The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is the U.S. federal court of appeals that has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts for the following federal judicial districts:
Benjamin Fitzpatrick was an American politician who served as the 11th Governor of Alabama and as a United States Senator from that state. He was a Democrat.
Preston Hopkins Leslie was the 26th Governor of Kentucky from 1871 to 1875,and territorial governor of Montana from 1887 to 1889. He ascended to the office of governor by three different means. First,he succeeded Kentucky governor John W. Stevenson upon the latter's resignation to accept a seat in the United States Senate in 1871. Later that year,he was elected to a full term as governor,defeating John Marshall Harlan in the general election. Finally,he was appointed territorial governor by President Grover Cleveland.
Samuel Vernon Stewart was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician,an attorney,former Montana Supreme Court Justice and the sixth Governor of Montana.
Roy Brown is a former Montana state senator from Billings,Montana Senate District 25. He served four terms in the Montana House of Representatives and was elected to the state senate in 2007. He was the Republican nominee for the governor seat in Montana with Steve Daines in 2008. In 2010,Representative Kendall Van Dyk defeated Brown in the general election.
Steven David Daines is an American politician and former corporate executive serving as the junior United States senator from Montana since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he represented Montana's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015.
Jesse A. Laslovich is an American attorney and politician who has served as the United States Attorney for the District of Montana since 2022. He previously served as a member of the Montana House of Representatives and Montana Senate.
Kendall J. Van Dyk is a Democratic Party member of the Montana Senate,representing District 25 in north-central Billings,Montana since 2011.
Robert Lewis Brown Sr. was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
Donald William Molloy is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
Brian Hoven is a Republican member of the Montana Senate. He was elected to House District 24 which represents the Great Falls area.
Susan Pamela Watters is an American attorney serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana. She is the first female judge to serve in the District of Montana.
Jeff Yarbro is an American attorney and politician from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party,he has represented District 21 in the Tennessee Senate since 2015,and served as Senate Minority Leader between 2019 and 2023. In 2023,Yarbro ran for Mayor of Nashville in the 2023 election,and finished in fourth place.
The 1948 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 2,1948. Incumbent Governor of Montana Sam C. Ford,who was first elected Governor in 1940 and was re-elected in 1944,ran for re-election. He won the Republican primary and advanced to the general election,where he faced John W. Bonner,the former Attorney General of Montana and the Democratic nominee. Ultimately,Bonner defeated Ford handily in his bid for re-election,winning his first and only term as governor.
Earl Abbath Fitzpatrick was a Virginia lawyer and member of the Virginia General Assembly representing Roanoke between 1940 and 1959,first as a delegate and then as a state Senator. A lieutenant in the Byrd Organization,Fitzpatrick was active in the Massive Resistance to racial integration vowed by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd after the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Brown v. Board of Education. He introduced much of the segregationist legislation and was vice-chairman of the Boatwright Committee which investigated the NAACP for litigating on behalf of civil rights,before being defeated in the 1959 Democratic primary.
Shane Morigeau is an American politician. He grew up in Ronan,Montana,and he is a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation.
An election was held on November 3,2020 to elect 25 members to Montana's Senate. The election coincided with elections for other offices,including the presidency,U.S Senate,U.S. House of Representatives,governorship,and state house. The primary election was held on June 2,2020
Sara Novak is an American educator and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Montana House of Representatives from the 77th district. She was first elected in November 2020.
An election was held on November 6,2018,to elect 25 members to Montana's Senate. The election coincided with elections for other offices,including the U.S Senate,U.S. House of Representatives,and state house. The primary election was held on June 2,2018.
An election was held on November 8,2022,to elect 25 members to Montana's Senate. The election coincided with elections for other offices,including the U.S. House of Representatives,and state house. The primary election was held on June 7,2022. Republicans expanded their supermajority in the chamber as they did in the house.
