1945; Donovan Worden 1947 and 1949, 1951 and 1953, 1955 and 1957, and Edward T. Dussault 1959.

Representatives

Members of Missoula County House delegations, with the years of regular sessions of their terms:

1889 – A. S. Blake, Thomas L. Greenough, William B. Harlan, Frank G. Higgins and John T. Phillips. 1891 – same as in 1889.

1893 – Sidney H. Butler, Michael Gorman, Lyman Loring and Edward C. Smalley.

1895 – Elmer E. Hershey, August Hollensteiner, John R. Latimer and William B. Rodgers (Rodgers served jointly from Deer Lodge and Missoula counties).

1897 – Robert B. Hill, Frank Longstaff, J. E. Power and William J. Stephens.

1899 – Henry W. McLaughlin, William J. Stephens, Henry C. Stiff and Arthur L. Stone.

1901 – W. M. Crawford, Joseph M. Dixon, Edward Donlan and Thomas H. Pendergrass.

1903 – Reuben Dwight, Davis Graham, Charles M. Owens and James M. Self.

1905 – Edward H. Christian, Charles E. Fairbanks, E. C. Mulroney and Samuel M. Ross.

1907 – P. H. Gerber, T. C. Marshall, F. C. Morgan and Samuel M. Ross.

1909 – D. D. Bogart, Albert Butzerin, Charles A. Derry and Frank H. Woody.

1911 – W. W. Berry, Ronald Higgins, Daniel L. O’Hern and Frank H. Woody.

1913 – A. J. Brower, J. B. Henley, Ronald Higgins, F. W. Kuphal and Clarence R. Prescott.

1915 – Ronald Higgins, C. A. Hill, Addison K. Lusk, Dwight N. Mason and David C. Smith.

1917 – Henry M. Buell,Ronald Higgins, Addison K. Lusk, Dwight N. Mason and Daniel L. McQuarrie.

1919 – I. M. Brandjord, Ronald Higgins, Washington J. McCormick, Daniel L. McQuarrie and James A. Walsh

1921 – John R. Daily, R. W. Kemp, Daniel L. McQuarrie, Lloyd I. Wallace and Tyler Worden.

1923 – I. M. Brandjord, Charles H. Elliott, Frank Nelson and Walter L. Pope.

1925 – Albert Besancon, John L. Campbell, W. C. Peat and Fred W. Zeh.

1927 – Albert Besancon, M. R. Marshall, Clarence R. Prescott and Dr. Asa Willard.

1931 – Oakley E. Coffee, Fred W. Schilling, Fred Watson, and Dr. Asa Willard.

1933 – Albert Sesancon, M. R. Marshall, Fred Watson and E. E. Wigal.

1935 – J. B. Heavlin, Oscar Helding, Fred Watson and Donovan Worden.

1937 – C. W. Brayman, Harvey Elliot, J. B. Heavlin and M. A. McClain.

1939 – Thomas W. Duncan, John J. Flynn, M. A. McClain, and Fred Watson.

1941 – Frank W. Hazelbaker, Oscar Helding, L. E. Nash and Fred Watson.

1943 – Frank W. Hazelbaker, Dighton Little, Winfield E. Page and Margaret L. Peterson.

1945 – Frank W. Hazelbaker, Oscar Helding, Dighton Little and Winfield E. Page.

1947 – Ira M. Head, John Karlberg, Winfield E. Page and Guy Rogers.

1949 – Oscar Helding, John Karlberg, Thomas E. Mulroney and Winfield E. Page.

1951 – Tom Haines, John Karlberg, Winfield E. Page and Mrs. Dallas J. Reed.

1953 – Tom Haines, C. N. Nybo, Mrs. Dalles J. Reed, Jack W. Rimel and John H. Toole.

1955 – Tom Haines, George T. Howard, Thomas A. Mangan, C. N. Nybo and Mrs. Dallas J. Reed.

1957 – Tom Haines, Oscar Helding, George T. Howard, John Karlberg and Thomas A. Mangan.

1959 – Tom Haines, Oscar Helding, George T. Howard, John Karlberg and Winfield E. Page.