John C. Harrison interview, 1997.

Rankin, Wellington Duncan, 1884-1966

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Wellington D. Rankin was born in Missoula, Montana, on September 16, 1884, the son of pioneer Missoula businessman and rancher John Rankin and his wife Olive Pickering Rankin, an early Missoula County school teacher. His oldest sister Jeannette was the first woman elected to the United States Congress. He had four other sisters: Harriet, Mary, Edna, and Grace. After graduating from the University of Montana with a degree in science, Wellington attended Harvard University...

Metcalf, Lee, 1911-1978

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Lee Metcalf was born in 1911 in Stevensville, Montana. He attended Montana State University for one year and transferred to Stanford University where he majored in history and economics. He graduated from Montana State University law school in 1936 and entered private practice. He was elected representative to the 25th Montana Legislative Assembly from Ravalli County in the same year. In 1937 Metcalf resigned from the legislature to accept appointment as a Montana assistant attorney...

Harrison, John C. (John Conway), 1913-

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Montana. Supreme Court

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Montana high court of appeal. The Montana Supreme Court was established as territorial high court in 1864. The first term of court began 17 May 1865. Over the years the size of the court has increased from a chief justice and two associate justice to the present chief justice, six associate justices, and staff. From the description of Dockets, 1966-1982. (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70925663 ...

Montana. Constitutional Convention (1971-1972)

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Baker, Dorothy Josephine

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Dorothy Putnam was born in Great Falls, Montana, about 1916, the daughter of Horace J. and Mary Putnam. Horace Putnam, a railroad conductor, left the family about 1929 and moved to California. Dorothy attended the Ursuline Academy and then transferred to Great Falls High School, where she was active in athletics and the French Club. She moved to Helena around 1946 as Dorothy Baker. She worked at the Dell and took over its operation in the early 1950s. She then took over Ida Levy's establishment ...

Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975

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Burton Kendall Wheeler was born in Hudson, Mass., on 27 Feb. 1882 and moved to Montana shortly after his graduation from law school in 1905. He began his law career in Butte, serving as U.S. Attorney for Montana from 1913 to 1918 prior to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1922. In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for vice-president on the Progressive Party presidential ticket. Wheeler is remembered as one of the most powerful senators in Washington, D.C., in the 1930s. Chairman of the Interstate Comm...