Montana Historical Society Archives
LR 9
Montana. Legislative Assembly.
Montana Legislative Assembly (9th: 1905) records
1904-1905
.6 linear feet of shelf space
Records of the Montana 9th Legislative Assembly consist of
reports of Joint and Senate special committees; correspondence; subject files on contested
elections; certificates of election; and petitions, including some for women's suffrage.
[OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Box #1, map case]
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English
The Montana State Legislature is made up of two chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Constitution of Montana limits the size of the Senate to no fewer than 40 and no more than 50 members and the size of the House of Representatives to no fewer than 80 and no more than 100 members. Each house is responsible for choosing its officers, creating committees and establishing its own rules. The Montana Legislature meets for 90 days every odd numbered year, beginning the first Monday in January, or the following Wednesday if the first Monday is New Years Day. The first State Legislature convened on November 23, 1889, fifteen days after Montana became a state. Each following Legislature has been numbered sequentially.
The 9th Montana Legislature met from January 2nd to March 2nd, 1905. The leaders of the Senate were Edwin Norris (D-President), and Benjamin White (R-President Pro Tempore). The leaders of the House were Wyllis Hedges (R-Speaker), and Marcus Hewett (R-Speaker Pro Tempore).
Sources:The Constitution of the State of Montana as adopted by the Constitutional Convention March 22, 1972, and as ratified by the people, June 6, 1972, referendum no. 68, "A GUIDE TO THE MONTANA LEGISLATURE," The Montana Legislature,; “Montana Legislative Leadership 1889 – Present”.
Records (1904-1905) of the Montana 9th Legislative Assembly consist of reports of Special
Joint Committee to Investigate the Condition and Needs of the Agriculture College and State
Reform School (includes only the report on the State Reform School), the Special Joint
Committee to Investigate the Management of the State Penitentiary, the House Special
Committee to Investigate the State Agricultural College, the Senate Special Committee to
Investigate the Condition of the State Insane Asylum, Special Committee to Investigate the
State School of Mines, and Special Committee to Investigate the University of Montana;
correspondence; subject files on contested elections; certificates of election; and
petitions, including some for women's suffrage. [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Box #1, map case]
The collection is organized into six series, House and Senate Joint Committees (arranged alphabetically), House of Representatives Special Committees and Resolutions (arranged by committees and then resolutions), Senate Speical Committees (arranged alphabetically), General Correpsondence (arranged alphabetically), Subject Files (arranged alphabetically), Miscellany (arranged alphabetically).
Collection is open for research.
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[item description and date].Montana Legislative Assembly (9th: 1905) records, 1904-1905.
Legislative Records 9. [box and folder numbers]. Montana Historical Society Research Center.
Archives. Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request
Bill Summers processed the collection in 1988
OVERSIZE MATERIAL: oversize box #1, map case
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places
should search under these terms.
Bills, Legislative--Montana.
Legislative bodies--Montana--Committees.
Women Suffrage--Montana.
Montana--Politics and government.
Montana.
Government and Politics.
Detailed Description of the Collection
House and Senate Joint Committees
1 / 1
Special Joint Committee to Investigate the
Condition and Needs of the Agriculture College and State Reform School (includes
only the report on the State Reform School)
1905 March
1 / 2
Special Joint Committee to Investigate the
Management of the State Penitentiary (re allegations made by Thomas F. O'Brien in
Infamy and Immortal, 1904)
1905 February
House of Representatives Special Committees and Resolutions
1 / 3
Special Committee to Investigate the State Agriculture College
1905 February 20
1 / 4
House Concurrent Resolution 10 (opposing a measure
to create one State from the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico
1905
Senate Special Committees
1 / 5
Special Committee to Investigate the Condition of
the State Insane Asylum
1905 February 28
1 / 6
Special Committee to Investigate the State School
of Mines
1905 February 28
1 / 7
Special Committee to Investigate the University of
Montana
1905 February 23
General Correspondence
1 / 8
To the House Appropriations Committee from the
University of Montana
1905
1 / 9
To the Senate from the Executive
Office
1905
Subject Files
1 / 10
Contested Elections: John McCullough vs. E.E.
Huntington (re Carbon County House Seat)
1904
1 / 11
Contested Elections: James McGowan vs. James S. Schoonover (re Granite County House Seat)
1904
1 / 12
Contested Elections: T. Wesley Richardson vs. M.A.
Wellman (re Lewis and Clark County House Seat) [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: oversize box
#1, map case]
1904
1 / 13
Contested Elections: Louis Rotwitt vs. B.F.
Bembrick (re Broadwater County House Seat; Includes a transcript of
testimony)
1904
Miscellany
1 / 14
Certificates of elections [OVERSIZE MATERIAL:
oversize box #1]
1904
1 / 15
Petitions (supporting HB 55, prohibiting the sale
of liquors to minors)
1905
1 / 16
Petitions (supporting the initiative and the
referendum of constitutional amendments to voters)
1905
1 / 17
Petitions (re support of legislation compelling
enforcement of the gambling law; opposing changes in the county printing law;
opposing reduction in liquor tax paid by grocers; supporting repeal of the state
and county license of merchants, professional men, boarding houses, restaurants,
etc.; supporting actions of the Montana Anglers Club of Butte; supporting direct
legislation; and censuring Jefferson County High School's opposition of women's
suffrage)
1905
1 / 18-19
Petitions for women's suffrage: Butte
1905
1 / 20-21
Petitions for women's suffrage: Helena, Bald
Butte
1905
1 / 22
Petitions for women's suffrage: Alhambra, Gebo,
Red Lodge, Jefferson County, Whitehall
1905
1 / 23
Petitions for women's suffrage: Custer County,
Miles City, Anaconda, Great Falls, DeBorgia, Hamilton
1905
1 / 24
Petitions for women's suffrage: Big Timber,
Winston, Ada, Stockett, Twin Bridges, New Year Club, White Sulphur Springs, Deer
Lodge, Race Track, Pioneer, Garrison, Elliston
1905
1 / 25
Petitions for women's suffrage: Kalispell, Libby,
Boulder, Five Mile
1905