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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Lewis and Clark County, Mont.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Durkee (1915-1997)</b> — of Montana. Born in Hibbing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-born.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/10-25.html">October 25, 1915</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1953-57; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/stsen.html">Montana state senate</a>, 1957-65. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/05-24.html">May 24, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at Montana State Veterans Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Daniel Dykstra (1920-1999)</b> — of Montana. Born in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-born.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/08-20.html">August 20, 1920</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1961-65. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/03-25.html">March 25, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 217 days</a>). Interment at Montana State Veterans Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04375">Benton Avenue Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians formerly buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Benjamin Franklin Potts (1836-1887)</b> — of Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CA-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ohio. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CA-born.html">Carroll County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/01-29.html">January 29, 1836</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/OH.html">1860</a>; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a>, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Montana Territory</a>, 1870-83; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trlg.html">Montana territorial legislature</a>, 1880. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-17.html">June 17, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 139 days</a>). Original interment at Benton Avenue Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="#cms01848">Forestvale Cemetery</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7129686">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01848">Forestvale Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 490 Forestvale Road <br> Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=641025&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Theodore M. Brantly (1851-1922)</b> — also known as <b>Theodore M. Brantley</b> — Born near Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WL-born.html">Wilson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/02-12.html">February 12, 1851</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; district judge in Montana 3rd District, 1894-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1899-1922; died in office 1922. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/09-16.html">September 16, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 216 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Rev. Edwin Theodore Brantly and Mary Eliza (McKnight) Brantly; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/">1891</a> to Lois A. Reat (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html#773.59.32">Samuel Callaway Reat</a>); father of Lois Brown Brantly (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#554.55.80">Francis A. Hazelbaker</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown6.html#559.67.12">Neill Smith Brown</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#405.25.71">John Calvin Brown</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11338.html">Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore M. Brantley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/69322943">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://courts.mt.gov/external/library/docs/judgesbio2.pdf"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/605/77.54.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Sam V. Stewart"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Samuel Vernon Stewart (1872-1939)</b> — also known as <b>Sam V. Stewart</b> — of Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Mont.; Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/08-02.html">August 2, 1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MA-officials.html">Madison County Attorney</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Montana</a>, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/MT.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/MT.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MT.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>); candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/index.html">1920</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1931-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1933-39; died in office 1939. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/09-15.html">September 15, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 44 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-vernon-stewart/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7128011">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Biographies and Histories of Montana's Justices, Judges, and Courts (2020)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Benjamin Franklin Potts (1836-1887)</b> — of Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CA-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ohio. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CA-born.html">Carroll County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/01-29.html">January 29, 1836</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/OH.html">1860</a>; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a>, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Montana Territory</a>, 1870-83; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trlg.html">Montana territorial legislature</a>, 1880. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-17.html">June 17, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 139 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms04375">Benton Avenue Cemetery</a>; reinterment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7129686">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Preston Hopkins Leslie (1819-1907)</b> — of Kentucky; Montana. Born in Wayne County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CN-born.html">Clinton County</a>), Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/03-02.html">March 2, 1819</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1844, 1850; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a>, 1851-55, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1871-75; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1881; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Montana Territory</a>, 1887-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Montana</a>, 1894-98. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/02-07.html">February 7, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 342 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LS.html">Leslie County, Ky.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/preston-hopkins-leslie/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7129703">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Llewellyn Link Callaway (1868-1951)</b> — also known as <b>Lew L. Callaway</b> — of Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Mont.; Great Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/CA-lived.html">Cascade County</a>, Mont.; Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in Tuscola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DG-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/12-15.html">December 15, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MA-officials.html">Madison County Attorney</a>, 1894-98; district judge in Montana 5th District, 1905-13; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MT.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1922-34; appointed 1922; defeated, 1934. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/08-06.html">August 6, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Edmund Callaway and Mary Elizabeth (Link) Callaway; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/12-12.html">December 12, 1894</a>, to Ellen Nimma Badger.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19178728">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Samuel Clarence Ford (1882-1961)</b> — also known as <b>Sam C. Ford</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CN-born.html">Clinton County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/11-07.html">November 7, 1882</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/attygn.html">Montana state attorney general</a>, 1917-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1929-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Montana</a>, 1941-49; defeated, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MT.