Montana's 1st Congressional District

Montana's 1st Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and Montana's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

Ryan Zinke (Republican) currently represents Montana's 1st Congressional District. See Ryan Zinke's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Montana's 1st Congressional District:

• John Williams — Democrat (until 1997)
• Richard Shoup — Republican (until 1975)
• Arnold Olsen — Democrat (until 1971)
• Jeannette Rankin — Republican (until 1943)
• Jacob Thorkelson — Republican (until 1941)
• Jerry O’Connell — Democrat (until 1939)
• Joseph Monaghan — Democrat (until 1937)
• John Evans — Democrat (until 1933)
• Washington McCormick — Republican (until 1923)
• Charles Pray — Republican (until 1913)

Montana U.S. Senators

• Tim Sheehy — Republican Senator
• Steve Daines — Republican Senator
• Jon Tester — Democrat Senator
• John Walsh — Democrat Senator
• Max Baucus — Democrat Senator
• Conrad Burns — Republican Senator
• John Melcher — Democrat Senator
• Paul Hatfield — Democrat Senator
• Lee Metcalf — Democrat Senator
• Michael Mansfield — Democrat Senator
• James Murray — Democrat Senator
• Zales Ecton — Republican Senator
• Burton Wheeler — Democrat Senator
• John Erickson — Democrat Senator
• Thomas Walsh — Democrat Senator
• Henry Myers — Democrat Senator
• Joseph Dixon — Republican Senator
• Thomas Carter — Republican Senator
• William Clark — Democrat Senator
• Paris Gibson — Democrat Senator
• Lee Mantle — Silver Republican Senator
• Thomas Power — Republican Senator
• Wilbur Sanders — Republican Senator

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