The secretary of state of Montana is one of the elected constitutional officers of executive branch of the U.S. state of Montana.
Secretary of State of Montana | |
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Type | Secretary of State |
Formation | 1889 |
First holder | Louis Rotwitt |
Website | Official homepage of the Montana Secretary of State |
The current secretary of state is Christi Jacobsen.
The Secretary of State's Office is composed of five divisions:
The Secretary is the keeper of the Montana state seal, and also serves on the Montana Board of Land Commissioners, which administers school trust lands.[1]
The Montana Secretary of State Records Center, located in Helena, shares the duty of archiving official state e-mails with an archivist who reports to the Governor.[2]
To be eligible to be a Secretary of State of Montana, a candidate must be 25 years old or older, a United States citizen, and a Montana resident for at least two years before election.[3]
# | Image | Name | Term of office | Party |
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1 | Louis Rotwitt | 1889—1897 | Republican[4] | |
2 | Thomas S. Hogan | 1897—1901 | Populist | |
3 | George M. Hayes | 1901—1905 | Democratic | |
4 | Abraham N. Yoder | 1905—1911 | Republican | |
5 | Thomas M. Swindlehurst | 1911—1913 | Democratic | |
6 | Adelbert M. Alderson | 1913—1916 | Democratic | |
7 | Charles T. Stewart | 1917—1927 | Republican | |
8 | Robert N. Hawkins | 1927 | Democratic | |
9 | William Powers | 1927—1928 | ||
10 | John W. Mountjoy | 1928—1929 | Democratic | |
11 | Wilfred E. Harmon | 1929—1933 | Republican | |
12 | Sam W. Mitchell | 1933—1955 | Democratic | |
13 | S. C. Arnold | 1955—1957 | Republican | |
14 | Frank Murray | 1957—1981 | Democratic | |
15 | Jim Waltermire | 1981—1988 | Republican | |
16 | Verner Bertelsen | 1988—1989 | Republican | |
17 | Mike Cooney | 1989—2001 | Democratic | |
18 | Bob Brown | 2001—2005 | Republican | |
19 | Brad Johnson | 2005—2009 | Republican | |
20 | Linda McCulloch | 2009—2017 | Democratic | |
21 | Corey Stapleton | 2017—2021 | Republican | |
22 | Christi Jacobsen | 2021— | Republican |