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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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Office |url=https://courts.mt.gov/clerk/about/ |website=Montana Clerk of Court |access-date=November 17, 2022}}</ref>
==List==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!bgcolor=#cccccc | #
!bgcolor=#cccccc | Name
!bgcolor=#cccccc | Term of office
!bgcolor=#cccccc | Party
!bgcolor=#cccccc | Notes
|-
|1
|[[A. W. Tarbet]]
|1865–1866
|
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />{{efn|Alternatively referred to as A. W. Torbet in some sources.<ref>{{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}}</ref>}}
|-
|2
|[[J. Allen Hosmer]]
|1866–1867
|
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-
|3
|[[Lucius S. Peck]]
|1867–1870
|
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-
|4
|[[Isaac R. Alden]]
|1870–1887
|
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-
|5
|[[Robert L. Word]]
|1887–1889
|
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|6
|William J. Kennedy<!--Unclear if this is person is the same as the mayor of Missoula. Probably not?-->
|1889–1892
|Republican
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|7
|[[Benjamin Webster (Montana politician)|Benjamin Webster]]
|1893–1899
|Republican
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|8
|[[Henry C. Rickerts]]
|1899–1905
|Democratic
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|9
|[[John T. Athey]]
|1905–1915
|Republican
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|10
|[[John T. Carroll]]<!--referred to in images as James T. Carroll but can't find a good ref for this-->
|1915–1922
|Democratic
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|11
|[[Dana M. Easton]]
|1923–1924
|Republican
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|12
|[[J. Ward Crosby]]
|1924–1935
|Republican
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|13
|[[Arthur T. Porter (politician)|Arthur T. Porter]]
|1935–1942
|Democratic
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|14
|[[Peter T. Rigg]]
|1942–1942
|Republican
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|15
|[[Frank Murray (Montana politician)|Frank Murray]]
|1942–1957
|Democratic
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|16
|[[Edna Hinman]]
|1957–1959
|Republican
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|17
|[[Thomas J. Kearney]]
|1959–1983
|Democratic
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|18
|[[Ethel Harrison]]
|1983–1989
|Republican
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|19
|[[Ed Smith (Montana politician)|Ed Smith]]
|1989–2019
|Democratic
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|20
|[[Bowen Greenwood]]
|2019—
|Republican
|<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020" />
|}
==Notes==
{{notelist}}
==References==
{{reflist|refs=<ref name="montana-judges-bios-2020">{{cite web |title=Biographies and Histories of Montana's Justices, Judges, and Courts |url=https://courts.mt.gov/external/library/docs/judgesbio2.pdf |website=Montana Judicial Branch |publisher=State Law Library of Montana |access-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202039/https://courts.mt.gov/external/library/docs/judgesbio2.pdf |archive-date=January 16, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
==External links==
*{{official website}}
*{{ballotpedia}}
{{Montana statewide political officials}}
{{Montana statewide elected officials}}
{{Montana-stub}}
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