Secretary of State of Montana


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

The Secretary of State's Office is composed of five divisions:

Other duties

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.
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.

List of secretaries of state of Montana

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.
#ImageNameTerm of officeParty
1Louis Rotwitt1889—1897Republican
2Thomas S. Hogan1897—1901Populist
3George M. Hayes1901—1905Democratic
4Abraham N. Yoder1905—1911Republican
5Thomas M. Swindlehurst1911—1913Democratic
6Adelbert M. Alderson1913—1916Democratic
7Charles T. Stewart1917—1927Republican
8Robert N. Hawkins1927Democratic
9William Powers1927—1928
10John W. Mountjoy1928—1929Democratic
11Wilfred E. Harmon1929—1933Republican
12Sam W. Mitchell1933—1955Democratic
13S. C. Arnold1955—1957Republican
14Frank Murray1957—1981Democratic
15Jim Waltermire1981—1988Republican
16Verner Bertelsen1988—1989Republican
17Mike Cooney1989—2001Democratic
18Bob Brown2001—2005Republican
19Brad Johnson2005—2009Republican
20Linda McCulloch2009—2017Democratic
21Corey Stapleton2017—2021Republican
22Christi Jacobsen2021—Republican