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Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court

The Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court is a statewide elected office of the U.S. state of Montana. The clerk is elected every six years, and is responsible for receiving and validating appellate paperwork for the Montana Supreme Court, as well as being the custodian of records for Montana Supreme Court cases. The current clerk is Bowen Greenwood.{{cite web |title=About the Office |url=https://courts.mt.gov/clerk/about/ |website=Montana Clerk of Court |access-date=November 17, 2022}}

List

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!bgcolor=#cccccc | Name

!bgcolor=#cccccc | Term of office

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!bgcolor=#cccccc | Notes

1

|A. W. Tarbet

|1865–1866

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|{{efn|Alternatively referred to as A. W. Torbet in some sources.{{cite web |title=1988 Judicial Report |url=https://courts.mt.gov/External/annual_reports/1988rpt.pdf |website=Montana Judicial Branch |publisher=State Law Library of Montana |access-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202354/https://courts.mt.gov/External/annual_reports/1988rpt.pdf |archive-date=January 16, 2023 |url-status=live}}}}

2

|J. Allen Hosmer

|1866–1867

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3

|Lucius S. Peck

|1867–1870

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4

|Isaac R. Alden

|1870–1887

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5

|Robert L. Word

|1887–1889

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|6

|William J. Kennedy

|1889–1892

|Republican

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|7

|Benjamin Webster

|1893–1899

|Republican

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{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|8

|Henry C. Rickerts

|1899–1905

|Democratic

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{{Party shading/Republican}}

|9

|John T. Athey

|1905–1915

|Republican

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{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|10

|John T. Carroll

|1915–1922

|Democratic

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{{Party shading/Republican}}

|11

|Dana M. Easton

|1923–1924

|Republican

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{{Party shading/Republican}}

|12

|J. Ward Crosby

|1924–1935

|Republican

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{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|13

|Arthur T. Porter

|1935–1942

|Democratic

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{{Party shading/Republican}}

|14

|Peter T. Rigg

|1942–1942

|Republican

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{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|15

|Frank Murray

|1942–1957

|Democratic

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{{Party shading/Republican}}

|16

|Edna Hinman

|1957–1959

|Republican

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{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|17

|Thomas J. Kearney

|1959–1983

|Democratic

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{{Party shading/Republican}}

|18

|Ethel Harrison

|1983–1989

|Republican

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{{Party shading/Democratic}}

|19

|Ed Smith

|1989–2019

|Democratic

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{{Party shading/Republican}}

|20

|Bowen Greenwood

|2019—

|Republican

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Notes

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References

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External links

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