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After the war, he returned to eastern Montana and opened his own farm implement dealership in Sidney and in 1948 began working toward a law degree. he was elected to the state Senate in 1950 while he was still in law school. In 1954, he was admitted to the bar and re-elected in the state senate. Originally a political [[conservative]], Nutter turned [[Moderate Republican]] during his brief time as governor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's Who In The State House |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017164519/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826757-1,00.html|date=November 16, 1960|publisher=''[[Time Magazine]]''|accessdate=June 2, 2007}}</ref>
After the war, he returned to eastern Montana and opened his own farm implement dealership in Sidney and in 1948 began working toward a law degree. he was elected to the state Senate in 1950 while he was still in law school. In 1954, he was admitted to the bar and re-elected in the state senate. Originally a political [[conservative]], Nutter turned [[Moderate Republican]] during his brief time as governor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's Who In The State House |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017164519/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826757-1,00.html|date=November 16, 1960|publisher=''[[Time Magazine]]''|accessdate=June 2, 2007}}</ref>
State Senator Nutter was defeated in his bid for a third four-year term in the state Senate and from 1958 to 1960 became the state Republican chairman. During his time as governor, state spending was reduced and new industrial developments were promoted.<ref name="nga"/>
State Senator Nutter was defeated in his bid for a third four-year term in 1958 and instead became the state Republican chairman. During his time as governor, state spending was reduced and new industrial developments were promoted.<ref name="nga"/>
===Death and legacy===
===Death and legacy===
On the night of January 25, 1962, Nutter was headed to a speaking engagement in Cut Bank in Glacier County in northwestern Montana when the C-47 Skytrain, in which he was a passenger crashed in a blizzard with winds in exess of 100 miles per hour. The aircraft went down in Wolf Creek Canyon north of the capital city of [[Helena]].. Also killed in the crash were Dennis Gordon, his executive secretary; Edward Wren, commissioner of agriculture; and three members of the Montana Air National Guard.
On the night of January 25, 1962, Nutter was headed to a speaking engagement in Cut Bank in Glacier County in northwestern Montana when the C-47 Skytrain, in which he was a passenger crashed in a blizzard with winds in excess of one hundred miles per hour. The aircraft went down in Wolf Creek Canyon north of the capital city of [[Helena]].. Also killed in the crash were Dennis Gordon, his executive secretary; Edward Wren, commissioner of agriculture; and three members of the Montana Air National Guard.
The caskets of Nutter, Wren, and Gordon, lay in state in the capitol under the watch of two Montana National Guardsmen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607054317/http://governor.mt.gov/news/pr.asp?ID=378|title=Governor Tom Judge to Lie In State in Supreme Court Chambers this Wednesday|accessdate=July 28, 2021|author=Sarah Elliott|date=September 11, 2006|publisher=Montana Office of the Governor}}</ref> He was interred at the Sidney City Cemetery. Mrs. Nutter was interred beside her husband upon her death thirty-six years later. their son who died at the age of fifty-eight is interred at Cloverdale Memorial Park in the capital city of [[Boise]], [[Idaho]].<ref>John G Nutter (1948-2006) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 28, 2021.</ref>
The caskets of Nutter, Wren, and Gordon, lay in state in the capitol under the watch of two Montana National Guardsmen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607054317/http://governor.mt.gov/news/pr.asp?ID=378|title=Governor Tom Judge to Lie In State in Supreme Court Chambers this Wednesday|accessdate=July 28, 2021|author=Sarah Elliott|date=September 11, 2006|publisher=Montana Office of the Governor}}</ref> He was interred at the Sidney City Cemetery. Mrs. Nutter was interred beside her husband upon her death thirty-six years later. their son who died at the age of fifty-eight is interred at Cloverdale Memorial Park in the capital city of [[Boise]], [[Idaho]].<ref>John G Nutter (1948-2006) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 28, 2021.</ref>