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/11-25.html">November 25, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 18 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Ford and Glanora E. (Snow) Ford; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/">1910</a> to Mary Leslie Shobe.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-clarence-ford/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14948104">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Hugh Rogers Adair (1889-1971)</b> — also known as <b>Hugh R. Adair</b> — of Montana. Born near Ellis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/TR-born.html">Trego County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/08-29.html">August 29, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1927, 1931; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Montana</a>, 1937-41; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Montana</a> 1st District, 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1943-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1947-56. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/01-18.html">January 18, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 142 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Asa Rogers Adair and Emma May (Keyser) Adair; married to Constance F. Moreau; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/09-25.html">September 25, 1935</a>, to Jeanice Janes.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/64677368">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?2020641"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/903/27.17.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="Wilbur F. Sanders"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Wilbur Fiske Sanders (1834-1905)</b> — also known as <b>Wilbur F. Sanders</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in Leon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-born.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/05-02.html">May 2, 1834</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory</a>, 1864, 1867, 1880, 1886; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/MT.html">1868</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/speakers.html">speaker</a>); delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/MT.html">1872</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/MT.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/MT.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/MT.html">1900</a> (alternate); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trhs.html">Montana territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1873-80; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Montana</a>, 1890-93. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/07-07.html">July 7, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 66 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Ira Sanders and Freedom (Edgerton) Sanders; married to Harriet Peck Fenn; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#702.39.87">Sidney Edgerton</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/SA.html">Sanders County, Mont.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Epitaph:</i> "Patriot - Pioneer - Statesman."</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000039">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409556">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur F. Sanders">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7129799">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> New York Public Library</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Spafford Harris (1825-1906)</b> — of Louisiana. Born in Truxton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CR-born.html">Cortland County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/12-18.html">December 18, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1868; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/stsen.html">Louisiana state senate</a>, 1868; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Louisiana</a>, 1868-71. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/01-25.html">January 25, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 38 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000246">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405124">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Samuel Thomas Hauser (1833-1914)</b> — also known as <b>Samuel T. Hauser</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in Falmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PN-born.html">Pendleton County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/01-10.html">January 10, 1833</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/MT.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/MT.html">1884</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Montana Territory</a>, 1885-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/MT.html">1892</a>. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/11-10.html">November 10, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 304 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel Thomas Hauser (1794-1865) and Mary Ann (Kennett) Hauser; married to Ellen Frances Farrar.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7129714">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Forrest Howard Anderson (1913-1989)</b> — also known as <b>Forrest Anderson</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-born.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/01-30.html">January 30, 1913</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1943-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-officials.html">Lewis and Clark County Attorney</a>, 1945-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1953-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MT.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/attygn.html">Montana state attorney general</a>, 1957-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Montana</a>, 1969-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>. Died of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot wound</a>, in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/07-20.html">July 20, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 171 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Oscar A. Anderson and Nora (O'Keefe) Anderson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/01-24.html">January 24, 1941</a>, to Margaret Evelyn Samson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The Forrest H. Anderson Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-bridges.html">Bridge</a>, which crosses the Missouri River at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-names.html">Craig, Montana</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/forrest-h-anderson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest H. Anderson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/759/000118405">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8824875">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Newton Whitfield McConnell (1832-1915)</b> — also known as <b>Newton W. McConnell</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont.; Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash.; Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-lived.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan. Born in Bedford County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MS-born.html">Marshall County</a>), Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/05-22.html">May 22, 1832</a>. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1870; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1870; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/tscj.html">chief justice of Montana territorial supreme court</a>, 1887-89. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Potwin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/BU-died.html">Butler County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/12-22.html">December 22, 1915</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 214 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jeremiah McConnell and Annabell (Martin) McConnell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/02-26.html">February 26, 1856</a>, to Nancy Elizabeth 'Nannie' McCall.