Secretary of State of Montana
| Secretary of State of Montana | |
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since January 4, 2021 | |
| Type | Secretary of State |
| Formation | 1889 |
| First holder | Louis Rotwitt |
| Website | Official homepage of the Montana Secretary of State |
The secretary of state of Montana is one of the elected constitutional officers of executive branch of the U.S. state of Montana.
The current secretary of state is Christi Jacobsen.
Organization
[edit]The Secretary of State's Office is composed of five divisions:
- The Administrative Rules Services Division is the administrative law arm of the Secretary's office, filing rule notices, rule adoptions, and interpretations, and publishing the state register twice a month. The state's code of regulations, the Administrative Rules of Montana, is updated quarterly.
- The Business Services Division registers business entities, trademarks, assumed business names, and liens made under the Uniform Commercial Code and Federal Food Security Act.
- The Certification and Notaries Division licenses and trains notaries public and certifies documents.
- The Elections and Government Services division administers elections and voter registration. Campaign finance and lobbying is regulated by a separate agency, the Commissioner of Political Practices.
- The Records Management Bureau maintains the records of state and local governments.
Other duties
[edit]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]
List of secretaries of state of Montana
[edit]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 | |
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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 | 
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Mike Cooney | 1989—2001 | Democratic |
| 18 | Bob Brown | 2001—2005 | Republican | |
| 19 | Brad Johnson | 2005—2009 | Republican | |
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Linda McCulloch | 2009—2017 | Democratic |
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Corey Stapleton | 2017—2021 | Republican |
| 22 | Christi Jacobsen | 2021— | Republican |
See also
[edit]- List of governors of Montana
- List of lieutenant governors of Montana
- Montana Department of Justice
- List of company registers
References
[edit]- ^ About the Montana Secretary of State
- ^ Fraser, Jayme (2017-01-04). "Montana fails to retain decades of emails despite open government law". Missoulian. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
- ^ "Montana Constitution, Article VI, Section 3. Qualifications". Montana Legislature. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ "History of the Office". Montana Secretary of State. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
External links
[edit] Montana statewide elected officials | |
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