The Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court is a statewide elected office of the U.S. state of Montana. The clerk is elected every six years, and is responsible for receiving and validating appellate paperwork for the Montana Supreme Court, as well as being the custodian of records for Montana Supreme Court cases. The current clerk is Bowen Greenwood.[1]
List
edit# | Name | Term of office | Party | Notes |
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1 | A. W. Tarbet | 1865–1866 | [2][a] | |
2 | J. Allen Hosmer | 1866–1867 | [2] | |
3 | Lucius S. Peck | 1867–1870 | [2] | |
4 | Isaac R. Alden | 1870–1887 | [2] | |
5 | Robert L. Word | 1887–1889 | [2] | |
6 | William J. Kennedy | 1889–1892 | Republican | [2] |
7 | Benjamin Webster | 1893–1899 | Republican | [2] |
8 | Henry C. Rickerts | 1899–1905 | Democratic | [2] |
9 | John T. Athey | 1905–1915 | Republican | [2] |
10 | John T. Carroll | 1915–1922 | Democratic | [2] |
11 | Dana M. Easton | 1923–1924 | Republican | [2] |
12 | J. Ward Crosby | 1924–1935 | Republican | [2] |
13 | Arthur T. Porter | 1935–1942 | Democratic | [2] |
14 | Peter T. Rigg | 1942–1942 | Republican | [2] |
15 | Frank Murray | 1942–1957 | Democratic | [2] |
16 | Edna Hinman | 1957–1959 | Republican | [2] |
17 | Thomas J. Kearney | 1959–1983 | Democratic | [2] |
18 | Ethel Harrison | 1983–1989 | Republican | [2] |
19 | Ed Smith | 1989–2019 | Democratic | [2] |
20 | Bowen Greenwood | 2019— | Republican | [2] |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "About the Office". Montana Clerk of Court. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Biographies and Histories of Montana's Justices, Judges, and Courts" (PDF). Montana Judicial Branch. State Law Library of Montana. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ^ "1988 Judicial Report" (PDF). Montana Judicial Branch. State Law Library of Montana. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2023.