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton W. McConnell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/70954252">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Tim Milford Babcock (1919-2015)</b> — also known as <b>Tim M. Babcock</b> — of Glendive, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/DA-lived.html">Dawson County</a>, Mont.; Miles City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/CU-lived.html">Custer County</a>, Mont.; Billings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/YE-lived.html">Yellowstone County</a>, Mont.; Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in Littlefork, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/KO-born.html">Koochiching County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/10-27.html">October 27, 1919</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; organizer, president, Babcock & Lee <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">Petroleum</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/trucking.html">Transporters</a>, Inc.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1953-54, 1957-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Montana</a>, 1961-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Montana</a>, 1962-69; defeated, 1968; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Montana</a>, 1966; delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/MT.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/MT.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/MT.html">2008</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/MT.html">2012</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2015/04-07.html">April 7, 2015</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 162 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Erwin H. Babcock and Olive Mary (Reinhart) Babcock; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/09-21.html">September 21, 1941</a>, to Betty Ruth Lee.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/tim-m-babcock/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/857/000099560">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/144703300">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://courts.mt.gov/external/library/docs/judgesbio2.pdf"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/699/36.40.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="Albert H. Angstman"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Albert Henry Angstman (1888-1964)</b> — also known as <b>Albert H. Angstman</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born near Farmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/DA-born.html">Dakota County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/03-23.html">March 23, 1888</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1929-34, 1937-42, 1945-61; defeated, 1934, 1942; retired 1961; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Montana</a> 1st District, 1948. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/02-29.html">February 29, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jacob H. Angstman and Emma (Trout) Angstman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/09-16.html">September 16, 1919</a>, to Mary Frances Chirgwin.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26014351">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Biographies and Histories of Montana's Justices, Judges, and Courts (2020)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Trigg Pigott (1861-1944)</b> — of Virginia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Mont.; Great Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/CA-lived.html">Cascade County</a>, Mont.; Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in Boonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CP-born.html">Cooper County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/11-03.html">November 3, 1861</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1897-1902, 1918; appointed 1897, 1918; district judge in Montana 1st District, 1934; defeated, 1892. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/03-18.html">March 18, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 136 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Thomas Pigott and Josephine Hanley (Trigg) Pigott; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/">1883</a> to Virginia M. 'Jennie' Curtis; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boe-boggess.html#028.60.35">Anna Lou P. Boettcher</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/18054.html">Boettcher family</a> of Denver, Colorado.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Trigg Pigott">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/80664183">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Hedges DeWitt (1853-1902)</b> — also known as <b>William H. DeWitt</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont.; Butte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/SB-lived.html">Silver Bow County</a>, Mont. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/03-16.html">March 16, 1853</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Montana</a>, 1883-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/SB-officials.html">Silver Bow County Attorney</a>, 1886-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1889-96; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MT.html">Republican National Committee from Montana</a>, 1900-02. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Died in Butte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/SB-died.html">Silver Bow County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/01-18.html">January 18, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 308 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James R. DeWitt and Alletta (Hedges) DeWitt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/08-29.html">August 29, 1883</a>, to Julia Child Rumley.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/104788151">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/082/44.39.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="James M. Clements"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Merritt Clements (1849-1921)</b> — also known as <b>James M. Clements</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont.; Nome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/NM-lived.html">Nome census area</a>, Alaska. Born in Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/10-01.html">October 1, 1849</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-officials.html">Lewis and Clark County Probate Judge</a>, 1887-88; People's candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1896, 1898; district judge in Montana, 1901-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the 2nd District of Alaska Territory</a>, 1919-21; resigned 1921. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/09-01.html">September 1, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 335 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John R. Clements and Belinda (Ramage) Clements; married to Alta D. Cook.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS James M. Clements</i> (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-names.html">Portland, Oregon</a>; scrapped 1960) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/75069076">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> The Butte (Mont.) Miner, September 2, 1921</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Horace Riverside Buck (1853-1897)</b> — also known as <b>Horace R. Buck</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/YA-born.html">Yazoo County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/09-18.html">September 18, 1853</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trcn.html">Member Montana territorial council</a>, 1884; district judge in Montana 1st District, 1891-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1897; died in office 1897. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a> (possibly a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gun-accidents.html">gun accident</a>), in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/12-06.html">December 6, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 79 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Lunsford Buck and Maria Buck; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/08-16.html">August 16, 1881</a>, to Mary E. Jewett.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace R. Buck">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/67036780">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Sam Winn Mitchell (1872-1955)</b> — also known as <b>Sam W. Mitchell</b> — of Montana. Born in Yorkshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/02-09.html">February 9, 1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Montana</a>, 1933-55; died in office 1955. