Saturday, March 10, 2012

The Lone Congressman


In 1903, Montana, as did all states, had 2 Untied States Senators.  The area, however was so sparsely populated it only had one congressman.  That unique honor went to Brother Joseph M. Dixon, Missoula Lodge 13.  Dixon served as Montana's lone at-large congressman until 1907, when he became one of the state's US Senators.  Brother Dixon also went on to become Master of his Lodge, Governor of Montana and was national chairman of the Bull Moose party when Theodore Roosevelt ran for US President on that ticket.

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