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Seven Montana Governors Born in Old South and the First Native Chief
The article traces Montana’s governors from 1889 to 1925, noting origins in Kentucky and the South, and highlights Roy E. Ayers as the first Montana native born chief executive. It documents Toole, Rickards, Smith, Norris, Stewart, and Dixon, detailing births, terms, and political paths including territorial roles and later federal or state positions.
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Montana
Old South
Mon Norris
Kentucky
Joseph K. Toole
W. Elmer H T
Missouri
Free Town
Savannah
Joseph M. Dixon
North Via
Green Clay Smith
H. Ke
Canada
Frank H. Cooney
Roy E. Ayers
John E. Erickson
Erickson
Edwin L. Norris
John . Erickson
Elmer Holt
Senate
Territory
Congress
Toole
Dixon
National House
National Senate
United States Senate
Ayers
House of Representatives
W. Stewart
Holt
Western Military Institute
Newcastle
Helena
Edwin W. Toole
United States
Rickards
John E. Rickards
Delaware City
Del
Philadelphia
Pueblo
Colo
San Francisco
Richards
Butte
Bureau of Crop Statistics
Robert B. Smith
Governor Smith
Hickman County
Mayfield
Dillon
Samuel Word
Smith
R. Lee Word
Montana Supreme Court
Cleveland
Joseph K.toole
Norris
Cumberland County
Southern Normal School
Bowling Green
Beaverhead County
Great Falls
Sam V. Stewart
Governor Stewart
Monroe County
Ohio
Kansas
Kansas Normal School
Fort Scott
State Normal
Emporia
Virginia City
Madison County
Democratic Central Committee
Supreme Court
Snow Camp
Almance County
N. C
Guildford College
North Carolina
Missoula
Woody & Webster
T National
Theodore Roosevelt
Bull Moose Party
Roy EK Ayers
Treasure State
Fergus County