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List of mayors of Helena, Montana
Last updated
April 30, 2025
The following is a list of
mayors
of the city of
Helena, Montana
, United States.
Elections in Montana
Federal government
Presidential elections
1892
1896
1900
1904
1908
1912
1916
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1940
1944
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Presidential primaries
Democratic
2000
2004
2008
2016
2020
2024
Republican
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
U.S. Senate elections
1890
1895
1895 sp
1899
1901
1901 sp
1905
1907
1911
1913
1916
1918
1922
1924
1928
1930
1934
1934 sp
1936
1940
1942
1946
1948
1952
1954
1958
1960
1964
1966
1970
1972
1976
1978
1982
1984
1988
1990
1994
1996
2000
2002
2006
2008
2012
2014
2018
2020
2024
2026
U.S. House of Representatives elections
1889
1890
1892
1894
1896
1898
1900
1902
1904
1906
1908
1910
1912
1914
1916
1918
1920
1922
1924
1926
1928
1930
1932
1934
1936
1938
1940
1942
1944
1945
2nd sp
1946
1948
1950
1952
1954
1956
1958
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1969
2nd sp
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2017
AL sp
2018
2020
2022
2024
State government
General elections
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Gubernatorial elections
1889
1892
1896
1900
1904
1908
1912
1916
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1940
1944
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Secretary of State elections
2020
2024
Attorney General elections
2020
2024
State Auditor elections
2020
2024
Senate elections
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
House of Representatives elections
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Ballot measures
1894
Capital referendum
2004
Initiative 96
2012
Referendum 121
2016
Initiative 182
2020
Initiative 190
2022
Referendum 131
2024
Initiative 128
Billings
Mayoral elections
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025
Missoula
Mayoral elections
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2023 sp
2025
Great Falls
Mayoral elections
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025
Bozeman
Mayoral elections
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025
Helena
Mayoral elections
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025
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John Kinna, c.1881-1882
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1
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T.H. Kleinschmidt, c.1882, 1886-1887, 1892-1893
[
1
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[
2
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E.W. Knight, c.1882-1883
[
1
]
W.B. Hundley, c.1884-1885
[
1
]
James Sullivan, c.1885-1886
[
1
]
W.L. Steele, c.1887-1888, 1895-1898
[
1
]
Thomas P. Fuller, c.1888-1891
[
1
]
[
3
]
Donald Bradford, c.1891-1892
[
4
]
[
1
]
John C. Curtin, c.1892-1894
[
1
]
[
2
]
E.D. Weed, c.1894-1895
[
1
]
F.J. Edwards, c.1898-1904, 1908-1911
[
1
]
R.R. Purcell, c.1904-1906, 1912-1914, 1916-1918
[
1
]
F.S.P. Lindsay, c.1906-1908
[
1
]
Edward Horsky, c.1911-1912
[
1
]
Lincoln Working, c.1914-1916
[
1
]
John Dryburgh, c.1918-1922
[
1
]
Percy Witmer, c.1922-1930
[
1
]
George P. Arnold, c.1930-1932
[
1
]
C.J. Bausch, c.1932-1936
[
5
]
[
1
]
Albert J. Roberts, c.1936-1940
[
6
]
[
1
]
John J. Haytin, c.1940-1946
[
1
]
J.R. Wine, c.1947-1951
[
1
]
J. R. Kaiserman, c.1951-1953
[
1
]
Otto L. Brackman, c.1953-1960
[
1
]
Wanna F. Thompson, c.1960-1961
[
1
]
Robert E. Johnson, c.1962-1963
[
1
]
John W. Schroeder, c.1964-1965
[
1
]
David A. Lewis, c.1966-1967, 1968-1971
[
4
]
[
1
]
Darryl Lee, c.1967-1968
[
1
]
Stephen Kein, c.1972-1973
[
1
]
Don M. Harriot, c.1974-1975
[
1
]
A.W. Scribner, c.1976-1977
[
1
]
Kathleen Ramey, c.1978-1979
[
1
]
Richard D. Brown, c.1980-1981
[
1
]
Russell J. Ritter, c.1982-1991
[
1
]
H. Kay McKenna, c.1992-1995
[
1
]
Colleen McCarthy, c.1996-2001
[
1
]
[
7
]
Ken Morrison, c.2002
[
1
]
James E. Smith
, 2002-2018
[
8
]
Wilmot Collins
, 2018-present
See also
2025 Helena mayoral election
Helena history
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Harris M. Lentz III (2006),
American Government Leaders: Major Elected and Appointed Officials, Federal, State and Local, 1776-2005
, North Carolina:
McFarland & Company
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2
Helena Independent
, April 27, 1892
–
via Library of Congress'
Chronicling America
↑
Helena illustrated, capital of the State of Montana
, Minneapolis: F. L. Thresher, 1890
–
via
HathiTrust
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2
Helena (Mont.) Mayor Records
, Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives
, retrieved
April 29,
2025
–
via
Archives West
↑
Montana: directory of state, federal and county officials, 1933-34
(PDF)
, p.
30+
–
via
Internet Archive
↑
Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.),
"Mayors and Postmasters of Helena, Montana"
,
Political Graveyard
, retrieved
April 29,
2025
↑
www.ci.helena.mt.us
, archived from
the original
on December 12, 1998
–
via
Wayback Machine
↑
"Mayor James (Jim) E. Smith"
,
helenamt.gov
, archived from
the original
on November 27, 2012
–
via Wayback Machine
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