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; no longer accessible on-line}}</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; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> |