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==Later years==

==Later years==

Ecton resumed his ranching operation until his death in Bozeman a month before his 63rd birthday. He, his wife, and parents are interred there at Sunset Hills Cemetery. His son is buried in [[Idaho]].<ref>Zales Nelson Ecton (1898-1961) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 31, 2021.</ref> Ecton was the first popularly elected Republican senator for Montana since adoption of the [[17th Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]]. A second Republican, [[Conrad Burns]], was not elected to the Senate from Montana until 1988. He served from 1989 to 2007, having been defeated in his bid for a fourth term by the Democrat organic farmer and State Senate President  [[Jon Tester]].

Ecton resumed his ranching operation until his death in Bozeman a month before his 63rd birthday. He, his wife, and parents are interred there at Sunset Hills Cemetery. His son is buried in [[Idaho]].<ref name=findagrave>Zales Nelson Ecton (1898-1961) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 31, 2021.</ref> Ecton was the first popularly elected Republican senator for Montana since adoption of the [[17th Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]]. A second Republican, [[Conrad Burns]], was not elected to the Senate from Montana until 1988. He served from 1989 to 2007, having been defeated in his bid for a fourth term by the Democrat organic farmer and State Senate President  [[Jon Tester]].

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