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/06-25.html">June 25, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 136 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The Sam W. Mitchell <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">State Office Building</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-names.html">Helena, Montana</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/121067213">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edna J. Hinman (1902-2001)</b> — also known as <b>Edna J. McCreanor</b> — of Montana. Born in York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-born.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/11-27.html">November 27, 1902</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trea.html">Montana state treasurer</a>, 1953-57, 1961-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion-aux.html">American Legion Auxiliary</a>. Died, in the Cooney <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Convalescent Home</a>, Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/03-24.html">March 24, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/98.html">98 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Richard McCreanor and Margaret (Lyle) McCreanor; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/05-19.html">May 19, 1923</a>, to Dewey Morgan Hinman.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26042899">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Louis Rotwitt (1838-1910)</b> — of Canyon Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/07-23.html">July 23, 1838</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/MT.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Montana</a>, 1889-97. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/12-06.html">December 6, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 136 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/138326224">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Leondis Sheridan (1887-1953)</b> — also known as <b>Charles L. Sheridan</b> — of Great Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/CA-lived.html">Cascade County</a>, Mont. Born in Marshalltown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MA-born.html">Marshall County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-08.html">June 8, 1887</a>. Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/MTcc nGF">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1927-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trea.html">Montana state treasurer</a>, 1953; died in office 1953. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/BR-died.html">Broadwater County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/10-15.html">October 15, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of A. D. Sheridan and Luvena Elizabeth (Pearson) Sheridan; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/">1924</a> to Hebe M. ROberts.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/136225010">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Adami Jr. (1877-1949)</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/index.html">1877</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MT.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/08-23.html">August 23, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/64678674">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01179">Resurrection Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas James Walsh (1859-1933)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas J. Walsh</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in Two Rivers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-born.html">Manitowoc County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/06-12.html">June 12, 1859</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Montana</a>, 1906; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/MT.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/MT.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/MT.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MT.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MT.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/MT.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Montana</a>, 1913-33; died in office 1933; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/index.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. While en route to Washington to accept appointment as U.S. Attorney General, died suddenly of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-trains.html">on a train</a> of the Atlantic Coast Line near Wilson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WI-died.html">Wilson County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/03-02.html">March 2, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 263 days</a>). Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Felix Walsh and Bridget (Comer) Walsh; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/08-15.html">August 15, 1889</a>, to Eleanor C. McClements.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000104">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411282">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas J. Walsh">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/655/000177124">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books about Thomas J. Walsh:</i> J. Leonard Bates, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0252024702/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0252024702&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph Kemp Toole (1851-1929)</b> — also known as <b>Joseph K. Toole</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AN-born.html">Andrew County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/05-12.html">May 12, 1851</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trhs.html">Montana territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1879-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trcn.html">member Montana territorial council</a>, 1881-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Montana state constitutional convention</a>, 1884, 1889; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory</a>, 1885-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Montana</a>, 1889-93, 1901-08; resigned 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/MT.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>). Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/03-11.html">March 11, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 303 days</a>). Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rosebury-rosenbaum.html#341.32.57">William Starke Rosecrans</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/TO.html">Toole County, Mont.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000312">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410885">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-kemp-toole/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Charles Power (1839-1923)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas C. Power</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born near Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-born.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/05-22.html">May 22, 1839</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Montana</a>, 1889; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Montana</a>, 1890-95; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MT.html">1916</a>. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/02-16.html">February 16, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 270 days</a>). Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000486">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408871">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas C. Power">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Lee Judge (1934-2006)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas L. Judge</b> — of Montana. Born in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-born.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/10-12.html">October 12, 1934</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1961-65; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/stsen.html">Montana state senate</a>, 1967-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Montana</a>, 1969-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Montana</a>, 1973-81. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">pulmonary fibrosis</a>, in Chandler Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Chandler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/09-08.html">September 8, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 331 days</a>). Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-lee-judge/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/761/000121398">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15666006">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/856/55.11.jpg" width=70 height=122 border=0 alt="Albert J. Galen"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Albert John Galen (1876-1936)</b> — also known as <b>Albert J. Galen</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in Jefferson County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/BR-born.html">Broadwater County</a>), Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/01-16.html">January 16, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/attygn.html">Montana state attorney general</a>, 1905-13; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1921-33; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Montana</a>, 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/05-16.html">May 16, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 121 days</a>). Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Hugh Frank Galen and Matilda (Gillogly) Galen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/02-22.html">February 22, 1898</a>, to Ethelene Bennett.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert J. Galen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/111827784">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> The Missoulian (Missoula, Mont.), April 13, 1930</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Albert Anderson (1876-1948)</b> — of Glendive, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/DA-lived.html">Dawson County</a>, Mont.; Billings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/YE-lived.html">Yellowstone County</a>, Mont. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SC-born.html">St. Croix County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/03-28.html">March 28, 1876</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/DA-officials.html">Dawson County Attorney</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1941-44; defeated, 1944. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/10-17.html">October 17, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 203 days</a>). Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Carl Anderson and Anna M. (Danielson) Anderson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/06-10.html">June 10, 1914</a>, to Mabel M. Getman.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/143045729">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://courts.mt.gov/external/library/docs/judgesbio2.pdf"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/757/28.48.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Ralph J. Anderson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ralph Justin Anderson (1888-1962)</b> — also known as <b>Ralph J. Anderson</b> — of Lewistown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/FE-lived.html">Fergus County</a>, Mont. Born in Kinderhook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PI-born.html">Pike County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/10-17.html">October 17, 1888</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1915-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/spju.html">justice of Montana state supreme court</a>, 1933-38. Died in Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/08-08.html">August 8, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 295 days</a>). Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Edward Anderson and Emma (House) Anderson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/02-24.html">February 24, 1919</a>, to Laurette Kelly.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/142238516">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Biographies and Histories of Montana's Justices, Judges, and Courts (2020)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Martin Maginnis (1841-1919)</b> — of Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born near Pultneyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-born.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/10-27.html">October 27, 1841</a>. Democrat. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory</a>, 1873-85; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/MT.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/MT.html">1880</a> (not seated), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/MT.html">1888</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/speakers.html">speaker</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Montana</a> at-large, 1889; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/MT.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>). Died in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/03-27.html">March 27, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 151 days</a>). Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Louise E. Mann.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000050">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407078">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Douglas Waltermire (1949-1988)</b> — also known as <b>Jim Waltermire</b> — of Montana. Born in Choteau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/TE-born.html">Teton County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/02-15.html">February 15, 1949</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Montana</a>, 1978; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Montana</a>, 1981-88; died in office 1988. While returning from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/campaigning.html">campaign</a> appearance, was killed in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">plane crash</a> near Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/04-08.html">April 8, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 53 days</a>). Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim Waltermire">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23233861">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward William Christiansen (1914-2000)</b> — also known as <b>Bill Christiansen</b> — of Hardin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/BH-lived.html">Big Horn County</a>, Mont. Born in Fargo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/CA-born.html">Cass County</a>, N.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-24.html">February 24, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">Automobile dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1965-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Montana</a>, 1973-76. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/03-28.html">March 28, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 33 days</a>). Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/12-27.html">December 27, 1947</a>, to Hattie James.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23230494">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05643">State Capitol Grounds</a></b></span><br> Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <p> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Francis Meagher (1823-1867)</b> — of Montana. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/08-03.html">August 3, 1823</a>. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trsc.html">secretary of Montana Territory</a>, 1865; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Montana Territory</a>, 1865-66. Fell from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">steamboat</a> into the Missouri River and presumably <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">drowned</a>, at Fort Benton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/CH-died.html">Chouteau County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/07-01.html">July 1, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 332 days</a>). His body was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">never found</a>. Statue at State Capitol Grounds. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/MG.html">Meagher County, Mont.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Sunset Memorial Gardens</a></b></span><br> 7100 North Montana Avenue <br> Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=171216&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Horace Fay Casey (1890-1961)</b> — also known as <b>Horace F. Casey</b> — of Butte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/SB-lived.html">Silver Bow County</a>, Mont.; Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont. Born in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-born.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/05-09.html">May 9, 1890</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/sugar.html">wholesale candy dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a>, 1931; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/trea.html">Montana state treasurer</a>, 1957-61. Died, in St. Peter's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-died.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/10-11.html">October 11, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Hazel Reed Carruthers.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/54721564">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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