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'''Zales Nelson Ecton, Sr.''' (April 1, 1898 &ndash; March 3, 1961) was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[United States Senator]] for a single term from 1947 to 1953 for [[Montana]].<ref name=findagrave/>

'''Zales Nelson Ecton, Sr.''' (April 1, 1898 &ndash; March 3, 1961) was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[United States Senator]] for a single term from 1947 to 1953 for [[Montana]].<ref name=findagrave>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7128499/zales-nelson-ecton Zales Nelson Ecton (1898-1961) - Find A Grave Memorial], accessed July 31, 2021.</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

==Later years==

==Later years==

Ecton resumed his ranching operation until his death in Bozeman a month before his 63rd birthday. He, his wife, his son, and parents are interred there at Sunset Hills Cemetery.<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]].

Ecton resumed his ranching operation until his death in Bozeman a month before his 63rd birthday. He, his wife, his son, and parents are interred there at Sunset Hills Cemetery.<ref name=findagrave/> 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]].

==References==

==References==