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Joseph K. Toole
Democrat
1889-1893, 1901-1908

Brief Biographical Sketch
quoted from Mt.Gov site

Governor Joseph K. Toole, a Democrat from Helena, was born May 12, 1851, in Savannah, Missouri.

A former territorial Legislator, and territorial delegate to the United States Congress, Governor Toole was elected Montana's first Governor in 1889 and served until 1893. Governor Toole led Montana through the first years of statehood and equally divided legislatures to ensure continuity in state government.

Toole was a popular governor and was re-elected to the post for two more terms from 1901 to 1908.

Longer Biography
from Montana Capitol exhibit

Joseph Kemp Toole, Montana�s first governor, was born on May 12, 1851 in Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri.

He attended public schools in St. Joseph, Missouri and graduated from the Western Military Institute in New Castle, Kentucky. After reading law in the offices of Webb and Barber of New Castle, the 18 year